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Question		Answer
Break down start learning		To explain step by step or divide into simpler parts
Go over start learning		To review or explain something again
Explain in detail start learning		To give all necessary information
Give an explanation start learning		To explain something, usually formally
Make it clear start learning		To ensure that everyone understands
Stand to reason start learning		To introduce or emphasize an obvious explanation
Get to the point start learning		To explain the most important part without unnecessary details
Elaborate on (something) start learning		To give more details or information about something
Fill in start learning		To provide missing information
Flesh out start learning		To add more details to something
Sum up start learning		To give the main information in a short statement
Outline (an idea) start learning		To give a general explanation or summary
Enlighten (someone) start learning		To give someone information that makes something clearer
Shed light on start learning		To give new or clearer information about something
Clear up start learning		To make something less confusing or easier to understand
Drive home start learning		To make something clear by emphasizing it
Talk over start learning		To discuss or explain something with someone
Spell something out start learning		To explain something step by step or in detail
Expand on start learning		To add more detail or information to something
Put across start learning		To express or explain an idea so that people understand it
Dispel (a doubt, a myth) start learning		To make something (such as a doubt or myth) easier to understand or prove it wrong
Draw a distinction start learning		To explain the difference between two things
Put off start learning		To postpone or delay something
Put on start learning		To dress in (clothes), organize, or pretend
Put out start learning		To extinguish (a fire), publish, or inconvenience someone
Put up with start learning		To tolerate or endure something unpleasant
Put away start learning		To store or place something in its proper place
Put down start learning		To place something on a surface, insult, or write
Put through start learning		To connect by phone or cause to experience
Put aside start learning		To save or reserve for later
Put together start learning		To assemble or combine
Put up to accommodate someone start learning		To build or erect
Put forward start learning		To suggest or propose
Put back start learning		To return something to its original place
Put across start learning		To communicate effectively
Put in to install start learning		To make an effort
Put over start learning		To communicate something clearly
Put at start learning		To estimate (a value or amount)
Put down to start learning		To attribute as the cause
Put up for start learning		To offer for sale or adoption
Put yourself in someone’s shoes start learning		To imagine oneself in another’s situation
Put pressure on start learning		To force or persuade someone
Put to use start learning		To use something for a purpose
Put off by start learning		To be discouraged or repelled by
Put out of start learning		To remove or get rid of
Come about start learning		To happen or occur
Come across start learning		To find or encounter by chance, or to make an impression
Come after start learning		To pursue or follow
Come along start learning		To accompany, arrive, or make progress
Come apart start learning		To break into pieces
Come around start learning		To change one’s opinion or recover consciousness
Come at start learning		To approach or attack
Come away start learning		To leave a place with a particular feeling or result
Come back start learning		To return
Come before start learning		To have greater importance or to appear before someone in authority
Come by start learning		To visit, or to acquire something
Come down start learning		To descend or fall
Come down on start learning		To criticize heavily
Come down with start learning		To become ill with something
Come forward start learning		To offer help or information
Come in start learning		To enter
Come in for start learning		To receive (especially criticism or blame)
Come into start learning		To inherit or receive something
Come off start learning		To succeed or to be separated from something
Come on start learning		To make progress or to start functioning
Come out start learning		To be published, revealed, or to leave a place
Come out in start learning		To develop (especially spots or a rash)
Come out of start learning		To result from a process or event
Come over start learning		To visit, or to be affected by a strong feeling
Come through start learning		To survive or successfully complete something
Come to start learning		To regain consciousness, or to result in a total amount
Come together start learning		To join or assemble
Come under start learning		To be subject to or experience something
Come up start learning		To arise or be mentioned
Come up against start learning		To face opposition or trouble
Come up to start learning		To approach or reach a standard or level
Come up with start learning		To produce or think of an idea or plan
Come upon start learning		To discover or find unexpectedly
Come with start learning		To be included or involved as part of something
Come for start learning		To arrive to arrest or punish
Come in for start learning		To receive something, usually criticism or blame
Get across start learning		To successfully communicate an idea or message
Get along start learning		To have a good relationship or to manage
Get around start learning		To move from place to place or to avoid a problem
Get at start learning		To suggest or imply something
Get away start learning		To escape or go on a short trip
Get back start learning		To return or recover something
Get by start learning		To manage to survive or cope, especially financially
Get down start learning		To make someone feel sad or to write something down
Get in start learning		To enter or arrive
Get off start learning		To leave a vehicle or to avoid punishment
Get on start learning		To board a vehicle or to have a good relationship
Get out start learning		To leave or escape from a place
Get over start learning		To recover from an illness or an emotional experience
Get through start learning		To successfully complete or endure something
Get together start learning		To meet socially
Get up start learning		To rise from bed or to increase
Get rid of start learning		To remove or discard something
Get behind start learning		To support or to fall behind schedule
Get down to start learning		To start to focus seriously on something
Get off with start learning		To receive a light punishment or to leave company with someone
Get on with start learning		To continue doing something or to have a good relationship
Get out of start learning		To avoid doing something or to emerge from a place
Get round to start learning		To find time to do something
Get carried away start learning		To become overly excited or enthusiastic
Get wind of start learning		To learn about something secret or private
Get in on start learning		To become involved in something
Get stuck start learning		To become trapped or unable to move forward
Take after start learning		To resemble a family member in appearance or behavior
Take apart start learning		To disassemble or separate into pieces
Take back start learning		To return something or to withdraw a statement
Take down start learning		To write something or to remove something from a higher place
Take in also to allow someone to stay temporarily start learning		To understand or absorb information
Take off start learning		To remove clothing or to leave the ground (for airplanes)
Take on start learning		To accept a challenge, responsibility, or a task
Take out also to go on a date or treat someone start learning		To remove something or someone
Take over start learning		To assume control or responsibility
Take through start learning		To explain something in detail step by step
Take up start learning		To begin a new activity or to occupy space/time
Take away start learning		To remove something or to subtract
Take for start learning		To mistaken someone or something as something else
Take up with start learning		To begin to associate with someone, usually new friends or company
Take to start learning		To develop a habit or to like someone or something
Take off with start learning		To leave quickly with something, often stealing
Take back on start learning		To hire someone again after firing or leaving
Take in stride start learning		To deal calmly with difficulties or challenges
Take the lead start learning		To be in front or to be the first to do something
Look after start learning		To take care of someone or something
Look around start learning		To explore or inspect a place
Look back start learning		To think about the past
Look down on start learning		To regard someone or something as inferior
Look for start learning		To try to find something or someone
Look forward to start learning		To anticipate something with pleasure
Look in start learning		To visit briefly or check on someone
Look into start learning		To investigate or examine something
Look on start learning		To be a spectator or observer
Look out start learning		To be careful or watchful
Look over start learning		To examine or check something quickly
Look through to ignore start learning		To examine or read quickly
Look to start learning		To rely on or depend on someone or something
Look up to improve start learning		To search for information
Look up to start learning		To admire or respect someone
Break down start learning		To stop functioning or to analyze something into parts
Break in start learning		To enter a place by force or to interrupt
Break up start learning		To end a relationship or to divide into smaller parts
Break out start learning		To start suddenly (usually something unpleasant, like a war or fire)
Break off start learning		To end something suddenly or to detach a part
Break through start learning		To overcome an obstacle or make progress
Break into start learning		To enter forcibly or suddenly begin doing something
Break away start learning		To separate from a group or escape
Break even start learning		To have no profit or loss
Break out in start learning		To develop (especially spots, a rash, or sweat)
Break the news start learning		To inform someone about important or disturbing information
Turn around start learning		To change direction or to improve a situation
Turn away start learning		To refuse entry or to look in another direction
Turn back start learning		To return to a previous place or to reverse a decision
Turn down start learning		To reject an offer or to reduce volume or intensity
Turn in start learning		To submit something or to go to bed
Turn into start learning		To transform or change into something else
Turn off start learning		To switch something off or to cause dislike or disinterest
Turn on start learning		To switch something on or to excite or attract someone
Turn out start learning		To result in a particular way or to attend an event
Turn over start learning		To flip or rotate something or to transfer control or ownership
Turn up start learning		To appear or be found unexpectedly or to increase volume or intensity
Turn to start learning		To seek help or advice from someone
Turn against start learning		To become hostile toward someone
Turn away from start learning		To reject or refuse to accept
Turn over to start learning		To hand something over to someone else
Turn over in one’s mind start learning		To think carefully about something
Bring about start learning		To cause something to happen
Bring along start learning		To take someone or something with you
Bring around start learning		To persuade someone to agree or to make someone regain consciousness
Bring back start learning		To return something or to cause a memory or feeling to return
Bring down start learning		To reduce or to cause to fall
Bring forward start learning		To mention or present something for consideration earlier than planned
Bring in start learning		To introduce or earn money or bring someone into a situation
Bring off start learning		To succeed in doing something difficult
Bring on start learning		To cause something to happen, usually something negative
Bring out start learning		To make something noticeable or to publish/release something
Bring round start learning		To persuade or to revive someone (similar to bring around)
Bring to start learning		To cause to regain consciousness
Bring up start learning		To mention a topic or to raise a child
Cut across start learning		To go from one side to the other, often indicating directness
Cut back (on) start learning		To reduce the amount of something
Cut down start learning		To fell a tree or to reduce the size or amount of something
Cut in start learning		To interrupt a conversation or to move into a lane of traffic closely
Cut into start learning		To reduce profits or resources, or to interrupt
Cut off start learning		To stop supplying or to isolate someone or something
Cut out start learning		To remove something by cutting or to stop doing something
Cut up start learning		To cut into pieces or to behave in a silly or annoying way
Set about start learning		To begin doing something
Set aside start learning		To save or reserve something for a particular purpose
Set back start learning		To delay progress or cause someone to spend money
Set down to place something on a surface start learning		To write or record information
Set forth to start a journey start learning		To explain or describe something clearly
Set in start learning		To begin and seem likely to continue (usually something unpleasant)
Set off start learning		To start a journey or cause something to explode or happen
Set on start learning		To attack someone or to be determined to do something
Set out start learning		To start a journey or to explain something in detail
Set to start learning		To start working hard or attacking
Set up to trick or frame someone start learning		To establish or arrange something
Make up She made up a story to explain her absence. start learning		to invent or reconcile
Make out I couldn’t make out what he was saying. start learning		to see, hear, or understand something with difficulty
Make for After the show, we made for the exit quickly. start learning		to move towards or help result in something
Make off The thief made off with the money. start learning		to escape or run away (usually with something)
Make into They made the old barn into a guesthouse. start learning		to change something into something else
Make over She made over the house to her daughter. start learning		to renovate or transfer ownership
Make up for He worked hard to make up for lost time. start learning		to compensate
Make of What do you make of his reaction? start learning		to think or interpret something
Make after The dog made after the cat down the street. start learning		to chase or pursue
Make with Come on, make with the money! start learning		to provide or produce something (informal)
Make out to be He makes himself out to be a victim. start learning		to claim falsely
Make away with Someone made away with my wallet. start learning		to steal or take
Make do with We’ll have to make do with what we have. start learning		to manage with less than ideal
Make time for He always makes time for his children. start learning		to find time for someone or something
Make a difference Volunteering can really make a difference. start learning		to have an effect
Make a fuss Don’t make a fuss about the delay. start learning		to complain or get upset
Make an effort Please make an effort to be on time. start learning		to try
Make sense That explanation doesn’t make sense to me. start learning		to be reasonable or understandable
Make believe The kids were making believe they were pirates. start learning		to pretend
Make peace The two countries made peace after years of conflict. start learning		to reconcile or stop fighting
Make war The kingdom made war on its neighbor. start learning		to start or engage in conflict
Make friends He finds it easy to make friends at school. start learning		to establish friendships
Make fun of Don’t make fun of his accent. start learning		to mock or tease
Make a move It’s time to make a move and change jobs. start learning		to take action
Make money He made a lot of money in real estate. start learning		to earn income
Make a call I need to make a call before we leave. start learning		to telephone
Make a deal They made a deal on the price of the car. start learning		to come to an agreement
Make a point She made a point of thanking everyone. start learning		to emphasize something
Make a decision He finally made a decision about the job offer. start learning		to choose something

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