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PHRASALS - (UNITS 1 to 4) ENTRAN EN EL RECUPERATORIO Flashcards

1
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to take action as a result of advice, information, etc.”

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Act on

“Acting on information from a member of the public, the police raided the club.

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2
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behave awkwardly / badly

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ACT UP

“The kids started acting up.”

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to defend yourself against criticism
​to speak rudely to somebody in authority, especially when they are criticizing you or telling you to do something

defenderse respondiendo
o cuando criticás o responder mal a una autoridad

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answer sb back (informal)

"”Don’t answer back!
Stop answering your mother back!””

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4
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to accept responsibility or blame for something

responder por (hacerse responsable por)

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answer for

coll: answer for the mistakes made

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5
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be under the command of sb
to have to explain your actions or decisions to somebody

have the characteristics described

tener que responder a alguien superior (cumplir con lo que pide)

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answer to

coll: answer to the boss

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cease to oppose

echarse atrás, dar marcha atrás, echar marcha atrás

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back down

coll: back down (on/from something)

“despite the evidence, he refused to back down”

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7
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withdraw from
to decide that you are no longer going to take part in something that has been agreed

salirse de algo

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back out of

coll: back out (of something)

ex: “He lost confidence and backed out of the deal at the last minute.”

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“support
to support somebody/something; to say that what somebody says, etc. is true
to provide support for somebody/something

(computing) to prepare a second copy of a file, program, etc. that can be used if the main one fails or needs extra support”

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back up

coll: “back sb up - to back up sth (a project, homework, a plan)”

ex: “I’ll back you up if they don’t believe you.
The writer doesn’t back up his opinions with examples.
two doctors backed up by a team of nurses
The rebels backed up their demands with threats.
It’s a good idea to back up your files onto a memory stick.”

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9
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be relevant to

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bear on

“The Minister’s statement does not bear on this case in any way”

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10
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be patient

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bear with

“If you can bear with me a little longer, I’ll try to explain the reasons behind out actions”

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11
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  • to stop working
  • to stop being successful / to fail bc of problems or disagreemtns
  • To lose or cause (someone) to lose strength or the ability to resist or fight.
  • to separate into smaller units
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Break down

coll: a car, a washing machine, an elevator
sth breaks down into categories

ex:
“The government’s argument broke down completely when new evidence came to light.”
“The prisoner finally broke down under intensive questioning.”

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12
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  • to begin suddenly
  • To begin happening suddenly; (of war, fighting or other unpleasant events) to start suddenly
  • to escape
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Break out

coll: to break out from _________

ex: “They had escaped to America shortly before war broke out in 1939.”
“Fighting had broken out between rival groups of fans.”
“Fire broke out during the night.”
“An argument can break out”

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13
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  • to end a relationship
  • to divide into smaller parts
  • (of a crowd or gathering) to be dispersed
  • to finish
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Break up

coll: to break up a relationship
to break up a cookie so as to give a little piece to everyone

ex: “they were together for 2 years but then they broke up”
“school breaks up on the 12 of december”

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14
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to make sth happen

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Bring about

coll: bring about sth
progress
changes
a revolution
the downfall of a government
a crises

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15
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  • to force yourself through something that is holding you back
  • To find a way of dealing with a problem or a situation that limits what you can do.
  • to go higher than a particular level
  • to become visible
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Break through

coll: to break through a barrier
to break through a 2 million barrier

ex: Protesters broke through the barriers.
The organization is totally committed to breaking through the barriers of poverty.
Some protesters managed to break through the police cordon.
Soon the sun would break through the mist.
I tried hard to break through his silent mood.
Sales have finally broken through the $1 million barrier.
to break through the glass ceiling
After days of rain, the sun finally became visible from behind the clouds

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16
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support or confirm sth

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bear out

ex: “this assumption is not borne out by any evidence”

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17
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to compare the advantages and disadvantages of something

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balance sth against sth

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18
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explode

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blow up

coll: a bomb blows up

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19
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to depend on

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bank on

coll: to bank on a person / a fact

ex: “he may come tomorrow but don’t bank on it

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20
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improve, go over sth
mejorar, repasar algo

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brush up on

coll: to brush up on a language / a skill
ex: “I must brush up on my Italian if I wanna go to Italy in the summer”

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21
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to stop and be forgotten
acabarse y ser olvidado

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Blow over

coll: a disagreement is blew over
an event in history is blew over

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22
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to happen to; be the fate of

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become of

If you ask what became of someone or something, you want to know where they are and what happened to them: “Whatever became of that parcel you sent?”

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23
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to accumulate

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build up

coll: to build up garbage

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24
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to make a reservation (for)

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book up

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25
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to destoy sth completely by fire
If a fire _________ ____________, it becomes weaker and has smaller flames

quemar algo / iscinerar algo

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Burn down

coll: a fire / campfire burns down (after the wood run out)

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26
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  • destroy, get rid of sth by burning (ver diferencia con burn down). To be destroyed by heat.
  • (of an engine): use fuel
  • to have a fever (intransitive)
  • to be very angry”
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Burn up

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27
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visit briefly

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call at

coll: to call at a place / sb’s house

ex: “i’ll call at the travel agency to collect our tickets”

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28
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to ask to return

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call back

coll: to call sb back to a place

ex: “As soon as John reached Viena he was called back to Paris”

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29
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require

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call for

“His condition calls for immediate medical attention”

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30
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to cancel

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call off

“The meeting was called off due to the chairman’s illness”

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31
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to consult

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call in
coll: call in sb

“you’d better call in a solicitor before writing your will”

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32
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  • to conscript, to make somebody do their training in the army, etc. or fight in a war
  • to make a phone call to sb
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call up

“my cousing was called up at the age of 19 and died in Vietnam a year later”

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33
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to cause to do on strike

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call out

“the union has called out its members to try to get a better deal”

34
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to run away

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clear off

ex: “the bully cleared off when he saw the teacher approaching”

35
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to get rid of unwanted things

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clear out

“They cleared out the garage to make room for their new car”

36
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to brighten up (of the weather)

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clear up

“it’s been raining all morning but it seems to be clearing up now”

37
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to remove, tidy

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clear away

“if you cleared away all these books, we’d have room to eat”

38
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  • to manage to get something
  • ​to receive something
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Come by

ex: “How did you come by this painting? It’s a Picasso, you know.”
“Jobs are hard to come by these days.”
“How did you come by that scratch on your cheek?”

39
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to change your opinion about something, or agree to an idea

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Come round to

“they’ve come round to our way of thinking at last”

40
Q

to be understood

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Come across

coll: to come across an idea

41
Q

1 - be inherited

2 - (of a situation or outcome) be dependent on a specified factor

ser heredado / o ser recibido de una generación anterior
depender de un factor específico

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Come down to (sb)

ex: “This diamond ring came down to me from my great-granmother”
“it came down to her word against Guy’s”

42
Q

to become conscious again after an accident or operation
volver a estar consciente
(pueden ser dos opciones: el mismo verbo pero con dos preposiciones distintas)

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Come round / come to

“After she was hit on her head by the cricket ball, it took her several minutes to come round / to”

43
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to be a particular total when numbers or amounts are added together (ver ejemplo)

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Come to

"”How much did the supermarket bill come to this week?
That comes to £25.””

44
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to reach the usual or necessary standard

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Come up to

ex: “Did the new play at the National Theatre come up to your expectations?”

45
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(of plants) to appear above the soil

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Come up

ex: “Those tomato seeds I planted in the spring haven’t come up yet.”

46
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to be left money by somebody who has died

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Come into

“He came into several thousand pounds when his grandfather died”

47
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1 - to leave a place, especially in order to do something
2 - to be fired; to explode
3 - if an alarm, etc. goes off, it makes a sudden loud noise
4 - if a light, the electricity, etc. goes off, it stops working
5 - (British English, informal) to go to sleep
6 - (British English) if food or drink goes off, it becomes bad and not fit to eat or drink
7 - ​(British English) to get worse in quality
8 - ​to happen in a particular way (ESTE ES EL QUE TOMAN!!!!!!!)

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Go off

ejemplos:
1 - She went off to get a drink.
2 - to be fired; to explode
4 - Suddenly the lights went off.
5 - Hasn’t the baby gone off yet?
7 - Her books have gone off in recent years.
8 - The meeting went off well.
The party went off rather well. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves

48
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1 - used in orders to tell somebody to hurry or to try harder
2 - (of an actor) to walk onto the stage
3 - (of a player) to join a team during a game
4 - ​(informal) to improve or develop in the way you want (ESTE ES EL QUE TOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
5 - used to show that you know what somebody has said is not correct
6 - (usually used in the progressive tenses) (of an illness or a mood) to begin
7 - (of a TV programme, etc.) to start
8 - ​to begin to operate

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Come on

ejemplos:
1 - Come on! Try once more.
3 - Wilson came on for Kane ten minutes before the end of the game.
4 - The students are coming on very well in Maths this term.
5 - Oh, come on—you know that isn’t true!
6 - I can feel a cold coming on.
I think there’s rain coming on.
7 - What time does the news come on?
8 - Set the oven to come on at six.

49
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to become fashionable

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Come in

ex: “Long hai for men is coming in again. More and more men are starting to wear their hair long.”

50
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1 - [no passive] To ________________ SOMEBODY: to affect somebody (ESTE ES EL QUE TOMAN!!!!!!!!)
2 - (also come across) to be understood
3 - to make a particular impression
4 - ______________… ““to””: ​to come to a place, especially somebody’s house, in order to visit for a short time (come over TO)
5 - ___________________ … from …: ​to travel from one place to another, usually over a long distance
6 - _______________ to sth: to change from one side, opinion, etc. to another”

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Come over

Ejemplos:
1 - I don’t know what’s come over him; he’s been acting very oddly lately. //(British English, informal) to suddenly feel something
2 - to come over an idea
3 - He came over well in the interview.
4 - Com eover my place!!
5 - Why don’t you come over to England in the summer?

51
Q

(of a person’s skin) break out in spots or a similar condition.

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Come out in

“He came out in a rash after eating a kilo of strawberries”

52
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1- to be produced or published (LO TOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!)
2 - ​to be shown clearly
3 - when words ______________, they are spoken
4 - ​to say publicly whether you agree or disagree with something
5 - The rain stopped and the sun _______________.
6- (of news, the truth, etc.) to become known (LO TOMAN!!!)

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Come out

ejemplos:
1 - Her latest novel is coming out in paperback soon
2 - Her best qualities come out in a crisis
3 - I tried to say ‘I love you,’ but the words wouldn’t come out.
4 - He came out against the plan.
4 - In her speech, the senator came out in favour of a change in the law.
5 - The rain stopped and the sun came out.
6 - It came out that Sue’s husband had been arrested for speeding.

53
Q

[no passive] to find or produce an answer, a sum of money, etc.

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Come up with

ex: “We don’t know yet how we’ll solve the problem but I’m sure someone will come up with a solution soon”
“She came up with a new idea for increasing sales.”

54
Q

to offer your help, services, etc.

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Come forward

coll: volunteers / witnesses come forward

ex:
“After the flood, hundreds of volunteers came forward with offers of assistance”
“Several people came forward with information.”

55
Q

to get better after a serious illness or to avoid serious injury

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Come through (sth)

ex: “Most of the companies which managed to come though the economic crisis are now operating very successfully”

56
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​to happen

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Come about

ex:
“I’m not sure how the accident came about but I suspect somebody was being careless”
“Can you tell me how the accident came about?”

57
Q

trade in sth

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deal in

“He deals in antique furniture and paintings”

58
Q

tackle a problem, cope with

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deal with

59
Q

(informal) to stop doing or having something; to make something end

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do away with

“He thinks it’s time we did away with the monarchy.”

60
Q

criticise sb/sth

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do (sth/sb) down

ex: “they’re always moaning and doing British industry down”

61
Q

“(informal) to be in a very bad situation; to be certain to fail
be in serious trouble”

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be done for

“Unless we start making some sales, we’re done for.”

62
Q

deprive of / cheat
deprive someone of something in an underhand or unfair way

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do out of

ex: “she was always chasing him about money, as if he was trying to do her out of her share”

63
Q

​to be fastened / to fasten

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do up

“The skirt does up at the back.can you do up my dress, please?”

64
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do with

“I’m thirsty. I could do with a cup of tea.”

65
Q

imply, suggest

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drive at

“What were you driving at when you said you might not see Mark for some time?”

65
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Manage in spite of lack of sth

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do without

“She can’t do without a secretary.”
“Surely you can do it without sugar in your coffee for once?”

66
Q

to reduce the size, amount or number of something

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Cut down on (page 60)

ex: “We need to cut the article down to 1 000 words.
The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.”

67
Q

“1) to be understood
2) to make a particular impression

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Come across

68
Q

replace sb
reemplazar a alguien

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stand in for sb

Your teacher had an emergency so I will stand in for her for this class.

69
Q

to become, or make something become, thin or no longer able to be used, usually because it has been used too much

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wear out (page 56)

70
Q

give something to a person in authority for their attention.

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hand in (pages 13 and 32)

We handed in a letter of protest.

71
Q

to be in favour with

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be in with

Susan gets all the perks bc she’s in with the administration

72
Q

be demeaning. to not be good enough for someone

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be beneath sb

Office work of any description he felt was beneath him.
Would you be willing to give an interview, or is that something you think is beneath you?

73
Q

“be hostile to sb
to criticize someone”

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be down on

As a vegetarian, Paul is down on ppl who eat meat

74
Q

be about to receive punishment / trouble

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be in for it

75
Q

be ill (with disease)

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be down with

Half the staff are down with the flu this week

76
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“(informal) take an interest in sb
to be interested in something in an active way”

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be into

She doesn’t eat junk food; she’s into healthy food

77
Q

“1) cease to want or be interested in sth
2) have come loose, detached from sth
3) stay away from work / school
4) cancel
5) be bad, unhealthy (usually with food)”

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be off

our dog has been off its food for days now.

78
Q

be shown on tv, at the cinema, etc

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be on

do you know what’s been on the tv?

79
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1) do
2) depend on

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be up to

I don’t know what he’s been up to but he looks very embarrassed

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