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Summer 2011, Week 1: Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Click on LIST OF TERMS below to study this week's vocabulary.
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ring a bell, 
| to seem familiar |
| be up to someone,
| to be someone's decision; to have the responsibility of making a decision |
be swamped,  ,
| to be "drowning" in work; to have too much to do |
| go through,
| to experience something difficult; to suffer |
| brush up on,
| to study or practice a skill again; to review something you've learned before |
| have second thoughts,
| to reconsider something; to have doubts about a decision you've made |
| put up with,
| to tolerate something or someone unpleasant |
| get away with,
| to NOT be caught, punished, or criticized for something bad you did |
run into,  ,
| to meet someone you know in public, but coincidentally--not planned |
run out of,  ,
| to NOT have any more left of something; to be all gone |
jot down,  ,
| to write information down quickly |
fill out,  ,
| to complete something in detail (usually a kind of FORM) |
fill up,  ,
| to fill something to capacity (usually a container) |
wear out,  ,
| to exhaust or make feel tired (person); to become old and in need of replaement (like shoes) |
| let down,
| to disappoint someone because of something you did or didn't do |
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ESL Instructor, San Diego Continuing Education |
Educational Cultural Complex (ECC) |
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