Created by Fausto Duarte
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Question | Answer |
ACCOUNT FOR | To explain the reason for Ex: Increased pollution may account for climate change. |
ADHERE TO | Obey Ex:You must adhere to the terms of the contract. |
ALLUDE TO | Mention in an indirect way Ex: She kept alluding to our agreement, but she didn’t want to reveal it. |
BRING ON | To cause something bad to happen, especially illness Ex:His heart condition was brought on by his diet. |
BRING UP | To start discussing a subject Ex: She brought the matter up very late so they didn’t have time to discuss it properly. |
COME ABOUT | To happen, especially by chance Ex:Increased unemployment has come about through automated production. |
CUT BACK | To reduce Ex: They are cutting back expenses. |
DO WITHOUT | To succeed in living or working without Ex: We can do without help from you. |
EMBARK ON | To start a new project or activity, usually one that will be difficult or take time Ex: After graduating from university, she embarked on a career in banking. |
FOLLOW THROUGH | To continue doing something until it has been completed Ex: You will need to follow through with some reading if you want to master the subject. |
FROWN UPON | To not approve of something Ex: Failure to attend classes is frowned upon. |
GET ACROSS | To make people understand something Ex: The teacher managed to get across how important it was to attend lectures. |
GET AT | To try to suggest something without saying it directly Ex: What are you getting at? Was my presentation too long? |
GET BACK | To start doing something again after not doing it for a period of time. Ex:Let’s get back to discussing how this happened. |
LOOK FORWARD TO | To feel happy about something that is going to happen Ex: I’m looking forward to meeting you later. |
LOOK INTO | To try to discover facts about something Ex :After several customers complained about late deliveries, they decided to look into the matter. |
MAKE OF | To understand someone or something in a Ecertain way EX:What do you make of the teacher’s decision to shorten this course? |
MAP OUT | To plan in detail how something will happen Ex: Her career was mapped out for her when she decided to take that job. |
MEET UP | To come together with someone Ex: ex: Let’s meet up and discuss how we are going to go about this project. |
NARROW DOWN | To reduce the number of possibilities Ex: The detectives narrowed down the list of suspects to just two. |
PUT FORWARD | To suggest an idea, opinion so that it can be discussed Ex: The proposals were put forward last week, but the committee didn’t have time to discuss them. |
PUT OFF | To delay doing something especially when you don’t want to do it Ex: Are you putting off writing that essay because you can’t concentrate right now? |
RESORT TO | To do something unpleasant in order to solve a problem Ex: We must resort to legal action of they don’t offer compensation. |
RULE OUT | To stop considering something as a possibility Ex: The CEO said that yearly bonuses can be ruled out in light of the financial crisis. |
RUN BY | To tell someone your ideas so they can give you their opinion Ex: I have a few ideas for tomorrow’s meeting. Can I run them by you? |
TALK OUT OF | To persuade someone not to do something Ex: Her parents talked her out of living in a rented flat. |
THINK OVER | To consider a problem carefully Ex: You should think it over before handing in your resignation. |
TURN OUT | To develop in a particular way Ex: The presentation turned out well, considering how little you prepared for it. |
VERGE ON | To almost be in a particular state Ex: His speech was so good, it was verging on genius. |
C-2 ACT ON | do whatever is advised / suggested |
C-2 ACT UP | behave awkwardly or badly |
C-2 ANSWER (SB) BACK | speak rudely to sb |
C-2 ANSWER BACK | defend oneself |
C-2 ANSWER FOR | be responsible for sth / pay for sth / vouch for |
C-2 ANSWER TO | be under the command of sb / have the characteristics described |
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