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1. Move on-
Meaning–Â If you move on after stopping somewhere. You continue your journey.
Use- We stay in each town for a day before moving on.
 2. Narrow down-
Meaning-If you narrow down the number of choices or possibilities, you consider only some of them and you dismiss the others.
Use-The firm received many applications for the post, but the committee has narrowed them down to four.
 3. Opt for–
Meaning-If you opt for something, you choose it
Use-A lot of school leavers are opting for careers in computing.
 4. Own up–
Meaning-If you own up or own up to something bad you admit that it was you who did it.
Use-Will the person who damaged t computer please own up now?
 5. Pass up-
Meaning-If you pass up something such as an opportunity. you do not take it.
Use-I cannot believe that Roe passed such an opportunity up.
 6. Prey on-
Meaning-If something preys on your mind, you keep worrying about it.
Use-When I am between jobs, the issue of money tends to prey on my mind.
7. Put down for-
Meaning-If you put yourself down for something, or put your name down for it, you say officially that you want to be involved in it.
Use- Have you put your name down for the trip?
 8. Quieten down-
Meaning-If you quieten someone down; you do or say something to make them less noisy.
Use-The police tried to quieten down the crowd
 9. Read through-
Meaning-Â If you read through a piece of writing, you read the whole of it. from the beginning to the end.
Use- I’ve –read through all your essays and they are generally very good.
 10. See to–
Meaning- If you see to something, you deal with it or arrange for someone else to deal with it.
Use-Â I’ve got the tickets. Now I need to see to the travel arrangements.
11 Sign up for-
Meaning-Â If you sign up for something; you offer or agree to do it by signing your name on an official list.
Use- Over 300 students have signed up for Maggie’s classes.
 12. Speed up–
Meaning-Â If something speeds up, It starts to move or progress more quickly; if you speed it up, you make it move or progress more quickly.
Use-Racing drivers speed up on the straights and slow down on the bends.
 13. Stick to-
Meaning-If you stick to something such as a rule of law, you do what it says you must do.
Use- There’ll be no problems if everyone sticks to the rules.
 14. Swallow up-
Meaning-If something swallows up all of a supply of something; it uses it all, usually quickly.
Use-Eating inexpensive restaurants will soon swallow your allowance up.
 15. Tip-off (informal)-
Meaning-If someone tips you off about something; they warn you about it or give you a secret information about it.
Use-Newspaper reporters were tipped off by someone inside the Prime Minister’s office.
 16. Wake up to-
Meaning-If you wake up to an unpleasant fact, you now realize that it is true, although you didn’t realize it before.
Use-The government still hasn’t woken up to the problem of overcrowding in our prisons.
 17. Warm tap-
Meaning-Â If you warm food up, you make it hot enough to eat, usually after it has become cold.
Use- Shall I warm some soup up for you?
 18. Wear off-
Meaning-Â If something such as a pain or a feeling wears off, it gradually disappears.
Use- I had a headache this morning but it is worn off now.
 19. Wrap up in-
Meaning- If you are wrapped up in something; you give so much time or attention to it that you have little time or attention for anything else
Use-Jim was so wrapped up In the work that he spent hardly any time with his children.
 20. Zoom off (Informal)-
Meaning- If someone zooms off; they leave quickly or in a hurry.
Use-She jumped into the car and zoomed off before I could tell her the good news.
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