Nouns + Prepositions: FOR

 A check for (amount of money)

 Reason for
 Admiration for
 Advertisement for
 Approval for
 Arguments for
 Bid for
 Case for
 Credit for
 Cure for
 Demand for
 Desire for
 Fondness for
 Hatred for
 Love for
 Need for
 Preference for
 Recipe for
 Reputation for
 Respect for
 Responsibility for
 Room for
 Search for
 Talent for
 Thirst for
Noun Preposition Collocations: WITH
 Arguments with
 Concern with
 Connection with
 Contact with
 Date with
 Dealings with
 Difficulty with
 Involvement with
 Link with
 Meeting with
 Quarrel with
 Relationship with
 Sympathy with
Noun Preposition Collocations: TO
 Access to
 Addiction to
 Allusion to
 An attitude to
 An invitation to
 Approach to
 Change to
 Concern to
 Contribution to
 Damage to
 Dedication to
 Desire to
 Devotion to
 Invitation to
 Newcomer to
 Reaction to
 Reason to
 Reference to
 Relevance to
 Resistance to
 Response to
 Solution to
 Threat to
 Transition to
 Visit to
 Noun Preposition Collocations: ABOUT
 Agreement about
 Anxiety about
 Concern about
 Confusion about
 Debate about
 Decision about
 Information about
 Story about
Nouns + Prepositions: FROM
 Excerpt from
 Transition from
Nouns + Prepositions: OVER
 Authority over
 Control over
Nouns + Prepositions: BETWEEN
 A link between
 A connection between
 A contact between two
 A difference between two
 A relationship between
 Bond between
 Verb collocations
List of Expressions with Come
 Come clean about
 Come close
 Come complete with
 Come early
 Come first
 Come into view
 Come last
 Come on time
 Come prepared
 Come right back
 Come to a compromise
 Come to a conclusion
 Come to a decision
 Come to a realization
 Come to a stop
 Come to an agreement
 Come to an end
 Come to life
 Come to sb’s rescue
 Come to terms with
 Come under attack
 Come up with
Flatly is used with these verbs: ↑answer, ↑contradict, ↑declare, ↑deny, ↑disagree,
↑refuse, ↑reject, ↑reply, ↑respond, ↑say, ↑state, ↑tell

Usage notes
1. In sense 1. the collocation is nearly always with a negative idea. To flatly deny.
To flatly refuse. To flatly contradict. And so on, similarly.
2. This is as it should be, since a fundamental principle of a free-
market economy is that the market knows more than any individual within it.
3. Nevertheless, diapause is also a developmental process, and these previous studies did
not address fundamental questions concerning development before, during
and after diapause.
4. The inability of the S22N substitution to substantially reduce the affinity of Rab24 for G
TP adds to the growing list of fundamental differences between Rab24 and
other members of the Rab family.
5. While telling us about Conant and Chauncey, Lemann keeps reminding us about the
fundamental issues at stake and the central problems inherent in a meritocrac
y.
6. Having described this fundamental change, the decline of the elite based on
blood and breeding and the rise of the elite based on brains, it seems to me the next o
bvious question is: What does this mean for America?
7. "The reason that denial of participation in a tax exemption or other subsidy scheme doe
s not necessarily 'infringe' a fundamental right is that--
unlike direct restriction or prohibition--
such a denial does not, as a general rule, have any significant coercive effect ."
8. And they seem to be guided by one fundamental rule: What you call yourself s
hould have nothing to do with any product you make.
9. Conclusions Predicting and understanding transcriptional regulation is a
fundamental problem in biology.
10. These changes, especially when they occur in early adulthood, may be of
fundamental importance in the development of breast cancer [ 9 16 ] .
11. I think it was a fundamental shift in thinking on the client side.
12. The fundamental reasons for the design of our ex-
vivo experiments are three-
fold: (a) The need to evaluate intrathymic differentiation as close as it could be physicall
y possible to an in vivo model; (b) We sought to perform the experiments on "untouche
d" cells with the least of manipulations.
13. [ 27 ] But there is also a more fundamental way in which RCTs cannot s
tand apart from basic science.
14. Humor and the ability to express it have been a fundamental part of h
uman life from the beginning.
15. Recognising a resident's deterioration, and responding appropriately to it, is a
fundamental aspect of providing care to the elderly.
16. On a fundamental level, cancer-
screening trials differ from therapy trials because of the high amount of "noise" relative
to the "signal" of screening effect.
17. The exon context may, therefore, play a fundamental role in controlling
intron splicing and, thus, sites of intron fixation.
18. Spouting a long stream of poll numbers and expert quotes, the story pronounce
s that Americans' divergent opinions about President Clinton reflect "an unresolved deb
ate about fundamental values".
19. That that architecture--
which I call "code," meaning the software and hardware that constitutes cyberspace as i
t is--was initially an architecture that protected fundamental freedoms.
20. In her Stanford lab, she continues her fundamental research to defin
e the complete genetic circuitry of Caulobacter , hoping to identify additional nodes in
the circuit.
21. As a result, CNBC and CNNfn both offer a hodgepodge of fundamental
analysis, technical analysis, macroeconomic news, trend spotters, and the occasiona
l hard-news story.
22. Conclusions Our findings provide concrete insights into rRNA intron fixation an
d are more compatible with the view that both the spliceosomal and group I intron dist
ributions reflect fundamental features of present-
day genes and genomes and that introns may not be relics of an ancient intron-
rich period of cells.
23. Asked what Bradley thinks now of welfare reform, his press secretary, Eric Hause
r, said "that it had some fundamental flaws in terms of the federal governmen
t simply handing money over to the states" and that Bradley continues to harbor "some
doubts about its long-term viability."
24. They have a fundamental requirement to be able to make these av
ailable to teachers and students as requested often on an ad-hoc basis at short notice.
25. The story never questions the fundamental assumption of the snoo
pers: namely that companies should be able to control their employees' Web access.
26. Anybody with a fundamental understanding of finance can tell yo
u that return analysis in the absence of accompanying risk analysis is incomplete.
27. Given that the distribution and abundance of organisms as a function of environ
ment provides the fundamental basis of many ecological and evolutionary dis
 ciplines [ 21 ] , establishing a better understanding of fungal distributions in natural hab
itats is central to the study of mycology and plant ecology.
28. Except that inflation is still nonexistent, corporate earnings are high, the Japanes
e economy is still barely limping along, and the trade deficit seems to have more to do
with roaring consumer demand and foreign demand for U.S. assets than any
fundamental weakness in the overall economy.
29. One early critic of this trend, Sherman Lee, then director of the Cleveland Museu
m of Art, complained 20 years ago that NEH "tends to lose sight of the
fundamental purpose of an art exhibition, which is not to illustrate history b
ut to allow an art work to be understood and enjoyed as a work of art."
30. More to the point, the fundamental truth of free trade is that when co
untries produce those goods in which they have a comparative advantage, both sides b
enefit, because capital ends up being allocated to its most productive uses, which is the
only way real wealth can be created.
31. Evaluation is meant to figure as a fundamental component of the s
ource reduction process.
32. Modern mathematics, together with Kolmogorov complexity and information th
eory, has taught us another fundamental concept that may be relevant when
trying to understand the logic of the mind.
33. The fundamental belief with employment is that it is a special relation
ship of trust and confidence between the Employer and the Employee.
34. For example, students are provided both traditional classroom education, which
emphasizes legal reasoning and analysis, and extensive training in
fundamental lawyering skills.
35. This should help us emphasize the crucial fundamental skills.
36. This simple but fundamental idea has yet to be adopted by the majorit
y of our students and teachers.
37. The Summit will be a historic opportunity to agree on a process for fundam
ental review of the role of, and challenges facing the United Nations in the new c
entury.
38. It is agreed that a fundamental element of sustainable fisheries mana
gement is to ensure that management decisions are based on accurate estimates of all
sector's catches.
39. The development of distinct tissue and cell types is a
fundamental characteristic of growth in higher organisms.
40. But nothing about the Internet, no special brand of cyberspace liberty, changes
these fundamental relationships and the problems they pose.
41. Introduction Homologous DNA recombination is a
fundamental process in the biochemistry of DNA repair and replication, whic
h contributes to the generation of the genetic diversity critical for natural selection.
42. These annotations highlight just one portion of our ignorance about the inform
ation content of genomes and our lack of fundamental knowledge about t
he function of so many of the building blocks of cells.
43. The ZF-
MODELS consortium, which is funded under the European Union's Sixth Framework Pro
gramme, aims to establish zebrafish models for human diseases, discover genes that wil
l lead to the identification of new drug targets, and gain fundamental
insights into human development.
44. For the most part, mathematical biologists sought to fit biological data to relativ
ely simple mathematical models, with the hope that fundamental laws might b
e recognized (Fox Keller 2002).
45. In the Soviet Union, fundamental science was supported to a great ex
tent by military expenditure.
46. Ha'aretz , which led its front page Wednesday with a report that Barak is plannin
g to seek détente with Israel's "enemy number one," Iran, against strong objections by
his own military intelligence, also pointed out in its Wednesday editorial that Barak has
"achieved his fundamental goal--
a government unthreatened by a sword of Damocles over its head."
47. Mr Selwyn says the process of making the film, and one of the
fundamental aims of the movie, was to up-
skill Maori who could then contribute to the industry in New Zealand.
48. Despite how many or how few individual characteristics twins--or other clones--
have in common, they are different people in the most fundamental sense .
49. Although I could flag numerous other fundamental errors, I think that
these should be enough to make my point that Easterbrook's opinion of European "tele
coms and communication bureaucrats" is far from the truth.
50. However, we need to be able to distinguish between
fundamental effects of scale, that is, how habitats of different size affect gro
wth and survival of individual C. pipiens, and artifacts caused by scaling, which may be
determined as much by experimental design as by actual differences in habitat scale [ 3
].
51. But if you just look at the four companies that will be leaving on Monday and th
e four companies that will be arriving, there is simply no comparison between them in t
erms of business fundamentals.
52. Design fundamentals as they relate to the film and television industry
.
53. We have dealt with many of the immediately urgent issues arising from the 199
9 reforms, and spent the end of last year in examination of
aspects fundamental to fulfilling MARIA's Guiding Principles.
54. They concentrate on Run Jump Throw KiwiSport activities to teach
children fundamental movements and basic skills required in athletics and m
any other sports.
55. In the second year, biomedical science students will complete core courses in
disciplines fundamental to biomedical science.
56. Attendees will be familiarised with the theory and techniques of up-to-
date HR fundamentals.
57. Financial planning concepts - key fundamentals to achieve your long-
term investment objectives.
58. In addition, it is important to remember that these price movements are reflecti
ng market fundamentals such as lake inflows, grid configuration and deman
d and supply.
59. Mr Warren believes sheep breeders are often choosing to ignore simple
marketing fundamentals by not doing their best to produce what processo
rs and users want.
60. It is this more appropriate enquiry into midwifery fundamentals tha
t will guide and hasten the reclamation of our distinct midwifery knowledge.
61. Commercial negotiations fundamental to a number of these are n
ow underway.
62. There is something fundamental about the familiarity and proximity
of tables.
63. Magic, the black, mouthy, "Showtime" guard, won over basketball fogies with hi
s sound fundamentals and court intelligence.
64. Networking Fundamentals is a two-
day class designed to teach students fundamental networking concepts and
practices.
65. Mary's Thistle is a herb that promotes proper liver function, Selenium and Co-
enzyme Q10 are powerful antioxidants fundamental to human health.
66. Irony results when a one precedes a zero in the "Gill sans-
seraph" font Robinson uses, for IO is a term fundamental to Maori concepts of
creation.
67. That > debate can never alter anything fundamental.
68. It is equipped with state-of-the-
art instrumentation and staffed by a highly trained and experienced team to ta
ke care of all customer requirements.
69. The FBI should institute the integration of analysts, agents, linguists, and surveill
ance personnel in the field so that a dedicated team approach is brought to bea
r on national security intelligence operations.
70. A front-page story reveals that the entire top team in the week-
old Tour de France has just been expelled for drug use.
71. The senior team at Nimmo-
Bell work very closely together and between them have a very extensive range of high l
evel contacts throughout the agribusiness sector.
72. Jesus is currently under siege by coaches, agents, and their unsavory minions, al
l of whom proffer money, cars, sex, and sundry other illegal inducements to sign with th
eir colleges or professional teams.
73. Our representative Teams played hard at their tournaments achievin
g the following results.
74. The papers report that the federal judge who presided over the Paula Jones law
suit yesterday ordered President Clinton to pay nearly $90,000 to Jones' legal tea
m for giving false testimony about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
75. A multi-
disciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, a statistician, and a health sciences l
ibrarian participated in the systematic review.
76. The first sets the diversity of the medical team that saved Benjamin Kadis
h against the alleged gunman's racism; a sidebar reports heated debate over whether o
r not the federal government should confront extremists more aggressively.
77. Authors' contributions All authors worked within a multidisciplinary te
am.
78. Clubs represented were Saracens, Links, Hornets, Carleton, North Shore and Wa
nderers with Arawa being enrolled as a junior team.
79. Native American groups hate the Chop, but former President Jimmy Carter defe
nded it in 1991: "With the Braves on top, we have a brave, courageous and successf
ul team, and I think we can look on the American Indians as brave, successful and at
tractive.
80. And then there's this interesting fact, which was actually noted in a front-
page article in the business section of today's New York Times : The most popular video
 game made by Electronic Arts, the largest video-
game maker in the world, is FIFA '99, a soccer game featuring all the great internati
onal teams.
81. Solid leadership skills, experience building strong teams.
82. In Britain, where Queen Elizabeth II marked her triumph Saturday by presenting
the rugby World Cup championship trophy to the staunchly republican captain of the
Australian team, John Eales, after its win against France, there was talk of subjec
ting the monarchy to a referendum by the British as well.
83. Effective Team Leadership (split days) 17982
84. Joining Bowden on the tournament team were Cantabrians Cain Parani
hi, Joel Hart and Isaac Heremia.
85. A small talented team of car makers, designers and engineers dedicated
to making a quality modern sports car with the highest possible build standards and m
ost modern aesthetic and ergonomic form.
86. Former Heinz-
Watties food technologist, Anna Cowper, has been appointed to head the new Sydney-
based technical team.
87. Thus, the LSTAT may serve as a critical resource to a highly mobile surgical
team because it can be placed very near the site of injury in an effort to reduce the ti
me from injury to life-saving intervention.
88. With a large team of typesetters, WTA can handle even the most demandi
ng jobs.
89. No hidden extra's, just a helpful friendly team of New Zealander's.
90. Any riders not selected in their regional team can form their own team w
ith other unselected riders from the same region to enter the challenge.
91. I am a member of our corporate and commercial team.
92. As well as being overall winners, they also got the prize for the top mixed te
am.
93. Now we are a major teaching hospital with a young, dynamic team of ab
out 34 specialists plus trainees."
94. That's despite it selling more than 2.4 billion bottles a year, being the world's thi
rd-
largest international brand, official beer of the Sydney Olympics and, er, the official sup
porter of the Vietnamese Olympic team.
95. Input from family, friends and other members of the interdisciplinary t
eam may be invaluable.
96. Our qualified team of tradesmen will put you straight after a visit to our
Chassis Department!
97. On August 3, for example, Atta and Binalshibh discussed several matters, such a
s the best way for the operatives to purchase plane tickets and the assignment of muscl
e hijackers to individual teams.
98. GNS has a corporate team comprising the Chief Executive Officer and th
eir Personal Assistant, the Chief Financial Officer, the Human Resources Manager and th
e Information Services Manager, a General Manager - Strategy, and a Manager Maori St
rategy.
99. FULL AND COMPLETE TEAM COVERAGE!
100. He was captain of the 1905 All Black team which occupies a significant pla
ce in NZ rugby history.
101. At the moment, less than one in 10 organisations has a senior executive t
eam that reflects the number of women in the population.
102. Involve the entire team in creating the strategies for patients to accept op
timum care."
103. Serko Online was developed by Interactive Technologies and a specialist t
eam from Optimation, who worked closely together throughout the development life
cycle.
104. Although currently considered the most glaring of all Indian team names,
Redskins actually predates its New World usage by some twenty-five centuries or so.
105. Washington has dispatched top-
notch investigative teams to the scene, and President Clinton stated, "We will
use all the means at our disposal to bring those responsible to justice, no matter what o
r how long it takes."
106. Playing the leading team in the grade was always going to be challenging
.
107. It really is Girl Power-
we have a 22 strong female team and do all our own printing, so the quality is ve
ry high.
108. It was here that Kangxi’s grandson, Emperor Qinalong, received the first official
delegation from the West ever to visit China, a British team headed by Lord Maca
rtney in 1793.
109. A South African team won the peace prize for a car alarm that stops thiev
es with a flamethrower.
110. Written by an expert team, checked by academics and contains key notes,
exercises, artwork, photographs and timelines.
111. We are seeking people with a minimum of 3 years experience through to fully q
ualified trades people with good general boat building skills, to become part of our hig
hly motivated team.
112. If such a work is really to do its job--tell the story of a place-
name in simple terms to an average reader--
a great deal of further thinking needs to be done by the editorial team about ho
w the information is presented and for whom.
113. 13.10 Only the top 20 scores are to count in the New Zealand open team.
114. The cynical spin: Adidas (sponsor of the French team) beat Nike (sponsor
of the Brazilian team) and will use the victory to sell expensive shoes to poor kids all ov
er the world.
115. Salaries are too high, attendance is spotty, and the chasm between rich and po
or teams is widening.
116. A committed team and extensive infrastructure make NDA the leading f
abricator of large stainless steel process vessels and other equipment in the Australasia
n region.
117. These teams are responsible for running our two major appeals Guid
e Dog Day and Blind Week, which require support from an army of volunteers including
service organisations.
118. Our team was proud of its achievements and we had a tremendous spiri
t.
119. This is subject to confirmation though, because our score was added incorrectly
and the correct total was greater than the winning team's final result.
120. Submissions are due by 22 September 2000, however, input before this date is
welcomed, and the project team is happy to discuss the NZEX Rules at any time.
121. The expedition itself is expensive, and the team is passionate about rai
sing money for CureKids.
122. Monteith’s brewery manager, Barrie Calder says the team is excit
ed about offering the weekend tours.
123. The team is confident of qualifying both individuals and the team.
124. All the members of our litigation team are familiar with the different dis
pute resolution techniques.
125. The Social Studies Exemplar Project is underway and the Project Team is b
usy working on developing progression in the Strands which is a wee bit of a challeng
e.
126. The first placed Kerikeri 1 Team was dominant throughout the round r
obin with most of their wins being comfortable resulting in qualification as NZL1.
127. Our administrative budget is only minor as all our team are voluntary
and we ensure that every mission project is run as efficiently as possible.
128. Providing One-on-
One Assistance to Nursing Homes QIO staff in the six pilot states that worked with nursi
ng home providers on improving processes of care related to the Quality Measures fou
nd that nursing home teams were eager to begin a quality improvement effort
in their facilities.
129. Experience with national, regional or elite athletes or teams is essential.
130. The energy and enthusiasm of your team is excellent.
131. The video goes behind previously closed doors to see the team's exhaus
tive preparation from the early days of hull design, through the carefully planned dev
elopment and sailing programme and into the racing.
132. "We are a little disappointed with the outcome, but this Kmart Racing Team i
s fantastic - we worked together well and ran strong despite Yvan and me never h
aving been to this track," Priaulx said.
133. You can add to this list hyperlinks that go to your team's favorite Web p
ages.
134. The day I slink into Vixen's Ellerslie headquarters - I admit I even found myself lo
oking round to check no one saw me going in - Ms Gibb and her team are flat ou
t preparing for next week's Erotica event.
135. The executive team was fortunate to be able to participate in the proc
ess.
136. The WP goes with the very rare sports lead: The NBA Washington Wizards have
reached an agreement in principle to give Michael Jordan complete control of the tea
m's front office, including all trades, signings, draft selections, and all other person
nel decisions.
137. The web support team is frustrated because these publishers refuse to
add the proper metadata to their documents.
138. Being a winner team is fun, enjoyable and hard work.
139. One piece follows a New York Liberty road trip, admiring the team's genu
ine camaraderie, warmth, and sheer joy, and calling each game "a celebration of girl p
ower."
140. After two seasons of missing out on the playoffs, the team is hungry to p
lay to their immense potential and reward the Rams Fans.
141. At that time owners of the American League Cleveland Naps , faced with the def
ection to Philadelphia of the team's inspirational player-
 manager, the eponymous Napoleon “Nap” Lajoie, held a city-
wide contest to select a new nickname.
142. Special technical skills and large multi-
disciplinary teams are key assets for trauma centres according to the review by P
ancheon et al.
143. The Post goes into the most detail on the new team's legal connections in
town, its dispatch chockablock with law firm names.
144. The Auckland team were menacing and humourless and simply stom
ped on their opponents.
145. Sessions run for 40 minutes, and teams are mixed.
146. Motivation and Builds Awareness of Excellence -
the Site Visit by the evaluation team is motivational for the applicant's team(s
) and raises awareness within the organisation of the leadership goal to achieve "world-
class" performance.
147. The Wheeler Campbell team was pleased to finish second in the Busine
ss Cocky of the Year competition held recently.
148. Similarly, Marti and his team are popular ambassadors for motorsport,
professionally presented and displays high levels of sportsmanship.
149. Golf Association decries the American team's premature and boisterou
s celebration on the 17 th green during the final day of Ryder Cup competition, "the cli
max of three days of American Hubris."
150. A piece inside the Times braces with the reminder that a full blown Senate trial c
ould scorch plenty of earth, stating that President Clinton's legal team is prepar
ed to call friends of Monica Lewinsky to testify that she frequently exaggerated the de
tails of her trysts with Clinton.
151. When there are strong positive relationships between people, work flows and t
eams are productive.
152. The organising team were rapt with the turn out!
153. 1999 represented the team's 25th championship of the century.
154. Because you know which teams are successful before you begin your
analysis--those that win--
you can use mathematics to identify similarities among those winning teams.
155. Elsewhere, the senior women's A team finished second while the junior women's
A team were third in their grade.
156. Grammar called on their depth as three members of the team were una
vailable.
157. Both teams are undefeated.
158. If the team is unfit, get a fitness expert in; if the team is not performing to
its best, get a motivator.
159. As well as compositing visual effects, Nigel and his team are skilled at 2
D and 3D animation, specifically the creation of 3D environments and 3D character ani
mation.
160. The Senior team was 4th in the North Harbour Competition and is now pl
aying in the Auckland Championship League.
161. The game is two 15-minute halves and teams are 7-aside.
162. Explicit evidence of inclusive consideration or reference to Pacific Peoples' healt
h issues in other Pegasus documents available to the evaluation team is absent.
163. The management team is accountable first and foremost to the owner
s with the primary objective to achieve the goals set out in the strategic plan which is re
viewed annually.
164. Our team is ambitious and strongly focused on offering quality services
to our clients.
165. Naturally, the Go Waihi team are anxious to get approval for the excha
nge.
166. The Fulton Hogan team was equally impressed with the on-
site training they received from Titan Plant Services, New Zealand agents for Volvo.
167. Develop a team that is capable of delivering IT systems and outputs.
168. Peter Mumby later said that it was "Great to see teams that were hard
out at each other sitting and relaxing and talking about paintball.
169. Enterprise North Shore has an enthusiastic and knowledgeable team that i
s keen to assist companies with entry procedures and fine-
tuning of the content," says Awards Co-
ordinator, Paul England, one of Enterprise North Shore's business facilitators.
170. Irihapeti was a founding member of the College of Nurses and a member of the
Project Team that was responsible for the establishment of the College of
Nurses Aotearoa NZ.
171. Home of the team who were brave enough to tackle building our ins
ane site - all hail Spider Web International!
172. He was also fifth in the 400 free in 4.02.59 and a member of the NZ A team
who were third in the 4 x 50m freestyle relay.
have do make

have a bath do business make a difference

have a drink do nothing make a mess
have a good time do someone a favour make a mistake
have a haircut do the cooking make a noise
have a holiday do the housework make an effort
have a problem do the shopping make furniture
have a relationship do the washing up make money
have a rest do your best make progress
have lunch do your hair make room
have sympathy do your homework make trouble

take break catch

take a break break a habit catch a ball

take a chance break a leg catch a bus
take a look break a promise catch a chill
take a rest break a record catch a cold
take a seat break a window catch a thief
take a taxi break someone's heart catch fire
take an exam break the ice catch sight of
take notes break the law catch someone's attention
take someone's place break the news to someone catch someone's eye
take someone's temperature break the rules catch the flu

pay save keep

pay a fine save electricity keep a diary

pay attention save energy keep a promise
pay by credit card save money keep a secret
pay cash save one's strength keep an appointment
pay interest save someone a seat keep calm
pay someone a compliment save someone's life keep control
pay someone a visit save something to a disk keep in touch
pay the bill save space keep quiet
pay the price save time keep someone's place
pay your respects save yourself the trouble keep the change

come go get

come close go abroad get a job

come complete with go astray get a shock
come direct go bad get angry
come early go bald get divorced
come first go bankrupt get drunk
come into view go blind get frightened
come last go crazy get home
come late go dark get lost
come on time go deaf get married
come prepared go fishing get nowhere
come right back go mad get permission
come second go missing get pregnant
come to a compromise go on foot get ready
come to a decision go online get started
come to an agreement go out of business get the impression
come to an end go overseas get the message
come to a standstill go quiet get the sack
come to terms with go sailing get upset
come to a total of go to war get wet
come under attack go yellow get worried
Phrasal
Meaning Example
Verb

To take action because of something like The police were ACTING ON a tip from an informer and
Act on
information received. caught the gang red-handed.

Act out Perform something with actions and gestures.. They ACTED OUT the story on stage.

Act up Behave badly or strangely. My computer’s ACTING UP; I think I might have a virus.

Add on Include in a calculation. You have to ADD the VAT ON to the price they give.

Add up To make a mathematical total. We ADDED UP the bill to check it was correct.

Affect- usually used in the negative to show that

Agree
something has had a negative effect, especially is I feel terrible- that food didn’t AGREE WITH my stomach.
with
it makes you feel bad.

Aim at To target. The magazine is AIMED AT teenagers.

You should ALLOW FOR delays when planning a

Allow for Include something in a plan or calculation.
journey.

Allow of Make possible, permit. The rules don’t ALLOW OF any exceptions.

Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or He’s been ANGLING FOR an invitation, but I don’t want
Angle for
suggesting. him to come.

Answer Her mother was shocked when she started ANSWERING

To reply rudely to someone in authority.
back her BACK and refusing to help.

Argue Beat someone in a debate, discussion or The teacher tried to ARGUE the girl DOWN, but she
down argument. couldn’t.
Argue Persuade someone to drop the price of something
She ARGUED him DOWN ten percent.
down they’re selling.

If we can’t ARGUE our differences OUT, we’ll have to

Argue out Argue about a problem to find a solution.
take them to court.

Ask how someone is doing, especially

Ask about He ASKED ABOUT my father.
professionally and in terms of health.

Jenny rang earlier and ASKED AFTER you, so I told her

Ask after Enquire about someone’s health, how life is going.
you were fine.

Ask I have no idea, but I’ll ASK AROUND at work and see if
Ask a number of people for information of help.
around anyone can help.

Ask in To invite somebody into your house. Jon’s at the door.’ ‘ASK him IN.’

Ask out To invite someone for a date. He wanted to ASK her OUT but was too shy.

Ask over Invite. They have ASKED us OVER for drinks on Friday.

Ask round Invite someone. We ASKED John ROUND for diner.

Auction They AUCTIONED OFF their property as they were

Sell something in an auction.
off heavily in debt.

Back
Retreat or go backwards. The crowd BACKED AWAY when the man pulled a knife.
away
Back Retract or withdraw your position or proposal in an
She refused to BACK DOWN and was fired.
down argument.

Back into Enter a parking area in reverse gear. He prefers to BACK his car INTO the garage.

Back off Retreat. The police told the protesters to BACK OFF.

He BACKED OUT two days before the holiday so we

Back out Fail to keep an arrangement or promise.
gave the ticket to his sister

Back out
Fail to keep an agreement, arrangement. She BACKED OUT OF the agreement at the last minute.
of

You should always BACK UP important files and

Back up Make a copy of computer data. documents so that you won’t lose all your work if
something goes wrong with the hardware.

Bag out Criticise. Don’t bag out BAG OUT Australian English.

The new project has BALLED me UP- I have no idea

Ball up Confuse or make things complicated.
what to do.

Bargain Persuade someone to drop the price of something I BARGAINED her DOWN to half what she originally
down they’re selling. wanted.

Bash If you BASH your monitor ABOUT like that, it won’t last
Mistreat physically.
about long.

Bash in Break, damage or injure by hitting. The burglars BASHED the door IN to enter the house.
 I BASHED the essay OUT the night before I had to hand
Bash out Write something quickly without much preparation.
it in.

Be after Try to find or get. The police ARE AFTER him because of the theft.

The next bus should BE ALONG in the next quarter of an

Be along Arrive.
hour or so.

Be away Be elsewhere; on holiday, etc.. She’s AWAY on business for three weeks.

Be cut out
Be suitable, have the necessary qualities. She’s not CUT OUT FOR this kind of work.
for

She was very CUT UP about coming second as she

Be cut up Be upset.
thought she deserved to win.

Be down Be depressed. He’s BEEN DOWN since his partner left him.

Be fed up Be bored, upset or sick of something. I AM FED UP of his complaints.

Be taken I WAS very TAKEN WITH the performance- it was

Like something.
with superb.

Be up Be out of bed. She’s not UP yet.

Bear She spotted him on the other side of the room and BORE
Move towards.
down on DOWN ON him.

The judge’s character may well BEAR ON the final

Bear on Influence, affect.
decision.
 Statistics BEAR OUT the government’s positions on the
Bear out Confirm that something is correct.
issue.

Bear up Resist pressure. How are you BEARING UP under the strain?

Bear up
Cope with something difficult or stressful. He’s BEARING UP UNDER the pressure.
under

Please BEAR WITH me a moment while I finish this

Bear with Be patient.
email.

Beat The sun WAS really BEATING DOWN and we couldn’t

Strong sunshine.
down stay outdoors.

The marathon runner barely BEAT OUT his rival at the

Beat out Narrowly win in competition.
tape.

Beat up Attack violently. The mugger BEAT him UP and stole his wallet.

Belong Be in the correct or appropriate location with other

Does this disc BELONG WITH those on the shelf?
with items.

Bend
Lower the top half of your body. I BENT DOWN to pick it up off the floor.
down

Big up Exaggerate the importance. He BIGS himself UP all the time.

Bitch up Spoil or ruin something. I BITCHED UP the interview.

Black out Fall unconscious. He BLACKED OUT and collapsed on the floor.
 The space shuttle BLASTED OFF on schedule
Blast off Leave the ground- spaceship or rocket.
yesterday.

I couldn’t drive here this morning because someone had

Block in Park a car and obstruct another car.
BLOCKED me IN.

Block off Obstruct an exit to prevent people from leaving. The police BLOCKED OFF the road after the murder.

Blow
Impress greatly. Her first novel BLEW me AWAY.
away

Blow
When the wind forces something to fall. A tree was BLOWN DOWN in the storm.
down

Blow in Arrive, sometimes suddenly or unexpectedly. He BLEW IN from Toronto early this morning.

We were going to meet last night, but she BLEW me OFF

Blow off Not keep an appointment.
at the last minute.

Blow up Explode. The bomb BLEW UP without any warning.

The anger BOILED UP in me when I saw what they had

Boil up Feel a negative emotion strongly.
done.

Bone up
Study hard for a goal or reason. I need to BONE UP ON my French grammar for the test.
on

WE took a taxi from the airport to the hotel and BOOKED

Book in Check in at a hotel.
IN.
 I CALLED him UP as soon as I got to a phone to tell him
Call up Telephone.
the news.

Calm When I lose my temper, it takes ages for me to CALM

Stop being angry or emotionally excited.
down DOWN again.

Cancel Have an opposite effect on something that has The airport taxes CANCELLED OUT the savings we had
out happened, taking things back to the beginning. made on the flight tickets.

Finish or complete, often with some decisive

Cap off She CAPPED OFF the meeting with a radical proposal.
action.

Care for Like. I don’t CARE FOR fizzy drinks; I prefer water.

The team got CARRIED AWAY when they won the

Carried
Get so emotional that you lose control. championship and started shouting and throwing things
away
around.

Carry They hope the new management will be able to CARRY

Make something progress.
forward the project FORWARD.

Carry off Win, succeed. She CARRIED OFF the first prize in the competition.

CARRY ON quietly with your work until the substitute

Carry on Continue.
teacher arrives.

Jane spent a long time looking at houses before she

Decide
Choose, select. bought one, but eventually DECIDED UPON one near
upon
her office.

The last notes DIED AWAY and the audience burst into
Die away Become quieter or inaudible (of a sound).
applause.
 When the parts of a plant above ground die, but
Die back The plant DIES BACK in the winter.
the roots remain alive.

It was on the front pages of all the papers for a few days,
Die down Decrease or become quieter.
but the interest gradually DIED DOWN.

Die for Want something a lot. I’m DYING FOR the weekend- this week’s been so hard.

Most of the elm trees in the UK DIED OFF when Dutch

Die off Become extinct.
elm disease arrived.

Some scientists say that the dinosaurs DIED OUT when

Die out Become extinct or disappear.
a comet hit the earth and caused a nuclear winter.

We were starving so we really DUG IN when the food

Dig in Start eating greedily.
finally did arrive.

She DUG INTO her handbag and pulled out a bunch of

Dig into Reach inside to get something.
keys.

Praise someone in an excessive way to get their She FAWNED OVER the inspectors in the hope that they
Fawn over
favour or something from them. would give her a good grade.

Feed off Eat a food as part of an animals diet. The gecko FEEDS OFF mosquitoes and other insects.

Feed on Give someone a particular food. He FEEDS his cat ON dry food.

Give someone a lot of food to restore their health,

Feed up She’s been ill for a fortnight so we’re FEEDING her UP.
make them bigger, etc.
 Someone FELT me UP in the club as I was trying to get
Feel up Touch sexually, grope.
to the bar.

Feel up to Feel capable of doing something. I’m so tired. I don’t think I FEEL UP TO going out tonight.

Get ahead Progress. Nowadays, you need IT skills if you want to GET AHEAD.

Get ahead I work at home in the evening to GET AHEAD OF

Move in front of.
of schedule.

Get along Leave. It’s late; we must be GETTING ALONG.

Give up Stop doing something that has been a habit. I GAVE UP taking sugar in tea and coffee to lose weight.

Hit on Have an idea. I suddenly HIT ON the solution

Chelsea couldn’t HOLD their opponents OFF and lost the

Hold off Stop someone from attacking or beating you.
game.

Could you HOLD ON for a minute; she’ll be free in a

Hold on Wait.
moment.

Hook up Meet someone. We HOOKED UP at the conference.

Hunt out Search until you find something. It took me ages to HUNT OUT the photos.

Jack up Increase sharply. They have JACKED UP the price of oil this month.
 Jack JAMMED ON the brakes when the rabbit ran in front
Jam on Apply or operate something forcefully.
of his car.

Talk just for the point of talking rather than having That shows that your interest is not in helping the
Jaw away
anything to say. student, but in JAWING AWAY.

The show was getting stale so they JAZZED it UP with

Jazz up Make something more interesting or attractive.
some new scenes.

Keep I KEEP a dictionary AROUND when I’m doing my

Keep something near you.
around homework.

She found the course hard but she KEPT AT it and

Keep at Continue with something difficult.
completed it successfully.

Keep
Don’t allow someone near something. Medicines should always be KEPT AWAY from children.
away

Keep
Maintain a safe distance. The police told the crowd to KEEP BACK from the fire.
back

Key to Plan things to fit or suit people or situations. Promotions are KEYED TO people’s abilities.

Key up Make someone excited or nervous. The noise got us KEYED UP.

Kick about Discuss. We KICKED the idea ABOUT at the meeting.

Her hayfever didn’t feel half as bad once the

Kick in When a drug starts to take effect.
antihistamines had KICKED IN.
 The family KICKED the au pair OUT when they found out
Kick out Expel. that she was planning to move to work for another
household.

We KNOCKED OFF early on Friday to avoid the rush

Knock off Finish work for the day.
hour queues.

Lash We LASHED the tarpaulin DOWN to stop the wind

Secure something with ropes or cords.
down blowing it away.

Lash into Criticise someone strongly. He LASHED INTO them for messing thins up.

Lash out Suddenly become violent. He LASHED OUT and broke the man’s nose.

Lay on Organise, supply. They LAID ON a buffet lunch at the conference.

They LAID OUT thousands of pounds on their wedding

Lay out Spend money.
reception.

The doorstaff didn’t LET him IN the nightclub because he

Let in Allow someone to enter.
was wearing jeans.

The judge LET him OFF with a fine rather than a prison
Let off Not punish.
sentence since it was his first offence.

Line up Arrange events for someone. We have LINED UP a lot of meetings for them.

Link up Connect, join. The train LINKS UP the cities.

Live by Follow a belief system to guide your behaviour. He tries hard to LIVE BY the Bible.
 If I fail the test and everyone else passes, I’ll never be
Live down Stop being embarrassed about something.
able to LIVE it DOWN.

Live with Accept something unpleasant. It’s hard to LIVE WITH the pain of a serious illness.

Log in Enter a restricted area on a computer system. I had forgotten my password and couldn’t LOG IN.

Log into Enter a restricted area of a computer system. I LOGGED INTO the staff intranet to check my email.

When she’d finished working on the spreadsheet, she

Log off Exit a computer system.
LOGGED OFF and left the office.

He entered his password for the college intranet and

Log on Enter a computer system.
LOGGED ON.

Danny closed the programs and LOGGED OUT when it

Log out Exit a computer system.
was time to go home.

Consult a reference work (dictionary, phonebook, I didn’t know the correct spelling so I had to LOOK it UP
Look up
etc.) for a specific piece of information.. in the dictionary.

Magic He MAGICKED the bill AWAY and paid for us all before I
Make something disappear quickly.
away could get my wallet out.

Make
Chase. The police MADE AFTER the stolen car.
after

Make
Steal. The thieves MADE AWAY WITH the painting.
away with
 I thought you weren’t coming, so I was really pleased you
Make it Arrive or get a result.
MADE IT.

Make it up He tried to MAKE IT UP TO her, but she wouldn’t speak

Try to compensate for doing something wrong.
to to him.

Make of Understand or have an opinion. What do you MAKE OF your new boss?

Make off Leave somewhere in a hurry. They MADE OFF when they heard the police siren.

Mix sources of audio, video or other computer

Mash up She MASHED UP the songs into a single track.
sources..

Heat something solid, especially metal, until it They MELTED the gold statue DOWN and turned it into
Melt down
becomes liquid. gold bars.

Mess The children were MESSING ABOUT with the TV remote

Not be serious, not use something properly.
about control and broke it.

I always MIX those two sisters UP because they look so

Mix up Confuse.
like each other.

Move into Start living in a place. They MOVED INTO the house as soon as it was ready.

Move up Move to make space. Could you MOVE UP and let me sit down?

Nail down Succeed in getting, achieve. They are having trouble NAILING DOWN the contract.

Name Give someone a name to remember another

I was NAMED AFTER my uncle who died in the war.
after person.
Narrow Remove less important options to make it easier I am not sure which university to apply to, but I have
down to choose. NARROWED my list DOWN to three.

Nerd out Play safe and avoid taking a risk. I’m going to NERD OUT and not go on the river trip.

I OPTED FOR an endowment mortgage and lost a lot of

Opt for Choose.
money.

If you want them to notify you of updates, you have to

Opt in Choose to be part or a member of something.
OPT IN.

Opt into Choose to be a member or part of something. I OPTED INTO the scheme.

The UK OPTED OUT of a lot of EU legislation on working

Opt out Choose not to be part of something.
hours and conditions.

Pack in Stop doing something. I’m trying to PACK IN smoking.

Pack off Send someone away. His boss PACKED him OFF to a regional office.

Pack out Fill a venue. The stadium was PACKED OUT.

Pack up Stop doing something. You should PACK UP smoking.

I’m too tired to come home; can I PAD DOWN here

Pad down Sleep somewhere for the night.
tonight?

Make a text longer by including extra content, I couldn’t think of much to write, so I PADDED the essay
Pad out
often content that isn’t particularly relevant. OUT with a few lengthy quotes.
Pal
Be friendly and spend time with someone. We PALLED AROUND at university.
around

Pal up Become friends. We PALLED UP when I started working with her.

Pass Sadly, Georgia’s uncle PASSED AWAY yesterday after a

Die.
away short illness.

I felt awful when the teacher started to PASS BACK the

Pass back Return.
exam papers.

Pass by Go past without stopping. I was just PASSING BY when I saw the accident.

I tried to PATCH things UP after the argument, but they

Patch up Fix or make things better.
wouldn’t speak to me.

Pay back Repay money borrowed. I PAID BACK the twenty pounds I’d borrowed.

Their patience PAID OFF when he finally showed up and

Pay off Produce a profitable or successful result.
signed the contract.

Some of the crowd PEELED AWAY to get out of the

Peel away Leave a group by moving in a different direction.
crush.

Peg out Put washing outside to dry. I PEGGED the washing OUT after it stopped raining.

They are PHASING IN the reforms over the next two

Phase in Introduce gradually.
years.
 They have introduced a compact edition of the
Phase out Remove gradually. newspaper and are PHASING OUT the broadsheet
edition over the next few months.

Pick at Eat unwillingly. I wasn’t very hungry so I just PICKED AT my food.

While you’re in town, can you PICK UP my trousers from

Pick up Collect.
the Dry Cleaner?

Pig out Eat a lot. The food was great, so I really PIGGED OUT.

Work just keeps on PILING UP and I really can’t manage

Pile up Accumulate.
to get it all done.

The government can’t PIN DOWN where the leak came

Pin down Discover exact details about something.
from.

Pin on Attach the blame to someone. The police tried to PIN the crime ON him.

Fix something to a wall, or other vertical surface,

Pin up I PINNED the notice UP on the board
with a pin.

Suffer physically because of grief, stress, worry, He’s been PINING AWAY since his wife died and is a
Pine away
etc. shadow of his former self.

The lecturer asked the students to PIPE DOWN and pay

Pipe down Be quiet (often as an imperative).
attention.

At first, no one answered, then finally someone PIPED

Pipe up To speak, raise your voice.
UP.
 Pretend to agree or accept something in order to I disagreed with the idea but I had to PLAY ALONG
Play along
keep someone happy or to get more information. because everyone else liked it.

Play The children were PLAYING AROUND and being

Be silly.
around annoying.

The children PLAYED UP all evening and drove the

Play up Behave badly.
babysitter mad.

Plug in Connect machines to the electricity supply. He PLUGGED the TV IN and turned it on full blast.

Plump
Put something in a place without taking care. He PLUMPED his bag DOWN and kicked his shoes off.
down

Plump for Choose. I PLUMPED FOR the steak frites.

He POINTED OUT that I only had two weeks to get the

Point out Make someone aware of something.
whole thing finished.

Poke Move things around or search in a casual way to I POKED ABOUT in my CD collection to see if I could find
about try to find something. it.

Poke Move things around or search in a casual way to I POKED AROUND in my desk to see if the letter was
around try to find something. there.

Polish off Finish, consume. She POLISHES OFF half a bottle of gin every night.

Polish up Improve something quickly. I need to POLISH UP my French before I go to Paris.

Pop in Visit for a short time. He POPPED IN for a coffee on his way home.
Pop off Talk loudly, complain. He’s always POPPING OFF when things don’t suit him.

Turn a computer or electronic device on so that it

Power up I POWERED UP my laptop and started work.
is ready to use.

In rural areas where they have a monopoly, some

Price up Charge more for something. garages PRICE UP fuel because there’s nowhere else to
buy it.

Pull The lorry was going slowly but we managed to PULL

Overtake, move in front.
ahead AHEAD.

Pull out Move into traffic. The traffic was so bad that it took me ages to PULL OUT.