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questão		resposta
Give away começar a aprender		(betray) His false identity papers gave him away.
Give off começar a aprender		(send off a smell - liquid or gas) The cheese had begun to give off a strange smell.
Give out começar a aprender		(be exhausted) When our money gave out we had to borrow some.
Give over começar a aprender		(abandon, devote) The rest of the time was given over to playing cards. (stop - colloquial) Why don't you give over! You're getting on my nerves.
Go back on começar a aprender		(break a promise) The management has gone back on its promise.
Go in for começar a aprender		(make a habit of) I don't go in for that kind of thing. (enter competition) Are you thinking ofgoing in for the race?
Go off começar a aprender		(become bad - food)
Go on começar a aprender		(happen - usually negative) Something funny is going on.
Go round começar a aprender		(be enough) There weren't enough life-jacketsto go round.
Go through with começar a aprender		(complete a promise or plan - usually unwillingly) When it came to actually stealing the money, Nora couldn't go through with it.
Grow on começar a aprender		(become more liked - colloquial) This new record is growing on me.
Hang onto começar a aprender		(keep - colloquial) I think we should hang onto the car until next year.
Have it in for começar a aprender		(be deliberately unkind to someone - also as have got) My teacher has (got) it in for me.
Have it out with começar a aprender		(express feelings so as to settle a problem) I put up with the problem for a while but in the end I had it out with her.
Have someone on começar a aprender		(deceive - colloquial) I don't believe you. You're having me on.
Hit it off começar a aprender		(get on well with - colloquial) Mark and Sarah really hit it off at the party.
Hit upon/on começar a aprender		(discover by chance - often an idea) They hit upon the solution quite by chance.
Hold out começar a aprender		(offer - especially with hope) We don't hold out much hope that the price will fall.
Hold up começar a aprender		(delay) Sorry I'm late, I was held up in the traffic. (use as an example - i.e. a model ofgood behaviour) Jack was always held up as an example to me.
Hold with começar a aprender		(agree with - an idea) I don't hold with the idea of using force.
Keep up começar a aprender		(continue) Well done! Keep up the good work!
Lay down começar a aprender		(state a rule - especially lay down the law) The company has laid down strict procedures for this kind of situation.
Let down começar a aprender		(disappoint, break a promise) Sony to let youdown, but I can't give you a lift today.
Let in on começar a aprender		(allow to be part of a secret) We haven't let Tina in on the plans yet.
Let off começar a aprender		(excuse from punishment) As Dave was young, the judge let him off with a fine.
Let on começar a aprender		(inform about a secret - colloquial) We're planning a surprise for Helen, but don't let on.
Live down começar a aprender		(suffer a loss of reputation) If City lose, they'll never live itdown.
Live up to começar a aprender		(reach an expected standard) The play quite lived up to my expectations.
Look into começar a aprender		(investigate) The police have promised to look into the problem.
Look on começar a aprender		(consider) We look on this town as our real home.
Look someone up começar a aprender		(visit when in the area) If you're passing through Athens, look me up.
Make for começar a aprender		(result in) The power steering makes for easier parking.
Make off with começar a aprender		(run away with) The thief made off with a valuable necklace.
Make out começar a aprender		(pretend) Tim made out that he hadn't seen the No Smoking sign. (manage to see or understand) I couldn't quitemake out what the notice said.
Make someone out começar a aprender		(understand someone's behaviour) Janet is really odd. I can't make her out.
Make up começar a aprender		(invent) I think you made up the whole story!
Make up for começar a aprender		(compensate for) Our success makes up for all the hard times.
Miss out começar a aprender		(fail to include) You have missed out a word here. (lose a chance - colloquial) Five people got promoted, but I missed out again.
Own up começar a aprender		(confess - colloquial) None of the children would own up to breaking the window.
Pack in começar a aprender		(stop an activity - colloquial) John has packed in his job.
Pay back começar a aprender		(take revenge - colloquial) She paid him back for all his insults.
Pick up começar a aprender		(improve - colloquial) The weather seems to be picking up.
Pin someone down começar a aprender		(force to give a clear statement) I asked Jim to name a suitable day, but I couldn't pin him down.
Play up começar a aprender		(behave or work badly) The car is playing up again. It won't start.
Point out começar a aprender		(draw attention to a fact) I pointed out that I would be on holiday anyway.
Pull off começar a aprender		(manage to succeed) It was a tricky plan, but we pulled it off.
Push on começar a aprender		(continue with some effort - colloquial) Let's push on and try to reach the coast by tonight.
Put across começar a aprender		(communicate ideas) Harry is clever but he can't put his ideas across.
Put down to começar a aprender		(explain the cause of) Diane's poor performance was put down to nerves.
Put in for começar a aprender		(apply for a job) Sue has put in for a teaching job.
Put oneself out começar a aprender		(take trouble - to help someone) Please don't put yourself out making a meal. A sandwich will do.
Put off começar a aprender		(discourage, upset) The crowd put the gymnast off, and he fell.
Put up começar a aprender		(offer accommodation) We can put you up for a few days.
Put up with começar a aprender		(tolerate, bear) I can't put up with all this noise!
Rip off começar a aprender		(charge too much - colloquial) You paid £50? They really ripped you off!
Run down começar a aprender		(criticise) She's always running down her husband. (lose power, allow to decline) I think the batteries are running down.
Run into começar a aprender		(meet) Guess who I ran into at the supermarket!
Run to começar a aprender		(have enough money) I don't think we can run to a holiday abroad this year.
Run over começar a aprender		(check - also run through) Let's run over the plan once more.
Run up começar a aprender		(a bill - let a bill get longer without paying) I ran up a huge telephone bill at the hotel.
Run up against começar a aprender		(encounter - usually a problem) We've run up against a slight problem.
See someone off começar a aprender		(go to station, airport, etc to say goodbye to someone) I went to the station to see them off.
See through começar a aprender		(realise the truth about) I saw through his intentions at once.
Send up começar a aprender		(make fun of by imitating) Jean is always sending up the French teacher.
Set about começar a aprender		(start working) We must set about re-organisingthe office.
Set in começar a aprender		(establish itself - especially weather) I think this rain has set in for the day.
Set out começar a aprender		(give in detail in writing) (arrange) (start an action) This document sets out all the Union demands; I've set out the refreshments in the hall.; Sue set out to write a biography but it became a novel.
Set up começar a aprender		(establish) An inquiry into the accident has been set up.
Set (up) on começar a aprender		(attack) We were set upon by a gang of hooligans.
Sink in começar a aprender		(realise slowly - colloquial, intransitive) Slowly the realisation that I had won began to sink in.
Slip up começar a aprender		(make a mistake - colloquial) Someone slipped up and my application was lost.
Sort out começar a aprender		(find a solution - colloquial) Don't worry, Mary will sort out your problems.
Stand by começar a aprender		(keep to an agreement) The company agreed to stand by its original commitment.
Stand for começar a aprender		(represent - initials) (tolerate) E.g. stands for exempli gratia, it's Latin. I will notstand for this kind of behaviour in my house!
Stand in for começar a aprender		(take the place of) Carol has kindly agreed to stand in for Graham at the monthly meeting.
Stand up to começar a aprender		(resist, bear stress) The engine won't stand up to the strain.
Step down começar a aprender		(resign - colloquial) The Chairman has stepped down after criticism from shareholders.
Step up começar a aprender		(increase) Production at the Leeds plant has been stepped up.
Stick up for começar a aprender		(defend - especially yourself, your rights - colloquial) You must learn to stick up for yourself.
Take in começar a aprender		(deceive) zwieść Don't be taken in by her apparent shyness.
Take (it) out on começar a aprender		(make someone else suffer because of one's own sufferings) I know you are unhappy, but don't take it out on me!
Take off começar a aprender		(imitate - colloquial) Dave takes off the Prime Minister really well.
Take on começar a aprender		acquire a new characteristic) (do something extra) My grandmother has taken on a new lease of life since her operation; She has taken on too much with afull-timejob as well.
Take out começar a aprender		(insurance - sign an insurance agreement) Ann has taken out life insurance.
Take over começar a aprender		(gain control of) The army tried to take over the country.
Take to someone começar a aprender		(develop a liking for) You'll soon take to your new boss, I'm sure.
Take up começar a aprender		(time - occupy time) The meeting took up a whole morning.
Talk out of or into começar a aprender		(dissuade from, persuade into) Paul talked me into going skiing, against my better judgement.
Tell off começar a aprender		(scold - colloquial) Our teacher told us off for being late.
Tie in with começar a aprender		(be in agreement with) I'm afraid your party doesn't quite tie in with our arrangements.
Track down começar a aprender		(trace the whereabouts of) The police tracked down the killer and arrested him.
Try out começar a aprender		(test - a machine) Let's try out the new washing machine.
Turn down começar a aprender		(reject an offer) Another company offered me a job but I turned them down.
Turn out começar a aprender		(happen to be in the end) (come to a meeting or to form a crowd) He turned out to be an old friend ofHelen's; Thousands offans turned out to welcome the team.
Turn up começar a aprender		(be discovered by chance) (arrive - often unexpectedly) Don't worry about that missing book, it's bound to turn up sooner or later; Not many people turned up for the lesson.
Wear off começar a aprender		(lose effect - especially a drug) These painkillers wear off after about two hours.
Work out começar a aprender		(calculate - also work out at for specific amounts) The hotel bill worked out at over £500.

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