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phrasal verbs Flashcards

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avoir l’avantage de faire qqchose

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advantage in doing something

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SF est reconnu pour sa variété multiculturelle

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SF is celebrated for its multicultural makeup

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explain the reason for

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to account for

(ins) Increase population accounts for climate change

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obey

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Adhere to

(ins) You must adhere to the terms of the contract.

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Mention in an indirect way

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Allude to

(ins) She kept alluding to our agreement, but she didn’t want to reveal it.

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To cause something bad to happen, especially illness

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Bring on

(sep)His heart condition was brought on by his diet.

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To start discussing a subject

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Bring up

(sep) She brought the matter up very late so they didn’t have time to discuss it properly.

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To happen, especially by chance

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Come about

(ins) Increased unemployment has come about through automated production.

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To reduce

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Cut back

(ins) They are cutting back expenses.

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To succeed in living or working without

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Do without

(ins) We can do without help from you.

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To start a new project or activity, usually one that will be difficult or take time

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Embark on

(ins) After graduating from university, she embarked on a career in banking.

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To continue doing something until it has been completed

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Follow through

(ins) You will need to follow through with some reading if you want to master the subject.

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To not approve of something

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Frown upon

(ins) Failure to attend classes is frowned upon.

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To make people understand something

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get across

(sep) The teacher managed to get across how important it was to attend lectures.

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To be heard by a lot of people

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Get around

(ins) News of his promotion got around very fast.

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To try to suggest something without saying it directly

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get at

(ins) What are you getting at? Was my presentation too long?

17
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To start doing something again after not doing it for a period of time.

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Get back (to doing)

(ins) Let’s get back to discussing how this happened.

18
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To feel happy about something that is going to happen

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Look forward to (doing)

(ins) I’m looking forward to meeting you later.

19
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To try to discover facts about something

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Look into

(ins) After several customers complained about late deliveries, they decided to look into the matter.

20
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To understand someone or something in a certain way

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Make of

(ins) What do you make of the teacher’s decision to shorten this course?

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To plan in detail how something will happen

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Map out

(sep) Her career was mapped out for her when she decided to take that job.

22
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To come together with someone

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Meet up

(ins) Let’s meet up and discuss how we are going to go about this project.

23
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To reduce the number of possibilities

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narrow down

(sep) The detectives narrowed down the list of suspects to just two.

24
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To suggest an idea, opinion so that it can be discussed

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Put forward

(sep) The proposals were put forward last week, but the committee didn’t have time to discuss them.

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To delay doing something especially when you don’t want to do it

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Put off (doing)

(sep) Are you putting off writing that essay because you can’t concentrate right now?

26
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To do something unpleasant in order to solve a problem

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Resort to

(ins)We must resort to legal action of they don’t offer compensation

27
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To stop considering something as a possibility

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Rule out

(sep) The CEO said that yearly bonuses can be ruled out in light of the financial crisis.

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To tell someone your ideas so they can give you their opinion

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Run by

(sep) I have a few ideas for tomorrow’s meeting. Can I run them by you?

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To persuade someone not to do something

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Talk out of (doing)

(sep) Her parents talked her out of living in a rented fl

30
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To consider a problem carefully

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Think over

(sep) You should think it over before handing in your resignation.

31
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To develop in a particular way

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Turn out

(ins) The presentation turned out well, considering how little you prepared for it.

32
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To almost be in a particular state

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Verge on

(ins) His speech was so good, it was verging on genius.

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