Phrasal Verbs FCE I

Drop out

• be as good as something

• delay an event or activity until a later time

• avoid doing something you don't want to do

• stop going on a course before you have finished the course

live up to something

• accept (a challenge, job, responsibility)

• be as good as something

• succeed in avoiding punishment for something

hand something back

• manage to just pass or complete something

• avoid doing something you don't want to do

• return something to the person who gave it to you

get away with something

• succeed in avoiding punishment

• avoid doing something you don't want to do

• delay in doing something

point out

• delay an event or activity until a later time

• tell someone about some information, e.g. because they don’t know it or have forgotten it

• accept (a challenge, job, responsibility)

• to point to a place or building for someone who is lost

put (sth) off

• delay an event or activity until a later time

• avoid doing something you don’t want to do

• do something you didn’t have time to do earlier

• avoid an activity or event until a later time

get through sth

• to manage a company

• passing or completing something with a perfect grade or score

• accept (a challenge, job, responsibility)

• manage to just pass or complete something

get out of doing sth

• delay in doing something you don't want to do

• avoid doing something you don’t want to do

• do something you didn’t have time to do earlier

• accepting the responsibility

take on

• accept (a challenge, job, responsibility)

• do something you didn’t have time to do earlier

• to refuse doing something you didn't have time to do earlier

catch up with sth

• do something now than later

• to review what you have done

• do something you didn’t have time to do earlier

• avoid doing something you don’t want to do