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Ask around

A

Ask many people the same question

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Ask someone out

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Invite on a date

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Add up to something

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Equal

Your purchases add up to $205,32

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Back something up

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Reverse

You’ll have to back up your car so that I can get out

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Back someone up

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Support

My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.

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Blow up

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Explode

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Blow something up

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Add some air

We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party

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Break down

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Stop functioning

Our car broke down this morning

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Break down

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Get upset

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Break something down

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Divide into smaller parts

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Break in

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Force entry to a buiding

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Break into something

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Enter forcibly

The firemen had to break into the house

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Break something in

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Wear something a few times do that it doesn’t look/ feel new

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Break in

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Interrupt

The TV station broke in to report the news

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Break up

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End a relationship

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Break up

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Start laughing (informal)

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Break out

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Escape

The prisoners broke up of jail

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Break out in something

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Develop a skin condition

I broke out in a rash after our camping trip

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Bring something down

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Make unhappy

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Bring someone up

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Raise a child

My grandparents brought me up after my parents died

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Bring something up

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Start talking about a subject

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Bring something up

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Vomit

He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet

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Call around

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Phone many different places/ people

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Call someone back

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Return a phone call

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Call something off

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Cancel

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Call on someone

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Ask for an answer or opinion

The professor called on me for question 1

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Call on someone

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Visit someone

We called on you last night but you weren’t home

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Call someone up

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Phone

Give me your phone number and i will call you up when we are in town

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Calm down

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Relax after being angry

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Not care for someone/ something

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Not like (formal)
I don't care for his behaviour.
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Catch up

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Get to the same point as someone else

You’ll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty.

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Check in

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Arrive and register at a hotel or airport

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Check out

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Leave a hotel

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Check something/ someone out

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Look at carefully, investigate

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Check out something/ someone

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Look at (informal)

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35
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Cheer up

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Become happier

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36
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Cheer someone up

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Make happier

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37
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Chip in

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Help

If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon

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38
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Clean something up

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Tidy, clean

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39
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Come across something

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I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet

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40
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Come apart

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Separate

The top and the bottom cone apart if you pull hard enough

41
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Come down with something

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Become sick

My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend

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Come forward

A

Volunteer for a task or to give evidence

43
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Come from somewhere

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Originate in

44
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Count on something/ someone

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Rely on

45
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Cross something out

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Draw a line through

Please cross put your old address

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Cut back on something

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Consume less

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Cut something down

A

Make something fall to the ground

48
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Cut in

A

Interrupt

Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle

49
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Cut in

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Pull in too closely in front of another vehicle

50
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Cut in

A

Start operating

The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22 C

51
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Cut something off

A

Remove with something sharp

The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured

52
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Cut something off

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Stop providing

The phone company cut off our phone because we didn’t pay the bill

53
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Cut something off

A

Take out of a will

54
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Cut something out

A

Remove part of something ( usually with scissors and paper)

55
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Do someone/ something over

A

Beat up, ransack

She’s lucky to be alive. her shop was done over by a street gang

56
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Do something over

A

Do again

My teacher wants me to do my essay over because she doesn’t like my topic

57
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Do away with something

A

Discard

It’s time to do away with all of these old tax records

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Do something up

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Fasten, close

Do your coat up before you go outside it’s snowing

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Dress up

A

Wearing nice clothing

60
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Drop back

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Move back in a position/ group

Andrea dropped back to third place when she felt off her bike

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Drop in/ by/ over

A

Come without an appointment

62
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Drop someone/ something off

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Take someone/ something somewhere and leave them/ it there

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Drop out

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Quit a class, school, etc

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Eat out

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It at a restaurant

65
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End up

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Eventually reach/ do/ decide

We ended up renting a movie instead of going to the theatre

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Fall apart

A

Break into pieces

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Fall down

A

Fall to the ground

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Fall out

A

Separate from an interior

The money must have fallen out of my pocket

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Fall out

A

(Of hair, teeth) become lose and attached

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Figure something out

A

Understand, find the answer

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Fill something in

A

To write information in blanks

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Fill something out

A

To write information in blanks

73
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Feel something up

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Fill to the top

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Find out

A

Discover

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Find something out

A

Discover

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Get something across/ over

A

Communicate, make understandable

I tried to get my point across/ over to the judge but she wouldn’t listen

77
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Get along/ on

A

Like each other

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Get away

A

Go on vacation

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Get around

A

Have mobility

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Get away with something

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Do without being noticed or published

Jason always gets away with cheating in his maths tests

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Get back

A

Return

82
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Get something back

A

Receive something you had before

83
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Get back at someone

A

Retaliate, take revenge

84
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Get back into something

A

Become interested in something again

I finally got back into my novel and finished it

85
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Get on something

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Step onto our vehicle

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Get over something

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Recover from an illness, loss, difficulty

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Get over something

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Overcome a problem

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Get around to something

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Finally find time to do

I don’t know when I’m going to get round to writing the thank you cards

89
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Get together

A

Meet

Let’s get together for a barbecue this weekend

90
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Get up

A

Get out of bed

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Get up

A

Stand

92
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Give someone away

A

Review hiding information about someone

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Give someone away

A

Take the pride to the altar

94
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Give something away

A

Ruin a secret

My little sister gave the surprise party away by accident

95
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Give something away

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Give something to someone for free

The library was giving away old books on Friday

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Give something back

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Return I would item

97
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Give in

A

Reluctantly stop fighting arguing

98
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Give something out

A

Give to many people (usually at no cost)

They were giving out free perfume samples at the department store

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Give something up

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Quit a habit

100
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Give up

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Stop trying

101
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Go after someone

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Follow someone

My brother tried to go after the thief in his car

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