Meaning: If you give up on someone or something, you stop trying to achieve something, usually because you have tried and failed in the past, or because it is too difficult. Example sentence: I have asked him so many times to arrive on time, but he is still at least 30 minutes late every morning. I give up on him!
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take sb back
Meaning: If you re-start a romantic relationship that you had previously decided to end because of a problem in the relationship, you take somebody back.
face up to sth
Meaning: If you face up to something, you accept the existence of a difficult situation.
Jane, it's time to face up to your son's behavioural problems and get him the help he needs.
Jane, it's time to face up to your son's behavioural problems and get him the help he needs.
turn into
Meaning: If something turns into something, it becomes something different.
Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle. The object is not usually a pronoun.
Example sentence: I'm scared of him. When he drinks too much beer he turns into a crazy madman.
Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle. The object is not usually a pronoun.
Example sentence: I'm scared of him. When he drinks too much beer he turns into a crazy madman.
catch sb out
Meaning: if you catch somebody out, you find evidence to show that they have secretly been doing something wrong or bad.
English
Betty: Fred, I found out about you and that other girl. How could you do this to me?!
Meaning: if you find out about something, you discover a fact or information that you did not know before, often because someone was keeping it secret.
Meaning: if you tell on somebody, you give information about someone, usually about something bad that they have said or done, to a person in authority (like a teacher, boss or parent), knowing that this will probably result in punishment.
Example sentence: When I was a child I used to steal apples from the tree in the neighbour's garden but my brother told on me and my father grounded me for a month.
Meaning: if you find out about something, you discover a fact or information that you did not know before, often because someone was keeping it secret.
Meaning: if you tell on somebody, you give information about someone, usually about something bad that they have said or done, to a person in authority (like a teacher, boss or parent), knowing that this will probably result in punishment.
Example sentence: When I was a child I used to steal apples from the tree in the neighbour's garden but my brother told on me and my father grounded me for a month.
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