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Apply for

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Transitive and inseparable
Make a formal request for something
Megan has applied for a better job.

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Break down

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Intransitive inseparable
Stop working
Oh no ! The lift had broken down again.

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Break up

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Intransitive inseparable
End a relationship
Cindy and Malcolm have a broken up again.

Transitive e separable
Destroy . They broke the ship up for scrap

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Bring out

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Transitive and - separable
Introduce
They have brought out a new edition of the book

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Bring up

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Transitive and separable
Raise, pull up , build , levantar , increase
His grandmother brought out a new edition of the book

Raise a topic
Someone brought up the subject of parking at the meeting .
To be brought up on a diet of football / vegan food

Grow up

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Type 1 Intransitive

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These phrasal verbs need no object.
These plane took off at 6am
The washing machine broke down yesterday

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Type 2

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Transitive and separable
These phrasal verbs need an object . The object can go either between the verb and particle , or after particle
I turned the light on /
I turned on the light
Watch out
When the object is a pronoun, it MUST go between the verb and particle
My dad picked me up from the station
Wrong : my dad picked up me from the station

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Type 3

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Transitive and inseparable
These phrasal verbs need an object. The object can only come after both the verb and particle.
We sometimes look after our niece

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Type 4

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Transitive and inseparable with two particles
These phrasal verbs need an object . The object can’t go between the verb and particles .
I’m looking forward to meeting your parents . Três ou mais 😛

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Bump into

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Transitive and inseparable
Meet by chance
Guess who I bumped into at the supermarket ?

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Calm down

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Transitive and separable
Become less emotional
When he fell,
Shiona calmed him down and cleaned his cut knee.

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Carry on

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Intransitive and inseparable
Continue .
If we carry on like this we won’t have any money left .

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Catch on

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Intransitive and inseparable
Become popular : this new fashion will never catch on .

Finally understand : I didn’t understand him at first , but I eventually caught on.

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Chill out

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Intransitive
CHILL OUT
Relax . At the end of the day I like to chill out in front of telly .

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Click on

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CLICK ON
Transitive and inseparable
Select (on a computer )
Just click on that icon to open the life .

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Come across

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COME ACROSS
Transitive and inseparable
Find, often by chance
They came across some hidden treasure while they were building the house

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Come along

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COME ALONG
Intransitive inseparable
Join a trip or an activity
You are very welcome to come along this evening.

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Come up

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COME UP
Intransitive inseparable
Appear/occur / arise
I can’t see you tonight , something has come up at work

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Come up with

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COME UP WITH
Transitive , inseparable with two particles .
Have an idea .
We’ve come up with a great solution to the problem .

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Cut down on

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CUT DOWN ON
Transitive, inseparable with two particles
Reduce the amount you consume : if you can’t stop smoking at least try to cut down on how many cigarettes you have a day .

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Deal with

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DEAL WITH
Transitive and inseparable 
Take action
We need to deal with the problem
Before it gets worse
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Dress up

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Dress Up
Intransitive
Wear your best clothes : it’s a special occasion so we should dress up

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End up

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End Up
Intransitive
Finish, often in an unexpected way or place : we followed our GPS and ended up at the top of
A mountain

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Fall out

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Fall out
Intransitive
have a serious argument: They fell out 30 years ago and haven’t spoken to each other since .

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Fall over
Fall over Intransitive Fall : He slipped on the ice and immediately fell over
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Fall through
Fall through Intransitive Collapse / fail to happen: Plans to make the book into a film fell through
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Find out
Find out Transitive separable Discover / learn information : can you find out the train times to Milan?
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Fit in
Fit in transitive separable Find the time to do something : The doctor can FIT you IN at six o’clock
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Get Away
Get Away Intransitive Escape We tried to catch the thieves but they manage to get away .
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Get in
Get in Intransitive Arrive at work/school/home : What time did Miriam get in today ?
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Get into
Get into Transitive inseparable Become involved in something : He got into role-playing games when he was still at school
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Get on
Get on Intransitive Have a good relationship We’ve been getting on better recently
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Get over
Get over Transitive inseparable Recover from an illness : It took him ages to get over the flu last winter .
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Give away
Give away Transitive separable Distribute : She gave away her money to the dogs’ home. Tell a secret Mum accidentally told Dad about the party and gave away the surprise
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Give up
Give up Transitive separable Stop doing. She gave up playing tennis after the twins were born
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Go along
Intransitive Go to an event We went along to the meeting .
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Go along with
Go along with Transitive inseparable Agree or support I’m happy to go along with that suggestion.
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Go away
Go away Intransitive Leave: please go away , I’m trying to finish my homework
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Go down
Go down Intransitive become lower House prices have gone down again this month
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Go down with
Go down with transitive inseparable Become ill: They all went down with a terrible stomach bug
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Go for
Go for Transitive inseparable Choose / select I think we should go for the green one
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Go into
Go into Transitive inseparable Enter / join a profession She went into the police when she left school
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Go off
Go off Intransitive Leave : He went off to school in a very bad mood Lose it’s freshness This butter tastes strange; I think it has gone off
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Go on
Go on Intransitive Happen What’s going on, why is there so much noise Complain: Stop going on like that - there’s nothing we can do
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Go out
Go out Intransitive Leave the home: there’s nothing on telly, why don’t we go out
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Go up
Go up Intransitive Increase Unemployment keeps going up.
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Grow into
Intransitive | Develop over time and become . Their small family business grew into an international company
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Grow up
Grow up Intransitive Become an adult: Shakespeare grew up and went to school in this town .
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Help out
Transitive separable Assist : Our neighbor helped us out with moving the furniture
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Join in
Join in Transitive inseparable Participate : Don’t be shy ! Everyone can join in
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Keep up with
Keep up with Transitive inseparable StAy at the same level I’m no good at maths, I can’t keep up with the rest of the class
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Knock down
Knock down Transitive separable Demolish: They knocked down the old hospital and built a modern one .
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Light up
``` Light up Transitive separable Illuminate: The firework display lit up the sky - It was amazing ```
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Live on
Live on Transitive inseparable Survive : I don’t know how they live on such a small salary.
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Look after
Look after Transitive inseparable Take care of : Can you look after the children this evening ?
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Look for
Look for Transitive inseparable Try to find : I’m looking for my car keys , has anyone seen them ?
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Look forward to
Look forward to Transitive inseparable To be excited about something that is going to happen : We’re really looking forward to seeing Maria again after so many years .
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Look into
Look into Transitive inseparable Investigate A team is looking into the cause of the fire
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Look round
Look round Transitive inseparable Visit : after we unpacked we looked round the old down
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Look up
Look up Transitive separable Consult / check I looked their number up in the phone book
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Meet up
Meet up Transitive inseparable Meet other people to do something We met up outside the station and went clubbing
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Mess up
Mess up Transitive separable Spoil : she messed up the job interview by arriving late
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Move in
Move in Intransitive Begin living a new home: When we moved in we redecorated the house .
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Pass on
Pass on Transitive separable Transmit (knowledge or disease ) : Grandma passed on her secret recipe
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Pass out
Pass out Intransitive Faint : It was so hot on the underground I passed out
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Pick up
Pick up Transitive separable Go and collect : Can you pick up my dress from the dry-cleaner’s ? Cara an illness : she picked up can eye art he swimming pool Learn (a skill / a language) Hannah picked up Italian after just six months
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Point out
Point Out transitive separable Draw someone’s attention to: she pointed out there was a spelling mistake on the poster
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Put away
Put away Transitive separable Store: we need to put away the decorations for another year .
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Put off
Put off Transitive separable Discourage : the weekend course put him off becoming a soldier. Delay : we’ve put the trip off until next week .
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Put on
Put on Transitive separable Wear a piece of clothing Put on your coat, it’s cold outside .
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Put up
Put up Transitive separable Install / fix in place : we need to put up some bookshelves in the sitting room To put up a house ( to build)
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Put up with
Put up with Transitive inseparable Support / tolerate I can’t put up with your behavior any more . I’m leaving
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Run out
Run out Transitive separable Consume completely Oh no, we’ve run out of milk .
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Save up
Save up Transitive separable Gradually save money: People used to save up until they could afford to buy something
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Set off
Set off Intransitive Begin a journey: They set off on a five-year voyage around the world .
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Show round
Show round Transitive separable Act as a guide Paula showed us round the new sport’s centre.
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Sort out
Sort out Transitive separable Organize / find a solution When Grandad died it took months to sort out all his papers.
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Stand out
Stand out Intransitive Be obviously different: She is an excellent student who stands out from all the others.
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Stay ahead
Stay ahead Intransitive Remain in front : it’s getting more difficult to stay ahead of our rivals
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Take off
Take off Intransitive Leave in a plane: The plane took off on time . Transitive separable Remove clothing I’m going to take off my tie, it’s so uncomfortable
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Take over
Take over Intransitive Assume control I’d like you to take over the shop while I’m on holiday.
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Take up
Take up Transitive separable Begin something new: I’m going to take up golf when I retire.
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Think about
Think about Transitive inseparable Consider She’s thinking about studying abroad for a year
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Think up
Think up Transitive separable Invent She spent the journey thinking up an excuse for why she was late
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Throw away
Throw away Transitive separable Discard : she threw away his favourite trainers whitout telling him
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Try out
Try out Transitive separable Test. I’d like you to try out this new washing powder and tell me what you think .
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Turn down
Turn down Transitive separable Reduce the level: can you turn down the music ? I’m trying to concentrate . Refuse she turned down the job because lithe salary was too low .
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Turn into
Turn into Transitive separable Transform They’ve turned the old cinema into a bowling alley
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Turn off
Turn off Transitive separable Switch off/stop Don’t forget to turn off the computer
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Turn up
Turn up Intransitive Arrive / often unexpectedly : you can’t just turn up at their door - phone them first Transitive separable Increase the level. Turn it up ! I love this song !
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Work out
Intransitive Take a exercise / calculate She works out at the gym twice a week. Transitive separatable calculate I can’t work out the answer to this problem, can you help ?
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To stick with
Transitive separable To keep doing sth To not give up
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Call for
``` Transitive inseparable Call for (to pick sb up ) ```
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To do sth up
Decorate
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To go to bed
To turn in
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To turn on sb
Betrayal , politician , king , friends , boss
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To turn in
Go to bed
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To look after sb/sth
To protect
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To get at sth
To reach with your hand usually sth high
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To cut down / on the number of soft drinks | Amount of sugar (uncountable)
Reduce
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To put sth forward (not informal)
To suggest | Does any awe want to put forward an idea
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To hold / hang on
To wait
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Set up
Establish To set up a business
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To take sth a part
``` To pull sth a part To dismantle ( desmontar ) ```
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To put sb/sth in danger
To endanger
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To pop down
To pop down to the supermarket = go there quickly , do what you need to do and return
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Crammed with
Full of
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Acute
Sharp , aguçado
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To hand sth down to sb
Pass on information for future generation
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Take on
Take on contract employees
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Line up
Line up stand or be arranged in a straight row (alinhar ) | Had someone or sth ready or prepared .
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Miss out
Miss sth or sb out | Fail to include , omit
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Be Cut out for
Have exactly the right qualities for a particular role or job
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Cut out for
Suited , adequado
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From scratch
With nothing behind me
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Keep in with
Be friendly with
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Keep on
Keep on doing Keep on at it Don’t give up
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Tell off
To say in a strong way Like a mother with their children. To tell sb off doing sth To tell sb for doing sth
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To come down with
To come down with - the flu - a could To catch / get a could Just those , not others illness
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To make do with
To make do with to use what you have available
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To make up with
To reconcile with sb
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To take sth in
Understand / information into your brain
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To settle down
Calm down
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To catch on
Become popular
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To be called up
Military service | For jury duty
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Start off
Begin
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Go together
Coincide
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Cut out
Remove
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Come up against
Be faced with or opposed by
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Spring up
Suddenly appear
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Jot down
Write down, make note of

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