prasals4 - Sheet1 Flashcards
Pit against
Compete, or force to compete.
play along
Pretend to agree or accept something in order to keep someone happy, or to get more information.
play around
be silly
play up to
flatter someone for your personal advantage.
plough into
Collide into at speed
plough through
Complete something that is difficult or takes a lot of time.
Potter about
Spend time doing little things for pleasure.
press ahead
Continue with something.
Pull ahead
Overtake, move in front.
pull back
Decide not to do something or not to be involved with it any longer.
pull down
earn
pull out
depart (a vehicle). Our train pulls out at 8.
pull through
Barely survive. The company almost went bankrupt, but we pulled through in the end.
pulled in
park ( a vehicle)
put * up
Have a guest stay in your house for a short time. Can you put me up while I’m in town.
put across
communicate (an idea or suggestion) clearly so that it is understood.
put back
Rearrange something for a later time.
put down
insult, say bad things about
put in
officially submit a request (in the armed forces or public services).
put off
Postpone.
put on
deceive. putting us on.
put out
Inconvenience someone. I hope I am not putting you out.
put out
Extinguish a fire.
put through
Connect someone by phone. Could you put me through the accounting department please.
quieten down
be quite, or cause to be quiet. I often have to tell my daughter to quieten down her stereo.
ran away
escape or disappear
read up on
research a topic for a reason.
ring up
telephone.
romp through
Do something easily or quickly
root around
Look or dig deeply in a place to try to find something
rub along.
Have a reasonably good relationship. The staff in the office ….quite well
rub up against
Touch someone in a sensual or sexual way.
run into
Meet unexpectedly
run across
find or meet unexpectedly
run after
chase, pursue
run along
Go away, leave (often as an imperative)
run down
criticize
run down
lose power, be very tired
run down
trace. find. I couldn’t run down the address of my old friend with whom I had lost contact.
run down
hit with a car
run off
flows
run off
make leave. run the competitor off.
run off
Reproduce photocopies.
run off
Leave quickly.
run through
Review.
sail into
Critisize angrily
sail through
Pass easily, succeed.
scout about . scout around.
look in different places for something.
scrape along
Manage with little money
scrape into
Be accepted somewhere, but only just.
screw around
waste time.
see about
arrange or consider something.
see into
Accompany someone into an office. see you into.
see off
say good-bye to someone at the beginning of their trip( at the airport,train station)
see to it
make sure something happens, arrange.
sent back
Return something.
set back
Cost
set up
Arrange (an appointment, a meeting etc.)
set up
arrange a relationship . set Jane up.
settle on
make a decision after a period of time.
settle up
pay one.s debts. We need to settle up the restaurant bill.
show around
take smoeone to a place to show them certain parts
show through
When a feeling can be seen despite attempts to conceal it.
show up
Arrive without previous notice.
show up
make someone seem inferior. he is always trying to show us up.
shut out of
Exclude someone from an activity etc.
shy away from
Avoid doing something because you lack confidence.
sift through
Examine a lot of things carefully.
sit around
sit idly, doing nothing.
sit back
Wait for something to happen without making any effort.
sit through
Stay till the end of something dull
slob around
be lazy, do nothing.
slow up
make move more slowly. slowing the group up.
smack of
Appear to have a negative quality.
snap out of
Control negative emotions.
sniff around
look around to see how good something is or to try to find something better.
square off against
Confront someone or prepare to fight them
Stack up against
Be as good as something.
stand around
Spend time in a place waiting or doing very little.
stand back
Try to understand something by taking a different perspective
stand up
not arrive to a date or appointment. She stood me up.
stay over
spend the night at a person’s house.
Steer clear of
Avoid.
stick around
Stay in a place for some time.
stick it to
severely criticize a person.
stick to it
persevere, keep trying.
stop around
visit someone for a short time.
stop behind
Stay somewhere when other people leave
stop by
Visit someone briefly or quickly.
strike back
attack, take action against someone who has hurt you.
string along
Deceive someone for a long time.
stumble across
find something accidentally
suck into
Unwillingly become involved in something.
swan around
Move in a dramatic or affected manner. She swanned around trying to impress people.
swear by
Have great confidence in.
sweep through
Move quickly through
swing around
Change your opinion quickly
swing by
Visit a person or place on your way somewhere.
Tag along
Accompany someone, especially if they haven’t specifically invited you.
take * up
Discuss (at a later date). I plan to take the issue up with the President.
take after
resemble a parent or relative.
take back
Return an item to a store.
take down
remove from a high place. We didn’t take down the Christmas tree until the end of January.
take down
write down what is said.
take in
deceive a person.
take in
make smaller when sewing.
take in
learning
take it back
Retract something you said.
take off
Remove.
take on
accept (responsibilities,work)
take out
Accompany a person on a date.
take up
Begin a new hobby. Have you taken up any new sports.
take up
Shorten a garment when sewing. The trouser legs are too long, I am going to take them up.
talk into
Persuade someone to do something. talk him into.
talk out of
Persuade someone not to do something.
talk over
Discuss. talk the proposal over.
talk through
Guide someone through an issue. The boss talked Joe through the performance evaluation so he knew what the problems were.
tap into
Use or exploit a plentiful resource for your benefit.
tear down
destroy.
tear into
Critisize strongly or angrily.
tear up
tear or rip into small pieces.
tell off
Criticize a person severely, reprimand. told the boy off.
tell on
Report a crime to the police or bad behavior to a parent
think it over
Consider
think it through
Consider carefully.
throw out
Discard.
tick by
pass (of time)
tie up
tie securely. tie the boat up
tire of
Get bored of something. I tired of the presentation so I went and sat in the cafeteria.
tire out. wear out
Cause someone to be very tired.
touch on
Talk about for a short time.
touch up
Make minor improvements
tuck into
Start eating something.
turn in
submit
turn in
Go to bed. I think it is about time to turn in.
turn into
Become.
turn on
Attack unexpectedly.
turn out
produce
turn over
- Give to authorities.
turn up
Find unexpectedly. My keys turned up in the laundry.
use up
Use all of something.
veer away from
Stay away from,avoid.
wade into
Become embroiled or involved in a situation, without thinking or planning usually
wade through
Get to the end of something with difficulty. It took me a very long time to wade through the book.
wait behind
Stay somewhere after other people have left
wait on
serve, service(a table)
wait up
not sleep because you are waiting for someone or something.
wait up for her
not sleep because you are waiting for someone or something.
walk away from
Leave something you don’t like.
walk into
Get work without effort.
wear off
disappear after a period of time.
wear out
Use until something is not usable any more.
whip through
Do something quickly.
wind up
cause an animal or a child or a crowd to behave wildly
wind up
Finish
wipe out
1Massacre or destroy. 2 Cause to be very tired
wriggle out of
Avoid doing something in a way other people don’t like.
write down
make a record of
write up
Prepare a report.
yak on about. yak on.
to continue talking in an annoying way about something.
yammer on about. yammer on
to talk in an annoying way about something or complain about.
zero in on
Discover, pinpoint.
zip around
move quickly from place to place.
zone out
Stop paying attention.
zonk out
fall asleep.
