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to take responsibility
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to admit
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to avoid
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to make a mistake
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to make up
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excuse
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to shift the responsibility
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to keep a promise
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to tell
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lie
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truth
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to make up
to take responsibility
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/tˈeɪk ɹɪspˌɑːnsəbˈɪlɪɾi/
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to admit or accept blame or fault for something

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He took responsibility for the mistake at work.
She took responsibility after the project failed.
to admit
to admit
Verb
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to agree with the truth of something, particularly in an unwilling manner

deny

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to avoid
to avoid
Verb
a
ə
v
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oi
ɔɪ
d
d

to intentionally stay away from or refuse contact with someone

confront

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transitive
to make a mistake
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/mˌeɪk ɐ mɪstˈeɪk/
Collocation

to perform an action that is incorrect or unintended, often resulting in an error or oversight

to make up
to make up
Verb
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/mˌeɪk ˈʌp/

to create a false or fictional story or information

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phrase's verb
make
phrase's particle
up
excuse
noun
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ɪ
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a reason given to explain one's careless, offensive, or wrong behavior or action

to shift the responsibility
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/ʃˈɪft ðə ɹɪspˌɑːnsəbˈɪlɪɾi ɔːɹ blˈeɪm/

to transfer or redirect responsibility or blame from one person or group to another

to keep a promise
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/kˈiːp ɐ pɹˈɑːmɪs/
Collocation

to fulfill or uphold a commitment or agreement that one has made to someone

to tell
to tell
Verb
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t
e
ɛ
ll
l

to use words and give someone information

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lie
lie
noun
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l
ie
aɪ

a statement that is false and used intentionally to deceive someone

truth
noun
t
t
r
r
u
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th
θ

the true principles or facts about something, in contrast to what is imagined or thought

falsity
to make up
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/mˌeɪk ˈʌp/

to replace something lost or compensate for something done

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Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
make
phrase's particle
up

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