The Oxford Phrase List™

The Oxford Phrase List is a list of 750 common phrases from A1 to C1 level. It includes idioms, phrasal
verbs, compounds, collocations, prepositional phrases and other common fixed phrases.

each other high school live with sb

A1 end in sth his or her living room
every day How about…? look at sb/sth
a few
every week How are you? look for sb/sth
a few minutes
every year How long…? look like sb/sth
a few times
excuse me How many…? lots of…
a few years
family member How much…? millions of…
a good idea
find out How often…? mobile phone
Good idea!
find out about sth I guess more than…
It’s a good idea to…
find out more important for sb/sth next time
That’s a good idea!
for a long time It is important for sb/sth to do next year
agree with sb sth next month
a long time
a little I’m sorry next week
a little help for a moment
for example in April No problem
a little money in July, etc. of course
a little sugar for lunch
for many years in bed Oh no!
a lot in class Oh yes
a lot to do for the first time
get home in fact once a…
a lot of sth in front of once a month
all day get married
get off in my opinion once a week
all night in school once a year
all over the world get off the bus
I’m getting off here. in space one day
anything else in summer on holiday
anyone else get on
in winter on Monday
a period of time get on the bus
in the centre on Tuesday, etc.
around the world Are you getting on?
in the centre of sth on television
arrive at… get ready
in the country on the television
arrive in… get ready for sth
I live in the country. on the beach
ask for sth get ready to do sth
the best… in the country on the floor
at home get there
in the future on the internet
at school get to…
in the morning on the left
at the beginning of sth get up
in the afternoon on the right
at the end go back
in the evening on the phone
at the end of sth go back to…
in the north be on the phone
at the moment go home
in the south talk on the phone
at the same time go into sth
in the east on TV
at the weekend She went into her room.
in the west out of sth
at university good at sth in the past over there
at work good for sb/sth in the street pay for sth
away from sb/sth Good morning in the summer phone call
bad for sb/sth Good afternoon in the winter phone number
bad news Good evening in town plan for sth
bad thing good news it is important to do sth make plans for sth
the bad things about sth good thing It takes… What are you plans for next
because of the good things about sth It takes an hour to get there. year?
begin with sth go out kind of sb/sth play with sb/sth
be going to do sth go to bed What kind of music do you post office
best friend go to school like? pretty good
black and white go to work know how really enjoy
car park grow up know how to do sth I really enjoyed it.
cell phone Guess what… last time really good
city centre half an hour the last time really like
in the city centre hard work last year I’d really like to…
come from… have fun last month right now
come into sth have got last summer See you
He came into the room. have time last week See you around
differences between A and B have time for sth last weekend See you later
difficult for sb have time to do sth learn how to do sth See you soon
it is difficult for sb to do sth he or she listen to sb/sth sit down

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someone else X years later depend on sb/sth in the end
something else X days later depend on sb/sth for sth in the middle
speak to sb X minutes later depend on sth in the middle of sth
spend time X years old do well in the same way
spend time doing sth You’re welcome each one in this way
spend time with sb end with sth it depends
stand up even more… it all depends
stay in
stay in a hotel
A2 even more difficult I think so
even more exciting I don’t think so
stay in bed a bit everyone else lead to sth
I’m staying in tonight. able to do sth except for less than…
such as a couple of sth fall in love Let me…
swimming pool add to sth fall in love with sb Let me help you.
talk about sb/sth again and again fall off let me know
thank you all about… fall off sth look after sb/sth/yourself
thank you very much Tell me all about it. far away look back at sth
that day all kinds of… feel good Look back at your notes.
the 20th century all over… feel like sth look sth up
the 21st century all over the world fill sth in make a mistake
the 19th century all sorts of… find it difficult to do sth make money
the next day all the time first of all make sense
there is a long time ago focus on sb/sth make sure
there are a long way followed by sb/sth make sure of sth
there was a number of sth for the rest of sth make sure that…
there were a large number of sth for this reason much better
think about sb/sth apply for sth get back not at all
think of sb/sth art gallery get better I didn’t enjoy it at all.
This is… as a result get lost no way
This is my dad. as a result of sth get out No way!
this kind of… as part of sth get out of sth There is no way (that)…
this morning as part of a team give up Oh dear
this afternoon as soon as give sth up Oh well
this evening as well go and… old friend
this time as well as sb/sth go and get help on earth
this year at first go away on the ground
this summer at least go down on the other side
this weekend at the age of… Prices are going down. on the other side of sth
thousands of… at the start of sth go down sth on the wall
too long at the time Go down the road. on time
too far
at that time go for sth on top of sth/sb
too hard
at the time of sth go for a walk one or two
too much
at the top go up ordinary people
too many
at the top of sth Prices are going up. pay attention
town centre
based on sth good luck pay attention to sb/sth
in the town centre
be allowed to do sth happen to sb/sth per hour
TV show
believe in sb/sth happy with sb/sth kilometres per hour
wait for sb/sth
belong to sb have a look miles per hour
wake up
welcome to sth belong to sth have a look at sth pick sb/sth up
What about…? be made of sth have got to police officer
work as sth by the end of sth Have you ever…? police station
work for sb/sth care about sth health problems public transport
work hard carry on hear about sb/sth put sth on
work together carry on with sth I don’t care quite a lot
work together for sth carry sth out if necessary quite a lot of sth
work together to do sth check in if you want to reasons why
work with sb check in at… I’m afraid… refer to sb/sth
would like check sth in I mean refer to sb/sth as sth
I would like… check out in business report on sth
I would like to… check out of sth in danger respond to sth/sb
Would you like…? climate change in history save money
X hours a day close to sb/sth the first time in history science fiction
X times a… come back in hospital search for sth/sb
X times a day Come on! in love so that…
X times a week connected to sth in love with sb solution to sth
X years ago connected with sb/sth in prison sort of sth
X days ago credit card in some cases What sorts of things do you
X months ago deal with sb instead of do?
X weeks ago deal with sth in the air sound like sb/sth

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start with sb/sth be going on in case… participate in sth
such a/an… What’s going on? just in case… point of view
such a good idea be known as sb/sth in charge of sb/sth point out
take care of sb/sth/yourself benefit from sth in contrast point sth out
take off be supposed to do sth in contrast to sb/sth point out that…
take sth off be supposed to be sth in favour of sb/sth prepared to do sth
take part break up in general primary school
take part in sth break up with sb in order of sth prime minister
take place by the time (that)… in order to do sth put sth up
the best thing can’t afford sth in other words quite a…
the best thing to do can’t afford to do sth in particular quite a good player
the first thing care for sb in public quite a long time
the first thing I did caused by sth in recent years raise money
the following… check sb/sth out in response to sth raise money for sth
the following day choose to do sth in terms of sth rather than
the important thing clean up in the case of sth reaction to sth
the most important thing clean sth up in the form of sb/sth relate to sth/sb
the other side of sth click on sth in the way (that)… relating to sth/sb
the other side of the world come up with sth in this case related to sth/sb
the rest of sth compared with sth in time respect for sb/sth
the rest of the world concentrate on sth in time for sth result in sth
these days consist of sb/sth in time to do sth rise in sth
they say… decide on sth in touch a rise in the number of visitors
They say you can’t buy depending on be in touch run out
happiness. developing countries get in touch run out of sth
throw sth away due to sb/sth keep in touch search engine
turn sth off economic growth in touch with sb secondary school
turn sth on end up
I wonder if… set sth up
up and down even if
leave sb/sth out slow down
Why not…? even though
likely to do sth so far
work out exactly the same
look forward to sth some kind of…
worried about sb/sth experience in sth
look out succeed in doing sth
would love to do sth fail to do sth
make a difference suffer from sth
write sth down fall asleep
make sth up sure to do sth
far more
manage to do sth take sb/sth on
far more important
mean to do sth take up sth
B1 far more opportunities
far too
I didn’t mean to. take up too much room
a bit more more and more take sth up
far too much homework
a bit of sth move on take up golf
fed up
access to sth for a while move on to sth tell the truth
after all for free no longer tend to do sth
a great deal for instance not any longer tend to be sth
a great deal better for life no more than… thanks to sb/sth
a great deal of sth a job for life not even that’s it
aim to do sth for long I didn’t even see it. the case
a kind of… for some time not necessarily be the case that…
I had a kind of feeling this get on with sb not only the fact that…
might happen. get to know sb not only… but also… those who…
a little bit get used to sth on a regular basis There are those who say…
a little more get used to doing sth on my own to do with sb/sth
along with sb/sth global warming on their own be to do with sb/sth
a lot more go ahead on your own have to do with sb/sth
alternative to sth go ahead with sth on the other hand together with
and so on go wrong on the street too bad
apart from growth in sth on the streets try and…
a range of sth have no idea on the way turn out
a wide range of sth have sth in common or something turn out to be sth
as if… have sth in common with sb or somebody turn sth up
as if nothing had happened have sth in common with sth or somewhere unable to do sth
as much as hear of sb/sth or two up to sth
as soon as possible heart disease a day or two up to 60 miles per hour
at last high street a moment or two way of life
at risk higher education a pound or two well known
at times if I were you ought to work on sth
attached to sb/sth in addition out there work sth out
a variety of sth in addition to sb/sth over the years wrong with sb/sth
be about to do sth in a way that... over time you see

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B2 draw attention to sb/sth
engage in sth
put sth together
quality of life
by no means
call on sb
a bit of a… engaged in sth ranging from call on sb to do sth
account for sth ever since(…) prices ranging from €25 to €60 consistent with sth
accused of sth exposure to sth regarded as sth dedicated to sth
act as sth far from sth relevant to sb/sth deprive sb/sth of sth
aimed at sb far from doing sth rely on sb/sth dispose of sb/sth
aimed at doing sth figure sb/sth out role model follow sth up
all the way find yourself doing sth set out for that matter
a means of sth get in short of sth for the benefit of sb
a means of communication get into sth so as to do sth for the sake of sb/sth
a means of transport The train got in late. something like… get away with sth
appeal to sb get over sth/sb sort sb/sth/yourself out given that…
apply to sb/sth You’ll get over it. stick to sth have sb/sth in mind
as a whole get rid of sb/sth subject to sth have sb/sth in mind for sth
as far as I am concerned go off sum up have nothing to do with sb/sth
as follows… She went off to get a drink. sum sth up be nothing to do with sb/sth
as for sb/sth A bomb went off. take advantage of sb/sth in accordance with sth
as long as… The alarm went off. take sth into account in any case
associated with sth The lights went off. take over in a position to do sth
associated with doing sth go on to do sth take over from sb in conjunction with sb/sth
as though… go through sth that is in connection with sb/sth
at once had better the vast majority of sth in effect
at present hang on turn into sth in full
at some point human being up to sb in line with sth
at the end of the day human rights when it comes to sth in practice
at this point if only… when it comes to doing sth in respect of sth
at this stage I have to say… whether or not… in such a way (that)…
awareness of sth in action would rather… in the absence of sb/sth
back sb/sth up in advance in the course of…
be charged with sth in an attempt to do sth in the event of sth
be charged with doing sth in part
in place
C1 in the face of sth
in the hands of sb
be derived from sth
be expected to do sth in relation to sb/sth above all in the light of sth
be known to do sth in spite of sth all but in light of sth
be made up of sth in the first place all the more in the meantime
be surrounded by sb/sth in the near future as far as sb/sth is concerned in the midst of sth
be to blame in turn as of… in the presence of sb
be to blame for sth investment in sth as opposed to in the presence of sth
both sides I would say... as such in the wake of sb/sth
both sides of the argument loads of sb/sth as to sth involvement in sth
on both sides mental health as to how… let alone
bound to do sth more or less as to whether… little more than…
bound to be sth no doubt at the expense of sb/sth live on sth
bring sb up no matter… at the hands of sb may well
by now no matter how… back and forth nothing like
call for sth no matter what… bear sb/sth in mind not to mention
case study nothing but bear in mind that… on behalf of sb
come across sb/sth on board keep sb/sth in mind on the part of sb
come true once again keep in mind that… over the course of…
a dream come true one another be attributed to sb put it
concerned about sth on the basis of sth be entitled to sth How shall I put it?
concerned with sth on the one hand be found to do sth seek to do sth
confidence in sb/sth opposed to sth be meant to do sth set to do sth
contribute to sth or so be reported to be sth the extent to which…
control over sb/sth other than be reported to have sth to date
cope with sth potential for sth be said to be sth his best work to date
decline in sth pretty much be said to have sth up against sth
prior to bring sth about with regard to sb/sth
a decline in student numbers
prove to be sth bring sth up with respect to sth
dependent on sb/sth
put sth forward by means of sth with the exception of sb/sth
despite the fact that…

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