Created by Larissa Pinhal do Nascimento
over 6 years ago
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Question | Answer |
Invite on a date | ASK OUT Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie. |
Ask many people the same question | AKS AROUND I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet. |
Equal | ADD UP TO Your purchases add up to $205.32. |
1-Reverse or 2- Support | BACK UP 1- You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out. 2- My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. |
1- Explode or 2- Add air | BLOW UP 1- The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. 2- We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party. |
1- Stop function or 2- Get upset or 3- divide into smaller parts | BREAK DOWN 1- Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm. 2- The woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died. 3- Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts. |
1- Force entry to a building or 2- wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new or 3- interrupt | BREAK IN 1- Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo. 2- I need to break these shoes in before we run next week. 3- The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death. |
Enter forcibly | BREAK INTO The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children. |
1- End a relationship or 2- Start laughing (informal) | BREAK UP 1- My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America. 2- The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking. |
Escape * Develop a skin condition | BREAK DOWN The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren't looking. * BREAK DOWN IN I broke out in a rash after our camping trip. |
Make unhappy | BRINg DOWN This sad music is bringing me down. |
1- Raise a child or 2- Start talking about a subject or 3- Vomit | BRING UP 1- My grandparents brought me up after my parents died. 2- My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports. 3- He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet. |
Phone many different places/people | CALL AROUND We called around but we weren't able to find the car part we needed. |
Return a phone call | CALL BACK I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend. |
Cancel | CALL OFF Jason called the wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé. |
1- Aks for an answer or opinion or 2- visit somebody | CALL ON 1- The professor called on me for question 1. 2- We called on you last night but you weren't home. |
phone | CALL UP Give me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town. |
Relax after being angry | CALM DOWN You are still mad. You need to calm down before you drive the car. |
Get to the same point as somebody | CATCH UP You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty. |
1- Leave a hotel or 2- Look at carefully/investigate or 3- Loot at (informal) | CHECK OUT 1- You have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM. 2- The company checks out all new employees. 3- Check out the crazy hair on that guy! |
1- Become happier or 2- Make happier | CHEER UP 1- She cheered up when she heard the good news. 2- I brought you some flowers to cheer you up. |
Help | CHIP IN If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon. |
find unexpectedly | COME ACROSS I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet. |
Separate | COME APART The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough. |
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