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make up |
to reconcile after a fight. "I was so angry, but he brought me flowers and we made up"
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break up |
to end a romantic relationship "she cheated on him and they broke up" |
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throw away |
to discard something, put it in the bin "throw that shirt away, it stinks! "
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Hold on!
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To wait for a short time, used especially when telling someone to wait |
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Look after
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To spend time with someone and make sure that they are safe, especially a child or someone who is sick |
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Call off |
To stop an event that has been arranged from taking place, especially because of a problem |
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Sleep through
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To continue sleeping while something is happening and not be woken by it |
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Sleep over |
To sleep at someone else's house for a night |
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Get over |
To get well again after an illness
Eg: He's still trying to get over that bout of flu he had. |
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Get about |
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Get in |
If a train, ship, or plane gets in at a particular time, it arrives at that time Eg: What time does your train get in? |
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Get in
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If a train, ship, or plane gets in at a particular time, it arrives at that time Eg: What time does your train get in? |
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Feed back |
To give someone your opinion or the latest information about something, especially so it can be improved or changed |
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find out |
to learn about; discover eg: "My boss asked me to find out why we lost to the competition" "I found out about geocaching yesterday" |
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cut down |
to reduce eg "I need to cut down chocolate - I'm getting fat." "We need to cut down our CO2 emissions" |
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give out |
hand out; pass around eg. "The teacher gave books out to the whole class" |
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go into |
contribute to "A lot of effort went into making this presentation"
"A lot of thought went into choosing her gift" |
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set up |
establish a company, club, group or committee eg. "Van has set up an English club at the university" "Setting up a company takes a lot of work" |
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give back |
return eg "I can't believe he hasn't given my book back yet" eg "I lent her my favourite jumper but she hasn't given it back" |
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go up |
rise "Petrol prices are going up every day"
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