Break
My girlfriend ___with me because she met someone else.
(to end a relationship)
broke up
to leave
_________ of my house!
get out
to return from somewhere
When do you ______________ from vacation?
come back
(to postpone)
I always ________________ doing my laundry.
put off
It was so hot today that everyone wanted to _______
______ their jackets.
take off
meaning: to search
Can you help me _____ _______ my keys?
look for
The prisoner climbed through the window and ______________ of the jail.
(to escape)
broke out
to be friendly
She really ________________ all of her coworkers.
gets along with
got sick
My nephew ______ ______ ____ a cold this weekend.
came down with
(to insult or make someone feel bad)
Bullies will ______ ______ the people they fear.
put down
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have just been cleared for ____ ____.
take off
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have been cleared for take off."
to be excited about a future event
I _______ ______ ____ our meeting tomorrow.
look forward to
When my dog died, I ______________ and cried for hours.
(to get upset)
broke down
to gather/meet for a social situation
My whole family ________________ for Thanksgiving.
gets together
to accidentally find or discover
I was on the Internet yesterday and I ____________ an article about Radio Taiso that was very interesting.
came across
(to assemble)
We _________ ________ a new set of shelves from Ikea.
put together
When you regret something you said, you want to ______ ___ ______.
take it back
to admire
(3 words)
My neighbors are amazing role models. I _____ ______ _____ them.
look up to
When you wear brand-new shoes you have to _____ them __ before they feel comfortable.
break in
to do something without consequences
The bank robbers were never caught. They ____ ____ ____ it.
got away with
to seem like
I just met him but he ______ __ as really arrogant.
came off/across
(to extinguish )
They _______ ______ the fire quickly.
put out
has many meanings, including...
To get a pizza or other food to go
take out or take away
investigate/try to solve
The students were complaining because there was no coat rack, so the teacher ________________ it and solved the problem.
looked into
The students were complaining because there was no coat rack, so the teacher ________________ (it) and solved the problem.
We were at a hockey game and a fight ________.
broke out
to retaliate/ to get revenge
(3 words)
He called me a bad name, so I took his dog to _______ ______ ______ him.
get back at
to think of or to create
(3 words)
We need to _______ _____ _______ a plan
come up with
We need to ___________________ a plan
We need to ___________________ (it)
(tolerate). 3 words
I ____ ____ ____of lies until I finally told him to shut up.
put up with
to accept someone's offer or favor
I will _____you ____ ___your invitation to dinner.
(3 words)
take up on
I will take you up on your offer to give me a ride to the airport.
to think less of someone, to feel superior to others
3 words
You shouldn't _______ _______ _____ people just because they have less money than you.
look down on