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UP Flashcards

1
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Back sth up

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Reverse

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Back so up

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Support

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Blow up

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Explode

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Blow sth up

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Add air

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5
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Break up

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End a relationship
Start laughing (informal)
Break something into pieces
Make a fight end

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Bring sth up

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Start talking about a subject /

Vomit

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7
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Call so up

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Phone

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8
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Catch up

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Get to the same point as someone else

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9
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Cheer up

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Become happier

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10
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Cheer so up

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Make happier

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Clean/clear sth up

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Make tidy

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12
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Do sth up

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Fasten, close/

To beautify

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13
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Dress up

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Wear nice clothing

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14
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End up

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Eventually do/reach/ decide

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15
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Fill sth up

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Fill to the top

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16
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Get up

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Go out of the bed
Stand
To organize something by asking different people to take part in it or provide help

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17
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Give up

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Stop trying
To allow someone to have something that was yours
To use your time for one activity instead of another

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18
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Give sth up

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Quit a habit

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19
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Grow up

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Become a adult

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20
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Hang up

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End a phone call

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21
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Keep up

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Continue at the same rate/speed
Continue to do something
To continue to pretend that something is true

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22
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Look sth up

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Search and find information in a reference book or database

If a situation is looking up, it is getting better

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23
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Make sth up

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Invent, lie about sth/

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24
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Look up to

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Have a lot of respect for

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25
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Make up

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Forgive each other

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26
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Make so up

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Apply cosmetics to

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27
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Mix sth up

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Confuse two or more things, not know the difference

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28
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Pass sth up

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Decline (usually sth good)

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29
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Put up with sth/ so

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Tolerate

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30
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Set sth up

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Arrange, organize

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31
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Set so up

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Trick, trap

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32
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Tear sth up

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Rip into pieces

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33
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Turn sth up

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Increase the volume or streghth (heat, light etc)

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34
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Turn up

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Appear suddenly or arrive

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35
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Use sth up

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Finish the supply

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36
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Wake up

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Stop sleeping

37
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Warm sth/ so up

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Increase the temperature

38
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Warm up

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Prepare body for exercise

39
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Make up your mind

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Decide

40
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Knock up

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Get pregnant

41
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Live up

A

Get your expectations

42
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Mark up

A

Raise the price

43
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Pick up

A 
Learn by chance / without much effort
Take someone in vehicle
To pay for something
Win a prize
To get an illness
To buy something
Start talking to someone because you want to have sex with them
44
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Play up

A

Make sth seem more important

45
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Pull up

A

if a vehicle pulls up, it arrives at a place and stops

46
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Put up

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Erect / assemble
Let someone stay in your house
To make a particular effort in order to achieve or prevent something
Increase the value of something
Suggest someone for a position
Give money
47
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Bring s/o up

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Raise a child

48
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Wind up

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Finish in a confused way / end up

49
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Settle up

A

Pay the bill

50
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Shoot up

A 
Inject drugs
Rise dramatically (prices)
51
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Stand up

A

Arise / get up

52
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Take up

A

Start a hobby

Use space/time

53
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Work up

A

Excite

54
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Add up

A

Make sense

Add numbers

55
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Draw up

A

Come to a stop, a vehicle arrives at a place and stops
To prepare and write something such as a document or plan
To move your chair so that you are sitting closer to someone or something

56
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Draw up

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Come to a stop, a vehicle arrives at a place and stops

To prepare and write something such as a document or plan

57
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Get up to

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Do something, especially something that you should not do (usually children)

58
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Come up

A

Occur - usually a problem- colloquial

59
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Come up against

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Meet a difficulty

60
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Come up to

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Equal- especially expectatioms, standar

61
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Come up with

A

Think of - especially an answer a plan a solution

62
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Face up to

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Have courage to deal with - especially responsabilities

63
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Feel up to

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Feel capable of doing

64
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Follow up

A

Act upon a suggestion

Take more accion

65
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Hold up

A

Delay

Rob at gunpoint

66
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Take sg. up

A

Make something shorter

67
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Set up

A

To start something such as a business, organization, or institution
To organize or plan something such as an event or system

68
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Brighten up

A

if the weather brightens up, it becomes

sunnier

69
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Light up

A

Light a cigarette

If someone’s face or eyes light up, they express a strong emotion, usually happiness or excitement

70
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Own up

A

Acknowledge wrong doing

71
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Pile up

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If something piles up, or if someone piles it up, the amount of it increases a lot

72
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Bundle up

A

To put things into groups and wrap or tie them together

73
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Eat up

A

To eat all of something

74
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Brush up

A

Improve your knowledge and skill

75
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Go up

A

Increase

Start burning

76
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Beat up

A

Hit or kick someone and hurt them badly

77
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Call up

A

Phone sb.

78
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Come up

A

Approach sb., go to speak to someone

Appear in sky

79
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Stay up

A

Not go to bed

80
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Speak up

A

Talk in a loud, clear voice

81
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Sum up

A

List the main points

82
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Bottle up

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To stop yourself from showing negative emotions like anger and disappointment

83
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Freshen up

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To wash your hands and face and make yourself cleaner and tidier
To improve your skill or knowledge of sg.

84
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Screw up

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To make a serious mistake, or to spoil something, especially a situation
If you screw up your face, you show that you dislike something

85
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Tighten up

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To be stricter or more serious about something such as a policy or a rule

86
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Dig up

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To find information by searching carefully

To dig holes in an area of land

87
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Step up

A

To increase something

88
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Build up

A

To increase, or to make something increase

To develop something

89
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Crack up

A

To suddenly laugh a lot at something

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