100 PHRASAL VERBS
(1) going through – experiencing an unpleasant or difficult situation.
eg : Amelia has been going through a difficult time at work.
(ii)My friend went through some difficult times in his life.
go through sth - to examine something which contains a collection of things carefully in order to organize them or find something.
eg: I’m going through my wardrobe and throwing out all the clothes I don’t wear any more.
Remember to go through the pockets before you put those trousers in the washing machine.
“I can’t find my keys.” “Have you gone through your jacket pockets?”
Would you mind if we went through your pockets?
I don’t like to go through other people’s drawers.
We went through all the cupboards and drawers and found things we hadn’t seen for years.
She’s going through all the drawers, looking for a pen.
(2)went out – stopped giving light.
eg : Suddenly the lights went out.
(3) go about – start to do or deal with something; to start working on sth.
syn : tackle.
eg : ‘How can I go about getting a good idea?’ she asked me.
(ii) You’re not going about the job in the right way.
(ii)How should I go about finding a job?
go about sth - to begin to do something or deal with something.
eg: What’s the best way of going about this?
How can we go about solving this problem?
(4)go for - choose
eg : ‘It must be something special so that the judges go for my story over all the others.’
(ii)I think I’ll go for the fruit salad.
(iii)Instead of butter, I always go for margarine or a low-fat spread.
- to go to a place and bring sb/sth back.
eg : She’s gone for some milk.
go for sth - to try to have or achieve something.
eg: She tripped me as I went for the ball.
Are you planning to go for that scholarship to Harvard University?
The Russian relay team will again be going for the gold medal at the Olympic Games.
go in for sth - to take part in a competition.
eg: Are you planning to go in for the 100 metres race?
(5)go through – examine the contents of something carefully.
eg : I always start the day by going through my email.
(6)went off – left a place to go to somewhere else.
eg : After high school she had gone off to rain as a doctor and ended up in Africa.
(ii)She just went off without saying goodbye. I wonder if I offended her?
(iii)She went off to get a drink.
- to be fired;to explode
eg : The bomb went off in a crowded street.
The bomb went off at midday.
They could hear the sound of bombs going off in the background.
The explosives went off without warning.
go off - to happen in a particular way.
eg: The protest march went off peacefully.
(7)went on – continued
eg : She went on reading all afternoon.
(ii)It went on raining all day.
(8) go about sth – to continue to do sth to keep busy with sth.
eg : Despite the threat of war, people went about their business as usual.
(9)go together – if two types of thing or people go together,they are usually found with each other.
eg : A bad cough and a sore throat often go together.
go together - to look good together.
eg: Do you think the cream dress and the blue jacket go together?
hat shirt doesn’t really go together with those trousers.
Do you think these colours go together?
Grey goes together with lots of colours.
The new extension goes together with the rest of the building.
(10) go on - happen
eg : There’s a police car outside the shop. Do you know what’s going on?
(ii) What was going on in the staffroom at lauchtime? I heard someone shouting.
(11)go by – to pass
eg : Things will get easier as time goes by.
(ii)The weeks went slowly by.
(iii) You can watch the trains going by from this window.
go by - to move past, in space or time.
eg: You can’t let an opportunity like that go by – it’s too good to miss.
Hardly a day goes by when I don’t think about her.
(12) go along - to go to a place or event, usually without much planning.
eg: I might go along to the party later.
When are you planning to go along to the exhibition?
He went along to the meeting with no expectations.
There’s nothing to stop you from going along as well.
My husband is speaking at the dinner and I’m just going along for the ride.
They hold free lunchtime concerts which I try to go along to.
go along - to continue doing something.
eg: I’ll explain the rules as we go along.
(13) go away – to leave your home in order to spend time somewhere else, usually for a holiday.
eg: We usually go away for the summer.
He goes away on business a lot.
(14) go down (sth) - to reach or go as far as.
eg: Its roots can go down three metres.
This path goes down to the river.
Go down to (= Read as far as) the bottom of the page.
go down - to be reduced in price, value, amount, quality, level or size.
eg: The temperature went down to minus ten last night.
The company’s shares went down 7p to 53p.
The swelling’s gone down but there’s still a lot of bruising.
He went down in my estimation when he started trying to be a singer as well as an actor.
(15) go down with sth - to start to suffer from an infectious disease.
eg: Half of Martha’s class has gone down with flu.
(16) go off - If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working.
eg: The lights went off in several villages because of the storm.
The damage to the fuse box caused the power to go off.
The light goes off when the batteries are flat.
The match had to be abandoned when the floodlights went off.
The electricity will be going off for ten minutes while the workmen test the circuit.
It’s getting cold. The heater must have gone off.
(17) go over sth - to examine or look at something in a careful or detailed way.
eg: Forensic scientists are going over the victim’s flat in a search for clues about the murderer.
Remember to go over your essay checking for grammar and spelling mistakes before you hand it in to me.
I’ve gone over the problem several times, but I can’t think of a solution.
(18) go round - If there is enough of something to go round, there is enough for everyone in a group of people.
eg: Are there enough pencils to go round?
go round - to visit someone in their home.
eg: I’m just going round to Martha’s for half an hour.
Why didn’t you tell me Perry had been round?
(19) go to sb - to be given or sold to someone.
eg: Who did the award for Best Actress go to?
All the money raised will go to charity.
The painting went to the highest bidder.
(20) go up - to move higher, rise or increase.
eg: The average cost of a new house has gone up by 5% to £76 500.
Her salary will go up by a hefty 10%.
The curtain went up on another performance.
The area has recently become very fashionable and house prices are going up.
A flag goes up to indicate that the runners are ready.
(21) go with sth - If one thing goes with another, they suit each other or they look or taste good together.
eg: This wine goes particularly well with seafood.
I’m not sure that this hat really goes with this dress.
(12) look forward to sth/doing sth – feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen.
eg : I’m really looking forward to seeing my cousins again next week.
(ii)I’m really looking forward to the weekend.
(13)look around/round – try to find something you want (eg : a job)by asking different people or by looking in different places.
eg : She’s looking around/round for a new English course.She’s not very satisfied with the one she’s following at the moment.
(ii)We’re looking around for a new house in this area.
(14)look after sb/sth – take care of someone or something by doing what is needed to keep someone or something well or in good condition.
eg : She loves looking after children,so she has decided to train as a nanny.
(15)look ahead – think about what will happen in the future and plan for those events.
eg : We have to look ahead /forward to the time when our child will be old enough to go to university.
(16)look down on sb/sth – think that someone or something is less important than you,or that something is not good enough quality for you to use.
eg : Lord Muck is a terrible snob.He looks down on most other people.
(17)look at – read quicky and not very carefully.
eg : I didn’t have time to read the newspaper yesterday.I only looked at it very quickly.
(18)look out – used to warn sb to be careful, especially when there is danger.
syn : watch out
eg : Look out ! There’s a car coming.
(19)look for sth – to hope for sth; to expect sth.
eg :We shall be looking for an improvement in your work this term.
(20)get together – if two or more people get together,they meet in order to do something or spend time together.
eg : It’s nice to get together with people you get on with.
get on ( often +with) – if two or more people get on, they like each other and are friendly to each other.
eg : A : how do you and Joe get on?
B: We’re great friends.
(21) get on (often +with) – continue doing sth,especially work.
eg : I must get on with my work.i got behind because I spent too much time on the internet.
get behind (often +with) – if you get behind with work or with payments, you have not done as much work or paid as much as you should by a particular time ; used to talk or ask about how well s is going in a particular situation.
eg : He’s getting on very well at school.
(ii)How did you get on at the interview?
get on to sb – to contact sb by telephone, letter or email.
eg : The heating isn’t working,I’ll get on to the landlord about it.
(22)get sth over with – do and complete sth difficult or unpleasant that must be done.
eg : Let’s get this meeting over with, or else we’ll never get away before the rush hour and it will take ages to get home.
get away – leave a place or person,often when the situation makes it difficulty for you to do so.
eg : A : Will you manage to get away soon?
B : I certainly hope so.
(ii) I’ll get away from work as soon as I can.
get over sth/sb - to get better after an illness, or feel better after something or someone has made you unhappy.
eg: She was only just getting over the flu when she got a stomach bug.
It took him years to get over the shock of his wife dying.
It took her months to get over Rupert when he finished the relationship.
get sth over with - to do or finish an unpleasant but necessary piece of work or duty so that you do not have to worry about it in the future.
eg: I’ll be glad to get these exams over with.
(23)get by - have just enough money or pay for the things I need, but nothing moer.
- to manage to live or do a particular thing using the money,knowledge, equipment,etc. that you have.
eg :Oh,I get by with a bit of help from my parents.
(ii)How does she get by on such a small salary?
(24) get around /round – fina a way of dealing with or avoiding a problem.
eg : Oh,don’t worry .We’ll get around/round it somehow.
(ii)They got around/round the problem of offending anyone and just invited all their friends to the wedding.
(iii) We can get round the problem of space by building an extension.
(25) got around /round to - do sth that you have intended to do for a long time.
eg : Yanis : Have you rung the travel agent’s yet to confirm our bookings?
Ronnan : Sorry, I haven’t got around/round to it yet,but I’ll do it after lunch,I promise.
(ii)I’ve been planning to sort out my files but I haven’t got around/round to it yet.
get round (somewhere) - If news or information gets round, a lot of people hear about it.
eg: News of Helen’s pregnancy soon got around the office.
(26) getting at – if you ask someone what they are getting at, you are asking them what they mean, usually because they have said sth indirectly.
eg : I’m sorry, I don’t know what you’re getting at.
(ii)A : What exactly are you getting at?
B: Let me put it another way for you.
(27) get sth down – to make a note of sth
syn : write down
eg : Did you get his number down.
(28)get down to sth – to begin to do sth; to give serious attention to sth.
eg : Let’s get down to business.
(ii) I like to get down to work by 9.
(29)get off – used especially to tell sb to stop touching you or another person.
eg : Get off me, that hurts!
- to leave a place or start a journey;to help sb do this.
eg :We got off straight aftern breakfast.
(ii)He got the children off to school.
get off (sth) - to leave a train, bus or aircraft.
eg: I tripped as I got off the bus.
get sth off (sth) - to remove a part of your body from a particular place.
eg: Get your dirty feet off the settee!
Get your hands off me!
(30)get through (to sb) - to reach sb.
eg : Thousands of refugees will die if this supplies don’t get through to them.
get through sth - to succeed in an exam or competition.
eg: She got through her exams without too much trouble.
He got through his A levels.
He’s offered her a car if she can get through her exams.
get through – to make contact with sb by telephone.
eg : I tried calling you several times but I couldn’t get through.
(ii) I got through to the wrong department.
get (sb) through sth - to deal with a difficult or unpleasant experience, or to help someone do this.
eg: I don’t know how I got through the first couple of months after Andy’s death.
We need to conserve our supplies so we can get through the winter.
(31) get sth across - to manage to make someone understand or believe something.
eg: We tried to get our point across, but he just wouldn’t listen.
This is the message that we want to get across to the public.
The speaker reiterated the main points he was trying to get across to the audience.
Do you think he managed to get his ideas across?
(32) get behind - to fail to do as much work or pay as much money as you should by a particular time.
eg: She got behind with her mortgage and the house was repossessed.
(33) get in/get into sth - to succeed in being chosen or elected.
eg: He wanted to go to Oxford, but he didn’t get in.
The Republicans are bound to get in at the next elections.
get sth in - to manage to find time to do something or deal with someone.
eg: I get in a bit of gardening most evenings.
get into sth - to become interested in an activity or subject, or start being involved in an activity.
eg: She’s been getting into yoga recently – she does three classes a week.
get (sb) into sth - to (cause someone to) become involved in a difficult situation, often without intending to.
eg: After he lost his job, he got into debt.
Are you trying to get me into trouble?
(34) get on (sth) - to go onto a bus, train, aircraft or boat.
eg: I think we got on the wrong bus.
(35) get on /get along - to have a good relationship.
eg: We’re getting on much better now that we don’t live together.
He doesn’t get on with his daughter.
(36) get to - You ask where people or things have got to when they do not arrive or are not where you expect them to be and you want to know where they are.
eg: I wonder where my glasses have got to.
Where’s Annabel got to? She should be here by now.
Where did you get to last night? I was expecting you.
I don’t know where my brother can have got to. He was due an hour ago.
Where can my shoes have got to? I can’t find them anywhere.
He always disappears at this time on a Friday, but I don’t know where he gets to.
She couldn’t think where her keys had got to.
(37) get sth up - to organize a group of people to do something.
eg: He’s getting up a small group to go carol-singing for charity.
(38)come apart – separate into pieces.
eg :The antique pictures frame just came apart in my hands.
(39)come out – disappear or become less strong ( of dirt or colour on clothing /material)
eg : Let your shirt soak overnight and the stain will probably come out.
come out – become public knowledge after it has been kept secret (of the truth)
eg :If the story comes out about the Prime Minister,he’ll have to resign.
come out –be given to people (of results or information)
eg : When do your exam results come out?
come out - If you describe how something or someone comes out at the end of a process or activity, you say what condition they are in or what they have achieved.
eg: She came out of the divorce settlement a rich woman.
These figures have come out wrong! I don’t understand it.
Your painting has come out really well.
He hasn’t exactly come out of the scandal with his reputation enhanced.
(40)come off – happen successfully or as planned.
eg : I was planning to arrange a surprise holiday for her birthday, but I’m not sure it’s going to come off.
(ii)Rick : David keeps saying he’s going to sail around the world
Ivan : Huh! Do you think it will ever come off?
Rick : Probably not. He’s such a dreamer.
- to be able to be removed.
eg : The mark won’t come off.
(41)came about – happened,especially sth which is not planned.
eg : I’ve had to organize the school fair again this year – I’m not quite sure how that came about.
(ii) Can you tell me how the accident came about?
(iii) Anne : We lost everybody’s e-mail address and had to start all over again.
Ken : Really ? How did that come about?
How did the problem come about in the first place?
How did such a confused situation come about?
She was late again, but I’m not sure how it came about this time.
How did it come about that the police were involved?
(42)came across – discovered (or met) by chance.
eg : I came across someone who’s done an almost identical study.
(ii)She came across some old photographs in a drawer.
He came across some of his old love letters in his wife’s drawer.
(43)come to – make ( a decision about sth)
eg : I’ve got to come to a decision.
(ii) We haven’t come to a decision on the matter yet.
(iii)Have you come to any conclusions about the story yet?
(44)come along – to go somewhere with sb.
eg : I’m glad you came along.
We’re going to the cinema. Do you want to come along?
come along - to arrive or appear at a place.
eg: You go now and I’ll come along later.
You wait half an hour for a bus, then three come along at once!
(45) come down with sth - to start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious.
eg : I think I’m coming down with flu.
go down with sth - to start to suffer from an infectious disease.
eg : Half of Martha’s class has gone down with flu.
(46) If an idea ‘comes upon’ you, it develops without your really being aware of it.
eg : The idea came upon me when I was out walking the dog.
(ii) I came upon the solution by pure chance.
(47) come by – to make a short visit to a place, in order to see sb .
eg : She came by the house.
(ii) I’ll come by (the office/your house) one day this week and we can have a chat.
come by sth - to obtain something, using effort, by chance or in a way that has not been explained.
eg: Cheap organic food is still difficult to come by.
I’d like to know how she came by that black eye.
(48) come down - to go to a place which is south of where you live.
eg: My boyfriend’s coming down from Scotland this weekend.
They don’t come down to London much because it’s too tiring with the kids.
(49) come forward - to offer to give help or information.
eg: No witnesses to the accident have come forward yet, despite the police’s appeal.
Nobody has yet come forward with any information relating to the girl’s death.
(50) come over - to come to a place, move from one place to another, or move towards someone.
eg: Come over here!
Are your family coming over from Greece for the wedding?
(51) come round - to visit someone in their home.
eg: Come round tonight and we’ll watch a video.
Do you want to come round and play chess later?
The children came round for tea.
He’s always coming round for a chat.
(52) come up with sth - to suggest or think of an idea or plan.
eg: She’s come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.
Gavin came up with the idea of dividing the rooms in half.
We’ll think about a present for her and see what we can come up with.
(53) make sth/sb out - to see, hear or understand something or someone with difficulty.
syn : distinguish
eg : I could just make out a figure in the darkness.
(ii) I could hear voices but I couldn’t make out what they were saying.
The numbers are too small – I can’t make them out at all.
I can’t make out your writing.
She’s a strange person – I can’t make her out at all.
Nobody can make out why you should have been attacked.
(54)make sth of sb/sth – to understand the meaning or character of sb/sth.
eg : What do you make of it all?
(ii) I can’t make anything of this note.
make of sth/sb - If you ask someone what they make of someone or something, you want to know their opinion about that person or thing, often because there is something strange about them.
eg: Can you make anything of this information?
What do you make of the new boss?
I don’t know what to make of it.
(55) make sth up - to prepare or arrange something by putting different things together.
eg: Could you make up a list of all the things that need to be done?
He asked the man behind the counter to make up a box with a mixed selection of chocolates.
The maid will make up your room later.
make sth up - to make an amount of something complete or correct.
eg: I have £20 000 and I need £25 000 but my parents have promised to make up the difference.
I suspect we were only invited to make up numbers (= to provide enough people).
make sth up - to reduce or replace something, usually an amount of time or work, that has been lost.
eg: We’re hoping to make up time on the return journey by not stopping at night.
You’ll have to make up the work you’ve missed while you were away.
make up for sth - to take the place of something lost or damaged or to compensate for something bad with something good.
eg: No amount of money can make up for the death of a child.
This year’s good harvest will make up for last year’s bad one.
He bought me dinner to make up for being so late the day before.
(56) put on – make a device work by pressing a switch.
eg : Could you put the air conditioning on,please?
- put sth that sounds or pictures are recorded onto into a machine so that you can hear or see the recording.
eg : I don’t think you’ve heard this CD. I’ll put it on.
(57) put out – making a light stop shining by pressing a switch.
eg : Would you mind putting that light out? it’s shining directly onto my computer screen.
(58)put up – build a structure
eg : I see they’re putting up a new block of flats near the park.
put sth up – to raise sth or put it in a higher position.
eg : to put up a flag
(ii) She’s put her hair up.
-to build sth or place sth somewhere.
eg :to put up a building / fence / memorial / tent.
- to fix sth in a place where it will be seen
SYN : display
eg : to put up a notice.
put sth up - to fix an object to a vertical surface.
eg: We’ve put up some new curtains in the living room.
Posters advertising the concert have been put up all over the town.
(46)put off – decide or arrange to do sth at a later time.
eg :We can put it off until next Monday.
(47) put in for – to apply for or request (something)
eg : I put in for a transfer to another department.
(48)put back – make a watch or clock show an earlier time.
eg : In Britain ,around the last weekend in October,all clocks are put back one hour.
(49)put forward sth – state an idea or opinion, or suggest a plan ,so that it can be considered or discussed.
eg : The company has put forward a plan to build a new hotel in the city centre.
(ii) The proposals that you have put forward deserve serious consideration.
(ii) I wasn’t convinced by any of the arguments that he put forward.
(iv)Many suggestions have been put forward, but a decision is unlikely until after next year’s general election.
(50) put up with - endure, tolerate, to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly.
eg : Bus passengers must often put up with crowded conditions
I can put up with the house being untidy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.
I can put up with the house being untidy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.
He’s so moody – I don’t know why she puts up with him.
They have a lot to put up with (= They have a lot of difficulties).
(51)put across /over sth – explain or express sth clearly so that people understand it easily.
eg : He’s an excellent teacher.He puts his subjects across/over so well.
(ii) It’s an interesting idea and I thought he put it across well.
put yourself across - to express your ideas and opinions clearly so that people understand them and realize what you are like as a person.
eg: I don’t think I managed to put myself across very well in my interview.
(52) put sth about/around - to tell a lot of people something that is not true.
eg: I’d like to know who put the rumour around that I’m pregnant.
Someone’s been putting it about that Dan is leaving.
(53) put sth aside - to save something, usually time or money, for a special purpose.
eg: I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house.
He tries to put some time aside every evening to read to the kids.
put sth aside - If you put a disagreement or problem aside, you ignore it temporarily so that it does not prevent you doing what you want to do.
eg: Let’s put our differences aside and make a fresh start.
Can we put that question aside for now, and come back to it later?
(54) put sth before sb - to formally tell or explain facts or ideas to a group of people in authority.
eg: We’ve got to put our proposal before the committee.
(55) put sb/sth down - to write someone’s name on a list or document, usually in order to include them in an event or activity.
eg: Do you want me to put you down for the trip to London?
I’ve put myself down for the office football team.
If you want to get your children into that school, you have to put their names down at birth.
put sth down - to stop or limit an opposing political event or group.
eg: Police used tear gas to put the riot down.
Thousands of troops were needed to put down the uprising.
put sth down - to reduce a price or a charge.
eg: Shops are being forced to put their prices down in order to attract customers.
It’s time that the government put down interest rates.
(56) put sth in - to formally offer a particular thing for consideration.
eg: I’ve put in an application to the college.
They’ve put in a bid for the company/a bid to buy the company.
(57) put in for sth - to make an official request to have or do something.
eg: I’m putting in for a job at the hospital.
Richard’s finally put in for his driving test.
(58) put sb off (sth) - to take someone’s attention away from what they want to be doing or should be doing.
eg: Once she’s made up her mind to do something, nothing will put her off.
Could you be quiet please – I’m trying to concentrate and you’re putting me off.
The sudden flash of the camera put the players off their game.
(59) put sb through - to connect a person using a telephone to the person they want to speak to.
eg: Could you put me through to customer services, please?
(60) put sb through sth - to pay for someone to study at school, college or university.
eg: It’s costing them a lot of money to put their children through school.
She’s putting herself through college.
(61) put sth together - to prepare a piece of work by collecting several ideas and suggestions and organizing them.
eg: The management are putting together a plan/proposal/package to rescue the company.
It takes about three weeks to put the magazine together.
I’ll put some ideas together and get back to you.
We’ve put together a proposal that we’d like to show you.
(62) put sth towards sth - to use an amount of money to pay part of the cost of something.
eg: My grandma gave me some money to put towards a new coat.
(63) put sth/sb up - to suggest an idea, or to make a person available, for consideration.
eg: It was Bob who originally put up the idea of the exhibition.
Each party is allowed to put up one candidate.
William has been put up as a candidate for the committee.
Is Chris willing to be put up for election?
put sb up - to provide someone with a place to stay temporarily.
eg: Sally is putting me up for the weekend.
(64) take up sth – start doing a particular job or activity.
eg :My son has recently taken up stamp collecting as a hobby.
(ii) He’s taken up the post of supervisor.
(65)take away sth – subtract a first number from a second number.
eg : If you take 11 away from 33 , you’re left with 22.
(66)take back sth – admit that sth you said was wrong.
eg : I shouldn’t have called you lazy – I take it back.
(ii) All right, I take it all back. It wasn’t your fault.
(67)take sth/sb on – to decide to do sth; to agree to be responsible for sth/sb.
eg : I can’t take on any extra work.
take sth on - to accept a particular job or responsibility.
eg : She took too much on and made herself ill.
(68)take off – suddenly leave a place, without telling anyone where you are going .
eg : He just took off without even saying goodbye.
(69)take out – subscribe to or register for sth officially.
eg : She has taken out a year’s membership at a local soprts club.
(70) take after sb - to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character.
eg: He takes after his mother/his mother’s side of the family.
(71) keep sth down - to control the size or number of something and prevent it from increasing.
eg: We need to work hard to keep our prices down.
(72) keep sb/sth from sth - to prevent someone or something from doing something.
eg: Try to keep the children from throwing food all over the floor.
Am I keeping you from your work?
(73) keep sth off (sb/sth) - to stop something touching or harming someone or something.
eg: Put a cloth over the salad to keep the flies off.
Wear a hat to keep the sun off (= to prevent it harming your skin).
(74) keep (sb) off sth - to not eat, drink or use something that can harm you, or to stop someone else from doing this.
eg: The doctor told me to keep off fatty foods.
keep (sb/sth) out of sth - to avoid becoming involved in something, or to stop someone or something becoming involved in something.
eg: I prefer to keep out of arguments about money.
Keep me out of this!
(75) keep to somewhere - to stay in one particular area.
eg: Please keep to the footpaths.
(76) keep up (with sb/sth) - If someone or something keeps up with someone or something else, they do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with that person or thing.
eg: He started to walk faster and the children had to run to keep up.
Wages are failing to keep up with inflation.
(80) start (sth) off- to begin by doing something, or to make something begin by doing something.
eg: She started off the meeting with the monthly sales report.
I’d like to start off by thanking you all for coming today.
I’m going to start off by introducing two new members of staff.
He started off by summarizing Martin’s sales report.
He started off as a children’s entertainer.
I started off my career in a small company in Birmingham.
I started off the day well enough but I’m beginning to droop.
(81) start out - to begin your life, or the part of your life when you work, in a particular way.
eg: My dad started out as a sales assistant in a shop.
(82) start over - to begin to do something again, sometimes in a different way.
eg: We decided to abandon the first draft of the report and start over.
The agreement allows old expectations to be forgotten and everyone can start afresh.
This is full of errors – I’m going to have to start over.
If you make a mistake, you have to start over.
Can I make these few corrections or do I have to start over?
(83) start (sth) up - If a business or other organization starts up, or if someone starts one up, it is created and starts to operate.
eg: Many small businesses started up in the 1980s to cater to this growing market.
We ought to start up a drama group.
start (sth) up - If a vehicle or engine starts up, or someone starts it up, it starts to work.
eg: The car wouldn’t start up this morning.
(84) pay sb/sth back - to pay someone the money that you owe them.
eg: Can you lend me a fiver? I’ll pay you/it back tomorrow.
(85) pay off - If something you have done pays off, it is successful.
eg: All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam.
(86) pay sth off - to pay back money that you owe.
eg: We should be able to pay off the debt within two years.
(87) pay (sth) out - to spend a lot of money on something, or to pay a lot of money to someone.
eg: I’ve just paid out £500 on getting the car fixed.
(88) pick sb/sth off - to take the best person or thing from a group.
eg: It is relatively easy for newcomers to pick off the most lucrative business and ignore the rest.
(89) pick sb/sth out - to recognize, find or make a choice among different people or items in a group.
eg: Can you pick out the three deliberate mistakes in this paragraph?
The critics picked him out as the outstanding male dancer of the decade.
(90) pick sb/sth up - to collect, or to go and get, someone or something.
eg: When you’re in town could you pick up the books I ordered?
Whose turn is it to pick the children up after school?
The crew of the sinking tanker were picked up (= saved from the sea) by helicopter.
pick sth up - to learn a new skill or language by racticing it rather than being taught it.
eg: Don’t bother with the computer manual – you’ll pick it up as you go along.
When you live in a country you soon pick up the language.
She picked up Spanish when she was living in Mexico.
Don’t worry if it seems difficult at first, you’ll soon pick things up.
I picked up a bit of Italian when I was staying in Pisa.
I want to watch what you’re doing to see if I can pick up any tips.
pick sth up - to buy something cheaply.
eg: She picked up some real bargains in the sale.
pick sth up - (of a piece of electrical equipment) to receive a signal.
eg: Can you pick up (= receive broadcasts from) Moscow on your radio?
pick sth up - to notice and react to something.
eg: Police dogs picked up the scent of the two men from clothes they had left behind.
pick sth up - to catch an illness from someone or something, caused by bacteria or a virus.
eg: He picked up malaria when he was visiting the country on business.
I seem to have picked up a terrible cold from somewhere.
(91) Only one newspaper picked up on the minister’s statement.
pick up on sth - to notice something that other people have not noticed.
(92) stick around - to stay somewhere for a period of time.
eg: You go – I’ll stick around here a bit longer.
(93) stick at sth - to continue trying hard to do something difficult.
eg: You’ll never learn to play the piano if you’re not prepared to stick at it.
(94) stick by sth/sb - to continue to support something or someone, especially in a difficult situation.
eg: We must stick by our decision.
(95) stick to sth - to limit yourself to doing or using one particular thing and not change to anything else.
eg: Could you stick to the point, please?
We’d better stick to the main road, because the other roads are blocked with snow.
stick to sth – If you stick to a law, rule or promise, you obey it or do what it states.
eg: If you make a promise, you should stick to it.
(96)stick with it – continue doing sth even though it is difficult.
eg : I know studying for a PhD is hard,but I think you should stick with it.
(ii) You’ll never learn to play the piano if you’re not prepared to stick at it.
(80)set out – start a journey
eg : We set out at 7.00 a.m. and didn’t return until after dark.
(81) set off - leave.
eg : They set off at six o’clock in the morning.
(82) set about sth - to start to do or deal with something.
eg: I’ve no idea how to set about changing a tyre on a car.
I tried to apologize, but I think I set about it the wrong way.
(83) set sth aside - to save something, usually money or time, for a special purpose.
eg: He had some money in an account that he’d set aside for his kids.
I set aside half an hour every evening to hear Erik read.
(84) set sth up - to formally establish a new company, organization, system, way of working, etc.
eg: A committee has been set up to organize social events in the college.
She plans to set up her own business.
They’ve set up a fund for victims of the earthquake.
set sth up - to arrange for an event or activity to happen.
eg: We need to set up a meeting to discuss the proposals.
The government has agreed to set up a public enquiry.
set sth up – to build sth or put sth somewhere.
eg: The police set up roadblocks on routes out of the city.
set sth up - to make a piece of equipment or a machine ready for use.
eg: She set up her stereo in her bedroom.
set up sth - to create sth or start it.
eg: to set up a business
(ii) A fund will be set up for the dead men’s families.
set up sth - to start a process or a series of events.
eg:The slump on Wall Street set up a chain reaction in stock markets around the world.
y letter of complaint.
(85) give up – to stop trying to do sth.
eg : She doesn’t give up easily.
You’ll never guess the answer – do you give up?
I give up – how many were there?
“Do you give up?” “No, I want another clue.”
I give up – tell me the answer!
No, you’re wrong – do you give up?
I haven’t a clue – I give up.
(86) give sth away - to give something to someone without asking for payment.
eg: The shop is giving away a sample pack to every customer.
Nobody wants this type of heater anymore – I can’t even give it away!
It’s so cheap, we’re practically giving it away.
They’ve given away all their old books.
(87) give in - to finally agree to what someone wants, after refusing for a period of time.
eg: He nagged me so much for a new bike that eventually I gave in.
The government cannot be seen to give in to terrorists’ demands.
(88) give sth off - to produce heat, light, a smell or a gas.
eg: That tiny radiator doesn’t give off much heat.
(89) brought about – made sth happen.
eg : The new airport has brought about a lot of changes on this land.
He brought about his company’s collapse by his reckless spending.
Rampant corruption brought about the downfall of the government.
The invention of the contraceptive pill brought about profound changes in the lives of women.
The twentieth century brought about revolutionary changes in our lifestyles.
(90) bring sth up – to make sth appear on a computer screen.
eg : Click with the right mouse button to bring up a new menu.
bring sth up - to start to talk about a particular subject
eg: She’s always bringing up her health problems.
The evening was going well until someone brought up the subject of politics.
She would start talking about something else whenever he brought up the subject of marriage.
It was neither the time nor place to bring up the issue of religion.
(91)bring back - make you remember or think about sth from the past.
eg :This photograph brings back memories of when we lived in Scotland,when I was a child.
(92) bring off – to succeed in doing sth difficult
eg : It was a difficult task but we brought it off.
(ii) The goalie brought off a superb save.
(93) bring sb/sth along - to take someone or something with you.
eg: Can I bring a friend along to the party?
(94) bring sb down - to cause someone in a position of power to lose their job.
eg: This scandal could bring down the government.
bring sth down - to reduce the level of something.
eg: When are they going to bring down the price of DVD players?
(95) bring sth in - to introduce something new such as a product or a law.
eg: New safety regulations have been brought in.
(96)call on/upon sb – to formally invite or ask sb to speak ,etc.
eg : I now call upon the chairman to address the meeting.
(97) call sth off – to cancel sth; to decide that sth will not happen.
eg : They have called off their engagement (= decided not to get married).
The game was called off because of bad weather.
Tomorrow’s match has been called off because of the icy weather.
The police have called off the search for the missing child until dawn tomorrow.
(98) call for sth - to demand that something happens.
eg: Members have called for his resignation.
(99) call sb in - to ask someone to come to help in a difficult situation.
eg: A new team of detectives were called in to conduct a fresh inquiry.
(100) blow sb out - to disappoint someone by not meeting them or not doing something that you had arranged to do with them.
eg: She was supposed to go to that party with me, but she blew me out.
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