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Essential Idioms in English, Section 2

Updated: Aug 13, 2023

https://abiiid.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/essential-idioms-in-english-phrasal-verbs-and-collocations.pdf Study all or part of one of the lessons below before out next class. In writing, prepare questions, statements, and/or questions using the vocabulary that you selected to study. For some or all lessons, I or a student or a client have written text using the target vocabulary.


LESSON 14

to eat in

to eat out

cut and dried

to look after

to feel like

once and for all

to hear from

to hear of

to make fun of

to come true

as a matter of fact

to have one's way

to look forward to



LESSON 15

inside out

upside down

to fill in

to fill out

to profit from

to take advantage of

no matter

sooner or later.

to take up

to take up with

to take after

in the long run

in touch

out of touch


LESSON 16

on one's toes

to get along

to be hard of hearing

to see eye to eye

to have in mind

to keep in mind

for once

to go off

to grow out of

to make the best of

to cut off

to cut out

to knock it off


LESSON 17

to blow out

to become of

to shut up

have got to

to keep up

on the other hand

to turn down

to be hard of hearing

fifty-fifty

to break in

a lost cause

above all


LESSON 18

to do without

to go without

according to

to be bound to

for sure

to take for

to try out

to tear down

to go over

to run out of

at heart

about to


LESSON 19

to bite off more than one can chew

to tell apart

all in all

to pass out

to go around

to be in the way

to be in one's way

to put on

to put up with

day in and day out

to catch up


Lesson 20

to hold still

by sight

to be the matter

to bring up

to get lost

to hold up

to run away

to rule out

by far

to see SOMEONE off

to send SOMEONE off

to see SOMEONE out

no wonder


LESSON 21

to go up:

to go up to

to hand in

in case

to take apart

to put together

to put back together

to be better off

to be well-off

to take by surprise

to keep in touch with

to name after

to hold on


LESSON 22

to stop by

to drop (someone) a line

to come across:

to stand for

to stand a chance

to take pains

to look on

to look up to

to look down on

to take off

to pull off

to keep time


LESSON 23

to make do

to give birth to

close call

to get on one's nerves

to put down

to go for

to be into

to stay up

to stay in

to take over

to show up

to clean out


LESSON 24

to knock out

to knock one self out

to carry out

to run into

to set out

to draw up

give and take

to drop out of

to believe in

to cheer up

to make sense


LESSON 25

to burst out

to get away

to get away with

to serve SOMEONE right

to keep up

to keep up with

to stand out

to let on

to meet SOMEONE halfway

to check up on

to stick up


LESSON 26

to come about

to bring about

to build up

to die down

to fade away

to die out

to make out

to live up to

to stick to

to stick it to

to rip off

to cut corners


LESSON 27

to take on

to take down

to fall through

to give in

to give out

to have it in for

to have it out with

to hold off

to hold out

to give out

to hold out for

to hold over


 
 
 

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