GET THROUGHT

to succeed in talking to someone on the phone:

I tried to phone her but couldn't get through.I got through to the wrong department.

CUT OFF
to stop providing something such as electricity, supplies,PHONELAND, etc.:
If this bill is not paid within five days, your gas supply will be cut off.The aim was
to cut off the enemy's escape route/supplies.

PUT THROUGHT
to connect a person using a phone to the person they want tospeak to:
Could you put me through to customer services, please?

GO ON:
to happen:
I'm sure we never hear about a lot of what goes on in government.This war has been
going on for years.
TAKE UP
to start doing a particular job or activity:
He's taken up the post of supervisor.[+ -ing verb] Have you ever thought of taking
up acting?Patti took up (= continued) the story where Sue had left off.
CALL BACK
to return to a place in order to see someone or collectsomething:
She said she'd call back later to pick up that report.

RUN OUT
B1

to finish, use, or sell all of something, so that there is none left:

I've run out of milk/money/ideas/patience."Do you have any milk?" "Sorry, I've run out.
"B2 If a supply of something runs out, all of it has been used or it
iscompletely finished:
The milk has run out.My patience is beginning to run out.
If a document or official agreement runs out, the period of timefor which
it lasts finishes:

My passport runs out next month - I must get it renewed.time is running out

used to say that there is not much time left in which to achievesomething:

Time is running out for the men trapped under the rubble.

PLUG (STH) IN/PLUG (STH) INTO STH

to

connect an electrical device to an electrical system or deviceso that it can be

used, by pushing its plug into a socket :
Of course the radio isn't working - you haven't plugged it in!I want to plug the kettle into
the right-hand socket.
Can you show me where the microphone plugs into the tape recorder?
The keyboard plugs in at the back of the computer.

CHARGE VERB (SUPPLY ENERGY)

B2

[I or T] to put electricity into an electrical device such as a battery:

She drove the car round the block to charge (up) its batteries.It's not working - I
don't think the battery is charging.

CARRY (STH) ON
to continue doing something, or to cause something tocontinue:
Let's carry on this discussion at some other time.
UK Carry on the good work!
Sorry to interrupt, please carry on (with what you were saying).
You just have to carry on as if nothing's happened.[+ -ing verb] Steve
just carried on playing on his computer.
Daphne is carrying on the family tradition by becoming a lawyer.

PUT STH DOWN

(PHONE)
B1 If you put the phone down, you place it or the receiver back in
the position you keep it in when it is not being used.
(PAY)
to pay part of the cost and promise to pay the rest later:
I've put a deposit down on a new car.

SWITCH ON
switch verb [T, I usually + adv/prep] (DEVICE)

to use a switch to change a device from one state or type ofoperation to

another:switch the TV off/on
B1

TAKE ON
to accept a particular job or responsibility:
She took too much on and made herself ill.
She has taken on far too much work.
You can't take on responsibility for the whole event.