synonym Flashcards
cause
bring about (How can we bring about a change in attitude?)
transact, continue
carry on (I want to carry on with my courses.)
accomplish, conduct
carry out (We need to carry out more research. A survey is now carried out nationwide)
clarify
clear up (There are a couple of points we need to clear up before the meeting begins.)
happen
come about (How did this situation come about?)
find
come across (I’ve never come across anyone quite like her before. I came across an old diary in her desk.)
find accidentally
come by (How did you come by these pictures? Jobs were hard to come by.)
say, publish; produce
come out with (The things he comes out with are so funny!)
Think of an idea
come up with (Is that the best excuse you came up with?; We have been asked to come up with some new ideas.)
reduce
cut down on (Cut down on fatty foods if you want to lose weight.)
understand
figure out (Can you figure out how to do that?)
discover
find out (Did you find out weather there are any seats left?)
emit, stop
give up (Darren has decided to give up football at the end of this session.)
follow
go after (Joe went after her to make sure she was unhurt.)
return
go back (I think we have to go back now. I felt so sick I just want to go back to my bed.)
precede
go before (In some ways this program improves on what has gone before.)
decrease
go down (His income went down last year. Computers have gone down in price.)
continue, happen
go on (Hw went on working until he was 91. One of the actors unwell and couldn’t go on with the performance.)
review
go over (I had gone over and over what happened in my mind,)
experience, penetrate
go through (When are you going through a crisis, it often helps to talk to someone.)
increase
go up (Train fares have gone up., Blood sugar levels go up as you digest food.)
continue
keep on (You just have to eep on trying.)