phrasale 1-3

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1. act up
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to behave awkwardly or badly
2. answer (sb) back
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to speak rudely to sb
3. answer back
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to defend oneself
4. answer for
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to be responsible for sth
5. answer to
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to be under the command of sb
6. back down
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to cease to oppose
7. back out of
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to withdraw from
8. back up
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to support
9. be beneath sb
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to be demeaning
10. be down on
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to be hostile to sb
11. be down with
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to be ill (with a disease)
12. be in for it
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to be about to receive punishment/trouble
13. be in with
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to be in favour with; share secrets with
14. be into (informal)
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to take an interest in sth
15. be off
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(1) to cease to want or be interested in sth, (2) to have come loose, detached from sth, (3) to stay away from work/school, (4) to cancel, (5) to be bad, unhealthy (usu food)
16. be on
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to be shown on television, at the cinema etc
17. be out
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(1) to be in bloom, (2) to be extin-guished, (3) to be removed, (4) to be absent (from home or work), (5) to be wrong in calculation, (6) to be unfashionable
18. be up to
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(1) to do, (2) to depend on
19. bear on
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to be relevant to
20. bear with
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to tolerate
21. bank on
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to depend on
22. bear out
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to support the truth of
23. become of
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to happen to
24. blink at
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to show surprise
25. blow over
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to stop
26. blow up
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to explode
27. book up
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to reserve
28. break away
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to escape from captivity
29. break down
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(1) to fail to function, (2) to lose control of feelings
30. break in
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(1) to interrupt, (2) to enter a building by force
31. break off
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to end sth suddenly
32. break out
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(1) to start suddenly (of violent events), (2) to escape from a place
33. break through
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(1) to make a discovery, (2) to come out from behind cover
34. break up
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(1) to end a relationship, (2) to disperse
35. break with
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to give up sth
36. brush up
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to improve by study
37. build up
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to aquire gradually
38. bring about
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to cause
39. bring in
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to introduce (law, idea)
40. bring off
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to succeed in (sth difficult)
41. bring on
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to cause an illness
42. bring out
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to publish
43. bring round/to
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to cause sb to regain consciousness
44. bring up
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(1) to stop, (2) to mention a subject, (3) to vomit, (4) to raise a child
45. call at
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to visit briefly
46. call back
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to ask to return
47. call for
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to need, to demand
48. call in
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to consult
49. call off
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to cancel
50. call out
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to cause to go on strike
51. call up
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to conscript
52. carry off
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to succeed in doing sth difficult
53. carry on
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(1) to continue, (2) to behave wildly
54. carry out
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to fulfil or perform sth
55. carry over
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to last from another time
56. carry through
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to complete sth in spite of difficulties
57. catch at
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to try to hold on use sth
58. catch on
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to become popular
59. catch up
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to reach sb who is ahead
60. chip in
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to add one's share of money
61. clear away
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to remove
62. clear of
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to find innocent
63. clear off
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to run away
64. clear out
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to get rid of unwanted things
65. clear up
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(of the weather) to brighten
66. charge to
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to record sth as a debt to be paid by sb
67. charge with
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to accuse sb of sth (esp in a court of law)

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