GET

 
get up - ustati    Tom gets up at 7 am.
 
get on/off (za prevozna sredstva osim automobila) - ući, izaći
 
We get off the bus at the next stop.
He got on the train and left to London.
 
get on (with sb) –  slagati se = get along      My sister and I get on/get along very well.
                               
get on (with sth) -  napredovati (sa nečim)    How are you getting on with your French
lessons?                                                                                                           
 
get by - snalaziti se               We have a small monthly income, but we get by.
                                               My Italian is not perfect, but it’s good enough to get by.
 
get round to sth - naći vreme za nešto; nakaniti se      I haven’t got round to exercising yet.
 

GIVE
 
give up - 1. odustati                         I cannot argue anymore, I give up.
                 2. ostaviti lošu naviku       Tony gave up smoking a year ago. (= quit)
 
give away -1. odati                 A good friend never gives away a secret.
                                                 She pretended to be French, but her accent gave her away.
 
                   2. poklanjati         I like to give away the clothes I no longer wear.
 
give in - popustiti                   George tried to persuade me to go out with them and I
finally gave      
                                                in although first I didn’t want to.
 
 LOOK
 
look sth up - potražiti neku informaciju
I didn’t know what that word means so I looked it up in a dictionary.
 
look for - tražiti   I was looking for my keys for hours yesterday.
 
look after - čuvati, paziti   Could you look after my dog while I’m away on holiday?
 
look forward to - radovati se, iščekivati
 
I am really looking forward to seeing you again.
I am looking forward to your reply.
 
look into – istraživati         The police are looking into the evidence.
 

COME
 
come up with - smisliti (pozitivna konotacija)   
Tony came up with the solution to our financial problems.
 
come across - 1. naići na, sresti   
While I was tidying my room, I came across an old book I liked.
 
2. delovati, odavati utisak   When I first met Tom, he came across as a little shy.
 
 
TAKE
 
take off - 1. skinuti (odeću i obuću)      Take your shoes off when you go into the house.
                 2. poleteti (za avion)               The plane took off on time.
 
take up - 1.započeti neku aktivnost (hobi)  
Jonathan had a lot of free time so he decided to take up singing. 
(= odlučio je da počne da se bavi pevanjem)
 
2. zauzimati (prostor, vreme) 
I like exercising but it takes up a lot of my time.
You should move the couch somewhere else, it takes up a lot of room here.
 
PUT
 
put off -  odložiti     Could we put off the meeting for next week?
put up with - tolerisati, trpeti  
How can you put up with all the noise your neighbors constantly make?
 
SET
 
set up – 1.osnovati (firmu)        Google was set up by Steve Jobs.
              2. sastaviti; postaviti    Do you know how to set up a gmail account?
 
MAKE
 
make up - 1. izmišljati (negativno)      He always makes up lies.
                                                             That story is completely made up.

2. pomiriti se   They had an argument but they made up afterwards.

FALL

 fall out (with sb) - posvađati se      

Tom and Ellen have fallen out and they still haven’t made up.

BRING

bring (sth) up - spomenuti      She always brings up things I don’t want to talk about.

bring sb up - podizati (decu)   Sandra brought up two children by herself.

RUN
 
run over - pregaziti                A red truck ran over our cat last year.

run out of sth - ponestati      We cannot make pancakes, we ran out of sugar.
 
 
WEAR

wear out - 1. iznositi; pohabati se (za stvari)      I love these jeans but they are worn out.
                  2. iscrpeti (za ljude)                            My job really wears me out.
 

LAY
 
lay off - otpustiti kao tehnološki višak
The company laid me off and now I’m unemployed.
 
THINK
 
think of sth – 1.setiti se nečega                             I cannot think of his phone number.
                        2. smisliti nešto, dobiti ideju           Tom thought of a great idea for our party.
 
LET

let sb down – izneveriti, razočarati nekoga      

Although we had been friends for years, John let me down when I needed him the most.