Insight - Intermediate - Unit 5 - 5C

Here you will find the vocabulary from Unit 5 - 5C in the Insight Intermediate coursebook, such as "own up", "get around to, "fall out", etc.

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to confess and take responsibility for one's mistakes

Ex: He owned up in front of the whole class about cheating on the test .

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to no longer be friends with someone as a result of an argument

Ex: Despite their longstanding friendship , a series of disagreements caused them to fall out and go their separate ways .

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to create something, usually an idea, a solution, or a plan, through one's own efforts or thinking

Ex: We came up with a creative solution to the problem .

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to fulfill expectations or standards set by oneself or others

Ex: The product claimed to be revolutionary, and it surprisingly lived up to the promises made in the advertisement.

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to tolerate something or someone unpleasant, often without complaining

Ex: Teachers put up with the complexities of virtual classrooms to ensure students ' education .

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to finally find the time, motivation, or opportunity to do something that has been postponed or delayed

Ex: They finally got around to responding to those emails.

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to escape punishment for one's wrong actions

Ex: He tried to cheat on the test , but he did n’t get away with it because the teacher caught him .

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to attribute something to a particular cause

Ex: I put my headache down to stress.

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to tell a person that one is sorry for having done something wrong

Ex: After the disagreement , she took the initiative to apologize and mend the relationship .

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