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Be careful or Frank will have you doing his work as well as your own. commencer à apprendre
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to have sb doing sth: to make sb do sth (through persuasion, by giving them orders, etc) that they probably do not want to do
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to be pointless: to have no sense or purpose commencer à apprendre
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It's pointless having meetings because
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to feel angry and bitter about sth, probably because you think it is unfair or wrong
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to be (well) worth doing: it would be a good idea to do commencer à apprendre
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'The Test' is an excellent novel. It's well worth reading.
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you would be better off doing sth: used to introduce advice commencer à apprendre
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You'd be much better off living on your own.
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to be the first/ second/ last person to: sb is the first/second/last person that commencer à apprendre
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In fact, I was the last person to go.
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can't be bothered to do sth: don't feel like making the effort to do commencer à apprendre
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I can't be. bothered to cook tonight. He obviously can't be bothered to write to us.
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He's bound to be late. He never arrives on time commencer à apprendre
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to be certain to: to be sure sth will happen or sb will do sth
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to tall to/n glect to do sth: not to do what you should have done commencer à apprendre
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He failed to hand in his homework on time.
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to know better than to do sth: to be old or experienced enough to know sth is the wrong thing to do commencer à apprendre
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He should have known better than to try and do something so risky
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not to know how best to do 8th: not to know the best way to do sth commencer à apprendre
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not to know how best to do 8th: not to know the best way to do sth
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to manage to do sth: to succeed in doing sth difficult commencer à apprendre
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The window was stuck, but after a lot of pushing and pulling I managed to open it.
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to wish to do sth: (formal) would like to do sth commencer à apprendre
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If you wish to contact us, you can do so via our website.
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to come close to doing 5th: to almost do sth commencer à apprendre
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She came close to winning the election.
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to be committed to sth: to believe strongly in sth, to want it to happen and succeed and to be prepared to work very hard in order to make it happen commencer à apprendre
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This government is committed to tackling unemployment.
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not to feel up to doing sth: not to feel well enough to do sth commencer à apprendre
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I don't feel up to going to the gym.
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to object to doing h/sb doing 5th: to dislike and feel angry about sth because you think it is wrong or unfair commencer à apprendre
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I object to her ordering me about.
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to resort to doing sth to do sth you disapprove of because you feel that it is the only way you can succeed or deal with a problem commencer à apprendre
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Much as he disliked the idea, he had to resort to borrowing the money from his parents.
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I dread to think and generally followed by what (ii) to dread +ing: to dislike and be frightened of sth you have to do commencer à apprendre
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I dread to think what she will say when she finds out the truth
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to go on: to proceed, after doing sth else to continue commencer à apprendre
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He went on speaking, even though nobody was listening.
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to mean: to intend (ii): to involve, enta commencer à apprendre
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Harvey didn 't mean to criticise; he merely wanted to tell the truth.
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to regret: to be sorry to (used with the verbs say, tell, inform, announce) (ii) to regret +ing: to be sorry about sth that has/hasn't happened commencer à apprendre
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We regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful
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