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Fifteen common phrasal verbs for First (B2) level

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Forty prisoners ESCAPED from the prison on the island last night. It is not known how.

BROKE OUT (OF)

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I hate to START TALKING ABOUT THIS, but you owe me €100.

BRING (IT/THIS) UP

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Please CONTINUE with what you were doing. I don't want to interrupt.

CARRY ON

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She's so friendly! Have you ever ENCOUNTERED such a nice person before?

COME ACROSS

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Most people agreed with the change to the uniform rules, but the school did HAVE TO DEAL WITH some opposition.

COME UP AGAINST

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The town council has decided to REDUCE the number of car parking spaces to make more space for pedestrians.

CUT DOWN ON

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You won't ESCAPE PUNISHMENT FOR this! They'll catch you, and you'll go to jail!

GET AWAY WITH

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The new student felt EXCLUDED at first, but he soon started to make friends.

LEFT OUT

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The scenery in Greece was breathtaking, and really WAS AS GOOD AS my expectations.

LIVED UP TO

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He worked hard to COMPENSATE FOR his lack of experience.

MAKE UP FOR

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I'm getting frustrated with this book. I think I'll SAVE IT FOR ANOTHER TIME.

PUT IT ASIDE

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The family LEFT HOME early to be at the airport on time.

SET OUT

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The rubbish smells bad. Can you REMOVE IT please?

TAKE IT OUT

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I asked her to dinner, but she REFUSED, saying she was busy.

TURNED ME DOWN

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I've had this t-shirt for three years, and it's COMPLETELY USED UP. I guess I should throw it away.

WORN OUT

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