upp int phrasal verbs

It's very hard to get your message across in a foreign language.

We did really badly in the exam so we spent one hour going over the correct answers.

The level is much too high. I can't keep up with the rest of the class.

What time shall I pick you up to go to the cinema?

After the gaeltec, they'll carry out a survey to find out if people spoke Irish in more situations than previously.

I suggested he should come with us but he turned down my invitation.

My parents are DOING UP their holiday home in La Rioja.

The government will look into how to reduce unemployment.

You really let me down when you cheated in the exam. I thought you were a responsible student.

We waited and waited and he turned up three hours late!

When you don't understand a word in a text, you should try to work out the meaning from the context.