Note: I just edited it to make it a little bit easier to read. These are common idioms. I'd like to add one of it: To get ahead: to success Toefl Idioms To back out of: To withdraw from a prior commitment To be about/to have to do with: To have as a purpose; to have as a subject To be about t To begin soon, on the verge of To be against: To be opposed to To be behind in something/to run behind: To be late To be bound t To be likely or almost certain to To be up for something: To feel like doing, to want to do something To be form: To originate from To be off: Not to function, not to work properly To be on: To function (properly), opposite of above To be out: Not to be at work or one’s home To be out of: Not to have in stock To be over: To be finished To be up: To be awake To be up t To be someone’s decision; to be doing currently To break down: Not to work properly To break up: To stop (a relationship) To bring up: To raise children; to raise an issue for discussion To brush up on: To review To build up: To increase To burn out: To become exhausted or fatigue mentally and physically To call back: To return a phone call To check in: To register (at a hotel or conference) To check out: To inform a place when leaving (opposite of above) To come down with: To become ill To come up with: To think of a new concept To count on: To depend or rely on To cut out: To stop To do over: To do again To do without: To survive without something To drop by: To visit informally To drop out of: To stop attending (school, usually) To eat out: To eat in a restaurant To fall through: To fail, not to materialize (plans, usually) To be fed up with: To be disgusted with To feel like: To want to do something, to be in the mood for To figure out: To comprehend, to solve To fill in: To substitute; to write in the blanks (also, “fill out”) To fill out: To discover To get along with: To have a good relationship with someone else To get in: To arrive or to be accepted (to a school) To get off: To exit a bus, plane, train, etc. To get out of: To exit a car, truck, taxicab, etc. To get over: To recover To get rid of: To discard of throw away To get up: To arise from bed To get used t To become accustomed to To give off: To emit To give up: To quit; to stop (a bad habit) To go ahead: To continue To go on: To continue; to happen To go up: To increase; to rise To go with: To match To grow up: To “grow” from child to adult To hand in: To submit To hand out: Distribute To hang on: To wait To hang up: To stop talking on the telephone To have on: To be wearing (clothes) To hear from: To receive a letter, phone call, or email from someone To hear of: To be familiar with To lay off: To release from a job To leave out: To exclude To leave it up t To make someone else responsible for To let someone down: To disappoint someone To look after: To take care of, watch To look up t To respect, to admire To make out: To understand, to comprehend To make up: To respect; to put on cosmetics; to comprise To mean t To intend to or plan to To mix up: To confuse or to put out of order To pay back: To return money To pick out: To choose To pick up: To get, buy, or retrieve something or someone To point out: To indicate; to emphasize To put off: To postpone, delay To put on: To place one one’s body (clothes); opposite of “take off” To put up with: To tolerate or endure To see off: To go with someone to the airport, etcetera, to say farewell To set up: To establish To show up: To appear; to attend To sign up: To register; to enroll To speak up: To express oneself loudly or clearly To take after: To resemble To take it easy: To relax To take off: To remove, to depart To take place: To happen, to occur To talk over: To discuss To think of: To have an opinion of someone or something To think (something) over: To consider carefully before making a decision To touch on: To discuss briefly To turn down: To decrease the loudness of; to refuse an offer To off/on: To make something stop working/start working To wear out /down: To make useless or to weaken through overuse of something |