Common Phrasal Verbs, Idioms, Word Formation, and Prepositional Phrases
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Common Phrasal Verbs:
- To step in for somebody: substitute for someone
- To come up with: elaborate
- To jump at: seize an opportunity
- To take on: assume
- To hang around: spend time in a place
- To help out: assist in a particular way
- To cheer somebody up: become less sad
- To end up: finish in an improvised way
- To run out: deplete resources
- To settle in: get accustomed to something new
- To catch up with: arrest/meet
- To cut back on: reduce
- To get in with: join a group
- To pay off: finish paying something
- To track somebody down: find somebody
- To turn up: appear
- To meet up: come together
- To bring about: make some changes happen
Common Idioms:
- Come out of the blue: unexpected
- Fell into place: go exactly as you wanted
- Go downhill: getting worse for moments
- On the cards: predictable
- The rest is history: the rest is known
- A change of heart: a change of opinion
- A change for the better: improvement
- To be made redundant: not needed
- The icing on the cake: unexpected extra good things
- Have a lot on your plate: be very busy
- Put all your eggs in one basket: depend on one thing/person
- Have bigger fish to fry: have more important things to do
- Sweeten the pill: make something bad seem better
- Take something with a pinch of salt: not believe something that is true
- Spill the beans, sell like hot cakes, get an egg on your face, eat humble pie.
Word Formation:
- Predictable, alternative, hopeful, philosophical, experimental, speechless, noticeable, flawless, disposable, disastrous, extracurricular, beneficial, opinionated, kingdom, compulsive, apparent, innovators, constraints, consumption, domesticity, strengthened, misfortune, irreplaceable, disapproval, occupants, antiquity, dominant, customizing, kinship, outline, arguably, infinity, unpredictable, undeniable, unconscious, unassertive, insignificant, inconclusive, inexhaustible, irreplaceable.
Prepositional Phrases:
- In the region of: approximately
- On the brink of: very close
- To some extent: partly
- In conjunction with: together with
- On behalf of: as a representative of
- In vain: without success
- On the grounds of: because
- With the exception of: excluding
- On the verge of: about to
Common Phrases:
- Clutch at straws: desperate attempt
- Give and take: flexible relationship
- Black and white: clear
- Time and again: repeated occurrence
- Through thick and thin: good and bad times
- High and dry: in a bad situation
- Touch and go: uncertain but possible
- Flesh and blood: family
- First and foremost: the most important thing
- Life and soul: the most fun person at a party
Inverted Sentences:
- If I study, I will pass: Should I study, I will pass
- If I were you, I would study: Were I to be you, I'd study
- If you had studied, you would have passed: Had you studied, you would have passed