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to find the total of inizia ad imparare		add up The shop assistant added up what I’d bought and told me the total.
to explode inizia ad imparare		blow up "Luckily, the bomb didn’t blow up."
"to stop working (for a machine etc)" inizia ad imparare		break down Our car broke down on the motorway.
to enter illegally inizia ad imparare		break in(to) A house in Brecon Place was broken into last night.
to take care of a child until he or she becomes an adult inizia ad imparare		bring up She brought up three sons on her own.
to increase inizia ad imparare		build up These exercises are good for building up leg strength.
to ring again on the phone inizia ad imparare		call back I’ll call you back later when you’re not so busy.
to cancel inizia ad imparare		call off The concert has been called off because of the weather.
to become/make calmer inizia ad imparare		calm down The woman finally calmed down and explained what had happened.
to continue inizia ad imparare		carry on "The phone rang, but Mark just carried on watching TV."
to reach the same point/level as inizia ad imparare		catch up (with) He’s missed so much school that he’s going to find it hard to catch up.
to become/make happier inizia ad imparare		cheer up I started to cheer up when the sun came out.
to tidy inizia ad imparare		clear up I’ll clear up if you want to go to bed.
to find something by chance inizia ad imparare		come across I came across a word I’d never seen before.
to return (from) inizia ad imparare		come back (from) Give me a call when you come back from Greece.
to be quicker inizia ad imparare		come on "Come on, or we’ll be late!"
to be published inizia ad imparare		come out When does her new book come out?
to draw a line through something written inizia ad imparare		cross out Just cross it out and rewrite it correctly.
"to do less of something (smoking etc)" inizia ad imparare		cut down (on) I’m trying to cut down on the amount of sugar I eat.
"to disconnect (phone, electrocity, etc) inizia ad imparare		cut off Pay the electricity bill tomorrow or they might cut us off.
to completely remove by cutting inizia ad imparare		cut off Keep your roses healthy by cutting off any dead flowers.
to button/zip up a piece of clothing inizia ad imparare		do up "It’s very windy, so do your coat up."
to eat at a restaurant inizia ad imparare		eat out Would you like to stay in or eat out tonight?
to trip and fall inizia ad imparare		fall down I fell down and hurt my knee.
to have an argument with someone and stop being friends inizia ad imparare		fall out (with) Have you two fallen out?
to add information in the spaces on a form, etc inizia ad imparare		fill in "Just fill in this application form, please.
to make something completely full inizia ad imparare		fill up Just fill this bowl up with sugar and put it on the table.
"to discover information I don’t want Jerry to find out about this. inizia ad imparare		find out etc"
to escape punishment for inizia ad imparare		get away with They have repeatedly broken the law and got away with it.
to enter a car inizia ad imparare		get in(to) I hurt my head as I was getting into the car.
to leave a bus/train/etc inizia ad imparare		get off You need to get off the bus opposite the supermarket.
to have a good relationship (with) inizia ad imparare		get on (with) She seems to get on with everybody.
to enter a bus/train/etc inizia ad imparare		get on(to) You can buy a ticket when you get on the bus.
to leave a car/building/room/etc inizia ad imparare		get out (of) Quick! Get out of the car!
"to recover from (an illness, etc) inizia ad imparare		get over It can take weeks to get over an illness like that.
to leave your bed inizia ad imparare		get up He never gets up before nine.
to give something free of charge inizia ad imparare		give away They're giving away free tickets at the cinema!
to return something you've taken/borrowed inizia ad imparare		give back Could you give my CDs back because you've had them for two weeks.
to stop doing something you do regularly inizia ad imparare		give up You should give up smoking.
to leave a place/someone inizia ad imparare		go away Why don't you just go away and leave me alone?
to return (to) inizia ad imparare		go back (to) I can't wait to go back to Italy.
to no longer be fresh inizia ad imparare		go off Has this milk gone off?
to continue happening or doing something inizia ad imparare		go on Please go on with your work while I speak to the head teacher.
to happen inizia ad imparare		go on There isn't much going on in this town in the evening.
to stop burning inizia ad imparare		go out The fire must have gone out during the night.
to be the boyfriend/girlfriend of inizia ad imparare		go out with Greg used to go out with Katy.
to become older (for children) inizia ad imparare		grow up He rarely saw his father while he was growing up.
to wait inizia ad imparare		hang on Just hang on – I'll be ready in a minute.
to put clothes in a wardrobe inizia ad imparare		hang up The women hung up their coats and sat down.
to put the receiver down to end a phone call inizia ad imparare		hang up I can't believe that Jessica hung up without saying goodbye!
to wear (a piece of clothing) inizia ad imparare		have on The man had a strange hat on.
to do something more quickly so hurry up!" inizia ad imparare		hurry up "We haven't got much time
to participate, take part inizia ad imparare		join in Ask them if you can play – I'm sure they'll let you join in.
to prevent from entering inizia ad imparare		keep out Cars should be kept out of the city centre.
to not include inizia ad imparare		leave out Don't leave your brother out – let him play with you and your friends.
to disappoint inizia ad imparare		let down You've really let me down.
"to start lying (on a bed) inizia ad imparare		lie down I'm going to go and lie down for a while.
to disconnect from the Internet/a website inizia ad imparare		log off Don't forget to log off when you've finished checking your e-mail.
to connect to the Internet/a website inizia ad imparare		log on(to) You need your password to log on.
to take care of inizia ad imparare		look after It's hard work looking after three children all day.
to try to find information in a book / internet inizia ad imparare		look up I had to look the word up in a dictionary.
"to invent an explanation, excuse etc. inizia ad imparare		make up He made up some excuse about the dog eating his homework.
to start living in a new house inizia ad imparare		move in We're moving in next week.
to return money (to someone) inizia ad imparare		pay back Did you pay Denise back?
"to lift something from the floor, a table, etc inizia ad imparare		pick up Please pick those toys up and put them away.
to tell someone important information inizia ad imparare		point out He pointed out that we had two hours of free time before dinner.
to make a paper copy of something on a computer inizia ad imparare		print out Let me print those photographs out for you.
to break by pulling inizia ad imparare		pull off I pulled off the arm of my sunglasses by mistake.
to return something to where it belongs inizia ad imparare		put away He put the notebook away and stood up.
to return something to where it was inizia ad imparare		put back Can you put the book back when you've finished with it?
to stop holding inizia ad imparare		put down Emma put her bag down and went upstairs.
to delay to a later time inizia ad imparare		put off Can we put the meeting off until tomorrow?
to gain (weight) inizia ad imparare		put on I don't want to put on any more weight!
to start wearing (a piece of clothing) inizia ad imparare		put on Put your gloves and scarf on – it's cold outside.
to make something stop burning inizia ad imparare		put out It took three firefighters to put the fire out.
to put something on a wall (eg a picture) inizia ad imparare		put up The teachers will put a notice up about the new courses.
to say something out loud which you are reading inizia ad imparare		read out He read the list of names out.
to tear into pieces inizia ad imparare		rip up Rip up this piece of paper when you've finished reading it.
to remove with a rubber inizia ad imparare		rub out I can't rub it out because I wrote it in pen.
to escape by running inizia ad imparare		run away (from) The thief ran away from the police officers.
to not have any left inizia ad imparare		run out (of) Many hospitals are running out of money.
to save money (for a specific purpose) inizia ad imparare		save up (for) I'm saving up for a new electric guitar.
to make a player leave a game inizia ad imparare		send off It was a very bad foul and the referee sent the player off.
to start a journey inizia ad imparare		set off Go to sleep because we're setting off early in the morning.
"to start (a business, organization) inizia ad imparare		set up My dad is going to set up a taxi company.
to give a part of something to a group of people inizia ad imparare		share out The money will be shared out between 30 different environmental organizations.
"to stop talking, stop making a noise" inizia ad imparare		shut up Just shut up a minute and let me tell you what happened!
to (start to) sit inizia ad imparare		sit down "Please, sit down and make yourselves comfortable."
to solve a problem inizia ad imparare		sort out Investigators are still trying to sort out why the accident happened.
to talk more loudly so someone can hear you inizia ad imparare		speak up You have to speak up a bit because my gran's a bit deaf.
to end a relationship inizia ad imparare		split up Tommy and Liz have just split up. It's very sad!
to (start to) stand inizia ad imparare		stand up You have the chair. I don't mind eating standing up.
to go to bed late inizia ad imparare		stay up We stayed up until two o'clock last night.
to remove inizia ad imparare		take away Have they taken the rubbish away yet?
to return something to the place it came from inizia ad imparare		take back I'm going to take my library books back.
to remove (from a high place) inizia ad imparare		take down The old man took a large book down from a shelf.
to leave the ground inizia ad imparare		take off Let's go and watch the planes taking off while we wait.
to remove (a piece of clothing) inizia ad imparare		take off It felt good to finally take my shoes off after a long day.
"to take control of (a business inizia ad imparare		take over The shopping centre has been taken over by an American company.
"to start (a hobby) inizia ad imparare		take up I've taken up stamp collecting and it's really interesting.
to put something in a rubbish bin inizia ad imparare		throw away Have you thrown the papers away?
to put on (a piece of clothing) to see how it looks inizia ad imparare		try on You should try it on to see if it’s the right size.
to lower the volume of inizia ad imparare		turn down Turn the radio down – I'm trying to work.
to stop a machine working inizia ad imparare		turn off "Will you turn the television off, please?"
to start a machine working inizia ad imparare		turn on "Will you turn the television on, please?"
to turn something so the other side is towards you inizia ad imparare		turn over You may turn over your exam papers now.
to increase the volume of inizia ad imparare		turn up "We asked our teacher to turn the CD up, so that we could hear it."
to stop being asleep inizia ad imparare		wake up Wake up! It's nearly ten o'clock!
"to wash plates, cups, cutlery inizia ad imparare		wash up I can help to cook and wash up.
to be careful inizia ad imparare		watch out Watch out – you're going to hit that car!
"to find the solution to a problem inizia ad imparare		work out We can't work out how to get the Internet connection going.
to write information on a piece of paper inizia ad imparare		write down Do you want to write down my phone number?

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