Ask after
to ask for news of
Ask in
allow sb to get in
Be away
to be on a trip
Be back
to return
Be blown down
to be knoked to the ground
Be cut off
be unable to leave or reach a place or communicate with sb
Be for
in favour of
Be in
to be in a place
Be made up of
consist of
Be off
1. be disconnected
2. to be rotten
3. to leave
Be on
1. be connected
2. to be programmed: what is on?
Be on about
speak with tiresome persistence of sth
Be out
be outside, not in the home or at work
Be over
at an end
Be sick
vomit
Be up
1. happen ------ what’s up?
2. be up from bed
Be up to
to be doing, usually negatively meant ------ estar tramando
Blow up
(cause to) explode
Break down
When a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working
collapse, stop working, start to cry
Break off
If you break off a relationship or agreement, you end it.
Break out
start fighting ------ estallar
Bring about
To bring something about means to cause it to happen
Bring along
If you bring something or someone along, you bring them when you come to a place
Bring back
1. return
2. If something brings back an event or memory from your past, it makes you think about it
3. When people bring back something that existed in the earlier time, they introduce it again (=Revive)
Bring down
If people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause them to lose their power
To bring down the level of something means to reduce it
Bring in
carry inside
Bring off
1. If someone brings off something difficult they do it successfully (=pull off)
2. Burn sth off : consume to the limit
Bring out
When a person or company brings out a new product, they produce it and sell it
Bring up
1. carry upstairs, educate ------ educar
2. When you bring up a child, you look after it until it is grown up and you try to give it particular beliefs and attitudes (=Raise)
3. When you bring up a particular subject, you mention it or introduce it into a discussion or conversation.
Bring up sth
mention
Burst in
enter a place all of a sudden ------ entar de repente
Burst into
begin suddenly to cry, to flower or to burn ------ romper a
Call back
If you call someone back, you telephone them again in return for a telephone call they have made to you
Call for sb
collect sb, pick up sb
Call in
make a short visit
Call off
If you call off an event or an arrangement that has been planned, you cancel it.
Carry around
take from one place to another
Carry on
If you carry on with an activity, you continue doing it.
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