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  • to display proudly / deliberately trying to attract attention and admiration
    show off
  • to be tricked into believing something that is not true
    fal for something
  • come to someone's house for a short time
    come around
  • employ someone
    take some on
  • give something to someone
    hand something over someone
  • When you’ve resolved a problem, especially by thinking a lot, we say you
    work it out.
  • collect someone from somewhere
    pick someone up
  • discover
    find out
  • put something high or on the wall
    hang up something
  • fall on the ground
    fall over
  • repay a loan to someone / take revenge on someone
    pay back
  • When someone borrows something from you, you expect them to
    give it back
  • tolerate or accept something
    put up with something
  • be connected on the phone
    get through
  • to keep money in order to buy something
    to save up for something
  • be excused from / to avoid or escape something
    get out of
  • When you've thought of an idea, we say you’ve
    come up with an idea.
  • do a trial
    try out
  • stop trying
    give up
  • take care of
    look after
  • to visit somewhere
    go around to somewhere
  • to continue doing something
    carry on
  • to continue happening, doing something
    keep on
  • When you give something like a letter or homework assignment to someone in authority, you are
    hand it in
  • wear formal or special clothes
    dress up
  • If you have a lot of clothes, it can be difficult to
    get them into your suitcase.
  • to start doing something
    take up
  • If you stay in the same place for a while, we say you
    stick around
  • do the activity with people who are already doing it
    join in
  • happy and excited about something that is going to happen
    look forward to something
  • When you put rubbish in the bin, you
    throw it away
  • have an argument
    fall out with
  • talking too much about
    going on about
  • When you cut paper or material to make a separate shape, you
    cut something out
  • increase the volume or strength of sound, heat, etc. by turning a knob or switch on a device.
    turn up
  • make something start working / start wearing something
    put on
  • to distract someone
    put someone off
  • to arrive
    to turn up
  • meet or find someone or something by chance
    come cross someone or something
  • to finish, use, or sell all of something
    run out of
  • go on holiday or on a trip
    go away
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