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Phrasal verbs Flashcards

1
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To originate

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Stem from

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2
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To suddenly realize the reality of something

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Down on

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3
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To do a piece of work badly

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Botched up

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4
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To take something or someone somewhere else suddenly and quickly

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Whisked away

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5
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To get warm

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Thaw out
Example: Come thaw out over here by the fire.
I was planning on thawing some chicken breasts

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6
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To spread a story that is uncertain or untrue

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Putting about

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7
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To improve someone´s behaviour

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Straighten out

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8
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To give more information or detail in order to make something complete

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Flesh out

Example: I can’t judge your story in its current state—you need to flesh it out more and then resubmit it.

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9
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To compete for the best position

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Jockey for

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10
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To ask someone questions to find out their views

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Sound out

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11
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Be nice to someone in order to get them to do what you want

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Butter up

A student tried to butter the teacher up.

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12
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To spend a lot of money

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Shell out

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13
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To have a strong desire for something

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Hanker after

Example: I hanker after a nice big beefsteak for dinner.

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14
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To deal with a problem without letting it affect you

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Rise above

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15
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To encourage people to get emotional about something

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Whipping up

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16
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To make a lot of progress

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Forged ahead

Example: The start of my presentation did not go as I had hoped, but I had to just forge ahead and keep talking.

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17
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To be written in a particular type of language

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Couched in

Example: He tended to couch his explanations in arcane vocabulary. She couched her words in an overly polite manner.

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18
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To support

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Prop (me) up

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19
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To suddenly attempt to hit someone

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Lash out

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20
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To find someone and force them out of their hiding place

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Flush out

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21
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To sell a business/

To set something apart from a group

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Hive off

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22
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To avoid dealing with a question or issue

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Skirt around

Example: He always skirts around the issue whenever I bring up pay raises for the people on my team.

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23
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To want something very much

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Yearn for

Example: I grew up in a tiny town in Kansas, yearning for the day I’d get a chance to move somewhere exciting

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24
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To move ahead with something

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Plough/plow ahead

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25
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To act as if you’re superior to someone else

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Lord over

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26
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The same as

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Every bit as

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27
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To be eradicated

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To be stamp out

28
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To make weaker or less controversial

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Water down

29
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To force a change of behaviour

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Imping on

30
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To reduce the price of something

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Mark down

31
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To tell someone about something which is happening, that others want to keep secret

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Tip off

32
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To supply money for something, often reluctantly

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Stump up

33
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To have fun being silly

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Lark about

34
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Succed in doing something that is difficult

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Pull of

35
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Examine something carefully

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Scope up

36
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Emptied out from the inside

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Hollowed out

37
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Start doing something with vigour or determination

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Set about

38
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To interfere or try to change something when others do not want you to

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Meddle with

Example: I would have gotten away with the money laundering if you hadn’t gone meddling with the financial accounts!

39
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To lose consciousness

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Black out

40
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Discuss in detail in order to find a solution

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Thrash out
Example: We had to stay an extra two hours thrashing this issue out.
We’re organizing a committee to thrash out the homelessness crisis in the city.

41
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To achieve a victory

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Chalk up

42
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To be prevented from doing what you want to do by something

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Hemmed in

Example: The terms of this contract really have me hemmed in—even my lawyer can’t see a way out.

43
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To be given a task or responsability that is unwanted

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Saddled with

44
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Something bad happened to someone but they were not responsible for the fact it happened

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Through no fault of someone´s own

45
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To steal

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Knock off

46
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Offering to help someone immediatly they ask for it

A

Say the word

47
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Tell someone about something that has been troubling you

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Get something off your chest

48
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Tell someone directly how angry you are

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Give someone a piece of your mind

49
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To keep talking about an unpleasant memory that someone would prefer to forget

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Rake over

Example: I don’t want to rake over past arguments. They insisted on raking the story over many times.

50
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To try many methods of solving a problem

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Grapple with

51
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To send someone off somewhere in a hurry

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Bundled off

Example: Unfortunately, I had to bundle my wailing son off to my sister so that I wouldn’t miss my flight.

52
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Suggest that they will deal with it

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Make all the right noise

53
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To spend time doing something while waiting for something to happen

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Whiled away

54
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To become familiar with

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Acquaint with

55
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To extend a business into new areas

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Branch out

56
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To encourage someone to do something

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Coax into

57
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To sell to the highest bidder

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Auction off

58
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To rely on

A

Bank on

59
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To use more resources or money than was expected

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Eat into

60
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To end in a disappointing way

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Fizzle out

61
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To go to different shops to compare prices before buying

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Shop around

62
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To gradually discover or deduce the truth about something

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Piece together

63
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To be full of emotion or feeling

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Brim over

64
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To think or speak about a subject a great deal

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Dwell on

65
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To form a business partnership or working relationship with them

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Go in with

66
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To hide a difficulty or a mistake

A

Paper over

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