Phrasal Verbs - Star Wars Episode VII - the Force Awakens
1. Phrasal Verbs - Star Wars VII
Andrew Ernest Ritz
Langtech
April 6, 2016
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2. Phrasal Verbs
Episode VII - The Force Awakens
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3. be on
verb –. (1) get on, be on – (appear in a show, on T.V. or radio; ”The
news won’t be on tonight”)
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4. call in
noun –. call-in – (a telephone call to a radio station or a television
station in which the caller participates in the on-going program)
verb –1. (2) call in – (summon to enter; ”The nurse called in the
next patient”)
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5. check out
noun –1. (1) check, checkout, check-out procedure – (the act of
inspecting or verifying; ”they made a check of their equipment”; ”the
pilot ran through the check-out procedure”)
verb –1. (6) check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check
over, go over, check into – (examine so as to determine accuracy,
quality, or condition; ”check the brakes”; ”Check out the engine”)
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6. come along
verb –1. (7) appear, come along – (come into being or existence, or
appear on the scene; ”Then the computer came along and changed
our lives”; ”Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago”)
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7. come back
noun –1. (2) rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback,
counter – (a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or
critical one); ”it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher”)
verb –1. (3) come back, return – (be restored; ”Her old vigor
returned”)
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8. come home
verb –. (1) click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in,
penetrate, fall into place – (become clear or enter one’s consciousness
or emotions; ”It dawned on him that she had betrayed him”; ”she was
penetrated with sorrow”)
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9. come on
noun –1. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener – (anything that
serves as an enticement)
verb –1. (9) come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up – (appear
or become visible; make a showing; ”She turned up at the funeral”; ”I
hope the list key is going to surface again”)
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10. come to
verb –1. (10) hit, strike, come to – (cause to experience suddenly;
”Panic struck me”; ”An interesting idea hit her”; ”A thought came to
me”; ”The thought struck terror in our minds”; ”They were struck
with fear”)
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11. come up
verb –1. (9) come up – (bring forth, usually something desirable;
”The committee came up with some interesting recommendations”)
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12. come with
verb –. (6) attach to, accompany, come with, go with – (be present
or associated with an event or entity; ”French fries come with the
hamburger”; ”heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart
tissue”; ”fish usually goes with white wine”; ”this kind of vein
accompanies certain arteries”)
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13. do it
verb –. sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love,
sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have
intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie
with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk – (have sexual
intercourse with; ”This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm”;
”Adam knew Eve”; ”Were you ever intimate with this man?”)
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14. feel like
verb –. (12) feel like – (have an inclination for something or some
activity; ”I feel like staying in bed all day”; ”I feel like a cold beer
now”)
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15. figure out
verb –. (6) solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work – (find
the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of;
”did you solve the problem?”; ”Work out your problems with the
boss”; ”this unpleasant situation isn’t going to work itself out”; ”did
you get it?”; ”Did you get my meaning?”; ”He could not work the
math problem”)
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16. filter out
verb –. filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out – (remove by
passing through a filter; ”filter out the impurities”)
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17. get away
noun –1. pickup, getaway – (the attribute of being capable of rapid
acceleration; ”his car has a lot of pickup”)
verb –1. (8) escape, get away, break loose – (run away from
confinement; ”The convicted murderer escaped from a high security
prison”)
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18. get back
verb –1. (4) win back, get back – (recover something or somebody
that appeared to be lost; ”We got back the money after we
threatened to sue the company”; ”He got back his son from the
kidnappers”)
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19. get in
verb –1. (13) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move
into – (to come or go into; ”the boat entered an area of shallow
marshes”)
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20. get it
verb –1. (4) catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton
on, twig, get it – (understand, usually after some initial difficulty;
”She didn’t know what her classmates were plotting but finally
caught on”)
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21. get off
verb –1. (3) get off – (leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.)
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22. get on
verb –1. (2) get along with, get on with, get on, get along – (have
smooth relations; ”My boss and I get along very well”)
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23. get out
verb –1. (31) exit, go out, get out, leave – (move out of or depart
from; ”leave the room”; ”the fugitive has left the country”)
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24. get to
verb –1. (4) reach, make, get to, progress to – (reach a goal, e.g.,
”make the first team”; ”We made it!”; ”She may not make the
grade”)
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25. give up
verb –1. (9) forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego –
(lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or
crime; ”you’ve forfeited your right to name your successor”; ”forfeited
property”)
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26. go ahead
noun –1. green light, go-ahead – (a signal to proceed)
verb –. (6) go ahead, plow ahead – (proceed (with a plan of action);
”He went ahead with the project”)
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27. go back
verb –1. (4) go back, date back, date from – (belong to an earlier
time; ”This story dates back 200 years”)
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28. go down
noun –. godown – ((in India and Malaysia) a warehouse)
verb –1. (11) descend, fall, go down, come down – (move downward
and lower, but not necessarily all the way; ”The temperature is going
down”; ”The barometer is falling”; ”The curtain fell on the diva”;
”Her hand went up and then fell again”)
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29. go home
verb –. (21) go home, head home – (return home; ”After the movie,
we went home”)
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30. go in
verb –. (10) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
– (to come or go into; ”the boat entered an area of shallow marshes”)
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31. hang on
verb –1. (4) append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on – (fix to; attach;
”append a charm to the necklace”)
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32. have on
verb –. (8) wear, have on – (be dressed in; ”She was wearing yellow
that day”)
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33. head up
verb –. (2) head, head up – (be the first or leading member of (a
group) and excel; ”This student heads the class”)
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34. help out
verb –. (1) help out – (be of help, as in a particular situation of need;
”Can you help out tonight with the dinner guests?”)
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35. hem in
noun –. hemin, protohemin – (a reddish-brown chloride of heme;
produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of
blood)
verb –1. (1) hem in – (surround in a restrictive manner; ”The
building was hemmed in by flowers”)
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36. hold on
verb –1. (5) grasp, hold on – (hold firmly)
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37. hold up
noun –1. (1) armed robbery, heist, holdup, stickup – (robbery at
gunpoint)
verb –1. (4) hold, support, sustain, hold up – (be the physical
support of; carry the weight of; ”The beam holds up the roof”; ”He
supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam”; ”What’s
holding that mirror?”)
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38. keep away
verb –. (2) keep away – (prevent from coming close; ”I tried to keep
the child away from the pool”)
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39. keep going
verb –1. run on, keep going – (continue uninterrupted; ”The disease
will run on unchecked”; ”The party kept going until 4 A.M.”)
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40. keep up
verb –1. (6) keep up – (maintain a required pace or level; ”He could
not keep up and dropped out of the race”)
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41. let go
verb –1. (6) let go of, let go, release, relinquish – (release, as from
one’s grip; ”Let go of the door handle, please!”; ”relinquish your grip
on the rope–you won’t fall”)
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42. look around
verb –. (13) look around – (look about oneself; ”look around to see
whether you can find the missing document”)
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43. look at
verb –1. (17) consider, take, deal, look at – (take into consideration
for exemplifying purposes; ”Take the case of China”; ”Consider the
following case”)
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44. look like
verb –. (59) look like – (bear a physical resemblance to; ”She looks
like her mother”)
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45. make it
verb –1. (7) survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it
– (continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); ”He survived the
cancer against all odds”)
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46. pay for
verb –. invite, pay for – (have as a guest; ”I invited them to a
restaurant”)
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47. pull back
noun –1. pullback, tieback – (a device (as a decorative loop of cord
or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; ”the draperies were
drawn to the sides by pullbacks”)
verb –1. (1) withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull
back, retire, move back – (pull back or move away or backward; ”The
enemy withdrew”; ”The limo pulled away from the curb”)
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48. pull up
noun –1. pull-in, pull-up – (a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers)
verb –1. (6) draw up, pull up, haul up – (come to a halt after driving
somewhere; ”The Rolls pulled up on pour front lawn”; ”The chauffeur
hauled up in front of us”)
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49. stand in
noun –. stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man,
fill-in – (someone who takes the place of another (as when things get
dangerous or difficult); ”the star had a stand-in for dangerous
scenes”; ”we need extra employees for summer fill-ins”)
verb –. (1) substitute, sub, stand in, fill in – (be a substitute; ”The
young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague”; ”The skim
milk substitutes for cream–we are on a strict diet”)
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50. take care
verb –1. (9) take care – (be careful, prudent, or watchful; ”Take care
when you cross the street!”)
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51. take off
noun –1. (1) takeoff – (a departure; especially of airplanes)
verb –1. (15) depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out,
take off – (leave; ”The family took off for Florida”)
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52. take out
noun –1. takeout, takeout food, takeaway – (prepared food that is
intended to be eaten off of the premises; ”in England they call
takeout food ‘takeaway’”)
verb –1. (7) take out, move out, remove – (cause to leave; ”The
teacher took the children out of the classroom”)
adj –. takeout, take-away – (of or involving food to be taken and
eaten off the premises; ”takeout pizza”; ”the takeout counter”;
”‘take-away’ is chiefly British”)
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53. think about
verb –1. (21) think about – (have on one’s mind, think about
actively; ”I’m thinking about my friends abroad”; ”She always thinks
about her children first”)
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