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She gave up eating fatty foods when she went ona diet.
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Spies gave away top secret information during the war.
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Although it looked as though Steffi was winning the match, Monica refused to give up.
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give freely, give out/away The charity gave out food to the poor and need.
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For such a small electric fire, it gives off a lot of heat.
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The food supplies gave out before they reached the summit of the mountain.
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They took down the old painting and put up a new portrait.
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be surprised, be taken aback I was taken aback by his rude reply.
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Don't be taken in by his friendly manner. Dave's not as nice as he appears.
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leave the ground, take off Fasten your seat belts before the plane takes off.
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take control of, take over The boos asked Mr Smith to take over the running of the office while he was away.
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begin a hobby, activity, etc., take up He took up judo to get some exercise.
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The children took to their new tacher the moment they saw her.
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It took her years to get over the death of her husband.
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He decided to get away for a while after months of hard work.
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have a good relationship with, get on / along with You should try to get on with Andy; he is your brother, after all.
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He doesn't make a lot of money, but he has enough to get by.
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wywinąć się przed odpowiedzialnością x2 empezar lección
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escape without being punished, get away with Small-time criminals rarely get away with their crimes.
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reduce consumption of, cut down on The doctors advised her to cut down on sugar and fat.
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interrupt sb while speaking, cut into The secretary cut into to tell them that someone was asking for Mr Jones on the phone.
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Their house was cut off from the rest by the heavy snow.
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They had their electricity cut off because they failed to pay the bill.
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usunąć, porzucić, zrezygnować kompletnie x2 empezar lección
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The editor cut out several paragraphs to make the text shorter. You need to cut out sweets.
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get carried away x2got excited, be carried away The audience were carried away by their brilliant performance.
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Peter carried out his promise to help us.
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complete, carry sth through Despite the difficulties, they managed to carry the task throught.
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Althrough is leg was bothering him, the dancer carried on with the performance.
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switch on / off, turn on / off Don't forget to turn off the cooker before you leave.
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Steve finally turned up at the party two hours late.
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goes to sb for help, turn to When she is in trouble, she always turns to her parents for help.
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He turned down the job offer because the money they offered him wasn't good.
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Pierre turned out to be the most creative chef they had ever employed.
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enter a plac illegally, break in / into The burglar managed to break into the house and steal the TV and video.
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I broke off a piece of chocolate and gave it to my friend.
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escape from, break out of Four prisoners broke out of prison during the riots yesterday.
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end a relationship, break up Unfortunately, Jackie and Andy broke up just a few days before Christmas.
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przezwyciężyć, pokonać, wyrosnąć z np. ubrań x2 empezar lección
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Tim used to be afraid of heights, but now that he's been climbing a few times he has grown out of his fear.
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His skill in computer grew from his interest in computer games.
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4-year-old Joseph wants to be a basketball player when he grows up.
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The meeting has been put off until next month because the director is in Africa.
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I'm going to sell my car if they are going to put up the pice of petrol again.
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I refuse to put up with that noise. I'm going to call the police.
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Fortunately the fire brigade were able to put out the fire.
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Jim has put in a lot of time and effort in order to finish his project.
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Co-operation brings out the best in people.
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Heavy smoking brought about his death.
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Mary managed to bring her father round to her point of view.
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make sb regain consciousness, bring round They brought him round by splashing wather on him.
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raise (children), bring up It is very hard to bring up a child.
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When I went to make some coffee, I realised we had run out of sugar.
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Drive more carefully, or you will run into another car.
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The team of climbers ran into so many problems that they were unable to reach the mountain top.
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