Phrasal Verbs Flashcards by nicolas vieira

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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

Stop operating (company, cinema...)

Close down

Become happier

Cheer up

Help

Chip in

Find by chance

Come across

Be faced with or opposed by

Come up against

Become sick

Come down (with something)

Remove by drawing a line through

Cross out

Reduce in number or size

Cut down on

Write (contract, document...)

Draw up

Wear elegant clothes

Dress up

Visit, come without appointment

Drop in

Deliver someone or sthing

Drop off

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

Ease off

Finish in a certain way

End up

Understand, find the answer

Figure out

To write information in blank

Fill in/out

Discover or obtain information

Find out