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Expressions with bring

Brought up: educado ( raised,lo criarón) : My father's parents brought him up in the country because they thought that country life was better for children.

Bring it off: ( succeed, tener exito) : Don't give up i'm sure you'll bring it off in the end.

Brought about: ( cause to happen, provocado) : The strike brought about a change of government.

Bring back: ( re-introduce, reestablecer): I hope they don't bring back capital punishment.

Bring down ( lower, reducir): The promised to bring down taxes but they actually raised them.

Bringing out: ( introducing, introducir) : Food motors are bringing out an interesting new model in the spring.

Bring him round: ( persuade, persuadir, convencer) : Keep trying to persuade him and you'll bring him around to your point of view.

Expressions with take

Take after: ( resemble, asemejarse): Doesn't he take after his father! They even sound the same.

Take back: ( withdraw, retirar): I wish I could take back what I said to him.

Take in: ( understand, entender) : It's hard to take in this lectures.

Taken in ( deceived, decepcionado) : She was completely taken in by him and agreed to give him all her money.

Taken off: ( increase, started to improve): Sales hace really taken off now, we should make a good profit this year.

Taking off ( imitating, imitar): She's very good at taking off her teacher, she sounds just like her.

Take on: ( employ/ contratar y accept / acceptar) : We'll have to take on more staff if we're to take on more work.

Took to: (conectar): She took to him at once and they soon became close friends.

Take up: (start a hobby, aficionarse) : When did you take up golf?

Expressions with get

Get at: reach, find -> I hope the enquiry will get at the truth.

Get away with: do wrong without being cought -> The robbers got away with several thousand pounds

Get behind: fail to do something by a certain time. --> I've got terribly behind with my work.

Get by: Manage,( financially) --> We couldn't get by on my salary alone.

Get down: ( depress) -> this weather is really getting me down.

Get down to: ( begin to give some serious attention to) -> It's time you got down to some work.

Get on: (manage) -->However will we get on without you?

Get on: ( advance, develop) --> Jo is getting on very well at school now.

Get out of: ( avoid responsibility) --> I'll try to get out of my lesson tomorrow.

Get over: ( recover from) --> She's getting over a bad attack of flu.

Get round: ( spread) --> The news soon got round the village.

Get through: (come to a successful end) --> I'm glad she got through all her exams.

Get through: ( use up all of) --> He got through his month's salary in just one weekend.

Get up to: ( to do, especially something bad) --> They're very quiet. I wonder what they're getting up to?

WORTH SEEING: vale la pena