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o
run to 8
join in 14
object to 11
K
open up 10
s
oppose to 11
see as 11
keep down 1,19
opt for 17
sell off 20
keep from 8
sell out 20
keep on 25
P
send off 19
keep out 8
pass on 9
send out 19
keep up 14
pay for 20, 23
set aside 20
knock out 24
pay in 20
set in 21
know about 9
pay off 20
settle down 8, 12, 25
pick on 11
settle for 11
L
pick out 16
settle in 18
lay down 1
pick up 2
set off 15
lay off 18
plan for 6
set out 6
lead to 22
play on 10
set up 18
leave behind 3, 25
protect from 25
show off 11,16
leave out 5
point out 7
show up 13
letdown 10
pull off 6, 16
shutdown 18
let in 2
pull on 16
sign up 17
let out 23
pull out 19, 22
sit down 1
light up 2
pull over 8
slowdown 14
line up 6
push for 22
speed up 14
listen to 7
put back 2
sort out 22
live on 20
put down 2, 11, 20
stand by 22
live up to 11
put forward 5
stand for 11, 22
live with 25
put in 2
stand up 1
lock in 23
put off 11,13
start off 5
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Index
start on 6
take on 18
turn into 21
start out 3
take out 20
turn off 2
start up 19
take over 19
turn on 2
stay in 13
take up 13, 16
turn out 6
stay on 18
talk into 7
turn to 8
stem from 21
talk out of 7
step down 18
talk to 4
w
step in 21
talk with 4
wake up 14
step up 8
team up 19
walk out 11, 12,
stick in 9
think of 9
watch out 8
stick out 18
throw at 2
wear out 14, 16
stick to 8
throw away 2
wind up 6
stick with 8
throw in 2
wipe out 24
sum up 5
throw out 2
win over 7
track down 23
work on 14
T
try for 8
work out 9, 14
take away 2
try on 16
work up 14
take back 2
tryout 19
wrap up 16
take in 16, 17, 23, 25
turn around 19, 25
write in 5
take into 2
turn back 1
write off 24
take off 18, 19
turn down 4
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Document Outline

• Contents
• How to use this book
• 1 Basic actions
• 2 Actions with an object
• 3 Movement and change
• 4 Communication
• 5 Giving information
• 6 Planning and organizing
• 7 Discussions
• 8 Advice or warnings
• 9 Thinking and knowing
• 10 Feelings
• 11 Attitudes
• 12 Relationships
• 13 Socializing and leisure time
• 14 Sport and fitness
• 15 Travel and tourism
• 16 Clothing and fashion
• 17 Studying and learning
• 18 Jobs and careers
• 19 Business
• 20 Money and spending
• 21 Reporting in the media
• 22 Political events
• 23 Crime
• 24 Disaster and destruction
• 25 Helping and recovering
• Appendix 1 Learning phrasal verbs
• Appendix 2 Understanding common particles
• Appendix 3 Common nouns used with phrasal verbs
• Answer key
• Index