literal
/ˈɫɪtɝəɫ/
adjective
(of a word or phrase) original or the most basic
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1- Could the game be that literal?
2The game is that literal.
3I mean, literal nightmare.
4Slaves' bodies had value, literal value.
5No, 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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1but it's also idiomatic.
2These phrasal verbs have so many different meanings, and idiomatic meanings, figurative meanings.
3That one is particularly idiomatic and can help you sound fluent in situations where you don't have an answer.
4Off you go then off you go Is a British English idiomatic expression with two slightly different?
5Believe it or not, the English language has about 25,000 idiomatic expressions.
to carry out
/kˈæɹi ˈaʊt/
verb
to do a task
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1The enzymes also carry out the final deconstruction of proteins into amino acids and carbohydrates into glucose.
2The biggest computer servers carry out fifteen million billion operations per second.
3Carry out.
4Police and officials from the prosecutor's office carried out boxes of evidence.
5Chris Bailey a popular blogger and lecturer carried out some Month long research about this topic.
to take up
/tˈeɪk ˈʌp/
verb
to begin or start doing something, such as a hobby, a task, or a new activity
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1Each cell takes up one space.
2"Take up the sword of the Spirit."
3Emails take up very little space on the server.
4an object takes up.
5BuzzFeed quizzes took up my childhood.
to take off
/tˈeɪk ˈɔf/
verb
to remove a piece of clothing from one's or another's body
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1Take off your mask!
2- Take off the blindfold.
3Take off your hat, your coat and your gloves!
4Lim wrestled out of his lifejacket and took off his sodden clothing.
5Take off your masks.
to put on
/pˌʊt ˈɑːn/
verb
to put a piece of clothing on one's or someone else's body
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1Don went out for a walk in the morning but he forgot to put on his watch.
2-Usually put on a couple jazz records.
3Put on rubber gloves.
4Put on your safety glasses.
5Put on the protective gloves, face mask, and goggles.
to grow up
/ɡɹˈoʊ ˈʌp/
verb
to change from being a child into an adult little by little
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1Grow up dude.
2Growing up a fan of the neighborhood style of Spider-Man.
3Grow up.
4Grow up.
5People grow up.
to lie down
/lˈaɪ dˈaʊn/
verb
to put our body in a flat position in order to sleep or rest
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1In 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.
2But, so he Doesn'T Die, his plan is to Sit Up, not Lie Down, in the coffin.
to look at
/lˈʊk æt/
verb
to focus one's attention on something or someone in order to observe or examine them

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to pay back
/pˈeɪ bˈæk/
verb
to return an amount of money to its pervious owner
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1The rest of the money, the company paid back from our cash reserves.
2Or pay back your debts.
3Every dollar has to pay back.
4My next ingredient spells like pay back!
5And they pay back the balance.
to throw away
/θɹˈoʊ ɐwˈeɪ/
verb
to get rid of what is not needed or wanted anymore

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to try on
/tɹˈaɪ ˈɑːn/
verb
to put on a piece of clothing to see if it fits and how it looks
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1Trying on my wife's red socks.
2'Try on'.
3To try on.
4To try on.
5So you should try on at least three different sizes.
to turn off
/tˈɜːn ˈɔf/
verb
to cause a machine, device, or equipment to stop operating, typically by pushing a button or turning a key
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1Turn off the fan plug.
2Turn off your technology.
3- Turn off the gravity!
4Turn off the lights!
5Turn off the backlight.
to turn around
/tˈɜːn ɐɹˈaʊnd/
verb
to turn something or ourselves in another direction
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1Turn around.
2Turn around.
3Turn around.
4Bounce, bounce, turn around.
5Bounce, bounce, turn around.
to pick up
/pˈɪk ˈʌp/
verb
to take and lift something up
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1They 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?
3Pick up line.
4Pick up a piece of sliced fish.
5So pick up a yellow one.
to give up
/ɡˈɪv ˈʌp/
verb
to stop trying when faced with failures or difficulties
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1The one really sad thing in my life was giving up my baby daughter 50 years ago.
2Give up.
3Peng Megut's uncle Sega gave up his old life in 2000.
4Word of advice: just give up.
5Ladies, give up your pads and tampons.
bit by bit
/bˈɪt baɪ bˈɪt/
adverb
in small steps or portions; not all at once
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1The 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
2Bit by bit we're getting more and more of what the Special Counsel may be zeroing in ON.
3Bit 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/
verb
to leave a surface and begin flying
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1Take off your mask!
2- Take off the blindfold.
3Take off your hat, your coat and your gloves!
4Lim wrestled out of his lifejacket and took off his sodden clothing.
5Take off your masks.
to become
/bɪˈkəm/
verb
to start or grow to be
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1Measuring time became important when people lived in towns and cities.
2One 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?"
3In the past, they were a major stabilizing force during downturns, but during the Great Recession, they became a big drag because of this.
4Becoming none of them.
5The male bottlenose dolphin becomes sexually mature at 14 1/2 years.
successful
/səkˈsɛsfəɫ/
adjective
getting the results wanted or hoped
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1His most successful business as a teenager was running a lottery.
2The flyer mission is successful.
3What types of businesses were successful?
4These people were successful.
5Not every attempt is successful.
to catch up
/kˈætʃ ˈʌp/
verb
to 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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1Caught up.
2The circulation finally caught up.
3"Catch up".
4Catch up.
5Catching up.
to get
/ˈɡɛt/, /ˈɡɪt/
verb
to receive or come to have something
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1He has got a big smile on his face.
2My sister's got a little hotel by the sea.
3- You get a whole bunch of clothes in that washing machine!
4We just got a really good photographer.
5It got a laugh.
up to date
/ˌʌp tə dˈeɪt/
adjective
refering 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/
verb
to be in charge of someone and attend to their needs or to take care of something
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1FEMALE SPEAKER: Always looked after herself.
2Look after yourself.
3Look after yourself.
4Look after yourself.
5My people, my family, looked after me.
baby
/ˈbeɪbi/
noun
a child who is very young, usually too young to walk or speak
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1The team must also decide if the focus will be on domestic sales or if the baby food will be exported to foreign countries.
2A male baby horse is called a colt.
3- Baby, baby did boo boo?
4Make babies.
5Having babies?
to look up
/lˈʊk ˈʌp/
verb
to try to find information in a dictionary, computer, etc.
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1Look up.
2Look up.
3Looking up the definitions for lassi.
4Jacks, look up!
5Look up.
word
/ˈwɝd/
noun
(grammar) a unit of language that has a specific meaning
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1Actions speak louder than words.
2Who comes up with these words?
3When he speaks about matters of chivalry he uses archaic words drawn from the romances of chivalry.
4Words matter.
5Words matter.
to run out of sth
/ɹˈʌn ˌaʊɾəv ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
phrase
to finish all of something and not have anymore

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petrol
/ˈpɛtɹoʊɫ/
noun
a liquid fuel that is used in internal combustion engines such as car engines, etc.
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1Petrol, phones, TV, newspapers, supermarkets, his company, Reliance Industries, is everywhere.
2We invented unleaded petrol.
3Petrol, you know, gas.
4Come on, petrol!
5The petrol lever go down here.
to fall out
/fˈɔːl ˈaʊt/
verb
to be no longer friendly with someone as a result of an argument
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1My contact fell out.
2The window fell out.
3My battery pack fell out.
4- Bailey's tooth just fell out.
5Her tooth just fell out.
someone
/ˈsəmˌwən/
pronoun
a person who is not mentioned by name
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1Companies will not hire someone with insufficient training or without a degree.
2But I was looking for someone else.
3Someone who is going to let you down?
4Someones have a party an umbrella.
5Someone you used to babysit pops up on Tinder.
to get on
/ɡɛt ˈɑːn/
verb
to have a good, friendly, or smooth relationship with a person, group, or animal
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1Get on!
2All right Turtle, get on up here.
3The two young ladies got on well.
4The shock and awe get on.
5The green got on.
well
/ˈwɛɫ/
adverb
in a way that is right, good, or satisfactory
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1If every infected person quickly took malaria medicine, most would be well in a few days.
2The brain not only gives signals to the missing arm, it receives them as well.
3After spending more time with Howard, I developed a better understanding of his belief that everyone deserves a zealous defense.
4Well, in a crass political sense, Judy, it's bad for the president.
5A fetid hyena den is even better.

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