ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS

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• Abide vt fus act faithful rules games
• Abstained abstain vt fus voting election.(formal alcahol
• Accede to  vt fus formal agree aceeded request
• Account vt fus give reason explain i mistake
• Act work duties head department boss sofa ast
• Act for  for(someone representative someone):she acting headmaster absence
• Act formal 1-to advice,instructions i axcting advice lawyer
• Act up  behave badly wrongly child father car
• Added add to  increase news happiness illness difficulties
• Add figures find total added column
• Add logical i don’t under-stand behaviour doesn’t
• Adhere to  stick tape doesn’t floor remain loyal
• Adjust change order suitable adapted adjusted life
• Agree discuss decision agreed date holiday opinion belongs
• Agree to  agreed request to
• Agree with  i agreed good health cheese grammar
• Aim at/for point direct hit reach aimed blow
• Aims to/at plan intend finish book week finishing
• Alighted alight on/(formal sttle land bird fence fig
• Consideration judjing deciding future possibility figures price rises
• Allude to  speak indirectly mention passing:he remarks made
• Answer bear responsibility responsible for(something i'will mother safety
• Answer correspond to(a description police found man answering
• Apply for(something formally manager job applied financial
• Apply to  purpose force door open applied knowledge
• Approve of  pleased of(a person i decision
• Argued argue for/against formal suggest reason i accepting
• Arrive arrived reach place station train leaving.(fig committee
• Make inquiries state asked father
• Approve of  pleased of(a person i decision
• Make inquiries state asked father
• Aspire to  formal hard reach difficult ambitious aspired
• Attend to  listen or  give attention carefully lecturer
• Average averaged out  sep work result expenses ten
• Average at  result car's petrol consumtion averaged ten
• Back give one's opinion claim backed face strong
• Back step move backwards opened garage door backed
• Back supporter encourage evidence backed arguments husband
• Bail set person free giving money court law
• Bale parachute plane emergency clear water boat water/boat
• Bank on  rely i'am banking run disco late
• Bargain neg expect consideration i arriving bargained started
• Bash in  beat smash soldiers bashed door
• Bash on  careless inattentive spite father's advice bashed
• Bear out  formal support confirm put complaint i
• Bear with  formal patient with(someone minute i
• Beat price give great heat sun's rays desert
• Beat price give great heat sun's rays desert
• Beat succeed overcoming preventing man youths attacked attack
• Beat punch kick hit person severly repeatedly brother
• Believes in  accept existence fact ghosts recognize advantage
• Belong correct place shoes cupboard
• Belongs to  property book furniture mother native member
• Belongs page shoe with this
• Bestow on/upon give title award queen bestowed knighthood
• Beware careful dog thieves of
• Blare sound loudly nad harshly radio blaring pop
• Blast rockets spacecraft start rise
• Blast out  loudly music blasted radio
• Blotted blot hide sight rain view conceal remove
• Blew blow extinguish put flame blowing wind candle
• Blew blow pieces break broken explosion bridge soldiers
• Blurt suddenly thinking effect result blurted story
• Hotel booked book sign one's list guests royal
• Boom make hollow sound large drum gun voice
• Bottle up  prevent one's feelings obvious anger whats
• Broke break escape control dog owner fig states
• Broken break door force etc)to open resulting breaking
• Broken break door force etc)to open resulting breaking
• Broke break enter house force unexpectedly burglar bitten
• Broke break begin  suddenly song =began singing face
• Broke broken handle break stop communications family middle
• Broken break happen suddenly war escape prison restictions
• Broke break divide pieces sheet ice breaking furniture
• Broke break quarrel stop connected labour party tradation
• Breathe enter leave lungs air breathing:he reached surface
• Bricked bricks close hole fireplace yesterday imprison person
• Brim overflow cup brimming water fig bringing excitement
• Brought bring disregard danger death
• Back bring return i borrow pen tomorrow government
• Bring down  fall storm brought trees down.(fig dictator. 
• Bring give birth produce to
• Forward bring brought formal put people's attention discussed
• Bring in  introduce parliamentary bill produce profit books
• Bring achieve attempted i thought brought unexpected victory
• Bring on  dancing girls develop illness brought eating
• Bring make clear;to reveal brought weakness theory publish
• Bring round back unconsciosness smelling-salts brought persuade idea
• Bring back consciousness smelling salts
• Brought bringing rear educate behave parents polite introduce
• Bristling bristle full warship guns streets tourists
• Brushed brush pay attention objections rudely
• Brushed brush wipe tear away
• Brush on  put paint to
• Brush refresh one's knowledge of(eg language brushed spanish
• Excitement bubble boil milk bubbled fig full happiness
• Buck up  hurry catch bus.2 cheer good news
• Buckle begin job down to
• Buckle begin work to seriously
• Success build built add building hospital bigger wing
• Build built increase size extent traffic begins o'clock
• Bum wander travel regular job i spent year
• Bump meet accident i bumped day street
• Bump kill hero bumped halfway throught play
• Bunch put together  folds groups sewing-machine wrong started
• Bundle make things bring up
• Buoy afloat boat huge tanks full air fig
• Burn house destroy destroyed completely fire burned smoke
• Burn completely extinguished longer burning flames burned
• Burst into/through suddenly violently room house flames tears/song.the
• Burst begin suddenly noisily laughing
• Bustle busy oneself noisily fussily bustled things day
• Butt interrupt interfere speaking in
• Butt interrupt conversation into to
• Butter flatter buttering boss promotion lot money
• Button fasten means coat neck.button jacket
• Buy stock supply bought bread weekend
• Buy bribe gangster's friend bought police witness
• Buy  to completely company's shares large company expanded
• Buy things large quantities bought houses street
• Call demand require quick action rudeness called collect
• Call in  doctor request return board commissioners currency
• Call in  doctor request return board commissioners currency
• Called minute call cancel party's accepted invitation party
• Call called formal visit:i'll neighbour tomorrow summon gather
• Called call intruct workers strike union electricity summon
• Call called up  service armed forces bring memory
• Calm call sep make giving brandy
• Camp inf make camped original play unrecognizable
• Care i nurse fond don’t marry flowers
• Carry forward add number column figures i forgot
• Carried difficult carry carrying screaming child quickly succeed
• Carry business on  continue working work manage greengrocer
• Carry accomplish successfully finish carried plan
• Carry continue page time discussion tomorrow word line
• Carry formal continue support complete accomplish begun task
• Cart carry difficulty luggage day
• Cart carry impolitely abruptly carted jail
• Carve achieve gain carved career
• Carve divide money,business profits criminals carved man
• Cashed cash in  exchange money shares insurance policy
• Cash make money types pfrofit taking advantage situation
• Cast untie mooring lines boat fig throw unwanted
• Catch caught on  popular long dresses understand bit
• Catch put batsman cricket catching ball hit touches
• Catch caught work i level overtake corner walking
• Chalk chalked write blackboard teacher answer 2(fig score
• Accident i chanced chance meet friend library discover
• Change changed remove clothes replace clean one's i'll 
• Change changed remove clothes replace clean one's i'll 
• Change changed remove clothes replace clean one's i'll 
• Change changed remove clothes replace clean one's i'll 
• Change changed remove clothes replace clean one's i'll 
• Check checked in  arrive hotel sign register night
• Check leave hotel paying one's bill o'clock test
• Check investigate reliable honest true hve checking
• Cheer make cheerful cheered flowers smile
• Problem chewed chew talk long time decided
• Problem chewed chew talk long time decided
• Chickened chicken avoid due cowardice accepting challenge minute
• Chime break conversation chimed stupid remark
• Chip interrupt chipped remark give money he'll fiver
• Chop tree fall cutting axe chopped fir
• Chuck abandon idea project chucked university
• Chum friends son chummed badly-behaved children. 
• Churn inf derong produce continuously similar things churning
• Clammed clam silent suddenly discovered policeman midst conversation
• Clamp stop activity control strictly government clamped public
• Clean throwing rubbish we"ll sitting-room tomorrow someone's money
• Clean cleaned make place room home.(fig town decent
• Clear rid pay debts accountant give credit leave
• Clear cleared rubbish rid attic make tidy emptying
• Clear cleared make tidy mess fig misunderstanding healthier
• Cleave to  formal stick wet dress cleaved body
• Climb climbed bottom mountain,ladder hands feet difficult cliff
• Clock out/off work in/on register record time arriving
• Clock register mileometer clocked thousand miles year car
• Close business permenantly high levels taxation caused firms
• Close business permenantly high levels taxation caused firms
• Close nearer enemy soldiers closing days shorter fewer
• Closed close bring closer space lines print shut
• Close liter begin fighting closed enemy
• Club join put money purpose:they clubbed bought present
• Round cluster group clustered door watch arrival queen
• Clutter fill cover untidy drawer cluttered scarves odd
• Comb remove unwanted out  matter hair combing combed
• Happen come about to how
• Understood appreciated speech meet  find chance friends
• Accompany person speaking hurry progress things coming
• Separate make unfriendly thing us. 
• By  obtain books london black eye
•  to decrease price tea world important wealthy
• Oneself bring forward present notice tea price world(=he
• Born made italy book come
• Receive target lot criticism in
• Into  inherit she'll father's money dies
• Of  happen plans africa to
• Happen successfully gamble end treated good bad unsuccessful
• Inf out  truth finally published newspaper week strike
• Show develop spots come out
• Child come out with to
• Round visit regain consciousness twenty minutes persuaded persuade
• People stay alive survive operations?he war uninjured
• To  regain consciousness operations?  subject idea thought suddenly
• Liter formal meet,find discover chance i strange man
• Reach:this piece work usual high standard
• Produce great idea come up
• Comment make remark commented disguisting mess house
• Conjured picture dead conjure bring mind description holiday
• Conjured picture dead conjure bring mind description holiday
• Contend struggle contending problems kinds
• Contribute happen gambling contributed downfall
• Cook story inf)  invent make false i cooked
• Cool make cooled warm food bit put fridge
• Cool cold shower make warm:i'm enthusiastic emotional love
• Coop shut small place cooped tiny room hours
• Cordoned cordon enclose police area gunman
• Cotton begin understand he'll on
• Cough coughing i cought produce remove troat chest
• Count disadvantage previous criminal record trial.2 neg make
• Count include counted john cinema
• Counting count rely person happening persuade trains empty
• Count include cinema stay boxer loser ten seconds
• Couple join coaches coupled train associate people things
• Cover put soup flies child covered dirty dress
• Cover prevent dishonest illegal deeds discovered concealing truth
• Crack on  strong action police cracking vandals area
• Crack cracking fig inf break pieces unable continue
• Credit person thing i intelligence ordinary objects crdited
• Crept creep approach slowly stealthily unseen cat pigeon
• Crop up  happen unexpectedly i'm  late important cropped
• Cross draw line crossed mistakes
• Cried cry cancel fail engagement agreement promising party
• Curled curl move roll position shape chair hedgehog
• Curtain separate enclose curtained alcove
• Cut pass front interfering progress lorry path car
• Cut back  to reduce considerably government public spending
• Cut fall cutting apple tree reduce amount i
• Cut interrupt remark move sharply infront interfere one's
• Cut telephone cent interrupt break connection i middle
• Cut stop break divide cuttying make cutting child
• Dally liter play idle manner:he dallied idea marry
• Dam hold back means river dammed fig control
• Damp i make fire strong burns slowly overnight
• I dash write hurriedly care dashed letter waiting
• Date back belong made written time quarrel year
• Suddenly dawn clear person dawned meant
• Deal i concerned  discuss book methods teaching english
• Declare  to supports opposes opinion group losing-side
• Depends rely ing i arriving time yoou weather
• Deprived deprive move prisoner means escape food drink
• Dervive arise word derives french draw source origin
• Descend descended on/upon make sudden attck soldiers helpless
• Detracted detract lessen reputation crack plate recent behaviour
• Desist stop irresponsible behaviour from
• Die  to fade sight hearing sound died didtance
• Die down  lose strength power i wind died
• Die quickly large numbers herds cattle dying drought
• Die cease exist custom died century
• Put dug dig make energetic start eating meal
• Dig i digging car snow stuck snowdrift find
• Dug dig remove digging tree skeleton find reveal
• Dine one's dinner dined lobster chmpagne
• House dine dinner one's restaurant friend dining evening
• I dipped dip into  money dipping savings lot
• Disagree food unsuitable casue pain onions
• Discourage persuade rain discouraged camping
• Discourage on/upon talk to about
• Discrminate make difference people things difficult discriminate real
• Dished dish out  distribute give tom people tars
• Dish place food plates ready brought table drink
• Dish place food plates ready brought table drink
• Dispense rid economize dispensing assistants deep-freeze uneconomical dispensed
• Disposed dispose rid arguments plan sentences coat giving
• Distinguish recognize difference i types
• Rid abolish officially uniforms school years ago kill
• Cheat overcome enjoys people do
• Kill end coming television foe cheap cinemas house-work
• In  general opinion missing woman
• I out  clean spent morning living room room's
• Prevent dishonest methods feels rise salary plot day's
• Manage accept lack phone lot people ways order
• Dote fond extent foolish child
• Back double turn fox doubled hole started
• Doubled doubleup  fold suddenly waist laughter received blow
• Doze off  light sleep i dozed front television
• Drain water run completely hot-water system leave holiday
• Draw car in  halt side road yellow i
• Drew pint draw pour liquid large container water
• Drew draw money strength memory etc)as source imagination
• Drew draw car money bank i hundred dollars
• Drew draw car stop house arrange acceptable form
• Dream invesnt oftentaking trouble dreamed spme sort special
• Dress dressed put fancy-dress pirate party.2 formal casual
• Drink  to rapidly eagrly audience fascinated drinking expression
• Drink to  offer good wishes drinking gave money
• Drink drunk finish drinking milk guests night beer
• Drive leave car van drove place picnicked swarming
• Drive drove carry driving car time stop urge
• Back i drop slow walking ceases group originally
• Drop arrive informally visit happen passing leave book
• I dropped drop fall seperated open door handle
• Dropped drop withdraw university normal life society theatre
• Drum force remember repeating constantly rember i
• Dry wet make completely surface climbed bath dried
• Dry make completely soaked ages gloves front fire
• Face meet accept boldly faced difficult situation
• Dried dry liquid source cease completely provide river
• Dust dusted brush order remove picked reprimand scold
• Dwell on/upon speak long time problems dwelt length
• Eased ease make strong severe tight fast pain
• Eat destroy waste gradually acid metal school fees
• Egged egg on  urge friend steal radio apply
• Eke make supply longer adding meat potatoes manage
• Elaborated elaborate on/upon discuss details day's menu headmaster
• Embarked embark on/upon start engage war french career
• Someone's encroach on/upon advance else's land i n
• End ended reach unpleasant i knew jail hospital
• Enlarge on/upon speak write detail original statement enlarged
• Enter part entered agreement film director enthusiastically christmas
• Enter on/upon begin entered term
• Enthuse over/about enthusiastic i baby constamtly enthusing job
• Make equal level regular road rose steeply evened
• Make equal john maths exam jim evened marks
• Explain rid difficulties clever explaining fact money missing
• Exulted victory exult in/at happy rejoice news
• Exult trimph happy defeated exulted rival
• Film faded fade sound picture grow faint disappear
• Fall break pieces bicycle falling
• Fall number crowd began slope ground fell steeply
• Back fall move stop coming forward men fell
• Fall back finally father's money
• Fall falling slower hurry schoolwork late regular payment
• Fall fail point plans falling job
• Fall i deceived made story explain work fell
• Fell fall join with(someone company home friends agree
• Fall smaller number amount theatre audiences summer
• Fell fall on/upon attack old  man beat hungrily
• Fall quarrel i fallen brother friends falling
• Plans fall fail planned paris fell
• Fall to  begin enthusiastically eating food put table
• Fanned fan spread shape photographs hand crowd square
• Fasten on/upon seize fix one's attention fastened remark
• Fattening fatten make fat:they chicken eat christmas pig
• Fawn liter:derog humble flatter servile courtiers fawned king
• Felt feel sympathetic sorrow find feeling pencil handbag
• Ferret search busily persistently ferreted cupboard ferreting drawer
• Ferret find search managed interseting piece news ferreted
• Fiddle make restless aimless movements stop fiddling pencil
• Fight physical violence back hits
• Fight drive physical violence fought enemy machine-guns cold
• Fight decisive end exhausted armies fought attackers victorious
• Figure i understand out can't
• Fill filled i filling add put needed make
• Fill filled rounder fatter thin bit face i
• Fill make completely full:fill petrol tank hall filled
• Film formal covered eyes gradually filmed tears
• Find found discover i troubling oblig truth wrong
• Finished finish complete job yesterday 2nto eat pudding
• Finished finish eat meal quickly i red paint
• Finished finish stop fond friendly collect stamps hobby
• Fire begin called sergeant major young soldiers ahead
• Fish pull difficulty fished letter
• Fit plans live exist agreement harmony girl unhappy
• Fitted shop fit provide clothes equipment climbers expedition
• Fix formal decide choose fixed date party
• Fix arrange settle fixed meeting week
• Fizzled fizzle fail fire eventually plans abroad realized
• Flag taxi wave car order make stop flagged
• Flaking flake girl's skin paint door
• Flare fig flared suddenly burn brightly sudden wind
• Flashed flash by/past pass quickly days cars past
• Flatten make flat wind flattened farmer's wheat
• Flattened flatten make flat bent metal countryside sea
• Flirts with  behave soneone inlove intentions man meets
• Flocked flock gather crowd dining room people football
• Flog work hard flogged homework
• Flounced flounce out/away move anger impatience room temper
• Fluff make out/up full soft bird fluffed feathers
• Flushed flush  to animal leave hiding place hounds
• Fog cover etc:  glasses fogged steam
• Follow i decided painting original interest subject police
• Fool fooling about/around act playfully everytime i stop
• Forage search foraged cupboard about
• Forbear oneself talking from to
• Fork i pay unwillingly hand money cost meal
• Freeze stop moving functioning extreme cold car engine
• Freshen tired untidy i dinner wash rest
• Frittered fritter throw waste gradually money gambling time
• Frosted night frost covered fields windscreen car
• Frown on/upon disapprove family prowns smoking drinking
• Gad about/around place order amuse oneself she's forever
• Gain by/from good,eg money i staying here? 
• Gain on/upon closer person thing chasing drive faster
• Gallop quickly galloped homework watch television
• Gamble lose sum money gambling unsuccessfully father gambled
• Person gang join act manager felt younger members
• Gang join act person purpose amusement girls ganged
• Gasp breath boy ran gasped story police-man
• Gather round person thing to
• Gather gathered i bring group lecturer books papers
• Gathered gather collect picking books walked
• Gear to  adapt design suit patricular book geared
• Gen up  study information subject rules debating chairman
• Stories rumours i leaving move travel people ill
• Make understood rarely general public plan clear i
• Follow chase person thing catch
• Ahead make progress successful work hard else):  company
• I manage make progress things friendly good terms
• I stories rumours leaving people active involved activities
• I reach place thing farm difficult hole deep
• Fog cover etc:  glasses fogged steam
• Follow i decided painting original interest subject police
• Fool fooling about/around act playfully everytime i stop
• Forage search foraged cupboard about
• Forbear oneself talking from to
• Fork i pay unwillingly hand money cost meal
• Freeze stop moving functioning extreme cold car engine
• Freshen tired untidy i dinner wash rest
• Frittered fritter throw waste gradually money gambling time
• Frosted night frost covered fields windscreen car
• Frown on/upon disapprove family prowns smoking drinking
• Gad about/around place order amuse oneself she's forever
• Gain by/from good,eg money i staying here? 
• Gain on/upon closer person thing chasing drive faster
• Gallop quickly galloped homework watch television
• Gamble lose sum money gambling unsuccessfully father gambled
• Person gang join act manager felt younger members
• Gang join act person purpose amusement girls ganged
• Gasp breath boy ran gasped story police-man
• Gather round person thing to
• Gather gathered i bring group lecturer books papers
• Gathered gather collect picking books walked
• Gear to  adapt design suit patricular book geared
• Gen up  study information subject rules debating chairman
• Stories rumours i leaving move travel people ill
• Make understood rarely general public plan clear i
• Follow chase person thing catch
• Ahead make progress successful work hard else):  company
• I manage make progress things friendly good terms
• I stories rumours leaving people active involved activities
• I reach place thing farm difficult hole deep
• Bad punished murder crime rarely
• Back move policemen told crowd managed sheep edge
• Back revenge person laugh get
• Manage i week acceptable definition good
• Leave  bus train plat form low difficult make
• Work begin hard i tonight exams week
• In  send person television broken man repair manage
• I put clothes find difficult tight trousers earth
• Happen on/upon find person thing chance happened perfect
• Friendly good terms person one's benefit advantage boss
• I leave small fine 9a bus train stop
• Form close sexual relationship dance aprty hoping mary
• I on  make progress success successful job takes
• Hang wait minute ready hold something):  rope
• Hang wait minute ready hold something):  rope
• Hang live nowadays wet clothes rope side dry
• Hang agree consistent statements lying
• Hang coat cupboard washing bathroom put receiver back
• Hanker after/for i america hankering invitation
• Back hark i decision refer earlier harking you  said
• Harping harp talking talk forever low wages keep's
• On  wear nice suit fool that’s true it?to
• Up  make person court answer charge drunken driving
• Head make person animal change direction movement front
• Heard hear about/from/of receive news sister moving london
• Hear finish decision to out
• Time person usually  for short difficulty i mind helping
• Hemmed hem surround soldiers sides enemy make unable
• Hinges depend result competition match france cost transport
• Hit back i  hit criticize attack words soemone criticized
• Hit on/upon find answer chance solution
• Hit out  attempt soemone injured man blindly attackers
• Hitch pull raise soemthing sudden short hitched trousers
• Hive part firm make give work job person
• Back holding prevent progress hold refuse somethinng police
• Hold allowed stay job incapable holding
• Hold talk give one's opinions loudly great length
• Hold stay i hope rain fight successfully enemy
• Hold i stop grip held slipping rope pull
• Hold continue till fight survive resist difficulties dangers
• Hold back money information it,but i holding
• Hold to  continue follow opinions decisions wrong original
• Held stop hold slow progress late i office
• Hold approve smoking with to
• Hole hit golf ball holed fourth =he tee
• Make hollow hollowed tree-trunk boat.2 making boat
• Huddle cows huddled warm up
• Hunt search found police hunted escaped prisoner
• Hunt search hunting shoe morning
• Hunt search put found i information clothes give
• Hunt find information study research details library
• Hurry quickly move woman hurried husband
• Prevent hush general public affair hushed mto scandal
• Iced ice over/up covered ice:the garden pond night.the
• Identify feel sympathy for(someone)eg appears problems,feelings sa has:when
• Idle spend(time)doing nothing:he idling hours
• Person's etc):the impinged impinge on/upon interfere with(a freedom,rights
• Impress on/upon stress(something someone):i silence
• Improve on/upon produce better,more than(something else):i i suggestion
• Indulge oneself do(something express(an emotion wishes to:she indulged
• Inform against/on facts police about(a criminal etc):he informed
• Inquire information about(something):they inquired trains london
• Inquire information state of(eg person's health):he inquired mother
• Inquiring inquire talk to(a person):someone rang you,but out.2
• Inquire discover facts police inquiring matter
• Interfere prevent,stop slow downthe progress of(something):he game golf
• Iron rid creases of(creases ironing:i dress.look skirt time
• Jab poke  or prod(at):he jabbed tree angrily stick
• Jack car raise motor supported jack:you remove wheel
• Jammed jam on  put(brakes force haste:when dog ran
• Jazz make(something originally music lively interesting:he jazzed folk
• Join part:we're playing game part in:he game/the conversation
• Join add oneself group:they walk joined
• Join member armed force:he joined
• Jolly good temper order gain goodwill co-operation:he you,if
• Jump accept eagerly:he jumped chance germany fortnight
• Jump on  make sudden attack on:he waiting round
• Keeled keel turn boat over:he examine hole made
• Make remain distance:keep away-it's dangerous children unitl left
• Back pay 1  not move forward:she child edge crowd.everybody
• 1not rise up:keep down-they're firing us!he mother longer
• Stop oneself from(doing something):i hitting
• Utside:he's well,so mother in not
• Remain friendly with,usually special reason:it's good idea police
• Stay notices warning people rain sunshine wedding =we
• Continue on  moving finished answer writing petrol station
• At  urge constantly write to
• Enter coat wind completely office private
• Involved i argument business trouble
• Leave side park roads knew
• Make hollow hollowed tree-trunk boat.2 making boat
• Huddle cows huddled warm up
• Make hollow hollowed tree-trunk boat.2 making boat
• Huddle cows huddled warm up
• Hunt search found police hunted escaped prisoner
• Hunt search hunting shoe morning
• Hunt search put found i information clothes give
• Hunt find information study research details library
• Hurry quickly move woman hurried husband
• Prevent hush general public affair hushed mto scandal
• Iced ice over/up covered ice:the garden pond night.the
• Identify feel sympathy for(someone)eg appears problems,feelings sa has:when
• Idle spend(time)doing nothing:he idling hours
• Person's etc):the impinged impinge on/upon interfere with(a freedom,rights
• Impress on/upon stress(something someone):i silence
• Improve on/upon produce better,more than(something else):i i suggestion
• Indulge oneself do(something express(an emotion wishes to:she indulged
• Inform against/on facts police about(a criminal etc):he informed
• Inquire information about(something):they inquired trains london
• Inquire information state of(eg person's health):he inquired mother
• Inquiring inquire talk to(a person):someone rang you,but out.2
• Inquire discover facts police inquiring matter
• Interfere prevent,stop slow downthe progress of(something):he game golf
• Iron rid creases of(creases ironing:i dress.look skirt time
• Jab poke  or prod(at):he jabbed tree angrily stick
• Jack car raise motor supported jack:you remove wheel
• Jammed jam on  put(brakes force haste:when dog ran
• Jazz make(something originally music lively interesting:he jazzed folk
• Join part:we're playing game part in:he game/the conversation
• Join add oneself group:they walk joined
• Join member armed force:he joined
• Jolly good temper order gain goodwill co-operation:he you,if
• Jolly good temper order gain goodwill co-operation:he you,if
• Jump accept eagerly:he jumped chance germany fortnight
• Jump on  make sudden attack on:he waiting round
• Keeled keel turn boat over:he examine hole made
• Make remain distance:keep away-it's dangerous children unitl left
• Back pay 1  not move forward:she child edge crowd.everybody
• 1not rise up:keep down-they're firing us!he mother longer
• Stop oneself from(doing something):i hitting
• Utside:he's well,so mother in not
• Remain friendly with,usually special reason:it's good idea police
• Stay notices warning people rain sunshine wedding =we
• Continue on  moving finished answer writing petrol station
• At  urge constantly write to
• Enter coat wind completely office private
• Involved i argument business trouble
• Leave side park roads knew
• I continue remain operation enjoy friendship family's reputation
• I continue remain operation enjoy friendship family's reputation
• Lead deceive causing false hopes:she led paid work
• Kicking kick about/around treat badly bully bigger boys
• Kick start football game kicking ball speak today's
• Kick start row kicked fuss mess garden
• Killed kill destroy completely deer shot species i
• Kit provide clothes tools purpose spent lot money
• Kneel kneeling position knelt table
• Knocking knock about/around treat rough unkind manner hit
• I knock around/about friendly orform part group social
• Back knock eat drink quickly large quantities knocked
• Knocked knock person vehicle fall striking angry man
• Knocked knock i fall striking hat umberlla stop
• Knocked knock team remove position striking hammer peg
• Knocked knock fall upright position dog chair rushed
• Knock make put knocked hurriedly books husband couple
• Knuckle start working i don’t studying exams
• Knuckle give disagreements told under
• Lack formal neg case don’t money children parents
• Land finish eventually wrong place bad condition wanted
• Lapped lap drink lapping dog water.2 accept eagerly
• Lark about/around play rough noisy manner teenagers larking
• Lash lashed kick hit violently foot kicked attacker
• Laugh make obvious humorous ridiculous deserving scorn i
• Launch begin colorful dramatic manner launched long tale
• Launch throw oneself freely activity involving spending money
• Laid lay put side,especially dealt time boxes threw
• Lay put future use:she laid store tinned vegetables
• Laid lay give cease one's actions arms.(fig losing
• Laid lay in  store supply of:i've extra stock
• Lay beat laid attacker walking-stick
• Lay laid i 1to dismiss employees tempotarily shortage
• Laid lay provide supply dinner firm huge quantities
• Laid lay arrange wide area plan architect public
• Laid lay store:we good supply apples year tress.she's
• Lead begin:the band led(the dance waltz
• Leading lead prepare(to something,for happen etc)by steps stages:he
• Lean on  support:the lame man leaned stick.she husband
• Leave stop something):you looking  for book-i've found it.i
• Leave include put in:you've left word sentence.we'll invite
• Make lower blind.she slowly.2 disappoint fail etc:you give
• In  water pass in:this pair boots letting badly
• Fire gun firework explode:he error accidentally.2 punishment etc:the
• Up  strong violent;to stop i rain up.he lets
• Levelled level make flat steady etc:she icing cake
• Level make level:the road plain.we differences price goods
• Back lie lean support:he lay pillows sleep.2 rest,especially
• Lie flat horizontal position:the dog man lay down.i've
• Lie bed in  stay late morning i saturday
• Lie with  choice,duty resposibility of:the decision lies
• Lift off  rocket leave ground
• Light find chance while  wandering round town lit cheap
• Lit light make up  begin give light:as watched,the
• Limber exercise move easily:the hall full dancers limbering
• Lined line 1to form of):the chidren ready leave
• Link join joined closely link:this exercise work week
• Listen 1(often radio broadcast:if tonight  you'll hear brother talking
• Live continnue living normal wrong action mistake forgotten:it
• Live in,out one's home place works:all hotel staff
• Live lives oneself alive eating:he fish potatoes.2 supported
• Live to  behave manner worthy of:he found difficult
• Lock prevent building easy out(of house)if forget key.2
• Lock locked leaving confine prevent lock:she silver safe
• Attend care paid children.the secretary complaints receive
• Ahead happen time future month
• On  inferior:she looked car down
• For  search lost handbag wasted ten minutes it.2
• Forward wait pleasure happen i christmas holidays
• In  visit briefly invitation i decided paul carol
• Inspect investigate closely i possibility buying house manager
• I watch taking part play lived aunt baby
• I watch long find searching choose looked couple
• Looked examine great care house notes them/looked
• Study book papers briefly looked report made notes
• I looked improve things worries disappeard pay visit
• Upm respect conduct opinions looked father
• Lose out  suffer loss disadvantage lost ill missing
• Lump treat alike lumped family mind group idiots
• Lust after/for liter facet desire greatly lusting woman
• Make making glasgow york formal result argument bad
• Make hurriedly secretly made middle night
• Make run steal thieves made jewellery
• Make made hear understand ship distance i earning
• Make transfer(especially ownership):the property made son father died
• Make made making invent:he story-it's lies.she's good stories
• Make to  gain favour love of(by flattery etc):she's
• Map plan route,course action etc)in detail started poosible
• Mark down,up bring increase price article sale shop):this
• Marked mark put something)indicatiing divisions etc:the artist canvas
• Marked mark boundary football pitch making lines etc:the
• Marry find husband wife one's son  or daughter):he managed
• Match make similar colour pattern:these pieces materialdon't
• Measure mark amount):she roll cloth measured metres
• Measure measured give(to amount something):he kilo sugar.is correct
• Measure reach certain(required standard:john's performance requirments find note
• Melt metal project loses shape melted stolen silver
• Messing messed mess about/around behave foolish annoying children
• Mess messed spoil.to make of:my husband's broken leg
• Miss omit fail include:don't brother send round invitations.2
• Mete give(punishment etc):the judge meted severe sentences criminals
• Misted mist covered(as mist:the hills over.the mirror over(became
• Mist surface misted over:the mirror windscreen up.2 over:their
• Mix mixed confuse blend(different things together:put eggs sugar
• Monkey about/around act foolishly interfere:stop monkeying papers
• Moon about/around wander dazed love:ever met boy,she spends
• Mopped mop up  clean(something cloth,piece paper etc):he mess
• Move moving staying place police told crowd gathered
• Move occupy house etc:we saturday business collaped moved
• Bus move vehicles begin moving away:the moved i
• Move place,situation etc:the policeman moved drunk man on.he
• Move leave,and cease live in,a house etc:she tenants
• Move direction make space:move sit please.if moved chairs
• Troops mow kill soldiers large numbers:our mown machine-gun
• Mucking muck about/around things definite plan garden act
• Mucked muck in  share accommodation,work etc:i jim till
• Muck clean stables):it's turn out(the stable
• Mucked muck make mess of:you've house dirty boots
• Muddle along/through progress spite one's unsatisfactory methods foolish
• Muddle confuse things):i'm muddling twins
• Nail fasten close completely nails:he tired open door,but
• Nip along/in(to)/out/over move quickly;to make quick short journey:why
• Nod fall asleep:he nodded speaking
• Nose about/around search smelling:he nosed in)the cupboard
• Nosed nose find(something smelling:the dog master's glove.the detective
• Notched notch achieve score(something):he goals season.he matches
• Noted note write said.he down
• Offend act wrongly law,usual customs,religious belief etc:his  behaviour good
• Open door front to  garden etc):our opens(straight street-we
• Open opened unfold spread map hikers route carefully
• Open opened shop bookshop high street.i o'clock morning
• Opt choose decide part promised
• Order about  giving tired ordering time
• Admit owned broken window own
• Pace measure walking steps paced room decided carpet
• Pack stop packed abandon difficult i idea working
• Pack send quickly wothout wasting time packed children
• Pack put containers order spent weekend packing contents
• Make padded pad fill soft material size actor's
• Paired pair join person make boy girls party
• Pall boring uninteresting person girl reading book pictures
• Pander to  give likes morally wrong bad newspaper
• Part give seperated parting money
• Pass as/for mistaken accepted man-made materials silk nasty
• Pass die grandmother passed night
• Passed pass past place i passing bride arrived
• Passed pass sickness emotion evening felt event happen
• Pass i passed on  give person message mrs
• Pass faint i feels leave graduate college military
• Pass ignore passed overlook remark fail job time
• Passed job pass accept chance opportunity offer good
• Patched patch mend quickly temporarily roof bits wood
• Back pay give borrowed tomorrow i punish revenge
• Pay paid full discharge workers longer needed hundreads
• Pay spend give money bills debts large sums
• Pay give money order debt lost bet owe
• Pension derog retire dismiss pensioned found younger man
• Perk cup tea recover one's ebergy cheerfulness i
• Methods phased phase begin stop stages teaching gradually
• Phone speak means telephone problems phoned people conserned
• Pick at  eat hungry picked food plate touching
• Pick shoot people group picked enemy soldiers leave
• Pick choose difficult unpleasant job washing-up speak treat
• Pick i play choose select picked dress recognize
• Picked i pick train home learn gradually formal
• Piece put fragments broken vase managed story
• Piled pile make accumulate earth end garden rubbish
• Pin definite make give answer statement opinion promise
• Pipe stop talking quiet moment
• Pipe start speaking piped question
• Piss command leave off usually
• Pitch begin deal job plenty food
• Pitched pitch attack start fight argument careless work
• Plan ahead fairly long time happen successful publishing
• Play playing pretend children cowboys indians poet   her
• Play back music speech record tape recorded song
• Play make important played fact failed exam
• Play make someone's feeling fears played sympathy i
• Playing play troublesome disobedient children today flatter pretend
• Plead with  make urgent request pleaded
• Back plough put(money,profits etc)back(into business etc):he made profit
• Plough travel difficulty,force etc:the ship ploughed rough sea.i've
• Plug at)to work hard(at):he plugging away(at studies)every eveing
• Plug connect up(an electrical apparatus),or connected up,by inserting
• Plumped plump sit fall heavily:she sofa put heavily:he
• Plump choose decide on:she finally plumped house country
• Plump up  shake out(cushions etc):the nurse plumped pillows
• Pointed point draw attention house her.i =drew tention
• Poke about/around search things:he poking attic.he poked pen
• Polish finish:she polished food off
• Pop appear:i he'll up to
• Pore study great attention:he pored books
• Portion divide shares:the money portioned chidren
• Pounced pounce leap upon(eg one's prey order attack
• At/over meeting presided preside chairman of(a etc):the prime
• Press demanding:the miners presssing higher wages
• Pressed press forward/on continnue spite difficulties):they forward crowd.she
• Presume advantage make unjustified way:he presuming good nature
• Prevail on/upon persuade i stay supper
• Prey on/upon attack hawks smaller birds.fears preyed mind
• Proceed result of;to originate fear ignorance
• Profit from/by gain profit(s business profited exports.i profiting
• Pry find secret people's affairs):he prying business
• Puff up  swell:her eye puffed wasp stung
• Pulled pull destroy demolish(buildings):they shop built supermarket.they year
• Pulled pull succeed something):he's finally good business deal
• Pulled pull put on(a piece clothing)hastily:she sweater.he shoes.he
• Pull survive illness etc:he ill he'll
• Pull driver vehicle)to shop pulled traffic lights
• Pump inflate tyres up to
• Push leave pushing along to
• Push treat someone)roughly younger brother around.i
• Push away:i ypu'd off to
• Push on;to continnue:i'am late on.push work
• Push fall;to knock down:he pushed
• Put spread(news etc):they it)about married.2 change direction:they sailed
• Put across/over convey communicate ideas etc)to others:he's good
• Put aside  abandon(work temporarily:she needlework aside.2 save preserve
• Put return(something proper place,especially sight:she clothes dresser.she
• Put back return proper place:did keys
• Put save preserve future:i money(for emergencies
• Put hand lower one's teacher asked pupil down.2
• Put plants produce leaves,shoots forth
• Forward put bring
• Put insert install:we're bath the  plumber yesterday.2 amount work
• Put apply for,or claim:are putting job/grant
• Put light switch off(a etc):please off!2 delay postpone:he
• Put putting switch a  light etc):put light dress oneself
• Put hand extend(a etc):he steady her.2 plants produce
• Put arrange(a deal.agreement managed deal  through connect telephone:could manager?i'm
• Put construct:the vase broke,but i managed again(= mend
• Put putting raise hand etc).2 build erect:they're houses.3
• Put bear patiently tolerate i noise
• Puzzle solve problem etc):he managed code
• Puzzle over/about long carefully about,and solve problem etc):i
• Quarrel disagree with(something):i analysis situation
• Queue form stand in,a queue:people queuing tickets concert.they
• Quibble at/about argue object something):he quibbled price
• Quibble avoid discussing agreeing important part bringing unimportant,trivial
• Quieten make quiet:i expect i classroom.that
• Rabbit talk great length(about what  is rabbiting
• Rake make search in(something):i'm raking boxes clothes case
• Rake find remind people something,usually unpleasant forgotten):the newspaper
• Round rally joint action effort support john's business
• Ramble talk long time aimless confused lecturer rambled
• Rap quickly rapped orders.  out
• Rasp out  rasping voice sergeant major rasped order
• Ration rationed give food number people period time
• Rattle quickly feeling expression:the boy rattled poem reading
• Rattle talk quickly length something):he rattled evening job
• Rattle do(something)quickly teacher rattled explanation quickly no-one understand
• Rave about/over talk enthusiastically something):he's raving record heard
• Across/out/over reached reach touch grasp stretching one's hand:he
• Read back read(something aloud first:the manager dictated letter
• Read find(meaning,eg speech letter speaker writer intend):you're reading
• Read dial instrument etc:the engineer temperatures
• Read continnue to  read further:he paused moments,and
• Read read(something aloud:read answers questions
• Read over/through read(something beginning end:i'll manuscript,and i find
• Read up/read learn study:i this.i exam
• Rear 1(especially horses)to rear:the horse reared fright problems
• Reason argue person)in order persuade sensible:we worried mother
• Rebound on/upon bad unfortunate effect on(the person performing
• Reckon on/upon depend expect i reckoning meeting tonight
• Reckon count calculate something):when cost eating restaurant makes
• Reckon prepared for(something expect(something expect(trouble,difficulties person i problems.he's
• Expect reckoning reckon have(trouble,difficulties make plans taking consideration
• Reel pull(eg fish water)by winding line attached
• Reeled reel repeat(something quickly easily,without pausing list names/the
• Refrain something):you asked smoking from
• Rely relied on/upon depend people island supplies brought
• Rent house,land owns,in exchange money:i cottage country i
• Report back report(to send someone):don't forget finished jobs.he
• Ride 1(of ship afloat storm etc):to storm.2 survive
• I ride move gradually correct position:i wear skirt
• Rig dress(oneself,someone else):she rigged odd clothes
• Rig build something),usually quickly material rigged rough shelter
• Ring back telephone telephoned):if busy moment back.he'll tomorrow
• Ring end telephone call off
• Rang ring make loud clear sound voice out.a
• Rang ring record price sold)on cash register:you rung
• Rise ignore affected by:i feel bad stammer
• Roll large numbers  or amounts:they've started selling home-made cakes
• Roll day time i afford buy car pass
• Roll rolled sleeves form carpet cuffs order leave
• Root out/up pull tear gardener began weeds destroy
• Rope in  include persuade join roped
• Rope put cross place order prevent people end
• Rough roughed draw explain sketch idea i diagram
• Rounded round make smooth sharp corners file fig
• Round attack words turn rounded demanding
• Round collect farmer rounded sheep
• Rub fairly friendly i relations
• Rub clean make smooth rubbing horse wall paint
• Rubbed rub make substances surface rubbing cream hands
• Rubbed rub remove mark writing rubber erase written
• Rub polish rubbed silver shone refresh one's memory
• Rule leave mustn't possibility bad weather
• Run meet i ran friend
• Run chase dog ran cat
• Aground run stuck rocks bottom shallow river ship
• Run children!  along to go
• Run children!  along to go
• Ran run escape school prison steal money fast
• Run finish working:my watch down-it rewinding.2 vehicle driver
• Run stand election:he running president
• Run stand election:he running president
• Car running run engine working properly:the in.i bought
• Ran run meet:iran street.2 crash collide with:the car
• Ran run print:he copies president's speech.2 steal away:he
• Run supply end;to finish food 2(with more:we've money.3(with
• Run 1(of vehicle driver)to knock drive over:don't dog
• Ran run deal another:he names list.he instructions
• Run ran make hoist(a flag):they school flag quickly
• Rustle make quickly rustled food clean clothes
• Saddle saddled put on(a horse rode
• Sallied sally 1(of soldiers)to rush fort order make
• Salt store up(money future use:he pile money salted
• Save stop prevent wasting something,especially form fuel power):cooking
• Saving save bike.he fifity cent pieces bike
• Savour suggestion impression bad quality,idea action rebellion
• Cut piece)from sawing:he sawn branch
• Wood pieces:he sawed tree firewood
• Scale down,up decrease increase wages scale:the workers grades
• Scare away/off make stay fear:the birds scared dog.we
• Scooped scoop dig scooping movement:she ice-cream plate.he hole
• Scoop pick scooping movement scooped pebbles hands
• Score make person foolish,especially conversation:he's scoring wife public
• Scrape manage live spite difficulties:we money
• Scraped scrape avoid failing examination etc):he exams.he test
• Scrape together/up manage difficulty)to find(enough money,people something):his parents
• Scratch birds ground food etc:the scratching food)in snow
• Scratch deletei(a word etc)by drawing line untidily written
• Screened screen separate hide something)with,or screen:part room off.the
• Screwed face screw fastenwith screws:the windows open.2 twist
• Scrub clean scrubbing thoroughly:he scrubbed clearing rubbish attic
• Scrub clean inside of(eg bowl scrubbing:please bath
• Seal enclose container escape:the full flavour coffee remain
• Seal prevent approach exit from,(an area):the police sealed
• Attend deal with(a matter):i'll tomorrow.will putting  the chidren bed
• Accompany person starting journey airport railway station leave:he
• Lead accompany(a person door exit building etc:the maid
• House visit inspect(eg sale):we'll friday
• End give support person,plan etc)until reached:she lot difficulties,but
• To  attend to,to deal with(someone something):i the  baby.i now-i've
• Seek find searching:he sought friends.there's trouble world seeking
• Seize on/upon accept(an idea,suggestion enthusiasm:i suggested cycling holiday
• Seize machinery stuck stop working:the car seized yesterday
• Sell sell(goods quickly cheaply:they're selling stock
• Sold sell stock of  one's supply something:we chidren's socks.we
• Sell house,business etc:he sold share business.i'm thinking selling
• Send order goods)by post things i catalouge
• Send expel(a student university down
• Send ask(somebody order goods delivered:she ill son for.i've
• Send offer submit competition):let's names essay competition.suggestions meeting
• Send place dispatch(by post):have letter accompany person start
• Send for:i dress i advertised sunday newspaper
• Send re-address letter post person usual address:do mail
• Send distribute post:a notice employees.they've invitations wedding plants
• Send ridicule(someone satire parody:in latest play university teachers.don't
• Separate separated make part office manager.his room rest
• Separate make things distinct:you're confusing ideas mind.try good
• Separate divide:the house separated flats
• Serve start serving(a meal):is time up(the meal
• Set begin:she planning holiday.how task attack:when i refused
• Set place separately:their house street person thing different:his
• Set keep(something special purpose:he cash weekend.2 reject:i warned
• Set back delay progress of:his illness bit school
• Set bus stop let(passengers)out:the post-office.2 write:he write essay,but
• Set start journey:what time exhibit explain:the goods display.his
• Set weather,seasons,feelings begin established:winter early.boredom children
• Set start journey:we beach.we journey something:she stopped crying,but
• Set on upon
• Set start journey:he explore countryside.when setting trip intend:i
• Set start something(vigorously):they to,and finished work day
• Set establish:when organization committee inquiry sep to(help person
• Set attack dark.he thieves upon
• Settled settle quiet,calm peaceful:he waited audience spoke.settle down,children
• Settle accept completely satisfactory):we wanted single rooms hotel,but
• Settle arrange possessions satisfactorily moving house one's surroundings
• Settle on/upon agree decide something):they settled plan arguing
• Settle pay bill:he asked waiter bill,and settled
• Settle pay money owed somebody):we travel agent tomorrow
• Settle unpleasant to(someone wrong told liar cheat
• Sew fasten completely mend sewing:i've cut dress,but i
• Shack live with(someone married to):he shacking secretary years
• Shade mark dark parts of(a picture etc):i've outline
• Shake rid oneself of(something unwanted):by running hard managed
• Shake spread unfold shaking:she shook dress hung removed
• Shake disturb rouse people)so make energetic:the headmistress school
• Share divide people etc:she shared pudding
• Sheer off/away turn swerve:the speed-boat heading straight swimmers
• Shell pay out(money):i food.i fifty dollars.i refuse money
• Ship send away:the chidren shipped boarding-school
• Shot shoot hit(eg plane shell crash ground:they enemy's
• Shot shoot grow increase rapidly:prices up.after week's rain
• I shop compare prices,quality goods buying anything:this bit
• Shored shore support props up:the fire damaged building
• Shout make impossible speaker heard(eg meeting)by shouting,jeering loudly:the
• Shout shout(something):the teacher scolded child shouting out(the answers)in
• Shove away:shove leave i off
• Show showing display admiration:he showed car taking work.she  is
• Showed show make faults etc)obvious:this kind light places
• Shrivelled shrivel shrivel:the flowers up.the heat
• Shrug dismiss,get rid treat unimportant:she shrugged criticism calmly
• Shut close closed time permanently:there rumour round factory
• Shut stop engine working liquid flowing etc):is shutting
• Shut stop speaking:tell close lock:it's time shop in:he
• Side give support person,group argument etc:don't
• Sigh regret:he sighed lost opportunities
• Sign give transfer,by signing one's name:she signed money
• Sign one's in,out record arrival(especially work departure writing
• Signed sign stop work:because bad weather,we o'clock.2 broadcasting:radio
• Sign engage oneself work signed crew london week
• Situation size form opinion worth nature person good
• Signed sign join organization make agreement writing one's
• Mud silted silt blocked harbour gradually large boats
• Simmer calm point angry she'll
• Sing shout call ready out

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