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Alscover information,etc:r've ‘always wanted to find out more about the ancient Egyptians. turn and look at the pages of a magazine, ete quickly:! wos flicking through amagazine when, suddenly !saiv a photograph of the ‘man who had stolen the money! make sb feel sad or lose hope: This rainy weather really gets me down. have a good relationship (with): dont know why but don'trealy get along with my girfriend's parents try to express: The man pointed athis shoulder, but Icouldn't understand what he was getting at. ‘escape punishment for: The police promised that the thieves would nat be allowed to get away with the robbery. return from a place: When dd you get back from holiday? manageto survive financially: don't make a huge amount of money, but we get by. have a good relationship (with): I get on with mostof my teachers = except Mr Mills! be almost a particular time, number, age,etc:!'m not sure what timeitis.but must be getting on for midnight. continue doing: il had funch and then got on with revising for her exanis recover from (an illness, etc): Ittook Mary a tong time to get over her itness. start (after planning to do sth fora ong time):When do you think you'll get ound to fixing the bathroom se all of finish: can't believe we've got through ten pints of mikina week! do: do 2th you should not do: My brother and tused to get up to lots of things our parents didn't know about when were young. give free of charge:Did you hear that they're giving away tree tickets tothe concert tonight? reveal sth you are trying to hide:! know you haven tsean the nim yet Sol won't give theending away. stop making an effort to achieve sth difficult: couldn't nish the Crossword, soin the end igave in and had a 100k at the answers. produce sth such as heat or a Email The ridge gots hot now? ta the cooker because the cooker gives off a lotof heat. stop doing sth you do regularly:! gave the plang upabouta year ago and started playing the guitar. 199Phrasal verbs database go away go down (a) go infor goin for go into ao off go off go off goon go/come round grow on grow out of grow our of grow up hand down hand in hand out hold up hold up 200 90 on holiday: We go away ever summer. and this year we're thinking ‘about Russia. be remembered for having done something: Churchill went down as great war-timeleader. enter (a competition etci: You should goin for the talent contest they're holding at the youth club this weekend, like: could never go in for windsurfing.tts ust not my kind or sport. deel with sth in detail: he head feacher asker me fo goto the school {0 talk about Alexander’ behaviour, but she wouldn't go into iton the phone. be no longer rsh Milk anes off very quickly ifyou don’ put in the fridge. ‘explode; be fred (fora gun, Usually accidentally)-A Bomb went off outside the Syrian embassyin London today, injuring five people. stop liking: Will used to really ike Jazz music, buthe'sgone off lately. ‘continue happening or doing sth: Even though everyone said they had heard it,Carol went on teling the joke. do sth after doing sth else: He started by criticising me,and then went on to offer mepromotion! repeat or think about again order to understand completely: fd Tike to begin by going over what we did in last week's lesson. 1o/come to sbis hause to visit them:We were wondering ifyeu'd like to come round for dinnerone right hic wook ifsth grows on you, you start to like it more:| didn'tlike realty TV.at fist, butt ally grows on you after awhile. develop from:My ambition to bea computer programmer grew out of laying computer games. become too big for: Iracys grown ut ofher shoes so well have to buy her some new ones, become older:1¢ lke tobe a bus ‘driver when Igrow up. give something valuable to your children or grandchildren, usually when you die: Thie necklace was handed down to me by my grandmother ve to a person in authority:/ took the walle hod found andhnanded i inat the police station. jive things to people in a group: Johnnie,please hand these outto everyone in the class. rob while threatening violence: Twomen held upa security van today and then escopedon motorbikes. delay:! was held up ina traffic jam. i keep on keep up with knock out knock out leave out let down let off let off lineup look after look down on Fook into look out look round look up to look up make off make out make out make out participate take pat: You fee! ‘much better ifyou join in, instead of just matching everyone ekehave ‘continue doing sth: you keep on being late for viork you'regoing to te in trouble with the manager. stay at the same point/level as: Gordon walks so fast that no one can keep up with him! defeat and remove froma competition: Steve Wilson, the British number one has been knocked out of the US Open tennis championship by Peter Collingwood, make unconscious: When I fel off my bike, my head hit the ground and Iwas completely knocked out for ‘about fiveminutes! not include:Ifyou don't like cinnamon, then simply leave itout ‘and add sugarto the applesiinstead. disappoint: Voters feel realy let down by thegovernment. ive little or no punishment: can't lieve that the teacher et Ben off with just avearing! make a bomb, etc explode:Be very careful you're going to let off those fireworks. get/put nto ines The solders al lined up, ready to be inspected by the officer. luse.ac a source of maney: Iwonted the ob, but lwouldn't be able to live (on the salary. take care of: Could you look after ‘my cat while 'm on holiday? think that you are better than:t annoys me the way Vera looks down on other people. investigate: Police are ooking into thetheht. be careful Look out Youre going to all! examine (a place): We looked round the house but decided that it was tooexpensive forus. ‘admire and respect: ve always Tooked up tomy elder brother becausehe never gives up. tty to find information ina book ‘9 list ete:Justa second I'l/ook bares number up in the phone book. escape: segs tht the burglars ‘madeoit without bemg seen by aressing as postmen. pretend that something is true: Neil tried to moke out thathed won the lottery, but we all knew it wasn’t tue. see-hear or understand sb or th with difficulty: Sameane wos waving at me in the distance but | couldn't make out who it was, vite all the necessary information ‘ona cheque etc: Could you please ‘mate the cheque out‘o Euronnance Limited’?make up make up make up make up for make/head for ane after narrow down, Pass away pass out pickon pickup plugin Popin(to) pullin pull out pullthrough putby put down put down put down to become friends again after an argument: had an argument with my bestfriend, but we 300n made up invent an explanation, excuse,etc: ‘As! got to school,! knew that! would hhave to make up an excuse for being late. createa story, poem, etc: leo made up apoem about the English teacher. provide sth good, so that sth bad Seems less important: When the Concert was cancelled my dad took us to thecinema to make up forit. goin the direction of It started forainso we mace for anearby farmhouse give or sth dre sare nc os ab or sth else: My dad named his boat atter his grandmother. reduce the number of sibilities: I still haven't decided which university to goto, but ve narrowed itdown to about four. die:! was sorry to hear that your grandfather passed away. suddenly become unconscious:lt ‘was so hot that severe! members of the crowd passed out and had to be taken tohespita. keep treating someone badly or unfairly: It's not fair when some of the bigger boys pick on the ttle ones jtopin veici to give someone a lift: Ml pick ‘up from outside your houseand welldhie ito town connect to the electricity supply: couldn't understand why the vacuum cleaner wasn't working and. then freatsed Thudhripungedi i visit quickly or for a short time: ‘Mum popped into the cake shop to ‘get something for afer dinner stop by the side of the road in 3 care Could you just pul n for secondo thet ican buy some chewing aum? 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