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can also use put up with. This is more informal.
protect from
To protect someone or something from something bad or harmful means to prevent it from happening or 
having a harmful effect.
The soldiers were there to protect their country from invasion.
Make sure you cover up and protect yourself from the sun.
I 
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| You can also use protect against.
settle down
If something settles down, it becomes calmer or stops changing.
When things settle down a bit you'll have to come and visit us.
I 
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i You can also use calm down.
take in
If you take someone in, you allow them to live at your house or in your country.
After the hurricane, neighbours offered to take homeless families in.
Governments in the region may have to take in large numbers of refugees.
turn around
If someone or something turns your life around or if it turns around, it changes completely, usually 
becoming better.
An opportunity like this could turn your entire life around.
The organization helps people turn around their lives.
My life turned around when I met Tom.
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down 
out 
from 
in 
on 
up 
around 
with
1 carry / hold / keep / go ___________ 
5 live
2 clear/clean 
___________
6 settle
3 help 
___________
7 turn
4 protect 
___________
8 take
Exercise 1
Match the particles with the verbs to make phrasal verbs from this unit.
Exercise 2
Match sentence halves 1-6 with A-F to make complete definitions.
1 If you clean up a place or person,
A you stop having a past feeling and progress to
something new.
2 If you hold on to someone,
B you take care of them.
3 If you leave something behind,
C you make them cleaner.
4 If you look after someone or something,
D it becomes calmer or stops changing.
5 If something settles down,
E you allow them to live at your house or in your country.
6 If you take someone in,
F you keep your arms around them.