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Make a cheque payable to somebody(separable)
“Please MAKE the cheque OUT to RGM Productions Ltd.”
Stop talking or making noise(separable)
“He told us to SHUT UP and start working.”
Stop a machine or device(separable)
“I TURNED the TV OFF and went to bed.”
Make something happen(separable)
“The changes to the law were BROUGHT ABOUT by the government because so many people were ignoring the old one.”
Look at something from a different perspective
“We should STEP BACK and try to see how our customers will view the scheme.”
Establish rules or procedures(separable)
“The rules of the sport were LAID DOWN early in the nineteenth century.”
Make a government fall(separable)
“The vote of no-confidence BROUGHT the government DOWN.”
Be extraordinary and different
“She STOOD OUT from the crowd in selection and was offered the job.”
Accompany
“COME ALONG, we’ll never get there if you don’t keep up with us.”
Progress, often till it finishes(separable)
“Let's see how things PLAY OUT.”
Start (war, conflict)
“They're worried that war will BREAK OUT.”
Circulate
“A rumour is GOING AROUND about the Attorney General.”
Leave work because of a dispute with the management
“The workers WALKED OUT because the felt that safety wasn't being handled correctly.”
Contact(inseparable)
“I tried calling her mobile phone, but I couldn't GET THROUGH.”
Not show emotion(separable)
“It was really hard to HOLD BACK the tears.”
Record in writing. To make notes(separable)
“I WROTE her mobile number DOWN on a scrap of paper and I've lost it.”
Complete a form(separable)
“I FILLED OUT the application form and mailed it.”
Wait for something to happen without making any effort
“We SAT BACK and waited for them to make the first mistake.”
Exclude a possibility(separable)
“The police have RULED OUT suicide and are treating it as a case of murder.”
Move to make space(separable)
“They MOVED her UP to senior management.”
Choose or select(separable)
“She PICKED OUT the ones she wanted to take and left the rest.”
Make notes or write down in full(separable)
“The police TOOK DOWN his answers to their questions.To remove or dismantle.”
Continue doing something(separable)
“The teacher asked the pupils to GET ON with some work quietly as she had to leave the classroom.To enter or board a vehicle.”
Return something you've borrowed(separable)
“I GAVE the money BACK that she'd lent to me.”
Give(separable)
“The robbers told the clerk to HAND OVER all the money.”
Summarise(separable)
“At the end of the lecture, she SUMMED UP the main points again.”
Leave a place you live or work in(separable)
“She's tired of living there and is MOVING OUT.”
When something breaks off
“I picked it up and the handle CAME OFF in my hand.”
Give a message to someone(separable)
“I'll PASS the message ON when she gets here.”
Absorb information(separable)
“The lecture was rather boring and I didn't TAKE IN much of what the lecturer said.”
Resolve a problem(separable)
“Has the firm SORTED OUT its tax problems yet?”
Do something to check or improve an earlier action(separable)
“He FOLLOWED UP the meeting with a report.”
Arrive (messages and information)
“News is COMING THROUGH of a major accident on the M25, where freezing fog has been making driving conditions extremely dangerous.”
Start living a fixed and routine life
“After years of partying and drinking, she finally got married and SETTLED DOWN.”
Recover consciousness
“It took several hours after the operation before he CAME AROUND.”
Complete a form or document(separable)
“I FILLED IN the application form and posted it off.”
Distribute(separable)
“Somebody was GIVING leaflets OUT in front of the underground station.”
Stop doing something because it's too hard or requires too much energy
“I couldn't finish the crossword puzzle and had to GIVE IN and look at the answers.Submit homework, etc.”
Break a piece from something(separable)
“She BROKE OFF a square of chocolate and gave it to her dog.”
Postpone(separable)
“The concert's been PUT OFF until next month because the singer's got a throat infection.”
Happen, occur
“The meeting CAME ABOUT because both sides were sick of fighting.”
Close a shop, branch or business permanently(separable)
“The banks have CLOSED DOWN a lot of branches in villages over the last few years.”
Install(separable)
“They had to PUT IN a whole new central heating system because the house was so cold.”
Start doing something(inseparable)
“We SET ABOUT the cleaning and got it done before lunchtime.”
Accept or follow a decision or rule(inseparable)
“We have to ABIDE BY what the court says.”
Explain(inseparable)
“They had to ACCOUNT FOR all the money that had gone missing.”
Want something or someone a lot(inseparable)
“My partner's been away for a fortnight- I am ACHING FOR her.”
Take action because of something like information received(inseparable)
“The police were ACTING ON a tip from an informer and caught the gang red-handed.”
Perform something with actions and gestures(separable)
“They ACTED OUT the story on stage.”
Behave badly or strangely
“My computer's ACTING UP; I think I might have a virus.”
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