Some common verbs have have a bath have a drink have a good time have a haircut have a holiday

have a problem have a relationship have a rest have lunch have sympathy take take a break take a chance take a look take a rest take a seat take a taxi take an exam take notes take someone's place take someone's temperature pay pay a fine pay attention pay by credit card pay cash pay interest pay someone a compliment pay someone a visit pay the bill pay the price pay your respects

do do business do nothing do someone a favour do the cooking do the housework do the shopping do the washing up do your best do your hair do your homework break break a habit break a leg break a promise break a record break a window break someone's heart break the ice break the law break the news to someone break the rules save save electricity save energy save money save one's strength save someone a seat save someone's life save something to a disk save space save time save yourself the

make make a difference make a mess make a mistake make a noise make an effort make furniture make money make progress make room make trouble catch catch a ball catch a bus catch a chill catch a cold catch a thief catch fire catch sight of catch someone's attention catch someone's eye catch the flu keep keep a diary keep a promise keep a secret keep an appointment keep calm keep control keep in touch keep quiet keep someone's place

trouble come come close come complete with come direct come early come first come into view come last come late come on time come prepared come right back come second come to a compromise come to a decision come to an agreement come to an end come to a standstill come to terms with come to a total of come under attack Miscellaneous Time bang on time dead on time early 12th century free time from dawn till dusk great deal of time late 20th century make time for next few days past few weeks right on time go go abroad go astray go bad go bald go bankrupt go blind go crazy go dark go deaf go fishing go mad go missing go on foot go online go out of business go overseas go quiet go sailing go to war go yellow

keep the change get get a job get a shock get angry get divorced get drunk get frightened get home get lost get married get nowhere get permission get pregnant get ready get started get the impression get the message get the sack get upset get wet get worried

Business English annual turnover bear in mind break off negotiations cease trading chair a meeting close a deal close a meeting come to the point dismiss an offer draw a conclusion draw your attention to

Classifiers a ball of string a bar of chocolate a bottle of water a bunch of carrots a cube of sugar a pack of cards a pad of paper

run out of time save time spare time spend some time take your time tell someone the time time goes by time passes waste time Verb ask someone out ask around add up to something back something up back someone up blow up blow something up

break down break down

launch a new product lay off staff go bankrupt go into partnership make a loss make a profit market forces sales figures take on staff Meaning Example Brian asked Judy invite on a date out to dinner and a movie. I asked around but ask many people the nobody has seen my same question wallet. Your purchases add equal up to $205.32. You'll have to back reverse up your car so that I can get out. My wife backed me support up over my decision to quit my job. The racing car blew explode up after it crashed into the fence. We have to blow 50 add air balloons up for the party. Our car broke down stop functioning at the side of the (vehicle, machine) highway in the snowstorm. get upset The woman broke down when the police told her that

her son had died. Our teacher broke divide into smaller the final project break something down parts down into three separate parts. Somebody broke in force entry to a break in last night and stole building our stereo. The firemen had to break into the room break into something enter forcibly to rescue the children. I need to break wear something a few these shoes in break something in times so that it doesn't before we run next look/feel new week. The TV station broke in to report break in interrupt the news of the president's death. My boyfriend and I break up end a relationship broke up before I moved to America. The kids just broke start laughing up as soon as the break up (informal) clown started talking. The prisoners broke out of jail when the break out escape guards weren't looking. I broke out in a rash develop a skin break out in something after our camping condition trip. This sad music is bring someone down make unhappy bringing me down. bring someone up raise a child My grandparents

bring something up

bring something up

call around

call someone back

call something off

call on someone call on someone

call someone up calm down

brought me up after my parents died. My mother walks start talking about a out of the room subject when my father brings up sports. He drank so much that he brought his vomit dinner up in the toilet. We called around phone many different but we weren't able places/people to find the car part we needed. I called the company back but return a phone call the offices were closed for the weekend. Jason called the wedding off cancel because he wasn't in love with his fianc. The professor ask for an answer or called on me for opinion question 1. We called on you visit someone last night but you weren't home. Give me your phone number and I phone will call you up when we are in town. relax after being angry You are still mad. You need to calm down before you

drive the car. not care for I don't care for his not like (formal) someone/something behaviour. You'll have to run get to the same point faster than that if catch up as someone else you want to catch up with Marty. We will get the arrive and register at a check in hotel keys when we hotel or airport check in. You have to check check out leave a hotel out of the hotel before 11:00 AM. The company check look at carefully, checks out all new someone/something out investigate employees. check out Check out the crazy look at (informal) someone/something hair on that guy! She cheered up cheer up become happier when she heard the good news. I brought you some cheer someone up make happier flowers to cheer you up. If everyone chips in we can get the chip in help kitchen painted by noon. Please clean up your bedroom clean something up tidy, clean before you go outside. I came across these old photos when I come across something find unexpectedly was tidying the closet.

The top and bottom come apart separate come apart if you pull hard enough. My nephew came come down with become sick down with chicken something pox this weekend. The woman came volunteer for a task or forward with her come forward to give evidence husband's finger prints. The art of origami come from somewhere originate in comes from Asia. I am counting on count on rely on you to make dinner someone/something while I am out. Please cross out your old address cross something out draw a line through and write your new one. My doctor wants me to cut back on cut back on something consume less sweets and fatty foods. We had to cut the make something fall to old tree in our yard cut something down the ground down after the storm. Your father cut in cut in interrupt while I was dancing with your uncle. pull in too closely in The bus driver got cut in front of another angry when that car vehicle cut in. The air conditioner start operating (of an cuts in when the cut in engine or electrical temperature gets to device) 22C.

cut something off

remove with something sharp

cut something off

stop providing

cut someone off

take out of a will remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper)

The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured. The phone company cut off our phone because we didn't pay the bill. My grandparents cut my father off when he remarried. I cut this ad out of the newspaper. He's lucky to be alive. His shop was done over by a street gang. My teacher wants me to do my essay over because she doesn't like my topic. It's time to do away with all of these old tax records. Do your coat up before you go outside. It's snowing! It's a fancy restaurant so we have to dress up. Andrea dropped back to third place when she fell off

cut something out

do someone/something beat up, ransack over (Br.E., informal)

do something over

do again (N.Amer.)

do away with something do something up

discard

fasten, close

dress up drop back

wear nice clothing move back in a position/group

drop in/by/over

come without an appointment

her bike. I might drop in/by/over for tea sometime this week.

take I have to drop my drop someone/something sister off at work someone/something off somewhere and leave before I come over. them/it there I dropped out of drop out quit a class, school etc Science because it was too difficult. I don't feel like eat out eat at a restaurant cooking tonight. Let's eat out. We ended up eventually renting a movie end up reach/do/decide instead of going to the theatre. My new dress fell fall apart break into pieces apart in the washing machine. The picture that you hung up last night fall down fall to the ground fell down this morning. The money must separate from an fall out have fallen out of interior my pocket. His hair started to (of hair, teeth) become fall out fall out when he loose and unattached was only 35. I need to figure out understand, find the how to fit the piano figure something out answer and the bookshelf in this room. fill something in to write information in Please fill in the

fill something out fill something up

find out

find something out

get something across/over

get along/on

get around

get away get away with something get back

form with your blanks (Br.E.) name, address, and phone number. The form must be to write information in filled out in capital blanks (N.Amer.) letters. I always fill the fill to the top water jug up when it is empty. We don't know where he lives. discover How can we find out? We tried to keep the time of the party a discover secret, but Samantha found it out. I tried to get my communicate, make point across/over to understandable the judge but she wouldn't listen. I was surprised how well my new like each other girlfriend and my sister got along/on. My grandfather can have mobility get around fine in his new wheelchair. We worked so hard this year that we go on a vacation had to get away for a week. Jason always gets do without being away with cheating noticed or punished in his maths tests. return We got back from

get something back

receive something you had before

get back at someone get back into something get on something

retaliate, take revenge become interested in something again step onto a vehicle recover from an illness, loss, difficulty overcome a problem

get over something

get over something

finally find time to do get round to something (N.Amer.: get around to something) get together get up get up meet (usually for social reasons) get out of bed stand

our vacation last week. Liz finally got her Science notes back from my roommate. My sister got back at me for stealing her shoes. She stole my favourite hat. I finally got back into my novel and finished it. We're going to freeze out here if you don't let us get on the bus. I just got over the flu and now my sister has it. The company will have to close if it can't get over the new regulations. I don't know when I am going to get round to writing the thank you cards. Let's get together for a BBQ this weekend. I got up early today to study for my exam. You should get up and give the elderly man your seat.

give someone away give someone away give something away give something away

reveal hidden information about someone take the bride to the altar

His wife gave him away to the police.

give something back

give in

give something out

give something up

give up

go after someone go after something

My father gave me away at my wedding. My little sister gave ruin a secret the surprise party away by accident. The library was give something to giving away old someone for free books on Friday. I have to give these skates back to Franz return a borrowed item before his hockey game. My boyfriend didn't reluctantly stop want to go to the fighting or arguing ballet, but he finally gave in. They were giving give to many people out free perfume (usually at no cost) samples at the department store. I am giving up quit a habit smoking as of January 1st. My maths homework was too stop trying difficult so I gave up. My brother tried to follow someone go after the thief in his car. try to achieve I went after my something dream and now I am a published

writer. We are going against the best go against someone compete, oppose soccer team in the city tonight. Please go ahead and go ahead start, proceed eat before the food gets cold. I have to go back go back return to a place home and get my lunch. leave home to go on a We're going out for go out social event dinner tonight. Jesse has been going out with Luke go out with someone date since they met last winter. Please go over your go over something review answers before you submit your test. I haven't seen Tina for a long time. I go over visit someone nearby think I'll go over for an hour or two. When I was young, suffer lack or go without something we went without deprivation winter boots. My best friend and stop being friends over I grew apart after grow apart time she changed schools. My roses grew back grow back regrow this summer. When Jack grows grow up become an adult up he wants to be a fireman.

Elizabeth needs a new pair of shoes grow out of something get too big for because she has grown out of her old ones. This bike is too big for him now, but he grow into something grow big enough to fit should grow into it by next year. I handed my old give something used to hand something down comic books down someone else to my little cousin. I have to hand in hand something in submit my essay by Friday. We will hand out to distribute to a group hand something out the invitations at the of people door. The police asked give (usually the man to hand hand something over unwillingly) over his wallet and his weapons. Hang in there. I'm stay positive (N.Amer., hang in sure you'll find a informal) job very soon. Hang on while I wait a short time hang on grab my coat and (informal) shoes! Instead of going to spend time relaxing the party we are just hang out (informal) going to hang out at my place. He didn't say hang up end a phone call goodbye before he hung up. hold prevent from I had to hold my someone/something doing/going dog back because back there was a cat in

the park. Jamie held back his tears at his hold something back hide an emotion grandfather's funeral. Please hold on while I transfer you hold on wait a short time to the Sales Department. Hold onto your hat hold onto hold firmly using your because it's very someone/something hands or arms windy outside. A man in a black hold rob mask held the bank someone/somethingup up this morning. Keep on stirring keep on doing continue doing until the liquid something comes to a boil. We kept our keep something from relationship from not tell someone our parents for two years. Try to keep the wet keep stop from entering dog out of the someone/something out living room. If you keep those continue at the same results up you will keep something up rate get into a great college. I need you to be on fail to support or help, let someone down time. Don't let me disappoint down this time. Can you let the cat let someone in allow to enter in before you go to school? look after take care of I have to look after someone/something my sick

grandmother. Ever since we stole think less of, consider that chocolate bar look down on someone inferior your dad has looked down on me. I'm looking for a look for try to find red dress for the someone/something wedding. I'm looking forward look forward to be excited about the to the Christmas something future break. We are going to look into the price look into something investigate of snowboards today. be careful, vigilant, Look out! That car's look out and take notice going to hit you! Don't forget to look look out for be especially vigilant out for snakes on someone/something for the hiking trail. Can you look over look something over check, examine my essay for spelling mistakes? search and find We can look her information in a look something up phone number up reference book or on the Internet. database My little sister has have a lot of respect look up to someone always looked up to for me. Josie made up a invent, lie about make something up story about why we something were late. We were angry last make up forgive each other night, but we made up at breakfast.

My sisters made me make someone up apply cosmetics to up for my graduation party. confuse two or more I mixed up the mix something up things twins' names again! His uncle passed pass away die away last night after a long illness. It was so hot in the church that an pass out faint elderly lady passed out. The professor give the same thing to passed the pass something out many people textbooks out before class. I passed up the job decline (usually pass something up because I am afraid something good) of change. Thanks for buying pay someone back return owed money my ticket. I'll pay you back on Friday. That bully will pay be punished for doing pay for something for being mean to something bad my little brother. I picked out three pick something out choose sweaters for you to try on. I'll point my point indicate with your boyfriend out when someone/something out finger he runs by. put what you are You can put the put something down holding on a surface or groceries down on floor the kitchen counter. put someone down insult, make someone The students put the feel stupid substitute teacher down because his

pants were too short. We are putting off our trip until put something off postpone January because of the hurricane. The neighbours put put something out extinguish the fire out before the firemen arrived. I have to put the put something together assemble crib together before the baby arrives. I don't think I can put up with put up with three tolerate someone/something small children in the car. Don't forget to put put on your new put something on clothing/accessories on earrings for the your body party. I ran into an old run into meet unexpectedly school-friend at the someone/something mall. I accidentally ran run over drive a vehicle over a over your bicycle in someone/something person or thing the driveway. Let's run run over/through over/through these rehearse, review something lines one more time before the show. The child ran away leave unexpectedly, from home and has run away escape been missing for three days. run out have none left We ran out of shampoo so I had to wash my hair with

send something back

set something up

set someone up

shop around

show off

sleep over

sort something out

stick to something

switch something off switch something on

soap. My letter got sent return (usually by back to me because mail) I used the wrong stamp. Our boss set a meeting up with the arrange, organize president of the company. The police set up the car thief by trick, trap using a hidden camera. I want to shop around a little compare prices before I decide on these boots. act extra special for He always shows people watching off on his (usually boastfully) skateboard You should sleep stay somewhere for the over tonight if the night (informal) weather is too bad to drive home. We need to sort the organize, resolve a bills out before the problem first of the month. continue doing You will lose something, limit weight if you stick yourself to one to the diet. particular thing The light's too stop the energy flow, bright. Could you turn off switch it off. start the energy flow, We heard the news turn on as soon as we switched on the car

radio. I take after my resemble a family take after someone mother. We are member both impatient. He took the car purposely break into take something apart brakes apart and pieces found the problem. I have to take our new TV back take something back return an item because it doesn't work. My plane takes off take off start to fly in five minutes. Take off your socks remove something take something off and shoes and come (usually clothing) in the lake! Can you take the remove from a place or take something out garbage out to the thing street for me? My grandparents pay for someone to go take someone out took us out for somewhere with you dinner and a movie. I tore up my exboyfriend's letters tear something up rip into pieces and gave them back to him. When I think back remember (often + to, on my youth, I wish think back sometimes + on) I had studied harder. I'll have to think this job offer over think something over consider before I make my final decision. throw something away dispose of We threw our old furniture away when we won the

lottery. decrease the volume or Please turn the TV turn something down strength (heat, light down while the etc) guests are here. I turned the job turn something down refuse down because I don't want to move. Your mother wants stop the energy flow, you to turn the TV turn something off switch off off and come for dinner. It's too dark in here. start the energy, switch turn something on Let's turn some on lights on. increase the volume or Can you turn the turn something up strength (heat, light music up? This is etc) my favourite song. Our cat turned up after we put posters turn up appear suddenly up all over the neighbourhood. I'm going to try these jeans on, but I try something on sample clothing don't think they will fit. I am going to try try something out test this new brand of detergent out. The kids used all of the toothpaste up so use something up finish the supply we need to buy some more. We have to wake wake up stop sleeping up early for work on Monday. warm increase the You can warm your someone/something up temperature feet up in front of

warm up

prepare body for exercise fade away exercise be successful make a calculation

wear off work out work out work something out

the fireplace. I always warm up by doing sit-ups before I go for a run. Most of my makeup wore off before I got to the party. I work out at the gym three times a week. Our plan worked out fine. We have to work out the total cost before we buy the house.