Phrasal Verbs

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to need or want sth
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(could) do with sth
((not) to look well in a photograph
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(not) to come out well
not to agree with sth. not approve of sth)
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(not) to hold with sth
out (discover sb doing sth wrong, to put sb in a difficult or unpleasant situation because of something that they did not expect)
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to catch sb out
to have suitable features for a job, task, etc.)
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to (be) cut out to be sb/ for sth
(to get too excited to control oneself)
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to (get) carried away
(to finish)
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to be over
(to be completely surprised)
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to be taken aback
(to be left for somebody to decide)
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to be up to sb
(to be very tired)
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to be worn out
(to stop working properly)
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to break down
(to organise figures, numbers, data)
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to break down sth
(new shoes. a horse)
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to break in
(to interrupt)
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to break in on sth
(to enter a house, a bank, etc. without permission)
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to break into sth
(of war, disease - to begin)
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to break out
(to discover something important)
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to break through in sth
(to terminate a relationship)
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to break up (with sb)
(to terminate a relationship for a period of time)
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to break up for
(to topple sb)[make sb fall]
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to bring down sb
(to be the source of income or profit)
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to bring in sth
(to cause sth unpleasant or dangerous)
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to bring on sth/ to bring sth on
(to help sb regain consciousness)
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to bring sb round
(to persuade sb to accept an idea) to bring sth about (to cause)
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to bring sb round to sth
(to produce, to make visible)
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to bring sth out
(to suggest a subject for discussion
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to bring sth up
(to raise)
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to bring sb up
(to deserve)
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to call for sth
to ask somebody to help to deal with a difficult situation)
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to call sb in
(to demand)
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to call on sth/sb
(to cancel)
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to call sth off
(to show data on a computer screen, to draft a recruit into the army or a football player into a team)
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to call sth/sb up
(to continue)
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to carry on with sth
(to conduct research)
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to carry out sth
(to succeed in sth. to complete sth well)
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to carry sth off
to complete sth despite difficulties)
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to carry sth through
to gain popularity)
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to catch on
to find)
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to catch up with sth/sb to come across sth
to acquire)
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to come by sth
(medicine - to stop taking it)
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to come off
of stains - to disappear)
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to come off
(of a book - to be published)
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to come out
to encounter, esp problems)
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to come up against
to meet sb's expectations)
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to come up to sb's expectations
(to produce an answer or an idea)
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to come up with
(to reduce)
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to cut down on
to interrupt a conversation)
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to cut in
(to place one's car in front of another car abruptly)
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to cut in on sb
(to stop supplying sth, e.g. gas, electricity)
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to cut off sth
(to delete, e.g. a passage from a book)
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to cut sth out from sth
(to divide into smaller parts)
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to cut up sth
(to make sb realize sth, to make sb aware of sth)
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to dawn on sb
(to abolish, to get rid of)
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to do away with
to treat sb unfairly, to cheat sb)
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to do sb down
to repair or clean, e.g. a room, to fasten)
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to do up sth
to manage without sth or someone)
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to do without
(to encourage a shy person to be more confident)
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to draw sb out
of cars - to arrive somewhere and stop)
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to draw up
to break into pieces)
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to fall apart
(to use something in times of difficulty if there is no other choice)
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to fall back on
(not to do something by a particular time)
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to fall behind
(to fall in love with sb)
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to fall for sb
to be deceived by sth)
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to fall for sth
(to collapse)
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to fall in
(to match, to correspond with sth, to agree with sth)
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to fall in with sth
(a category - to belong to it)
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to fall into
to attack sb)
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to fall on/ upon sb
to have an argument with somebody and stop being on friendly terms)
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to fall out with sb

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