| to cover up | to wrap up, hide |
| to put together | to construct (a whole) by combining parts |
| to send for sb/sth | to ask sb/sth to come, for sth to be delivered |
| to take sth in | to understand, absorb, digest mentally |
| to take sb off sth | to remove sb from sth |
| to turn up | to make one's appearance, arrive |
| to crop up | to come up casually, often in conversation |
| to cry one's eyes/ heart out | to weep very bitterly |
| to drown one's sorrows | to try to forget one's problems by getting drunk |
| to make amends | to give compensation for something |
| to be wound up | to be (emotionally) excited or upset |
| to make oneself crystal clear | to make oneself completely understood |
| to come off | to succeed |
| to shut sth off | to stop the supply or flow of sth |
| to sort sth out | to put in good order, to solve |
| to be off | to depart |
| to hold sth against sb | to allow sth to influence one's opinion adversely |
| to hold back | to hesitate, show unwillingness/ to keep a secret to oneself |
| to look away | to turn one's eyes away |
| to make up for | to compensate |
| to turn out | to prove to be/ be in the end |
| plain sailing | course of action that is simple and free from difficulties |
| to turn away | to refuse admittance to |
| to turn down | to refuse, reject and offer, application |
| to turn on | to attack suddenly |
| to turn over | to turn upside down, upset, capsize (vehicles and boats) |
| beside | next to |
| besides | in any event |