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33 Cards in this Set
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to choke back.
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to suppress.
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to break off.
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to terminate.
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to tell off.
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to reprimand.
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rabbit on (+about smth).
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to continue talking about smth that's not interesting to the person you're talking to.
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to fit in (+with smth).
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to be suitable or sensible in relation to smth else.
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to take off.
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suddenly leave a place.
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to take in.
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to look at smth carefully noticing all the details.
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to be taken up with smth.
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to be busy doing, discussing, or thinking about smth.
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to take smb up on smth.
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to accept smb's offer or invitation that smb has made.
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to drag down.
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to reduce or to make smth/smb weak.
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to wean off. |
Make smb stop doing smth or liking it (habbit), esp. if you think it's bad. |
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To go cold turkey. |
To stop doing or consuming smth. |
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To ratchet up. |
To increase smth by a small amount, esp. after a series of increases, or to increase in this way. |
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to bone up. |
to swot; to mug; to learn smth seriously. |
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to ramble on. |
talking too much in a boring and rather confused way. |
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come up with. |
to invent; to create. |
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to get ahead. |
to advance toward success. |
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to pull off. |
to achieve or succeed at smth difficult. |
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to carry out. |
to fulfill; to execute, to perform or to put into operation. |
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to take stock of smth. |
to assess smth. |
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to feel sorry for smth. |
to take pity on smth. |
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gamble (+on). |
speculate (+about/upon). |
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to pursue interest in smth. |
become deeply interested in doing smth. |
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beyond smb's control. |
be out hands. |
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to crack down (+on). |
if the people crack down on a group of people, they become more strict in making the group obey the rules. |
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to set off. |
to begin a journey. |
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reckon up. |
to assess. |
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to gear up for. |
to become ready for; to hasten smth. |
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flare up. |
blaze up. |
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to clutter up.
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to cover or fill a space or room with too many things, so that it looks very untidy.
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to draw up. |
to stop. |
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to pull off. |
to succeed. |
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step down. |
to resign. |
