voci
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| Flashcards | 151 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | English |
| Level | Secondary School |
| Created / Updated | 05.01.2020 / 05.01.2020 |
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live (it) down
suffer a loss of reputation (If City lose, they'll never live it down.)
live up to
reach an expected standard (The play quite lived up to my expectations.)
look into
investigate (The police have promised to look into the problem.)
look on
consider (We look on this town as our real home.)
look someone up
visit when in the area ( If you're passing through Athens, look me up.)
make for
result in (The power steering makes for easier parking.)
make off with
run away with (The thief made off with a valuable necklace.)
make out
pretend (Tim made out that he hadn't seen the No Smoking sign.) manage to see or understand (Couldn't quite make out what the notice said.)
make (someone) out
understand someone's behaviour (Janet is really odd. I can't make her out.)
make (something) up
invent (I think you made up the whole story.)
make up for
compensate for (Our success makes up for all the hard times.)
miss (something) out
fail to include (You have missed out a word here.) lose a chance- colloquial (Five people got promoted, but I missed out again.)
own up
confess- colloquial (None of the children would own up to breaking the window.)
pack in
stop an activity - colloquial (John has packed in his job.)
pay (someone) back
take revenge - colloquial (She paid him back for all his insults.)
pick up
improve- colloquial (The weather seems to be picking up.)
pin someone down
force to give a clear statement (I asked Jim to name a suitable day, but I couldn't pin him down.)
play up
behave or work badly (The car is playing up again. It won't start.)
point (something) out
draw attention to a fact (I pointed out that I would be on holiday anyway.)
pull (something) off
manage to succeed (It was a tricky plan, but we pulled it off.)
push on
continue with some effort- colloquial (Let's push on and try to reach the coast by tonight.)
put across
communicate ideas (Harry is clever but he can't put his ideas across.)
put down to
explain the cause of (Diane's poor performance was put down to nerves.)
put in for
apply for a job (Sue has put in for a teaching job.)
put oneself out
take trouble- to help someone (Please don't put yourself out making a meal. A sandwich will do.)
put off
discourage, upset (The crowd put the gymnast off, and he fell.)
put someone up
offer accommodation (We can put you up for a few days.)
put up with
tolerate, bear (I can't put up with all this noise!)
rip someone off
charge too much - colloquial (You paid £50? They really ripped you off!)
run (someone) down
criticize (She's always running down her husband.) lose power, allow to decline (I think the batteries are running down.)
run into
meet (Guess who I ran into at the supermarket!)
run to
have enough money (I don't think we can run to a holiday abroad this year.)
run over/ through
check (Let's run over the plan once more.)
run up
a bill- let a bill get longer without paying (I run up a huge telephone bill at the hotel.)
run up against
encounter- usually a problem (We've run up against a slight problem.)
see someone off
go to station, airport, etc to say goodbye to someone (I went to the station to see them off.)
see trough
realize the truth about (I saw through his intentions at once.)
send (something/ someone) up
make fun of by imitating (Jean is always sending up the French teacher.)
set about
start working (We must set about re-organizing the office.)
set in
establish itself- especially the weather (I think this rain has set in for the day.)
