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Domanda		Risposta
Give away inizia ad imparare		Betray His false identity papers gave him away.
Give off inizia ad imparare		Send of a smell liquid or gas The cheese had begun to give off a strange smell.
Give out inizia ad imparare		Be exhausted When our money gave out we had to borrow.
Give over inizia ad imparare		Abandon, devote The rest of the time was given over to playing cards.
Give over inizia ad imparare		Stop colloquial Why don’t you give over! You’re getting on my nerves!
Give up inizia ad imparare		Surrender The escaped prisoner gave herself up.
Give up inizia ad imparare		Believed to be dead or lost After ten days the ship was given up for lost.
Go back on inizia ad imparare		Break a promise The management has gone back on its promise.
Go in for inizia ad imparare		make a habit of. I don't go in for that kind of thing
Go in for inizia ad imparare		Enter a competition Are you thinking of going in for the race?
Go off inizia ad imparare		Become bad food This milk has gone off.
Go on inizia ad imparare		Happen usually negative Something funny is going on.
Go round inizia ad imparare		Be enough There weren’t enough life jackets to go round.
Go through with inizia ad imparare		Complete a promise or plan – usually unwillingly When it came to actually stealing the money, Nora couldn’t go through with us.
Grow on inizia ad imparare		Become more liked - colloquial This new record is growing on me.
Hang onto inizia ad imparare		Keep colloquial I think we should hang onto the car until next year.
Have it in for inizia ad imparare		Be deliberately unkind to someone – also as have got My teacher has (got) it in for me.
Have it out with inizia ad imparare		Express feelings so as to settle a problem I put up with the problem for a while but in the end I had it out with hers.
Have someone on inizia ad imparare		Deceive colloquial I don’t believe you. You’re having me on.
Hit it off inizia ad imparare		Get on well with - colloquial Mark and Sarah really hit it off at the party.
Hit upon/on inizia ad imparare		Discover by chance often an idea They hit upon the solution quite by chance.
Hold out inizia ad imparare		Offer especially with hope We don’t hold out much hope that the price will fall.
Hold up inizia ad imparare		Delay Sorry I’m late, I was held up in the traffic
Hold up inizia ad imparare		Use as an example-i.e. A model of good behaviour John was always held up as an example to me.
Hold with inizia ad imparare		Agree with an idea I don’t hold with the idea of using force.
Keep up inizia ad imparare		Continue Well done! Keep up the good work!
Lay down inizia ad imparare		State a rule especially lay down the law The company has laid down strict procedures for this kind of situation.
Let down inizia ad imparare		Disappoint, break a promise. Sorry to let you down, but I can’t give you a lift today.
Let it on inizia ad imparare		Allow being part of a secret We haven’t let Tina in on the plans yet.
Let off inizia ad imparare		Excuse from punishment As Dave was young, the judge let him off with a fine.
Let on inizia ad imparare		Inform about a secret colloquial We’re planning a surprise for Helen, but don’t let on.
(not) Live down inizia ad imparare		Suffer a loss of reputation If City lose, they’ll never live it down.
Live up to inizia ad imparare		Reach an expected standard The play quite lived up to my expectations.
Look into inizia ad imparare		Investigate The police have promised to look into the problem.
Look on inizia ad imparare		Consider We look on this town as our real home.
Look someone up inizia ad imparare		Visit when in the area If you’re passing through Athens, look me up.
Make for inizia ad imparare		Result in The power steering makes for easier parking. M
Make off with inizia ad imparare		Run away with The thief made off with a valuable necklace.
Make out inizia ad imparare		Pretend Tim made out that that he hadn’t seen the No Smoking sign.
Make out inizia ad imparare		Manage to see or understand I couldn’t quite make out what the notice said.
Make someone out inizia ad imparare		Understand someone’s behaviour Janet is really odd. I can’t make her out.
Make up inizia ad imparare		Invent I think you made up the whole story!
Make up for inizia ad imparare		Compensate for Our success makes up for all the hard times.
Miss out inizia ad imparare		Fail to include You have missed out a word here.
Miss out inizia ad imparare		Lose a chance colloquial Five people got promoted, but I missed out again.
Own up inizia ad imparare		Confess colloquial None of the children would own up to breaking the window. O
Pack in inizia ad imparare		Stop an activity colloquial John has packed in his job. P
Pay back inizia ad imparare		Take revenge colloquial She paid him back for all his insults.
Pick up inizia ad imparare		Improve colloquial The weather seems to be picking up.
Pin someone down inizia ad imparare		Force to give a clear statement I asked Jim to name a suitable day, but I couldn’t pin him down.
Play up inizia ad imparare		Behave or work badly The car is playing up again. It won’t start.
Point out inizia ad imparare		Draw attention to a fact I pointed out that I would be on holiday anyway.
Put off inizia ad imparare		Manage to succeed It was a tricky plan, but we pulled it off.
Push on inizia ad imparare		Continue with some effort colloquial Let’s push on and try to reach the coast by tonight.
Put across inizia ad imparare		Communicate ideas Harry is clever but he can’t put his ideas across.
Put down to inizia ad imparare		Explain the cause of Diane’s poor performance was put down to nerves.
Put in for inizia ad imparare		Apply for a job Sue has put in for a teaching job.
Put oneself out inizia ad imparare		Take trouble to help someone Please don’t put yourself out making a meal. A sandwich will do.
Put off inizia ad imparare		Discourage - upset The crowd put the gymnast off, and he fell.
Put up inizia ad imparare		Offer accommodation We can put you up for a few days.
Put up with inizia ad imparare		Tolerate bear I can’t put up with all this noise!

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