to succeed in communicating an idea or piece of information to someone
TO GET SOMETHING ACROSS
to give something to someone because you do not want or need it
to remove a piece of clothing / if an aircraft does this, it rises into the air from the ground / to suddenly start being successful
TO TAKE OFF
to not have the chance to do something that you enjoy
to miss out on sth
to be excited and pleased about something that is going to happen
to look forward to sth
to talk to someone or telephone them later in order to answer a question or give them information
TO GET BACK TO SOMEBODY
to stop doing something, especially something that you do regularly
TO GIVE SOMETHING UP
to make a bad situation better, or replace something that has been lost
to make up for
to test something such as a method or a piece of equipment to see if it is effective or works
to try sth out
to produce a new idea, name etc by thinking
to think up an idea/plan
to write something, especially something that someone is saying
TO GET SOMETHING DOWN
to finally agree to do or accept something that you had at first opposed, especially because someone has forced or persuaded you to / surrender.
TO GIVE IN
to agree to do some work or to be responsible for something
to take something on
to wear special clothes for fun, or to put special clothes on someone
TO DRESS UP
to do what needs to be done because you have not been able to do it until now
to catch up on
to do an amount of work OR to succeed in speaking to someone on the telephone
TO GET THROUGH
to stop hoping that someone or something will change or improve
TO GIVE UP ON SOMETHING/SOMEONE
to take control of something
to take over
to be in a particular situation, state, or place after a series of events, especially when you did not plan it
to end up
to use all of something and not have any more left
to run out of
when people meet in order to spend time with each other
to no longer try to stop yourself from doing something you want to do
TO GIVE IN TO SOMETHING
to start to like someone or something OR to start doing something regularly
TO TAKE TO SOMETHING/SOMEBODY
if something or someone ......... a particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do what they promised etc.
to live up to
to be tricked into believing something that is not true
to fall for sth/sb