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English 197 Public

Amazingly Easy Phrasal Vebs

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To ______________ the main points of the meeting…. (conclude, summarise)

sum up

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The trainer ________________ us ___________ to work in twos. (be placed with another person)

paired up

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The assembly instructions were impossible to ________________. (understand, solve a puzzle)

work out

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I had to _________________ the entire fence to find an entrance. (circumnavigate, explore an area)

walk around

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She left her husband and ____________________ the postman! (elope, leave in a relationship)

ran off with/ ran away with

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He said he would dive off the high board but he __________________. (Didn’t do something for loss of courage)

chickened out

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. I _________________ Mrs Jones today. (met unexpectedly)

bumped into/ ran into

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The tension between them had been ________________ for some time. (accumulating)

building up

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It’s not acceptable to __________________ a friend. (get into trouble)

dob in

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The guy’s an idiot, just _________ it ________. (release, do not hold onto a thought or emotion)

let go

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The credit agency want to ____________him _________ before offering him a loan. (investigate, gather information about sb.)

look into

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I’d like to __________________ tonight; which restaurant shall we go to? (Dine somewhere not at home)

eat out

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He asked her to marry him but she _______________him ___________. (refused, rejected)

turned down

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Don’t be shy, just __________her _________. (invite on a date)

ask out

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My son had a tantrum in the shop and totally ___________ me ________. (embarrass, look foolish in public)

showed up

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Don’t buy the first car you see, __________________ for the best price. (to look at a number of suppliers for the best deal)

shop around

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