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48 Cards in this Set
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Aim at |
Intend to achieve; target |
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Back up |
1. Support s/o 2. To make a copy |
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Break in |
1. To enter a place with use of force |
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Burn down |
To use fire to destroy smth |
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Call off |
Cancel |
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Carry away |
1. To do smth out of the ordinary due to strong emo |
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Peg away (at) |
Work hard |
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Gloss over |
Treat or describe as if it is of no importance |
The problems were glossed over |
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Sink in |
1 become completely known, understood. |
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Wind down |
To draw gradually toward an end. |
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Bank on |
To expect or depend on smth |
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Level with sb |
To tell s/o the truth bout smth |
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Duck out (of) |
Avoid doing smth |
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Roll by |
Time passing |
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Cast around (about) +for smth |
Search in places for smth you need |
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String sb up |
Punish s/o severely |
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Strike up |
Start smth |
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Catch on |
Become fashionable or popular |
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Press on |
Continue |
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Put (sth) aside |
To save time or money for special purpose |
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Do away |
Stop using smth |
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Back down |
To admit the wrong or admit that one is defeated |
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Turn out |
1 to be smwhere or to watch or gạther |
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Run down smth |
Examine |
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Brush up (on) |
Practice and improve knowledge of sth |
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Come (a)round to |
Change your opinion b/c s/o has persuaded you to. |
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Face up to |
Accept sth such as an idea or a plan |
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Make out |
See, hear, understand with difficulty |
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Mull over |
Think carefully about sth over a period of time |
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Change out of |
Take off sth you r wearing (and put on diff ones) |
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Do away with |
Get rid of |
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Do up |
Repair; paint and improve |
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Key in |
Put info using keys or keyboard |
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Make into |
Change sth or s/o to sth else |
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carry out |
to perform; conduct |
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get away with sth |
to succeed in avoiding punishment for sth |
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to put sth down to sth |
to think that a situation is caused by a particular thing |
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blow over |
to become gradually less imp until diminish |
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hang back |
hesitate to do sth bc of fear or lack of confidence |
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insure against sth |
do sth to prevent bad things from happening or affecting you |
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turn up |
happen find and found expectedly |
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stand in |
replacing and exchanging |
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plead with s/o |
to beg sth of s/o |
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talk sb into sth |
urge and persuade |
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put sth across |
to express opinions so that people understand easily |
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make off with sth |
to steal sth |
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go down with sth |
to start to suffer from an infectious disease |
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live up to sth |
to be as good as sth |
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