phrasal verbs and expressions

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To explode

To b_ _ _ _ _To blow up

When machinery doesn’t work…

To b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _To break down

To telephone someone

To r_ _ _ _ _To ring up

To end a telephone conversation abruptly

To h_ _ _ _ _To hang up

When a plane leaves the ground

To t_ _ _ _ _ _To take off

When a plane ‘lands’

To t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _To touch down

To connect a call

To p_ _ t_ _ _ _ _ _To put through

To quit / raise the white flag

To g_ _ _ _ _To give up

To research ‘in depth’

To r_ _ _ _ _ _ _To read up on

To make the most of something

To t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of somethingTo take advantage of…

To familiarise yourself with something

To g_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ somethingTo get used to something

To renovate (a room)

To _ _ _ _To do up

To select (i.e. choose from a number of options)

To p_ _ _ _ _ _To pick out

To give someone a lift

To p _ _ _ _ _ To pick up

To let someone out of the car at their destination

To d_ _ _ _ _ _To drop off

To be discouraged from doing something

To p_ _ _ _ _To put off

To be distracted

To p_ _ _ _ _To put off

To delay doing something (to procrastinate)

To p_ _ _ _ _To put off

To ‘enter’ a car

To g_ _ _ _To get in

To arrive at a destination

To g_ _ _ _To get in

To leave a car

To g_ _ _ _ _To get out

To remove something (e.g. from a diet, behaviour, from an essay)

To c_ _ _ _ _To cut out

To reduce

To c_ _ d_ _ _ _ _To cut down on

To get together / see a friend

To m_ _ _ _ _To meet up

To ‘board’ transport(bus, boat, plane)

To g_ _ _ _To get on

When something is missing

A l_ _ _ _ _A lack of…

The d_ _ _ _ _ _ _The downside

To c_ _ _ _ _ withTo come up with

To think of an idea

To have a good relationship with someone

To g_ _ _ _ To get on with

90%In general, …

O_ t_ _ w_ _ _ _On the whole

To reprimand

To t_ _ _ o _ _To tell off

To start an activity or a hobby

To t_ _ _ _ _To take up (skiing)

To discover something(e.g. discovering your final exam result)

To f _ _ _ _ _ _To find out

To find a solution to a problem

To w_ _ _ _ _ _To work out

He’s definitely going to score!

He’s b_ _ _ _ _ _ score.He’s bound to score

I usually prefer jogging in the evening.

I t_ _ _ _ _ prefer…I tend to prefer…

t_ _ _ _ _tuck in

To c_ _ _ _ o_ _

Phrasal verb=To get rid of/To throw away

To chuck out

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