Break
I ______ ______ with my girlfriend because she didn't think I was handsome.
(to end a relationship)
broke up (with)
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
When a plane starts to fly it is called __________ _______
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
Invent something
My nephew ______ ______ ____ with a new phone model
came up with
(to insult or make someone feel bad)
Bullies will _____ _______ the people they don't like.
put down
To remove clothing
Sit down, Please, ______ _______ your jacket.
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 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, so you
____ __ _______. (it)
take (it) back
to admire
(3 words)
My dad is an amazing role model. I ____ _____ _______ (him) .
look up to
A burglar ________ ____ my house when I was at work. They stole my laptop!
Broke into
to escape the consequences of something bad you did
O.J. Simpson _____ ________ ______ murder. He never went to prison.
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
investigate/try to solve
The students were complaining because there was no coat rack, so the teacher _________ _______ it and solved the problem.
looked into
We were at the hockey game and a fight ______ _______.
to begin suddenly (like a fight)
broke out
to retaliate/ to get revenge
(3 words)
He called me a bad name, so I told people a rumour about him to ____ ________ _______ him.
get back at
to think of or to create
(3 words)
We need to _____ _______ _______ a plan
come up with
(tolerate). 3 words
I____ ____ _______ a lot of lies until I finally broke up with her.
put up with
to accept someone's offer or favor
I will ___ you ______ _______ your invitation to dinner.
(3 words)
take up on
to think less of someone, to feel better than them
3 words
You shouldn't _______ ______ ______ people just because they have less money than you.
look down on