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| This list of phrasal verbs is meant to help you when you are reading a text in English. One phrasal verb can have several different meanings. Keep in mind that not all of them are included in this list. You should always try to work out the meaning within the context where you find the phrasal verb. |
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Phrasal
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Make up a proportion of |
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Add to |
Increase |
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Add up |
Increase, form a total |
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Support |
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Branch out |
Do something different |
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Break into |
Become involved in |
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Break in / into |
Enter building by force |
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Bring about |
Cause |
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Bring back |
Remind of memories |
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Bring back |
Return item |
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Bring forward |
Do sooner |
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Bring in |
Introduce sth. new |
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Bring off |
Succeed |
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Bring out |
Publish, release |
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Bring round |
Revive |
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Bring up |
Raise child |
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Bring up |
Raise topic |
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Build on |
Use as a foundation |
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Build up |
Increase |
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Continue |
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Carry out |
Do task |
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Catch on |
Become popular |
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Catch up on |
Do after delay |
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Check through |
Look for mistakes |
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Cheer up |
Stop feeling depressed |
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Close down |
Go out of business |
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Come across |
Find by chance |
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Come back |
Return |
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Come from |
Originate in |
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Come in |
Enter room, house, etc. |
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Come through |
Survive |
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Come up to |
Approach someone |
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Cross off / out |
Remove from list |
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Cut down |
Reduce |
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Choose from possibilities |
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Die out |
Become extinct |
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Divide up |
Separate into parts |
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Do away with |
Abolish |
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Draw up |
Prepare and write out |
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Drift apart |
Become less close |
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Dry up |
Lose all its water |
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Do / become unintentionally |
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Lose contact with a surface |
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Fall over |
Land on the ground |
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Fill in |
Complete |
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Fill up with |
Become full of |
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Find out |
Discover |
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Escape |
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Get away with |
Avoid punishment for |
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Get back |
Return |
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Get back up |
Return to the surface |
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Get by |
Manage to survive |
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Get down |
Descend |
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Get (someone) down |
Depress |
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Get into |
Manage to enter |
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Get off |
Leave bus, train, etc. |
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Get on |
Enter bus, train, etc. |
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Get on |
Progress |
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Get on with |
Have a good relationship |
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Get out of |
Leave plane, etc. |
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Get over |
Recover from |
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Get rid of |
Remove unwanted person / thing |
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Get through |
Succeed in exam |
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Get to |
Manage to |
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Get to |
Reach |
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Get together |
All meet |
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Get up |
Rise from bed |
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Get up to |
Do things disapproved of |
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Get up to |
Reach |
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Get used to |
Become accustomed to |
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Give away |
Give as a present |
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Give away |
Reveal a secret |
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Give back |
Return to owner |
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Give in |
Hand to teacher |
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Give in |
Surrender |
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Give off |
Produce light, smell, etc. |
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Give out |
Distribute |
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Give up |
Abandon attempt |
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Give up |
Stop doing habit |
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Go back |
Date from |
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Go back |
Return |
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Go off |
Start operating: alarms, etc. |
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Go on |
Continue |
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Go on to |
Do something different |
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Go out |
Be broadcast |
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Go out |
Become unlit |
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Go out |
Leave |
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Go out with / together |
Form a couple |
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Go through |
Examine |
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Go through |
Experience |
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Go up |
Rise |
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Grow up |
Become an adult |
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Give |
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Help out |
Give / lend money to |
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Hold up |
Delay |
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Hold up |
Threaten with a gun |
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Hunt down |
Look for until found |
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Offer to take with you |
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Not go near |
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Keep on (doing) |
Refuse to stop |
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Keep up |
Maintain standard |
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Knock down |
Cause to fall |
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Result in |
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Lead up to |
Happen in sequence |
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Leave behind |
Not take with you |
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Leave out |
Not include |
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Let down |
Disappoint |
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Listen (out) for |
Be ready to hear |
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Live on |
Survive by eating |
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Look after |
Take care of |
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Look at |
Study, consider |
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Look back |
Read earlier part |
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Look for |
Try to find |
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Look forward to |
Want to happen |
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Look into |
Investigate |
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Look out for |
Be careful to avoid |
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Look over |
Inspect |
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Look through |
Examine one by one |
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Look up |
Search for information |
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Help create |
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Make out |
See with difficulty |
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Make out |
Write name on cheque |
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(be) Made up of |
Consist of |
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Move in |
Start to live in a house or flat |
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Move on |
Pay attention to sth. Else |
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Move out |
Stop living in a house or flat |
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Quickly record on paper |
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Go past without stopping |
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Pay in |
Put money in the bank |
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Phone back |
Return a call |
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Pick up |
Take hold of and lift |
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Point out |
Cause people to notice |
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Pull (yourself) out of |
Escape from |
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Push in |
Jump a queue |
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Put away |
Return to where kept |
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Put in |
Spend time or make an effort |
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Put off |
Postpone |
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Put off |
Stop someone wanting to |
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Put on |
Cause to start working |
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Put on |
Cover with clothing |
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Put on |
Increase weight |
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Put on |
Organize |
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Put out |
Extinguish |
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Put through |
Connect by phone |
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Put up |
Increase |
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Put up with |
Tolerate, accept |
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Form a line to wait |
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Phone somebody |
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Rule out |
Dismiss idea, possibility |
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Run away |
Leave, escape from |
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Run into |
Collide with |
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Run up to |
Approach at speed |
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Tell to go somewhere else |
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Send off |
Tell to leave the field of play |
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Set out |
Start taking action / a journey |
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Settle for |
Accept as second-best |
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Shake off |
Get rid of |
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Shout back |
Reply loudly |
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Show off |
Display to impress |
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Show up for |
Attend |
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Speed up |
Make go faster |
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Spell out |
State exactly |
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Start off |
Begin by doing / going |
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Stick to |
Keep doing |
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Sum up |
Make a judgement |
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Swallow up |
Devour completely |
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Switch over to |
Change system to |
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Resemble |
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Take away |
Subtract |
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Take back |
Return item to shop |
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Take down |
Make a note of |
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Take in |
Trick |
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Take in |
Fully understand |
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Take off |
Become successful |
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Take off |
Leave the ground |
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Take off |
Remove clothing |
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Take on |
Accept difficult job |
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Take on |
Employ workers |
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Take out |
Extract |
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Take over |
Gain control |
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Take to |
Begin to like a person |
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Take up |
Occupy time or space |
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Take up |
Start hobby |
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Talk down to |
Speak in superior manner |
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Tell off |
Punish by speaking angrily to |
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Think about |
Consider |
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Think back |
Remember past events |
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Think of |
Bring to mind |
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Throw out |
Force someone to leave |
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Tidy up |
Put everything in its place |
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Track down |
Find |
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Try out |
Test |
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Turn away |
Refuse admission |
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Turn back |
Reverse direction |
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Turn down |
Reject, refuse |
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Turn into |
Become |
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Turn off |
Disconnect |
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Turn on |
Operate |
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Turn out |
Be found to be |
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Turn over |
Roll, invert |
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Turn up |
Arrive unexpectedly / after delay |
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End sleep |
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Walk on |
Not stop |
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Warm up |
Do preliminary exercise |
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Watch out for |
Be alert to the danger of |
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Write back |
Send a letter of reply |