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to leave out sth
to leave sty out |
not include sth / so
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Do ex 3 but leave out part b.
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cut out sth
cut sth out |
remove by cutting
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She cut some interesting articles out of the newspaper.
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to show out sb
to show sb out |
lead a visitor who is leaving to the door of a room or building
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Let me show you out.
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to sort out
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arrange things that are untidy / trier, ranger
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I sorted out my room.
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to clear out
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make tidy by removing unwanted things
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I cleared out my wardrobe.
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to spread out
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arrange on a flat surface
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He spread out the photos.
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to try out
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test to find out if sth works
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Would you like to try out the bike before buying it ?
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to help out
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helping by doing work or giving money / se rendre utile
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I'm helping out in the office.
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to lose out
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do not have an advantage that others have / être perdant
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I lost out by no learning a foreign language at school.
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to clear up
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making a place tidy and clean /ranger
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I cleared up my study.
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to sweep up
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remove dirt and rubbish from the floor, using a brush / baler
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I had to sweep up the dead leaves.
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to tidy up
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make a room tidy by putting things in the correct place
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I tidied up my room.
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to clogg up
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blocked
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The washbasin was clogged up.
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to turn up
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arrive
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She turned up yesterday.
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to open up
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start a new business
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She's just opened up a restaurant.
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to liven up
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make sth more interesting and exciting
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The new restaurant will liven Collombey up.
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to divide up
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separate sth into smaller parts or groups
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They divided up the work.
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to chop up
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cutting sth into small pieces
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I need to chop up the branches : they are too big.
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to take back
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return sth to the person that you bought or borrowed from it
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I must take back my library books.
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to take aside
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to separate so from a group of people so that you can speak to so privately
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My boss took me aside at the party and he told me...
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to take off
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when you suddenly leave a place
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Rose took off early at the party for some reason.
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to take up sth
to take sth up |
start doing a particular job or activity
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Why don't you take up golf ?
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to take off sth
to take sth off |
subtract a particular amount from the total
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She took off ten per cent because the item was damaged.
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to take away sth
to take sth away |
subtract a first number from a second number
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If you take 11 away from 33, your are left with 22.
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to take in sth
to take sth in |
look at sth carefully, noticing all the details
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He showed us a picture of his house but I didn't really take it in.
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to take out
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subscribe or register for sth
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She's taken out a year's membership at a sport club.
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to take up with
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very busy doing sth
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She is so taken up with her swimming that she wouldn't accept my offer.
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to take sth out of so
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makes so feel very tired
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The exercice takes it out of her.
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to put in
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fix new equipment, system in the correct place
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We spent a day putting in a new washing machine.
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to put up
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1. build a structure
2. open sth that is folded |
1. They are putting up a new block.
2. We tried to put our tent up. |
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to put out
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be annoyed because of sth that so has done or said to you
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He feels put out but he never complains.
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to put off
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to arrange to do sth at a later time / déplacer, annuler
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We can put our meeting off until next Monday.
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to put back
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To change the date or time of an event so that it happens later / remettre
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They've put their wedding off.
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to put forward
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make a watch show an earlier time
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You must put your watch forward : the local time is 5.30.
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to make up something
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1.form the whole of sth / représenter
2. invent sth 3.invent sth that is not true in order to deceive |
1.Woman makes up two fifths of the British labour force.
2.I make up a story. 3. Sally made up an excuse about being ill. |
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to make for
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go in the direction of
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The children made for the swings.
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to make it up to
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se racheter, se rattraper
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I forgot her birthday so I'll have to take her somewhere nice to make it up to her.
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to make out
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1. be able to see or hear sth or so with difficulty
2. understand why so behaves as they do |
1. I couldn't make out a word of what he was saying.
2.I just can't make him out at all, can you ? |
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to look out
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watch carefully
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Look out for the sign "Willowdean" !
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to look up to
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respect and admire so
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I look up to my teacher.
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to look down on sb/sth
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think that so is less important than you
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Mark is snob, he looks down on most other people.
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to look around
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try to find so you want by asking different people or by looking at different places
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I'm looking around for a new job.
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to look ahead
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think about what will happen in the future / penser à l'avenir
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We have to look ahead to the time when our children will be at university.
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to go along with
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support an idea or agree with someone's opinion
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Whatever you say, Maggie will go along with you.
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to go through with
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do something unpleasant or difficult which you planned or promised to do
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I don't want to do the exam now but I'd better go through with it.
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to go through
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1. experiencing an unpleasant or difficult situation.
2. examine the contents of something carefully |
I habe been going through difficult time at work.
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to go in for
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doing or competing in
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I went in for a competition.
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to go without
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not have sth wich you usually have
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I had to go without a holiday for several years.
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to go out
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to stop giving light
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The lights went out.
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to go for
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1.choose
2. try to get or achieve |
The judges go for my story.
You should try to go for the job. |
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to go off
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leave a place to go to somewhere else
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She went off to see what she could find.
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to get on (often + with)
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continue doing sth esp. work
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I must get on with my work
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to get behind
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If you get behing with work or payments, you have not done as much work or paid as much as you should by a particular time.
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I go behind because I spent too much time on the Internet.
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to get something over with
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do and complete something difficult or unpleasant that must be done / devoir en finir avec
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Let's get this meeting over with !
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to get over
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be very surprised or shocked that sth has happened or that sth is true / ne pas s'imaginer, ne pas croire
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I can't get over how she manages to get away with doing so little work.
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to get away with
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succeed in not being criticised or punished for sth wrong that you have done / s'en sortir
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I can't get over how she manages to get away with doing so little work.
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to get around
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find a way of dealing with or avoiding a problem / éviter un problème, faire avec
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Don't worry. We will get around it somehow.
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to get around to
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do sth that you have intended to do for a long time
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I haven't go around to it yet, but I'll do it after lunch, I promise.
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to get at
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when you ask so what he means
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I don't know what you are getting at.
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to get away with
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do sth successfully even though it is not the best way of doing it. / s'en tired
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I can get away with not using the printer.
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to lift off
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leave the ground
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The shuttle will lift off at 10.
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to head off
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start a journey or leave a place
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We should head of at 5 o'clock.
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to send off
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send by post
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I sent off that letter.
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clear off (informal)
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leave a place quietly
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Clear off ! It's a private property.
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to sell of
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sell all or part of sth
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I sold off my share of the company
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to doze off
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start to sleep.
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After lunch I doze off on the sofa.
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to run off
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can quickly and easily write sth that is difficult to write.
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She can run off an essay.
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to hold off
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delay doing sth
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We should hold off and go to Paris later.
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to turn off
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make so decide they are not interested in sth
dissuader |
I've manage to turn him off the idea to build a swimming pool in his garden.
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to weigh on
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that worries or upset
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I have sth weighting on my mind.
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call in
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visit so or a place for a short time
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Please call in and see you when you are in town.
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take sth in or to take in sth
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make a piece of clothing narrower
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I have to take my skirt in. It is too narrow.
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to push in
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rudely join a group of people waiting
force le passage |
It's annoying when people push in at the bus stop
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to weigh down
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carry too much
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We were weighed down with luggage.
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to load down
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carry too many things
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I was loaded down with books.
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to read over
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to read many times in order to find the mistakes
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Can you read over the last report ?
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to look over
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quickly examine
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Look over the tables !
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to go over
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talk and think about sth in order to explain, to make sure it is correct
revoir |
We can go over together.
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to stay over
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stay for the night
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I stayed over at Sheila's.
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to mess around / about
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treat so badly / waste their time /
faire l'imbécile |
Stop messing around !
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to lie around
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spend time lying down doing very little
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I hate the way he just lies around.
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to show around
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faire visiter / faire faire un tour
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I showed him around.
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to take so around
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faire faire un tour à qqn
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I'll take you around the office and introduce you to my colleagues.
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mill around
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grouiller (de monde) dans un endroit
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Fans were milling around hoping to see the film star.
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to send for
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send so a message to asking them to come
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I send for a plumber.
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to call for
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visit a place in order to collect so
passer prendre, passer chercher |
I was calling for her on the way to the town.
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to stick with
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continue doing sth even though it is difficult
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You should stick with your studies.
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to catch up with
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revoir
meet so, after not seeing them for a period of time |
I hope to catch up with Frida when I'm in Berlin.
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to answer back
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reply rudely
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Don't answer me back like that !
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ran into so
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met so I know when I didn't expect to meet them
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I ran into Mary today
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to look into
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investigate and examine the facts about a problem
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I must look into getting a new car.
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to go into
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discuss sth in a detailed way
étudier, examiner |
We went into his marriage problems.
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to throw oneself into
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start doing sth with enthusiasm
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I decided to throw myself into gardening.
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to pack away
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ranger
put sth in a bag or container. or put sty in the place where its usually kept |
You can pack away your books.
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to clock on - off
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timbrer en arrivant-en partant
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When she has to clock on.
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to bring forward
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change the date of sty so that it happens earlier than expected
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I have had to bring my holiday forward.
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to be pressed for
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not have enough of sth, usually time or money
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to knock around together
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spend a lot of time together because they are good friend
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They have knocked around together for years.
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to while away
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passer du temps à ne rien faire de spécial
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They whiled away the hours telling stories.
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to muck about / around
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faire l'imbécile
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We do not want people of his age mucking around
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to take so back
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make you remember a period or an event in the past
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Let us take you back to your childhood.
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to leave over
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still existed/ were unused from an earlier time
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We used some balloons that were left over.
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to go by
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to pass
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As time goes by you realise that...
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to hold up
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delay
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I'm sorry to hold you up but I must sign these forms.
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a hold-up
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delay
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There are no hold-ups.
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to keep up with
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go at the same speed as so
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It's hard to keep up with you.
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to drag on
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continue for too long
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The meeting dragged on.
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to ran on
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continue for longer than expected
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My French lesson ran on, so I missed my bus.
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to pass by
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go past
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Three weeks passed by before I got a reply.
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to lie ahead
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what will happen in the future
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Nobody knows what lies ahead.
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to tuck away
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1.a hidden place that not many people go to
dissimuler, cacher 2. ranger |
We discovered a lovely hotel which was tucked away.
I tucked the box away in a drawer. |
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to stretch away
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continue over a long distance
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Woods stretch away.
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to spread out
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dispersé
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Farmhouses were spread out over the landscape.
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to stay out
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come home late or at night
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I stayed out because my room was too warm.
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to call back
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go back to a place to visit so
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I'd love to call back another time if that's OK.
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to stay on
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stay in a place longer than expected
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I stayed on in the library until it closes.
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to bring about
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made sth happen
provoquer, amener, entraîner |
The new airport brought about changes.
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to pay back
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to do sth unpleasant because I have done sth unpleasant
rendre la monnaie de sa pière |
He's trying to pay me back for sth.
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to rule out
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decide that sth is impossible
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The doctor has'n't ruled out the possibility I have a cancer.
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to spring from
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are caused by
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Problems spring from a feeling of insecurity.
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to look up
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improve
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Things are looking up.
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changeover
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a change from using one thing to using another
changement, passage |
The changeover to computers went smoothly.
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to wear off
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gradually disappear
s'effacer, disparaître, passer |
I didn't feel too good but that's all worn off.
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to take off
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lead away
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She was taken off to hospital.
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to take over
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as replacement
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Who will take over now that the mayor has stepped down?
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to come off
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to happen, take place (informal)
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My trip to China didn't come off.
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to catch on
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become popular
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this dance style caught on in the fifties.
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to pay off
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be successful
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Moving the company out of London really paid off.
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to stay down
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redoubler
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She had to stay down a year.
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downfall
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[of person, institution] chute f, ruine f
[of dream, hopes] effondrement m drink was his downfall la boisson l'a perdu |
Drink was his downfall.
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