🪼 Phrasal verbs

I don’t know how on earth she thinks of such a brilliant plots for her novels.

come up with sth

Do you know yet what you’re doing this evening?

make up your mind

He couldn’t stay level with the other runners at the start of the race.

fall behind

You’ve got to pesuade the editor not to publish that story.

talk sb out of

Persuading Adrian to lie for you was a bad thing to do.

talk sb into

What do you think was the reason for the failure?

put sth down (to sth)

The accusation was that the Prime Minister made his statement less forceful because of public opinion.

water down

The impressionist's performance was received favourably by the crowd.

go down well with

The minister's controversial proposal was received poorly by the general public.

go down badly with

Austin and his father are very similar, aren’t they?

take after sb

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I really admire the way she handled the crisis.

look up to sb for sth

The negotiations collapsed at the last minute.

fall through

I can’t tolerate his rudeness any longer.

put up with