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If you ... you think about it for a long time before deciding what to do. începe să înveți
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I need a few days to mull things over before I decide.
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to kill people, usually in large numbers, by shooting them or driving a vehicle into them: începe să înveți
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Three shoppers were mown down this afternoon when a drunken driver lost control of his car.
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to get away from someone or something that will not stop following you: începe să înveți
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A policeman was chasing me but I managed to shake him off.
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to remove someone or something, such as a name, from a list by drawing a line through it: începe să înveți
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cross something off (out) Did you cross her name off the guest list?
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to disappoint someone by not meeting them or not doing something that you had arranged to do together: începe să înveți
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She was supposed to go to that party with me, but she blew me out.
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When something unpleasant..., it begins and seems likely to continue in a serious way: începe să înveți
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This rain looks as if it has set in for the rest of the day.
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If a number of different people or things are ......, they are considered as a group rather than separately. începe să înveți
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Police officers, bankers and butchers are all lumped together in the service sector.
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If you ........ a drink, you put some of it in a cup or glass. începe să înveți
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Carefully and slowly he poured the tea out
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When you ........ an amount of liquid, you finish it completely. începe să înveți
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Drink up your sherry and we'll go
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If you ........ a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try and make it seem unimportant by ignoring it or by dealing with it very quickly. începe să înveți
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If you ... a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning. începe să înveți
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(of a tyre) to puncture suddenly, esp at high speed începe să înveți
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If you ... an object or a situation, it remains after you have left a place. începe să înveți
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I'm afraid I've left my wallet behind.
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If you ... someone or something ..., you go away permanently from them. începe să înveți
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I hated it at first because it meant leaving behind all my friends.
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If you ... strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry. începe să înveți
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Be assertive rather than bottle up your anger.
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to remove clothing quickly and easily: începe să înveți
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She slipped off her gloves.
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If you ... something that you see or hear, you pay a lot of attention to it and enjoy it. începe să înveți
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She stood drinking in the glittering view.
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If a person or animal ... you, they move towards you in a threatening way and try to attack you. începe să înveți
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He came at her with a knife.
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If people ......, they try to stop that person revealing information which they want to keep secret. începe să înveți
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The star shot him with an air rifle, then offered him money to hush it up.
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to finish a supply of something: începe să înveți
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Don't use up all the milk - we need some for breakfast.
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to make a price or amount rise to a higher level începe să înveți
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The government’s policies are driving up interest rates.
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If you ... a lie or trick, you believe it or are deceived by it. începe să înveți
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It was just a line to get you out here, and you fell for it!
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If you ... someone, you are strongly attracted to them and start loving them. începe să înveți
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He was fantastically handsome–I just fell for him right away.
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If you ..., you continue with a task or activity in a determined way, and do not allow any problems or difficulties to delay you. începe să înveți
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Poland pressed on with economic reform.
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to do something because you have been advised or told to do it or because of findings/information începe să înveți
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There have been concerns as to why the Board didn't act on a recommended pay raise.
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If someone, especially a child, ......, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them. începe să înveți
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She was punished by teachers for answering back.
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to be liable or responsible for (a person's actions, behaviour, etc) începe să înveți
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If you say that you can ... someone or for a quality that they have, you mean that you know from experience that they can be trusted, or that they have that quality: începe să înveți
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I can certainly answer for her professionalism, and whole-heartedly recommend her to any employer.
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to take orders from, obey, and explain your actions to someone: începe să înveți
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The great thing about working for yourself is that you don't have to answer to anyone.
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If someone ... you, they ask someone how you are. începe să înveți
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I had a letter from Jane. She asks after you.
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to behave in a provocative manner that is regarded as inviting (trouble) începe să înveți
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to invite someone to come with you to a place such as the cinema or a restaurant, especially as a way of starting a romantic relationship: începe să înveți
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She's asked Steve out to the cinema this evening.
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If the sky ..., the air becomes less clear, especially because of heat: începe să înveți
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The sky began to haze over in the afternoon.
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Invite them to come from their house to your house începe să înveți
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To take something out (of something or some place) and present it with great alacrity or flourish. începe să înveți
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Bob whipped out his notebook.
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If you ... a piece of writing or a speech with unnecessary words or pieces of information, you include them in it to make it longer and hide the fact that you have not got very much to say. începe să înveți
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The reviewer ... his review with a lengthy biography of the author.
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If something is..., it has been destroyed or damaged in some way. începe să înveți
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... rebels who are now chewing up Government-held territory
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to show how much you admire and like someone, in a way that shows little control începe să înveți
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Ted was slobbering over the pretty new assistant in marketing.
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to touch someone sexually, especially someone you do not know, for your own excitement: începe să înveți
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feel somebody up 🇺🇸 /touch somebody up 🇬🇧 That's the second time she's been felt up on the Metro.
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to switch allegiance, as from one political party to another începe să înveți
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If something...+...., it is very noticeable. începe să înveți
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Every tree, wall and fence stood out against dazzling white fields.
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If you...+...., you find, discover, or notice it. începe să înveți
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If you ...+..... a prize or a trophy, you win it frazal începe să înveți
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He succeeded in carrying off the most important prize.
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to bring or take something with one; to have something with one and have it handy at all times. frazal începe să înveți
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She is carrying her umbrella along because it's going to rain.
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When a vehicle or driver... +..., the vehicle slows down and stops. Frazal începe să înveți
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The cab pulled up and the driver jumped out.
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If you...+..... a chair, you move it closer to something or someone and sit on it. începe să înveți
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He pulled up a chair behind her and put his chin on her shoulder.
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If someone...+.... or if you...+..... yourself...+..., you improve your situation or your skill at something. frazal începe să înveți
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We had a very good mathematics mistress who pulled me up.
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To cause someone to falter, hesitate, or make an error începe să înveți
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Oh, you totally tripped me up with that question
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To prank, trick, or deceive one. Often used sarcastically to indicate indignation or incredulity. Usually used in the continuous tense. Primarily heard in 🇬🇧 începe să înveți
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He had me on for years./ £200 for a tee shirt? Are you having me on?
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If something such as war, fighting, fire (natural disaster) or disease...... +......., it begins suddenly. începe să înveți
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I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out.
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[for a car or other vehicle] to roll backwards over someone or something începe să înveți
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back over somebody/ something Sandy backed over her brother's bicycle. She almost backed over her brother.
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To ... +... a building or statue means to deliberately destroy it. începe să înveți
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pull something down/ knock down They pulled the building down./ They knocked the house down and built a new one.
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... +... means to earn a particular amount of money începe să înveți
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How much do you pull down in this business?
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to make a figure or an amount of the cost/price/value of sth etc. lower: începe să înveți
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The store decided to pull down the prices
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to become gradually smaller or weaker, or happen less often: începe să înveți
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The storm is beginning to taper off now
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to give something, especially money to someone, especially when you do not want to: începe să înveți
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We had to fork over ten bucks to park near the stadium.
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to encourage someone to do something stupid or dangerous începe să înveți
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put somebody up to something She put him up to something dangerous
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to include something when you are doing a calculation, or when you are trying to understand something: începe să înveți
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We have to factor in everything if we want to make a correct estimation.
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to swallow a liquid (e. g. beer, drink) completely without stopping to breathe: începe să înveți
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Chugging down the last of her margarita, she tried to remember if she'd had two or three.
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If you ... +... a particular thing, you choose it after considering other possible choices. începe să înveți
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I can't settle on anything.
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If something ... +... it is successful or effective. începe să înveți
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My sister's birthday party came off pretty well
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If you ... +... a drug or medicine, you stop taking it. începe să înveți
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She came off drugs a long time ago.
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If a discussion, relationship, or system..., it fails because of a problem or disagreement. începe să înveți
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1. Talks with business leaders broke down last night. 2. Paola's marriage broke down.
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If a machine or a vehicle..., it stops working începe să înveți
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If you... +... to something, you understand it or realize it, especially without people telling you about it. începe să înveți
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She had already cottoned on to the fact that the nanny was not all she appeared
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When a vehicle or driver... +..., the vehicle moves out into the road or nearer the centre of the road. începe să înveți
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1. She pulled out into the street. 2. He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him.
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If troops... +... of a place or if their leader... them..., they leave it. începe să înveți
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Economic sanctions will be lifted once two-thirds of their forces have pulled out.
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If a country... +... of recession or if someone... it..., it begins to recover from it. începe să înveți
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What we want to see today are policies to pull us out of this recession
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If you... +... of an agreement, a contest, or an organization, you withdraw from it. începe să înveți
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The World Bank should pull out of the project
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începe să înveți
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the train pulled out of the station
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To cause someone to become calmer. începe să înveți
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If you insist on talking to your mother that way, I think a punishment is the only thing that will cool you out.
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If people... +... a wall, building, tent, or other structure, they construct it so that it is upright. începe să înveți
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He was putting up a new fence at his home.
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If you... +... a poster or notice, you fix it to a wall or board începe să înveți
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They're putting new street signs up.
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To... +... resistance to something means to resist it. începe să înveți
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He'd put up a real fight to keep you there
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If you... +... money for something, you provide the money that is needed to pay for it. începe să înveți
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The state agreed to put up $69,000 to start his company.
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To... +... the price of something means to cause it to increase. începe să înveți
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Their friends suggested they should put up their prices.
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If a person or hotel... you... or if you... +... somewhere, you stay there for one or more nights. începe să înveți
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He decided that he would drive back to town instead of putting up for the night at the hotel
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If a political party... +... a candidate in an election or if the candidate... +..., the candidate takes part in the election. începe să înveți
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He put up as a candidate.
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If you... +... for something, you spend a lot of money on it. începe să înveți
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You won't have to shell out a fortune for it.
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If something is ...+...., it is not working properly. începe să înveți
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She was messing with the coffee pot, which was acting up again.
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If a child is ...+..., they are behaving badly. începe să înveți
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I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
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If facts or events do not ...+.... they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done ..., it is reasonable and sensible. începe să înveți
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Police said they arrested Olivia because her statements did not add up.
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If you...+....., you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do. începe să înveți
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Wells was supposed to put up half the money, but later ...+....
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If someone or something ...+..... a statement, they supply evidence to suggest that it is true. începe să înveți
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Her views are backed up by a Home Office report on crime.
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If an idea or intention is ...+..... by action, action is taken to support or confirm it. începe să înveți
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The Secretary General says the declaration must now be backed up by concrete and effective actions
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If you ... someone ..., you show your support for them. începe să înveți
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His employers, Norfolk Social Services, backed him up
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If you ... someone ..., you help them by confirming that what they are saying is true. începe să înveți
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The girl denied being there, and the man backed her up.
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If you ...+...., the car or other vehicle that you are driving moves back a short distance. începe să înveți
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If vehicles ...+...., they form a line of traffic which has to wait before it can move on. începe să înveți
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Traffic into London on the M11 was backed up for several miles
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If you ...+..., you move backwards a short distance. începe să înveți
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She backed up a few steps.
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If someone ... you ..., they shout at you angrily because you have done something wrong. începe să înveți
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Do you think I'm just going to bawl you out and that'll be an end of it?
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If someone or something ...+.... on you, they move quickly towards you in a threatening way începe să înveți
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A group of half a dozen men entered the pub and bore down on the bar.
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take strong measures against începe să înveți
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The U.S.A. is bearing down on drug traffickers.
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to affect, relate to, or have connection with; be relevant to începe să înveți
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This information may bear on the case
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If you ask someone to ...+.... you, you are asking them to be patient. începe să înveți
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Please bear with me while I fill out the paperwork.
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to arrive or enter suddenly informal începe să înveți
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My cousin blew in unexpectedly with his entire family.
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If something such as trouble or an argument ...+...., it ends without any serious consequences. începe să înveți
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Wait, and it'll all blow over.
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If an alarm bell..., it makes a sudden loud noise. începe să înveți
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