Language Proficiency Reviewer

Inclusions: Idioms, Figures of Speech, and Phrasal Verbs | Homophones, Prepositions, and Modals

allude to

to refer briefly to something or someone

apple of my eye

favorite person

apply for

to be employed for a position; to ask for

apply to

to enter an institution or to relate to or to have something to do with

assent to

to agree to something

bear fruit

to produce positive results

bear in mind

to remember; to consider

bear on

to have relevance to something

bear up

to remain cheerful despite difficulty

bear with

to tolerate or to be patient with something or someone

bear witness to

to give evidence or to confirm

beat around the bush

you tend to evade your point and talk around as it opposed to being direct

beat up

to thrash or to attack someone

bite off more than you can chew

you have taken too much responsibility

break away/break free

to escape from someone's hold or from the control of a person, group, or practice

break down

to lose control of one's emotion

break into

to enter with force

break new ground

to set an example, to lead the way, or to discover something new

break off

to detach or to remove something from a larger whole

break out

to suddenly start or to spread

break through

to force or to make a way through; to obtain success in a specific area

break up

to disperse a crowd or a gathering

break with

to end a relationship with or to quarrel

bring about

to make something happen

bring back

to make something return

bring down

to overthrow or to defeat

bring into play/ call into play

to make something work for one to make use of it

bring off

to do something successfully

bring on

to cause or to lead something generally unpleasant to occur

bring out

to expose or to make something more evident

bring to life

to make real or to give life to

bring to mind

to recall or to remember

bring up

to present something for discussion to someone

bring up the rear

to be behind in a line

call for

to deserve, to need, or to require

call in

to summon someone for aid

call off

to cancel something

call on

to visit or to stop by someone's place

carry off

to take something or someone away by force

carry on

to continue

carry out

to execute or to do something

caution against (not caution about)

to give warning

charge against

to file a criminal case

charge with

to have a criminal case against someone

come about

to happen or to take place

come across

to meet or to encounter

come and go

to be present temporarily

come around

to regain consciousness; to accept another's opinion; to realize

come at

to rush or to attack someone

come away

to be left with a feeling or result after doing something

come back

to vigorously give response to someone

come before

to be dealt with

come between

to separate or to divide

come by

to obtain or to get something

come clean

to confess or to tell the truth

come close

to proceed, to come near, or to advance

come down

to collapse or to fall

come down on

to criticize or to cause difficulty

come down to

to be dependent on something

come down with

to be sick or to begin to suffer from

come forward

to volunteer or to step forward

come from

to originate from or to be the result of

come in

to enter or to become involved

come into

to inherit or to acquire suddenly

come of

to result from

come off

to succeed, to happen, or to work

come on

to happen or to start to arrive

come out

to be produced satisfactorily; to appear, to surface, or to be known

come out against

to disapprove or to take offense

come over

to feel or to begin to be affected by something

come through

to survive or to deal with

come to

to obtain consciousness

come to life

to liven up or to brighten up

come true

to actually happen

come up

to occur or to happen

come up against

to be opposed by or to be faced with

come up with

to produce something, especially when challenged

come upon

to rush or to attach by surprise

comply with (not comply to)

to abide by or to follow something

cope with

to deal with or manage something

cut back

to limit or to reduce; to cancel

cut down

to kill or to lessen

cut in

to interrupt

cut into places

to chop or to slice

cut loose

to break away or free oneself from a person, group, or system

cut off

to interrupt someone who is talking

cut out for

to be suited o to be appropriate

cut short

to interrupt or to discontinue

depart for

to leave or to discontinue

depart from

to leave a place to start a journey

desist from

to stop doing something

differ from

to be unlike

disagree with

to be against something

discriminate against

to be unfair to someone

discriminate between

to differentiate or to recognize a distinction

distinguish between

to make distinction between two things

don't give up your day job

you are not good at what you're doing, so stick to the stuff that you are good in

drop back

to fall behind or to be behind in a line

drop by

to visit

drop in

to make a casual or informal visit