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Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

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1
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To do something because someone has said that you should

A

Act on sb’s (advice)

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To make an extra copy of computer information, for example on a disk or a hard drive

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Back sth up

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To be doing something

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Be up to sth

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4
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To divide something into different areas

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Break up sth

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To demand that something happens

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Call for sth

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To decide that a planned event or activity will not happen because it is not possible or wanted now

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Call sth off

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To cover a surface or fill a place with things that are not tidy or well organised

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Clutter sth up

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To discover something or someone by chance

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Come across sb/sth

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9
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To visit someone at their house

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Come round

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10
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To deal successfully with a difficult situation

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Cope with sth

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To take action in order to achieve something or to solve a problem

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Deal with sth

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12
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To become more and more rare and then disappear completely

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Die out

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13
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To think of a new idea or plan

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Dream sth up

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14
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To start to sleep

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Drop off (to sleep)

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15
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To stop working and doing things that most people do because you do not want to be part of society any longer

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Drop out

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To finally be in a particular place or situation

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End up

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17
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To move things about or touch things with no particular purpose

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Fiddle with sth

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18
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To feel that you belong to a particular group and are accepted by them

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Fit in

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19
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To start doing something seriously and with a lot of attention and effort

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Get down to sth

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20
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To start to do something in a purposeful way

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Go about doing sth

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To go somewhere in order to take a break/walk/drink a cup of coffee, etc…

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Go for + ( a break/walk/coffee)

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22
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To choose something

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Go for sth

23
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If something that makes a noise goes off, it suddenly starts making a noise

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Go off (alarm)

24
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To move towards something

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Head for sth

25
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To ask someone for something, e. g. money

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hit up sb for sth

26
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To manage to keep a job

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Hold down a job

27
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To manage to do work as it is given to you and not be late in doing what you have to do

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Keep up with sth

28
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To enjoy something very much

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Lap sth up

29
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If you say you will never live something down, you mean that it is in an embarrassing experience that other people will not let you forget

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Live sth down

30
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If you… money, you use that money to buy the things that you need to live, such as food, clothes, etc.

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Live off sth

31
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To meet another person in order to do something together

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Meet up with sb

32
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To leave the place where you are and go somewhere else

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Move on

33
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To stop living in a particular home

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Move out

34
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Informal. To give someone all of the money that you owe them

A

Pay up

35
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To start learning something or doing something regularly without intending to

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Pick up sth

36
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To choose something from a group of things

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Pick sth out

37
Q

If a vehicle…, it moves to the side of the road and stops.

A

Pull over

38
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If a vehicle…, it stops

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Pull up

39
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To arrange to do something at a later time

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Put sth off

40
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To cause something to explode

A

Set off sth

41
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To arrange a number of things in a particular way

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Set sth out

42
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To arrange for something to happen, for example to start a new business

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Set up sth

43
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To start living somewhere that you are going to live for a long time, usually with a partner

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Settle down

44
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To start to feel relaxed and comfortable in a new situation

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Settle into sth

45
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To make a decision after spending a period of time thinking about the choices

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Settle on sth

46
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To pay someone the money that you owe them

A

Settle up

47
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Formal. To be taught by someone

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Study under sb

48
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To replace or destroy something

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Sweep sth aside

49
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To manage to reveal something

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Tease out sth

50
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To happen in a particular way

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Turn out

51
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If someone who is lying down…, they change position so that they are facing a different direction

A

Turn over

52
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If a person in a television show is…, the people watching the programme vote in order to make that person leave the show

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Vote sb off

53
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Informal. To annoy someone, often on purpose

A

Wind sb up

54
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To destroy something completely

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Wipe sth out

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