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Account for To give a sa�sfactory record/explana�on for Can you account for your whereabouts on Monday evening?
Ache for Add up
Allow for
Want something or someone a lot Make sense Do sums To make provision for, take into considera�on
I saw a beau�ful piece of forniture yesterday. I'm aching for it. His evidence just doesn't add up. Children are learning to add up. You will have to allow for a certain amount of error.
Answer back To answer in an impudent manner Angela’s very bad mannered, she always answers back.
Ask a�er Ask out Ask around
To enquire about To invite on a date To ask many people the same ques�on
I saw Robert yesterday and he asked a�er you. Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie
Back down
Back somebody up
To withdraw an asser�on in face of opposi�on To yield in an argument To support someone
The government backed down a�er the trade union threatened to strike. Sheila was right, so Paul had to back down.
Bargain for To expect We hadn’t bargained for such a good turnout.
Be about to Be a�er Be against Be back Be for Be/go off Be on Be over Be put out Be up
Be up to
To be close to doing something soon To be in pursuit of (nega�ve connota�on) To be opposed to To return To be in favour of To be sour/stale/rancid To be broadcasted/shown/projected To be finished (an ac�vity/situa�on) To be annoyed/upset To be awake/not in bed
To be the responsibility of To be capable of doing something To do something bad. (cf get up to )
The lesson was about to start when the door burst open. You’d be�er watch out, John’ s a�er your job. I am against ea�ng meat. I’ll be back soon. I’ m (all) for staying in tonight. / This meat has been in the fridge for a week, it’ s definitely off now. Hurry up, CSI is on now! The lesson’ s over , you can go now. I was a bit put out when you told me you wouldn’t come a�er all. You’re too young to be up at midnight!
It’ s up to you to wash the dishes tonight. He resigned from his job a�er two weeks, he was just not up to it. The children are too quiet, I wonder what they are up to.
Bear out Blow up
To support or confirm the truth To explode
This assump�on is not borne out by any evidence. Sue's alibi was borne out by her sister.
Break down
Break off
Break out
Break up
To cease to func�on To cease to func�on, con�nue (of rela�onship/ agreement/process To lose control of one’s emo�ons To fail or collapse (health)
To abruptly stop talking To discon�nue talks or rela�ons To start suddenly
To disintegrate To part (a couple in a rela�onship) To disband, end To end the school term
Ron’s car broke down on the motorway. Nego�a�ons at the UN broke down. Meg and Steve were incompa�ble. Their marriage soon broke down. Barbara broke down a�er she heard the news. His health broke down a�er he started working in the mines.
He broke off to go and answer the phone. The EU broke off talks with Russia. A row broke out in the canteen. Fire broke out in the engine room. The Second World War broke out in 1939.
The clouds broke up and the sun shone. Kathy and David have broken up. The party broke up and we all went home. We break up for the summer holidays on July 15 th.
Bring about Bring on Bring off Bring round
Bring up
To cause, make happen To cause something unpleasant to occur To succeed in doing something To persuade To return to consciousness (cf to come round)
To rear; care for un�l fully grown To raise a ma�er for discussion To raise a child To men�on To be officially charged with a crime
The fall of a comet may have brought about the ex�nc�on of the dinosaurs. Obesity is brought on by a rich diet and li�le exercise. The team has finally brought it off. Richard finally brought his father round to his way of thinking. They brought her round by slapping her on her face. Janet faints every �me she sees blood but luckily she comes round soon.
Jock was brought up in Scotland. I’d like to bring up the problem of students’ study rooms. My parents brought me up strictly. Feel I ought to bring up another small ma�er. He was brought up on charges of public intoxica�on.
Call for Call off Call on Call up
To pick up someone or something (from home) To cancel an event or agreement To pay a visit To mobilise for military service To call someone
I’ll call for you at 7.30. Someone will call for the document this a�ernoon. The party was called off. I might call on her later. Mark was called up when the war broke out. I called him up as soon as possible.
Care about Care for
To feel concern or interest To look a�er To like / be willing to do something
They don’t care about human life. He cares for his aged mother. I don’t care much for coffee.
Carry on Carry out Carry off
To con�nue To perform a task To complete successfully To die of a disease
Carry on with what you were doing, don’t let me interrupt you. They are carrying out a market research survey. Jane had a difficult role to play, but she carried it off. Cancer carried him off a couple of years ago.
Catch on
Catch up with
Chip in
To become popular
To reach the same posi�on/level as someone/ something else To contact someone to get their news
To help
High heels have really caught on.
“Come on, you’re not keeping up with me.” “You run on ahead, I’ll catch up with you later.” I hardly ever get the chance to catch up with old friends.
Clear up To become cured To become brighter (weather) To �dy up To solve, find an answer to
My rash has cleared up. I hope it clears up , I’m sick of all this rain. You’d be�er clear up your room. We’ve cleared up the problem, you can go back into the house now.
Close down To cause to cease a business/shop, etc The shop closed down a�er 50 years of opera�ons.
Come about Come across Come along
Come apart Come down to Come over
To happen To meet by chance To arrive at a place
To separate pieces To be essen�ally To come and visit To approach
To inherit money or property
Let me explain how the situa�on came about. I came across Gwyneth yesterday, I hadn’t seen her for ages. Not many people bought �ckets for the concert in advance, but quite few come along and bought �ckets at the door. The an�que picture frame just came apart in my hands. This come down to a bad communica�on with the staff. I’m coming over tonight to see your new puppy. He came over to me and asked if he could help with my suitcases.
Paris Hilton will come into a lot of money one day.
Fall about Fall back on Fall for
Fall out (with) Fall through
To show amusement To use as last resort To be deceived by To fall in love with To have an argument To fail, come to nothing
Everyone fell about when Jane told her joke. If the worst comes to worst, we've got our savings to fall back on. It was an unlikely story but he fell for it. I fell for you the moment I saw you. John has fallen out with his family over the will. The plan to set up a new English course fell through.
Feel up to Have the strength or energy to deal with I’m too �red. I don’t feel up to doing my homework tonight.
Fill in/out To write informa�on in a form Please fill in/out your applica�on form to the university.
Fix someone up with Follow up
To provide, supply, get To act upon a sugges�on To take more ac�on
All skiers will be fixed up with boots and skiis. Thanks for your informa�on. I'll follow it up. We'll follow up this lesson next week
Get across
Get along/on with
Get away Get at Get away with Get behind (with) Get by Get down Get down to Get on for Get off
Get off (with)
Get back at Get on
Get on with Get out Get out of Get over
Get it over with
Get round/around to Get round Get to Get together with
To be understood To go from one side to the other To move something from... to To make a good impression To have a good rela�onship with
Go on vaca�on To imply about personal ma�ers To manage to live/survive To imply, suggest, insinuate
To access, reach To work less than you should. To survive financially To escape blame/punishment To depress or demoralize To approach a certain age/�me To begin to do, give serious a�en�on to To take revenge To stop working To escape punishment
To make progress
To have a good rela�onship. To con�nue with To become known (secret)
To contrive to avoid or escape (duty/ responsibility)
To recover from (an illness or upse�ng situa�on) To be surprised or shocked To complete an unpleasant task To deal with, manage to do, have �me to To persuade (with fla�ery) To arrive
I had the feeling he wasn't ge�ng the meaning across. It's impossible to get across this road. How are we going to get this across the river? How can I get across to my audience? I get along/on really well with my new boss. Don’t worry, we’ll get along/on without you.
I really don’t understand what you’re ge�ng at. It’s difficult to get at the gas tap behind the oven. He’s such a smooth talker, he could get away with murder! I got behind because I spent too much �me on the Internet. Now she's finding it difficult to get by , because she doesn't have a job. The economic situa�on is really ge�ng me down. It’s �me you got down to some hard work. Tom was ge�ng on for 70 years old, when he was a�acked by a lion. I usually get off at 5.30.
The burglar got off with a warning from the judge.
How are you ge�ng on? – Jim is ge�ng on well in his new job. We've always got on well.
Get on with your work and stop talking! News got out that George Clooney was ge�ng married. You promised to pay me back, so you can’t get out of it now! Sam s�ll hasn’t got over her cold. I couldn’t get over how young she looked.
We have to learn all these phrasal verbs off by heart. Let’s get it over with then!
I haven’t got round to pu�ng the shopping away yet. Sandy knew how to get round her grandparents. We got to the hotel at midnight Let’s get together and go and play tennis.
Get through
Get up to
To gather, meet socially To overcome a difficult experience/ period/exam To make contact by telephone To use up/deplete/exhaust To succeed in communica�ng/make someone understand
To do something bad (cf be up to )
I need extra tutoring to get through my English exam. I can’t get through to my mother, her line’s always busy. I got through all my month’s salary in one week! Try as I might, I just can’t get through to her!
The children are too quiet, they are (ge�ng) up to something!
Give away
Give in Give off Give out
Give up
To betray, reveal a secret To accompany the bride into the church
To surrender; to yield Send off a smell or gas Be exhausted
To stop doing something one usually does To cease making an effort / resign oneself to failure To give oneself up, surrender
My sister asked me not to give away her secret. Mary’s brother gave her away.
The Government gave in to the trade union’s demands. The cheese had begun to give off a strange smell When our money gave out we had to borrow some
I’ve given up playing Golf. I give up , I’ll never get to the top of the mountain, I’m just not fit enough. The burglar decided to give himself up when he heard the police sirens.
Go ahead Go along with Go back on Go down well Go down with
Go for
Go in for
Go off
Go on Go on to
Go out
Go over
To proceed, con�nue To support an idea or agree with.. To fail to keep a promise To have a favourable reac�on To begin to suffer from, catch an illness
To decide on/choose (coll.) To launch an a�ack To like, take part in
To explode To decompose, be unfit to eat or drink
To begin to dislike
To con�nue or persevere To proceed to do
To be ex�nguished (light or fire) To go out of fashion
To examine, check the details To go and visit
The project will go ahead as planned. Whatever you say, Mary will go along with you. Dora would never go back on her word. The government’s tax laws didn’t go down very well. Trish can’t come to the party. She’s gone down with flu.
I wish I’d gone for the blue rather than the red shoes. The lion went for the antelope’s throat.
I don’t go in much for sports.
The bomb went off without any warning. I’m sorry, I can’t give you any milk, it’s gone off. A�er seeing how the animals are treated, I’ve gone off ea�ng meat for good!
I can’t go on like this! Go on , do tell me the latest gossip! A�er she graduated, Martha went on to become a poli�cian.
The fire has gone out , I’ll have to get some more coal. Headscarves went out years ago.
Let’s go over your homework again. Let’s go over to Sandra’s to see her new puppy.
Keep going
Keep down Keep in Keep off Keep out of Keep on Keep up (with)
To con�nue to move/act
To reduce To keep inside, not let out To keep away from (not use) To not get mixed up To con�nue to do something To move at the same speed To con�nue
The doctor told him to stop but he just kept going , and then he had a heart a�ack. Keep going , don’t stop now, you’re nearly there! We must keep costs down or we’ll go bankrupt My mother kept me in all day because I hadn’t done my homework. I was told to keep off penicillin as I was allergic to it. He told me to keep out of the discussion and mind my own business. Let’s keep on working un�l 6 o’clock, shall we? Slow down, I can’t keep up with you. Well done! Keep up with the good work!
Knock out To make unconscious (with blow on the head) To astonish or impress
The vase fell on my head and I was knocked out. I was knocked out by the great news!
Lay down (the law)
Lay off
Lay up*
To issue instruc�ons in an authorita�ve or dogma�c way
To discharge a worker temporarily because of lack of work To take a ship or other vehicle out of service.
The company has laid down strict procedures. My boss is very dictatorial. He’s always laying down the law!
Many people have been laid off because of the crisis.
The ship was laid up in dock with engine trouble.
Lead up to* To result in/conduct to/prepare the way/get round to He did not give away his climax; he led up to it by degrees as slow as his audience would permit.
Leave out To not include Let’s leave out this part, it doesn’t fit in with the rest of the text.
Let down Let off Let in on Let on
To disappoint, fail to support To excuse from punishment (assolvere) To allow someone to know a secret To reveal informa�on
Brenda promised to help me, but she let me down at the last minute. As Dave was young, the judge let him off with a fine. Tina’s let me in on all the latest gossip. Don’t let on that I told you!
Live down Live on
Live up to
To suffer a loss of reputa�on To have money with which to buy food and other necessi�es To fulfil expecta�ons
I will never live down the day I actually wore my mother's pants. They live on a very meagre pension.
The film didn’t live up to our expecta�ons.
Look a�er Look ahead Look back
Look down on
Look for Look forward to
Look in (on) Look into Look on
Look out! Look out onto/over Look through
To take care of To think of the future To think of the past
To con�nue being successful a�er having done something (never regret) or To feel superior To search for To eagerly await
To pop in, to go/come round, to visit To examine/check out (a problem) To consider To watch without becoming involved
Beware! To have a view in a specific direc�on To examine To pretend not to see
To search for informa�on
My husband’s looking a�er the children while I’m shopping. You must look ahead and think about your future and not live from day to day There’s no point in looking back , what’s done is done! He opened a restaurant on a Caribbean island and since then he’s never looked back. Our next-door neighbours are snobs, they look down on everybody.
I’m looking for a new house. I’m looking forward to my summer holidays. (business le�er): We look forward to hearing from you soon. Look in on me next �me you’re in the neighbourhood. I’ll look into the ma�er and let you know. We look on Patrick as our own son. The children looked on while Luke was shovelling the snow in the garden.
Look out! You’re going to slip on the ice! Our room looked out onto the sea. Look through this catalogue, you might find something you like. A�er our row, Mary looks right/straight through me when we pass in the street.
Look this verb up in the dic�onary.
Look up
Look up to Look someone up and down
To visit, to contact To improve / get be�er
To have a great deal of respect for To scru�nize someone carefully
Look me up when you next come to Milan. Things seem to be looking up at last.
I’ve always looked up to my uncle Philip. He looked me up and down , I’ve never felt so embarrassed!
Make do
Make for Make off with Make out
Make someone out
Make up
Make up for Make up one’s mind Miss out
To manage with the limited or inadequate means available To move or head towards To carry away illicitly To pretend To manage to understand
To understand someone's behaviour
To invent a story To be reconciled To cons�tute a whole To compensate for something lost or missed To compensate someone for negligent or unfair treatment
To compensate To come to / make a decision To fail to include To lose a chance
We’ll have to make do with a limited staff due to the flu outbreak.
The storm was ge�ng closer and so we made for the shore. The thieves made off with all the wedding gi�s. William made out that he hadn’t been informed of the problem. I can’t make out what’s wri�en, the wri�ng is appalling!
Janet is really odd. I can't make her out!
I don’t believe you, you made it all up The two brothers quarrelled but they made up the next day The class is made up of thirty students We have to make up the lessons we missed I’ll try to make it up to you in the future
Our winning the contract makes up for all problems we had to overcome. Make up your mind , are you coming or not? You have missed out a word here. Five people got promoted, but I missed out again.
Move in/into* To take possession of a new house or business premises
We moved into our new premises last week.
Order/boss about/ around*
To dictate to, to boss around My big sister is always ordering/bossing me around!
Own up To admit, confess He owned up to having broken the vase.
Pay back
Pack in
Pick on Pick out Pick up
To take revenge
To stop an ac�vity
To repeatedly single out for blame To choose, select To collect someone To go and collect someone or something
To become stronger / increase To get be�er / improve To acquire or learn something
She paid him back for all his insults.
John has packed in his job. I think I'm going to pack it in for the night. My boss is always picking on me! She picked out the ring with the largest diamond. Steve’s picking me up at 6 o’clock. My flight arrives at 9. Can you come and pick me up? You can come and pick up your dry cleaning next Friday. The wind’s picked up. My luck’s finally picked up. I picked up Spanish by going there every summer. John picked up a Ming vase at a flea market for £10!
Run down
Run into Run out of Run over
Run over/through Run to Run up Run up against
To cri�cise To lose power, allow to decline To meet To exhaust supply of To knock a person or animal down with the car To check (ripassare) To have enough money To let a bill get longer without paying To encounter difficulty, a problem
She's always running down her husband. I think the ba�eries are running down. Guess who I ran into at the supermarket?! The car stopped because they had run out of petrol. Vivian got run over crossing when the lights were green. Let's run over the plane once more.
I don't think we can run to a holiday abroad this year. I ran up a huge telephone bill at the hotel. We’ve stopped the project because we’ve run up against a problem.
Save up To put money by for later use I’m saving up all my money to buy a car.
See about See off See through See to
To a�end to, deal with To accompany a person who is depar�ng To not be deceived by To deal with, take care of
We’ll have to see about ge�ng you new shoes. I’ll come to the airport to see you off. I saw through her lies and decep�ons I’ll see to the children’s lunch.
Send for* Send on*
Send up
To order someone to come, summon To forward, transmit mail or luggage to a further des�na�on To make fun of by imita�ng
I’ll send for the doctor, Johnnie’s temperature keeps rising. Please send on my mail un�l further no�ce.
Jean is always sending up the French teacher.
Set about Set in Set out
Set up Set upon
To start doing with determina�on To begin (and likely to con�nue) To begin a journey, or enterprise To arrange or display To establish, arrange To a�ack
We must set about tackling the problem. We must bring the plants indoors before the cold weather sets in. We set out for the top of the mountain at dawn. I’ve set out the plates and glasses, is there anything else? A commi�ee has been set up to deal with the problem. We were set upon by a gang of hooligans.
Se�le down
Se�le into
To adopt a more steady or secure style of life, esp. in a permanent job and home To begin to feel comfortable or established in a new home, situa�on, or job
One day I will se�le down and raise a family.
He had soon se�led into his new job.
Show off To make a deliberate or preten�ous display of one’s abili�es or accomplishments
You always show off when your boss is in the office!
Sink in To be full understood Oliver read the le�er twice before its meaning sunk in.
Sit back* To relax and do nothing/not get involved He didn’t help us at all, just sat back and watched us!
Slip up To make a careless error I o�en slip up when it comes to spelling.
Sort out To look through items in order to classify or make a selec�on, to arrange To resolve a problem or difficulty
I sorted out all the files this morning. Now everything is in its place.
The teacher helped the student sort out her problem.
Stand by Stand down Stand for
Stand in for Stand out* Stand up for Stand up to*
To keep to an agreement To resign or withdraw from a posi�on To tolerate (put up with) To be an abbrevia�on/symbol for
To take the place of (rimpiazzare) To project, to be easily no�ceable To defend To resist, withstand To make a spirited defence against, to face boldly/
The company agreed to stand by its original commitment. He stood down as candidate for mayor. I won’t stand for any more rudeness! SMS stands for Short Message Service.
Carol has agreed to stand in for Jim at the mee�ng. A black sheep stands out in flock of white ones! Stand up for yourself! Don’t let them walk all over you! These boots will stand up to all weathers. I never thought Janet would have the courage to stand up to that bully.
bravely
Stay up Not to go to bed I stayed up un�l 3 am working on my thesis.
Step down Step up S�ck up for
To resign (dime�ersi) To increase, accelerate To defend someone
The Chairman has decided to step down The government has stepped up efforts to combat infla�on. You must learn to s�ck up for yourself.
Take (someone) aback (be taken aback) Take a�er Take someone in
Take it out on Take in
Take off
Take on
Take someone out Take to Take over
Take up
Take out
To shock or surprise someone
To resemble a parent or ancestor To deceive
To inflict bad mood on sb (sfogarsi con..) Deceive
To remove To become airborne (of airplane)
To imitate To become successful or popular To hire To acquire new characteris�c To do something extra
To escort, as on a date To form a liking for (affezionarsi) To assume control To gain control of (subentrare)
To become interested in a pursuit To occupy �me or space, consume
To request insurance
I was taken aback by his abruptness.
Jane takes a�er her mother. No-one was taken in by her high and mighty manners. Don't be taken in by her apparent shyness.
I know you are unhappy, but don't take it out on me! His disguise took everybody in. Don’t be taken in by her apparent shyness
Take off those earrings, they look really silly! My plane takes off at 9.00. His career took off as soon as he le� university.
They’re not taking anyone on at the moment. My dad has taken on a new lease of life. She has taken on too much with a full-�me job as well.
John is taking Mary out. Alison took to Mary immediately. Alitalia has been taken over by an investment consor�um. The army tried to take over the country.
Fred has taken up playing Golf. Preparing lessons takes up a lot of �me. This desk takes up too much space, I’ll have to get a smaller one.
Ann has taken out life insurance.
Talk into / out of
Talk over
To persuade / dissuade
To discuss
Charles tried to talk me into going to Finland in the winter but I managed to talk him out of it by saying it was much too cold. You’d be�er talk it over with your husband before you buy a new car.
Tear up To pull or rip to pieces She tore the le�er up as soon as she read it.
Tell off To reprimand or scold The teacher is always telling the students off for being late.
Tie in with Think over/about
To be in agreement with To consider carefully
It seems that your party doesn't �e in with our arrangements. I’ll think over/about what you said and let you have an answer tomorrow. I’ll think it over / I’ll think about it (NOT think it about )
Throw away Throw up
To discard, eliminate To vomit To abandon something (especially a job)
The toner had run out so I threw the cartridge away. Mark ate a bad oyster and threw up all night. He threw up a promising career in poli�cs.
