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TOEFL Vocab: Phrasal Verbs

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Try to impress others
get round to
bring out
make for
show off

2. Arrange
do away with
barge in
pay back
fix up

3. Empty
empty out
give up on
give way to
ask for

4. Announce; become exhausted or used up
do up
bring up
give out
lay off

5. Bring people together; a summary of facts or figures
turn up
look up (of a situtation)
take after
round up

6. Increase
add to
make out
go down
call off

7. Develop
get up
take in
built up
cut in

8. Stop
pull up
pick on
show off
run off

9. Return
look on
figure out
come back
lay off

10. Enter
dress up
gang up
come in
come about

11. Invert
set back
turn over
lag behind
see through

12. Contribute (a suggestion - etc)
come off
wear off
drop by
come up with

13. To sing a song or play an instrument (informal)
bring off
belt out
break off
head for

14. To demolish a building that is no longer used
run down
go for
make for
pull down

15. Cease making an effort; resign oneself to failure
let down
black out
give up
send out

16. Pay a casual visit
drop in
bring in
come up with
give way to

17. Go in the direction of something
carry out
turn off
see someone through
make for

18. Insert
look up (of a situtation)
take to
add in
live off (or on)

19. Begin or start
set in
get over
lay out
get away

20. Produce
bring out
go with
come along
wear off

21. Continue
wind up
keep on
brush up
set in

22. Seek
bring down
catch up
shut up
look for

23. To relax. become quiet or calm - especially after a state of agitation
look up to
chill out
get away with
throw out

24. Accumulate
bring out
pile up
get over
live through

25. Reject
round up
come up
walk out on
turn away

26. Continue
own up
carry on
call off
bring about

27. Pass something on to a younger person or a successor; announce something - esp. a judgment or sentence - formally or publicly.
ward off
call for
add in
hand something down

28. Say that you'd like someone to give you something
make off with
set out
wear out
ask for

29. Emphasize
turn to
pick on
cut down
drum in

30. Faint
come off
back away
look forward to
black out

31. Enter by force
lay up
break in
give away
come along

32. Respect
look back
come across
barge in
look up to

33. Retreat
write up
keep off
back away
come along

34. Keep(a danger - etc.) at a distance
ward off
fill out
sendup
keep off

35. Put on special or fromal clothes
lay on
stand in
dress up
drum in

36. Die
look after
take on
hand something on
pass away

37. Investigate
pay back
wear out
look into
put down

38. Deputise
stand 4
come to
look back
stand in

39. Stop all connections; to stop an activity abruptly
break off
break down
make out
make for

40. Yield; allow other traffic to go first
add to
give way to
call out
empty out

41. To move or develop more slowly than others
lag behind
hand something down
live up to
pull through

42. Ask for help
catch up
see something through
take to
turn to

43. Explode
go off
go ahead
send for
take to

44. Finish or complete
get across
take up
get through
call for

45. Come successfully through an illness or difficulty
walk out on
pull through
shut up
see after

46. Cease working; cease business
shut down
shut up
drum in
hand in (to)

47. Interrupt; obstruct the path of a vehicle in overtaking it
go ahead
cut in
eat out
bring off

48. Attend to; deal with something
stand up 4
round up
see to
lay off

49. Accompany a person who is leaving to their point of departure; Brit. repel an invader or intruder; informal deal with the threat posed by; get the better of :
come in
cut in
see someone off
bring out

50. Begin a journey
set out
come across
go for
make do