Phrasal Verbs Flashcards by nicolas vieira | Brainscape

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Explain, give a reason

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Account For

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Make sense, seem reasonable

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Add up

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Reply rudely

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Answer Back

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Make a personal request for something

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Apply for

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Move backwards, in fear or dislike

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Back away

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Give support or encouragement

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Back up

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Base your hope on sme-sthing

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Bank on

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Improve, make more substantial

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Beef up

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Faint, lose consciousness

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Black Out

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Explode

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Blow up

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Escape from captivity

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Break away

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Cease to function, lose control of

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Break down

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Enter by force

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Break into

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Start suddenly

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Break out

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Come to a end (relationship)

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Break up

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Improve, reresh one’s knowledge of sthing

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Brush upon

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Meet by accident or unexpectedly

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Bump into

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Stop working

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Burn out

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Interrupt impolitely

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Butt in (on sthing)

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Return a phone call

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Call back

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Cancel

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Call of

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Continuer

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Carry On

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Postpone until later

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Carry over

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Investigate

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Check out

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Stop operating (company, cinema…)

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Close down

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Become happier

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Cheer up

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Help

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Chip in

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Find by chance

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Come across

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Be faced with or opposed by

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Come up against

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Become sick

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Come down (with something)

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Remove by drawing a line through

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Cross out

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Reduce in number or size

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Cut down on

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Write (contract, document…)

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Draw up

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Wear elegant clothes

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Dress up

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Visit, come without appointment

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Drop in

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Deliver someone or sthing

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Drop off

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Reduce, become less severe (pain, traffic, work)

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Ease off

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Finish in a certain way

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End up

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Understand, find the answer

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Figure out

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To write information in blank

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Fill in/out

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Discover or obtain information

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Find out