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16 Cards in this Set
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Centre around |
if smth centres around smth/smn, or if you centre smth around them, they are its main subject of attention/interest |
The book centres around a woman who becomes an astronaut. |
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Get into |
1) start enjoying smth or get enthusiastic about it 2) if a 🚆, plane, etc gets into a place, it arrives there 3) become involved in a bad situation |
1) It took me a while to get into this CD, but now I listen to it all the time. 2) What time do we get into Norwich? 3) Craig started to get into crime while he was still at school. |
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Go in for |
1) enjoy a particular thing or activity 2) choose smth as a subject of study or as your career |
1) My dad doesn't really go in for parties. 2) I'm going to go in for dentistry. |
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Go off |
1) stop liking smn/smth 2) explode or be fired 3) leave a place, especially for a particular purpose 4) if food or drink goes off, it is no longer fresh |
1) I've gone off peanuts, for some reason. 2) A bomb has gone off in the shopping mall. 3) Pete has just gone off to get some chewing gum. 4) Does this milk smell it's gone off to you? |
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Grow on |
if smth/smn grows on you, you start to like them more |
I didn't like the painting at first, but it's growing on me. |
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Hang out |
1) spend time in a particular place or with particular people 2) lean out of a window so that the top part of your body is outside |
1) We often just hang out at each other's 🏠-s. 2) Don't hang out of the window or you'll fall! |
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Keep up |
1) continue to do smth 2) move at the same speed as smn/smth |
1) I don't think I can afford to keep up my piano lessons. 2) Dan walks do fast that it's not easy to keep up with him. |
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Laze around |
relax and enjoy yourself, doing no work |
I'm just planning to laze around this weekend. |
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Mess about/around |
1) spend time doing things in a relaxed way 2) behave in a silly way |
1) There's nothing I like better than messing around in the garden. 2) Mrs Evans asked the children to stop messing around. |
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Pick up |
1) learn a new skill or start a habit without intending to 2) go and meet smn/smth that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle |
1) I picked up Chinese when I was living there. 2) I'll pick you up at twelve. |
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Put in |
spend a particular amount of time doing smth, or make a particular amount of effort in order to do smth |
Bob has put in a lot of hard work on this project. |
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Seek out |
find smn/smth by looking for them in a determined way |
The dogs are trained to seek out drugs. |
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Take in |
include something |
The tour takes in some incredible scenery. |
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Take off |
1) have a particular amount of time away from work 2) become successful or popular very fast |
1) Can I take next Friday off? 2) The new design took off immediately. |
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Take out |
take someone to a place like a cinema or a restaurant and usually pay for them |
On my birthday, I took everyone out bowling. |
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Warm up |
prepare for a sport or activity by doing gentle exercises or practising just before it starts |
It's very important to warm up before you exercise. |