Vocabulary, Phrasal Verbs and Idioms Flashcards

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Penthouse

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Apartment located on the top floors of a building

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Settled in

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The act of establish in a place

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Gloosy

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Attractive and stylish

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Tummy

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Stomach

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Smoother

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With the surface free from roughness.

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To Muzzle

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Tie someone’s mouth to silence them.

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Ferrying

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The same as transporting.

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Brush

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Momentary contact.

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Stash

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Valuables or money.

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Buzz

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A very noisy thing.

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Drivel

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A message without a worth.

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Goon

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Aggressive and violent young criminal.

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Odd

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The same as peculiar.

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Ransom

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The amount of money demanded for the life of a kidnapped person.

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Nil

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The same as nothing.

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Brochure

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A small book.

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Sleeve

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The part of a t-shirt that covers someone’s shoulder.

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Mug

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Similar to a cup but with a small place to put a finger or two.

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Sightseeing

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The act of visiting a touristic place.

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To Slump

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Fall suddenly.

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Spic

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A neat or clean thing.

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To Mourn

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Fell or show a deep sorrow.

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Heans

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The same as chicken.

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Wanderer

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Somebody who doesn’t live in a fixed place.

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Sworn

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Bound by oath.

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Sought

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Something or somebody that is looked for.

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Vault

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A large room used to storage something.

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To Shed

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Allow something to fall to the ground.

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To Shut

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Move something to block the way.

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To Split

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Break or divide something in various parts.

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To Cast

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The act of throwing something.

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To Bend

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The act of forcibly shape something in a curve.

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To Bind

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The act of tie something.

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To Creep

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The act of move slowly.

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To Grind

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The act of reducing something in small pieces.

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To Hang

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Suspend something, but with the difference of letting the bottom part of the object dangling free.

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To Lay-Laid-Laid

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Put something down with care.

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To Sting

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Wound or harm something with a sting.

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To Weep

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Shed tears.

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To Wind

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Detect the presence by something’s scent.

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To Bear

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Be able to accept or stand up to a situation.

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To Lie-Lay-Lain

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Be in a horizontal or resting position.

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To Weave

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Form by interlacing long threads.

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To Sew

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Fasten or repair something by making stitches with a needle and thread.

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To Sow

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Plant by scattering it on the earth

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To Scatter

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Throw in various randoms directions.

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To Lean

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Be in or move into a sloping position.

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To Spoil

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Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

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Though

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Despite the fact that.

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Despite

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Without being affected by.

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Thought

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An idea or opinion produced by thinking.

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Through

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Moving in one side and out of the other side.

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Thorough

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Full of details.

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To Bottle

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Can also be the act of putting a liquid in a bottle.

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Fizzy

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The same as bubbling.

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Chalkboard

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Can also be called by blackboard ( chalk is the object used to make draws in the chalkboard).

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Biased

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A unfairly choice that can favor only one side.

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Jaded

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The same as exhausted.

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To Haze

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Usually consists in forcing a new recruit to do some humiliating tasks.

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To Drum

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The act of playing a percussion instrument.

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To Mist

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Make something less visible.

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Midst

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In the middle of something.

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Sour

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Something that have a acid taste.

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Blurt out

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Say something unexpectedly.

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Bring up

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Mention something / Raise a children.

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Burn down

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Burn a building to the ground.

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Ask out

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Invite someone to go somewhere.

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Blow up

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Something that can be inflated / something that explodes.

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Burn up

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Destroy something by burning.

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Call upp

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The same as making a phone call.

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Chase down

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Follow something until catch.

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Call off

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The same as canceling something.

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Cher up

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Make someone happier.

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Clean up

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Correct a misunderstanding.

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Cross out

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Draw a line through.

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Dream up

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The same as imagine.

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Drown out

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Overwhelm something with noise.

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Dry off

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Remove moisture from a surface.

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Egg on

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The same as encouraging someone.

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Explain away

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Give a excuse for something.

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Fight off

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Defend something or somebody successfully.

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Figure out

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Find a answer.

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Fill in / fill out

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Complete a form.

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Fix up

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Repair or renovate something.

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Get across

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Make understandable.

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Get down

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Depress.

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Give away

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Distribute at no cost.

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Hand in

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Submit

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Hand over

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Surrender the possession of something.

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Keep away from

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Avoid.

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Lead on

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Give false hope to someone

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Leave out

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Omit something important

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Blurt out

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Say something unexpectedly.

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Bring up

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Mention something / Raise a children.

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Burn down

A

Burn a building to the ground.

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Ask out

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Invite someone to go somewhere.

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Blow up

A

Something that can be inflated / something that explodes.

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Burn up

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Destroy something by burning.

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Call upp

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The same as making a phone call.

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Chase down

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Follow something until catch.

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Call off

A

The same as canceling something.

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Cher up

A

Make someone happier.

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Clean up

A

Correct a misunderstanding.

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Cross out

A

Draw a line through.

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Dream up

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The same as imagine.

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Drown out

A

Overwhelm something with noise.

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Dry off

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Remove moisture from a surface.

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Egg on

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The same as encouraging someone.

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Explain away

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Give a excuse for something.

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Fight off

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Defend something or somebody successfully.

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Figure out

A

Find a answer.

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Fill in / fill out

A

Complete a form.

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Fix up

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Repair or renovate something.

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Get across

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Make understandable.

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Get down

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Depress.

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Give away

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Distribute at no cost.

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Hand in

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Submit

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Hand over

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Surrender the possession of something.

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Keep away from

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Avoid.

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Lead on

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Give false hope to someone

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Leave out

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Omit something important

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Hail

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Express greeting or acclaim

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Amnesty

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Pardon given to offenders in a specific period of time

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Stern

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Strict and severe

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Inherit

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Receive something from a older owner of this something

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Loathe

A

.

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Blurt out

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Say something unexpectedly.

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Bring up

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Mention something / Raise a children.

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Burn down

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Burn a building to the ground.

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Ask out

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Invite someone to go somewhere.

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Blow up

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Something that can be inflated / something that explodes.

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Burn up

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Destroy something by burning.

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Call upp

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The same as making a phone call.

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Chase down

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Follow something until catch.

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Call off

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The same as canceling something.

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Cher up

A

Make someone happier.

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Clean up

A

Correct a misunderstanding.

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Cross out

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Draw a line through.

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Dream up

A

The same as imagine.

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Drown out

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Overwhelm something with noise.

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Dry off

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Remove moisture from a surface.

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Egg on

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The same as encouraging someone.

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Explain away

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Give a excuse for something.

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Fight off

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Defend something or somebody successfully.

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Figure out

A

Find a answer.

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Fill in / fill out

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Complete a form.

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Fix up

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Repair or renovate something.

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Get across

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Make understandable.

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Get down

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Depress.

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Give away

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Distribute at no cost.

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Hand in

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Submit

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Hand over

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Surrender the possession of something.

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Keep away from

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Avoid.

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Lead on

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Give false hope to someone

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Leave out

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Omit something important

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Hail

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Express greeting or acclaim

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Amnesty

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Pardon given to offenders in a specific period of time

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Stern

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Strict and severe

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Inherit

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Receive something from a older owner of this something

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Loathe

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.