| take off | to imitate/ to start to fly |
| take on | to acquire |
| take away | to subtract/ to make smaller by taking sth |
| keep sth up | to continue at the same pace |
| set up | to organize, to arrange |
| bring up | to raise a child |
| put down | to suppress |
| put off | to discourage/ to postpone |
| take down | to make notes |
| take up to | to start liking |
| put up with | to tolerate |
| put out | to produce/ to extinguish/ to cause inconvenience |
| turn out | to become evident |
| look down on | to scorn, to consider inferior |
| check in | to register |
| get round | to finally find time to do sth |
| look sth up | to search and find some information in sth |
| make up for | to compensate |
| come across | to find unexpectedly |
| make up | to pretend, to invent |
| look into | to investigate |
| turn down | to refuse, to decline |
| keep in touch with | to contact |
| get away with | to do without being punished |