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 living room

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

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someone else X years later depend on sb/sth in the air
something else X days later depend on sb/sth for sth in the end
speak to sb X minutes later depend on sth in the middle
spend time X years old do well in the middle of sth
spend time doing sth You’re welcome each one in the same way
spend time with sb end with sth in this way
stand up even more… it depends
stay in
stay in a hotel
A2 even more difficult it all depends
even more exciting I think so
stay in bed a bit everyone else I don’t think so
I’m staying in tonight. able to do sth except for lead to sth
such as a couple of sth fall in love less than…
swimming pool add to sth fall in love with sb Let me…
talk about sb/sth again and again fall off Let me help you.
thank you all about… fall off sth let me know
thank you very much Tell me all about it. far away look after sb/sth/yourself
that day all kinds of… feel good look back at sth
the 20th century all over… feel like sth Look back at your notes.
the 21st century all over the world fill sth in look sth up
the 19th century all sorts of… find it difficult to do sth make a mistake
the next day all the time first of all make money
there is a long time ago focus on sb/sth make sense
there are a long way followed by sb/sth make sure
there was a number of sth for the rest of sth make sure of sth
there were a large number of sth for this reason make sure that…
think about sb/sth apply for sth get back much better
think of sb/sth art gallery get better not at all
This is… as a result get lost I didn’t enjoy it at all.
This is my dad. as a result of sth get out no way
this kind of… as part of sth get out of sth No way!
this morning as part of a team give up There is no way (that)…
this afternoon as soon as give sth up Oh dear
this evening as well go and… Oh well
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 guess refer to sb/sth
would like check sth in I’m afraid… refer to sb/sth as sth
I would like… check out I mean report on sth
I would like to… check out of sth in business respond to sth/sb
Would you like…? climate change in danger save money
X hours a day close to sb/sth in history science fiction
X times a… come back the first time in history search for sth/sb
X times a day Come on! in hospital so that…
X times a week connected to sth in love solution to sth
X years ago connected with sb/sth in love with sb sort of sth
X days ago credit card in prison What sorts of things do you
X months ago deal with sb in some cases do?
X weeks ago deal with sth instead of sound like sb/sth

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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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