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Bring up
Bring up

- Mention
- Raise a child
to care for a child until it is an adult, often giving it particular beliefs
She was brought up by her grandmother.
They brought her up (as/to be) a Catholic.
[+ to infinitive] David was brought up to respect authority

Bring Up

- Be officially charged with a crime
Come on
*Encouragement

Example: COME ON; don't give up now when you're so close to finishing

*Start an illness

Example: I've got a bit of a headache. I hope it doesn't mean I've got flu COMING ON

*Start functioning (machines, etc)

Example: The central heating COMES ON automatically an hour before I have to get up.

appear on tv or radio
Come up
*Appear

Example: I'll be late home tonight because something's COME UP at work has to be ready for tomorrow morning.

*Rise (the sun)

Example: The sun CAME UP just as we reached the outskirts of the town.
Come across st
to find something by chance
He came across some of his old love letters in his wife's drawer
Drive down
go along in one´s car or truck
End up (with)
Get as a result of something

Example: He tried hard but ENDED UP WITH a poor grade

To have (st) when its too late to change
Go with
Phrasal Verb: Go with

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Meaning: Combine nicely

Example: Does this tie GO WITH my shirt?

Notes:

- Inseparable



Phrasal Verb: Go with

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Meaning: Accompany

Example: A lot of benefits GO WITH the job.

Notes:

- Inseparable

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Phrasal Verb: Go with

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Meaning: Accept, agree to

Example: We're GOING WITH our original plan in the end.

Notes:

- Inseparable

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Phrasal Verb: Go with

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Meaning: Date, have a relationship with

Example: She's been GOING WITH him since she was at university.

Notes:

- Inseparable

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Go on
Continue

Example: He WENT ON and ON talking and I was so bored.

Happen

Example: There are loads of people out in the street; what's GOING ON?

Start doing or taking something

Example: She WENT ON the pill when she met him.

Be guided

Example: The investigators have no clues to GO ON.

Be nearly a certain period of time

Example: It's GOING ON ten years since we met.

Progress

Example: They asked me how the project was GOING ON.

Spend money

Example: Most of my salary GOES ON my mortgage repayments

Start working (electric/electronic equipment)

Example: The alarm GOES ON when you close the front door
Get by
Have just enough money to live on

Example: They're finding it increasingly difficult to GET BY since their daughter was born.

Not be noticed (problems, errors, etc)

Example: I had checked it, but there still were a few mistakes that didn't GET BY the editor.
Get on with sb
Have a good relationship

Example: Fortunately, I GET ON WITH my boss

Continue or start doing something

Example: She told us to GET ON WITH our work.
Look through
to carefully examine the contents of something or a collection of things in order to find something
I've looked through her drawers but I can't find the letter.
Why don't you look through these files and see if the document's there?

to read something quickly and not very carefully
Could you look through these figures and see if I've made any obvious errors?

examine the context of something
Put up with
Tolerate

Example: I can't PUT UP WITH my neighbour's noise any longer; it's driving me mad
Put st off
to decide or arrange to do something at a later time
They had decided to put the wedding off until her brother came home from abroad. [often + until]
I've put off talking to him about this for far too long.
Read through
to read something from the beginning to the end in order to find any mistakes or to understand it better
I read over my essay to check for errors.
She hadn't even made the effort to read my report through before the meeting.

examines the contents of a document
Set out
Display, show

Example: The figures are SET OUT in the council's annual report

Start a journey

Example: The explorers SET OUT for the South Pole yesterday morning
Take off
take off

if an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it moves from the ground and begins to fly
I like watching planes take off.
A puffin will take off and land many times during feeding.

take-off
noun
The majority of crashes happen on take-off or landing.

to suddenly become successful or popular
Her career as a jazz singer had just begun to take off.
The market for home fax machines really seems to have taken off.

(slightly informal) to suddenly leave somewhere, especially without telling anyone that you are going
I can't just take off without saying goodbye.
Take st off
to remove something, especially something that you are wearing
She took off her clothes and stepped into the shower.
Aren't you going to take your glasses off to go swimming?
I always take my make-up off before I go to bed.

to spend time away from your work
I'm taking Friday off to get one or two things done around the house.
He needs to take some time off and get some rest.