1. PHRASAL VERBS AND IDIOMS
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PHRASAL VERBS AND
IDIOMS

2. Phrasal verbs
A verb that is made up of a main verb together with an adverb or a preposition, or both. Typically, their meaning is not obvious from the meanings of the individual words themselves.
She has always looked down on me.
For instance, in this example, the phrasal verb ‘to look down on someone’ doesn’t mean that you are looking down from a higher place at someone who is below you; it means that you think that you are better than someone.

3. Idiom
Idioms are a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
Every language has its own collection of wise sayings. These sayings are called "idioms" – or proverbs if they are longer. These combinations of words have (rarely complete sentences) a "figurative meaning“ meaning, they basically work with "pictures".

4. OCTOBER 20th CUT DOWN ON Meaning: Reduce
Example: Doctors advised her to CUT DOWN ON the amount of saturated fats in her diet.

5. OCTOBER 25th
PUT UP WITH
Meaning: to tolerate . To accept an unpleasant situation or behavior.
Example:
I can put up with the house being messy, but I hate it if it's not clean
I will not put up with your yelling anymore! Go to bed this minute!

6. OCTOBER 27th FALL OFF/ FALL OUT
Meaning: to drop or come down under the force of gravity
If a tooth or your hair falls out, it becomes loose and separates from your mouth or head
Example
The apple fell from the tree
Her baby teeth are starting to fall out.
A side effect of the treatment is that your hair starts to fall out
FALL OF THE LADDER

7. NOVEMBER 8th A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHT
Meaning: A phrase said when one is trying to find out what another person is thinking. A way of asking what someone is thinking
Example
“You have been quiet for a while, a penny for your thoughts.”

8. NOVEMBER 10th TURN OUT ( TO BE)
Meaning: become (resultó) to have a particular result
Example
The film turned out to be more boring than we had expected.
The party turned out to be a huge disappointment.

9. NOVEMBER 15th DEAL WITH (STRESS FOR EXAMPLE)
Meaning: to take action in order to achieve something or in order to solve a problem:
Example
How do you intend to deal with this problem?
I spent the morning dealing with my s.

10. NOVEMBER 17th A HOT POTATO
Speak of an issue (mostly current) which many people are talking about and which is usually disputed
Meaning:
Example

11. NOVEMBER 22th
TRACK DOWN
Meaning:
Example

12. NOVEMBER 24th
FALL BEHIND
Meaning:
Example

13. NOVEMBER 29th
RUN OUT OF
Meaning:
Example

14. DECEMBER 01th BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE
Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person
to make a wrong choice .
Meaning:
Example

15. DECEMBER 13th
GET DOWN ON
Meaning:
Example

16. DECEMBER 15th
GET AHEAD
Meaning:
Example

17. DECEMBER 20th
COME UP WITH
Meaning:
Example

18. DECEMBER 22th ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
People's intentions can be judged better by what they do than what they say
Meaning:
Example

19. HANG OUT WITH
KEEP UP WITH
GET THROUGH ( YOUR REVISION)
GO OVER ( YOUR NOTES)
GET ACROSS
GET AWAY WITH
STAY UP
LOOK UP ( VOCABULARY)
OWN UP
STAND OUT
WORK OUT ( THE ANSWER)