FlashCards

to give something to someone without asking for any money, rather than selling it to them:


We're giving away a free diary with tomorrow's newspaper.












if someone is in trouble, they have done something which someone will punish them for or be angry about.


I didn't say anything because I didn't want to get into trouble.

to leave a room or building, especially in order to do something for entertainment:


Do you fancy going out for a meal after work?











to give something to someone in a position of authority:


Have you handed in your history essay yet?

to give something to each person in a group or place:


The teacher asked her to hand out the worksheets.

fully developed as an adult




Before you know it, the children will be grown-up and leaving home.

to spend a lot of time in a particular place or with particular people


You still hang out at the pool hall?

to make unkind or funny remarks about someone, because they have done or said something you think is stupid [= tease]


I'm afraid the other kids will laugh at me because I don't understand.

extinguish something that is burning:

Fire crews from Grangetown put out the blaze.

construct or erect something:

I put up the tent and cooked a meal.

to move something that is fixed in a high position to a lower position




She made us take down all the posters.

if a marriage, group of people, or relationship breaks up, the people in it separate and do not live or work together any more .

He lost his job and his marriage broke up.

To rise into the air or begin flight:


 The plane took off on time.

(of an action) succeed; be accomplished:

This was a bold experiment which did not come off.