Phrasal Verbs

Question 1

to call something off

Answer 1

to cancel sth

Question 2

to hold on

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to wait

Question 3

to look down on sb.

Answer 3

to consider sb to be inferior

Question 4

to look into sth

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to investigate sth

Question 5

to look up to sb

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to admire sb

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to put sb down

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to humiliate sb

Question 7

to put sth down to sth

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to attribute sth to sth

Question 8

to put sb off (doing sth)

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to discourage sb (from doing sth)

Question 9

to put sth off

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to postpone sth

Question 10

to put sth out

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to extinguish sth (auslöschen)

Question 11

to put up with sb./sth.

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to tolerate sb/sth

Question 12

to put sb through

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to connect sb (with sb)

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to fall back on sb./sth.

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to resort sb./sth. (zurückgreifen)

Question 14

to fall out (with sb)

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to quarrel with sb (streiten)

Question 15

to fall through

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to fail

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to let sb down

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to disappoint sb

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to live up to sth

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to be as good as sth

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to make out sth

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to discern sth (erkennen)

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to make up (with sb)

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to become friends again (with sb)

Question 20

to make sth up

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to invent sth

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to make up sth

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to constitute sth (bilden, Formen)

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to make up for sth

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to compensate sth

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to mix sb

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to confuse sb/sth

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to set off

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to depart

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to set sth up

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to establish sth (gründen)

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to bring sth about

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to cause sth

Question 27

to bring sth out

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to launch sth

Question 28

to bring sb up

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to raise sb

Question 29

to bring sth up

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to mention sth OR

to raise sth

Question 30

to catch up (with sb/sth)

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to reach the same level

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to come across sth

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to find sth unexpectedly

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to come down with sth

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to become ill with sth (infectious)

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to come out

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to arise

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to come round

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to regain consciousness

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to come up

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to be published

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to come up with sth

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to develop sth

Question 37

This article says that consumers spending will…

Answer 37

assumes

Question 38

Experts have said that the management needs to take action soon

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claimed - measures

Question 39

PP is a good possibility to market products

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effective, efficient

Question 40

There were lots of problems during…

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A wide array of problems arose

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This change will not make a big difference

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major/tremendous

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Labor costs are far lower in Easter Europe

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significantly

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Central European cities like Prague and Vienna

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such as

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Many companies are moving their production facilities

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relocating

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The finance department will make the report

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submit/prepare

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Our firms turnover increased a lot last quarter, but our profit fell a bit

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significantly/slightly

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The management should make sure

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ensure

Question 48

The marketing department cannot do anything about this problem

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is unable to resolve this issue

Question 49

Many studies have looked at the effects…

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investigated