IDIOMS MEANING

A
around the corner soon
as far as (something) goes considering only, concerning
at all absolutely
at last finally
B
to be dying to to be anxious to
to be dying to (do something) to want to (do) very much
to be fed up to be tired of, to be out of patience with
to be fed up with to have lost patience with
to be for to be in favor of
to be good at something to know how to do something well
to be good for nothing to be useless
to be in for to be prepared for
to be in the mood for to feel like (doing something)
to be into to like
to be into (something) to be interested in
to be made up of to consist of
to be off (to) to leave, to go, to be on the way to
to be on edge to be nervous
to be on one's way home to be going home
to be on one's way to a place to be going to a place
to be on the road to be traveling
to be on time to arrive at the correct time, to be punctual
to be out-of-date to be old-fashioned X to be up-to-date
to be out of the question not to be considered, to be impossible
to be over to be finished, to be through, to end
to be paid off to be completely paid
to be supposed to should
to be too much for to be too irritating or excessive
to be to one's liking to be to one's taste
to be up to (someone) to be for someone to decide
to blow up to explode
to break down to stop functioning
to bring back to return
to bring down to reduce (for prices)
to bring something back to return with
to bring up to mention
to browse around to look around
to burn up to consume
to burst into tears to start crying
C
to call over to call to where one is
to call up to telephone
to calm someone down to soothe, to ease the anger or pain of someone
to care for to like
to carry out to do, to accomplish
to catch one's eye to attract attention
to catch someone's eye to attract someone attention
to change one's mind to alter one's decision
to check in to register at (a hotel)
to check out to look at, compare, evaluate
to give courage to, to encourage someone, to raise the
to cheer someone up spirits
to clean completely, to empty, to clean the inside of
to clean out something
to clean up to clean
to clear up to get better
to clear up to solve, to find a solution
to clear up a problem to solve a problem
to cooll off to calm down, to become calm
to come back to return
to come in to enter
to come out to appear, to be presented to the public
to come through to arrive, to materialize, to be officially approved
to come true to become reality
to come to to reach, to arrive at (the conclusion)
to come up to happen
to come up with to find, to produce, to invent
to come up with to think up, to make up
to count on to depend on
to cut down (on) to reduce (the quantity)
to cut out to stop doing something
D
to die down to diminish
down and out depressed
to drop by to visit unexpectedly
to drop in on to visit
to drop into to make a short stop, to drop by
to drop out to stop studying, leave school
E
to eat out to eat in a restaurant
empty-handed having or bringing nothing
to end up to finish, to wind up, to result in
to end up with to finish with
F
to fall apart to deteriorate
to feel down and out to feel depressed
to figure out to discover, to calculate
to fill in to give information to
to write information in the spaces of a form, to complete a
to fill out form
to fill up to fill completely, to become full
to find out to discover
G
to get a kick out of to enjoy
 to have a good relationship with, to get a pleasant
to get along with relationship with
to get away from to escape from
to get away with to escape punishment
to get fed up to be out of patience
to get in touch with to contact
to get on to board
to get one's mind off... not to think about...
to get one's mind off something to forget
to get out to take out, to remove
to get out of hand to get out of control
to get over to deal with
to get through to finish
to get to to arrive at
to get to a place to arrive at a place
to get tough with to become firm, to become strict
to give away to give to others something you no longer want
to give one's word to promise
to give someone a hard time to cause trouble, to annoy
to give up to desist, to stop
to go along to go with
to go for a walk to go for a short journey on foot
to go on to continue
to go out to extinguish (light or fire)
to go over to examine, to review, to read rapidly, to go through
to go over to to go to a specific place
to go through to finish
to go through to go from one end to the other
to go through a red light not to stop at a red light
to grow up to become an adult
H
to hang around (with) to go out (with), to spend time (with)
to have a lot to do to have a lot in common with, to be similar to
has-been a person who is not what he once was
to have something on one's
mind to be thinking about something
to head for to go to, to go in the direction of
to hold up to delay
I
in advance ahead of time
in no time very quickly
in store for waiting for
in time with sufficient time
in town in the city
J
just in case if, on the chance that
K
to keep an eye on to watch
to keep an eye out for to watch out for, to look out for, to be on the alert for
to keep in mind to remember
to keep in touch to stay in contact, to maintain contact
to keep on to continue
to keep track of to follow the sequence of events, to keep a record of
to keep up with to accompany, to stay on the same level
to knock down to hit and cause to fall down
to knock oneself out to exhaust oneself
to knock out to hit someone causing him to become unconscious
to knock out to exhaust
L
to last to endure
to leave...behind to leave where you were before, not to take with you
to leave (something) up to to give the responsibility to..., to delegate
to let down (clothes) to make longer
to let down to disappoint
a let-down a disappointment
to let out to emit, to make (noises)
to let out (clothes) to make larger
to let someone down to disappoint someone
to let...go to liberate, to release
to live it up to relax, have a good time
to look back on to reflect
to look for to try to find, to hunt, search
to look forward to to be anxious for / to
to look into to investigate, to examine
to look like to resemble
to look over to check, to review, to look quickly at
to look up to look for information (in a book, list, etc)
to lose one's head to get extremely angry
M
to make an effort to try
to make for to create, to provide
to make good use to use well
to make it to (a place) to arrive at (a place)
to make out (well, badly, etc) to do (well, badly, etc)
to make out to understand
to make sure to be certain
to make up for to compensate
to make up one's mind to decide
to mix up to confuse
N
not to be about to not to allow
(*) not to be much for not to like
not to mention besides, in addition to
now and then occasionally
O
on the way on the road
out of one's mind upset, confused, crazy
out of this world fantastic
out of town outside the city
out-of-towners tourists, people from other cities or countries
P
to pay off to pay completely
to pick out to choose, to select
to pick up to get, to buy / to take from the floor
to pick up (derogatory sense) to meet and invite out with romantic (?!) intentions
to pile up to increase, to accumulate
to plug in to connect (electrically)
to pull in to arrive, to stop
to pull into to drive into, to arrive in a vehicle
to pull out to extract, to leave in a vehicle
to put away to put in the right place
to put down to write down
to put down to depreciate, to debase
to put off to postpone
to put on to present
to put on to wear, to dress
to put on an act to pretend
to put on weight to gain weight, to get fatter
to put up with to be patient with, to tolerate
R
to read over to look at, to read
to read up on to read information on
to trust (someone or something), it can also mean to
to rely on depend on
to run around to go to many places
to run down to wear out, to become tired, to go somewhere quickly
to run into to meet unexpectedly, to bump into someone
to run into to meet accidentally, by chance
to run into trouble to get in trouble, to have a problem
to run out of to finish the supply of, to exhaust the supply of
to run over to hit with a vehicle
to run up and down to run from one end to the other
to run up to enlarge by addition
S
to see to to do, to take care of
to set out to leave
to settle on to choose, to decide
to show to to lead the way to, to direct to
to show up to go to
to slim down to lose weight
to slip out to move quietly out of
to slow down to go more slowly, to reduce velocity
to stop off to stop somewhere on the way to another destination
to stop off at to stop quickly
to switch something on to start (electrically), to turn on
to switch something off to stop (electrically), to turn off
T
to take (time) off not to work for a period of time
to take back to return
to look after, to be in charge of, to help, to accomplish, to
to take care of do
to take in to make smaller
to take in (clothes) to make tighter
to take it easy to relax
to take off to undress, to remove from a surface
to take out to remove from an enclosure, to extract, to withdraw
to take out to carry to another place, to remove
to take up (clothes) to shorten
to take up on to follow, to accept (suggestions, offers, advice)
to talk over to discuss
to test/try something out to see if something functions
to throw away = to throw out to discard something, to get rid of
to tricked out of (one's
possessions) to be robbed
to think over to consider
to try for to try to get
to put on a piece of clothing to see if it fits, to experiment
to try on (clothing)
to try out to experiment
to tune in to select a radio or TV station
to turn on to start operating
to turn out to be to prove to be in the end, to become
U
upset disturbed, annoyed, angry
W
to warm up to get warmer
to wear someone out to make someone tired
to whip up to prepare quickly
to wind up (wound up / wound
up) to end up
to work off (one's weight) to reduce
to work out to be successful / to end well
to work out to exercise
to work out (a problem) to solve (a problem)
worn out old, unusable or unserviceable because of wear
worn out tired, exhausted, beat

(*) only in the negative

Black - Book 7
Blue - Book 8

Green - Book 9