| BE OVER | Be finished. |
| BREAK UP / BREAK UP WITH sb | End a relationship. |
| CALL BACK / CALL sb BACK | Telephone sb again. |
| CARRY ON / CARRY ON sth/doing sth | Continue doing sth. |
| COME BACK | Return to a particular place or person. |
| COME ON | 1. Used to tell sb to hurry. 2. Used to encourage sb to do sth. |
| FILL sth IN | Complete. |
| FIND sth OUT | Discover sth. |
| GET IN / GET IN sth / GET INTO sth | Enter a taxi, car, building, etc. |
| GET OFF / GET OFF sth | Leave a means of transport that is not a car or taxi. |
| GET ON / GET ON sth | Get on a means of transport that is not a car or taxi. |
| GET ON / GET ON (well) WITH sb | Have a good relationship (with sb). |
| GET OUT / GET OUT OF sth | Leave a taxi/car, building, etc. |
| GET UP | Leave one’s bed, stand. |
| GIVE sth BACK | Give sb sth that they owned or had before. |
| GIVE sth UP / GIVE UP doing sth | Stop (using, doing or having sth). |
| GO AWAY | Travel to a place and spend some time there, for example, for a holiday. |
| GO OUT | Leave your house, especially in order to enjoy yourself. |
| GROW UP | Change from being a baby or young child to being an older child or adult. |
| HURRY UP | Used to tell sb to do sth more quickly. |
| LOOK AFTER sb/sth | Take care of sb/sth. |
| LOOK FOR sb/sth | Try to find sth/sb. |
| LOOK FORWARD TO sth/doing sth | Be excited and pleased about sth that is going to happen. |
| LOOK sth/sb UP | Try to find sth, seek information about sth/sb (usually in a book). |
| PASS AWAY | Die - use this when you want to avoid saying the word 'die'. |
| PAY sb/sth BACK | Give sb the same amount of money that you borrowed from them. |
| PICK sb/sth UP | Lift sb/sth. |
| PICK sb UP | Let sb get into your car, boat, etc. and take them somewhere. |
| PUT sth AWAY | Put sth in the place where it is usually kept. |
| PUT sth ON | Put a piece of clothing or jewellery on your body. |
| RUN AWAY / RUN OFF | Leave a place, especially secretly, in order to escape from sb or sth. |
| SIT DOWN | Be seated or get into a sitting position |
| SLOW DOWN / SLOW sb DOWN | Become less active or effective. |
| STAND UP | Be on your feet or rise to your feet. |
| SWITCH OFF / SWITCH sth OFF | Turn off a machine, light, radio etc. using a switch. |
| SWITCH ON / SWITCH sth ON | Turn on a machine, light, radio etc. using a switch. |
| TAKE sth BACK | Take sth you have bought back to a shop because it is broken or not suitable. |
| TAKE OFF | If an aircraft takes off, it leaves the ground and starts flying. |
| TAKE sth OFF | Remove a piece of clothing or jewellery. |
| TAKE sth OUT | Remove sth from a pocket, bag etc. |
| THROW sth AWAY | Get rid of sth, put sth in the rubbish. |
| TRY sth ON | Put a a piece of clothing on to see if it fits you or if it suits you. |
| TURN sth DOWN | Make sth less bright, intense or loud. |
| TURN sth OFF | Disconnect (gas, television, electricity…) |
| TURN sth ON | Connect (gas, television, electricity…) |
| TURN sth UP | Make sth more bright, intense or loud. |
| WAKE UP / WAKE sb UP | Stop sleeping; make sb stop sleeping |
| WASH UP | Wash plates, cups, spoons etc. after a meal. |
| WORK OUT | Do physical exercise as a way of keeping fit. |
| WRITE sth DOWN | Write sth on a paper. |
