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PHRASAL |
MEANING |
EXAMPLES / TRANSLATION |
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read off
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read quicky
or fluently |
He read off
the names of the places he had visited. |
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read into |
find other
meanings |
You are
reading too
much
into her
remarks. |
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read on |
continue
reading |
"Read on, please", said Mr.
Puentes. |
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read out
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read aloud,
in a loud voice |
Everybody listened as Walter
read his report out. |
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read over |
examine
thoroughly |
He read my short story over and
gave me his opinion. |
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read up on
|
read about,
study |
Whenever we travel, my wife and
I like to read up on the
places we are going to visit. |
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reason out
|
reach a result by reasoning (separable) |
I cannot
reason out an answer to this problem. |
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reason with |
try to
persuade |
It is really hard to
reason with an angry person. |
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reckon in
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include |
When I was
counting up the money I had spent, I forgot to reckon in the three books I
had bought the day before. |
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reckon on
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calculate
on |
I hadn't
reckoned on being the center of attention in your
party. |
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reckon up
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count up,
find the total |
He quickly
reckoned up the bill and wrote a cheque. |
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reel off
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say quickly
and without effort, |
The student
reeled off the names of twenty famous scientists. |
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render up
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give up |
The
noblemen had to render up their lands to the conqueror. |
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ring off
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put down
the telephone |
Helen
suddenly rang off in the middle of the conversation. |
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ring up
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telephone |
Ring me up
at six o'clock. |
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rip off
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1) tear off
quickly |
1) She
ripped the coat cover off but saw nothing underneath. |
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2)
cheat, take advantage of, |
2)
"Don't buy anything
at Kacharol.
They'll rip you
off". |
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rise above
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be superior
to |
Rising
above his circumstances, he studied at OM
Personal for free and he managed to succeed. |
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rope in
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persuade to
help, induce |
We roped in
everyone we could to help with this good cause. |
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round off
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1) complete
with |
1) He rounded off his speech by
thanking everyone who assisted him in his project. |
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2) express as a round |
2) The grocer rounded $102, 70
off to $103,00. |
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rub off |
remove a
mark by rubbing |
She rubbed the soot off easily
with this new product. |
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rub off on
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acquire
from someone |
Some of his enthusiasm has
rubbed off on me. |
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rub out
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erase |
Be sure to
rub out all the pencil marks. |
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rub up |
1) polish
up |
1) He asked the goldsmith to
rub up the ring. |
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2) revise |
2) Miguel started visiting OM Personal two years ago
as he wanted to rub up his English. |
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rule out
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exclude,
remove from consideration |
The reporter said that none of
the possibilities mentioned can be ruled out
yet. |
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run across
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find
accidentally, |
Thelma ran
across some interesting information. |
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run after
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pursue |
Some men ran after the cyclist
who had stolen them. |
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run away
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escape |
The thieves
managed to run away with all the jewels. |
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run down |
1) overtake and capture |
1) The police ran down the
thief in the woods. |
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2) disparage, express |
2) John is contantly running
down his boss. |
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3) stop functioning |
3) The battery in my watch has run down. |
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run in
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drive
slowly, not to damage |
I'm still running my car in. |
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run into |
1) meet
accidentally, |
1) I ran
into my cousin downtown today. |
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2) colllide with |
2) A big bus ran into our car yesterday. |
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run out |
expire |
The policeman told me that that
my licence had run out. |
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run out of
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finish,
become exhausted, |
"We have run out of coffee. Why
don't you buy some, honey?" |
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run over
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1) injured
by a vehicle |
1) He was driving at high speed
and ran over a dog. |
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2) overflow |
2) The water ran over and flooded the
bathroom because Monica left the faucet on. |
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run up against
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meet |
When you travel you
run up against different kinds of people. |
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