| ask out | ask someone to go on a date |
| account for | to explain something |
| act on | to do something in accordance with sth |
| beat up | to continue hitting until the person is in bad shape |
| blow up | to demolish something;to make a balloon or a car tire or a soccer ball bigger;to get very angry |
| break into | to get to home without permission |
| break down | to damage something; to stop running and need repair(about car);to cry, to be unable to function; to deteriorate, to rot( about substance); mean to explain something in simple terms |
| break up | to end a relationship with someone |
| bring up | to rear |
| bring about | to make something |
| carry out | to do something more( e.g. experience );to perform an action for someone |
| call back | return a telephone call |
| call off | to cancel |
| call on | ask to speak in class |
| call up | to make a telephone call |
| cross out | draw a line through |
| catch up with | to do something to be as good as the rest of people( e.g. at school );to gain news about someone or something after a time away or time apart |
| chicken out | to be afraid of something,somebody |
| close down | to bankrupt |
| come out | to be written,to get to know about something,to let people know that somebody is gay |
| deal with | don't put something off till later, but you handle it now |
| die out | to go extinct |
| drop off | to take a nap |
| do over | do again |
| figure out | find the solution to a problem |
| fill in | complete a sentence by writing in a blank |
| fill out | write information in a form (e.g. an application form) |
| fill up | fill completely with gas, water, coffee, etc. |
| find out | discover information |
| fall apart | to be in a bad condition |
| frown upon/on | to look at somebody distrustfully |
| get in | enter a car, a taxi |
| get off | leave a bus, an airplane, a train, a subway, a bicycle |
| get on | enter a bus, an airplane, a train, a subway, a bicycle |
| get over | recover from an illness |
| give back | return something to someone |
| give up | quit doing something or quit trying |
| give out | to give something somebody |
| give in | to do what somebody orders |
| give off | to stink |
| go down | to be not accepted;something can be cheaper(about prices);to be famous(history);to walk down the stairs |
| go round | enough for everybody |
| go back | to return to the past |
| go on | to keep doing something;to have no idea what is the situation about |
| hand in | give homework, tests, papers, etc., to a teacher |
| hand out | give something to this person, then that person,then another person,etc |
| hang up | hang on a hanger or a hook;end a telephone call |
| hand down | to tell or give something from generation to generation |
| hand over | someone asks you or forces you to give something to them |
| lead up to | to cause something |
| let down | to disapoint someone |
| catch on | to become a habit/tradition |
| live up | to be as someone expects |
| look up | look for information in a reference book |
| look into | to examine something |
| look forward | to be waiting with anticipation for something that will happen |
| leave out | to omit |
| make up | invent,to think up something |
| make out | to preceive sth; to write out a cheque |
| make up my mind | to decide about something |
| keep on | to continue |
| pull down | to destroy something |
| to put up with | to tolerate something |
| put out | to extinguish something |
| put on | to make a show |
| pay back | return money to someone |
| pick up | to lift |
| put away | put something in its usual or proper place |
| put back | return something to its original place |
| put down | stop holding or carrying |
| put off | postpone |
| put on | put clothes on one's body |
| soak through | to become very wet |
| shut off | stop a machine or light, turn off |
| start over | start again |
| kiss up to | you say nice things and do favors for someone (esp a boss) so they'll be good to you |
| talk into | to tell somebody to do something |
| take on | to learn to play something |
| take after | to be similar to somebody |
| take off | remove clothes from one's body |
| tear down | to destroy a building |
| tear off | detach, tear along a dotted or perforated line |
| tear up | tear into small pieces |
| throw away/out | put in the trash |
| try on | put on clothing to see if it fits |
| turn down | decrease the volume |
| turn off | stop a machine or a light, shut off |
| turn on | begin a machine or a light |
| turn up | increase the volume |
| wake up | stop sleeping |
| write down | write a note on a piece of paper |
| stand for | to be short form;to represent something and to be for something |
| use up | to get to the end of the supply of something |
