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Phrasal Verbs Part 2 Flashcards

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Join in

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Participate, take part

You’ll fell much better if you join in, instead of just watching everyone else have fun

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Keep on

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Continue doing smth

If u keep on being late for work, you’ll get in trouble

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Keep up with

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Stay at the same level/point

Gordon walks so fast no one can keep up with him

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Knock out (2)

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Defeat and remove from a competition

Steve Wilson has been knocked out of the us opening tennis championship by peter Collins

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Make unconscious

When I fell off the bike, my head hit the ground I was completely knocked out for about five minutes

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Leave out

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Not included

If you don’t like cinnamon, simply leave it out

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Let down

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Disappoint

Voters fell really let down by the government

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Let off

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Make a bomb, etc explode

Be very careful if you’re going to let off these fireworks

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Give little or no punishment

I can’t believe the teacher let Ben off with just a warning

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Line up

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Get/put into lines

The soldiers all lined up

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Live on

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Use as a source of money

I wanted the job, but I wouldn’t be able to live on the salary

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Look after

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Take care of

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Look down on

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Think that you’re better than

It annoys me the way Vera looks down on other ppl

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Look into

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Investigate

Police are looking into the theft

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Look out

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Be careful

Look out! Ur going to fall

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Look round

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Examine (a place)

We looked round the house but decided that it was too expensive for us

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Look up to

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Admire and respect

I’ve always looked up to my elder brother

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Look up

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Try to find inf in a book or list, etc

I’ll look Harry’s number up in the phone book

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Make off

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Escape

It seems that the burglars made off without being seen by dressing as postmen

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Make out (3)

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Pretend that smth is true

Neil tried to make out that he’d won the lottery but we all knew it wasn’t true

OR

See, hear or understand sb or smth with difficulty

Someone was waving at me in the distance but I couldn’t make out who it was.

OR

write all the necessary inf on a cheque, etc

Could you please make the cheque out to eurofinance limited?

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Make up (3)

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Become friends again after an argument

I had an argument with my bf, but we soon made up

OR

Invent an explanation, excuse, etc

As I got to school, I knew that I would have to make up an excuse for being late.

OR

create a story, poem, etc

Leo made up a poem about the English teacher

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Make up for

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Provide smth good, so that smth bad seems less important

When the concert was cancelled, my dad took us to the cinema to make up for it

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Make/head for

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Go in the direction of

It started to rain so we made for a nearby farmhouse

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Name after

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Give sb the same name as sb or smth else

My dad named his boat after his grandmother

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Narrow down

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Reduce the number of possibilities

I still haven’t decided which university to go to, but I’ve narrowed it down to about four

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Pass away

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Die

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Pass out

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Suddenly become unconscious

=faint

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Pick on

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Keep treating someone badly or unfairly

It’s not fair when some of the bigger boys pick on the little ones

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Pick up

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Stop in a vehicle to give someone a lift

I’ll pick u up from outside your house and we’ll drive into town

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Plug in

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Connect to the electricity supply

I couldn’t understand why the vacuum cleaner wasn’t working and then I realised I hadn’t plugged it in

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Pop in(to)

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Visit quickly or for a short time

Mom popped into the cake shop to get smth for after dinner

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Pull in

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Stop by the side of a road with a car

Could you pull in for a sec so that I can buy a chewing gum

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Pull through

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Survive ( a serious illness)

The doctors were really worried about Simon, but in the end he pulled through

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Put by

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Save an amount of money for the future

I try to put a little by each month for emergencies

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Put down(2)

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Criticise, make someone feel stupid

I wish u wouldn’t keep putting me down in front of other ppl

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Kill (a sick/old animal)

We used to have a horse but he fell and broke his leg so we had to put him down

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Put down to

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Suggest that smth is the result of

The minister put the recent economic problems down to the rise in oil prices

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Put forward

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Suggest

A number of suggestions were put forward during the meeting but none of them were very useful

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Put off (2)

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Delay, postpone

Wendy told me that the wedding has been put off until next January

OR
Make sb not want to do or not like smth

I’ve never tasted blue cheese because the smell has always put me off

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Put on (2)

A

Gain (weight)

I put so much weight over Christmas!

OR

Hold, perform (a show, play, etc)

I read they they’re putting Macbeth on at the luvvies theatre

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Put out

A

Make smth stop burning

I’m afraid you’ll have to put your cigarette out before you enter the building

39
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Put through

A

Connect by phone

I’ll just put u through to the supervisor, mrs Edwards

40
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Put up with

A

Tolerate

You have to put up with a lot in this job, but it’s worth in the end

41
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Run into

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Meet by chance

You’ll never guess who I ran into in town this afternoon

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Run out of

A

Not have any left

I’m afraid we’ve run out of time so I’d like to thank everyone for joining us

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Run over

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Hit with a car

Andrea was run over outside her house

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Sail through

A

Do smth or deal with smth very easily

With a little bit of revision, u should sail through the exam

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Save up (for)

A

Save money little by little
(For a specific purpose)

I’m saving up for my holiday in India

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See off

A

Go to a train station, etc to see someone leave

We all went to the bus station to see grandma off

47
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See through

A

Irecognise that smth is not true and not be tricked by it

The guard saw through the woman’s disguise and immediately arrested her

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See through (to)

A

Continue (or help to continue) to the end of smth unpleasant or difficult

I’m not enjoying my computer course any more but I’ll see it through to the end

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See to

A

Deal with

Could u answer the door while I’ll see to the baby?

50
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Set in

A

Start and be likely to continue for a while (for rain, winter, an economic depression, etc)

Many birds fly south before winter sets in

51
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Set out(2)

A

Explain, describe OR arrange smth in a clear and detailed way

I liked your composition but I think you need to set your ideas out more clearly by using paragraphs

OR

Start working on smth in order to achieve an aim

In the beginning, we set out to build a successful company, but we never expected to become millionaires

52
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Set out/off

A

Start a journey

As the sun rose, we took down our tents and set out across the desert

53
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Set to

A

Start doing smth in a determined or enthusiastic way

We only had a few hours to get the party ready so we set to work quickly

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Set up

A

Start (a business, organisation, etc)

You’re such a good cook that I think u should set up a restaurant

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Settle down (2)

A

Become calm after being upset, etc

Charlie was quite upset but he soon settled down and started to enjoy himself

OR

Stay in one place or get married and live quietly

She spent her twenties traveling round the world and then settled down in a quiet village

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Show (a)round

A

Take sb on a tour of a place

Let me show you round the garden

57
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Show off

A

Try to attract ppl’s attention and make them admire u (usually used negatively)

My sis thinks she’s a good singer and she’s always showing off when ppl come to visit

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Slow down

A

Decrease speed

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Speed up

A

Increase speed

60
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Stand for (2)

A

Represent (for abbreviations and symbols)

BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation

OR

Put up with

I wouldn’t stand for it if someone spoke that rudely to me

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Stand in for

A

Do sb’s job for them while they are not available

John will be standing in for Jane while she’s ill

62
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Stand out

A

Be easy to see by being different

Molly has bright red hair so she always stands out in a crowd

63
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Stand up for

A

Support in an argument of fight

I know that my bf will always stand up for me

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Take aback

A

Surprise (usually in passive voice)

We were all taken aback by the news

65
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Take after

A

Look or behave like an older relative

George really takes after his grandfather, doesn’t he?

66
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Take down

A

Write down what someone says

Could I just take down your details?

67
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Take in

A

Trick sb into believing smth that is not true

He claimed to be a policeman, but I wasn’t taken in

68
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Take off (3)

A

Become successful or popular very fast

The iPod has really been taken off over the last couple of years

OR

Leave the ground

The plane took off

OR

Remove (a piece of clothing)

Carl took off his coat

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Take on(2)

A

Start to employ

There’s so much work to do in the office that maybe we should take on a secretary

OR

Accept (work or responsibility)

I haven’t got time to take on any more projects

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Take over

A

Take control of (a business,etc)

When mr barker retired, his daughter took over the family business

71
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Take to(2)

A

Begin to like

The class took to the teacher straight away

OR

Start (as a habit)

I’ve taken to going for a five-mile run every morning

72
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Take up(2)

A

Start (a hobby, sport, etc)

Why don’t u take up a hobby?

OR

Fill an amount of space/ time

Studying takes up most of my time at the momentów

73
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Tear down

A

Destroy or remove (for buildings, statues, etc)

That old building was torn down to make way for a new supermarket

74
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Tear up

A

Rip into pieces

Robin suddenly grabbed the letter out of my hand and tore it up

75
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Think over

A

Consider

She said she’d have to think it over

76
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Throw away

A

Get rid of smth , discard

The cd wouldn’t play any more so I threw it away

77
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Try on

A

Put on (a piece of clothing) to see how it looks and whether it fits

She took the dress to the dressing room to try it on

78
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Try out

A

Experiment with

England needs to try out a few new players before the World Cup starts

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Turn down

A

Not accept (an offer, request, etc)

I applied to join the Air Force, but they turned me down because of my eyesight

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Turn into

A

Change into smth different

81
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Turn off

A

Stop a machine working

Would u please turn that stereo off and get ur hw done?

82
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Turn out

A

Develop in a particular way or have a particular result

It turned out to be all right

83
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Turn over

A

Turn a page so that the other side is towards u

If u all turn over, you’ll see a table that shows how sales have gone this year

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Turn round

A

Go back in the opposite direction

85
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Turn up

A

Appear unexpectedly or without making a firm arrangement

Victor hadn’t been invited to the party but he just turned up anyway

86
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Wear off

A

Stop being effective (for a drug, etc)

My arm started to hurt again as the effects of the painkiller wore off

87
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Wear out

A

Become old and unusable

I had to get a new pair of trainers bc my old pair had worn out

88
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Work out

A

Find a solution to a problem, etc

If you look at the context, maybe you can work out what the word means

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