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178 Cards in this Set
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"A woman got into the car and _____"
[va fugir] |
DROVE OFF |
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"When I touched him on the shoulder, he _______"
[es va girar] |
TURNED ROUND |
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"Sorry I'm late. The car ________"
[es va espatllar] |
BROKE DOWN |
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"There's a car coming... _____ !"
[Vigila!] |
LOOK OUT |
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"How was the exam? How did you _____?"
[Com et va anar?] |
GET ON? |
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"Mi English isn't very good, but it's enough to _____"
[anar fent] |
GET BY |
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"Why did you _________ me?"
[vas fugir corrents] |
RUN AWAY FROM |
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"You're walking too fast. I can't ______ you."
[seguir el ritme]
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KEEP UP WITH |
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"Are you ______________ your holiday?"
[desitjant, esperant amb ganes] |
LOOKING FORWARD TO |
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"I __________ the light".
[encendre] |
TURN ON |
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"I want to keep this postcard, so don't ______ it ______!"
[llençar] |
THROW it AWAY |
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"I'm tired. I'm going to _________ my shoes".
[treure'm] |
TAKE OFF |
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"Here's the key, so you can _____ yourself _____".
[passar] |
LET yourself IN |
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"On my way home, I __________ to see Chris".
[parar a fer una visita (sense preparar-la)] |
DROPPED IN / CALLED IN |
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"Before entering the page, please _______ the application form".
[omplir, completar] |
FILL IN / FILL OUT |
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"The man said he was a policeman but he wasn't. I was completely _______".
[enganyar, prendre el pèl] |
TAKEN IN |
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"Gary went to university but _______ after a year".
[abandonar, deixar-ho] |
DROPPED OUT |
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"I promised I'd go to the wedding. I don't want to go, but I can't _________ it now".
[escapar-se'n, lliurar-se'n] |
GET OUT OF |
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"Some of the names on the list had been ______"
[tatxar, barrar] |
CROSSED OUT / RUBBED OUT |
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"We managed to _________ the fire".
[apagar] |
PUT OUT |
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"Before leaving, ________ the lights".
[apagar] |
TURN OUT
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"After making a wish, _______ the candles".
[apagar] |
BLOW OUT |
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"He _____ at the gym three times a week".
[fer exercici, treballar] |
WORKS OUT |
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"Good luck for the future. I hope everything ____________ well for you".
[sortir, anar] |
WORKS OUT |
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"Why did James leave the company? Things didn't __________."
[funcionar, anar bé] |
WORK OUT |
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"The total bill for 3 people is 60€. That _______ at 20€ each".
[fer, donar] |
WORKS OUT |
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"An investigation into the accident will be ________ as soon as possible".
[dur a terme] |
CARRY OUT |
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"They used to be good friends, so I'm surprised to hear that they have ________."
[deixar de ser amics, barallar-se] |
FALLEN OUT. |
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"David ___________ his father and left home".
[barallar-se, deixar-se de parlar] |
FELL OUT WITH |
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"At the end of the lecture, the speaker _________ information sheets to the audience". |
GAVE OUT / HANDED OUT |
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"On the motorway, we ___________ petrol".
[acabar-se] |
RUN OUT OF |
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"Everything is mixed up. I'll have to ________ all the papers".
[ordenar] |
SORT OUT
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"There are a few problems we need to _______."
[solucionar, arreglar] |
SORT OUT |
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"The weather wasn't good in the morning, but it ___________ nice later".
[tornar-se] |
TURNED OUT |
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"I thought they knew each other, but it _____________ that they'd never met."
[resultar] |
TURNED OUT |
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"The company is _______ a new computer system at the moment".
[provar] |
TRYING OUT |
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"Shall I _______ the CD?"
[posar (perquè soni)] |
PUT ON |
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"The open air concert had to be _____ because of the weather".
[cancel·lar] |
CALLED OFF |
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"We can't ________ making a decision".
[ajornar] |
PUT OFF |
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"I've ________ two kilograms in the last month".
[engreixat, guanyat] |
PUT ON |
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"We _______ very early to avoid the traffic".
[sortir] |
SET OFF |
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"Helen was going away. We went to the station with her to ____ her ____."
[acomiadar] |
SEE her OFF |
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"I don't want to ______ working here".
[continuar] |
GO ON / CARRY ON |
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"How are you _________ in your new job?".
[progressar, anar] |
GETTING ON |
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"John and Karen don't _____. They're always arguing".
[tenir una bona relació] |
GET ON |
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"I must ________ my work, I have a lot to do".
[seguir, continuar] |
GET ON WITH |
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"The movie wasn't very interesting. In fact I ______ in the middle of it".
[adormir] |
DROPPED OFF DOZED OFF NODDED OFF |
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"Have you finished painting the kitchen?" "Nearly. I'll _____ it _____ tomorrow".
[acabar, fer l'última part] |
FINISH it OFF |
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"A bomb _______ in the city centre".
[explotar] |
WENT OFF |
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"Did you here the alarm _________?"
[sonar, esclatar] |
GO OFF |
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"We wanted to go to the exhibition, but we were _______ by the long queue".
[desalentar] |
PUT OFF |
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"Did you really pay 1000€ for that? I think you were ________!".
[estafar, enganyar] |
RIPPED OFF |
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"Look at that boy on the bike riding with no hands... he's just ________!".
[vanar-se, fer el fatxenda] |
SHOWING OFF |
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"Claire's mother _____ her _____ for wearing dirty shoes in the house".
[esbroncar] |
TOLD her OFF |
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"Can you _______ the TV? I can't hear it!".
[pujar el volum] |
TURN UP |
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"I ______ to tie my shoelace".
[ajupir-se] |
BENT DOWN |
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"Can you ________ the oven? It's too hot".
[abaixar, afluixar] |
TURN DOWN |
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"Some old houses were ________ to make way for the new shopping centre".
[aterrar, tirar a terra] |
KNOCKED DOWN |
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"A man was ________ by a car and taken to hospital".
[colpejat, atropellat] |
KNOCKED DOWN |
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"I'm trying to ________ coffee. I drink far too much of it".
[reduir, prendre menys] |
CUT DOWN ON |
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"The car ________ and I had to phone for help".
[espatllar-se] |
BROKE DOWN |
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"Because of the crisis, the shop _______."
[tancar, plegar] |
CLOSED DOWN
SHUT DOWN |
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"You can always rely on Pete: he'll never _____ you _____."
[decebre] |
LET you DOWN |
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"I applied for several jobs, but I was ________ for each one".
[refusar] |
TURNED DOWN |
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"It was quite interesting, but I _______ the offer".
[refusar, declinar] |
TURNED DOWN
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"A man ________ me in the street and asked me for money".
[acostar-se] |
CAME UP TO |
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"I'm not ready to go yet. You go and I'll __________ you".
[atrapar] |
CATCH UP WITH you
CATCH you UP |
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"You're walking to fast. I can't ________."
[seguir, mantenir el ritme] |
KEEP UP
KEEP UP WITH you |
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"She ________ photography a few years ago".
[començar]
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TOOK UP |
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"We've _________ a meeting for next Monday".
[preparar, establir] |
FIXED UP |
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"She was _________ by her grandparents".
[criar, pujar] |
BROUGHT UP |
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"Who's going to __________ this mess?"
[ordenar, netejar] |
TIDY UP CLEAN UP CLEAR UP |
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"I hate ________".
[fregar els plats] |
WASHING UP
DOING the WASHING-UP |
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"Children under 16 ___________ half the population of the city".
[fer] |
MAKE UP |
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"I'm going to take a few more photographs. I want to ___________ the rest of the film".
[acabar de fer servir] |
USE UP |
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"Most of the space in the room was _________ by a large table".
[usar, utilitzar] |
TAKEN UP |
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"We arrange to meet Dave last night, but he didn't ____________".
[presentar-se] |
TURNED UP |
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Please don't ___________ this topic again!
[treure (a la conversa)] |
BRING UP |
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Some interesting matters ________ in our discussion yesterday.
[sorgir, sortir] |
CAME UP |
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Sarah is very creative. She's always ______________ new ideas.
[produir, inventar, ocórrer] |
COMING UP WITH |
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Dan is ____________ for a trip round the world.
[estalviar] |
SAVING UP |
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It was raining when I got up, but it ___________ during the morning.
[aclarir]
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CLEARED UP |
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"The engine caught fire and ____________."
[explotar] |
BLEW UP |
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"_____________ this letter and threw it away".
[estripar] |
TEAR UP |
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"Paul was attacked and __________ a few days ago".
[colpejat repetidament] |
BEATEN UP |
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"I'm surprised to hear than Sue and Paul have ________. The seemed very happy together when I last saw them".
[trencar, separar-se] |
SPLIT UP
BROKEN UP |
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"It's quite cold. _________ your coat before you go out".
[cordar-se, lligar] |
DO UP |
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"The kitchen looks great now that it has been _________".
[arreglar] |
DONE UP |
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"Would you _________ the meaning of this word in a dictionary?"
[buscar, consultar] |
LOOK UP |
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"We live on a busy road, so we have to ___________ a lot of noise from the traffic".
[tolerar, suportar] |
PUT UP WITH |
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"Plans to build a new factory have been ________ because of the company's financial problems".
[ajornar, aturar] |
HELD UP |
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"Don't wait for me. I don't want to ________ you _______."
[entretenir, fer anar tard] |
HOLD you UP |
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"The two brothers look very similar. Many people _______ them ______."
[confondre] |
MIX them UP
[or "GET them MIXED UP"] |
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"I dropped the ticket and it ___________ in the wind".
[sortir volant] |
BLEW AWAY |
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"I'm going out now." "What time will you ________?"
[tornar] |
BE BACK |
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"We tried to catch the thief, but he managed to __________."
[escapar] |
GET AWAY |
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"I parked in a no-parking zone, but I _____________ it".
[escapar-se'n] |
GOT AWAY WITH |
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"______________ the edge of the pool. You might fall in".
[no acostar-se a, mantenir-se lluny de] |
KEEP AWAY FROM |
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"Did you sell your old computer?" "No, I ______ it _______."
[deixar, donar] |
GAVE it AWAY |
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"___________ your toys if you're not playing anymore!".
[desar, guardar] |
PUT AWAY |
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"I sent him an email, but he never _____________ me".
[respondre] |
GOT BACK TO me |
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"I didn't like my first job at the time but, _________ it, I learned a lot".
[recordar, pensar, reflexionar] |
LOOKING BACK ON it |
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"I have to ________ the money I owe you".
[tornar] |
PAY BACK |
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To reach ; to find (the truth) |
TO GET AT sth
** Also >> TO GET AT SB: To criticise, to make the target of critics. 2. To influence illegally ("fer-se amb" "guanyar-se"). |
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1. To criticise, to make the target of critics. 2. To influence illegally ("fer-se amb" "guanyar-se"). |
TO GET AT sb
** Also >> TO GET AT sth = to reach, to find. |
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Not to be punished ("ensortir-se'n") |
TO GET AWAY WITH
** But >> TO GET OFF = to escape from a punishment or danger ("escapar-se'n").
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"Quedar-se enrere" (with work") |
TO GET BEHIND |
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To prepare a meal |
TO GET DINNER |
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1. To depress sb. 2. To take notes. 3. "Posar-se a fer en sèrio" (".... to work"). 4. Ajupir-se ("... on your knees"). |
TO GET DOWN |
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To escape from a punishment or danger ("escapar-se'n") |
TO GET OFF
** TO GET OFF lightly = to experience less suffering than expected ("escapar-ne barat").
TO GET AWAY WITH = not be punished ("ensortir-se'n"). |
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To start well |
To get off to a good start. |
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1. To manage ("... without you"). 2. To advance, to develop ("... at school"). |
TO GET ON |
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To be friends with ("portar-se bé amb") |
TO GET ON WITH sb
** To get on with sb like a house on fire = "portar-se de puta mare". ** To get on with sth = to do without delay. |
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To do without delay ("posar-s'hi"). |
TO GET ON WITH sth
** To get on with sb = portar-se bé amb |
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To gain release from an obligation ("escapar-se d'una obligació; escaquejar-se"). |
TO GET OUT OF
("She tried to get out of taking her brother to the mall"). |
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1. To recover from (a disease). 2. To accept, to believe. |
TO GET OVER
("I can't get over how young he looked!") |
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"Escampar-se" (gossips) |
TO GET ROUND |
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"Fer temps per a", "Trobar temps per a" |
TO GET ROUND TO STH
("John was going to tell me the secret, but he didn't get round to it"). |
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1. "Passar, aprovar". 2. To use up all of ("acabar amb"). |
TO GET THROUGH. |
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1. To reach, to succeed in making contact. 2. To successfully explain sth, to make sb understand. |
TO GET THROUGH TO sb
2. ("I've tried to get through to him that we are working hard"). |
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"Portar-ne alguna de cap" |
TO GET UP TO sth |
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To take your revenge on sb |
TO GET your own back ON sb |
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To abolish |
TO DO AWAY WITH |
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To manage without sth |
TO DO WITHOUT sth |
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To prevent sb from having [by deceit] ("enganyar, estafar") |
TO DO sb OUT OF |
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"Netejar, ordenar" |
TO DO OUT.
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1. To put in a bundle ("papers"). 2. To fasten ("shoelaces"). |
TO DO UP. |
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1. To create a situation. 2. To help promote. 3. To head towards. |
TO MAKE FOR |
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1. To manage to see. 2. To claim, to pretend. 3. To understand. 4. To touch sexually ("liar-se, fotre's mà"). |
TO MAKE OUT |
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"Tocar el dos, anar-se'n ràpidament" |
TO MAKE OFF |
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"Pensar, opinar sobre" |
TO MAKE OF sb / sth |
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1. To constitute, to form. 2. To prepare by mixing. 3. To make more numerous ("the figures"). |
TO MAKE UP
1. Made up of stone. 2. To make up a prescription. |
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To compensate. |
TO MAKE UP FOR |
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To wheedle, to be nice to sb in order to get sth |
TO MAKE UP TO sb |
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To cause, to trigger ("political changes"). |
TO BRING ABOUT
("These decisions bring about political changes"). |
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To re-introduce |
TO BRING BACK |
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1. "abaixar" (impostos). 2. "derrocar" (governs). |
TO BRING DOWN |
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To succeed ("aconseguir-ho, ensortir-se'n") |
TO BRING it OFF |
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To cause, to provoke ("a rash") |
TO BRING ON
("The bumpy journey brought on labour" = el viatge ple de sots va provocar el part"). |
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To introduce ("treure al mercat") |
TO BRING OUT |
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To raise, to educate |
TO BRING sb UP |
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To persuade |
TO BRING sb ROUND |
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To become law |
TO BE BROUGHT INTO FORCE |
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1. To reveal.
2. To make public.
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1. TO BRING TO LIFE.
2. TO BRING INTO THE OPEN. |
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To resemble sb |
TO TAKE AFTER sb
("doesn't he take after his father?") |
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To withdraw ("retirar") |
To take back.
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To undersand ("a text") |
To take in |
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"Prendre-la amb algú, agafar-li mania a algú" |
TO TAKE IT OUT ON sb |
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To be deceived. |
TO BE TAKEN IN |
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1. "Imitar". 2. To start to improve. 3. "Enlairar-se". |
TO TAKE OFF |
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Imitar algú |
TO TAKE sb OFF |
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"Agafar" (workers, more work). |
TO TAKE ON |
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To contract (an insurance, a subscription, a loan) |
TO TAKE OUT. |
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"Assumir, prendre el control" |
TO TAKE OVER |
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To forme an immediate liking for sb ("agafar carinyo a, aficionar-se") |
TO TAKE TO sb / sth |
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1. To reduce in size, shorten ("clothes"). 2. To start ("a hobby"). |
TO TAKE UP |
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To draw satisfaction from sth |
TO TAKE PRIDE IN sth |
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1. to visit. 2. to seek help. |
TO CALL ON sb |
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To appear ("aparèixer") |
TO COME ALONG. TO TURN UP. TO ROLL UP. TO SHOW UP. |
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To regain conciousness ("tornar en si") |
TO COME ROUND TO COME TO |
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"Girar cua, fer mitja volta" |
TO DOUBLE BACK |
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"Menjar per dins" "Corroir" |
TO EAT AWAY AT sth |
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1. To have interest in. 2. To take part in. |
TO GO IN FOR sth. |
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"Penjar el telèfon als morros d'algú" |
TO HANG the phone UP ON sb |
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"Atropellar" |
TO RUN OVER sb
TO KNOCK sb DOWN |
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To make sb faint ["deixar algú KO"]. |
TO KNOCK sb OUT |
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"Anar a visitar, anar a fer una visita, anar a veure com es troba" |
TO LOOK IN ON sb
("I look in on my parents every evening"). |
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To become better, to improve ["millorar"] |
TO LOOK UP
("Thinks are looking up"). |
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1. To faint, to collapse. 2. "Anar borratxo". |
TO PASS OUT |
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"Morir, traspassar" |
TO PASS ON |
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To consider X is caused by Y |
TO PUT x DOWN TO y
TO SET x DOWN TO y
("We set your failure down to your emotions"). |
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"Desalentar, fer repensar" |
TO PUT OFF
("I was interested in buying a bike, but a friend put me off"). |
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To criticise sb |
TO RUN sb DOWN |
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To encounter by chance ("topar amb") |
TO RUN INTO
("Our plans have run into a few difficulties"). |
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"Anar a veure què et diuen d'X" "Anar a investigar sobre X" |
TO GO TO SEE ABOUT X
("She's gone to see about having a new phone installed"). |
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"Anar-se'n (de viatge), partir" |
TO SET OUT
TO SET OFF |
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1. To defend. 2. To represent. |
TO STAND FOR
("he's been chosen to stand for Parliament") |
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To fail to meet for date ("deixar plantat, deixar tirat"). |
TO STAND sb UP
TO BAIL ON sb TO BAIL OUT ON sb |