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Phrasal verbs for FCE

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  • My sister's a great cook. She's always *inventing* new recipes.
    coming up with
    putting up with
    making up with
    breaking up with
  • We were supposed to have a picnic in the park, but it was raining so *in the end we stayed* home.
    ended away stayin
    ended in staying
    ended off staying
    ended up staying
  • I think I'm going to *redecorate/refurbish* the house. It's looking old and shabby inside.
    throw up
    do up
    glow up
    blow up
  • I know enough Italian to *survive* when I'm in Italy - the numbers 1-10, grazie, prego, how to order a beer, things like that.
    mess up
    get by
    piss off
    show off
  • What time will you *return home* tonight?
    be back
    be up to
    be off
    be on
  • Mary and Jane *argued and stopped talking* years ago. It's very sad.
    took after each other
    helped out each other
    fell out with each other
  • We need to *start our journey* as early as possible.
    go off
    set to
    go on
    set off
  • Please, please just *stop talking*!
    shut off
    shut down
    shut up
    shut out
  • If I could *reverse* time, I would do things differently.
    go back
    take back
    turn back
    hand back
  • The teacher *distributed* the new coursebooks to the students.
    headed off
    handed out
    backed up
    eyed up
  • I don't *have a good relationship* with my neighbours.
    hang out
    take off
    break down
    get on
  • I think I've really *ruined* my chances with Sonia.
    f**cked up
    pissed up
    pissed off
    f**cked off
  • A: What are you doing with that map? B: I'm trying to *determine* the best route to the airport.
    pass out
    work out
    die out
    try out
  • Please *take yourself to a place not near me!*
    sit down!
    come over!
    step aside!
    go away!
  • My grandparents *established* their own business when they were still in their twenties.
    threw up
    held up
    made up
    set up
  • I like to *spend time relaxing/having fun* with my friends at the weekend.
    blow up
    take after
    hang out
    kill off
  • I will not *tolerate* such bad behaviour.
    get on with
    hang out with
    put up with
    move in with
  • The government plans to *reduce* harmful factory emissions completely by 2045.
    take away
    cut down
    take down
    cut away
  • The police are *investigating* the murder.
    setting up
    looking into
    breaking down
    showing off
  • My doctor told me I have to *stop* smoking.
    give off
    give away
    give into
    give up
  • The rioters tried to *take control of* the parliament building.
    take over
    hand over
    stay over
    look over
  • The match has been *postponed* due to the bad weather.
    laid off
    set off
    put off
    set out
  • Now I've got more free time, I'm thinking of *starting* painting classes.
    giving in
    giving up
    taking after
    taking up
  • I was tempted by the job offer, but in the end I *declined/refused it*.
    turned it down
    put it down
    let it down
    set it down
  • I've always really *admired* my grandmother.
    looked away from
    looked into
    looked down on
    looked up to
  • What did you *do* at the weekend?
    put up with
    look out for
    get up to
    do away with
  • (On the London Tube): *Alight* here for the British Museum.
    get off
    run off
    stop off
    take off
  • A: How's the new teacher? B: Hard to say. I haven't really *started to feel positive about* her yet.
    heated up
    warmed to
    cooled off
    frozen off
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