Unit 3. Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
To start doing something that needs a lot of time and energy
to get down to smth / doing smth
To make progress
to get on / along with smth
To study or practise in order to get back the skill that has been lost
to brush up (on) smth
To fail to keep level with others
to fall behind smb (with smth)
To do all the work that hasn’t been done;
to reach the same standard as smb else
to catch up with smb;
to catch up with / on smth
To leave, withdraw from a course of instruction
to drop out
To give smth to a person in authority
to hand in
To distribute
to hand out
To read, examine quickly
to look through
To examine in detail
to go through
To compensate for something
to make up for smth
Autumn term ends on 18 December.
We break up on 18 December.
Spring term begins on 8 January.
We go back on 8 January.
To register for smth.
To sign up for smth.
To not complete a course.
To drop out.
Course essays must be submitted.
Course essays must be written up.
They will expell you.
They will throw you away.
Continue to do smth.
To keep smth up.
If a question or a subject … In an exam, that question is asked or questions about that subject are asked in the exam.
To come up in the exam.
(informal) Quickly try to learn the main facts about a subject, especially before an exam.
To mug up on the key points.
(informal) Learning as much as you can about smth., especially before an exam.
Swotting up on everything…
Practicing and improving your skills or your knowledge of smth.
polishing up the most important areas
Learnt by absorbing it rather than studying it.
Picked up.
Move slowly or take too long doing sth.
hang about/around
Put down the telephone
hang up (on) smb
Continue to have
hang on to smth
Keep hold of smth
hang on
Wait or be present near (a place) doing nothing.
hang about/around
To depend on smth.
hang on smth
To find support or help in.
to hang on to
To pay close attention to smth.
to hang on smth
T begin to understand how to do smth or how to use a system, esp. by practising.
to get the hang of smth
To tell smb to wait for a very short time.
to hang on (a minute/ a moment)
To make smb wait a long time for something you are not really going to give them.
to keep someone hanging on
To continue doing smth in spite of difficulties.
to hang on
