back sb up | support sb morrally |
back out of sth | try to avoid doing sth when you promised to do it |
back on to | overlooks it from the back windows |
back away from | shrink back in fear from |
back down | apologise |
be around | be still in the same place and be able to be contacted |
be out to | be aiming very seriously to do sth |
be through with | want no more to do with sth or sb |
be off | leave be cancelled finish work go bad of meat butter |
be up to sth/no good | be doing sth mischievous or dishonest |
be behind with (one's work) | allowed more and more work to accumulate |
be in for | be going to get sth unpleasant |
be on | take place of concerts exhibitions etc |
be over at (a friend's house) | be on a visit to a friend's house |
be behind it all | be really responsible for it |
be on to sb about sth | be continually criticising sb about sth |
be well up on sth | know a lot about sth |
break up | begin school holiday a fight-interrupt and stop it disintegrate a car-knock it into pieces of weathe |
the outbreak | beginning of sth bad like wars epidemics |
break oneself of a habit | force oneself to give it up |
break with sb | stop having anything to do with sb |
break with tradition | do sth quite different or new |
break the news to sb | tell sb some bad news as gently as possible |
break the back of sth | have done most of it and all the hardest part |
break through | appeared through the clouds - sun |
a break-through | major discovery in research etc |
a lucky break | stroke of luck generally for a criminal |
drive at breakneck speed | drive dangerously fast |
bring up a child | teach it manners, speech ect |
upbringing | education by parents |
bring up a subject | raise it start talking about it |
bring up sb's food | be sick vomit |
bring sth about | cause sth to happen |
bring sth on | cause sth to happen generally used of illnesses |
bring sb round | invite sb to accompany you on a visit, help sb recover consciousness after fainting |
bring sb round to one's way of thinking | persuade sb to accept the rightness of yr ideas |
bring sb through an illness | cure sb of an illness |