Essential Idioms in English, Section 2
- Niamaat
- Aug 9, 2023
- 2 min read
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 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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