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Phrasal Verb
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meaning
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read on
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continue reading
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flick through
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look at different parts of a book very quickly
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grow up
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turn from a child into an adult
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put down
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place something that you were holding onto a table or the floor
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bring up
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look after a child until they are an adult
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sign up for
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put your name on a list to take part
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take up
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begin doing a new hobby
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slow down
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start to move or live more slowly
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deal with
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take the necessary action
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chill out
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relax
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pay back
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give someone the money that you borrowed
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tell off
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explain that you're angry or annoyed with them
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be taken in
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believe something that is untrue
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own up
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admit to doing something
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get out
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take something from where it is stored
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send up / down
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send something to a higher / lower place
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be cut off
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be isolated
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turn out
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become known at the end of a story
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be blown away
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be destroyed by wind
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be swept away
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be destroyed by water
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set off
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leave a place
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check in / out
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arrive at / leave a hotel, etc
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get around
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travel to different places within the same location
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eat out
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have a meal in a restaurant, cafe, etc
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get away
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go on holiday
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get into
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become involved in a particular area of work or hobby
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step down
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leave your job (usually an important role)
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work out
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be successful in the end
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be snowed under
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have too much work or study
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set up
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start a new organization, business, club, etc
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throw up
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build something very quickly
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get across
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send a message (usually visual)
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make out
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see or hear something difficult
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pull down
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totally destroy a building
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look around
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look at different parts of a gallery, shop, etc
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freak out
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strongly scare or shock someone
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figure out
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solve a problem or mystery
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rule out
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eliminate a possible solution
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scare away
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scare someone/something and make them run away
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call out
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say something in a loud voice
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