Phrasal Verb Definition Example

Account for 1. To explain They had to account for all the money that had gone missing.
To account for = a da explicații, a clarifica
Act as 1. To do a particular job, especially one He was asked to act as an adviser on the project.
that you do not normally do Adviser = consultant, persoană care dă sfaturi;
To act as = a servi drept, a se comporta
Agree to 1. To accept something Both sides in the conflict have agreed to the terms of the peace treaty.
Peace treaty = tratatul de pace
Aim at 1. To target The magazine is aimed at teenagers.
2. Intend to achieve (a realiza) They’re aiming at reducing costs by ten percent.
Allow for 1. Include something in a plan or You should allow for delays when planning a journey.
calculation Delay = întârziere; to allow for = a permite la
Amount to 1. To become a particular amount Their annual fuel bills amounted to over £6,000.
2. To be the same as something, or to His behaviour amounted to serious professional misconduct.
have the same effect as something To amount to = a ajunge la, a se ridica la, a atinge
Misconduct = abatere, administrare proastă
Aspire to 1. To have a strong wish or hope to do As a child, he aspired to be a great writer.
or have something To aspire to = a candida, a pretinde
Attribute to 1. To think that someone or something I wouldn't dream of attributing such a lack of judgment to you.
has a particular quality or feature Lack of x = lipsă/ deficit de x
Base on 1. A întemeia/ A avea la bază The film is based on a short story by thomas mann.
Believe in 1. To be certain that something exists Do you believe in ghosts?
2. To be confident that something is They don't believe in living together before marriage.
effective and right He believes in saying what he thinks.
Belong to 1. To be someone's property This book belongs to sarah ( to belong to = a aparține)
2. Be a member He belongs to a secret society.
3. Be connected to a time, place, Their ideas belong to the nineteenth century and seem old-fashioned now.
belief, thing, etc
Break down 1. Stop working Our car broke down on the way to the airport.
2. Start crying He broke down in tears.
3. End negotiations unsuccessfully The talks between management and the unions broke down acrimoniously.
 4. Remove a barrier or obstacle
Bring about 1. Make something happen
A produce, a provoca, a determina
Bring back 1. To return
2. Cause someone to remember
He had to break down their opposition to his ideas.
The changes to the law were brought about by the government because so many
people were ignoring the old one.
He took the calculator home yesterday and hasn't brought it back yet.
Visiting my old school brought back memories of when i was a pupil there.

Bring in 1. To earn The job brings in two thousand dollars a month.

Bring out 1. Release (a lansa) or publish The band are bringing out a new cd in the autumn.
Bring up 1. Raise a child The children were brought up to tell the truth.
2. Mention They didn't bring the subject up at the meeting.
3. Be officially charged with a crime He was brought up on charges of public intoxication. (charged = acuzat)
Build up 1. Develop a company She built the business up from nothing into a market leader in less than a decade.

2. Increase (a crește, a spori) Tension has been building up ever since the government passed the unpopular law.

Call for 1. To demand The opposition party called for the minister's resignation after the scandal broke.
(resignation = demisie )
2. Go to collect something The courier called for your parcel, but i told him it wasn't ready yet.
3. Telephone for something I'll call for a cab right away. (cab = taxi, trăsură)
4. Go and collect someone to take I'll call for you at seven, so be ready because the film starts at half past.
them out
5. To require An emergency like this calls for some pretty drastic action.
Call off 1. To cancel The concert had to be called off because the singer went down with a bad case of flu.
(flu = gripă, răceală)
2. Order someone to stop attacking Call off your lawyers; we can work something out. (to work out=a elabora)
Call on 1. Ask for help The president called on the wealthy (înstărit) countries for financial aid after the
floods(inundație) destroyed much of the country's agriculture.
2. To visit As we were in the area, we called on my sister-in-law.
3. Ask someone to do something, I now call on the other party to give their account of what happened.
especially to speak in public Account = cont, raport, socoteală
Care for 1. To like I don't care for fizzy drinks; i prefer water. (fizzy = spumos, acidulat)
Carry on 1. Continue (a se desfășura) Everyone carried on working when the head teacher walked in.
 2. Behave badly
Catch up 1. Get work, etc, up to date.
2. Reach someone who was ahead of
you
Cater for 1. To provide what is necessary
A furniza: alimente, resurse
Check in 1. Register on arriving at a hotel or at
the airport
Check out 1. Pay the bill when leaving a hotel
2. To die
3. Get information about or inspect
something to see if it's satisfactory
Cheer up 1. A se îmbărbăta, înveseli, însenina
Clear up 1. To improve (a îmbunătăți) weather
2. An occasion when you tidy a
place by getting rid of things that
you do not want
3. To explain
Close down 1. Close a shop, branch or business
permanently
2. Stop an opponent being a challenge
Come about 1. To happen, or start to happen
2. Shift direction (nautical)
Come along 1. To start to exist
2. If something is coming along, it is
developing or improving (develop)
3. To arrive or appear at a place
4. To go somewhere with someone
5. Used to tell someone to hurry
The children annoyed me by carrying on all morning.
I was ill for a fortnight and now i've got to catch up on the work i missed.
He started well, but i caught him up on the third lap.
Fortnight = două săptămâni
The college caters for students of all ages.
They checked in at the ritz yesterday.
She checked out and took a cab to the airport.
She checked out last week; the funeral's tomorrow.
I checked the new restaurant out as soon as it opened.
To check out = a pleca, a verifica
Come on, cheer up; it isn't all bad, you know.
If the weather clears up, the cloud and rain disappear. (a se însenina)
We need to have a big clear-up.
I’d better clear up the mess before leave.
To rid of = a te descotorosi, a scăpa de; to tidy up = a face curățenie
Could you clear these points up before we go any further?
The banks have closed down a lot of branches in villages over the last few years.
(branch = ramură, filieră, creangă; threat = amenințare)
He closed the player down and stopped him being a threat.
How did the problem come about in the first place?
The yacht came about to a heading of 240 degrees.
I gave up climbing when my first child came along.
Hassan's english is really coming along.
Go now and i'll come along later.3
You wait half an hour for a bus, then three come along at once!
We're going to the cinema. Do you want to come along? ( to accompany)
Come along - we don't want to be late!
Come across 1. To behave in a way that makes
people believe that you have a
particular characteristic (behave)
2. The way other people see you
3. If an idea or emotion comes
across in writing, film, music, or
when someone is speaking, it is
expressed clearly and people
notice it (to EXPRESS )
4. Find by accident
5. Agree to have sex with someone
Come around 1. To recover consciousness
Come back 1. To return to a place
2. FASHION: If a style or a
fashion comes back, it becomes
popular again after being
unpopular for a period of time
Come down 1. Lower level: If a price or a
level comes down, it becomes lower
2. Travel south: to go to a place that is
south of where you live
3. To fall and land on the ground
To land = a ateriza, a așterne
4. To feel less excited after a very
enjoyable experience
5. To decide that you support a
particular person or side in an
argument, etc
She comes across really well (= creates a positive image) on television.
He comes across as a bit of a bore in interview. (bore = pisălog)
He came across as shy because he spoke so quietly.
What comes across in his poetry is a great sense of sadness.
I came across my old school reports when i was clearing out my desk.
I was surprised when she came across on the first night.
It had taken several hours after the operation before he came around.
I'll come back and pick you up in half an hour.
Padded shoulders are coming back, apparently.
Long hair on men seems to be coming back into fashion.
Digital cameras have come down in price recently.
Inflation is coming down.
My boyfriend's coming down from scotland this weekend.
They don't come down to london much because it's too tiring with the kids. (tiring
= obositor)
A lot of trees came down in the storm.
Our plane came down in a field.
The snow came down during the night.
Just look at the rain coming down! I'm not going out in that.
The whole weekend was so wonderful i haven't come down yet.
În ideea că weekend-ul a fost frumos si încă nu mi-am revenit.
The government has come down on the side of military action.
 Come from 1. Country or town where you were
borned
2. To be caused by something
Come out 1. To go somewhere with someone for
a social event
2. If a book, record, film, etc. comes
out, it becomes available for
people to buy or see
3. When the sun, moon, or stars come
To appear out, they appear in the sky
4. If something comes out, it becomes
known publicly after it has been
kept secret (to reveal a secret)
5. If information, results, etc. come
out, they are given to people
6. Let people know that you are
To reveal
lesbian or gay (to reveal a secret)
7. To be in a certain condition or to
achieve something at the end of a
process or activity
Settlement -înțelegere, aranjare
Se pune accent pe rezultatul actiunii.
8. Disappear when washed. If dirt or a
mark comes out, it disappears from
something when it is cleaned
photo 9. If a photo or part of a photo comes
out, the picture can be seen clearly
10. To express an opinion
11. If something you say comes out in a
particular way, that is how you say it
12. If workers come out, they stop
To stop working
She comes from somalia.
I feel awful. That comes from eating too much.
Would you like to come out for a drink sometime?
When does their new album come out?
The band's new cd is coming out in september.
The clouds finally parted and the sun came out.
It started cloudy, but then the sun came out and we all went to the park.
After her death, it came out that she'd lied about her age
The details of the scandal came out in the press and she had to resign.
To resign = a demisiona, to reveal = a dezălui
The exam results come out in august.
She came out at university and has been living with her partner, jane, for the last
couple of years.
Your painting has come out really well.
She came out of the divorce settlement a rich woman.
These figures have come out wrong! I don't understand it.
He hasn't exactly come out of the scandal with his reputation enhanced.
Enchanted = fermecat, curat (reputatie)
Did the red wine stain come out?
The red wine i spilt will not come out of the carpet no matter what i try to clean it with.
(wine stain = pată de vin, to spill = a vărsa)
The photos didn't come out because the room was so dark.
He's in the picture, but his face hasn't come out very clearly.
Some of the members supported the changes, but the majority came out against.
I didn't mean to be rude - it just came out like that.
When i tried to tell her that i loved her it came out all wrong.
The postal workers have come out in support of their pay claim.
To open (flowers) working because of a disagreement
13. When flowers come out, they open
Come up 1. To move towards someone
2. To be mentioned or talked about in
conversation
3. When the sun or moon comes up, it
rises.
4. If information comes up on a
computer screen, it appears there.
5. To appear
6. If a job or opportunity comes up, it
becomes available
7. To happen, usually unexpectedly
8. To be happening soon
Come up against 1. To have to deal with a problem
Encounter problems or difficulties
Come up with 1. Think of a solution, excuse, etc.
To suggest or think of an idea or
plan
Consist of 1. To be made of or formed from
something
Count on 1. To be confident that you can
depend on someone or something
Cut down 1. To do or use less of something
2. To shoot
3. Cut something from a high position
4. Reduce a vertical thing to ground by
cutting
Daffodils come out in spring.
Daffodil = narcisă galbenă
A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
What points came up at the meeting?
The sun came up just as we reached the outskirts of the town.
To reach = a ajunge, a traversa; outskirt = periferie
I'll be late home tonight because something's come up at work has to be ready for
tomorrow morning.
A position has come up in the accounts department.
I've got to go - something has just come up at home and i'm needed there.
My exams are coming up soon.
If you come up against difficulties, let me know and i'll help out.
They came up against a lot of opposition to their plans for an out-of-town supermarket
development.
Nobody could come up with a satisfactory explanation for the accident.
She's come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.
The team consist of four europeans and two americans.
It's a simple dish to prepare, consisting mainly of rice and vegetables.
You can always count on michael in a crisis. (crisis = criză)
[+ to infinitive] i can count on my parents to help me.
I'm trying to cut down on caffeine.
She used to work 50 hours a week, but recently she's cut down.
A lot of soldiers were cut down by enemy fire as they stormed (asaltat) the airport.
He has just cut the decorations down.
The logger cut the tree down. (logger = buștean)
 Deal with 1. To talk to someone or
meet someone, especially as part of
your job
2. Be about, use as a subject matter
Depend 1. To trust someone or something and
on/upon sb/sth know that that person or thing will
help you or do what you want or
expect him, her, or it to do
2. To need something, or need the
help and support of someone or
something, in order to live or
continue as before
Dispose of sb/sth 1. To get rid of someone or something
A îndepărta or deal with something so that the
A lichida matter is finished
Do up 1. Close or fasten (a fixa) clothes
2. Repair and renovate
Do without 1. Manage without something
Draw up 1. To prepare something, usually
something official, in writing
2. To move a chair near to someone or
something
3. When a vehicle stops
Eat out 1. To eat in a restaurant
Engage in sth 1. To take part in something
2. To start a conversation with
someone
Enter into 1. To start to become involved in
something, especially a discussion or
agreement (înțelegere)
2. If you say that something does not
She used to deal with difficult customers.
The film deals with alienation in modern life.
You can always depend on michael in a crisis.
[+ to infinitive] i'm depending on you to keep your promise.
[+ -ing verb] you can't always depend on flights arriving on time.
Humorous: you can depend on jana to be late (= she is always late).
Charities depend on people supporting their activities.
The country depends heavily on foreign aid.
Elaine depends completely upon bob for her happiness.
How did they dispose of the body?
It took only five minutes for the world champion to dispose of (= defeat) his opponent.
You must do up your safety belt in the back of cars and taxis now.
It had taken them six months to do up the house before they could actually move in.
There's no sugar, so you'll have to do without.
I've drawn up a list of candidates that i'd like to interview.
The contract was drawn up by our solicitor.
Draw up a chair, and i'll tell you all about it.
The police car drew up alongside him at the red lights and asked him to pull over.
When i lived in spain, i used to eat out all the time.
The two governments have agreed to engage in a dialogue to resolve the problem.
Once mrs kirkpatrick engages you in conversation, you're stuck with her for half an
hour.
They refuse to enter into any discussion on this matter.
They entered into an agreement with their rivals.
The council's opinion doesn't enter into it - it's up to us to make the decision.
 enter into something else, it is not
an important or necessary part of it
Even out 1. To become equal, or to make
something equal
Fall apart 1. To break into pieces
2. Become emotionally disturbed and
unable to behave normally
3. If an organization, system, or
agreement falls apart, it fails or
stops working effectively
Fall back on 1. To use something, especially a
A reveni la X form of financial support, when
other things have failed (Be able to
use in an emergency)
Figure out 1. To understand or solve something
figure out how/why/what, etc.
Fill 1. To give written information, esp. by
in/out something completing a form
Find out 1. To discover, to obtain knowledge of
something, or to obtain
knowledge of someone's activities
Finish sth off 1. To complete the last part of
something that you are doing
2. To eat, drink, or use the last part of
something, consume all
3. Beat, make victory certain in sport
4. Kill a person or animal, often when
they have already been hurt
Fit in 1. To feel that you belong to a
particular group and are
accepted by that group
2. Have enough time or space for sth
The league is divided into two skill levels in order to even out the competition.
The box fell apart when i picked it up.
He fell apart when they sacked him.
After his wife died, he began to fall apart.
The deal fell apart because of a lack of financing.
Their marriage fell apart when she found out about her husband's affair.
Affair = afacere, aventură
When the business failed, we had to fall back on our savings.
If i lose my job, i'll have nothing to fall back on.
It was good to have some money in the bank to fall back on when i lost my job.
The police couldn't figure out how the burglars had got into the warehouse.
It takes most people some time to figure out new software.
Please fill in the application and sign it.
I got the membership form and filled it out.
How did you find out about the party?
I have just found out that he was cheating on the test.
I went to the library to find out all i could about the life and work of joe meek.
I want to finish off this essay before i go to bed.
They finished off all the chocolates and had to go to the store to buy some more.
We finished off the coffee and had to get some more.
The second goal finished them off.
The animal was badly hurt, so they finished it off to end its suffering.
It's no surprise she's leaving - she never really fitted in.
I didn't fit in with the other people working there so i left and found another job.
I didn't have time to fit in another appointment.
 Focus on 1. To concentrate
2. To give a lot of attention to one
particular person, subject, or thing
Get across 1. To manage to make someone
understand or believe something
2. Go from one side to the other
Get at 1. To criticize a person repeatedly
2. To influence a person illegally,
usually by offering them money or
threatening them
3. To mean
4. Be able to reach, find, access
Get away with 1. To succeed in avoiding
punishment for something
2. To do something successfully
although it is not the best way of
doing it
Get back 1. To return to a place after you have
been somewhere else
2. Return something
3. To revenge
4. Move away
Get in 1. To succeed in entering a place,
especially by using force or a trick
2. to arrive at your home or the
place where you work
3. If a train or other vehicle gets in at a
particular time, that is when it
arrives
Get off 1. to leave a place, usually in order to
start a journey
The report focuses on the company's weak points.
Tonight's programme focuses on the way that homelessnessaffects the young.
When the kitchen is finished i'm going to focus my attention on the back yard and get
that straightened out.
We tried to get our point across, but he just wouldn't listen.
This is the message that we want to get across to the public.
It's impossible to get across the road with all this traffic.
He keeps getting at me and i really don't know what i've done wrong.
The accused claimed that the witness had been got at.
Accused = învinuiții, claim = cerere, witness = martor, mărturie
What do you think she's getting at? I've no idea what she wants.
It's on the top shelf and i can't get at it.
If i thought i could get away with it, i wouldn't pay my taxes at all.
Thieves got away with two picassos, which were never found.
Do you think we could get away with just one coat of paint on that wall?
Do you think we could get away with using the cheaper product?
If you get back in time, you can come with us.
When we got back to the hotel, ann had already left.
Don't lend him any money; you'll never get it back.
He was rude and embarrassed me, but i'll get him back.
The police told the crowd (mulțime) to get back to allow the ambulance through.
They must have got in through the bathroom window.
What time did you get in last night?
What time is the plane expected to get in?
If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer.
 2. to leave work with permission,
usually at the end of the day
3. Escape punishment
4. Leave a bus, train, etc.
5. Don't touch, leave alone
6. Help a baby or child sleep
7. Orgasm, have sex
8. Manage to fire a gun
9. Stop talking on the phone
10. Write or send letters, messages, etc
11. Say or write something funny
Get on 1. To have a good relationship
2. To manage or deal with a situation,
especially successfully
3. Enter a bus, train, plane, etc.
4. Become old, age
5. It is becoming late (time)
6. Wear, fit
7. Leave
Get out of 1. Avoid doing something you dislike
2. To give up or stop a habit or a
regular activity
3. Make someone confess or tell the
truth
4. Help someone avoid doing
something
Get round 1. To do something that you have
(around) to intended to do for a longtime
Get through 1. To succeed in talking to someone on
the phone
How early can you get off this afternoon?
I like to get off early on fridays.
He got off on a technicality and left the court a free man.
We got off the bus and walked to my house.
If he bothers you, just tell him where to get off.
I can't get the kids off because of the noise from next door.
We got off last night.
She got off a few shots before she was arrested.
Let me know when he gets off the phone as i need to make a call.
I got three emails off before the meeting.
She got off some jokes at the start of her presentation.
He doesn't get on with his daughter.
How are you getting on in your new home?
We're getting on quite well with the decorating.
We got on the train at plymouth and went up to london.
He's getting on now and doesn't work so hard.
I must get home now; it's getting on.
I have put so much weight on that i couldn't get my old suits on.
I must be getting on; i have other things to do this evening.
I said i wasn't feeling well and got out of the extra work.
I must get out of the habit of finishing people's sentences for them.
If you get out of a routine, it's very hard to get back into it.
The police couldn't get any information out of him.
I got him out of having to work at the weekend.
I still haven't got round to fixing that tap.
Around in american english, round in british english.
I tried to call her but couldn't get through.
I got through to the wrong department.
 Giveaway 1. Gift (noun)
2. A giveaway price is very low (adj)
3. Something that tells or
shows something secret, often
without intending to
Give sth back 1. To return something to the
person who gave it to you
Give in 1. To finally agree to what someone
wants, after refusing for a period of
time
2. To accept that you have been
defeated and agree to stop
competing or fighting
Give up 1. To stop doing or to stop having
something
2. To stop trying to guess
Go back 1. To return
2. To be returned
3. To have existed since a time in the
past (origin)
Go down 1. To move down to a lower level or
place
2. To reach or go as far as
3. When the sun goes down, it
moves down in the sky until it
cannot be seen any more:
4. To be reduced in price, value,
amount, quality, level, or size
5. To be remembered or recorded in a
particular way
Go into 1. To start doing a particular type of
work
Something that is given free to a customer
The furniture shop's offering three-piece suites at giveaway prices
He said he'd given up smoking, but the empty packs in the bin were a dead giveaway (=
clearly showed the secret truth).
Bin = ladă
Has she given you those books back yet?
He nagged me so much for a new bike that eventually I gave in.
The government cannot be seen as giving in to terrorists' demands.
To nag = a cicăli, a sâcâi, a hărțui
You'll never guess the answer - do you give in?
She wouldn't give in until she received a full apology.
He gave up jogging after his heart attack.
You'll never guess the answer - do you give up?
That restaurant was terrible - I'm never going back there again
When are these library books supposed to go back ?
Their relationship goes back to when they were at college together.
Our house goes back to (= has existed since) the 18th century.
He went down on his knees and begged for forgiveness.
He first went down the mines when he was 17.
Its roots can go down three metres.
On summer evenings we would sit on the veranda and watch the sun go down.
The temperature went down to minus ten last night.
The company's shares went down 7p to 53p.
Hurricane Katrina will go down in the record books as the costliest storm ever faced by
insurers.
My son's planning to go into journalism.
She's decided to go into business as a freelance computer programmer.
 2. To discuss, examine, describe, or
explain something in a detailed or
careful way
3. If time, money, or effort goes into a
product or activity, it is used when
producing or doing it
4. If a vehicle goes into something such
as a tree or a wall, it hits it
Go off 1. If a light or a machine goes off, it
stops working
2. If a bomb goes off, it explodes
3. If a gun goes off, it fires
4. If food or drink goes off, it is not
good to eat or drink any more
because it is too old
5. If a warning device goes off, it
starts to ring loudly or make a loud
noise
6. To leave a place and go somewhere
else
7. To happen in a particular way
Go on 1. To happen
2. To continue or move to the next
thing
3. To start talking again after a pause
4. To talk in an annoying way about
something for a long time
5. Used when encouraging someone to
do something:
Go over 1. To examine or look at something in
a careful or detailed way
I'd rather not go into that now. Can we discuss it later?
I'm unable to go into detail(s) at this stage because I still have very little
information about how the accident happened.
A considerable amount of time and effort has gone into this exhibition.
Their car was travelling at 50 miles an hour when it went into the tree.
The lights went off in several villages because of the storm.
The bomb went off at midday.
His gun went off accidentally.
This bacon smells a bit funny - do you think it's gone off?
The alarm should go off automatically as soon as smoke is detected.
Didn't you hear your alarm clock going off this morning?
She's gone off on holiday with Tony.
The protest march went off peacefully.
This war has been going on for years.
Please go on with what you're doing and don't let us interrupt you.
"What I want more than anything else," he went on, "is a house in the country with a
large garden for the children to play in."
He went on and on until I finally interrupted him and told him I had to go.
I just wish he'd stop going on about how brilliant his daughter is.
Go on, have another drink."I don't really feel like seeing a film tonight." "Oh go on. We
haven't been to the cinema for ages."
Remember to go over your essay for grammar and spellingmistakes before you hand it
in to me. I've gone over the problem several times, but i can't think of a solution.
 Go through 1. If a law, plan, or deal goes through,
it is officially accepted or approved
Go together 1. To look good together
Go up 1. To suddenly explode
2. To move higher, rise, or increase
Hand in 1. To give something to an authority or
responsible person
Hand out 1. To give something to each of a
number of people
Have (got) on 1. To be wearing particular clothes or
items of clothing:
2. (of machines, electric devices, and
equipment) to be operating or in
use:
Head for 1. If you are heading for a bad
situation, you are likely to
experience it soon, because of
your own actions or behaviour
Hear from 1. If you hear from someone, you get a
letter, email, or phonecall from that
person, or that person tells you
something
Help out 1. If you help out, you do a part of
someone's work or give someone
money:
Hold on 1. To manage to stay alive or to
deal with a difficult situation
2. Used to tell someone to wait for a
short time
3. To hold something or someone
firmly with your hands or arms
A city council member said that the proposals (propunere) for the new shopping
centre were unlikely to go through.
Do you think the cream dress and the blue jacket go together?
There's a gas leak and the whole building could go up at any moment.
Leak = crăpătură prin care se scurge apa
The average cost of a new house has gone up by five percent to £276,500.
She handed her term paper in late.
Would you please hand out the balloons to the children?
She had on a blue hat.
She’s always got the tv on while she irons.
They're heading for disaster if they're not careful.
The country is heading for recession.
To head for = a se îndeptra către
We haven't heard from her for ages.
You'll be hearing from my solicitors (= they will write to you about my complaint).
Complaint = plângere, acuzație
Her parents helped (her) out with a £500 loan.
We just had to hold on until help arrived.
Hold on, i'll check in my diary.
She held on tightly to his waist.
Waist = talie, brâu, dulce, mijloc. Tight = strâmpt, îngust
Hold on to sth 1. To keep something you have
Hold up 1. To remain strong or successful
2. Informal: a delay (noun)
3. Crime (noun)
Join in 1. To become involved in an
activity with other people
join in with sth –
join in sth –
Keep from To not tell someone about something
Keep on doing 1. To continue to do something, or to
do something again and again
Keep up with 1. To do whatever is necessary to stay
level or equal with someone or
something
Lay off 1. To stop employing a worker, esp. for
reasons that have nothing to do
with the worker’s performance
2. To stop using or dealing with
something, or to stop criticizing
someone
3. Layoff = concediere, pauză medicală
(noun)
Lead to 1. If an action or event leads to
something, it causes that thing to
happen or exist
Lead up to 1. To happen (something)
2. To prepare to talk about something
by gradually mentioning the
subject you want to talk about
Hold on to your ticket - you'll need it later.
I hope the repairs hold up until we can get to a garage.
Come on, let's go. What's the hold-up?
An occasion when someone steals from someone else using violence or the threat of
violence: In the hold-up, a masked youth threatened the bank staff with a gun.
The discussion started between John and me, but then everyone joined in.
All the members of the interviewing panel joined in with questions.
The Chairman of the Committee yesterday joined in the criticism.
He says it’s alright but I think he’s keeping something from me.
She kept on asking me questions the whole time.
He started to walk faster and the children had to run to keep up.
Wages are falling to keep up with inflation.
She was laid off along with many others when the company moved to California.
NOT EMPLOY
You’re going to have to lay off salt.
3
[C often plural] an occasion when a company stops employing someone, sometimes
temporarily, because the company does not have enough money or enough work
The recent economic crisis has led to massive layoffs.
3
[C usually singular] a period when someone is not working or playing sport:
Foster is playing again after a six-week layoff due to injury.
Reducing speed limits should lead to fewer deaths on the roads.
If a period of time or series of events leads up to an event or activity, it happens until
that event or activity begins:
The pilot had no recollection of the events leading up to the crash.
2
He started telling me about a wonderful new restaurant he'd been to and I
wondered what he was leading up to.
 3. To happen, say, or do in
preparation for something
Let down 1. To disappoint someone by failing to
do what you agreed to do or were
expected to do
Let off 1. To not punish someone who has
committed a crime or done
something wrong, or to not
punish them severely
Live on 1. If you live on an amount of money,
that is the money that you use to
buy the things that you need
2. To only eat a particular type of food
Live up to 1. To be as good as something
Look after 1. to take care of or be in charge of
something
Look ahead To think about what will happen in the
future and plan for these events
Look at 1. To think about a subject carefully so
you can make a decision about it
2. To consider something in a
particular way
3. To read something in order to
check it or form an opinionabout it
4. If someone, usually an expert,
looks at something, they examine it
Look forward to 1. to feel pleased and excited about
something that is going to happen
In the three games leading up to the Sugar Bowl, his team yielded 35, 35, and 42
points. (To yield = a da · a se preda · a ceda · a produce · a raporta ·)
I thought you were leading up to a question at the end of that.
You will be there tomorrow - you won't let me down, will you?
When I was sent to prison, I really felt I had let my parents down.
To let down = a lăsa baltă, a dezamăgi pe cineva
Instead of a prison sentence they were let off with a fine. (fine = amendă)
You won't be let off so lightly (= you will be punished more severely) the next time.
Lightly = ușor, lejer
To let off = a scăpa cu bazmaua curată
We lived on very little when we first got married.
MONEY
I more or less live on pasta. (FOOD)
The concert was brilliant - it lived up to all our expectations.
The US mutual fund industry looks after $7 trillion of savings.
One person looks after the stores' brand image and another looks after the advertising.
Fund = provizie, stoc, Mutual = comun, reciproc
We are trying to look ahead and see what our options are.
Management is looking at ways of cutting costs.
THINK
If i'd had children i might have looked at things differently.
HAVE OPINION
Can you look at my essay sometime?
READ
Did you get the doctor to look at your knee?
EXAMINE
I'm really looking forward to my holiday.
[+ -ing verb] She was looking forward to seeing the grandchildren again.
I'm not looking forward to Christmas this year.
 2. [+ -ing verb] formal :used at the end
of a formal letter to say you hope to
hear from or see someone soon, or
that you expect something from
them
Look into 1. To examine the facts about a
problem or situation
Look up 1. To become better
2. To admire and respect someone
Look-alike Sosie (noun)
Make up 1. To forgive someone and be
friendly with them again after an
argument or disagreement
2. Coloured substances used on your
face to improve or change your
appearance
Make up 1. To form a particular thing, amount,
something or number as a whole
Make up for 1. To take the place of something
lost or damaged or to
compensate for something bad with
something good
Make up for lost To enjoy an experience as much as
time possible because you did not have the
opportunity to do it earlier in life
Miss out on 1. To fail to use an opportunity to
enjoy or get an advantage from
something
Name after / for 1. To give someone or something the
same name as another person or
thing
I look forward to hearing from you.
In the circumstances, I look forward to receiving your client's cheque for the sum of
£570 within the next seven days.
Within = în decursul
We're looking into the possibility of merging the two departments.
To merge = a uni, a contopi
I hope things will start to look up in the new year.
Our financial situation is looking up at last.
He'd always looked up to his uncle.
She's a Marilyn Monroe look-alike.
They kissed and made up, as usual.
(also UK make it up)
UK: We often quarrel but we always make it up soon after.
I put on a little eye make-up.
She wears a lot of make-up.
To quarrel = a se certa, a se ciondăni, Make-up = machiaj
Car accident victims make up almost a quarter of the hospital's patients.
The book is made up of a number of different articles.
No amount of money can make up for the death of a child.
This year's good harvest will make up for last year's bad one.
[+ -ing verb] He bought me dinner to make up for being so late the day before.
Harvest = recoltă (to harvest = a revolta)
I didn't travel much in my twenties but I'm certainly making up for lost time now.
After seven years in prison, he’s home with his kids and making up for lost time.
Don't miss out on the fantastic bargains in our summer sale.
We didn't have a tv at home when i was young, and I felt as though I missed out.
To miss out on = a rata ceva; bargain = târg
Paul was named after his grandfather.
She told us about his brother, Apollo, born in 1969 and named for the us astronauts'
mission to the moon.
 Pass on 1. Polite expression for die verb
2. To refuse an opportunity or
decide not to take part in something
Pay back 1. To return money to someone from
whom you have borrowed it
Pick out To choose, find, or recognize something
or someone in a group
Pick up 1. To improve an activity or increase an
amount
Play down 1. To make something seem less
important or less bad than it really is
Point out 1. To tell someone about some
information, often because you
believe they do not know it or have
forgotten it
Put aside 1. To save something, usually time or
money, for a special purpose
2. If you put a disagreement or
problem aside, you ignore it
temporarily so that it does not
prevent you doing what you want to
do
Put forward 1. To state an idea or opinion, or to
suggest a plan or person, for other
people to consider
Put off To decide or arrange to delay an
A amâna event or activity until a latertime or date
Put/lay sth on/to 1. To not use something, especially an
one side amount of money, in order to
keep it for later use
Put on 1. To move something you wear onto
your body
It's important to remember friends and family who have passed on.
He passed on the chance to be head coach and took a job in florida.
Coach = antrenor, autocar · trăsură
I’ll pay you back as soon as i get my next paycheck.
From all the puppies, we picked out the smallest one to take home.
We could pick our parents out easily in the old photos.
Retailers (vânzător) are starting to see sales pick up again.
The truck (camion) picked up speed slowly.
Military spokesman tried to play down the seriousness of the disaster.
Spokesman = trimis, organ, exponent
[+ that] He was planning to book a rock-climbing holiday, till I pointed out that Denis is
afraid of heights. (to book = a rezerva, a comanda, a ocupa)
[+ question word] I feel I should point out how dangerous it is.
To point out =a indica · a semnala ·a accentua · a puncta · a evidenția ·a arăta
I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house.
He tries to put some time aside every evening to read to the kids.
Let's put our differences aside and make a fresh start.
Can we put that question aside for now, and come back to it later?
To put aside = a pune deoparte
I wasn't convinced by any of the arguments that he put forward.
She has decided to put herself forward as a candidate.
To put forward =a lansa · a invoca · a emite (to submit)
The meeting has been put off for a week.
[+ -ing verb] I can't put off going to the dentist any longer.
We have put some money on one side for next year's summer holiday.
Put your shoes on.
She put on too much make-up.
 Put up 1. To stay somewhere for the night
2. To show or express a particular
type of opposition to something
Put up To accept or continue to accept an
with sth/sb unpleasant situation or experience, or
someone who behaves unpleasantly
Refer to sb/sth 1. To talk or write about someone or
something, especially in only a few
words
2. If writing or information refers to
someone or something, it relates to
that person or thing
Relate to 1. To be connected to, or to be about
someone or something
2. connected with something
3. To understand someone and be
able to have a friendly
relationship with them
4. To understand a situation or
someone's feelings because you
have experienced a similar
situation or similar feelings
5. To understand and
appreciate someone or something
Result in sth 1. To cause a particular situation to
happen
Rule sth out 1. to prevent something from
happening
2. Rule the roost (idiom)
3. Rule sth with an iron hand/fist
(idiom)
We put up at a small hotel for the night. (to put up = a înopta)
The villagers were unable to put up any resistance to the invading troops.
We're not going to let them build a road here without putting up a fight.
I can put up with the house being messy (unsuros, lipicios), but i hate it if it's not clean.
He's so moody (ciufut, zgârcit, mahmur) - I don't know why she puts up with him.
They have a lot to put up with (= they have a lot of difficulties).
In her autobiography she occasionally refers to her unhappy schooldays.
He always refers to the house as his "refuge".
The new salary scale only refers to company managers and directors.
Chapter 9 relates to the effects of inflation on consumers.
(relating to) -anything relating to maths is a complete mystery to me.
Many parents find it hard to relate to their children when they are teenagers.
The culture that he describes is so different from mine that i sometimes find it hard to
relate to.
The kids need a teacher who can relate to them.
"Malcolm thought people should learn to live together." "I can relate to that."
The fire resulted in damage to their property.
[+ -ing verb] Icy conditions resulted in two roads being closed.
This recent wave of terrorism has ruled out any chance of peacetalks.
To rule out = a elimina
To be the person who makes all the decisions in a group:
In that family it is the grandma who rules the roost. (roost = stinghie)
To control a group of people very firmly, having complete power over everything
they do: Our captain rule us with an iron hand.
 Run out 1. To finish, use, or sell all of
something, so that there is none left
2. if a supply of something runs out, all
of it has been used or it is
completely finished
3. If a document or official agreement
runs out, the period of time for
which it lasts finishes
4. Time is running out (idiom)
5. Run out of steam (idiom)
Steam = abur
See thourgh To realize that someone is trying to
deceive you to get an advantage, or that
someone's behaviour is intended to
deceive you, and to understand the
truth about the situation
see-through partitions
See to 1. To deal with a person or task that
needs to be dealt with or is
waiting to be dealt with
Send (off/away) 1. To write to an organization to
for/to sth ask them to send you something
Send out 1. To produce something in a way that
causes it to spread out (a întinde · a
destinde · a derula) from a central
point. PRODUCE
2. To send something to a lot of
different people, usually by post or
email. POST/ EMAIL
I've run out of milk/money/ideas/patience.
"do you have any milk?" "sorry, I've run out."
The milk has run out.
My patience is beginning to run out.
My passport runs out next month - I must get it renewed.
To renew = · a reînnoi · a renova
Used to say that there is not much time left in which to achieve something:
Time is running out for the men trapped under the rubble (moloz).
To suddenly lose the energy or interest to continue doing what you are doing:
Their peace seem to have run out of steam.
They were very friendly, but it didn't take long to see through them.
She saw through his excuse at once.
To deceive: a minţi · a înşela
A see-through piece of clothing is very thin and light, so you can see other clothes or
the body under it
a see-through blouse
transparent
These letters need posting. I'll see to them later.
Mrs. Chapman asked for some help with the orders - could you see to it?
[+ that] Please see to it that no one comes in without identification.
To see to = a se ocupa de …
I've sent off for a catalogue.
We had to send off to Ireland for a replacement part.
The equipment sent out a regular high-pitched signal.
High-pitched = strident · acut · pitigaiat · ascuţit · înalt
The torch (torță) sends out a powerful beam of light (rază de lumină).
The bushes were sending out new shoots.
We sent out the wedding invitations about three weeks ago.
 Set aside 1. To save for a particular purpose He sets aside some time every day to read to his children.
After melting the chocolate, set it aside and beat the eggs.
2. To ignore We need to set aside our differences and begin to cooperate.
3. Set-aside (noun) The act of paying farmers in order not to grow crops on areas of land, or land of this
type (crop = recoltă)
Set out 1. To start an activity with a particular She set out with the aim of becoming the youngest ever winner of the championship.
aim [+ to infinitive] They set out to discover a cure for cancer.
2. To start a journey
Set up 1. To establish or create something I’d be willing to set up a seminar if I thought people would come.
ESTABLISH His father set him up in the family business.
2. To prepare or arrange something for We have a little area set up for serving food.
use
Settle down 1. To start living in a place where you Eventually I'd like to settle down and have a family, but not yet.
intend to stay for a longtime, usually MAKE HOME
with your partner
2. To become familiar with a place and She quickly settled down in her new house/job/school.
to feel happy and confident in it
Settle intro 1. To become comfortable in a place or Students settled into their desks and took out their notebooks.
somewhere doing an activity After moving frequently during his first 14 years, he settled into a normal high school
life.
Sort out 1. To deal successfully with a problem, We've sorted out the computer system's initial problems.
a situation, or a person who is [+ question word] It'll be difficult to sort out how much each person owes (a datora).
having difficulties Most of the job involves sorting out customers who have queries. (query = întrebare)
2. To punish or attack someone, Has he been bothering you again - do you want me to sort him out?
usually to make the person
understand that they have behaved
badly
3. To separate one type of things from Sort out any clothes you want to throw away and give them to me
a group of things
4. Sort-out (noun) An occasion when you put things in order or in their correct place:
I've had a sort-out in the bedroom - it's looking rather better.
 Speak out/up To give your opinion about something in If no one has the courage to speak out against the system, things will never improve.
public, especially on a subject that you
have strong feelings about
Stand by 1. To continue to support or She has vowed to stand by her husband during his trial.
help someone who is in a difficult The editors stand by the story.
situation The boy’s friends stood by him, firmly convinced of his innocence.
2. To allow something unpleasant to We can't stand by while millions of people starve (a înfometa).
happen without doing anything to DO NOTHING
stop it
Stand for 1. To accept a situation or a particular I wouldn't stand for that sort of behaviour from him, if I were you.
type of behaviour
2. To support or represent a particular This party stands for low taxes and individual freedom.
idea or set of ideas
3. Abrevieri, acronime. If one or more letters stand for a word or name, they are the first letter or letters of
that word or name and they represent it: GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time.
Stand up to 1. To not be changed or damaged by Will the lorries stand up to the journey over rough roads?
something Lorry = camion
Stand your 1. To refuse to be pushed backwards, The battalion stood its ground in the face of repeated attacks.
ground or to continue in your beliefs in an Clare stood her ground in the meeting and refused to be intimidated even when
argument Michael got angry.
Stand the test of If something stands the test of time, it is Which songs from the last year will stand the test of time?
time still popular, strong… after a long time
Start afresh/over 1. To begin to do something again, We decided to abandon the first draft of the report and start over.
sometimes in a different way The agreement allows old expectations to be forgotten and everyone can start afresh.
Stay out of 1. To not become involved in an It's better to stay out of their arguments.
argument or discussion You don't know anything about this, so just stay out of it! (nu te amesteca)
Stick at 1. To continue trying hard to do You'll never learn to play the piano if you're not going to stick at it.
something difficult
Stick out 1. To go past the surface or edge of Paul's ears stick out a little.
something There was a handkerchief sticking out of his jacket’s pocket.
Stick to 1. To limit yourself to doing or using Could you stick to the point, please?
one particular thing and not We'd better stick to the main road, because the other roads are blocked with snow.
 change to anything else
2. If you stick to a law, rule, or
promise, you obey it or do what it
states
Stick together 1. If people stick together, they
support and help each other
2. If people stick together, they stay
close to each other
Switch off 1. To stop giving your attention to
someone or something
Take after To be similar to an older member of
your family in appearance or character
Take away 1. To remove or subtract something
Take sb down
Take off 1. If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off,
it leaves the groundand begins to fly
2. To suddenly start to be successful or
popular
3. To leave
4. Take-off = aircraft (noun)
5. Take-off = copy (noun)
Take on To begin to have a particular quality
Take out 1. To go with someone to a restaurant,
A scoate theater, performance, etc. And
pay for everything
2. To arrange to get something from a
company, bank, etc
3. To remove something or someone
Take over 1. To get control of something, or to
do something instead of someone
else
If you make a promise, you should stick to it.
The country's foreign minister said that it was important for small nations to
stick together.
The two brothers always stick together at school.
If he gets bored, he just switches off and looks out the window.
He takes after his mother/his mother's side of the family.
Take these chairs away – we don’t need them.
To defeat or kill someone, or to stop someone from causing harm
The plane took off at 8.30 a.m.
TO FLY
Her singing career had just begun to take off.
TO SUCCEED
When he saw me, he took off in the other direction.
Night take-offs and landings are banned at this airport.
It was the best take-off of the prime minister that I have ever seen.
Her voice took on a troubled tone. (troubled = tulburat, îngrijorat)
Our boss took us out for dinner.
I’m going to take out a life insurance policy.
He had to take out a loan to pay his taxes.
Take out the seeds before you slice the papaya. (seeds = semințe, to slice = a felia)
She took over management of this department last winter.
They made changes the minute they took over.
To take over = a prelua controlul
 Take up 1. To begin to do something
2. To discuss or manage something
3. To fill space or time
4. To short clothes
Think 1. To remember or imagine someone
of/about sb/sth or something
Think of 1. To have a low opinion of someone
or something
2. To have a good opinion of someone
or something
3. If you think of something or someone in
a particular way, you have that
opinion about it, him, or her
4. To produce a new idea or plan
Think over To consider an idea or plan
carefully before making a decision
Think long and To take the time needed to
hard understand something before making a
decision about it
Throw away 1. To get rid of something by treating it
as garbage
Throw good To waste money by spending more
money after bad money on something you have already
spent money on that is no good
Try out 1. To compete for a position in a
sports team or a part in a play
Turn into 1. To change or develop from one
thing to another
Turn into a Used when saying what time you usually
pumpkin go home or go to bed at night
I’m not very good at golf –I only took it up recently.
The school plans to take the matter up with the parents.
This desk takes up too much room.
My day is completely taken up with meetings.
This skirt is too long – I’ll have to take it up.
I thought of you immediately when they said they wanted someone who could speak
English.
He was thinking about the time he spent in the army.
Her parents don't think much of her new boyfriend.
Think highly:
She thinks very highly of her boss.
I think of him as someone who will always help me.
What do you think of (= do you like) my new dress?
We'll have to think of a pretty good excuse for being late.
I'll think it over and give you an answer next week.
I thought long and hard about it, and decided that I wouldn't have the operation.
When are you going to throw away these old magazines?
Trying to fix that old car would just be throwing good money after bad.
Luke's trying out for the college football team.
Rain in the morning will turn into snow during the afternoon.
It's too late for me - I turn into a pumpkin at eleven o'clock.
Turn out 1. To happen in a particular way or to
have a particular result,
especially an unexpected one
2. To be known or discovered
finally and surprisingly
3. If people turn out for an event, they
go to be there or to watch (go)
Turn to 1. To ask a person or organization for
help or support
Use up 1. To finish a supply of something
Wake up 1. To start to understand that a
situation or problem exists
Work at 1. To try hard to achieve something
Work out 1. To exercise in order to
improve the strength or
appearance of your body
2. To happen or develop in a
particular way
As events turned out, we were right to have decided to leave early.
How did the recipe turn out?
Recipe = rețetă
[+ to infinitive] The truth turned out to be stranger than we had expected.
[+ that] It turns out that she had known him when they were children.
Thousands of people turned out to welcome the team home.
Without someone to turn to for advice, making the most appropriate choice can be
difficult.
Her family lived a long way away, and she had no one to turn to.
Don't use up all the milk - we need some for breakfast.
The earth's resources are being used up at an alarming rate.
Governments are finally waking up to the fact that the environment should be
cleaned up.
Most couples would agree that for a marriage to succeed, both parties have to work at
it.
[+ -ing verb] You need to work at improving your writing.
Huw works out in the gym two or three times a week.
How is the new monitoring procedure working out?
Let's hope this new job works out well for him.