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have a meal in a restaurant
(They like ______ at different restaurants.)
eat out
(They like eating out at different restaurants.)
announce; say sth in a loud voice
(When I ______ your name, put up your hand.)
call out
(When I call out your name, put up your hand.)
go faster; make sth go faster
(The car suddenly ______ and went through a red light.)
speed up
(The car suddenly sped up and went through a red light. )
watch secretly
(In the war, enemies ______ each other to try to find out information that could help them win.)
spy on
(In the war, enemies spied on each other to try to find out information that could help them win.)
leave the ground (for planes, etc.)
(The plane ______ and slowly climbed to thirty thousand feet.)
take off
(The plane took off and slowly climbed to thirty thousand feet.)
take care of sb and make sure nothing bad happens to them
(In our family, we ______ each other.)
look out for sb
(In our family, we look out for each other.)
require
(Growing a fancy beard ______ months of patience.)
call for
(Growing a fancy beard calls for months of patience.)
make an alarm ring
(The fire_____ the smoke alarm in the house.)
set off
The fire set off the smoke alarm in the house.
stop trying
(After a week of searching, the rescue team _____ and stopped looking for survivors.)
give up
(After a week of searching, the rescue team gave up and stopped looking for survivors.)
get ready to do or play a sport by doing some gentle exercises
(The sprinters walked up and down the track to _____ before the race.)
warm up
(The sprinters walked up and down the track to warm up before the race.)
give sth to a teacher
(‘Please _____ your homework tomorrow,’ said the teacher.)
hand in
(‘Please hand in your homework tomorrow,’ said the teacher.)
replace sb in their job because they can’t do it
(Our English teacher was ill today, so another teacher _________for her and let us watch a DVD.)
stand in
(Our English teacher was ill today, so another teacher stood in for her and let us watch a DVD.)
start a sport or hobby
(Our kids have _____ judo this year and they have lessons twice a week.)
take up
(Our kids have taken up judo this year and they have lessons twice a week.)
collect sb/sth from a place
(Dad forgot to ___ me __ from school and I had to walk home.)
pick up
(Dad forgot to pick me up from school and I had to walk home.)
end in a particular way
(The film surprised me because it didn’t ____ as I had expected.)
turn out
(The film surprised me because it didn’t turn out as I had expected.)
look different from everybody else
(I’m sure your blue hair will make you ______ and get noticed!)
stand out
(I’m sure your blue hair will make you stand out and get noticed!)
become popular
(Ballroom dancing has really _____ since the TV reality show Dancing with the Stars was first broadcast.)
catch on
(Ballroom dancing has really caught on since the TV reality show Dancing with the Stars was first broadcast.)
take action to solve a problem, do a job, etc.
(You can’t ignore the problem; you have to ______ it.)
deal with sb/sth
(You can’t ignore the problem; you have to deal with it.)
shout to encourage sb in a race, competition, etc.
(The fans ______ their teams.)
cheer on
(The fans cheered on their teams.)
become too old for
(Most people love watching cartoons and never ______ them even when they become adults.)
grow out of
(Most people love watching cartoons and never grow out of them even when they become adults.)
state the main points of sth
(He ______ his ideas at the end of his speech.)
sum up
(He summed up his ideas at the end of his speech.)
give sth to sb without really wanting to
(Bill got caught cheating and the teacher told him to ________ his hidden notes.)
hand over
(Bill got caught cheating and the teacher told him to hand over his hidden notes.)
hit sb/sth with a car, bus, lorry, etc.
(A car raced down the road and nearly ______ an old lady who was crossing.)
run over
(A car raced down the road and nearly ran over an old lady who was crossing.)
find sb/sth by chance
(I ______ these old diaries in the attic.)
come across
(I came across these old diaries in the attic.)
reach sb who is in front of you by going faster
(I ran after Fred, but he was on his bike and I couldn’t ______ with him.)
catch up (with) (
(I ran after Fred, but he was on his bike and I couldn’t catch up with him.)