Random Flashcards
come apart
separate into pieces
come around
A nurse was with me when i came around after the operation.
come out
the stain will probably come out
come out
If this story come out about the Prime Minister, he’ll have to come out.
come out
When do you exam results come out?
come out
I am coming out of hospital at the weekend.
come off
I was planning to arrange a surprise holiday for her birthday, I hope it will come off.
come about
I’m not sure how that came about.
come up
The subject come up in conversation.
come up
Something came up and we had to deal with it.
come up against
I have come up against a few problems.
come to
I have got to come to a decision.
come down to
My decision will come down to what my professor recommends.
get together
It’s nice to get together with people living around you.
get on
How do you and Marry get on?
get behind
I must get on with my work, I got behind because I spent too much time on the internet.
get over with
do and complete something difficult or unpleasant
get away
leave a place or person, often when the situation makes it difficult for you to do so
can’t get over
I can’t get over how she managers to get away with doing so little work.
get away with
I can’t get over how she managers to get away with doing so little work.
get around
I will get round that problem somehow.
get at
I don’t know what you are getting at.
get by
How do you get by on a student grant?
go through
I have been going through a difficult time at work.
go in for
I decided to cheer myself up by going in for a competition.
go out
Suddenly the lights went out.
go about
How I can go about getting a good idea?
go for
I must be something special so that the judges go for my story over all the others.
go through
I go to the library to go through some books of short stories.
go along with
Whatever you say, Maggie will go along with you.
go together
A bad cough and a sore throat often go together.
look out
When you are on the motorway, look out for a sign saying ‘Mulholland Dr’.
look on
I wasn’t in the demonstration. I was just an onlooker.
look up to
respect and admire someone
look ahead
You have to look ahead to the time you go to university. (think and plan for future)
look around
I am looking around for a new English course.
make up for
The wonderful food in the restaurant made up for the rather uncomfortable seats.
make it up to
I forgot Teresa’s birthday yesterday so I’ll have to take her somewhere nice to make it up to her.
put in
We spent yesterday putting in a new washing machine (in the correct place)
put on
Could you put the air conditioning on, please?
put out
Would you mind putting that light out? It’s shining directly onto my computer screen.
put up
I see the are putting up a new block of flats near the park.
put up
It poured with rain while we tried to put our tent up.
put someone off
I’m sorry to have to put you off again, but I’m just too busy to see you today.
put back
Could we put our meeting back to next week.
put forward
You may want to put your watch forward; the local time is 8.35 a.m.
be put out
be annoyed
put up with
I don’t know how Harry put up with his boss. [get over with]
put someone onto something
We should really do what we can to put him onto some better jobs.
take apart
Rod lovers taking clocks apart, but he never manages to put them together again. [come apart]
take aside
My boss took me aside at the Christmas party and told me he was going to give me a promotion in the New Year.
take off
suddenly leave a place [go off]
take off
The shop assistant took off ten per cent because the item was damaged.
take away
If you take 11 away from 33, you’re left with 22.
take up
My son has recently taken up stamp collecting as a hobby.
take back
I shouldn’t have called you lazy - I take it back.
take in
I take in the two photo to find the difference.
take out
She has taken out a year’s membership at a local sport club.
take to
Hoping to get in shape, Marry has take to going to the swimming pool ever lunch hour. {{take to + V_ING}}
be take up with
Being working on a large project, she is so taken up with her tasks.
take someone up on
I decided to take her up on the offer.
take it out of
The exercise certainly takes it out of her - she is too exhausted to go anywhere in the evenings.
jump up
There were dirty clothes all jumbled up in a pile on the floor.
clog up
I discovered the washbasin was clogged up in the bathroom.
use up
By that time I had used up all my energy and I was too tired to do anything.
show up
My sister Val showed up at last. She’s been promising to come for weeks. [arrive] [turn up]
turn up
[arrive] [show up]
open up
She has just opened up a restaurant serving exotic food from difference countries.
live up
The appearance of Justin lived the show up a bit, but overall it was such a boring show.
divide up
She has a business partner and they divided up the work - and the profits.
set up
She wants to repay the committee for the help she received when setting up in business.
leave out
For homework do exercise 8 but leave out number 10.
show out
Let me show you out - it’s quite hard to find the exit from here.
see out
Don’t worry, I can see myself out.
wear out
I cleaned out all my wardrobes and threw away all my worn-out shoes.
spread out
He spread out the photos on the table.
lost out
I always feel I lost out because I have never learnt a musical instrument as a child.
lift off
The space shuttle will lift off at 9.00 hours.
head off
We should head off right after the lunch.
slip off
Let’s try and slip off before the lecture finishes and go for a drink. [go off] [get off] [clear off]
clear off
Why did he just clear off without saying good bye? [go off] [get off] [slip off]
see off
I will come and see you off at the airport tomorrow.
sell off
My cousin has sold off his share of the company he started with a friend.
doze off
After lunch she dozed off on the sofa.
break off
Mr Paul suddenly looked very pale and broke off in the middle of his lecture.
run off
She can run off a 1,000-word essay in an hour.
put someone off
What he said has put me off the idea of going to Blandville for a holiday altogether!
put on
Do you think Dan’s really feeling better, or is he just putting on a brave face?
weight on
I’ve got something weighting on my mind at the moment.
pass on
No one passed the news on to me.
call in
Please call in and see us when you are next in town.
take in
This skirt is too big for me now - I’ll have to take it in.
lock in
Make sure you leave the office by 6.30 pm or you will be locked in.
push in
It’s so annoying when people push in at the bus stop.
sink in
It’ll take a long time for the terrible news to sink in.
weight down
We were weighted down with luggage, so we couldn’t run to catch the train.
take down
Just take down the main points, not everything the lecture says.
keep down
I’m taking these tablets to keep my blood pressure down.
cut down
I’m trying to cut down on burgers and chips as I’ve started to put on weight.
close down
That nice Italian restaurant in town was closed down.
read over
Could you please read over Philippa’s latest report ad just look over the figures in the appendix?
look over
Could you please read over Philippa’s latest report ad just look over the figures in the appendix? []
go over
We can go over it together when we meet tomorrow.
stay over
I’m staying over at Sheila’s tonight.
wait about/around
If you can wait around for about an hour, we should be able to tell you your result.
laze about/around
For the first week of our holiday we usually just laze about o the beach.
sit about/around
Please let me help you. don’t like just sitting about all day.
hang about/around
There are always a lot of rather suspicious -looking men hanging round outside that bar.
mess about/around
Tim spends his weekend messing around in the garage repairing his car.
The pupils were given extra homework for messing around in class.
mess someone about/around
He ‘s been messing her about for ages and just won’t commit to the relationship.
lie about/around
I hate the way he just lies about all day watching TV while I’m woking.
take around
I’ll take you around the office and introduce you to the other secretaries if you like. [show around]
root for
Who are you supporting in the league?
We’re rooting for the Reds, as usual.
send for
Send for an ambulance!
can’t ask for
We couldn’t ask for a better babysister.
live for
Martha lived for her work so she is going to find it very hard when she has to retire.
stand for
What does ‘R’ mean on that sign?
I think it stands for ‘restaurant’.
be dying for
You must be dying for something to eat.
could do with
I could do with a cup of tea.
deal with
His latest book deals with the civil war of 1984-1989.
stick with
I know studying for a PhD is hard, but I think you should stick with it.
go with
That shirt go very well with your blue jacket.
put up with
I don’t know how she puts up with his bad temper.
catch up with
I hope to catch up with Freda when I’m in Berlin. I haven’t seen her for years.
flick through
I usually flick through a magazine before buying it. [flip through] []
flip through
I usually flick through a magazine before buying it. [flick through] []
look through
I’ll look through the report tonight and then we can go through it properly tomorrow.
go through
I’ll look through the report tonight and then we can go through it properly tomorrow.
take someone through
Jack will take you through the job before we leave you on your own.
answer back
_ Say thank you to Mrs Brown.
_ Say thank you yourself.
_ Don’t answer me back like that.
go back
We go back ten years. == We have known each other for ten years.
bite back
When Emma is criticised she doesn’t hestitate to bite back.
bite back
When Karl asked me what I thought of his lime-green suit, I had to bite back my initial response.
run into
At the supermarket yesterday, I ran into Martin. Nice to see him argain.
look into
The police are doing all they can to look into what happened.
burst into
The boss told her he didn’t like some work she’d done and she burst into tears.
read into
The boss wants to have lunch with me. Anne says I shouldn’t read anything into it, but I’m suspicious of his motivate.
go into
He went into his marriage problems in great detail.
throw myself into
I decided to throw myself into doing some gardening now that spring is here.
enter into
I told him I was busy as I didn’t want to enter into another discussion about his private life.
tidy away
Mom told me to tidy away all my things before my aunt to visit.
pack away
The scouts packed away their tents and left the camping ground.
tear someone away
I’m sorry to tear you away from your computer, but I need your help.
stay away from
I think I should stay away from dessert. I’m putting on weight.
lock away
I decided to lock myself away in my room till I’d finished my essay.
run away
Did you ever run away from home as a child?
launch into
As soon as Joe saw me he launched into a long account of his travels.
keep away
Because it is so expensive in this country at the moment, tourists are keeping away.
bang into
Trying to cross the room in the dark, he banged into a small table and knocked it over.
bump into
I bumped into your sister in town this morning.
clock on
When she starts work she had to clock on and when she leaves she lock off.
clock off
When she starts work she had to clock on and when she leaves she lock off.
take off
I’m going to take some time off next month and go to stay with my parents.
bring forward
Mr Chan wants to bring the meeting forward to this week as he’s busy all next week.
be pressed for
Her hospital is understaffed and she hates to always be pressed for time.
fit in
She find it almost impossible to fit in time to talk to the patients although she feels that is an important part of the job.
press on
She can chat for a few minutes but ten she has to press on with her other duties.
hang out
I usually just hang out with friends, or sometimes I do some sport.
knock around together
We used to knock around together as teenagers.
while away
It ‘s great for whiling away the time if you are waiting for a plane or a train.
muck about
He never studied. He just spend all his time mucking about, so it’s no surprise.
latch on to
She’s not a friend. She just latched on to our group and followed us.
hang on
Let’s just hang on for five minutes.
take someone back
If you’re a senior, let us take you back to your childhood.
date back
This tradition dates back to medieval times.
left over
Suddenly he is in the future, as he is now a leftover from a bygones area.
bygones
Suddenly he is in the future, as he is now a leftover from a bygones area.
go by
As time goes by, you realize that your parents’ advice was in your best interest.
hold up
I’m sorry to hold you up but you must sign these forms before you go in.
keep up with
Mum walks so fast. It’s quite hard to keep up with he.
drag on
The meeting dragged on and everyone got irritable.
