brighten up	1/4)start to have more colour or light 2/4)give sth more colour or light
brighten up	3/4)start looking or feeling happier 4/4)if the weather ..., it becomes sunnier
brush up (on)	practise or improve your skills or knowledge of sth
check out	1/2)examine someone or sth in order to be cartain that everything is correct, true or satisfactory
check out	2/2)in information ..., you feel that is true after examining it
liven up	1/2)make sth more interesting or exciting or become more interesting or exciting
liven up	2/2)give sth a more interesting appearance, taste or other quality
make over	change or improve the appearance od someone or sth 'makeover'
mess up	1/3)make a mistake or do sth badly 2/3)make sth dirty or untidy
mess up	3/3)be the cause of someone's emotional, physical or mental problems
paper over	hide a problem or disagreement rather than finding a saticfactory solution to it
patch up	1/3)repair sth, often quickly and not very well 2/3)become a friend with someone after aDisagreement
patch up	3/3)give basic medical treatment to someone who is injured
pick up	improve
run down	is an organisation or area is ..., its size, importance and activity is reduced
scrape through	succeed in doing sth, but not in a very impressive way
smarten up	1/2)impove the appearance of sth, for example by cleaning or painting it
smarten up	2/2)if you ... or ... yourself .., you make yourself look tidy and clean
stand out	1/2)to be more impressive or important than others
stand out	2/2)be easy to see or notice because of being different 'outstanding'
touch up	make a surface look better with small improvements
waste away	gradually become thinner nad weaker over a period of time, usually because of an illness
write off	1/2)damage a vehicle so badly that it is not worth repairing
write off	2/2)decide that someone or sth will not succeed nad stop giving them your attention and energy