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Pit against

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Compete, or force to compete.

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play along

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Pretend to agree or accept something in order to keep someone happy, or to get more information.

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play around

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be silly

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play up to

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flatter someone for your personal advantage.

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plough into

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Collide into at speed

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plough through

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Complete something that is difficult or takes a lot of time.

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Potter about

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Spend time doing little things for pleasure.

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press ahead

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Continue with something.

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Pull ahead

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Overtake, move in front.

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pull back

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Decide not to do something or not to be involved with it any longer.

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pull down

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earn

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pull out

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depart (a vehicle). Our train pulls out at 8.

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pull through

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Barely survive. The company almost went bankrupt, but we pulled through in the end.

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pulled in

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park ( a vehicle)

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put * up

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Have a guest stay in your house for a short time. Can you put me up while I’m in town.

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put across

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communicate (an idea or suggestion) clearly so that it is understood.

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put back

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Rearrange something for a later time.

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put down

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insult, say bad things about

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put in

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officially submit a request (in the armed forces or public services).

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put off

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Postpone.

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put on

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deceive. putting us on.

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put out

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Inconvenience someone. I hope I am not putting you out.

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put out

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Extinguish a fire.

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put through

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Connect someone by phone. Could you put me through the accounting department please.

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quieten down

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be quite, or cause to be quiet. I often have to tell my daughter to quieten down her stereo.

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ran away

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escape or disappear

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read up on

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research a topic for a reason.

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ring up

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telephone.

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romp through

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Do something easily or quickly

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root around

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Look or dig deeply in a place to try to find something

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rub along.

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Have a reasonably good relationship. The staff in the office ….quite well

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rub up against

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Touch someone in a sensual or sexual way.

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run into

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Meet unexpectedly

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run across

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find or meet unexpectedly

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run after

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chase, pursue

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run along

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Go away, leave (often as an imperative)

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run down

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criticize

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run down

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lose power, be very tired

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run down

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trace. find. I couldn’t run down the address of my old friend with whom I had lost contact.

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run down

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hit with a car

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run off

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flows

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run off

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make leave. run the competitor off.

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run off

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Reproduce photocopies.

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run off

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Leave quickly.

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run through

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Review.

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sail into

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Critisize angrily

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sail through

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Pass easily, succeed.

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scout about . scout around.

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look in different places for something.

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scrape along

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Manage with little money

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scrape into

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Be accepted somewhere, but only just.

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screw around

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waste time.

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see about

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arrange or consider something.

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see into

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Accompany someone into an office. see you into.

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see off

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say good-bye to someone at the beginning of their trip( at the airport,train station)

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see to it

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make sure something happens, arrange.

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56
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sent back

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Return something.

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57
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set back

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Cost

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set up

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Arrange (an appointment, a meeting etc.)

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set up

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arrange a relationship . set Jane up.

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settle on

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make a decision after a period of time.

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settle up

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pay one.s debts. We need to settle up the restaurant bill.

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62
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show around

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take smoeone to a place to show them certain parts

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show through

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When a feeling can be seen despite attempts to conceal it.

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show up

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Arrive without previous notice.

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65
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show up

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make someone seem inferior. he is always trying to show us up.

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66
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shut out of

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Exclude someone from an activity etc.

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67
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shy away from

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Avoid doing something because you lack confidence.

68
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sift through

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Examine a lot of things carefully.

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sit around

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sit idly, doing nothing.

70
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sit back

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Wait for something to happen without making any effort.

71
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sit through

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Stay till the end of something dull

72
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slob around

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be lazy, do nothing.

73
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slow up

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make move more slowly. slowing the group up.

74
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smack of

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Appear to have a negative quality.

75
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snap out of

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Control negative emotions.

76
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sniff around

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look around to see how good something is or to try to find something better.

77
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square off against

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Confront someone or prepare to fight them

78
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Stack up against

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Be as good as something.

79
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stand around

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Spend time in a place waiting or doing very little.

80
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stand back

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Try to understand something by taking a different perspective

81
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stand up

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not arrive to a date or appointment. She stood me up.

82
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stay over

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spend the night at a person’s house.

83
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Steer clear of

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Avoid.

84
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stick around

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Stay in a place for some time.

85
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stick it to

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severely criticize a person.

86
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stick to it

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persevere, keep trying.

87
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stop around

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visit someone for a short time.

88
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stop behind

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Stay somewhere when other people leave

89
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stop by

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Visit someone briefly or quickly.

90
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strike back

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attack, take action against someone who has hurt you.

91
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string along

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Deceive someone for a long time.

92
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stumble across

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find something accidentally

93
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suck into

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Unwillingly become involved in something.

94
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swan around

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Move in a dramatic or affected manner. She swanned around trying to impress people.

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swear by

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Have great confidence in.

96
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sweep through

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Move quickly through

97
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swing around

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Change your opinion quickly

98
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swing by

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Visit a person or place on your way somewhere.

99
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Tag along

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Accompany someone, especially if they haven’t specifically invited you.

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take * up

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Discuss (at a later date). I plan to take the issue up with the President.

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take after

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resemble a parent or relative.

102
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take back

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Return an item to a store.

103
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take down

A

remove from a high place. We didn’t take down the Christmas tree until the end of January.

104
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take down

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write down what is said.

105
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take in

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deceive a person.

106
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take in

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make smaller when sewing.

107
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take in

A

learning

108
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take it back

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Retract something you said.

109
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take off

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Remove.

110
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take on

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accept (responsibilities,work)

111
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take out

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Accompany a person on a date.

112
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take up

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Begin a new hobby. Have you taken up any new sports.

113
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take up

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Shorten a garment when sewing. The trouser legs are too long, I am going to take them up.

114
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talk into

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Persuade someone to do something. talk him into.

115
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talk out of

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Persuade someone not to do something.

116
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talk over

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Discuss. talk the proposal over.

117
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talk through

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Guide someone through an issue. The boss talked Joe through the performance evaluation so he knew what the problems were.

118
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tap into

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Use or exploit a plentiful resource for your benefit.

119
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tear down

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destroy.

120
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tear into

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Critisize strongly or angrily.

121
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tear up

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tear or rip into small pieces.

122
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tell off

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Criticize a person severely, reprimand. told the boy off.

123
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tell on

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Report a crime to the police or bad behavior to a parent

124
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think it over

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Consider

125
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think it through

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Consider carefully.

126
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throw out

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Discard.

127
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tick by

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pass (of time)

128
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tie up

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tie securely. tie the boat up

129
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tire of

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Get bored of something. I tired of the presentation so I went and sat in the cafeteria.

130
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tire out. wear out

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Cause someone to be very tired.

131
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touch on

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Talk about for a short time.

132
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touch up

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Make minor improvements

133
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tuck into

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Start eating something.

134
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turn in

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submit

135
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turn in

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Go to bed. I think it is about time to turn in.

136
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turn into

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Become.

137
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turn on

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Attack unexpectedly.

138
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turn out

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produce

139
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turn over

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  1. Give to authorities.
140
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turn up

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Find unexpectedly. My keys turned up in the laundry.

141
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use up

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Use all of something.

142
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veer away from

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Stay away from,avoid.

143
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wade into

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Become embroiled or involved in a situation, without thinking or planning usually

144
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wade through

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Get to the end of something with difficulty. It took me a very long time to wade through the book.

145
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wait behind

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Stay somewhere after other people have left

146
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wait on

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serve, service(a table)

147
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wait up

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not sleep because you are waiting for someone or something.

148
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wait up for her

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not sleep because you are waiting for someone or something.

149
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walk away from

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Leave something you don’t like.

150
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walk into

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Get work without effort.

151
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wear off

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disappear after a period of time.

152
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wear out

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Use until something is not usable any more.

153
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whip through

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Do something quickly.

154
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wind up

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cause an animal or a child or a crowd to behave wildly

155
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wind up

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Finish

156
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wipe out

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1Massacre or destroy. 2 Cause to be very tired

157
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wriggle out of

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Avoid doing something in a way other people don’t like.

158
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write down

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make a record of

159
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write up

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Prepare a report.

160
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yak on about. yak on.

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to continue talking in an annoying way about something.

161
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yammer on about. yammer on

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to talk in an annoying way about something or complain about.

162
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zero in on

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Discover, pinpoint.

163
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zip around

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move quickly from place to place.

164
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zone out

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Stop paying attention.

165
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zonk out

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fall asleep.

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