PHRASAL VERBS UNIT 3

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comfort to
to follow the rules or do what most people do
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to comply with
to follow the rules, law or instructions, more legal implication
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revolve around
to focus on the main theme or person
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loose touch with ≠ reconnect with
no hablarse mas con alguien / volver a hablarse
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look down on
to think of smn as less
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look up to
to admire smn
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get stung
by an insect, produces a small injury
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head off
start a journey
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take on
to accept a particular role
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put smt down to smt or attribute smt to smn
to consider as a reason
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conjure up
to make a picture of smt appears in sb's mind (syn. evoke)
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seek out / seek
to look for smt and find it / only look for smt
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call out
screaming
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call out for
pay special attention to smt
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get by on
to manage to survive on a minimal amount of smt
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close in on
to become nearer to smn
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set up
to arrange for an event or activity to happen
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to carry sb off
take smn or smt away by force
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fond of
having a linking for or love of smn/smt
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get ahead
make a progress
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get over
recovered from
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get on with
have a good relationship/continue doing smt
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(smt gets you down) get down
depressed
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get away / get off
escape
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get on
approaching (in age?)
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get round
find time for
Bill eventually got round to the washing-up.
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get way with
not being punished for doing smt
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get at
suggesting
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get out of
avoid stm
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get a lay of (the land)
to become familiar with smt
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to give smt a go
to attempt smt
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crawl into/crawl out of bed
figurative, gatear, costo salir de la cama
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to be in bits
to be devastated
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to be in flood of tears
cry heavily, generally for smt negative
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cheer up
lift smn mood
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wary of
to be cautious of sth or smb suggesting a potential danger or problem
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