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PHRASAL VERBS Flashcards

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1
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Look into

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Research, investigate or examine

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Look through STH

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Read quickly

An article, report

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Look up

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Find information

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Look up to

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Admire/respect SB

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Look back

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Think about the past

On sth

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Look down on

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Think you’re better than other SB

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Look through SB

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Pretend to not recognize other ppl

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Look round

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Investigate something; study something visually

Room, house, place

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Look to

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Direct your thoughts/attention to STH

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Look over

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Examine someone or something

STH /house/

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Look to SB for STH

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Expect help from SB

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12
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See off

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Accompany SB to the airport

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See through

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Recognize sth is not true; grasp the true nature

STH or SB

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See STH through

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Work at something until it is finished

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See to

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Make sure of STH, to be certain to do something

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See to it that…

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Investigate someone or something; check on something that someone has said

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17
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See out

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Accompany sb to the door

house

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Bring about

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Make STH happen

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Bring SB around

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Persuade

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20
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Bring back

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Think about the past

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Bring STH forward

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Show sth so it can be discussed

A plan, project, etc

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Bring STH off

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Succeed in doing STH difficult

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Bring out

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Make easier to notice/out to the public

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Bring STH up

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Mention sth, a charge for a crime

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Hold up against

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Compare and contrast

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Hold the road

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Stick to one’s principles

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Hold water

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A valid, true statement

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28
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Not hold a candle to

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Not be as good as SB

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Hold all the cards

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Have a very strong position of power

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30
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Hold good

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STH that still exists and is valuable

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Hold one’s own

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To retain a position of power

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Hold forth

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State one’s opinion about STH

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33
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Hold down

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Manage to keep a job (difficult)

Her job

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34
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Hold sth off

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Prevent the advance of sth

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35
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Hold out for sth

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Demand firmly

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36
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Hold out on sb

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Not pay/not give information

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37
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Hold with

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Not to approve an idea

The notion

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38
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Hold out

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Continue in spite of the difficulties

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39
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Hold back

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Keep sth secret

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40
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Keep up with

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Increase at the same speed as another

The rising cost of living

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41
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Keep on at SB

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Repeatedly ask SB to do STH; repeatedly scolded

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42
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Keep up

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Prevent sth from growing worse or less in quality

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43
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Keep to

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Talk only about one subject

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44
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Keep from

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Manage with difficulty to stop doing STH

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Keep SB on

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Continue to employ SB although their contract ended

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46
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Keep out

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Avoid becoming involved in a difficult situation

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47
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Break out

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Begin happening suddenly

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48
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Break down

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Fail/lose strength

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49
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Break in on

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Interrupt

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50
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Break away from

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Separate

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51
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Break through

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Deal with a problem

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52
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Break into

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Start doing sth

An applause

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53
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Break with

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Stop supporting / being part of sth

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54
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Break out of

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Do sth differently

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55
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Jump in

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Become involved

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56
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Jump on sb

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Criticize SB

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57
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Jump at sb

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Accept a chance eagerly

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58
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Jump out at SB

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Be noticed by sb else

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59
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Jump the gun

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Take action too soon

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60
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Jump out of your skin

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To be extremely surprised

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Jump in at the deep end

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Start doing sth new/difficult

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Take a running jump

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Refuse/to be told to leave

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Jump down sb’s throat

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React angrily to what SB has said

64
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Give in

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Agree after refusing for a while

65
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Give away

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Betray SB by providing info

66
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Give off

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Send out/emit

smell

67
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Give sth over to sb

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Give responsibility for sth to SB

68
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Give up

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Stop/quit

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Give oneself up to sth

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Allow oneself to be controlled by sth/sb

feelings

70
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Snack on

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Eat

language

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Sound off

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72
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Come under

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Attack

fire

73
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Pump up

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Increase

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Point out

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Refer to sth

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Stick around

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Stay

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Call for

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Ask publicly

action

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Harp on

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To keep talking or complaining about someone or something

Mistakes, sth

78
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Conjure up

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Evoke sth, make sth good

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Fall back on

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Depend on

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Splash out

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Spend lots of money

81
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Ripe for

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Ready for a chance

82
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Book down

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Record in writing

83
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Warm up to

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Begin to like an idea

84
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Peter out

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Gradually become less

interest

85
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Slip into

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Experience sth unpleasant

thinking

86
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Descended from

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87
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Act on

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Do sth because of advice

88
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Catch on

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Become popular

phrases

89
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Stave off

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Prevent sth/stop sth bad

Years, diseases, etc

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Morph into

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Gradually change sth

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Build up

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To develop, accumulate, or increase something

wealth, business, and goodwill.

92
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Die off

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Suddenly disappear; to perish one by one until there are no more.

Any living being

93
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Die out

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Gradually disappear, extinct; to perish totally because of the failure to produce offspring

animals

94
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Trigger off

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Cause

95
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Come into

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Be involved

96
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Shrug off

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Treat as unimportant

97
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Put off

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Postpone

98
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Act out

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Behave badly

99
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Pull down

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Destroy completely

100
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Burst out

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To explode outward; to break open under force

101
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Rule out

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Stop considering sth as a possibility

102
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Stir up

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Cause trouble on purpose; to create a lot of trouble

stir up a hornet’s nest

103
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Work through

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Handle

104
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Gun down

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Shoot

105
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Play out

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Happen/occur gradually

106
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Lash out

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Sudden angry attack

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Shut down

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Stop operating

108
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Shut off

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Stop the flow of sth

109
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Weigh up

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Consider both sides of sth

Negative or positive

110
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Churn out

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Produce large quantities quickly

crops

111
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Fall off

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Become smaller

Intransitive: cells

112
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Wear out

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Clothes, muscles

intransitive

113
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Burst with

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114
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Rub off

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Clean, remove

Pain, lipstick

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Crop up

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Appear suddenly or unexpected

116
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Chime with

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Add a comment to a discussion

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Fall out with

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Quarrel

118
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Break away from

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Escape control

119
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Fall in with

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Accept sb’s ideas

120
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Fear sth down

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Destroy sth

121
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Delve into

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Study/examine sth quickly

books

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Refrain from

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Hold back from doing sth

123
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124
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Yearn for

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Desire sb/sth

125
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Put sth down

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Belittle sb

126
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Fall for

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Be attracted to SB

127
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Size up

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Consider and make judgement

128
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Din sth into sb

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Repeat over and over

129
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Rush sth aside

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Not consider

130
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Endow sb with sth

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Give sth

131
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Embark on

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Begin a journey

132
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Hinge on

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To depend on sb/sth

133
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Gloss over

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Avoid talking about sth unpleasant

134
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Pick on

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Harass/treat unkindly

135
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Seep into

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Move gradually

136
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Run afoul of sb/sth

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Be in conflict with

137
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Rail against

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Complain

138
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Talk sth up

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Speak with enthusiasm

139
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Flag up

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Point out

140
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Pay off

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To be successful

141
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Fend off

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Push or send away

142
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Ward off

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Give off

143
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Tease out

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Separate

144
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Shore up

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Help support sth that is likely to fail

145
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Tune out

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Ignore sb

146
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Tamp down

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Reduce amount of sth

147
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Bottle up

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Refuse to talk about sth

148
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Ferret out

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Find out

149
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Slough off

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Get rid of sth

150
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Zone out

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Stop paying attention

151
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Drift off

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Gradually start to sleep

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