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asalVer
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Theobjectmaycomeafterthefoll
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asal
ver
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tmaysepar
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par
ts:
Youhav et
odothispai
ntjobov er
.
Youhav et
odooverthi
spai ntj
ob.

Whent
heobj
ectoft
hefol
l
owingphr
asal
ver
bsi
sapr
onoun,
thet
wopar
tsof
t
hephr
asal
ver
bmustbeseparat
ed:

Youhav
etodoi
tov
er.
Ver
b Meani
ng Exampl
e
Theter
ror
ist
str
iedt
obl
owupt
her
ail
road
bl
owup expl
ode
st
ati
on.
Mymotherbroughtupt
hatl
i
ttl
emat
terofmy
br
ingup ment
ionat
opi
c
pr
isonr
ecordagain.
br
ingup r
aisechi
l
dren I
tisn'
teasyt
obr
ingupchi
l
drennowaday
s.
cal
lof
f cancel Theycal
l
edof
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saf
ter
noon'
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er r
epeataj
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hishomewor
kov
er.
f
il
lout compl
eteaf
orm Fi
l
loutt
hisappl
i
cat
ionf
orm andmai
li
tin.
f
il
lup f
il
ltocapaci
ty Shef
il
ledupt
hegr
ocer
ycar
twi
thf
reef
ood.
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oundoutthatherhusbandhadbeen
f
indout di
scov
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pl
anningasurpr
isepart
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gi
ve gi
vesomethingto
Thef
il
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ngst
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r
etur
nanobj
ect
back he'
snotaboutt
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eitback.
submitsomet
hing Thest
udent
shandedi
nthei
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sandl
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he
handi
n
(assi
gnment
) room.
hangup putsomet
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hephonebef
oreshehungupher
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ver cl
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etogot
o
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dup del
ay
thebat
hroom.
hol
dup Threemaskedgunmenhel
dupt
heSecur
it
y
r
ob
(2) Bankthi
safter
noon.
l
eave Youl
eftoutthepartaboutt
hepol
i
cechase
omi
t
out downAsylum Avenue.
Thelawyer
slookedovert
hepaperscar
eful
ly
l
ook
exami
ne,
check befor
equesti
oningthewi
tness.(
Theyl
ooked
over
them ov
ercaref
ull
y.
)
You'
vemisspel
l
edt
hiswor
dagai
n.You'
dbet
ter
l
ookup sear
chi
nal
i
st
l
ookitup.
Sheknewshewasintr
oubl
e,soshemadeupa
makeup i
nventast
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i
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st
oryaboutgoi
ngt
othemovieswit
hherf
ri
ends.
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eal
l
ycoul
dn'
tmakeout
hear
,under
stand
out whathewassayi
ng.
Ther
ewerethr
eemeni nthel
ine-
up.Shepi
cked
pi
ckout choose
outt
heguyshethoughthadstol
enherpur
se.
l
iftsomet
hingoff Thecranepi
ckedupt
heent
ir
ehouse.(
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ch
pi
ckup
somethi
ngelse them pi
cki
tup.)
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nt Aswedrov
et hr
oughParis,Fr
ancoi
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cal
lat
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o
out outt
hemajorhi
stor
ical
sites.
put Weputawaymoneyforourr
eti
rement
.Sheput
sav
eorst
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away awayt
hecereal
boxes.
Weaskedthebosstoputoffthemeeti
ngunti
l
putof
f post
pone
t
omorrow.(Pl
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toffforanot
herday
.)
putcl
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ngont
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acket
.(Iputt
hem on
puton
body quickl
y.
)
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ref
ight
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hehousefi
rebef
orei
t
putout ext
ingui
sh
coul
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Theyputi
toutqui
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k,butcoul
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per
use
over senseofit.
Mywifesetupthel
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lyt
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setup t
oar
range,
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n
shewantedi
t.Sheseti
tup.
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it
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makeawr
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eyouf
orget.
t
akeof
f r
emov
ecl
othi
ng I
twassohott
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otakeof
fmyshi
rt
.
Wehaveseri
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obl
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e.Let
'st
alkt
hem
t
alkov
er di
scuss
ov
erl
ikeadul
ts.
thr
ow
di
scar
d That
'sal
otofmoney
!Don'
tj
ustt
hrowi
taway
.
away
putcl
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ngont
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iedonfi
ft
eendr
essesbef
oreshef
ound
t
ryon
i
fitfi
ts onesheli
ked.
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ri
edoutf
ourcar
sbef
oreIcoul
dfi
ndonet
hat
t
ryout t
est
pl
easedme.
tur
n Yourr
adi
oisdr
ivi
ngmecr
azy
!Pl
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urni
t
l
owerv
olume
down down.
tur
n Heappl
i
edf orapr
omot
iontwi
cethi
syear
,but
r
eject
down(
2) hewastur
neddownbot
ht i
mes.
Grandpacouldn'
thear
,sohet
urneduphi
s
t
urnup r
aiset
hev
olume
heari
ngaid.
Weturnedof
fthel
i
ght
sbef
oreany
onecoul
d
t
urnof
f swi
tchof
fel
ect
ri
ci
ty
seeus.
t
urnof
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twasadi
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l
ytur
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r
epul
se
(
2) of
f.
swi
tchont he
t
urnon Tur
nont
heCDpl
ayersowecandance.
el
ectr
ici
ty
exhaust
,use Thegangmembersusedupal
lthemoneyand
useup
complet
ely wentoutt
orobsomemorebanks.

I
nsepar
abl
ePhr
asalVer
bs(
Transi
ti
ve)
Wit
hthefoll
owingphrasalver
bs,t
helexical
par toft
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b( t
hepartoft
hephrasal
ver
bthatcar
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ng")cannotbesepar at
edfrom thepr
eposi
ti
ons
(
orotherpar
ts)thataccompanyi
t:"Whowi l
llookaftermyestatewhenI'
m gone?"
Ver
b Meani
ng Exampl
e
askt
oreci
tei
n
cal
lon Thet
eachercal
l
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udent
sint
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cl
ass
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lon Theoldminist
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inuedt
ocal
lonhi
ssi
ck
v
isi
t
(2) par
ishi
oners.
recoverfrom
Igotoverthefl
u,butIdon'
tknowi
fI'
l
lev
ergetov
ermy
getov
er sicknessor
brokenheart
.
disappointment
Thestudentswentovert
hemater
ial
bef
oret
heexam.
goov
er r
evi
ew
Theyshouldhavegoneoveri
ttwi
ce.
go useup; Theycountr
ywentt
hroughmostofi
tscoal
reser
vesi
n
thr
ough consume oneyear.Di
dhegothroughal
lhi
smoneyal
ready?
l
ook Mymot herpr
omi
sedt
olookaf
termydogwhi
l
eIwas
t
akecar
eof
af
ter gone.
Thepoli
cewi
ll
looki
ntot
hepossi
bil
i
tiesof
l
ooki
ntoi
nvest
igat
e
embezzl
ement
.
run
f
indbychance Ir
anacr
ossmyol
droommat
eatt
hecol
l
eger
euni
on.
across
r
uni
nto meet Car
losr
ani
ntohi
sEngl
i
shpr
ofessori
nthehal
l
way
.
take
r
esembl
e Mysecondsonseemst
otakeaf
terhi
smot
her
.
after
wai
ton ser
ve I
tseemedst
ranget
oseemyol
dbosswai
tont
abl
es.

Thr
ee-
Wor
dPhr
asalVer
bs(
Transi
ti
ve)
Withthef
oll
owi
ngphrasal
verbs,youwi
l
lfi
ndt
hreepar
ts:
"Mybr
otherdr
oppedout
ofschool
befor
ehecouldgraduat
e."
Ver
b Meani
ng Exampl
e
br
eaki
n i
nter
rupt(
a Iwastal
ki
ngtoMom ont
hephonewhent
heoper
ator
on conv
ersat
ion) brokei
nonourcal
l
.
cat
chup Afterourmonth-
longtr
ip,i
twastimetocatchupwi
th
keepabr
east
wit
h theneighbor
sandt henewsaroundtown.
check exami
ne, Theboy
spromisedt
ocheckuponthecondi
ti
onoft
he
upon i
nvest
igat
e summerhousefr
om t
imetot
ime.
comeup t
ocontri
bute Aft
eryear
sofgi
vi
ngnot
hing,
theol
dparishi
onerwas
wit
h (
suggest
ion, abl
etocomeupwithat
housand-
dol
lardonati
on.
 money
)
cut curt
ail Wetri
edtocutdownont
hemoneywewer
espendi
ngon
downon (ex
penses) ent
ert
ainment
.
dr
opout Ihopenoneofmyst
udent
sdr
opoutofschool
thi
s
l
eav
eschool
of semester
.
get haveagood
If
ounditv
eryhar
dtogetal
ongwi
thmybr
otherwhenwe
al
ong rel
ati
onshi
p
werey
oung.
wit
h wit
h
get
escape Jani
kcheat
edont
heexam andt
hent
ri
edt
ogetaway
away
blame wit
hit.
wit
h
getr
id Theciti
zenstr
iedt
ogetr
idoft
hei
rcor
ruptmay
ori
nthe
el
i
minat
e
of recentel
ect
ion.
get
thr
ough f
ini
sh Whenwi
l
lyouev
ergett
hroughwi
tht
hatpr
ogr
am?
wit
h
keepup maint
ain I
t'
shar
dtokeepupwi
tht
heJoneseswheny
oul
osey
our
with pacewit
h j
ob!
l
ook
ant
ici
pate Ial
wayslookf
orwar
dtot
hebegi
nni
ngofanew
f
orwar
d
wit
hpleasur
e semest
er.
t
o
l
ook I
t'
stypi
calofajingoi
sti
ccountr
ythatt
heci
ti
zensl
ook
despi
se
downon downontheirgeographi
calnei
ghbor
s.
l
ooki
n v
isi
t Weweregoingt
olooki
nonmybr
other
-i
n-l
aw,
buthe
on (
somebody
) wasn'
thome.
l
ookout becaref
ul, Goodinst
ruct
orswi
l
llookoutf
orear
lysi
gnsoff
ail
urei
n
f
or ant
ici
pate t
heirst
udents
l
ookup
r
espect Fi
rst
-gr
ader
sreal
l
ylookupt
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rteacher
s.
t
o
make Makesur
eofthest
udent
'
sident
it
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orey
oul
ethi
m
v
eri
fy
sur
eof i
ntot
heclassr
oom.
putup Thet
eacherhadt
oputupwi
thagr
eatdeal
ofnonsense
t
oler
ate
wit
h fr
om t
henewstudent
s.
runout exhaust
Ther
unner
sranoutofener
gybef
oret
heendoft
her
ace.
of supply
 be
take Myol
destsi
stert
ookcar
eofusy
oungerchi
l
drenaf
ter
responsi
ble
careof Mom di
ed.
for
tal
k answer Thestarpl
ayert
alkedbackt
othecoachandwast
hrown
backt
o i
mpolit
ely offt
heteam.
thi
nk
r
ecal
l Iof
tent
hinkbackonmychi
l
dhoodwi
thgr
eatpl
easur
e.
backon
wal
kout
abandon Herhusbandwal
kedoutonherandt
hei
rthr
eechi
l
dren.
on

I
ntr
ansi
ti
vePhr
asalVer
bs
Thefol
lowi
ngphrasal
ver
bsarenotfol
l
owedbyanobj
ect
:"Oncey
oul
eav
ehome,
youcanneverr
eall
ygobackagai
n."
Ver
b Meani
ng Exampl
e
Thatol
dJeephadatendencyt
obr
eakdownj
ust
br
eakdown st
opf
unct
ioni
ng
whenIneededi
tthemost.
Popularsongsseem t
ocatchoninCal
i
for
nia
cat
chon becomepopul
ar
fi
rstandthenspreadeast
ward.
Fat
herpromisedthatwewoul
dnev
ercomeback
comeback r
etur
ntoapl
ace
tot
hishorr
ibl
eplace.
Theyt
ri
edtocomei
nthr
ought
hebackdoor
,but
comei
n ent
er
i
twaslocked.
regai
n Hewashitontheheadver
yhard,
butaf
ter
comet
o
consci
ousness sev
eral
minutes,
hestar
tedtocometoagai
n.
 Thechil
drenpr
omi
sedt
ocomeov
er,
butt
hey
comeov
er t
ovi
si
t
neverdo.
vi
sitwit
hout Weusedt
ojustdr
opby,butt
heywer
enev
er
dr
opby
appoint
ment home,
sowestoppeddoi
ngthat
.
dinei
na Whenwevisi
tedPar
is,
wel
ovedeat
ingouti
nthe
eatout
rest
aurant si
dewal
kcafes.
Uncl
eHeinedidn'
thavemuchmoney,buthe
getby sur
viv
e al
waysseemedt ogetbywi
thoutbor
rowi
ng
moneyfr
om relat
ives.
Grandmothert
ri
edt
ogetup,
butthecouchwas
getup ar
ise
t
ool ow,
andshecoul
dn'
tmakeitonherown.
It
'shar
dtoimagi
net
hatwewi
l
lev
ergobackt
o
goback r
etur
ntoapl
ace
Lit
huani
a.
Hewoul
dfi
nishoneDi
ckensnov
elandt
henj
ust
goon cont
inue
goont
othenext.
Thecopsheardal
lthenoi
seandst
oppedt
osee
goon(
2) happen
whatwasgoingon.
gr
owup getol
der Char
lesgr
ewupt
obeal
otl
i
kehi
sfat
her
.
remainata Thej
udgewarnedt
hest
alkert
okeepawayf
rom
keepaway
dist
ance hi
svi
cti
m'shome.
keepon
cont
inuewi
tht
he Hetr
iedtokeeponsi
ngi
ngl
ongaf
terhi
svoi
ce
(wit
h
same wasrui
ned.
gerund)
l
ose
Hehaddrunkt
oomuch;
hepassedoutont
he
passout consci
ousness,
si
dewal
koutsi
det
hebar
.
fai
nt
demonstr
ate Whenev
erhesatdownatt
hepi
ano,
weknewhe
showof
f
haught
il
y wasgoi
ngtoshowoff
.
Dayaft
erday,
Efr
ainshowedupf
orcl
asst
went
y
showup ar
ri
ve
minut
eslat
e.
ar
ousef
rom
wakeup Iwokeupwhent
her
oost
ercr
owed.
sl
eep