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| back up =to make a copy of, to save on a CD, etc. |
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| bottom out = to reach the lowest point (before going up again) |
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| bring forward = advance the meeting earlier |
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| bring out (a new product) |
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| bring up (To bring up a child) + (To bring up an interesting point) (= to raise) build up (a good team, a reputation, a network of contacts) (= to create / establish) |
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| burn out (If he carries on working so hard, he’ll burn himself out.) |
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| call off (a meeting) (= to cancel) |
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| carry on (talking, working, ...) |
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| carry out (a survey, a task, a takeover, sb’s instructions or orders) |
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| catch on (Their new brand hasn’t really caught on yet.) |
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| catch up (with sb / with the news) |
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| close down (The company has closed down its loss-making stores.) |
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| come on (Come on, we’ll be late if you don’t hurry up.) + (Come on Teresa, you made the same excuse last week.) |
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| come up (I’m afraid something has come up. I must go back to my office.) come up with (a good idea, plan) |
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| cope with (stress, a problem)(= to deal with successfully) |
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| cut back (production, output, expenses) (= to reduce) |
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| cut back or down on (chocolate, cigarettes) (= to reduce your consumption of) |
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| cut down (working hours, a long article) |
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| cut off (The electricity was cut off.) + (I phoned a moment ago but I was cut off.) |
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| deal with (a customer, a problem) |
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| draw up (a list, a business plan, guidelines) |
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| fall though (Our plan to go on holiday together fell through when John became ill.) |
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| fill up (To fill up (your tank) at the petrol/gas station) |
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| find out (I need to find out what went wrong.) flatten out (= to level off/out) |
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| get across (The message should get across to the audience / to get a message across) |
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| get along (Peter and Mary don’t get along) (= don’t get on with each other) get back to sth /to sb (Let’s get back to the main point.) (I’ll get back to you later this afternoon with more details.) |
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| get down (Let’s get down to business! / I’ve got loads of work to do but I can’t seem to get down to it.) |
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| get on (Get on with it! (au travail!) / Get on with your presentation.) |
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| get on with sb (She doesn’t get on with her boss.) |
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| get through to sb (on the phone) |
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| go ahead (Let’s go ahead with the initial plan.) + (Do you mind if I take some paper? Not at all, go ahead.) |
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| go on /off (The machine went on /off.) |
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| go on (doing sth) (= to continue) |
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| go over (the main points of a presentation, an essay) (= to speak about, discuss or check) |
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| go through (a bank statement, an article) (= to check) |
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| go up/down (Sales went up/down.) |
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| hand back (The teacher handed back our homework) |
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| hand in (your homework to your teacher) |
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| hand out (a summary of your presentation to the audience) |
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| hold on (Hold on, please) (= wait a minute) |
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| hold up (= to delay or to remain strong) (Sorry for being late. We were held up in a traffic jam.) + (She’s holding up well under pressure.) (Sales have held up in spite of the recession.) |
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| keep up with (the news, orders, one’s schedule) |
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| lay off (= to make redundant) |
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| leave out (= exclude or not include) |
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| level off or out (Interest rates are levelling off after a period of rapid rise.) (= to stabilise) |
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| log in (Log in using your own name and password.) |
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| look after (Can you look after my dog while I’m away. / Can you look after my things while I go for a quick swim.) |
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| look at sth/sb (Let’s first look at the most basic product in our range.) |
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| look out (Look out! There’s a car coming!) (= watch out) |
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| look up (A word in the dictionary / a number in the phonebook) |
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| make up (Oil makes up 20% of their exports) + (He made up an excuse for not coming) |
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| make up for (Increased amounts spent on cars made up for drops in expenditure on food and books) (To make up for lost time) (= to compensate for) move on to (the next point) |
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| narrow down (your topic, a list, the choices/options) (the committee has narrowed the choices down to two.) |
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| pick up (Sales picked up (recovered) at the end of May and then soared to reach $11,000 in the middle of June.) + (He picked up his wife / picked her up at the station) + (to pick up the phone) |
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| put on ( your coat, your glasses) |
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| put off (To put off a meeting) (= to postpone) + (To be put off by sth) (= to discourage) |
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| put up (He offered to put me up for the night.) |
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| put up with (sb, the dog, the neighbours) (to tolerate, endure without complaining) |
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| run out of (time, money, paper, coffee, etc.) |
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| set up (a business / a meeting / to set up on one’s own) shoot up (= to go up quickly, to soar, to skyrocket) show up (~ to turn up) |
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| shut up (Just shut up and get on with your work.) |
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| sign up (200 companies have signed up to take part in the scheme.) sit down |
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| speak up (= to speak louder) speed up >< to slow down stand up |
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| take off (The plane took off) + (To take off your coat) take on (= to hire) |
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| take out (To take sb out for a meal / to the cinema) take over (another company) |
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| turn down (He was offered the job but he turned it down because it involved too much travelling.) |
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| turn into (To turn an old warehouse into a supermarket.) |
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| turn up >< down (Can you turn up the radio/TV a little? I can hardly hear it.) turn up (Alex turned up late, as usual.) (~ to show up) |
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