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When you ...+.... an amount of liquid, you finish it completely. začněte se učit
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Drink up your sherry and we'll go.
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When a space rocket ...+...., it leaves the ground at the start of its journey. only about space rocket, not military začněte se učit
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To gather, store, or purchase a lot of something to create a large stock or supply. začněte se učit
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We need to load up on canned foods and bottled water before the storm hits.
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To fill some form of transportation with its intended cargo. začněte se učit
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Come in and eat your lunch once you're finished loading up the car with our bags.
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If one group or person ...+... against or with another, they prepare to fight them. začněte se učit
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The two teams square off for the first game of the series.
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To remove something (from some place) very suddenly or hurriedly. A noun or pronoun can be used between "..." and "..." začněte se učit
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I wish you hadn't whisked away my plate from the table like that—I was still eating!
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To escort or accompany someone away (from some place) very abruptly or hurriedly. začněte se učit
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Security forces whisked the president away after the first gunshots were heard.
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To bring someone on a romantic or exciting journey (to some place) away from home. začněte se učit
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I wish my husband would just whisk me away to somewhere exotic like Thailand or the Bahamas for a week.
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To cause someone to experience a lot of mental, emotional, or physical strain or tension. začněte se učit
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This term paper has been really stressing me out—I just don't know what to write for it!
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If you ... something such as a balloon or a tyre, you fill it with air. začněte se učit
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Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance.
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If a wind or a storm ..., the weather becomes very windy or stormy. začněte se učit
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A storm blew up over the mountains.
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If you ... at someone, you lose your temper and shout at them. začněte se učit
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I'm sorry I blew up at you.
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If someone ... something ... or if it ...+...., it is destroyed by an explosion začněte se učit
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He was jailed for 45 years for trying to blow up a plane
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If someone ... an incident ... or if it ...+....., it is made to seem more serious or important than it really is. začněte se učit
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The media may be blowing it up out of proportion.
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to enlarge the size or detail of (a photograph) začněte se učit
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(of a tyre) to puncture suddenly, esp at high speed začněte se učit
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slang začněte se učit
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the band had to blow out the gig
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to diminish or use up the energy of začněte se učit
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the storm blew itself out
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If you ...+.... on someone's conversation or activity, you interrupt them. začněte se učit
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Mrs Southern listened keenly, occasionally breaking in with pertinent questions
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If you ... someone ..., you get them used to a new job or situation. začněte se učit
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If you ...+.... something new, you gradually use or wear it for longer and longer periods until it is ready to be used or worn all the time. začněte se učit
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Nathan's new running shoes weren't broken in correctly.
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If part of something ...+.... or if you ... it ..., it comes off or is removed by force. začněte se učit
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The two wings of the aircraft broke off on impact
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If you ...+... when you are doing or saying something, you suddenly stop doing it or saying it. začněte se učit
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Llewelyn broke off in mid-sentence.
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If someone ...+.... a relationship, they end it. začněte se učit
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The two West African states had broken off relations two years ago.
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If a prisoner ...+.... of a prison, they escape from it. začněte se učit
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The two men broke out of their cells and cut through a perimeter fence
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If you ...+.... in a rash or a sweat, a rash or sweat appears on your skin. začněte se učit
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A person who is allergic to cashews may break out in a rash when he consumes these nuts.
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If you ...+.... with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife, your relationship with that person ends. začněte se učit
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My girlfriend had broken up with me.
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When something ...+.... or when you ... it ..., it separates or is divided into several smaller parts. začněte se učit
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Civil war could come if the country breaks up
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When a school or the pupils in it ...+....., the school term ends and the pupils start their holidays. 🇬🇧 začněte se učit
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It's the last week before they break up, and they're doing all kinds of Christmas things
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If you say that someone is ...+.... when you are speaking to them on a mobile phone, you mean that you can only hear parts of what they are saying because the signal is interrupted. začněte se učit
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The line's gone; I think you're breaking up.
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If something ... someone ..., it causes them to lose control and begin to laugh or cry. začněte se učit
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The news of his death broke her up
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If you ... someone ..., you cause them to change their opinion about something so that they agree with you. začněte se učit
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We will do everything we can to bring parliament round to our point of view.
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To learn something valuable, typically in a formal or structured setting. začněte se učit
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I brought away a few new breathing techniques from that yoga class.
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If you ...+..... something difficult, you do it successfully. začněte se učit
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1. They were about to bring off an even bigger coup 2. The goalkeeper brought off some excellent saves
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If something ...+...... an illness, pain, or feeling, especially one that you often suffer from, it causes you to have it. začněte se učit
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Bob died of a heart attack, brought on by his lifestyle.
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To cause something to become more noticeable. začněte se učit
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That top looks great on you—it really brings out your eyes.
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When someone ...+..... a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been ...+.... in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up. začněte se učit
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1. She brought up four children 2. We'd been brought up to think that borrowing money was bad.
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If someone ... you ... when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you. začněte se učit
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When I tried to talk to her about it she just brushed me off.
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If you ...+.... land, property, or a commodity, you buy large amounts of it, or all that is available. začněte se učit
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The tickets will be on sale from somewhere else because the agencies have bought them up
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If something ...+.... a particular action or quality, it needs it or makes it necessary. začněte se učit
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1. This recipe calls for milk, not water. 2. It's a situation that calls for a blend of delicacy and force.
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The forecast calls for snow flurries tonight
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If you ...+.... an event that has been planned, you cancel it. začněte se učit
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The game was called off because of rain
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If you ...+.... someone, you pay them a short visit. začněte se učit
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Sofia was intending to call on Miss Kitts.
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If you ... someone ..., you phone them. 🇺🇸 začněte se učit
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When I'm in Pittsburgh, I call him up.
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If someone is ...+...., they are ordered to join the army, navy, or air force. začněte se učit
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The United States has called up some 150,000 military reservists.
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If you say that someone is ...+.... with someone else, you mean that they are having a sexual relationship and you do not approve of this, usually because one or both of them are married. disapproval začněte se učit
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Their daughter was carrying on with a married man.
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If you ...+.... doing something, you continue to do it. začněte se učit
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His eldest son Joseph carried on his father's traditions
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If you ...+..... an activity, you do it or take part in it for a period of time. začněte se učit
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The consulate will carry on a political dialogue with Indonesia.
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If something ...+.... from one situation to another, it continues to exist or apply in the new situation. začněte se učit
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Springs and wells were decorated, a custom which was carried over into Christian times in Europe
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If you ...+.... a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it. začněte se učit
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Police say they believe the attacks were carried out by nationalists.
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When you ... things ..., you check or count them while referring to a list of them, to make sure you have considered all of them. To mark with a tick začněte se učit
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Check each name off the list.
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He was carried off by pneumonia
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If you ...+.... a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground. začněte se učit
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Sometimes they have to chop down a tree for firewood.
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If you ... something ..., you chop it into small pieces. začněte se učit
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If someone ...+...., they make a large profit or get a lot of money. informal začněte se učit
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It has cleaned up at the box office
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To ...+..... a problem, misunderstanding, or mystery means to settle it or find a satisfactory explanation for it. začněte se učit
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There should be someone to whom you can turn for any advice or to clear up any problems.
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To ...+.... a medical problem, infection, or disease means to cure it or get rid of it. If a medical problem ...+....., it goes away. začněte se učit
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1. Antibiotics should be used to clear up the infection 2. Acne often clears up after the first three months of pregnancy
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When the weather ...+...., it stops raining or being cloudy. začněte se učit
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It all depends on the weather clearing up
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If you tell someone to ...+... of a place or to ...+....., you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place. informal, disapproval začněte se učit
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'Clear out!' he bawled. 'Private property!'
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If you ...+..... a container, room, or house, you tidy it and throw away the things in it that you no longer want. začněte se učit
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I took the precaution of clearing out my desk before I left.
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When you ...+.... or ... a place ..., you tidy things and put them away začněte se učit
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When winter or darkness ...+....., it arrives. začněte se učit
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The dark nights and cold weather are closing in.
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If someone ...+.... a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away. začněte se učit
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When you say how or when something ...+....., you say how or when it happened. začněte se učit
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That came about when we went to Glastonbury last year
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If you ...+..... something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance. začněte se učit
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I came across a group of children playing
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If someone or what they are saying ...+..... in a particular way, they make that impression on people who meet them or are listening to them. začněte se učit
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He comes across as rather rude, but he isn't.
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You say '...+.....' to someone to encourage them to hurry up, usually when you are rather annoyed with them. začněte se učit
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Come along, Osmond. No sense in your standing around
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When something or someone ...+.... they occur or arrive by chance. začněte se učit
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It was lucky you came along
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If something is ...+......, it is developing or making progress. začněte se učit
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How's your French coming along?
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to accompany someone, attend as part of a group začněte se učit
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He didn't come along on the last trip
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to appear; emerge as a factor or possibility začněte se učit
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Even if another job comes along this summer, I won't take it
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To ...+.... something means to obtain it or find it. začněte se učit
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In rural France, English language magazines are rather hard to come by
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begin to suffer from a specified illness; to catch or show signs of an illness: začněte se učit
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1. I came down with influenza 2. I feel like I'm coming down with a cold.
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If someone ...+..... some money, some property, or a title, they inherit it. začněte se učit
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My father has just come into a fortune in diamonds
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If someone ...+.... worst in a contest or conflict, they are in the worst position after it. If they ...+.... best, they are in the best position. začněte se učit
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Some Democrats still have bitter memories of how, against all odds, they came off worst during the inquiry
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To ...+..... in a particular way means to be in the position or state described at the end of a process or event. začněte se učit
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1. The pictures came out great. 2. So what makes a good marriage? Faithfulness comes out top of the list.
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When the sun, moon, or stars ...+...... they appear in the sky. začněte se učit
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Oh, look. The sun's come out.
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If a fact ...+..., it becomes known to people začněte se učit
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It came out that he was already married.
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If you ... something..., you create or arrange it. začněte se učit
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... an organization which sets up meetings about issues of interest to women
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If someone is ... +..., especially by an illness, they are killed or severely harmed by it. začněte se učit
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Frank had been struck down by a massive heart attack.
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You can use... +... to indicate that someone stops doing a particular sport or activity that they have regularly done over a long period. For example, when a footballer... +... his or her boots, he or she stops playing football. začněte se učit
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Keegan announced he was hanging up his boots for good.
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If you ... +... your clothes, you take them off quickly and carelessly: začněte se učit
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When you... +..., you pay a bill or a debt. začněte se učit
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When we approached the till to settle up, he reduced our bill by 50 per cent.
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to add something to the end of something that already exists, especially in a careless way začněte se učit
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It is also worth tagging on an extra day or two to see the capital.
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if somebody/something ...+.... you, you start to like them or it more and more začněte se učit
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This song is really growing on me.
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If you... something..., you make it last for longer than is necessary. začněte se učit
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The company was willing to drag out the proceedings for years
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If you... something... of a person, you persuade them to tell you something that they do not want to tell you. začněte se učit
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A confession had to be dragged out of him.
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Something that... you... makes you feel weak or depressed. začněte se učit
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I have had really bad bouts of flu that have really dragged me down.
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If someone... +... an unpleasant event or an old story from the past, they mention it when people do not want to be reminded of it. začněte se učit
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I don't want to go back there and drag up that anger again
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