to see someone off	To go and say goodbye to someone at the last moment before he leaves on a journey
to see to 1	I must get someone to see to my watch. (To mend it.)
to see to 2	I must see to getting lunch. (Either go and cook it myself or arrangefor it to be cooked.)
Invigilators see to it that candidates don't cheat	They make sure
to foresee something	To anticipate it
to see someone to the door / to see someone out	To accompany someone to the door when he or she is leaving
to see through someone	To realise the real personality under the veneer
to set someone against someone	to make someone dislike someone else
to set off/out on a journey	to start it
to set out to do something	To attempt to do something
to set up as	To establish oneself in business as
to upset something	To knock it over
to upset someone	To hurt someone's feelings and make him unhappy
to set a dog on someone	To order it to attack someone
to set one's heart on doing something	To be exceedingly anxious to do something: to make it one's ambition to do it
to set aside money	To reserve it for a special purpose
to show up 1	To be noticeable against a different background
to show up 2	To put in an appearance
to show off	To try to impress people
to show off something	To display something to good advantage
to slip out	To go out quickly without being seen
It just slipped out	I said it without thinking
to slip on a coat	To put it on quickly
to slip on a banana skin etc.	To skid and nearly fall down because you tread on it
to slip up	To make quite a serious mistake
to slip away	To go off without being noticed 1
Time slipped away	It passed quickly
to slip off	To go off without being noticed 2
to slip off a coat etc.	To take it off quickly
to slip one's mind	to forgot it
to stand up to someone	To resist someone, oppose him
Those shoes won't stand up to hard wear	They cannot be worn often or in bad weather; they are flimsy, not strongly made
to stand up for something or someone	To defend something or someone, physically or morally
to stand by	To hold oneself in readiness
to stand by someone	To support someone and remain loyal to him
a standby	A reserve supply
to stand for Parliament	To be a candidate in the elections for it
I won't stand for it	Tolerate it, put up with it
He stands for freedom from want	Defends it in principle
to stand out against something 1	To resist something in principle
to stand out against something 2	To be clearly silhouetted against something
outstanding	Exceptional, much better than anything or anyone else
to stick to something	To adhere to something
to be stuck	To be puzzled; not to know how to proceed: colloquial
to take someone out	To invite someone out
to take (a fancy) to someone	To like someone very much immediately:colloquial
to undertake to do something	To promise, to guarantee it
to take in lodgers	To accept them into one's house
to take someone in	To deceive someone, cheat him: colloquial
to take in clothes	To make them smaller
the intake 1	New pupils admitted to a school
the intake 2	Consumption of food per day
to take off trains	To reduce the service
to take off someone	To imitate or mimic someone
to take off	To leave the ground of aeroplanes
to take off someone	To remove someone to prison
to take something down 1	To write it down
to take something down 2	To dismantle it
to be taken aback	To be very surprised
to take back a remark	To apologise for having made it
to be taken with something	To find something very charming
His time is taken up with his hobbies	Filled with, occupied with
to take up room	To occupy it
to take up a question	To raise it, to speak about it
to take up golf etc.	To learn it, to begin to play it
to take after one's parents	To inherit characteristics from them
to take something away	To remove something
to take on a job or bet	To accept it
to take place	To occur
to take something into account	To make allowances for something
to take over from someone	To replace someone permanently
to overtake someone	To pass someone by going more quickly than he does
What do you take me for?	What kind of person do you think I am?
to take time off	Not to go to work without any good reason
Take it easy!	Relax. Don't worry
to throw something at someone	So that he is hit by it
to throw something to someone	So that he can catch it
to throw something away	To discard something
to throw up	To vomit
to throw up a job	To resign from it: colloquial
to throw in the spongeltowel	To acknowledge oneself beaten
to turn in	To go to bed: colloquial
to turn someone in	To hand someone over to the police: colloquial
to turn into	To change or transform into
to turn out goods	To manufacture or produce them
to turn out a room	To clean it very thoroughly
to turn out well or badly	To have a good or bad result
to turn over in bed	To change one's position and sleep on the other side
to turn round	To face in another direction
to turn over	a page etc.
to turn out 1	To leave the shelter of one's house to watch a procession, ceremony etc
to turn up one's trousers	To roll them up
to turn down a wireless	To make it softer
to turn down a street	To change direction and begin to go down it
to turn out a light	To switch it off
to turn out one's pockets	To empty them and pull them inside out to prove it
to turn up	To arrive
to turn up a wireless	To make it louder
to turn up one's nose at something	To think that it is not good enough for one
to turn down an offer	To reject it
to turn something over in one's mind	to think about something deeply before reeching a decision
to turn out someone*	To expel someone and force him to leave
to turn someone over to the police	To hand someone in to them
He turned out to have been at school with my father	We unexpectedly discovered that in the course of conversation