phrasal verbs Flashcards

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ready something for someon to start up something

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set up

set up an experiment

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perform a task

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carry out

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to clean

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pick up
pick up the children from school
pick up a book
her performance at school picked up
i picked up my room
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return to one´s previous origin

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go back

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to learn

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pick up
pick up the children from school
pick up a book
her performance at school picked up
i picked up my room
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continue

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go on

carry on

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to have returned to one’s previous origin

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come back

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to retort

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to come back

I can never come back with a good comeback

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try out something

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go out

i went out for it and made the team

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indicate someone or something from a group

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point out

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discover

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find out

they found out the x-rays

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to happen unexpectly

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to come up

something come up and i was unable to visit

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to learn

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find out
pick up

find out if he speaks russian
pick up the children from school
pick up a book
her performance at school picked up
i picked up my room
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to break a promise

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go back

they went back on their promise

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to compensate for

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make up
i’ll make up my room
i will make up for my mistake

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to become

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to come out
he suddently came out at the wedding
the last woody allen film hasn’t come out yet
how will the game come out?

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turn out

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to come out
he suddently came out at the wedding
the last woody allen film hasn’t come out yet
how will the game come out?

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receive

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come in
news came in of the massacre in rwanda
come into fashion

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adquire

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come in
news came in of the massacre in rwanda
come into fashion

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to be accepted

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go down

joining the army won’t go down well with dad

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to happen

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go down

when did that go down?

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to solve a problem

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work out
i love to work out difficult math problems
things worked out in an interesting way

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begin a journey

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set out

she set out at dawn for town

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to design

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set out

i he has failed to set out a schedule which would be quick and cheap

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to plan
set out | she set out to start a new life
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to attempt
set out | he set out to find the answer
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to return
get back
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to continue communicating with someone at a later time
get back | i'll get back to you later
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to assume control
take over
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to end satisfactorily
turn out
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to produce something
turn out | an assembly line turning out cars
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to attend
turn out | even though it rained the fans turned out at the concert
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to assume
take on
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to employ
take on | she might take on the role of mother
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to quit
give up
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review past events
look back
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surrender
give up
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to encamp
sit down
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to dress
get up | for halloween she got herself up as a witch
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search for information
look up
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to become more prosperous
look up
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to increase
go up
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to be in process of construction
go up
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get free
get out
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to produce, to complete
get out
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something made to take away
take out
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to arise
get up
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to drop
come down
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write down
put down
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mercifully kill an animal
put down
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to appear
turn up | i lost my puppy yesterday and he hasn't turned up yet
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search an find something
turn up
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to increase, to intensify
turn up | turn up the volume
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make progress
get on get on on playing the game you get on the new bus
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to mention a person or thing
bring up | dustin still owes me 4000 euros. next time i see him i will bring that up
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to yield as profit
bring in
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to present (for consideration) formally
bring in | to be accepted int some clubs you must be brought in by a current member
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to return in thought
loop back
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to descend through inheritance
come down
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to return
bring back
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to return to consciousness
bring back
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to fall apart
break down
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to hava a physical or mental collapse
break down
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to start fly
take off
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to become popular
take off
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to withdraw from
take off
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to deduct
take off | i'm going to take off monday from work and enjoy some time with my family
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to explode
go off
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to leave
go off | explorers usually go off to find new lands
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to happen as planned
go off | the party went off without any problems
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to make comething happen
bring about
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to regard with disdain
look down
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to take part of something
go in | i went int on a bet with my friends that our teacher would cancel the class
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to anger someone
set off | my brother really set me off
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to cause to be ignited
set off
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irritated, bothered
put out
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to estinguish
put out
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to publish
put out
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to be vigilant
look out
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to cancel one's statement
take back
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to cause to remember
take back
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to rob someone
hold up
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to wait
hold up
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to support
hold up
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to begin
set off
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toparse con
bump into students may be lucky enough to bump into one of the movie stars you bump into elephants
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alcanzar | encontrar a alguien después de un periodo de tiempo
catch up with it requires an era of peace to catch up with the more developed parts of the country i caught up with her at the conference
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sobrellevar | seguir adelante
get on with | how do to get on with your life if you just keep crying about wath happened to you?
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mantener | continuar
keep up keep up the good work keep up with the times
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llevarse bien con alguien
to get on well | the man and the boy found that tey got on well together
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atropellar
run over
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llegar a comprender | ver a través
see through
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descubrir | encontrar
come across
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manejarse | defenderse
get by