Phrasal Verbs and Idioms Master List

Comprehensive flashcards covering essential phrasal verbs and idioms from the Consolidation lists, including specific definitions grounded in the transcript.

act up

to behave awkwardly or badly

answer (sb) back

to speak rudely to sb

answer for

to be responsible for sth

back down

to cease to oppose

be down with

to be ill (with a disease)

be in for it

to be about to receive punishment/trouble

be out

(1) to be in bloom, (2) to be extinguished, (3) to be removed, (4) to be absent (from home or work), (5) to be wrong in calculation, (6) to be unfashionable

bear with

to tolerate

break in

(1) to interrupt, (2) to enter a building by force

bring off

to succeed in (sth difficult)

call for

to need, to demand

carry out

to fulfil or perform sth

do away with

to abolish

draw up

to come to a stop (of vehicles)

fall through

to fail to take place

get away with

to escape punishment

get round to

to find time

give up

(1) to stop doing sth, (2) to admit defeat

keep up with

to stay at an equal level with

let sb off

not to punish severely

look down on

to despise

make up for

to compensate sb for the trouble one has caused him

all along

from the beginning

all in

exhausted

be the apple of sb's eye

to be very precious to sb

bark up the wrong tree

to make a mistake

beat about/around the bush

to avoid saying what one means directly

blessing in disguise

sth which appears bad at first but then turns out well

cost a bomb

very expensive

kick the bucket

to die

out of the blue

suddenly and unexpectedly

a red-letter day

a very important day

crocodile tears

false tears

it's all Greek to me

sth new or foreign; not easily understood

straight from the horse's mouth

from the most direct source

the lion's share

the biggest part/portion

once in a blue moon

very rarely

null and void

invalid; not legally binding

hit the nail on the head

to say exactly the right thing

stew in one's own juice

to suffer the consequences of one's own actions