Narrow Down	Reducir The jury has narrowed down the list of competitors from 10 to 5.
Send In	Enviar mensajes por correo o email Give me Helen's e-mail address and I'll send in a message to her.
Spy Out	Descubrir espiando You must have been spying out, nobody knew what I had hidden in my room.
Use Up	Consumir There's no more paper in the printer, we used it all up this morning.
Walk Away With	Llevarse, robar I saw the man walking away with the lady's purse.
Total Up	Sumar The man in charge totalled up the money and gave me my share.
Make For	Dirigirse hacia, atacar The dog made for the door when it heard its master arriving.
Stand For	Significar, representar NY stands for New York.
Turn In	Acostarse If you are so tired, why don't you turn in?.
Open Out	Desenvolver Do not open the present out till your birthday.
Pass Off	Suceder; pasar I've passed off the first interview quite well.
Reason Out	Razonar Quiet down and reason out before talking to him.
Make Off	Irse rápidamente -The trespassers made off quickly when I turned on the garden light. With - llevarse algo, escaparse con algo- The masked men made off the bank with a lot of money.
Pull Apart	Separar- Joe and Nick started to fight and we couldn't pull them apart. Criticar duramente- Pat's last book was pulled apart by the press.
Hang Up	Demorarse -Susan is never late, she must be hung up in a traffic jam. Colgar el auricular del teléfono al finalizar una conversación- I hung up the phone, I didn't want to continue talking to Gina.
Key Up	Estimular These new coloring books key up children to learn the colors.
Nip Out	Salir por un corto período There's no smoking here, you can nip out to the garden if you like.
Quiet Down	Calmarse Quiet down, Sally is out of danger.
Ring Off	Colgar el teléfono al terminar una conversación You can call your mother now, I saw Mick ringing off a minute ago.
Scale Down	Reducir We're wasting too much money, we should scale down some expenses.
Show Up	Llegar, aparecer I'm glad you showed up, I missed you and I wanted to see you.
Thrust On / Upon	Obligar a alguien a aceptar un trato, oferta The man was thrust upon signing the deal before leaving the room.
Enlarge On	Decir más acerca de algo I find your idea very interesting, please enlarge on it.
Join In With	Compartir con This is an expensive restaurant, allow me to join in the bill with you.
Pull Together	Calmarse, sobreponerse- Mary couldn't pull herself together so we gave her a sedative. Trabajar en equipo- In order for the plan to succeed we must all pull together.
Knit Up	Reparar, recuperar Francis knows a man who can knit your painting up.
Invite In	Invitar a tu casa, habitación, etc Why don't we invite Kate in and tell her the big news?.
Find Out	Descubrir, averiguar -The detective will soon find out the truth. About - conseguir información de, enterarse- Lisa mustn't find out about the party so keep your mouth shut.
Drop In On	Visitar casualmente Jenny dropped in on me yesterday.
Black Out	Desmayarse - The girl began to feel dizzy and weak until she blacked out. Cortar la luz- Quite often big cities -such as BA- are blacked out by power cuts.

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