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abandon

The cruel man abandoned his wifeand children.

Go away from, desert, give up


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Abide

He couldnt abide in that district.

To stay, to remain


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Abide by

They abode by the decision theymade.

To remain true to


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Abide

I cant abide that man.

To put up with, endure


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Abolish

All the harmful insects in this areawere abolished.

Put an end to, destroy


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Abrupt

His abrupt action surprised everybody.

Sudden, unexpected


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Absolute

When giving evidence in a law court, wemust tell the absolute truth.

Complete, perfect


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Absorb

Paper that absorbs ink is calledblotting paper.

Take in, attract


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Abundance

Food and drinks are in Abundance inthis country.

Great, plenty


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Access

Students must have access togood books.

Way to a place or things


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Accord

I went there with my own accord.

Without being asked or forced


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In accordance with

It is an independent country now, in accordancewith the law passed last year.

In agreement


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According to

According to the weather forecast,we can expect snow tonight.

As stated by


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Account for

How do you account for the Difference

between his story and yours.

Explain


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On ones own account

He left the company last year,and went intobusiness on his own account.

independently


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Add up to

How much will the expenses of theparty add up to.

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amount to


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adhere

Glue and paste are used to make one surface

adhere to another surface.

Stick fast


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Adjourn

The manager adjourned the meeting.

postpone


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Advocate

Do you advocate keeping all children at school

till the age of sixteen?

Support, speak publicly in favor of


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Afloat

The ship stuck fast on the sand andwe could not get it afloat again.

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floating


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Agitate

He was agitated about his wifes health.

disturb, cause anxiety


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Agony

I have suffered agonies with tooth-ache.

great pain


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All in

After the game I felt all in.

exhausted, very tired


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Along with

Put it over there, along with the others.

together


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Alert

The city has alerted since I saw it a year ago.

change


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Ambition

A boy who is filled with ambition usuallyworks hard.

Strong desire


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Appeal

The prisoner appealed to the judge for mercy.

To make an earnest request


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Arid

You cannot grow vegetables in arid land.

dry, rainless area


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Assault

The enemys positions were takenby assault.

Violent and sudden attack


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Assurance

I have full assurance of his honesty.

Certainty


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Back up

The manager is a kind man. Healways backs me up in the company.

Support


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Badly off

They are very badly off for typist.

Short off (s t h.), poor


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Banish

He was banished from his country.

Send away, exile


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Bear down on

I had just picked an apple from the tree

when I saw the farmer bearing down on me.

Approach quickly


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Bear on

That bears on what you were sayingabout the problem.

Have relation


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Bear with

Bear with me for a while. It is noteasy to explain what has happened.

be patient with


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Bit by bit

Bit by bit he managed to repay everythinghe owed.

Little by little, gradually


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In cold blood

He told us about his adventurein cold blood.

Without emotion


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boisterous

He is a boisterous person.

Rough, violent


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Bound for

That ship is bound for New York.

Going in the direction of


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Bound up with

His life has always been bound upwith the family business.

closely connected with


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Bounteous

His father is a bounteous person.

generous


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Break down

My car broke down so I couldntget to the office on time.

stop, (because of mechanical failure,)


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Break into

The burglar broke into Mr. Brownshouse last night.

Enter by force


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Break in on

Please, dont break in on ourconversation.

interrupt


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Break off

He broke off in the middle ofa sentence.

Stop speaking


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Break out

He broke out from prison last week.

escape


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Break out

The first world war broke out in 1914.

Start suddenly


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Break with

He broke with his old friend.

end a friendship with


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Call (s b.) down

The teacher called him down forhis bad behavior.

reprimand, blame


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Call off

She gave him back his engagementring and called off the wedding.

cancel


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Call up

Please, call me up at 7 oclockin the afternoon.

telephone


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capable

His father is a capable doctor.

able, having ability


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On the cards

It is on the cards that the trainswill be late because on the fog.

quite likely


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Take car of

She takes car of the baby whileher mother is away.

Look after


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Carry on

He carried on working althoughhe was tired.

Continue, resume


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Carry on (at)

he was carrying on at me in amost unpleasing way.

Complain noisily


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Carry out

He carried out effectively everythinghe was asked to do.

do, put into practice


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Bring about

His kindness brought about a changein her attitude towards him.

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Cause (gradually)


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Bring back

Please, bring back the book tomorrow.

return


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Bring forth

What will the future bring forth?

produce


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Bring round

It wont be easy to bring him round toour way of thinking.

convert


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Bring up

She has brought up five children.

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raise, educate


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Call for

Building a new bridge will call fora large sum of money.

Need, demand


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Call for

I will call for you at 6 oclock.

Visit a house or (etc.) to get something


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Call at

Please, call at the post office andget me some stamps.

Visit a place


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In case

Please remind me of my promise.

If it should happen that, in case I forget


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In case of

In case of fire ring 999.

In the event of


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In any case

I think I told him to do it, but in any case heshould have seen for himself that is was

necessary.

What ever happens


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In that case

She is not going there, in that caseI wont either.

If that is so


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Catch on

The maxi-skirt did not catch onlike the mini.

Become popular, become the fashion


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Catch on

I didnt catch on what she said.

understand


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Catch out

He was caught out at last.

(

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Detect (someone in an error)


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Catch up with

Go on in front, I will soon catch upwith you.

overtake


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charity

None of us would like to live on charity.

Kindness in giving help to the poor


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charm

Dose goodness charm more than beauty.

Attract, give pleasure


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charming

A charming young lady waited onme at the restaurant last night.

Delightful, lovely


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circulate

Blood circulates through the body.

Go round continuously


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circumstance

Dont judge the crime until youknow the circumstances.

condition


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Come about

How did the accident come about?

happen


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Come across

I came across this letter in my desk.

Find without having looked for


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Come in handy

Dont throw those nails away, theymay come in handy.

Prove useful


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Come on

He is coming on very well at school.

progress


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In common

We have many things in commonwith our neighbors.

equally shared


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In confidence

I am telling you this in confidence,dont tell anyone else.

expecting that it will be kept secret


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In consequence

My train was delayed and in consequenceI was late.

as a result


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On the contrary

I lead peaceful life. On the contrarymy brother has a busy life.

Just the opposite


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contradict

The reports contradict each other.

To deny the truth of


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convenient

Is this room convenient for you?

Suitable, handy


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convict

He was convicted of the murder.

To find or prove guilty


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convince

we couldnt convince him of his mistake.

Make (s b.) feel certain


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Count for

His opinion should count for something.

be worth


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Count in

You can count me in for that plan.

include


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Count out

He couldnt count me out.

exclude


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Count on

You can count on him to help you.

rely on


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Crazy about

I am crazy about her.

Very fond of


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credible

That story hardly seemed credible.

That can be believed


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credit

Do you give credit to his storyof what happened?

Belief, trust, confidence


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crisis

Affairs have reached a crisis.

Time of difficultly


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criticize

He always criticizes my work.

Find fault with


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Cut in

Please, dont cut in my words.

Interrupt conversation


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Cut away

The boy dropped the apples he had stolen andcut away across the orchard.

Run away


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Cut on

We had to cut on in spite of thedarkness and the bad road.

Hurry on


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In the dark

The boss had kept us in the darkabout his plans.

In ignorance


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Out of date

His ideas seem to be out of date.

Old fashioned, obsolete


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Up to date

A plane is an up-to-date meansof transportation.

Modern, what is now know


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Dawn

He works from dawn till dark.

Day break


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Dawn on (upon)

The truth began to dawn upon him.

Become clear to, occur to


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Debate

After a long debate the bill waspassed by the house of commons.

discussion


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Decay

if you dont brush your teeth aftera meal, they will decay.

Go bad, corrupt


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Decline

He declined to discuss his planswith the newspaper men.

Say no, refuse


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Dedicate

He dedicate his life to the serviceof his country.

Devote )ones( time or energy to something

D fi i


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Definite

I want a definite answer.

Clear, not doubtful

D lib t


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Deliberate

They are still deliberating uponthe question.

Consider, talk about

D l d


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Delude

He deluded me with false promise.

Deceive, mislead

Di f


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Dispose of

That disposes of the first problem, I think. Let usnow consider the second.

deal with

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Dispose of

How are we going to dispose ofall this rubbish?

get rid of

D ith


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Do away with

This law is out of date. It is timethe government did away with it.

abolish, kill

D i


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Drain

You should dig trenches to drainthe water away.

Lead of by means of pipe or canal etc.

D i


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Draw in

The train drew in at the station.

arrive, stop

D i


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Draw in

The days begin to draw in after midsummer.

become shorter

D


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Draw on

I shall have to draw on my savingsto meet the expense of the holidays.

Take from

D t


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Draw out

The days are drawing out day by day.

(

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become longer

Draw up


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Draw up

The car drew up outside the house.

stop

Edible


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Edible

Dont touch it. It is not edible.

Fit to be eaten

Eject


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Eject

They were ejected because theyhad not paid their rent for a year.

Compel to leave, expel

Enter into


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Enter into

I am not prepared to enter intonegotiation with them.

Take part in

Essential


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Essential

Exercise, fresh air and sleep are essentialfor the preservation of health.

Necessary, indispensable

Esteem


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Esteem

No one can esteem your fathermore than I do.

Respect greatly

Estimate


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Estimate

I estimated the cost of new houseat 50000 dollars.

Form a judgment about (price, value etc.)

Face up to


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Face up to

You will never solve your problemsunless you face up to them.

Confront bravely

On the face of it


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On the face of it

On the face of it, the project hasa good chance of success.

apparently, at first glance

Fall away


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Fall away

The support he was relying on began to fallaway as the election approached.

disappear

Fall behind


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Fall behind

He always falls behind when weare going uphill.

Fail to keep level with

Fall in with


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Fall in with

He fell in with my views at once.

Happen to meet, agree to

Fall on (upon)


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Fall on (upon)

Our soldiers fell on the enemy andsoon sized the city.

attack, assault

Fall in love with


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Fall in love with

He fell in love with a beautiful girl.

Begin to love

Fall off


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Fall off

Attendance at church has fallenoff this summer.

Become smaller or fewer

Fall out


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Fall out

The two women began to fall out.

quarrel

Fall through


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Fall through

His plans fell through.

Fail, come to nothing

famine


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famine

India has often suffered from famine.

Extreme scarcity

Fancy (for) fondness


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Fancy (for) fondness

I have a fancy for some wine withmy dinner.

desire

Take a fancy to


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Take a fancy to

The children have taken a fancyto their teacher.

To become fond of

fascinate


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fascinate

The children were fascinated bythe toys in the shop windows.

attract greatly

Gallant


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Gallant

He is a gallant soldier.

brave, fine

Garrulous


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Garrulous

She is a garrulous women.

talkative

Get about


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Get about

He gets about a great deal.

Travel, go to places

Get away


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Get away

The thief got away from prison.

escape

Get by


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Get by

Please, let me get by.

pass

Get in


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Get in

The burglar got in through the open window.

(into) enter

Get on


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Get on

We get on the bus at 34 th street.

board

Get off


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Get off

Dont get off the bus until it stops.

dismount, descend from

Take a hand in


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Take a hand in

He had a hand in arranging the contract.

be involved in, take part in


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Impose


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p

New duties were imposed on wineand spirits.

To place (burden, tax, etc,) on someone

Imprudent


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Isnt it imprudent of you to marrywhile your salary is so low.

rash, indiscreet

Irrigate


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g

Irrigate desert areas and makethem fertile.

Supply (land) with water

Isolate


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When a person has an infectiousdisease, he is usually isolated.

separate, keep apart from

Keep down


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p

We must try to keep our expenses down.

control

Keep off


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Keep off the grass.

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not touch, not go on to..

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