Practical Phrasal Verbs in Everyday Discussion

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Practical Phrasal Verbs in Everyday Discussion

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1. Starting and continuing (20 entries)
  1. set out
  2. follow on
  3. press on
  4. stick at
  5. get down to
  6. see through
  7. sustained
  8. end on a strong verb
  9. break the sequence
  10. leisurely
  11. regularity
  12. constant
  13. opening phrase
  14. abrupt ending
  15. final stress
  16. steady
  17. break a pattern
  18. enough is enough
  19. initial
  20. occasionally
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2. Problems and solutions (20 entries)
  1. clear up
  2. get around
  3. run into
  4. come up against
  5. fall through
  6. crop up
  7. pull through
  8. narrow down
  9. break it down
  10. talk someone through
  11. permanent solution
  12. attempt
  13. seal
  14. crack
  15. topic sentence
  16. split a dense sentence
  17. sweep
  18. get round a problem
  19. scrape
  20. rusty
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3. People and relationships (20 entries)
  1. stand up for
  2. look up to
  3. come round
  4. take after
  5. stick up for
  6. look down on
  7. between ourselves
  8. come to think of it
  9. mind you
  10. as it happens
  11. good on you
  12. tell you what
  13. get through to someone
  14. ta
  15. mate
  16. have a soft spot for
  17. sit on the fence
  18. gratitude
  19. mutter
  20. besides
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4. Work and decisions (20 entries)
  1. draw up
  2. back up
  3. step in
  4. go along with
  5. fill in for
  6. put things in perspective
  7. let's say
  8. get your point across
  9. spot a pattern
  10. at first glance
  11. put a figure on
  12. or rather
  13. I take that back
  14. a mountain of work
  15. get to the bottom of
  16. pass up an opportunity
  17. on second thoughts
  18. exaggeration
  19. plain equivalent
  20. an age
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5. Change and outcomes (20 entries)
  1. die down
  2. cut back
  3. catch on
  4. wear off
  5. pay off
  6. make up for
  7. break loose
  8. give way
  9. split
  10. break apart
  11. collapse
  12. overturn
  13. shoot upwards
  14. get carried away
  15. the wind dies down
  16. swing round
  17. cut through
  18. zigzag
  19. snap
  20. bob
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