PHRASAL VERBS
IDIOMS
VOCAB
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
100
GO OFF

when food goes bad or out of date

100

AN INSTANCE WHEN A GREAT IDEA COMES TO MIND ALL OF A SUDDEN

A LIGHT-BULB MOMENT

100

amount of carbon dioxide emissions associated with all the activities of a person or other entity.

CARBON FOOTPRINT

Everybody should be conscious of their carbon footprint and reduce it.

100

He insisted on ____ (go) on foot instead of ____(take) the train.

GOING/TAKING

100

Correct or incorrect? Barcelona has a big problem with the congestion.

Incorrect. 

Barcelona has a big problem with congestion.

200

 CUT DOWN 

REDUCE THE INTAKE OF SOMETHING.

He needs to cut down on the amount of coffee he drinks every day.

200

to do something successfully

do something with flying colors

Mandy graduated from high school with flying colors.

200

READING A BOOK FROM BEGINNING TO END

FROM COVER TO COVER

200

Correct or incorrect: He would better arrive soon or he'll miss the plane.

He had (He'd) better arrive soon.

200

correct or incorrect? Whichever you do, don't talk to strangers.

Incorrect. Whatever you do...

300
KEEP UP WITH 
to have the same pace, perform as well as sb

He has a hard time keeping up with Stella in maths.

300

to recover from an illness, to be back to normal

BE BACK ON ONE'S FEET

300

to do many things in a short period of time i.e. studying the night before the exam.

TO CRAM

300

You _________ (buy) Taylor Swift's newest album! It hasn't been released yet. 

YOU CAN'T HAVE BOUGHT...

300

Correct or incorrect?

" You mustn't open the letter in front of him."

She told me I mustn't open the letter in front of him.

CORRECT

400

MISS OUT (ON)

FAIL TO GET AN OPPORTUNITY

Marc was ill and so he missed out on a class trip to England.

400

TOUCH-AND-GO

a moment when everything is uncertain

The doctor says it's a real touch-and-go whether mary will recover from coma.

400

to be sacked/fired

BE MADE REDUNDANT

He was made redundant in the company where he had been working for 25 years.

400

They ______ very tired that night because they _______ around the city all day.

WERE/ HAD BEEN WALKING

400

"Don't go in there!"

 Report with a reporting verb other than say/tell

The police....

The police warned us not to go in there.

500

2 MEANINGS OF COME ACROSS

- ENCOUNTER SOMETHING (i.e. reading)

I came across a great article about characteristics of twins.

- TO BEHAVE IN A WAY THAT MAKES PEOPLE BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTIC. He comes across as a man with too much self-confidence.

500

overstep the mark

to behave in an unacceptable way

The principal overstepped the mark when he rudely spoke to the child's parents. 

500

TO CAUSE SOMEONE TO LAUGH A LOT

TO HAVE SOMEONE IN STITCHES

500

Can I wear casual clothes to the party tomorrow night?  (wonder)

I wonder if I could wear casula clothes to the party the following night.

500

I'd love to try the new Indian restaurant, but you don't like Indian food. 

If only...

If only you liked Indian food.