Phrasal verbs and phrases U5 Flashcards

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Be succesful and make progress

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Make your way in life

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2
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Not be noticed or dealt with

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Fall through the cracks

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3
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Cause a strong emotion

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Fire the imagination

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4
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Start talking about the subject to be discussed

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Get down to business

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5
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Decide to achieve something

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Set your sights on something

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6
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Start behaving in a better way

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Turn over a new leaf

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7
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Become friends with

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Fall in with

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8
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Become unwillingly involved

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Get caught up in

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9
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Condemn to failure

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Write off

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10
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Make a careless mistake

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Slip up

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11
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Stop from being successful

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Hold someone back

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12
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Make future plans

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Think ahead

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13
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Start an activity with a particular aim

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Set out

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14
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Accept enthusiastically

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Leap at

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15
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People don’t change

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A leporad doesn’t change its spots

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16
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Say negative things about yourself

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Put yourself down

17
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Believe someone who is trying to trick you

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Be sucked in by

18
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Boast by saying overly positive things about yourself

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Big yourself up

19
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Change the way you generally behave (for the better)

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Turn over a new leaf

20
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Be proactive about making positive changes in your life

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Sort your life out

21
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Very probably

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In all likelihood

22
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When looking back on a past event or situation

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In retrospect

23
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Deserving praise and respect

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To someone’s credit

24
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To have an overwhelming amount of respect or admiration for someone or something

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Be in awe of

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Doing things or tending to do things suddenly and without careful thought
On impulse
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Not far away, or going to happen soon
Be just around the corner
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Something being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful
At stake