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do respect or obey a decision a law or rule commencer à apprendre
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Abide by / if you want to keep your job here you must abide by our rules
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To explain, give a reason commencer à apprendre
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Account for/ I hope you can account for the time you were out
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To make sense, seem reasonable commencer à apprendre
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Add up/ The fact in the case just don't add up
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To recommend not doing something commencer à apprendre
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Advice against/ I advice against walking alone in this neighborhood
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to have the same opinion as someone else commencer à apprendre
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Agree with/ I agree with you, I think you should go as well
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To take into consideration commencer à apprendre
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Allow for / We need to allow for unexpected charges along the way
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To plead or make request / To be attractive or interesting commencer à apprendre
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Appeal to/ He appealed to the court to change its decision/ a vacation of sunbathing doesn't appeal to me
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To make a formal request for something (job, permit, loan) / He applied for a scholarship for next semester commencer à apprendre
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To move backwards, in fear or dislike commencer à apprendre
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back away/ when he saw a bear he backed away in fright
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To withdraw, concede defeat commencer à apprendre
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back down/ local authorities backed down on their threats to build on that part of the Beach
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to give support or encouragement / To make a copy(of file, program etc) commencer à apprendre
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back up/ I'm going to be very strict with him. I hope you'll back me up on this? / You should back up all your computer files in secure location
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to base your hopes on something or someone commencer à apprendre
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bank on / I'm banking on you to help me with the charity event
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to faint lose consciouusness commencer à apprendre
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black out/ jenna jenna fell in the parking and blacked out
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to separate using a barrier commencer à apprendre
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block off / the police blocked off the street after the explosion
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To explode / to get angry commencer à apprendre
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blow up / Tommy blew up the red balloon / don't blow up at me It's not my fault
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commencer à apprendre
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boil down to / it all boils down to who has more power
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to start a computer by loading an operating system or program commencer à apprendre
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boot up / you need to boot up your computer before you begin to work
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commencer à apprendre
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break away / one of the wolves broke away from his pack
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to go out of order, cease to function / to. lose control on one's emotions commencer à apprendre
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break down / the washing machine broke down so we had to call repair technician / John broke down when he heard the news
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break into / burglars broke into my car last night
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break out, Rioting broke out after the government raised the fuel prices again
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to escape from the place by force commencer à apprendre
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break out of / several prisoners broke out of a jail
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to come to an end (marriage, relationship) commencer à apprendre
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break up, she broke up with daniel after dating him for five years
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bring up, sara is bringing up her children by herself
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to improve, refresh ones knowledge of something commencer à apprendre
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brush up on. i must brush up on my french before going to Paris next month
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to meet by chance or unexpectedly commencer à apprendre
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bump into/ i bumped into Adam at the bank, he says hello
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stop(sth) working/ become exhausted from overworking commencer à apprendre
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burn out/ the light bulb burn out, please change it / she needs to work fewer hours otherwise she will burn out
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call back / could you please call back in ten minutes?
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call of / the game was called of because of bad wheather
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to become more relaxed, less angry or upset commencer à apprendre
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calm down / it took kylie several hours to calm down after she saw the accident
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carry on, the soldiers carried on walking in order to get their post before dark
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to do sth as specified(a plan, an order, s threat) / to perform or conduct (test, experiment) commencer à apprendre
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carry out/ his ordered were carried out to the letter / that conpany does not carry out tests on animals
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