56.

call for sth require (as in recipe) This recipe CALLS FOR milk, not

water

57. call sth off cancel something They CALLED the picnic OFF

because of the rain.

58. call off sb/sth order to stop (an invasion, He CALLED OFF the dogs when he

guard dogs) saw it was his neighbor.

59. call on sb visit sb Mark CALLED ON Naomi while he

was in town.

60. call on/upon sb invite sb to speak in a meeting Professor Tanzor CALLED ON Tim

or a classroom to answer the question.

61. call sb up telephone sb I CALLED Sam UP to see if he

wanted to go the movies.

62. calm sb/sth down make someone relax You can CALM the baby DOWN

by rocking her gently.

63. care for sb nurse someone or something He CARED FOR the birds until its

wing healed.

64. care for sb like someone or something I don’t CARE FOR sour cream on

my potato.

65. carry on continue (a conversation, a Please, CARRY ON. I didn’t mean

game) to interrupt you.

66. carry on about sth continue in an annoying way He kept CARRYING ON ABOUT

how much money he makes.

67. carry on with sth continue I want you to CARRY ON WITH

 the project while I am out of

town.

68. carry out sth complete and/or accomplish The secret agent CARRIED OUT

something his orders exactly as planned.

69. carry over continue on a subsequent day, The meeting CARRIED OVER into

page, etc. lunch time.

70. catch on slowly start to understand He CAUGHT ON after a few

(inf.) minutes.

71. catch up make up for lost time I will never CATCH UP. I am too

behind in my work.

72. catch up with sb speed up to be at the same I had to run to CATCH UP WITH

place as a person or thing in the others.

front of you

73. catch up on sth become up-to-date I need to CATCH UP ON world

events. I haven’t seen the news

in ages.

74. check back return to see if everything is He will CHECK BACK tomorrow to

OK make sure the project is finished.

75. check by go to a place to see if We need to CHECK BY the office

everything is OK to see if the documents are

ready.

76. check for try to find They CHECKED FOR termites

before they bought the house.

77. check in go to a desk in a hotel, an They need to CHECK IN before

airport, etc. and tell an official noon.

there that you have arrived

78 check into arrive at a hospital, hotel to They CHECKED INTO the hotel at

begin your stay there etc. 11:00 AM

79 check into investigate, look for (often We are CHECKING INTO discount

through a service) flights to London.

80 check off make a mark next to (an item CHECK each name OFF the list.

on a list)

81 check on sb/sth to make sure that there is Let’s CHECK ON the baby again

nothing wrong with sb/sth before we go to sleep.

82 check out sth/ investigate, take a look at He CHECKED OUT the new

check sth out restaurant down the street.

83 check out leave a hotel, hospital It’s already eleven. We need to

CHECK OUT.

84 check out of leave a hotel, hospital We CHECKED OUT OF the hotel

before ten.

85 check over/through closely examine the condition He CHECKED OVER the old car to

sth of sth to make sure that it is see if it was worth buying.

correct or acceptable

86 check up on sb/sth investigate sb or sth The police are CHECKING UP ON

the bomb threats.

87 check through sth/ examine sth carefully to make Your luggage will be CHECKED
 check sth through sure that it is correct or THROUGH to Paris.

acceptable

88 check with sb ask a person for confirmation He needs to CHECK WITH his

parents before he goes.

89 cheer sb/sth up make sb/sth feel cheerful The party really CHEERED me UP.

90 cheer up become cheerful CHEER UP. Everything will be all

right.

91 chew sth up/ chew if sth gets chewed up, it The dog CHEWED UP my shoe.

up sth becomes torn apart and

destroyed

92 chop sth down/ make sth, such as a tree, fall by The lumberjack CHOPPED the

chop down sth cutting it at the base with a tree DOWN.

sheep tool

93 chop sth up/ chop cut sth into small pieces He CHOPPED the meat UP into

up sth little pieces.

94 clean sth up/ clean remove dirt, etc. from Susan CLEANED the mess UP

up sth somewhere before she left.

95 clear out leave a place quickly Everybody CLEAR OUT! We’re

closed.

96 clear sth up / clear make sth clean and neat Susan CLEARED UP the mess

up sth before she left.

97 close sth down/ close a place pernamently The corner market CLOSED

close down sth DOWN because they didn’t have

 many customers.

98 close down close permanently The bar was CLOSED DOWN

because they served alcohol to

minors.

99 close in on sb/sth move nearer to sb/sth, The rebels were CLOSING IN ON

especially in order to attack the capital. So the government

them called in the army.

100 close up sth/ close shut and lock sth such as a They are CLOSING the ski resort

sth up shop/ a bulding, especially for UP for the summer.

a short period of time