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question		réponse
to do something because someone has said that you should commencer à apprendre		act on sb’s (advice) Olga acted on the email she received.
to make an extra copy of computer information, for example on a disk or a hard drive commencer à apprendre		back sth up It is advisable to back up all the files on your computer regularly, in case of breakdown.
can do something commencer à apprendre		be up to sth Are you sure you are up to this job? We can go for a walk after lunch, if you think you are up to it.
divide something into different areas commencer à apprendre		break up sth Rock gradually breaks up into sand. Break the biscuits up into small pieces and put them in a food processor.
to demand that something happens commencer à apprendre		call for sth The recipe calls for brown sugar, not white sugar. The situation calls for a calm, deliberate response.
to decide that a planned event or activity will not happen because it is not possible or wanted now commencer à apprendre		call sth off The town's annual picnic was called off due to rain.
to cover a surface or fill a place with things that are not tidy or well organised commencer à apprendre		clutter sth up Please take your belongings with you. You don't need to clutter up my car. Piles of books and papers cluttered his desk.
to discover something or someone by chance commencer à apprendre		come across sb/sth We came across Monica in the post office.
to visit someone at their house commencer à apprendre		come round If you come round later, we can do our homework together.
to deal successfully with a difficult situation commencer à apprendre		cope with sth It is astonishing the way she manages to raise a family, do a full-time job and cope with a bed-ridden mother, all at the same time.
to take action in order to achieve something or to solve a problem commencer à apprendre		deal with sth The problem was brought to my attention and I dealt with it.
to become more and more rare and then disappear completely commencer à apprendre		die out Most of the polar bears will die out by 2050 as a result of global warming.
to think of a new idea or plan commencer à apprendre		dream sth up How did you ever dream up a silly idea like that? I would have never dreamt a better plan myself.
to start to sleep commencer à apprendre		drop off (to sleep) He dropped off in the middle of the lesson.
to stop working and doing things that most people do because you do not want to be part of society any longer commencer à apprendre		drop out He dropped out of politics to take care of his family
o finally be in a particular place or situation commencer à apprendre		end up After working her way around the world, she ended up teaching English as a foreign language.
to move things about or touch things with no particular purpose commencer à apprendre		fiddle with sth He fiddles with his pen all the time. He was just fiddling around with the things on his desk.
to feel that you belong to a particular group and are accepted by them commencer à apprendre		fit in She desperately wanted to fit in.
to start doing something seriously and with a lot of attention and effort commencer à apprendre		get down to sth [+ -ing verb ] I've got a lot of work to do, but I can't seem to get down to it. I must get down to booking the hotels.
to start to do something in a purposeful way commencer à apprendre		go about doing sth [+ -ing verb ] How can we go about solving this problem? What's the best way of going about this?
to go somewhere in order to take a break/walk/drink a cup of coffee, etc. commencer à apprendre		go for + n (a break/walk/coffee)
to choose something - Which one do you prefer? - I would _______ the blue one. commencer à apprendre		go for sth - Which one do you prefer? - I would go for the blue one.
if something that makes a noise goes off, it suddenly starts making a noise commencer à apprendre		go off (alarm) The alarm should go off automatically as soon as smoke is detected. Didn't you hear your alarm clock going off this morning?
to move towards something commencer à apprendre		head for sth The coach was heading for Warsaw.
to ask someone for something, e.g. money commencer à apprendre		hit up sb for sth She planned to hit him up for a raise.
to manage to keep a job commencer à apprendre		hold down a job
to manage to do work as it is given to you and not be late in doing what you have to do commencer à apprendre		keep up with sth They are struggling to keep up with the mortgage repayments. Jack hasn't been able to keep up with the rest of his team.
to enjoy something very much commencer à apprendre		lap sth up We walked around the city, lapping up the atmosphere. Everyone clapped and cheered and you could see he was lapping it up.
if you say you will never live something down, you mean that it is in an embarrassing experience that other people will not let you forget commencer à apprendre		live sth down If you show up with green hair, your parents will never let you live it down.
to use someone or something to provide the money or food that you need to live żyć z czegoś commencer à apprendre		live off sth My grandmother lives off a small pension. All his life he had lived off his father. They had learned to live off the land (= grow or find their own food).
to meet another person in order to do something together commencer à apprendre		meet up with sb I'm meeting up with some friends after work.
to leave the place where you are and go somewhere else commencer à apprendre		move on I've lived in this town long enough - it's time to move on.
to stop living in a particular home commencer à apprendre		move out Her landlord has given her a week to move out.
o give someone all of the money that you owe them commencer à apprendre		pay up Eventually they paid up, but only after receiving several reminders.
to start learning something or doing something regularly without intending to commencer à apprendre		pick up sth pick up a reading habit
to choose something from a group of things commencer à apprendre		pick sth out From all the puppies, we picked out the smallest one to take home. We could pick our parents out easily in the old photos.
If a vehicle pulls over, it moves to the side of the road and stops commencer à apprendre		pull over Just pull over here, and I'll get out and walk the rest of the way.
When a car or someone driving a car pulls up, the driver stops the car, often for a short time commencer à apprendre		pull up A car pulled up outside my house.
to arrange to do something at a later time commencer à apprendre		put sth off The meeting has been put off for a week. He keeps asking me out, and I keep putting him off.
to cause something to explode commencer à apprendre		set off sth What time do we set off tomorrow?
to arrange a number of things in a particular way rozstawić, wyłożyć commencer à apprendre		set sth out She laid out the cards on the table and began to tell me about my future.
to arrange for something to happen, for example to start a new business commencer à apprendre		set up sth I'm planning to set my own restaurant up.
to start living somewhere that you are going to live for a long time, usually with a partner commencer à apprendre		settle down Do you want to settle down with me?
to start to feel relaxed and comfortable in a new situation commencer à apprendre		settle into sth Students settled into their desks and took out their notebooks. After moving frequently during his first 14 years, he settled into a normal high school life.
to make a decision after spending a period of time thinking about the choices commencer à apprendre		settle on sth We've settled on Majorca for our summer holiday this year. The children settled on the chocolate chip cookies instead of the peanut butter ones. We wanted to buy a house, but at these prices we had to settle on an apartment.
to pay someone the money that you owe them commencer à apprendre		settle up Would you like to settle up now, sir? You buy the tickets and I'll settle up with you later.
{formal} to be taught by someone commencer à apprendre		study under sb As a young painter, he studied under Picasso.
to replace or destroy something commencer à apprendre		sweep sth aside They swept his doubts and objections aside.
to manage to reveal something commencer à apprendre		tease out sth I managed to tease the truth out of her.
to happen in a particular way commencer à apprendre		turn out It turned out that they weren't cousins, after all.
if someone who is lying down turns over, they change position so that they are facing a different direction commencer à apprendre		turn over
if a person in a television show is ____, the people watching the programme vote in order to make that person leave the show commencer à apprendre		vote sb off They’ve voted him off the board...
{informal} to annoy someone, often on purpose commencer à apprendre		wind sb up łajnd It really winds me up when he goes on about teachers having an easy life. She just knows how to wind me up.
to destroy something completely commencer à apprendre		wipe sth out I was going too fast and I wiped out on the bend.
to sell or to work regularly at something, especially at a job that involves selling things commencer à apprendre		ply Fishermen in small boats ply their trade up and down the coast. Dealers are openly plying drugs in school playgrounds. The market traders were loudly plying their ware
to have a strong desire for something: commencer à apprendre		be hankering for sth/hanker I’ve been hankering for a hot dog. [+ to infinitive ] I always hankered to go to Nashville.
a problem that you have to deal with before you can make progress: commencer à apprendre		hurdle [herdle] Getting a work permit was the first hurdle to overcome. The cost of this exercise is proving to be a major hurdle.
[C ] a frame or fence for jumping over in a race: commencer à apprendre		hurdle [herdle] He fell at the last hurdle. She cleared (= jumped over) all the hurdles easily and raced to the finishing line.

Phrasal verbs wordlist Complete CAE

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