| 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 |