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do not do sth, e.g. an exercise inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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do sth one after another so that everyone has an opportunity to do it inizia ad imparare
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take sth in turns/ take turns at sth Do you want to take turns at answering the telephone?
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take sb's seat or position so they can take yours inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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odłożyć na bok, przestać się czymś zajmować inizia ad imparare
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INF decide to stop what you are doing (often work) inizia ad imparare
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I am feeling a bit tired, I think I'll call it a day.
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give sth to a person in authority, e.g. a teacher or the police inizia ad imparare
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give sth to each person in a group inizia ad imparare
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hand sth out / give sth out
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pass sth, especially food or drink, to ppl in a group inizia ad imparare
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Lars, could you hand the cakes round, please?
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inizia ad imparare
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to be doing sth badly and about to fail inizia ad imparare
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to start looking as it should inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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to have a trip down memory lane
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be less respected or look stupid because of sth you have done inizia ad imparare
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He could lose face if other ppl see that he got everything wrong.
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pretend not to see or notice sth, usually sth bad inizia ad imparare
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The teacher turned a blind eye to some of the children's bad behaviour.
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INFORMAL suddenly and unexpectedly inizia ad imparare
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My uncle just arrived out of the blue.
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far away, but able to be seen or heard inizia ad imparare
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We could see lights in the distance.
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used to say what sb can do if nothing else they have done is successful inizia ad imparare
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If all else fails, I'll have to sell the car.
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inizia ad imparare
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I ring my mother every day without fail.
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take care to avoid sth or sb, because it or they may cause problems inizia ad imparare
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steer / stay clear of sth I would steer / stay clear of that place; it's not very safe.
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used to emphasise a question when you are angry or surprised, or cannot think of an obvious answer inizia ad imparare
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Why on earth are you shouting? Be quiet! How on earth did he pass the exam? He did no work at all.
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be / become anxious or upset inizia ad imparare
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She was in a terrible state, so I decided to stay and look after her.
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used to ask the reason for sth which is surprising. inizia ad imparare
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how come you are here so early? Notice: the word order after how come is in statement form, although it is a question
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inizia ad imparare
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I had to run like mad to catch the bus.
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To experience indecision and/or conflicting emotions inizia ad imparare
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to be in two minds about sth am in two minds about whether or not to go to the party tonight. I'm sure it will be fun, but I have a lot of work to do too. The committee is currently in two minds about a suitable punishment, but hopefully they will reach a decision in the morning.
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inizia ad imparare
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an activity, experience, or situation that is fun inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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She’s been the managing director of the company for 10 years, so she must be rolling in it by now.
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inizia ad imparare
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make no progress, or have no success inizia ad imparare
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to do sth because sb told you to do it or because it is your responsability inizia ad imparare
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be supposed to do sth = be meant to do sth
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used to say what will happen, or what you will do as a result of a particular situation inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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used when you think sb is speaking with too much confidence about sth that they think will happen inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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make contact with sb by phone inizia ad imparare
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joke about sth to show you think it is not serious or important inizia ad imparare
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used to say that you don't know the answer to sth inizia ad imparare
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used to say you are pleased and relieved about sth inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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There were lots of keys, but we found the right one by trial and error.
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żyć z czegoś, to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other necessary things inizia ad imparare
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I don’t know how they manage to live on £55 a week.
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An exclamation of surprise or alarm. Dobry boże inizia ad imparare
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mostly, in general, zazwycz inizia ad imparare
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The food here is good in the main. We must remember that in the main we are thinking about these designs as decoration.
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Become confident or successful in a particular field or activity. odnaleźć się inizia ad imparare
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It was a completely new job, so it took me a while to find my feet.
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You feel more affection for those you love when parted from them. inizia ad imparare
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absence makes the heart grow fonder
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something difficult or unpleasent that cannot be changed and that you have to accept. inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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I tried to convince the other board members, but my efforts were in vain, and they outvoted me.
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całkowicie się z tobą zgadzam inizia ad imparare
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I agree with you all the way
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Incidentally; on a side note. An interjection meant to casually introduce or emphasize additional information in the conversation. inizia ad imparare
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With deliberate intention; not accidentally. inizia ad imparare
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I bet you he left his report card here on purpose so we would compliment him on his grades. I don't understand—why would you run into the bumper of another car on purpose?
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to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke inizia ad imparare
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Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg?
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something that you say when someone has asked you about something that has happened and you do not want to explain it to them because it would take too long inizia ad imparare
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"So why was Carlo knocking on your door at midnight?" "It's a long story."
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inizia ad imparare
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My sister lives in Alaska, so I only see her once in a blue moon.
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to have the same interests or opinions as someone else inizia ad imparare
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have sth in common with sb I don’t think they’ve got much in common with their neighbours.
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said when giving your opinion on something inizia ad imparare
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If you ask me, people should go on a training course before they become parents.
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likely to happen very soon inizia ad imparare
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They ran the risk of being shot at any moment. He'll be here to see you any moment now.
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to get someone's attention inizia ad imparare
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A sudden movement caught my eye.
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Having difficulty breathing normally; gasping or breathing very heavily. inizia ad imparare
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think Tom's asthma is getting worse—he gets out of breath just going upstairs. I had to run to catch the bus, so I was totally out of breath as I sat down in my seat.
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said when you think it is too soon to make a judgment about the likely result of something because a lot might still happen or change inizia ad imparare
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Our progress has been fairly slow so far, but it's early days.
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used for saying that the time for something has not happened yet but will happen soon inizia ad imparare
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I’m going back to New York, but not just yet.
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To publicize or reveal something. inizia ad imparare
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used for saying that you are pleased that something has happened because it prevents something bad from happening inizia ad imparare
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It’s a good thing you called – Mom was starting to get worried.
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very close to where someone is or lives inizia ad imparare
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There's a lovely park right on our doorstep.
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at the last possible chance; in the last few minutes, hours, or days. (Often an exaggeration.) inizia ad imparare
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Please don't make reservations at the last minute. Why do you ask all your questions at the last minute?
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someone who is extremely anxious or tense. inizia ad imparare
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When her relationship started getting serious, she became a bag of nerves.
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to express someone's good feelings to someone else inizia ad imparare
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Maggie sends her love to you and the kids.
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inizia ad imparare
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He tried to keep out of her way at school.
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people with a lot of energy or fresh ideas who are brought into an organization in order to improve it inizia ad imparare
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The new blood in the team should improve our chances of victory in next week's game.
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There is no possibility of that. inizia ad imparare
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concerning; in respect of inizia ad imparare
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As regards content, the programme will cover important current issues.
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used to show that you agree very strongly with what has been said inizia ad imparare
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"Does he eat a lot?" "I'll say!"
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sed at the end of a letter to a friend, a member of your family, or someone you love inizia ad imparare
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Of goods or merchandise, to be acquired by illegal or dubious means; to come into (someone's) possession without being paid for. Primarily heard in UK. inizia ad imparare
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fall off the back of a lorry Danny says he has several laptops and smartphones he wants to sell for cheap—sounds like they fell off the back of a lorry to me.
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said in order to prevent a confident statement from bringing bad luck. inizia ad imparare
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The deal will be agreed on Wednesday, touch wood.
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having just finished or sold all of something inizia ad imparare
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We’re fresh out of oranges, would you like an apple?
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about or concerning (something or someone): in relation to inizia ad imparare
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I have something further to add with reference to what was said earlier. The course covers ancient history with special reference to the Roman Empire.
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INFORMAL (business, sb's situation, etc.), get better inizia ad imparare
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Business was bad, but now things are looking up.
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INFORMAL arrive in a place where sb is waiting for you inizia ad imparare
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She didn't show up till the next morning.
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phrasal verbs with no object for ex. check in inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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She wrote his name down. She wrote down his name. BUT: She wrote down everything she could remember about him. AND She wrote it down.
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look for information in a book or online inizia ad imparare
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invent a story or an explanation for sth inizia ad imparare
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put on a piece of clothing to see if it fits or looks good on you. inizia ad imparare
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phrasal verbs which can be separated by an object for ex. write sth down inizia ad imparare
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phrasal verbs which cannot be separated by an object for ex. look into something inizia ad imparare
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take care of or be responsible for sb/sth inizia ad imparare
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investigate and try to discover the facts about sth e.g. a crime, a problem inizia ad imparare
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meet sb or find sth by chance inizia ad imparare
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I came across the word in an article.
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inizia ad imparare
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spend time with sb and have a romantic relationship with them inizia ad imparare
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reduce the amount of sth that you eat, spend, use etc. inizia ad imparare
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I must cut back on sweets to try and lose weight.
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return sth to where it was originally inizia ad imparare
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I put the book back on the shelf.
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inizia ad imparare
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The meeting dragged on for hours.
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continue with an activity for a period of time inizia ad imparare
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I carried on painting while the light was still good.
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repeat sth many times, often in an annoying way inizia ad imparare
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Michael’s very annoying, he keeps on taking my pens.
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continue doing sth, often after an interruption inizia ad imparare
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Be quite and get on with your work.
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continue enjoying yourself, studying, or working in a place, often after others have left inizia ad imparare
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The weather was great, so we stayed on for a couple more days.
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inizia ad imparare
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We drove on for several kilometres.
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continues without changing inizia ad imparare
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The traffic noise goes on all night. He went on and on about his car = talked about his car for a long time in a boring way.
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pass from doing the first exercise to doing the next one. (x2) inizia ad imparare
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go on to sth/ move on to sth
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go to an airport, station etc. with sb in order to say goodbye to them. inizia ad imparare
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My sister was going skiing and I went to the airport to see her off.
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(of a plane) leave the ground inizia ad imparare
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When we got there it was snowing heavily, and the plane couldn’t take off, so we had to come home.
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(often passive) separate from sth else, so it is so difficult to leave or enter inizia ad imparare
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By the morning the snow was very deep, and we were cut off from the rest of the village.
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remove sth from sth larger by cutting it inizia ad imparare
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leave a place, especially in order to do sth inizia ad imparare
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I went off to do some shopping.
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INFORMAL 1. spend time doing sth or repairing sth in a relaxed way 2. do sth or use sth in a careless or annoying way inizia ad imparare
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mess about/ around (with sth) 1. I left my husband messing about with his motorbike.
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relax, enjoy yourself and do nothing inizia ad imparare
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Boys lazed around in the garden.
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(of a number of things) be left in a place, usually untidily or where they shouldn’t be inizia ad imparare
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When I got back, there were tools lying around everywhere, and Mike and the boys had disappeared.
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INFORMAL spend time in a place doing nothing inizia ad imparare
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There were some boys hanging around the school entrance.
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INFORMAL go away (often used angrily as a command) inizia ad imparare
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The boy was messing about with other pupils’ bikes, so I told them to clear off.
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experience and survive sth very difficult inizia ad imparare
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His father has lived through two wars.
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look through sth quickly, without reading it inizia ad imparare
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I flicked through his new book
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look at the pages of sth, reading it only in part inizia ad imparare
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I looked through your report yesterday.
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continue sleeping while there is a lot of noise around you inizia ad imparare
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I managed to sleep through the storm.
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1. ring 2. stopped working 3. exploded inizia ad imparare
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1. The alarm goes off at 5:00. 2. The light suddenly went off. 3. The bomb went off.
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inizia ad imparare
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zapalić światło, włączyć coś (3) inizia ad imparare
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put sth on / turn sth on / switch sth on
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1. stop working 2. start crying inizia ad imparare
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1. The car broke down. 2. She broke down at the news.
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inizia ad imparare
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Prices went down by 10 per cent. The sun's going down.
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1. fasten 2. redecorating inizia ad imparare
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1. I can't do this zip up. 2. They're doing the flat up.
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1. arrive 2. be found by chance inizia ad imparare
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1. When did they turned up? 2. Look! My ring's turned up.
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inizia ad imparare
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1. They tied him up. 2. She's tied up at the moment (used in passive).
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things you should and shouldn't do inizia ad imparare
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speak in a way that others can understand inizia ad imparare
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enjoy sth or use sth as much as you can inizia ad imparare
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learn sth by reading or hearing it repeatedly until you remember it exactly inizia ad imparare
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(say/ read sth) so that others can hear it inizia ad imparare
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not do sth on time, and then have more to do later inizia ad imparare
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reach the level of others who are more advanced inizia ad imparare
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stop trying to do sth or accept that you cannot do sth inizia ad imparare
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continue with sth even though it is difficult inizia ad imparare
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achieve sth after a period of work or efford inizia ad imparare
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improve your knowledge or skill in sth, especially when you have not used it for a period of time inizia ad imparare
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brush up on sth /brush sth up
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inizia ad imparare
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I find it quite hard to make sense of the Present Perfect in English
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make progress at the same speed as others inizia ad imparare
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(of information or experience) be remembered or understood inizia ad imparare
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continue to concentrate on sth inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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rack one's brains (brain)
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information comes back to sb When I practise speaking, I find that lots of words come back to me.
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be sure that you know it, but you can't remember it at that moment inizia ad imparare
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sth is on the tip of one's tongue
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sth goes in one ear and out the other
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continue to do sth as well as you are doing it now inizia ad imparare
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I think I am doing really well in English, but I need to keep it up.
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learn sth without making a big effort inizia ad imparare
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manage to control or deal with sth (x2) inizia ad imparare
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get on top of sth /get to grips with sth
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develop a particular habit inizia ad imparare
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get into the habit of doing sth
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look at or study notes, papers etc. (x2) inizia ad imparare
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go through sth /go over sth
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INFORMAL become so involved with the details of sth that you can't make any progress inizia ad imparare
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solve a problem by considering the facts inizia ad imparare
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hope for good luck or success inizia ad imparare
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keep one's fingers crossed
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INFORMAL it's not the worst thing that could happen inizia ad imparare
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it's not the end of the world
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begin to do sth and give serious attention to it inizia ad imparare
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try as hard as possible to achieve sth (x3) inizia ad imparare
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do one's best /try one's best /do sth to the best of one's ability
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to wish someone luck for an exam inizia ad imparare
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go to bed later than usual inizia ad imparare
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look at or watch sth while doing sth else inizia ad imparare
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keep /have one eye on sth
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use all of sth and have no more left inizia ad imparare
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talk or write about one particular thing only (x2) inizia ad imparare
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stick to sth /keep to sth
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not be able to continue with sth because it is too hard inizia ad imparare
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not include sth or fail to include sth (x2) inizia ad imparare
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miss sth out /leave sth out
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unable to remember the answer to a question inizia ad imparare
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inizia ad imparare
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read sth to check details and look for mistakes inizia ad imparare
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