phrasal verb - verb + prep
drop in - visit without an appointment
"She went to a drop-in clinic." "walk-in"
"Drop in anytime you are in Seattle."
came across - found by accident, discovered by mistake
look up to - respect
set out - begin a journey
"When you left your home country, you set out on a new life in Canada."
draw up a letter/contract - write - Business language
stands for - represents, means
x=2+y y=3
x=5
drop out = quit, withdraw
get away = escape
bribe - give money to dishonest officials
come about = happen
died away , disappeared slowly, faded, faded away
make out = understand, read
made out - wrote a cheque CAN check US
employ, hire
come down, dropped
give out = hand out, give, distribute
turn over = give
lets up = stop
The rain let up. The rain stopped.
We must put an end to polluting the oceans.
stir up - make, cause
The little boy always stirs up a fight with his sister.
taken in - fooled, tricked
"We believed the lies that he told us. We were taken in by him. We shouldn't have trusted him."
Eid - first day after Ramadan
lunar festival - lunar calendar
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