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Phrasal Verbs 3 Flashcards

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To get about

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To visit many places

I ……. a lot with my job

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To get above

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To behave as if you’re better or someone more important than others
Ever since they have made him assistant manager , he’s been…………….. (ing) himself
to surpass, to be over
We should …………. 5,000 feet before we make camp.

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To get across

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To make people understand something

He tried to…… this point ………. but it was so complicated , no one could understand

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To get after

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To criticize someone for not doing something
She always………………me about dirty dishes
To chase someone or something
Don’t just stand there talking. Get after them!

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To get ahead

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To make progress, overtake, gain advantage, be successful
In order to ……….in business you need to be assertive.
He ran faster and ………..of his sister just as they reached the car. (move in front of)
Nowadays , you need IT skill if you want to ………

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To get along

To get along with

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To have a good relationship
I don’t really ……….. with my sister’s husband.
Me and my friend , we………..
To deal with
I wonder how Michael is ………….. in his new job?

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To get around

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circulate
When word ………. that she was baking cookies, all the children appeared at her door.
travel
visit many places
I certainly …………..in my job. This year, I’ve travelled to Korea, Australia and South Africa.
avoid doing
Avoid or bypass an obstacle
The politician ……………. answering the question by changing the subject.

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To get around doing something

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Find time
Bill eventually……………to the washing-up.
Eventually begin or return to some procrastinated task
Some day I’ll ……………..to organizing this mess.

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To get at

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To be able to reach , find, access
I have a lot of money in my trust fund. I just can’t ………..it.
Mean, signify
I don’t understand. What are you…………..?

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To get away

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1 - To escape
A police officer grabbed him, but he ……….
2 - to manage to leave a place ( especially your work)
He said he’d meet me for lunch if he could…………
3 - to go somewhere different from where you live in order to have a rest or a holiday
……….. from it all: On days like today, I just want to……… from it all.

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To get away from

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1 To talk about something different from what you should be talking about
2 to ask someone to leave a place
I think we’re………….from the point.
…………….from there! It’s hot!
3 you can’t …….from something/there’s no ……….from something
used for saying that a fact or situation must be accepted and cannot be avoided

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To get away with

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Not get caught or punished for doing something wrong
- These bums ……………….diamond trinkets.
to leave a place with something
- I let Fane……………with the Book.

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To get back

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Return to where one came from
- When I …………… from holiday, I expect the house to be tidy.
Retrieve, to have an item returned
- I lent her my guitar over the Christmas holidays, and will ….it………..when the term starts.

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To get back at

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To punish someone who did something to you

- She put toothpaste in his shoes to …………. him for the frog he left in her refrigerator.

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To get back into

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To start doing something after stopping for sometime

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To get back to sb or sth

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To contact someone later, To give reply
- I’ll …………… you when I have an answer.
Return to
- I’ll ……………work as soon as I’ve finished this game.

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To get back together

To get together

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To start a relationship with somebody again
- I just (preterit)………….. with my ex-girlfriend
to meet socially
- Lily……. the girls ……….and told them about Anna’s accident.

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To get behind

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To support, to help

- It was easy to finish the project , once the whole community …………… it

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To get by

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To have just enough money to live on

- Do you think they can …………… on only one salary?

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To get down

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To make someone depressed or unhappy
- Nothing ………………..so much as a rainy day.
indicate to enjoy for exemple a party
- get down , enjoy

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To get down on

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To criticize someone

- Jane’s always getting ………………..the kids.

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To get in

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To arrive home
Get into or inside something, literally or figuratively
You’d better ………..gear.
to ………a car
Enter a place; to gain access
f you want to……., you’ll need the gate code and a key.
be admitted to school , program,

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To get in on

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participate , get involved

She’s always trying to ……….. the action.

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To get in with

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To become friendly with a group

He (preterit) with a bad crowd and started skipping school.

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To get into

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to start enjoying something, or to become enthusiastic about it
I can’t …………this book because the first chapter is so boring.

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To get off

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Literally remove from a place
………. this table
To escape punishment , be acquitted, steal
He was tried for corruption, but he (preterit)….
To get pleasure, orgasm, to be excited by something
He really …………on seeing other people suffer.

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To get on sb nerves

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To criticize someone

Her husband’s constant grumbling was starting to ……………Olga’s nerves.

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To get on with something

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To continue doing something

Don’t watch TV. Just ………..with your homework!

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To get on (with)somebody

Get on board

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To have a good relationship (England)
If you can’t …….. with your boss, it might be better to quit.
Sarah and her new roommate (preterit) ……. as soon as they met.
join us in a work , a plan
I want you to “ ………” in my plan

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To get onto

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To start discussing a topic

My boss always becomes defensive when we ……………the subject of a pay rise.

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To get out

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To go out of different places

I need to …….of my meeting this afternoon because I have a doctor’s

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To get out of

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extricate someone from
The children could not ………..the building because it was on fire.
to avoid doing something you dislike
The teenager tried ………….. his homework by pretending to be ill.

33
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To get over

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To recover from something
In the follow-up, psychosocial activities will help children ………….the trauma of the disaster.
literally
to go there, you have to ……. this wall

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To get through

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to survive
The global recession has been tough on everyone, but we will…………..it.
to complete a task (finish)
I have so much work to ………………. this week. I don’t know how I’m going to do it all!

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To get through to

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To make someone understand what you are trying to say
I need to get through to my son and make him see drugs are not the answer!
Reach on phone
I’m trying to …………… the President but he’s not answering his phone.

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To get to

to get to doing sth

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To annoy or upset someone
His incessant whistling really ……….me.
To reach , arrive
John (preterit) ……..Cambridge at about five o’clock.
Start doing
When he failed to call me yet again, I (preterit) wondering if he was having an affair.

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To get together

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To meet each other, To spend time together to gather
The team leaders need to………..to discuss the problem.
Let’s ……………sometime and catch up on each other’s news.

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To get up
to get up in something
“get up” noun

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To get out of bed
I had to ………..early today for a meeting at 7:00 AM.
To find courage
I couldn’t quite ……….the courage to ask him on a date.
to get dressed
For halloween, she ………… in a nice costume
Nice “ get up “ , means nice dress

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To get up to

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To do something wrong or naughty

What have you been ………….?

40
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Go on

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A cruise 
A date 
A diet
A picnic 
A tour 
A trip to 
Vacation 
Sales
Strike
41
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To go about

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To begin to do something our to deal with something

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How should I ….. loosing weight?

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To go after

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To chase or follow someone in order to catch them

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The cat went after the bird , but it flew away

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To go against

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To oppose or disagree with something or someone

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Build a road here would go against the wishes of the local community

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To go ahead

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To start or continue to do something

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……and eat before everything gets cold.

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To go along

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To agree with someone or something

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I didn’t agree, but I ………..with the decision because I was in the minority.

46
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To go around

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To be enough for everyone

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For a women over 40, there simply aren’t enough men their own age ….

47
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To go at someone

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To attack someone

Ex the two boys are …….each other like mads dogs

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To go away

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To leave a place

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You’re fired . Please … and don’t come back

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To go back to

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To have existed since or for a particular time

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Their relationship ……..,when they were at school together

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To go back on

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To fail to keep a promise or to change decision

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He’s …….. on his word and decided not to give me the job after all

51
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To go before

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To precede, to occur, before in time

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Summer ……autumn and winter ……..spring

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To go by

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The passing of time

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Five years ……….before the boys saw each other again

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To go down

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To decrease, to get smaller

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The oil price has ……. recently

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To go down with

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To become ill with a particular illness

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Yesterday, my husband ………with the flu

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To go in for

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To like something, to have an interest in

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I’ve never ……classical music, but I love jazz music.

56
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To go into

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To start doing a particular type of work.
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After earning a master’s degree in economics, he ……. banking

57
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To go off

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Of a light or a machine goes of, it stops working

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All the lights in the building suddenly …..,,,

58
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To go off to

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To leave a place and go somewhere else

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Dave’s ……… to the south off France for the summer.

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To go off

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To leave with something that belong to somewhere else

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He ……. with my credit card

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To go on about

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Talk in an annoying way about something for a long time

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All through dinner Peter……his favorite subject, himself.

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To go on at

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To criticize someone regularly or for a long time

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She’s always……her daughter for one thing or another

62
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To go out

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To become unfashionable

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Purple ties,……. after a short season of popularity

63
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To go out with

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To have a romantic relationship with someone

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He’s been ………..with his girlfriend for around six months now

64
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To go over

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To examine or check something

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Remember to …..your essay for grammar and spelling mistakes before you hand in it to me

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To go through

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To experience a difficult or unpleasant situation

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You wouldn’t believe what I …………when I was ill !

66
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To go through with

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To do something you planned or promised to do

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He says, he’ll climb Mount Everest. But I doubt he’ll……..with it.

67
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To go under

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To become bankrupt

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The company was weak from the start and finally……

68
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Come about

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Come to pass; develop; occur; take place; happen

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We have to ask, how did this …,?

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Come across

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Give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image
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A business suit and briefcase help her ……as the competent professional she is

Find, usually by accident
In the meadow he will ………….a rare flower.

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Come after

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Flollow, pursue
Don’t try to ……me
to succeed, be the successor of
Who …….Richard the Lionheart?

71
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To come along

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To accompany,
Would you like to …………….with me to the opera ?
Progress, to make progressThe renovation is ……………nicely, and should be ready within a month.

72
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To come appart

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Break, separate

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My old clothes are all ……….

73
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To come around

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To change one’s mind

Example : give her time , she may come around and see things your way

74
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To come at

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Get to, especially with effort or difficulties
He precise the meaning was not easy to ………..
To accept ( a situation) , to agree to do, to try
I’m not going to …………. that again. Too risky
To Attack, to harass
as I backed away , he came at me with a knife.

75
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get on

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to progress , advance,
How are you ……….?
To ……… in life, you need to be willing to work hard.

76
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come up

come up with

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produce it or think about it

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