literal
/ˈɫɪtɝəɫ/
adjective(of a word or phrase) original or the most basic
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1. - Could the game be that literal?
2. The game is that literal.
3. I mean, literal nightmare.
4. Slaves' bodies had value, literal value.
5. No, seriously, this car has literal legs.
idiomatic
/ˌɪdiəˈmætɪk/
adjective(grammar) containing or denoting expressions that sound natural to a native speaker of a language
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1. but it's also idiomatic.
2. These phrasal verbs have so many different meanings, and idiomatic meanings, figurative meanings.
3. That one is particularly idiomatic and can help you sound fluent in situations where you don't have an answer.
4. Off you go then off you go Is a British English idiomatic expression with two slightly different?
5. Believe it or not, the English language has about 25,000 idiomatic expressions.
to carry out
/kˈæɹi ˈaʊt/
verbto do a task
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1. The enzymes also carry out the final deconstruction of proteins into amino acids and carbohydrates into glucose.
2. The biggest computer servers carry out fifteen million billion operations per second.
3. Carry out.
4. Police and officials from the prosecutor's office carried out boxes of evidence.
5. Chris Bailey a popular blogger and lecturer carried out some Month long research about this topic.
to take up
/tˈeɪk ˈʌp/
verbto begin or start doing something, such as a hobby, a task, or a new activity
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1. Each cell takes up one space.
2. "Take up the sword of the Spirit."
3. Emails take up very little space on the server.
4. an object takes up.
5. BuzzFeed quizzes took up my childhood.
to take off
/tˈeɪk ˈɔf/
verbto remove a piece of clothing from one's or another's body
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1. Take off your mask!
2. - Take off the blindfold.
3. Take off your hat, your coat and your gloves!
4. Lim wrestled out of his lifejacket and took off his sodden clothing.
5. Take off your masks.
to put on
/pˌʊt ˈɑːn/
verbto put a piece of clothing on one's or someone else's body
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1. Don went out for a walk in the morning but he forgot to put on his watch.
2. -Usually put on a couple jazz records.
3. Put on rubber gloves.
4. Put on your safety glasses.
5. Put on the protective gloves, face mask, and goggles.
to grow up
/ɡɹˈoʊ ˈʌp/
verbto change from being a child into an adult little by little
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1. Grow up dude.
2. Growing up a fan of the neighborhood style of Spider-Man.
3. Grow up.
4. Grow up.
5. People grow up.
to lie down
/lˈaɪ dˈaʊn/
verbto put our body in a flat position in order to sleep or rest
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1. In the early years, when it was so hard, and I was trying to hold everything together, I would go in the BATHROOM, RUN the SHOWER, Lie Down, and CRY.
2. But, so he Doesn'T Die, his plan is to Sit Up, not Lie Down, in the coffin.
to look at
/lˈʊk æt/
verbto focus one's attention on something or someone in order to observe or examine them
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to pay back
/pˈeɪ bˈæk/
verbto return an amount of money to its pervious owner
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1. The rest of the money, the company paid back from our cash reserves.
2. Or pay back your debts.
3. Every dollar has to pay back.
4. My next ingredient spells like pay back!
5. And they pay back the balance.
to throw away
/θɹˈoʊ ɐwˈeɪ/
verbto get rid of what is not needed or wanted anymore
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to try on
/tɹˈaɪ ˈɑːn/
verbto put on a piece of clothing to see if it fits and how it looks
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1. Trying on my wife's red socks.
2. 'Try on'.
3. To try on.
4. To try on.
5. So you should try on at least three different sizes.
to turn off
/tˈɜːn ˈɔf/
verbto cause a machine, device, or equipment to stop operating, typically by pushing a button or turning a key
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1. Turn off the fan plug.
2. Turn off your technology.
3. - Turn off the gravity!
4. Turn off the lights!
5. Turn off the backlight.
to turn around
/tˈɜːn ɐɹˈaʊnd/
verbto turn something or ourselves in another direction
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1. Turn around.
2. Turn around.
3. Turn around.
4. Bounce, bounce, turn around.
5. Bounce, bounce, turn around.
to pick up
/pˈɪk ˈʌp/
verbto take and lift something up
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1. They picked up 63 seats in the House, six in the Senate, 680 seats in state legislatures, and six governorships.
2. - Just pick up a tamale?
3. Pick up line.
4. Pick up a piece of sliced fish.
5. So pick up a yellow one.
to give up
/ɡˈɪv ˈʌp/
verbto stop trying when faced with failures or difficulties
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1. The one really sad thing in my life was giving up my baby daughter 50 years ago.
2. Give up.
3. Peng Megut's uncle Sega gave up his old life in 2000.
4. Word of advice: just give up.
5. Ladies, give up your pads and tampons.
bit by bit
/bˈɪt baɪ bˈɪt/
adverbin small steps or portions; not all at once
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1. The PRESIDENT spent less than 10% of that up to this point and you will start to SEE piece by PIECE, Bit By Bit, a plan to work towards Immigration Reform package to Include Border Security, to INCLUDE something take care of dreamers, to INCLUDE fixing the many HOLES
2. Bit by bit we're getting more and more of what the Special Counsel may be zeroing in ON.
3. Bit by bit, we are hearing from lawmakers as they react to the news that Michael Cohen has pled guilty to lying to CONGRESS and lying in front of a CONGRESSIONAL committee.
to take off
/tˈeɪk ˈɔf/
verbto leave a surface and begin flying
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1. Take off your mask!
2. - Take off the blindfold.
3. Take off your hat, your coat and your gloves!
4. Lim wrestled out of his lifejacket and took off his sodden clothing.
5. Take off your masks.
to become
/bɪˈkəm/
verbto start or grow to be
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1. Measuring time became important when people lived in towns and cities.
2. One day one of the girls in her class said to her, "Miss Smith, why does a man's hair become gray before his mustache and beard do?"
3. In the past, they were a major stabilizing force during downturns, but during the Great Recession, they became a big drag because of this.
4. Becoming none of them.
5. The male bottlenose dolphin becomes sexually mature at 14 1/2 years.
successful
/səkˈsɛsfəɫ/
adjectivegetting the results wanted or hoped
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1. His most successful business as a teenager was running a lottery.
2. The flyer mission is successful.
3. What types of businesses were successful?
4. These people were successful.
5. Not every attempt is successful.
to catch up
/kˈætʃ ˈʌp/
verbto acquire knowledge or information that was previously missed or overlooked, usually due to being behind or delayed in learning or staying informed
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1. Caught up.
2. The circulation finally caught up.
3. "Catch up".
4. Catch up.
5. Catching up.
to get
/ˈɡɛt/, /ˈɡɪt/
verbto receive or come to have something
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1. He has got a big smile on his face.
2. My sister's got a little hotel by the sea.
3. - You get a whole bunch of clothes in that washing machine!
4. We just got a really good photographer.
5. It got a laugh.
up to date
/ˌʌp tə dˈeɪt/
adjectiverefering to something that is current, modern, or in accordance with the latest information, knowledge, or technology.
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to look after
/lˈʊk ˈæftɚ/
verbto be in charge of someone and attend to their needs or to take care of something
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1. FEMALE SPEAKER: Always looked after herself.
2. Look after yourself.
3. Look after yourself.
4. Look after yourself.
5. My people, my family, looked after me.
baby
/ˈbeɪbi/
nouna child who is very young, usually too young to walk or speak
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1. The team must also decide if the focus will be on domestic sales or if the baby food will be exported to foreign countries.
2. A male baby horse is called a colt.
3. - Baby, baby did boo boo?
4. Make babies.
5. Having babies?
to look up
/lˈʊk ˈʌp/
verbto try to find information in a dictionary, computer, etc.
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1. Look up.
2. Look up.
3. Looking up the definitions for lassi.
4. Jacks, look up!
5. Look up.
word
/ˈwɝd/
noun(grammar) a unit of language that has a specific meaning
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1. Actions speak louder than words.
2. Who comes up with these words?
3. When he speaks about matters of chivalry he uses archaic words drawn from the romances of chivalry.
4. Words matter.
5. Words matter.
to run out of sth
/ɹˈʌn ˌaʊɾəv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
phraseto finish all of something and not have anymore
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petrol
/ˈpɛtɹoʊɫ/
nouna liquid fuel that is used in internal combustion engines such as car engines, etc.
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1. Petrol, phones, TV, newspapers, supermarkets, his company, Reliance Industries, is everywhere.
2. We invented unleaded petrol.
3. Petrol, you know, gas.
4. Come on, petrol!
5. The petrol lever go down here.
to fall out
/fˈɔːl ˈaʊt/
verbto be no longer friendly with someone as a result of an argument
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1. My contact fell out.
2. The window fell out.
3. My battery pack fell out.
4. - Bailey's tooth just fell out.
5. Her tooth just fell out.
someone
/ˈsəmˌwən/
pronouna person who is not mentioned by name
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1. Companies will not hire someone with insufficient training or without a degree.
2. But I was looking for someone else.
3. Someone who is going to let you down?
4. Someones have a party an umbrella.
5. Someone you used to babysit pops up on Tinder.
to get on
/ɡɛt ˈɑːn/
verbto have a good, friendly, or smooth relationship with a person, group, or animal
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1. Get on!
2. All right Turtle, get on up here.
3. The two young ladies got on well.
4. The shock and awe get on.
5. The green got on.
well
/ˈwɛɫ/
adverbin a way that is right, good, or satisfactory
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1. If every infected person quickly took malaria medicine, most would be well in a few days.
2. The brain not only gives signals to the missing arm, it receives them as well.
3. After spending more time with Howard, I developed a better understanding of his belief that everyone deserves a zealous defense.
4. Well, in a crass political sense, Judy, it's bad for the president.
5. A fetid hyena den is even better.