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Phrasal verbs

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  • break down
    stop working
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  • speed up
    to go or happen faster
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  • set off
    to start on a trip
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  • take off
    If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground and begins to fly
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  • turn up (somewhere)
    to arrive or appear somewhere
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  • check in
    to show your ticket at an airport so you can find where will be sitting / bags can be put on the plane
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  • drop (someone) off
    to take someone or something
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  • pick (someone) up
    to get or bring someone or something from somewhere
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  • drive away
    to make someone stop wanting something or stop wanting to be with someone
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  • chew up
    to chew something for a long time, until it is very soft or in very small pieces and easy to swallow
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  • spit out
    same as spit
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  • drain someone down
    to use so much of someone’s energy or strength etc that they feel very tired or weak
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  • take away from
    to reduce the positive effect or success of something
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  • throw away
    discard / put in the trash bin
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  • rip off
    to cheat someone
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  • put someone out
    create problems
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