| A | B |
| start doing yoga | take up yoga |
| think of a brilliant plan | come up with a brilliant plan |
| finish eating your salad | eat up your salad |
| they ended their relationship | they broke up |
| They escaped from prison | they broke out of prison |
| Solve your problems by yourself | sort out your problems by yourself |
| We aren't spending much money | We're saving up money |
| Discover the reason for John's sadness | find out why John is sad |
| work something out | to find the answer: to solve something |
| work something out | to calculate something |
| work out | to progress in a good way: I hope things work out for you |
| work out | to do physical exercise to keep the body fit |
| make something up | to invent something,often something that isn't true |
| make something up | to form something:the different groups that make up society |
| make up with somebody | to become friends again after an argument |
| eat out | eat in a restaurant |
| advise | suggest |
| argue | disagree with someone in words |