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