Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
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Keep out
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Mantener afuera
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Keep up with
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Mantener el ritmo
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Keep away
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Mantener a distancia
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Keep up
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1-mantener despierto
2-mantener, seguir asi
Minister for health is sure that current levels of health care can be kept up
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Keep from
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Evitar q alguien haga algo
I don’t want to keep you from your studies
I put my hand in her mouth to keep her from shouting
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Keep on
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1-seguir haciendo algo
2-Mantener a alguien contratado
The Hospital can only keep on a limited number of workers
3-Hablar constantemente de algo de forma molesta
She keeps on about How much money she makes
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Keep on at
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Nagging-dar la lata
My dr keeps on at me about my lack of exercise
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Keep to
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Ceñirse
I have to keep to the diet
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Keep out of
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Mantenerse al margen
When they starr arguing I just keep out of it
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Go into
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1-Entrar en detalle
This problem is complex and we want to go into it in detail
2-Destinar dinero tempo o esfuerzo a algo: lot of effort has gone into producing this book
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Go up to
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Llegar a un lugar concreto
The water went up to the top of the bridge
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Go up
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1-cuando una cantidad o tasa sube
The price has gone up by €3000
2-approach somebody/something
Some of them went up to congratulate her
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Go off
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1-explode a bomb
2-alarm clock went off
3-stop working a device: I have set the heating to go off at 11
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Go out
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Apagar (velas/luz)
Salir de casa
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Go over
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1-Repasar
I’d like to go over your essay when you’ve half an hour to spare
2-to visit someone who lives nearby
I might go over Patrick’s an hour or so
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Go back over
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1-Repasar dp de haber ocurrido
I went back over the figures to check they were okay
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Go back on
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Romper una promesa
You said you’d be there so don’t go back on your word
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Come out
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- Resultado
- salir publicado~bring out
The party came out fine
His new book comes out next month
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Come down with
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Ponerse enfermo
I couldn’t go to work because I came down with a cold
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Come down on
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Castigar duramente
The police are coming down hard on the offenders
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Come down to
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Se reduce a
It all comes down to money
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Come about
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Suceder/ocurrir
How did this come about?
It came about that there were…
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Come off
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1-quitarse This stain won't come off 2-caerse She came off her bike 3-salir bien/mal It came off well/badly
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Come across
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1-encontrarse I came across Michael yesterday 2-causar una impression it didn’t come across like that 3-to convey Her ideas came across with great force
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Come apart
Deshacerse en pedazos
~fall apart
The book came apart in my hands
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Come forward
Volunteer:
| The police are asking witnesses to come forward
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Come by
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1-Visitar
You should come by next time
2-obtener
How did you come by this job?
Accurate statistics are difficult to come by
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Come around
1-visitar a alguien en su casa
Mark came around
2-cambiar de idea
She'll come around to our plan
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Come in for
Ser criticado o alabado
| The minister coming for a lot of criticism/Praise
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Come into
1-heredar
| I came into a fortune when he died
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Come after
Ir tras de uno, perseguir
| He is coming after us
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Come through
1-sobrevivir, recuperarse
It was a miracle he came through that car crash
2-To be conveyed-communicated: The coach's displeasure came through loud and clear.
3-to receive a telephone call/message
Have your exam results come through yet?
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Put on
1. To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on. (Take off-opposite)
2. To apply; activate: put on the brakes.
3. To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.
4. Slang To tease or mislead (another): You're putting me on!
5. To add: put on weight.
6. To produce; perform, organize : put on a variety show.
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Take down
1. To bring to a lower position from a higher one (off shelf)
2. To take apart; dismantle: take down the Christmas tree.
3. To lower the arrogance or the self-esteem of (a person): really took him down during the debate.
4. To put down in writing-apuntar
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Show up
~turn up
| Aparecer
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Come up with
Ocurrirse
He came up with the answer
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Put out
Apagar
| To put out a cigaret
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Blow out
Soplar, apagar
To blow out a cake
A blow-out: pinchazo
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Run up
1.Run up to: Aproximarse a alguien
2.[+ debt] contraer
• she had run up a huge bill at the hairdresser’s
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Act out
To copy actions in a theatrical manner
a. To perform in or as if in a play; represent dramatically: act out a story.
b. To realize in action: wanted to act out his theory.
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Act up
1-to misbehave
2-not work properly
My computer has been acting up lately. It keeps crashing
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Break away
To detach from
| Several leading members broke away from the party and set up an independent parliamentary bloc
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Break down
1-to stop (negotiations, talks)
Negotiations between the two companies have broken down
2-to malfunction
The elevator broke down.
3-To divide into or consider in parts; analyze.
The population breaks down into three main groups.
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Break in
Allanamiento
| A burglar was trying to break in.
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Break into
To suddenly start doing sth
| The child broke into a flood of tears.
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Break off
a. To discontinue (a relationship).
b. Stop doing something
She broke off their conversation to answer her mobile phone
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Break through
To make a sudden, quick advance, as through an obstruction.
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Call for
To require, to need
That work calls for patience.
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Call off
To cancel
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Look up to sb
Admirar
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Look down on sb
Despise
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Put off
1-sth: postpone
2-sb: Discourage:
he’s not easily put off
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Put up with
Soportar
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Put down
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1-write down: put me down for £15
2-Criticize
3- dejar, bajar...
-put it down!
-once I started the book I couldn’t put it down
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to put sb down as sth
Catalogar a alguien como algo
I had put him down as a complete fool
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to put sth down to sth
Atribuir
I put his bad humor down to his illness
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Leave out
Omit by accident
• it got left out in the rain
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Leave on
Dejar algo encendido
Leave the computer on
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Leave for
Irse
| What time are you leaving for Milan?
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Leave up to
Let sb else decide
I leave the decision up to my boss
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Pass out
To faint
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Pass by
1. pasar cerca
2. hacer una visita corta
3. dejar pasar
He passes by our house on his way
I'll pass by your house later
Don't let this opportunity pass you by
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Pass through
Cruzar una interseccion, un puente etc
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Pass up
Let an opportunity go by
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Ask around
Preguntar lo mismo a mucha gente
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Back up
1-respaldar
2-ir marcha atras con el coche
3-congestionado: traffic is backed up
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Blow up
1-Hinchar globos
2-estallar bomba
3-aumentar una foto
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Wind up
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1~wrap up, summarize
2-dar cuerda
3-to wind sb up: to tease
He said I'd miss the train but he just was winding me up
4-~end up: we wound up in Rome
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Stay out
not come home:
| she stayed out all night
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Stay out of
Quedarse fuera
stay out of this!
stay out of trouble
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Stay away from
To maintain a distance from sth (friends, drugs...)
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Stay on
To remain provisionally in a position
Bush stayed on the presidency after Obama won the elections
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Stay in
To remain at home and not go out
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Stay up
To remain awake until late
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Put back
1-retornar algo: put it back!
2-delay
this will put us back ten years
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Bring up
1-to raise a children
he was brought up to believe that ...
2-to introduce a point/idea
Why did you have to bring that up?
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Bring out
1-publicar algo
I am bringing a new book out.
2-sacar lo mejor/peor de alguien
You bring the best out in me.
This kind of thing brings out the worst in me.
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Fall out
1-fall out with sb over sth (enfadarse)
2-fall out of (caerse fuera)
To fall out of a tree (in)
To fall off a branch (on)
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Fall into
1-caerse dentro (into a pool)
2-clasificar o incluir algo
his poems fall into three categories
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Fall off
1-caerse de algun sitio ;estas encima de algo y te caes (on a branch)
Fall off a branch
2- To become less; decrease: Stock prices have fallen off
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Fall behind
Retrasarse
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Fall through
To fail
| Our plans fell through at the last minute.
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Turn out~
~work out~come out~end up
Salir bien/mal
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~call on~stop by~drop in~drop by~call in~come by
Hacer visita corta
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Fall over
Caer despues de haber tropezado con algo
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Stay off
1-to stay off school/work: no ir al colegio/trabajo
| 2-no hacer algo en algun tiempo: to stay off drink
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Stay behind
Quedarse (trabajo, colegio)
The teacher made the whole class stay behind
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Stay over
Quedarse a dormir
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Fall back on
Recurrir, echar mano de
| To fall back on his parents
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Fall for
Creerse algo
| I completely fell for his story
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Think up
To invent sth~ to make up
I have to think up a slogan for the product
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Think over
Weigh possibilities
I need to think it over
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Think through
To plan sth carefully and to consider its implications
It seems a good idea but we need to think it through
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Stand out
Sobresalir
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Set off
1. partir de viaje
2. Iniciar algo
3. estallar (bomba/saltar alarma
4. enhance.
To set off on a journey
That was what set off the riot
The smoke had set off the fire alarm
That red scarf would set off your beige jacket beautifully
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Look over
Mirar en detalle
| Supervisar
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Look through
Hojear
| Echar un vistazo
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Carry on
1. seguir haciendo algo
| 2. Continuar hablando si te han interrumpido
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Clear up
1. ordenar
2. resolver/ aclarar
2. desaparecer de la piel
To clear up this misunderstanding
The rash took 2 days to clear up
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Run into
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1.encontrar x casualidad
~come across
2.encontrarse con problemas
Run into problems
3.to collide with
Run into a tree
4.amounts to
Our debts run into thousands of €
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Cut off
1. disconection (gas,electricidad): we'd better pay the electricity bill before we get cut off
2. amputar: they cut off his finger
3. interrumpir: you cut me off in the middle of a sentence
4. aislar: she was cut off from the family
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Walk into
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1-entrar
She walked into the room
2-collide with~bump into
She walked into me
3.get a job easily
She walked into a well-paid job after leaving university
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Draw up
1. Write down a report/plan/list
2. erguirse
The agreement was drawn up in secret by the health minister
The lawyers are drawing up the contract
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Pick up
1. collect sth/sb
2. to retrieve sth from a lower level
did you pick up my laundry?
Pick up the pencil from the floor
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Pick out
1. choose among alternatives
2. discernir
She picked out a pink shirt for me
The witness picked out the attacker from the police photos
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Pick on
To tease, harass
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Turn on
.switch on
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Turn off
1.apagar
2.girar, doblar (persona, coche)
turn off at the next exit
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Turn up
1.subir (volumen)
2.desvelar, sacar a la luz
3.llegar, aparecer
something will turn up
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Turn down
1. bajar volumen
| 2. rechazar: turn down an offer
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Turn into
Transformar a
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Turn over
1. dar la vuelta a la pagina
2. produccion, facturacion
they turn over a million a year
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Turn around
1. Darse la vuelta
2. Negocios-recuperarse, sacar a flote
3. Tramitar un pedido
to turn an order around
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Bank on
Expect/depend on sth to happen
I'm banking on getting a raise
I'm hoping she'll be here on time but I'm not banking on it
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Set out
Start a journey
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Set down
To put in writing; record:
| We set down the facts.
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Set up
1. To establish; found: set up a business
| 2. concertar: set up an interview
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Put in
1.devote, expend (time)
It's important to put in years of training
I put in eight hours at the office.
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Put up
Contribuir con dinero
| We all put up the money to buy a present
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Bail out
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1.salir bajo fianza
To bail out of prison
2.help a troubled person/organization
The EU. bailed out Greece
3.To stop supporting or being part of sth or involved with sb
I'm bailing out on you
I have to bail out before it goes down
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Black out
1. To suddenly loose consciousness
| 2. to make a piece completely dark
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Run by
Consult/ask for confirmation
Can you run those names by me again?
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Make out
1. To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.
2. To understand: could not make out what she said.
3. To write out; draw up: made out the invoices.
4. To fill in (a form, for example).
5. To represent as being: made me out to be a liar.
6. To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent.
7. To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business.
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Make up
1. To put together; construct or compose: make up a prescription.
2. To constitute; form: Ten years make up a decade.
3.
a. To alter one's appearance for a role on the stage, as with a costume and cosmetics.
b. To apply cosmetics.
4. To invent: made up an excuse.
5.compensate
a. To make good (a deficit or lack): made up the difference in the bill.
b. To compensate for: make up for lost time.
6. To resolve a quarrel: kissed and made up.
7. To take (an examination or course) again or at a later time because of previous absence or failure.
9. To set in order: make up a room
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Stand in
Replace
| They need another teacher to stand in
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Stand up for
To defend
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Tear up
Romper, hacer pedazos
| ~rip up
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Hold down
1.keep or have a job
It's difficult to hold down a job in this company
2. prevent from moving by restrain
3. retain in your stomach
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Bring down
1. Bajar los niveles
Government is trying to bring down inflation
2.derribar/derrocar-to tackle
The crisis is going to bring down they government
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Hold off
1.delay~ put off
I'm holding off the meeting
2.defend
I'm holding off a burglar
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Stir up
Cause trouble
| he’s always trying to stir things up
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Drop out
Abandonar
to drop out of society/university
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Drop off
1. To fall asleep.
2. To decrease: Sales dropped off in the fourth quarter
3.dejar
could you drop me off at the station?
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Do away with
1. Get rid of something/stop using something/abolish
2. To kill
1. Those regulations should have been done away with years ago
2. I try to do away with myself but I couldn't
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Do down
Menospreciar
It seemed that everyone in the meeting was trying to do her down
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Do out
To decorate or to clean a room
I'm off work so I'm going to do out the kitchen
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Do out of
Impedir que alguien consiga o conserve algo de una forma deshonesta
he has done me out of thousands of pounds
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Do over
1. to repeat sth
2. to ransack
In this area some houses have been done over many times
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Do without
To manage without something
I can't do without my computer
I can do without your advice
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Done for
To be doomed
We are done for if she ever finds out what really happened
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Drive at
To allude to, what they really mean
To mean to do or say
I don't understand what you're driving at
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Drive away
force to go away; discourage
"Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts";
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Drive off
To repel
The enemy attack was driven off by their army
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Hold up
1.ser retenido/retrasado
I was held up in the metro
2.atraco
This is a hold up
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Carry out
To perform
| Carry out a market research/ a clinical trial
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Pin down
1.oblige to be specific-concretar
to pin sb down
• you can’t pin him down to a date es
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Drag on
Prolong sth very boring
The speech dragged on for two hours
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Add up
Make sense
| I'm afraid your story just doesn't add up
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Allow for
Take into account
You having allowed for the cost of all the materials
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Break up
Come to an end
The meeting broke up in Confusion
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Break out
When I war or disease begins
Fighting has broken out on the southern border of the country
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Build up
1. To develop or increase in stages or by degrees: built up the business; building up my endurance for the marathon.
2. To accumulate or collect: sediment building up on the ocean floor.
3. To bolster: build up the product with a massive ad campaign; built up my hopes after the interview.
4. To fill up (an area) with buildings.
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Catch on
Become popular
Camera phones have really caught on lately
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Run away with
1.To easily win a competition
Once again STeve wants away with the title
2. To perform in a way that makes you receive more praise and attention than anyone else
The audience loved them and they run away with the show
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Bear out
Confirmar, corroborar una historia
Jane will bear me out
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Bear with
Tener paciencia con
if you’ll bear with me, I’ll explain
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Fall apart
To break into pieces
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Fall in with
To agree with
I'll just fall in with whatever you decide
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Fall to
To become someone's duty
It falls to me to thank the committee
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Get about/around
1. To circumvent or evade:
He managed to get around the real issues.
2. To travel from place to place: It is hard to get around without a car.
3. To become known; circulate:
It soon got around that they were dating
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Get along
1 (= leave) marcharse, irse
• it’s time we were getting along ya es hora de que nos marchemos o nos vayamos
2 (= manage) arreglárselas*, apañárselas*
• to get along without sth
3 (= progress) how is he getting along?
• we were getting along fine until he arrived
4 (= be on good terms) (with sb)
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Get around to
1.To eventually do something
to get around to (doing) sth: I shan’t get around to that before next week
• we never got around to exchanging addresses
2.(= persuade) convencer
• we got him around to our way of thinking
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Hold back
1. To retain in one's possession or control: held back valuable information; held back my tears.
2. To impede the progress of. The police held back the crowds
3. To restrain oneself. I held back my irritation and tried to speak calmly
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Hold out (for)
To insist on something
To wait until you get what you want And refuse to accept anything else
We could sell now or we could hold out for a better offer
He held out for £10
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Hold with
To approve of an idea or activity
I don't hold with your theories
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Run up against
To encounter problems
They ran up against the opposition of the community
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Run through
1 (= read quickly) leer (por encima), echar un vistazo a
2 (= rehearse) [+ play] ensayar
Let's run through the first act again.
3 (= recapitulate) repasar
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Make for
(= go towards) [+ place] dirigirse hacia o a
| • he made for the door
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Make of
To have an opinion on something
What do you make of this letter?
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Look back
To think about the past
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Look to
To expect that someone will do something for you
We are looking to you to advise us on how to proceed
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Look upon
To consider sth/sb in a particular way
| You shouldn't look upon this as a failure
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Grind down
1 (lit) pulverizar
2 (= wear away) desgastar
3 (= oppress) agobiar, oprimir
• to grind down the opposition destruir lentamente a la oposición
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Die down
Disminuir la intensidad
This is not going to die down overnight
