Des C1 C2 unit 12 vocabs

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16 Terms

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chance upon

find or see someone or something when you did not expect to

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come across

meet someone or find something by chance

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cool down

become cooler, or make something cooler

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cut back (on)

reduce the amount of something , especially money that you spend

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die out

become weaker or less common and then disappear completely

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dig up

remove something from under the ground by digging; dig holes in an area of land; find information by searching carefully

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dry up

if something dries up or is dried up , all the water comes out of it; stop being available

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get through

use or finish something; manage to deal with a difficult situation or stay alive until it is over; finish dealing with some work , a subject , etc

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heat up

make something hot ; become hot

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kill off

destroy living things so that most or all of them are dead

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put down to

if you put something down to a particular reason , you think it has happened for that reason

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slip up

make a careless mistake slip-up

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spring up

appear or be produced suddenly and quickly

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store up

keep a lot of something so that you can use it later; do something that will cause problems in the future

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throw out

get rid of something that you no longer want , for example by putting it in a dustbin; force someone to leave a place or group; if someone in authority throws out a plan, proposal , etc they refuse to accept it

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throw up

produce something new or unexpected ; cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air