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give up - stop - She gave up eating fatty foods when she went on a diet. start learning
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give away - reveal - Spies gave away top secret information during the war. start learning
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give in/up - surrender - Although it looked as though Steffi was winning the match, Monica refused to give up. start learning
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give out/away - give freely - The charity gave out food to the poor and need. start learning
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give off/out - emit - For such a small electric fire, it gives off a lot of heat. start learning
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give out - come to an end - the food supplies gave out before they reached the summit of the mountain start learning
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take down - remove - they took down the old painting and put up a new portrait. start learning
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be taken aback - be suprised - I was taken aback by his rude reply. start learning
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be taken in - be deceived - Don't be taken in by his friendly manner. Dave's not as nice as he appears. start learning
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nabrać się. oszukiwać się
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take off - leave the ground - Fasten your seat belts before the plane takes off. start learning
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wystartować (o samolocie)
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take over - take control of - the boss asked Mr Smith to take over the running of the office while he was away. start learning
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take up - begin a hobby, activity, etc. - He took up judo to get some exercise. start learning
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take to - like - The children took to their new teacher the moment they saw her. start learning
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get over - recover from - It took her years to get over the death of her husband start learning
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get away - go on holiday - He decided to get away for a while after months of hard work. start learning
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get on/along with - have a good relationship with - You should try to get on with Andy; he is your brother, after all. start learning
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get by - survive - He doesn't make a lot of money, but he has enough to get by start learning
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get away with - escape without being punished - Small-time criminals rarely get away with their crimes. start learning
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wywinąć się przed odpowiedzialnością
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cut down on - reduce consumption of - The doctors advised her to cut down on sugar and fat. start learning
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cut into - interrupt sb while speaking - the secretary cut into to tell them that someone was asking for Mr Jones on the phone. start learning
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cut off - isolated - their house was cut off from the rest by the heavy snow. start learning
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cut off - disconnected - They had their electricity cuf off because they failed to pay the bill. start learning
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cut out - remove - The editor cut out several paragraphs to make the text shorter. start learning
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be carried away - got excited - the aucience were carried away by their brilliant performance. start learning
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być podekscytowanym, dać się ponieść
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carry out - fulfil - Peter carried out his promise to help us. start learning
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carry sth through - complete - Despite the difficulties, they managed to carry the task through. start learning
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carry on with - continue - Although his leg was bothering him, the dancer carried on with the performance. start learning
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turn up - arrive - Steve finally turned up at the party two hours late. start learning
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turn on/off - switch on/off - Don't forget to turn off the cooker before you leave. start learning
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turn to - goes to sb for help - When she is in trouble, she always turns to her parents for help. start learning
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turn down - reject - He turned down the job offer because the money the offered him wasn't good. start learning
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turn out - prove to be - Pierre turned out to be the most creative chef they had ever employed. start learning
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okazywać się, okazało się
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break in/ into - enter a place illegally - the burglar managed to break into the house and steal the TV and video. start learning
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break off - separate - i broke off a piece of chocolate and gave it to my friend. start learning
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break out of - escape from - Four prisoners broke out of prison during the riots yesterday. start learning
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break up - end a relationship - Unfortunately, Jackie and Andy broke up just a few days before Christmas. start learning
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grow out of - overcome - Tim used to be afraid of heights, but now that he's been climbing a few times he has grown out of his fear. start learning
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wyrosnąć z czegoś, przezwyciężyć, pokonać
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grow from - develop from - His skill in computer grew from his interest in computer games. start learning
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grow up - become an adult - 4-year-old Joseph wants to be a basketball player when he grows up. start learning
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put off - postpone - the meeting has been put off until next month because the director is in Africa. start learning
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put up - raise - I'm going to sell my car if they are going to put up the price of petrol again. start learning
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put up with - tolerate - I refuse to put up with that noise. I'm going to call the police. start learning
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put out - extinguish - Fortunately the fire brigade were able to put out the fire. start learning
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put in - devote - Jim has put in a lot of time and effort in order to finish his project. start learning
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bring out - reveal - Co-opearation brings out the best in people. start learning
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bring on/about - cause - Heavy smoking brought about his death. start learning
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bring round - persuade - Mary managed to bring her father round to her point of view. start learning
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bring round - make sb regain consciousness - they brought him round by splashing water on him. start learning
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bring up - raise(children) - It is very hard to bring up a child. start learning
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run out of - have no more - When I went to make some coffee, I realised we had run out of sugar. start learning
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run into = collide with - Drive more carefully, or you will run into another car. start learning
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run into - encounter - The team of climbers ran into so many problems that they were unable to reach the mountain top. start learning
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