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  • Break through
    to force a way through
  • Put (sth) across
    to explain ideas in a way people can understand
  • Put (sth) back
    to arrange for an event to start at a later date/time; delay
  • give sth over to sb
    give sth to be used for a particular purpose
  • Get out of (sth)
    to avoid a responsibility or duty
  • Break up (2)
    to come or bring to an end, especially by separating
  • Put (sth) forward
    to offer an opinion; request
  • Put in for (sth)
    to make a formal request for
  • Break off
    to come to an end, especially suddenly
  • make out
    to pretend
  • Break away
    to move away from; escape
  • give sb out
    stop having a relationship with sb
  • Put (sth) to (sb)
    to ask somebody a question or make a suggestion to them
  • Break in(to)
    to enter a building by force
  • Look into
    to try to find the truth or the cause of a problem or crime
  • Get round
    to avoid or find a way to deal with (a problem)
  • make sth up
    to invent or create a story/to tell lies
  • Put (sb) down as
    guess what somebody is like or what they do, without having all of the necessary information
  • give out
    to use all of sth and have none left
  • Get up to
    to do something, especially something bad
  • Look to
    to depend on for help, advice, etc.
  • give of sth
    to give sth without expecting anything in return
  • make up with sb
    to become friends again with sb after an argument
  • Get down to
    to finally start doing something that needs a lot of time and energy
  • make up for
    compensate
  • Look over
    to examine something, especially quickly
  • Get away with
    to escape punishment for something one has done wrong
  • Look up to
    respect or admire
  • Break up (1)
    to finish school and begin a holiday
  • Break out (2)
    to start to happen (of something unpleasant such as war, fire, etc)
  • Put (sb) down
    to make somebody feel unimportant; humiliate
  • make off with
    to steal sth and run away with it
  • Look on
    to watch without being involved
  • Get (sb) off
    (to cause to) escape being punished for a crime
  • Make for
    to go towards, in the direction of
  • Look down on
    to think that one is better than another
  • Look out
    to search for and find a particular thing among one’s belongings
  • Make off
    to run away
  • make sb/sth out
    to understand
  • Break down 2
    to come to an unsuccessful end (discussion, system, etc.)
  • Break out (3)
    to start laughing
  • Get at
    to reach or find (the truth, the answer, etc.)
  • give in to
    to unwillingly agree to sb's demands
  • Put (sth) aside
    to stop thinking about a problem, quarrel, etc.
  • Break out (1)
    to escape (from prison or similar place)
  • give sth away
    to tell a secret
  • Put (sth) down to (sb)
    to explain the reason for something, especially when one is guessing
  • Break down 1
    to stop working (a car, a machine, etc.)
  • Look in on
    to make a short visit, especially when one is on the way somewhere else
  • Put up with (sb/sth)
    to accept something unpleasant without complaining
  • give up on sb
    to have no further hope for sb
  • give off
    produce sth
  • Break in (sth/sb)
    to interrupt a conversation, speech, etc
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