Phrasal Verbs 2 Flashcards

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betray

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give someone away

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2
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to be exhausted

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give out

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3
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abandon / devote

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give over

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to make a habit of

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to go in for

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5
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to become bad – food

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to go off

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to be enough

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to go round

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to keep - colloquial

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hang onto

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8
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to be deliberately unkind to someone

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have (got) it in for

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9
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express feelings so as to settle a problem

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to have it out with

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10
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to deceive – colloquial

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to have someone on

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to get on well with - colloquial

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to hit it off

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to dicover by chance - often an idea

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to hit upon / on

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to offer - especially with hope

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to hold out

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to be used as an example i.e. a model of a good behaviour

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to hold up

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to agree with – an idea

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to hold with

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to state a rule – especially for the law

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to lay down (i.e. The company has laid down strict procedures).

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to excuse for punishment

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let off

18
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to inform about a secret – coloquial

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to let on

19
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to suffer a loss of reptuation

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to live (it) down

20
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consider

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to look on

21
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to visit when in the area

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to look someone up

22
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to run away with

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to make off with

23
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to pretend

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to make out

24
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to understand someone’s behaviour

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to make (someone) out

25
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to fail to include smth

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to miss smth out

26
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to stop an activity – colloquial

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to pack in

27
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to improve – colloquial

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to pick up

28
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to force to give a clear statement

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to pin someone down

29
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to continue with some effort – colloquial

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to push on

30
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to explain the cause of

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put down to

31
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to apply for a job

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to put in for

32
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take trouble – to help someone

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to put oneself out

33
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discourage, upset

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put off

34
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to offer accommodation

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to put someone up