add up	make sense	his evidence just doesn´t add up
ask after	inquire about	jim was asking after you
back down	yield in an argument	sheila was right, so Paul had to back down
bargain for	take into account	we hadn´t bargained for there being so much traffic, and we missed the plane
bear out	confirm the truth	helen´s alibi was borne out by her sister
break down	lose control of the emotios	david broke down and wept when he heard the news
break off	stop talking	he broke off to answer the phone
break up	come to an end	the party finally broke up at 3.00 am.
bring about	cause to happen	the crissis was brought about by Brenda´s resignation
bring off	succeed in doing something	the team tried for years to win the competition and they finally brought it off
bring on	cause the oneset of an illness cause trouble to happen to oneself	sitting in the damp brought on his rheumatism you have brought this os yourself!
bring round	influence someone to your point of view	after much discussion, i brought the comitee round to my pint of view
bring up	mention	i felt I ought to bring up another small matter
call up	mobilise for military service	mark was called up when the war broke out
carry off	complete succesfully - perhaps despite a problem	jane had a difficult role to play, but she carried it off
carry out	complete a plan	the attack was successfully carried out
catch on	become popular, colloquial	this new hair style is begining to catch on
come about	happen	let me explain how the situation came about
come down to	be in the end a matter of	it all comes down to whether you are prepared to accept less money
come in for	receive, especially criticism, blame	the govermente has come in for a lot of criticism over the decisions
come off	take place succesfully	I´m afraid that deal didn´t come off after all
come out	appear	all the flowers have come out when the news came out, everyone was shocked my photf didn´t come out very well
come up	occur, usually a problem, colloquial	look, something has come up, and Ican´t meet you
come up against	meet a difficulty	we´ve come up against a bit of a problem
come up to	equal, especially expectations, standard	the play didn´t come up to expectations
come up with	think of, especially an answer, a plan, a solution	we still haven´t come up with a solution to the problem
count on	rely on	don´t worry, you can count on me
crop up	happen unexpectdly, colloquial	I can´t come to your party, something has cropped up
da away with	abolish, colloquial murder, colloquial	dog licenses have been done away with what if they do away with the old man?
do up	decorate, colloquial	we are having our living room done up
draw up	come to a stop organise, especially a document	a white sports car drew up outside the door the contract is being drawn up at the moment
drop in	pay a visit, colloquial	drop in any time you´re passing
drop off	fall asleep, colloquial	the baby has just dropped off
end up	finish in a certain way, or place	we ended up staying there for lunch the car ended up in a ditch
face up to	have courage to deal with, especially responsibilities	you have to face up to your responsibilities
fall about	show amusement, especialy laughing, colloquial	everyone fell about whe Jane told her joke
fall back on	use as a last resort	if the worst comes to the worst, we´ve got our savings to fall back on
fall for	be deceived by, colloquial fall in love with, colloquial	it was an unlikely story but he fell for it I fell for you the moment I saw you

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