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