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SECTION 1: BEGINNING
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Lesson 01
get in/get on . . . get out of / get off . . . put on . . . take off . . . turn on ... turn off . . . right away . . . pick up ... sooner or later . . . get up . . . come up with . . . at first
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Lesson 02
dress up . . . at last . . . as usual . . . find out . . . look at ... look for . . . all right . . . all along . . . little by little ...
tire out . . . spend time . . . never mind
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Lesson 03
pick out . . . take one's time . . . talk over . . . lie down ... stand up ... sit down ... all (day, week, month, year) long
by oneself ... on purpose ... get along (with) ... make a difference (to) . . . take out
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Lesson 04
take part in . . . at all . . . look up . . . wait on ... at least ... so far ... take a walk, hike, etc . ... take a trip ...
try on . . . think over . . . take place . . . put away
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Lesson 05
look out . . . shake hands . . . get back . . . catch a cold ... get over . . . make up one's mind . . . change one's mind
for the time being . . . for good . . . call off . . . put off . . . in a hurry
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Lesson 06
hang out . . . hang up . . . count on . . . make friends ... out of order ... get to ... look over ... have (time) off ...
go on . . . put out . . . all of a sudden . . . ahead of time
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Lesson 07
point out . . . be up . . . be over . . . on time . . . in time to . . . get better, worse, etc. . . . get sick, well, tired,
busy, wet, etc. . . . had better . . . would rather . . . call it a day/night . . . figure out . . . think of
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Lesson 08
be about to . . . turn around . . . take turns . . . pay attention (to) . . . brush up on . . . over and over (again) . . .
wear out . . . throw away . . . fall in love . . . go out (with) . . . go out . . . break up (with)
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Lesson 09
wake up . . . be in charge of . . . as soon as . . . have a good time . . . in no time . . . cut down on . . . crack down on . . . quite a few . . . used to . . . be used to . . . get used to . . . back and forth
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Lesson 10
make sure . . . now and then . . . get rid of . . . every other ( one) . . . go with . . . first-rate . . . come from . . . make good time . . . mix up . . . see about . . . make an impression . . . by heart
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Lesson 11
keep out . . . keep away (from) . . . find fault with . . . be up to . . . ill at ease . . . do over . . . look into . . . take hold of . . . get through . . . from now on . . . keep track of . . . get carried away
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Lesson 12
up to date . . . out of date . . . blow up . . . catch fire . . . burn down . . . burn up . . . burn out . . . stands to reason . . . break out . . . as for . . . for one thing . . . feel sorry for
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Lesson 13
break down . . . turn out . . . once in a blue moon . . . give up . . . cross out . . . take for granted . . . take into account . . . make clear . . . clear cut . . . have on . . . come to . . . call for
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Section 1 Collocations |
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Review: Lessons 1-13 |
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SECTION 2: INTERMEDIATE
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Lesson 14
eat in / eat out . . . cut and dried . . . look after . . . feel like . . . once and for all . . . hear from . . . hear of . . . make fun of ... come true . . . as a matter of fact . . . have one's way . . . look forward to
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Lesson 15
inside out . . . upside down . . . fill in . . . fill out . . . take advantage of . . . no matter . . . take up . . . take up with . . . take after . . . in the long run . . . in touch . . . out of touch
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Lesson 16
on one's toes . . . watch one's step . . . watch what one says/does . . . see eye to eye . . . have in mind . . . keep in mind . . . for once . . . go off . . . grow out of . . . make the best of . . . cut off . . . cut out
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Lesson 17
blow out . . . become of . . . shut up . . . have got . . . have got to . . . keep up with . . . on the other hand . . . turn down . . . fifty-fifty . . . break in . . . a lost cause . . . above all
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Lesson 18
do without . . . according to . . . be bound to . . . for sure
take for . . . try out . . . tear down . . . tear up . . . go over . . . run out of . . . at heart . . . on hand
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Lesson 19
bite off . . . tell apart . . . all in all . . . pass out . . . go around . . . be in the/one's way . . . put on . . . put up . . . put up with . . . in vain . . . day in and day out . . . catch up
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Lesson 20
hold still . . . break the news . . . be the matter . . . bring up . . . get lost . . . hold up . . . run away . . . rule out . . . by far . . . see off . . . see out . . . no wonder
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Lesson 21
go up . . . go up to . . . hand in . . . in case . . . take apart . . . put together . . . be better off . . . be well-off . . . take by surprise . . . stress out . . . name after . . . hold on
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Lesson 22
stop by . . . drop (someone) a line . . . give (someone) a call . . . come across . . . cross one's mind . . . stand for . . . stand a chance . . . look on . . . look up to . . . look down on . . . take off . . . pull off
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Lesson 23
make do . . . give birth to . . . close call . . . get on one's nerves . . . put down . . . go for . . . be into . . . stay up . . . stay in . . . take over . . . show up . . . clean out
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Lesson 24
knock out . . . knock oneself out . . . carry out . . . run into . . . set out . . . set out to . . . draw up . . . give and take . . . drop out of . . . believe in . . . cheer up . . . make sense
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Lesson 25
burst out . . . get away . . . get away with . . . serve (someone) right . . . keep up . . . keep up with . . . stand out . . . let on . . . go wrong . . . meet (someone) halfway . . . check up on . . . stick up
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Lesson 26
come about . . . bring about . . . build up . . . die down . . . fade away . . . die out . . . make out . . . live up to ...
stick to . . . rip off . . . stand up for . . . cut corners
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Lesson 27
take on . . . take down . . . fall through . . . fall behind . . . give in . . . give off . . . give out . . . have it in for ... have it out with . . . hold off . . . hold out . . . hold over
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Section 2 Collocations |
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Review: Lessons 14-27 |
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SECTION 3: Advanced
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Lesson 28
let up . . . lay off . . . bring out . . . bring back . . . wait up for . . . leave (someone or something) alone . . . let alone . . . break off . . . wear off . . . wear down . . . on the whole . . . touch and go
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Lesson 29
work out . . . back up . . . back out . . . have one's heart set on . . . buy up . . . buy out . . . sell out . . . catch on . . . be cut out for . . . throw out . . . throw up . . . clear up
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Lesson 30
slow down . . . dry up . . . dry out . . . be up to . . . (something) . . . beat around the bush . . . come to an end . . .
put an end to . . . get even with . . . fool around . . . look out on . . . stir up . . . take in
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Lesson 31
go through . . . go without saying . . . put (someone) on . . . keep one's head . . . lose one's head . . . narrow-minded . . . stand up . . . get the better of . . . break loose . . . on edge . . . waste one's breath . . . cut short
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Lesson 32
step in . . . step down . . . step on it . . . a steal . . . play up to . . . more or less . . . screw up . . . goof up . . . go off the deep end . . . lose one's touch . . . under control . . . drag one's heels/feet
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Lesson 33
kick (something) around . . . on the ball . . . make up . . . make up with . . . pull together . . . be looking up . . . kick the habit . . . cover up . . . drop off . . . turn over . . . go through channels . . . last straw
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Lesson 34
get cold feet . . . trade in . . . face - to - face . . . be with (someone) . . . be with it . . . fall for . . . it figures . . . make (someone) tick . . . cover for . . . give (someone) a break . . . bow out . . . stick it out
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Lesson 35
rub it in . . . rub the wrong way . . . get a rise out of . . . hang around . . . pick up the tab . . . by the way . . . let slide . . . search me . . . get off one's chest . . . live it up . . . liven up . . . have a say in
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Lesson 36
out of the question . . . have to do with . . . check in . . . check out . . . take one at one's word . . . serve (the/one's} purpose . . . cop out . . . line up . . . lose one's cool . . . leave open . . . miss the boat . . . think up
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Lesson 37
throw (someone} a curve . . . make waves . . . carry on . . . not on your life . . . cover ground . . . throw the book at . . . put one's foot in . . . be up for grabs . . . show off . . . learn the ropes . . . have under one's belt . . . keep (one's) fingers crossed
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Lesson 38
land on one's feet . . . dish out . . . get through to . . . keep one's word . . . be in over one's head . . . ask for . . . be a far cry from . . . by all means . . . get out from under . . . take the bull by the horns . . . give (someone) a hand . . . give (someone} a big hand
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Lesson 39
behind one's back . . . talk back to . . . be in . . . be out . . . draw the line at . . . get out of line . . . dry run . . . play by ear . . . be in (someone's} shoes . . . keep after . . . fix up . . . be had
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Section 3 Collocations |
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Review: Lessons 28-39 |
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DICTIONARY SKILLS |
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APPENDIX:
Equivalent Idioms in Spanish, French, and Portuguese
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ANSWER KEY |
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INDEX |
