| add up | make sense |
| ask after | enquire abaout |
| back down | yield in argument |
| bargain for | 1) take into account 2) argue about price |
| bear out | confirm the truth |
| break down | lose control of emotions |
| break up | come to an end |
| bring around | cause to happen |
| bring off | succeed in doing s-th |
| bring on | 1) cause an onset of an illness; 2) cause trouble to happen to oneself |
| bring round | influence someone to your point of view |
| bring up | mention |
| call up | mobilise for military serviced |
| carry off | complete successfully (despite a problem) |
| carry out | 1) conduct (experiment); 2) complete a plan |
| catch on | 1) become fashionable; 2) become popular (colloquial) |
| come about | happen |
| come down to | be in the end the matter of... |
| come in for | receive (esp. criticism, blame) |
| come off | take place successfully |