Phrasal verbs Flashcards

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if people …, they form a group or a small crowd around something or someone.

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to gather around

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to communicate something or make something understood by others

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to get across

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If you …, you make progress in your career.

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to get ahead

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If two people …, they like each other and are friendly.

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to get along

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to move from place to place

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to get around

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to find a way of avoiding something

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to get around

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to get hold of something (mettre la main sur qqc)

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to get at

ex: the valve is hard to get at unless you have a special tool./the committee finally got at the main issue

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to mean or to imply smth

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to get at

ex: I don’t understand what he’s getting at

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to leave a place

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to get away

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to do something illegal or immoral and not get caught or punished

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to get away with

ex: He got away with doing illegal things.

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to return to a place

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to get back

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If you … something …, it is returned to you after you’ve lent it, lost it, or had it stolen

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to get back

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to have just enough of something, like money, knowledge or skills, to do what you want to do

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to get by

ex: How can he get by on so little money?

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to move close to the ground, or to move from a higher position to a lower position

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to get down

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to quickly write something, often so as not to forget it

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to get down

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to manage to swallow something that isn’t easy to swallow

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to get down

ex: let’s get down to business

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to enter a place or a vehicle

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to get in

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If a train or plane …., it arrives at its destination.

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to get in

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to submit or send something like a document, a form or a report

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to get in

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If you … something like a university, a team, a club, etc., you have succeeded in joining it.

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to get into

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to become interested in something or focussed on something

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to get into

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to leave a means of transport such as a bus or a train

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to get off

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to finish work, or have a break from work

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to get off

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to step onto a bus, train, ship, etc.

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to get on

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If two people ..., they have a good relationship and are friendly.
to get on
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to move out of an enclosed space, such as a building or a car
to get out
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If you ... something ..., you remove it from whatever it's in.
to get out
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If you ... doing something that you don't want to do, you find a way to avoid doing it, such as by making up an excuse.
to get out of | ex: I didn't want to go to the lecture, but I couldn't get out of it
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to take off clothes because they're uncomfortable or inappropriate
to get out of
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to recover from something like an illness or a shock
to get over
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to produce an unfortunate effect on | to criticize insitently
to get on ex: the noise got on my nerves the fans got on him for losing the game
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to complete a task
to get through
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if you ... something, you use or eat all of it (UK-AUS)
to get through
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to reach the person you want to talk when making a telephone call
to get through
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to meet and spend time together
to get together
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to get out of bed after having been asleep
to get up
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to stand up or to get to one's feet
to get up
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If you ... something, you give it to someone without expecting anything in return.
to give away
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If you ... something ..., you return it to whoever you got it from.
to give back
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If somebody ..., they stop trying to do something like win a game, a fight or an argument.
to give in | ex:he gave in to my suggestion after I had shown him the plans
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to produce something like a smell, a gas, heat or light
to give off | ex: they give off dangerous radiation
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If you ... something ..., you distribute it to many people, usually by hand.
to give out
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If you ..., you stop trying to do something because it's too hard or because it can't be done or it's bad for you.
to give up
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to do something in a certain way, or to deal with something in a certain way
to go about | ex: the way we went about things was fine
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to chase and try to catch someone or something
to go after
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to try to get something (informal)
to go after
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to oppose, or disagree with, something or somebody
to go against
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to start doing something, or to continue doing something, usually after being given permission or encouragement to do so
to go ahead
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to agree with someone or to support something
to go along with
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to act or dress in a certain way
to go around | ex: he used to go around in jeans
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to be enough for everyone
to go around | ex:there wasn't enough cake to go around
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to leave or go to another place
to go away
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to stop existing, or to stop being noticeable
to go away
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to return to a place, a person, a condition etc
to go back
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to be more than, better than, more advanced than etc
to go beyond
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to move past (in space), or pass (in time)
to go by | ex: time seems to go by more quickly/people are going by in the park
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to become less
to go down
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to be received in a certain way, or to create a certain reaction
to go down | ex: I think your speech went down really well.
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When the sun or the moon ..., it gets lower and lower in the sky until it disappears below the horizon.
to go down
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to be remembered or recorded in some way
to go down | ex:The Beatles will go down in the record books as the best-selling group of the sixties.
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to try to get something or achieve something '(informal)
to go for
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to like a particular type of person, product, style, experience, etc.
to go for
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to physically attack a person or an animal
to go for
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to be sold for a certain amount of money
to go for
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to talk about or discuss something in detail
to go into
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If something .... , it stops working because of a power cut.
to go off
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If a bomb or a firework ..., it explodes.
to go off
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If foods or drinks ..., they go bad and aren't safe to eat or drink. (UK-AUS)
to go off
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to happen
to go on
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to keep happening as before, or to keep doing something
to go on
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If something like a light or a heater ..., it starts operating.
to go on
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to talk for too long, or talk in such a way that it annoys or bores people
to go on
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used when encouraging someone to do something
go on
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to leave your home and go somewhere for enjoyment or entertainment
to go out
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to look carefully at something like a report, essay, document, etc. to check for mistakes or to make improvements
to go over
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to review something, or look at it again, in order to learn or memorize it
to go over
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to cause a reaction of some sort, especially from an audience
to go over
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to look through a collection of things like documents, books, clothes, etc. to find something or to sort them out
to go through
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to live through a bad time or a difficult situation
to go through
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If two things ...., they look good together or they harmonize.
to go together
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to happen together, or to often occur at the same time
to go together
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If a company ..., it goes out of business and closes down.
to go under
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If something like a price or a rate..., it becomes higher.
to go up
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If one thing ... another, they look good together or seems to work well together.
to go with
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to not have something that you used to have because conditions have changed and it's no longer available or affordable
to go without | ex: Most of us will have to go without luxuries like expensive jewellery