401.
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help out
help … out
|
To assist someone in their work, e.g. On
weekends, the husband helps out in the kitchen.
To support someone who has problems, e.g.
Jack is an tiger trainer and he needs an assistance, but nobody dares to help
out.
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402.
|
hem … in
|
To surround and restrict the space or
movement of someone or something.
|
403.
|
hike … up
|
To pull or lift up clothing, e.g. She
hiked up her skirt to climb the ladder.
|
404.
|
hinge on/upon
|
To depend entirely on someone or
something.
|
405.
|
hire … out
|
To allow the temporary use of something
in exchange for payment.
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406.
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hit back
hit on
hit out
|
To retaliate in kind.
To think of a good idea.
To discover something by chance.
To strike at someone.
To express strong disapproval of
something or someone.
|
407.
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hitch … up
|
To lift or roll up one’s clothing, e.g.
to hitch up one’s trousers.
To harness a draught animal.
|
408.
|
hive … off
|
To separate something from a large group,
such as to sell a company in a conglomerate.
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409.
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hold … against
hold back
hold ... down
hold forth
hold off
hold ... off
hold on
hold on to
hold out
hold out for
hold out on
hold up
hold ... up
hold with
|
To continue to blame and dislike someone,
e.g. Despite the years that have passed, Jack still holds it against Jill
for something she did that caused him embarrassment.
To stop oneself from doing something or
expressing an emotion.
To succeed in retaining one’s job.
To keep prices from rising.
To talk at length on a subject.
To postpone doing something, e.g.
They hold off renovating the house until next year when they
can better afford to pay for it.
(Bad weather) to fail to occur.
To ward off someone or something from
harming or affecting one, e.g. They are planning a way to hold the
enemy off while looking for an escape route.
To wait for a short time, e.g. Would you
like to hold on or call back? She’s in the toilet.
To persist in doing something despite the
difficulty encountered, e.g. They managed to hold on to a
piece of debris until help arrived.
To grasp something firmly, e.g. She held tightly on
to the rail as she climbed the stairs.
To extend one’s hand, e.g. We have not
met for a long time and when I hold out my hand, he grabs it
tight.
To make something such as money, etc.
last, e.g. I’m spending less, so it holds out until my next payday.
To resist something such as attack,
pressure, temptation, etc., e.g. They were under siege but managed to hold
out until reinforcements arrived.
To be not prepared to receive less than
what is demanded.
To refuse to provide someone with
information, an answer, etc. that is needed.
To continue to remain strong, valid, etc.
To delay the progress of someone or
something, e.g. work is held up by workers’ strike.
To commit a robbery, e.g. A couple of men
succeeded in holding a bank up by using toy
guns.
To adopt someone or something as a role
model or example.
To approve or agree with something, e.g.
Most parents do not hold with using the cane in school.
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410.
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hole up
|
To hide oneself, especially from the law.
|
411.
|
hollow … out
|
To remove the inside part of something.
|
412.
|
home in on
|
To aim at something and move directly
towards it with a purpose, e.g. to identify a problem and home in to
resolving it.
|
413.
|
hook … up
hook up with
|
To connect an electronic equipment to an
electricity supply.
To get acquainted with someone and become
friendly with them.
|
414.
|
horn in
|
To interrupt without invitation or
necessity.
|
415.
|
horse around/about
|
To fool around or about.
|
416.
|
hose … down
|
To wash something or someone using a
hose.
|
417.
|
hot up
|
To become more active, exciting, or
dangerous.
|
418.
|
howl … down
|
To prevent someone or something from
being heard by shouting loudly and angrily.
|
419.
|
hunt … down
|
To search diligently for and capture or
kill someone or an animal
|
420.
|
Hurry up/hurry … up
|
To make someone or something move, act,
finish or happen more quickly, e.g. If we don’t hurry up, we are going to be
the last ones in the long queue. / We hurried the waiter up as we had waited
almost half an hour.
|
421.
|
hush … up
|
To prevent something from being expressed
publicly, especially about something dishonest or immoral.
|
422.
|
hype … up
|
To promote or publicize someone or
something in a exaggerated way.
|
423.
|
ice … down
ice over/up
|
To cover injury with ice to prevent
swelling.
To become covered or blocked with ice.
|
424.
|
identify with
|
To feel oneself as having the same
characteristics, thinking or feelings as someone else.
|
425.
|
idle … away
|
To spend time doing nothing.
|
426.
|
imbue … with
|
To make someone fill with an emotion or
quality.
|
427.
|
impinge on/upon
|
To have an effect on someone or
something.
|
428.
|
improve on/upon
|
To make or do something better than
before.
|
429.
|
impute … to
|
To regard something, especially something
bad, as being caused by someone else.
|
430.
|
inform against/on
|
To give vital information about someone
to the police, enemy, etc.
|
431.
|
infringe on/upon
|
To intrude on someone’s freedom or
rights.
|
432.
|
ink … in
|
To write or mark something with ink.
|
433.
|
inquire after
inquire into
inquire … of
|
To ask someone about their health,
well-being, etc.
To investigate about something or
someone.
To ask someone about someone else or
something.
|
434.
|
insist on
|
To firmly continue doing something.
|
435.
|
interfere with
|
To prevent something from succeeding or
continuing in the way that was planned.
To sexually molest, especially a child.
|
436.
|
inure … to
|
To make someone accustomed to something,
especially something unpleasant so that they are used to it.
|
437.
|
invalid …out
|
To leave the armed services or to remove
someone from active military service because of injury or illness.
|
438.
|
inveigh against
|
To speak or write about someone or
something with great hostility or criticism.
|
439.
|
inveigle … into
|
To persuade someone to do something,
especially by deceit or flattery.
|
440.
|
invest in
invest … with
|
To buy a financial product with a view of
making a profit.
To buy something useful, e.g. a grey
winter suit.
To endow someone with power or authority
to perform a duty or with a particular quality or character.
|
441.
|
invite … along
invite ... back
invite ... in
invite ... over
|
To ask someone to come along to some
place such as a cinema, etc.
To ask someone to come to one’s house,
etc.
To ask someone to come into one’s house,
office, etc.
To ask someone to come over to one’s
house, for dinner, etc.
|
442.
|
iron … out
|
To resolve a problem.
To remove folds from clothes by ironing
them.
|
443.
|
issue forth
issue from
|
(Sound, etc.) to emanate or come out from
something or a place.
(Smoke, etc.) to emit or come out from
somewhere.
|
444.
|
jack around
jack ... in
jack off
jack up
jack ... up
|
To waste someone’s time by causing
inconvenience or problems.
To stop doing something.
To masturbate.
To inject oneself with a narcotic drug.
To refuse to participate.
To raise something, e.g. to jack a car up
in order to change its wheels.
To increase something considerably such
as prices, sales, etc.
|
445.
|
jazz … up
|
To make something more interesting or
exciting.
|
446.
|
jerk … around
jerk off
jerk out
|
To deal with someone dishonestly or
unfairly.
To masturbate.
To utter something in a quick and
unsteady manner.
|
447.
|
jib at
|
To become unwilling to do or accept
something.
|
448.
|
jibe at
|
To make an insulting or mocking remark.
|
449.
|
jog along
|
To continue in the same steady way.
|
450.
|
join in
join up
join up with
join with
|
To take part in an activity.
To become a member of the armed services.
To form a group with other people in
order to do something.
To do or say something together, e.g. to
join with fellow church members say prayers.
|
451.
|
jolly … along
jolly … up
|
To encourage someone to do something
faster.
To make someone or something more lively
and cheerful.
|
452.
|
jot … down
|
To write something quickly.
|
453.
|
joy in
|
To have a feeling of great pleasure and
happiness.
|
454.
|
juice … up
|
To make something more interesting or
exciting.
|
455.
|
jump at
jump in
jump on
|
To eagerly accept the chance to do
something.
To join a conversation suddenly by
interrupting.
To criticize or attack someone, usually
unfairly.
|
456.
|
keel over
|
(Boat, ship) to turn over on its side; to
fall over sideways.
|
457.
|
keep at
keep … at
keep away
keep back
keep ... back
keep ... down
keep from
keep ... from
keep ... in
keep in with
keep off
keep on
keep on about
keep on at
keep ... on
keep out
keep out of
keep to
keep up
|
To continue a course of action, e.g.
We kept at it until we completely fitted together all the
pieces of a jigsaw.
To force someone to continue a course of
action.
To make someone or something avoid going
somewhere or seeing someone else, e.g. We keep away from
this guy who often gets drunk and swears.
To keep someone or something away from
someone or something else, e.g. Gun owners should ensure they keep
away their guns beyond the reach of their children.
To refrain from telling someone what you
know, e.g. He keeps back when asked how he sustained a black
eye.
To withhold paying or giving something to
someone.
To stop something from increasing, e.g.
The producer is increasing the supply of its products in order to keep their
prices down.
To refrain from sharing information with
someone, e.g. He knows he cannot keep the incident from his
family for very long.
To prevent someone from doing something
or something from happening, e.g. We just could not keep ourselves from buying
those big, juicy looking apples.
To protect someone from possible danger
or a mishap.
To make someone stay indoors, e.g. His
parents keep him in most of the time to
prevent him from mixing with those bad neighbours’ kids..
To remain on friendly terms with someone,
especially because this is very advantageous.
To protect something from some other
things, e.g. putting things in container to keep vermin off.
To make someone stay away from something
or someone else, e.g. The doctor advised the parents to keep her off sugary
stuff.
To continue doing something, e.g. He keeps
on complaining about his parents to me.
To retain someone in employment, e.g. He
has attained retirement age but the company keeps him on because
of his immense experience.
To talk constantly about something,
especially about one’s personal problems.
To bother someone with repeated requests.
To retain someone or something such as to
continue to employ someone, etc., e.g. He is still kept on the
company payroll despite having reached retirement age.
To usually appear on signboard warning
people to stay away from a place, e.g. A signboard warns passersby to keep
out as construction work is still in progress.
To refrain from getting involved in
something, e.g. We often discuss current issues but keep out of sensitive
ones.
To keep to a particular place, e.g. If
motorists keep to their lanes as much as possible when
driving, the number of accidents might be reduced.
To observe an agreement and do what one
promises to do, e.g. I have not been keeping to my work
schedule and now my work is piling up .
To keep something secret, especially
something that has been confided in one, e.g. No matter how hard she tries,
she just cannot keep anything to herself.
To keep to the topic one
is talking, writing or discussing about which one is supposed to.
To confine or restrict oneself to a
particular place, e.g. The nurses tell him to keep to his
ward where he is a patient instead of wandering into other wards to chat.
To maintain something at a certain level,
e.g. They have been reminded again to keep their spending to within
the amount allowed in the budget.
To continue to maintain one’s good
performance, e.g. to keep up the good work.
To keep abreast of current affairs by
reading and learning, e.g. to keep up with the development
in the field of medicine.
To move or progress at about the same
rate as someone or something else, e.g. Some of them were not able to keep
up with others in their class in school that led to their dropout.
To acquire about the same possessions as
those of friends and neighbours, e.g. She tries to keep up her
extravagant lifestyle by incurring huge debts through heavy use of her credit
cards.
To prevent someone from going to bed,
e.g. to drink strong coffee to keep oneup the
whole night.
To maintain something at a high level,
e.g. The suppliers of a product conspire to manipulate its supply in order
to keep up the price.
|
458.
|
key … in
|
To enter or work on data by using a
computer keyboard.
|
459.
|
kick against
kick around/about
kick ... around
kick back
kick in
kick ... in
kick off
kick ... out
|
To express disagreement or frustration
with someone or react strongly against something;
To travel from place to place wander with
no explicit aim, e.g. He has been kicking around the coastal
area for the past year.
(Place or thing) awaits exploration and
exploitation, e.g. Some of the things we need for this project could be kicking
around in the attic.
To treat someone badly, unfairly and
without respect, e.g. He never seems to kick his
workers around.
To discuss an idea with other people
casually, e.g. We could kick around the possibility of
migrating.
To be at leisure or relaxing, e.g. He
decides to kick back the whole day and call in sick.
To have an effect, e.g. to begin to feel
the pain of the wound kicking in.
To injure someone, e.g. He was sent off
for deliberately kicking the other player’s ankle in.
To gain access, e.g. The neighbours had
to kick the door in to rescue a child from
the fire.
To contribute money, help, etc., e.g. The
villagers are all willing to kick in and help with the
building of a new bridge.
To start off a football match, e.g. They
decide that the match should not kick offthis afternoon due to
adverse weather conditions.
To remove one’s shoes by shaking the
feet, e.g. He habitually kicks off his shoes on arriving
home.
To expel or dismiss someone, e.g.
got kicked out of the house or kicked out of the club.
|
460.
|
kid around
|
To behave in a silly way.
|
461.
|
kill … off
|
To kill a lot of lives, e.g. the
discharge of chemicals into the river has killed off a variety of fish
species.
|
462.
|
kiss up to
|
To be excessively obedient or attentive
to someone for a selfish reason.
|
463.
|
kit … out
|
To provide someone with the appropriate
clothing and equipment for an activity.
|
464.
|
knock around/about
knock ... back
knock ... down
knock off
knock ... off
knock ... out
knock over
knock ... together
knock ... up
|
To travel, especially without a specific
purpose, e.g. He intends to knock around a few countries
before he gets married.
To hit someone, e.g. He used to get knocked
around when he was staying with his drinking father.
To be present at a particular place, e.g.
There is a hammer knocking about in the attic but I just
couldn’t find it.
To drink heavily and quickly, He can
easily knock back five bottles when he has the mood.
To spend on costly things, e.g. The air
fare has knocked her back by some four
hundred pounds, but it was worth it.
To hurt or kill someone by hitting them
accidentally with a car, e.g. He wasknocked down by a
car as he was dashing across a road.
To reduce substantially the price of
something, e.g. Sale has been poor so the seller knocks down some
of the prices by as much as half.
To destroy something and replace it with
something better, e.g. They knock down the garage to build a
bigger one.
To finish the day’s work, e.g. He does
not knock off at the same time every day.
To kill someone, e.g. Pictures of him
with a reward for information leading to his capture are all over the country
after he knocked off the police chief.
To have sex with someone.
To deduct points from the total, e.g.
Each contestant will have one pointknocked off for each wrong
answer.
To reduce prices.
To accidentally or deliberately strike
something onto the ground from a surface, e.g. My arm knocked a
glass ashtray off the table and broke it into pieces.
To tell someone to stop bothering one,
e.g. He yelled out, “Knock it off” at someone in a
crowded place.
To produce something quickly, e.g.
She knocked off a couple of poems for the school magazine.
To eliminate contestants, e.g. He
was knocked out early in the contest. To lose a boxing
match, e.g. He was knocked out by the opponent’s left hook.
To make someone unconscious, e.g. A brick
fell on the head of a passerby andknocked him out.
To destroy something, e.g. Aerial attacks
have knock out their ammunition factory.
To hit someone or something with a car,
e.g. The dog was knocked over when it was running across the
street.
To combine or assemble something from
whatever one has, e.g. He knocked together a dinner from
last night’s leftovers.
To awaken someone by knocking at their
door, e.g. Every morning she has to knock him up for
work.
To make something hurriedly, e.g. They
got together and knocked up a big kite for a kite flying
contest the next day.
|
465.
|
know about
know of
|
To be aware of, e.g. There are still many
things in this world we don’t really know much about, such as whether or not
Nessie exists, the Bermuda Triangle, UFOs, etc.
To be aware of something but lack
knowledge concerning it.
|
466.
|
knuckle down
knuckle under
|
To devote oneself diligently to a task.
To unwillingly submit to someone’s
authority or orders.
|
467.
|
ladle … out
|
To distribute something in large amounts
such as advice, praise, compliments, etc.
|
468.
|
land … in
land on
land up
land up with
land … with
|
To cause someone to be in a difficult
situation;
To speak angrily to someone
To finally reach one’s desired place,
position, destination, etc. despite the difficulties.
To end up with an unpleasant or unwelcome
situation.
To assign someone with an unpleasant
task.
|
469.
|
lap … up
|
To accept something with considerable
pleasure and enjoyment
|
470.
|
lapse into
|
To pass gradually into a different, often
worse, state or condition.
|
471.
|
lark about/around
|
To have fun by behaving in a playful way.
|
472.
|
lash out
|
To attack someone verbally, e.g. He lashed
out at his critics for their derogatory remarks.
(Animals) to react violently using,
typically their paws, or other parts of its body such as their mouths, tails,
etc.
|
473.
|
latch on
latch onto
|
To understand the meaning of something,
e.g. It wasn’t easy for him but finally he managed to latch on.
To have full affection for someone and
aim to be their steady companion, e.g. He has been looking for a long time
for an attractive lady whom he can latch onto.
To develop a keen interest in something.
|
474.
|
laugh at
laugh … off
|
To ridicule someone or something.
To treat something as unworthy of serious
consideration, e.g. All his friends have been trying to convince him that he
is putting on a lot of weight, but he justlaughs it off.
|
475.
|
launch into
launch out
|
To start something with great energy and
interest, or criticism of someone or something.
To undertake something new and risky on
one’s own such as a business enterprise.
|
476.
|
lay about
lay … aside
lay ... down
lay ... in
lay into
lay off
lay ... on
lay ... out
lay over
lay to
lay ... up
|
To attack someone violently.
To put something away for future use,
e.g. He has been laying a small sum of money aside in
his savings account to meet future needs.
To defer doing something, e.g. The
developer has decided to lay aside a major construction
project until the economy improves.
To put down weapons, tools, etc., e.g.
The gang members were ordered to lay down their weapons and
surrender to the police.
To introduce a regulation, law, etc.,
e.g. The local authority laid down a by-law against owners
letting their dogs loose in the streets.
To store a large supply of something for
future use.
To attack someone physically or verbally,
e.g. She would lay into her partner whenever she feels she
is provoked.
To discharge workers from employment,
either for a temporary period or permanently due to shortage of work, e.g. My
brother was one of those who were laid off during the recent
recession.
To give up something, e.g. He just
couldn’t lay off betting no matter how hard he tries.
To stop doing, having, or using
something, e.g. I advised her to lay off eating excessively as
she is putting on weight by the minute.
To stop bothering someone, e.g. You have
been annoying me and if you don’t lay off, I’m going to thump you
hard on the head.
To provide service such as food,
entertainment, etc.
To entrust someone with a responsibility
to tackle a problem, task, etc., e.g. They think he was the best man to lay the
responsibility on to organize the weekend jumble sale.
To spread something out such as a map,
carpet, etc.
To arrange or plan the construction of
something such as a building, garden, town, etc.
To spend a large sum of money for a
particular purpose, e.g. Together, they laid out a vast sum for interior
decoration of their house.
To prepare a dead body for burial.
To knock someone unconscious.
To sojourn somewhere before resuming
one’s journey.
(Ship) to stop moving.
To be unable to do anything due to
illness or injury.
To take a ship, vehicle, etc. out of
service.
|
477.
|
lead into
lead off
lead to
lead up to
|
(Something) to happen and then followed
by another as there is a close connection between them.
To connect directly to another place,
e.g. The corridor leads off to the backyard.
To be a route or means of access to a
particular place, e.g. This road leads tothe park.
To be the result of an action, e.g. The
Police offer a reward for any informationleading to the arrest of
the wanted man.
(Events, etc.) to lead to a final
outcome, e.g. No one knows what were the preceding events that led up
to the manager’s dismissal.
To say or write something that supports
your intention which is not mentioned, e.g. Jack didn’t directly say he
wanted to be captain of the team, however he led up to it by
talking about his ability to lead.
|
478.
|
leaf through
|
To turn the pages of a book, magazine,
etc. casually.
|
479.
|
leak out
|
To intentionally make secret information
known to people.
|
480.
|
lean on
lean towards
|
To rely on someone or something for
support, encouragement, etc.
To influence someone to act in a certain
way.
To have a tendency to support a view,
belief, idea, opinion, etc.
|
481.
|
leave … behind
leave ... off
leave ... out
leave over
|
To forget to bring someone or something
along, e.g. He left his cell phone behind in
his car.
To move faster than someone else, e.g. He
is certain to win the gold medal as he leaves the other
marathon runners far behind.
To go away from someone or something,
e.g. He left his wife and kids behindand sought
employment overseas.
To be slow and make less progress than
others, e.g. I watch television more than I work hard; not surprisingly,
I’m left behind by others.
To omit to add or put on something.
To discontinue doing something, e.g. I
use a bookmark to help me remember where I leave off when I
stop reading.
To deliberately or accidentally overlook
the inclusion of someone or something, e.g. They have to leave him out from
participating in any of the athletic events because he is far too fat.
To exceed a desired amount, e.g.
I’ll leave the remaining food over for
tomorrow.
|
482.
|
lech after/over
|
To show excessive or offensive sexual
desire for a woman.
|
483.
|
let … down
let ... in/let ... into
let ... in on
let … off
let on
let out
let ... out
let up
|
To disappoint someone by not meeting
their expectations, e.g. He assured me that he would come in first in the
race, but he let me down by not turning up
for the race.
To open the door of a building, house,
etc. for someone to enter, e.g. She was still angry with me and would
not let me in when I arrived.
(Light, air, etc.) to enter a place, e.g.
Whenever it rained a crack on the roof letwater seep in.
To share a secret with someone, e.g. Is
it wise to let him into our secret plan to
smuggle cigarettes?
To reveal a secret to someone with the
understanding that they keep it to themselves, e.g. He let me in
on how he acquired his wealth.
To fire a gun or make bomb, firework,
etc. explode, e.g. Despite the official ban on firecrackers, people
nationwide are letting them off to usher in the
new year.
To decide not to punish someone, e.g. The
victim’s family was furious when the judge let the
offender off with only a warning.
To release someone from public transport,
etc., e.g. The bus driver let the elderly passenger off in
front of her house.
To make known secret information to
someone.
To make a sound such as a scream, cry,
etc., e.g. Her nightmare caused her tolet out a scream of terror.
To allow someone or something to leave a
confined area, building, etc., e.g. The zoo attendant opened a cage door
and let some monkeys out to roam freely.
To make an item of clothing larger or
looser as its owner has put on weight, e.g. This is the second time she
is letting her dress out as she has put on
more weight.
To allow someone else occupy a room,
building, etc, in return for periodic payments.
(Storm, high winds, etc.) to become less
intense, e.g. It looks like the rain is not going to let up any time soon.
To do something continuously, e.g. to
grumble without letting up.
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484.
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level at
level off/out
level with
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To publicly accuse or criticize someone,
e.g. level an accusation at.
To aim a weapon at someone.
To become level, e.g. the steep road
begins to level off.
To have a frank talk or discussion with
someone.
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485.
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lick … up
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To drink or eat something by licking it.
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486.
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lie about/around
lie behind
lie down
lie in
lie with
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To leave something untidily somewhere,
e.g. She can really tolerate the sight of old newspapers, magazines, books,
etc. lying around her.
To lie down and not doing anything, e.g.
He is lying around watching television.
To be the real reason for a change of
behaviour, e.g. something lies behind his sudden heavy
drinking.
To accept unfair treatment without
complaining, e.g. how long is he going to take this lying down?
To put oneself in a sleeping position.
To remain in bed longer than usual.
To have power, authority, etc., e.g. the
responsibility to deal with the problemlies with the local
authority.
To have sex with someone.
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487.
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lift off
lift up
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(Aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) to rise into
the air.
To raise something from a surface, e.g.
I lifted up an overturned can and a big insect hopped away.
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488.
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light up
lighten up
lighten ... up
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To provide light to a place or shine
light on something, e.g. They light up trees in the city
with multi-coloured light bulbs for the festive season.
(Face or eyes) to show pride, liveliness
or joy;
To light something such as a cigarette,
cigar, etc., e.g. He has no lighter or matches and so goes around borrowing
them to light up his cigarettes.
To treat someone in a particular way,
e.g. You have been grumbling at me for hours, aren’t you going to lighten
up soon?
To be or to tell someone to be less
serious about something, e.g. If she had realized it was just a joke, it
would have lightened her up.
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489.
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liken … to
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To resemble someone else or something.
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490.
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limber up
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To warm up in preparation for an exercise
or activity.
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491.
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line up
line … up
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To form a queue with others.
To form a line of people or things, e.g.
They line up for inspection.
To have someone or something prepared for
a specific purpose, e.g. to line upa number of speakers for the
rally.
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492.
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link up
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To form a link between or connection with
something or someone.
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493.
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listen for
listen in
listen out
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To pay one’s attention to a sound;
To listen to a radio broadcast.
To eavesdrop.
To listen carefully for something.
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494.
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live in
live off
live on
live out
live through
live up to
live with
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To reside at the place where one works or
studies.
To depend on a source of income or
support from another person, e.g. to live off the interest
from one’s investment or live off the money regularly given by a relative
such as a son or daughter.
To remember someone after they have died,
e.g. the memory of their parents still lives on.
To live away from the place where one
works or studies.
To continue to live one’s life in a
particular place until one dies.
To fulfil one’s dreams or wishes, e.g.
eventually they were able to live out their dreams.
To feel a horrific experience, e.g. the
ordeal she had lived through.
To fulfil their obligation as a
trustworthy financial, etc. institution, e.g. a bank has to live up
to its reputation.
To make one’s home with someone, e.g.
Despite my age, I’m still living withmy parents.
Endure someone or something that is
disagreeable, e.g. I was born with a face marred by a big aquiline nose,
sunken cheeks and sleepy eyes, and I have to learn to live with it.
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495.
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liven up
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To become or make something more lively
or interesting, e.g. the place livens up when more guests arrive.
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496.
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load … down
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To entrust someone with excess authority.
To make someone or something carry or
hold a large amount of heavy things, e.g. she struggles to push her
trolley loaded down with a great deal of purchases.
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497.
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lobby … through
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To seek to influence a legislator.
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498.
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lock … away
lock ... in
lock onto
lock ... out
lock up
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To put someone in prison.
To keep something in a safe place and
fasten its door with a lock, e.g. she places her valuables in a safe and locks it away.
To ensure no one leaves by locking the
door, e.g. Closing the car door automatically locks the
driver in.
When a missile locks onto a target, it
heads for the target.
To keep someone out of a place by locking
the door, e.g. My God, I’ve lockedmyself out but
luckily I’m a locksmith, so I have ways to unlock the door without the key.
To make all the doors of the building
locked when the day’s work ends.
To imprison a criminal after he was
officially found guilty.
To keep something in a safe place such as
a safe, etc. and lock its door.
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499.
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log in/on
log off/out
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To take the required actions to begin the
use of a computer system.
To take the required actions to conclude
the use of a computer system.
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500.
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look after
look ahead
look around/round
look at
look back
look down on
look for
look forward to
look in
look into
look on
look out
look ... out
look out for
look ... over
look through
look to
look up
look ... up
look up to
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To take care of someone or something;
To plan for the future.
To try to find something or someone by
looking, e.g. We heard a sound, and we looked around but
there was nothing and nobody, and we started running through the dimly lit
alley.
To focus one’s eyes on someone or
something, e.g. We look at each other when we talk to each
other.
To examine something and consider what
action to take.
To recall something that occurred in the
past.
To view others with a feeling of
superiority, e.g. She looks down on me just because I’m jobless.
To find something, or something that has
been lost or someone who is missing.
To wait eagerly for something that is
going to happen, e.g. He looks forward toplaying in the next
game.
To make a short visit to someone.
To try to find out what happened and take
the necessary actions, e.g. Police, investigating a bank robbery, are looking
into the possibility of an inside job.
To watch something without getting
involved in it.
To keep a close watch on and be aware of
someone or something.
To search for and find a particular
thing.
To keep careful watch for possible danger
or difficulties, e.g. Look out for snakes when you take that
path, or you may step on one like I did.
To examine something quickly, without
paying much attention to detail, e.g. We looked over the
inside of a newly-opened store and left.
To look for one person or thing among
many.
To rely on something or someone to do
something.
(Situation) to improve, e.g. Now that oil
has been discovered off the coast of the country, things are looking
up.
To try to find a piece of information in
a dictionary, reference book, etc, e.g. Every time he comes across an unknown
word, he looks it up in a dictionary.
To renew contact with someone, e.g. My
bother always looks me up whenever he is in
town on business.
To have a great deal of respect for
someone.
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