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question		réponse
Give away commencer à apprendre		Betray His false identity papers gave him away.
Give off commencer à apprendre		Send of a smell liquid or gas The cheese had begun to give off a strange smell.
Give out commencer à apprendre		Be exhausted When our money gave out we had to borrow.
Give over commencer à apprendre		Abandon, devote The rest of the time was given over to playing cards.
Give over commencer à apprendre		Stop colloquial Why don’t you give over! You’re getting on my nerves!
Give up commencer à apprendre		Surrender The escaped prisoner gave herself up.
Give up commencer à apprendre		Believed to be dead or lost After ten days the ship was given up for lost.
Go back on commencer à apprendre		Break a promise The management has gone back on its promise.
Go in for commencer à apprendre		make a habit of. I don't go in for that kind of thing
Go in for commencer à apprendre		Enter a competition Are you thinking of going in for the race?
Go off commencer à apprendre		Become bad food This milk has gone off.
Go on commencer à apprendre		Happen usually negative Something funny is going on.
Go round commencer à apprendre		Be enough There weren’t enough life jackets to go round.
Go through with commencer à apprendre		Complete a promise or plan – usually unwillingly When it came to actually stealing the money, Nora couldn’t go through with us.
Grow on commencer à apprendre		Become more liked - colloquial This new record is growing on me.
Hang onto commencer à apprendre		Keep colloquial I think we should hang onto the car until next year.
Have it in for commencer à apprendre		Be deliberately unkind to someone – also as have got My teacher has (got) it in for me.
Have it out with commencer à apprendre		Express feelings so as to settle a problem I put up with the problem for a while but in the end I had it out with hers.
Have someone on commencer à apprendre		Deceive colloquial I don’t believe you. You’re having me on.
Hit it off commencer à apprendre		Get on well with - colloquial Mark and Sarah really hit it off at the party.
Hit upon/on commencer à apprendre		Discover by chance often an idea They hit upon the solution quite by chance.
Hold out commencer à apprendre		Offer especially with hope We don’t hold out much hope that the price will fall.
Hold up commencer à apprendre		Delay Sorry I’m late, I was held up in the traffic
Hold up commencer à apprendre		Use as an example-i.e. A model of good behaviour John was always held up as an example to me.
Hold with commencer à apprendre		Agree with an idea I don’t hold with the idea of using force.
Keep up commencer à apprendre		Continue Well done! Keep up the good work!
Lay down commencer à apprendre		State a rule especially lay down the law The company has laid down strict procedures for this kind of situation.
Let down commencer à apprendre		Disappoint, break a promise. Sorry to let you down, but I can’t give you a lift today.
Let it on commencer à apprendre		Allow being part of a secret We haven’t let Tina in on the plans yet.
Let off commencer à apprendre		Excuse from punishment As Dave was young, the judge let him off with a fine.
Let on commencer à apprendre		Inform about a secret colloquial We’re planning a surprise for Helen, but don’t let on.
(not) Live down commencer à apprendre		Suffer a loss of reputation If City lose, they’ll never live it down.
Live up to commencer à apprendre		Reach an expected standard The play quite lived up to my expectations.
Look into commencer à apprendre		Investigate The police have promised to look into the problem.
Look on commencer à apprendre		Consider We look on this town as our real home.
Look someone up commencer à apprendre		Visit when in the area If you’re passing through Athens, look me up.
Make for commencer à apprendre		Result in The power steering makes for easier parking. M
Make off with commencer à apprendre		Run away with The thief made off with a valuable necklace.
Make out commencer à apprendre		Pretend Tim made out that that he hadn’t seen the No Smoking sign.
Make out commencer à apprendre		Manage to see or understand I couldn’t quite make out what the notice said.
Make someone out commencer à apprendre		Understand someone’s behaviour Janet is really odd. I can’t make her out.
Make up commencer à apprendre		Invent I think you made up the whole story!
Make up for commencer à apprendre		Compensate for Our success makes up for all the hard times.
Miss out commencer à apprendre		Fail to include You have missed out a word here.
Miss out commencer à apprendre		Lose a chance colloquial Five people got promoted, but I missed out again.
Own up commencer à apprendre		Confess colloquial None of the children would own up to breaking the window. O
Pack in commencer à apprendre		Stop an activity colloquial John has packed in his job. P
Pay back commencer à apprendre		Take revenge colloquial She paid him back for all his insults.
Pick up commencer à apprendre		Improve colloquial The weather seems to be picking up.
Pin someone down commencer à apprendre		Force to give a clear statement I asked Jim to name a suitable day, but I couldn’t pin him down.
Play up commencer à apprendre		Behave or work badly The car is playing up again. It won’t start.
Point out commencer à apprendre		Draw attention to a fact I pointed out that I would be on holiday anyway.
Put off commencer à apprendre		Manage to succeed It was a tricky plan, but we pulled it off.
Push on commencer à apprendre		Continue with some effort colloquial Let’s push on and try to reach the coast by tonight.
Put across commencer à apprendre		Communicate ideas Harry is clever but he can’t put his ideas across.
Put down to commencer à apprendre		Explain the cause of Diane’s poor performance was put down to nerves.
Put in for commencer à apprendre		Apply for a job Sue has put in for a teaching job.
Put oneself out commencer à apprendre		Take trouble to help someone Please don’t put yourself out making a meal. A sandwich will do.
Put off commencer à apprendre		Discourage - upset The crowd put the gymnast off, and he fell.
Put up commencer à apprendre		Offer accommodation We can put you up for a few days.
Put up with commencer à apprendre		Tolerate bear I can’t put up with all this noise!

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