eg.)The football match was called off because of the bad weather.
CALL BACK:Telephone again later.
eg.)Thank you for ringing. I’ll call you back as soon as I have the information that you want.
CALL UP:Ring up, telephone.
eg.)Alper called up me to learn the date of the exams.
CALL UP:CONSCRIPT.
eg.)Men over eighteen years of age were called up the fight the enemy
in the war.
CALL BY:To make a short visit to a place or person.
eg.)I’ll call by to pick up the book on my way to work.
CALL FOR:Require, demand.
eg.)The situation calls for tact.
eg.)You have got the job!This calls for a celebration.
CARE FOR:To look after sb.
eg.)Who cared for her while she was ill.?
CARRY OFF:To succeed in doing sth difficult.
eg.)He felt nervous before he started his speech but he carried it off
very well.
CARRY ON:To continue, do not stop.
eg.)How long id the party carry on after I left?
eg.)She intends to carry on studying after the course has finished.
eg.)I hope you will carry on doing these exercises.
CARRY ON WITH+NOUN is used similarly.
eg.)The doctor told her to carry on with the treatment.
eg.)I’m too tired to carry on with this tonight.
CARRY OUT: Perform (duties), obey (orders, instructions), fulfil (therats), execute.
eg.)Soldiers must carry out their orders.
eg.)It will be difficult, but we shall carry out your instructions.
eg.)He read the instructions, but he didn’t carry them out.
CARRY OVER:Transfer ( to the next page).
eg.)Take the last figure on this page and carry it over to the top of the next page.
CATCH UP:Reache, come abreas of / overtake, but not pass.
eg.)They’ve just left. If you hurry, you’ll catch them up.
eg.)I started last in the race but I soon caught up with the others.
eg.)You’ve missed whole term; you’ll have to work hard to cath up with the rest of the class.
CLEAN (STH ) UP:1-)To remove all the dirt from a place that is paricularly dirty.
eg.)I’m going to clean up the kitchen before mum and dad get back.
2-) To remove sth that has just been spilled.
eg.)Oh no!!! You’ve spilled coffee on the new carpet! Can you clean it up?
CLEAN (STH) OUT:To clean the inside of sth thoroughly.
eg.)I’m going to clean out all the kitchen cupboards next week.
CLEAR AWAY:1-)Remove articles, usually in order to make space.
eg.)Could you clear away these papers.
2-)Disperse.
eg.)The clouds soon cleared away and it became quite warm.
CLEAR OFF(INFORMAL)
Used especially as an order)To go away.eg.)”Clear off.” Shouted the farmer, “you’re on my land.”
CLEAR(STH)OUT:To tidy sth and throw away things that you don’t want.
eg.)I really must clear out the kitchen cupboards.
CLEAR UP:1-) Become fine after clouds or rain.
eg.)The sky looks a bit clody now but I think it will clear up.
2-)Make tidy and clean.
eg.)Don’t warn me! I’ll clear up my room.
3-)Solve(a mystery).
4-)Finish.
eg.)I have some letters which I must clear up before I leave tonight.
CLOSE(STH)DOWN:To stop all business or work permanently, at a shop or factory.
eg.)The factory has had to close down because of the recession.
eg.)Health inspectors have closed the restaurant down.
CLOSE IN(ON SB\STH):To come nearer and gradually surround sb\sth, especially in order to attack.
eg.)The army is closing in on the enemy troops.
eg.)As the mist was closing in we decided to stay where we were.
CLOSE UP:Come nearer together(of people in a line).
COME ABOUT:To happen.
eg.)How did this situation come about?
COME ACROSS/UPON:Find by chance, meet by chance.
eg.)I came across this book in a secondary shop.
eg.)When I was looking for my password, I came across these old photograps.
COME ACROSS/OVER:To make an impression of a particular type.
eg.)Alper comes across as being rather shy.
COME BACK:1-)To return.
eg.)I don’t know what time I’ll be coming back.
2-)To become popular or fashionable again.
eg.)Flard trowers are coming back again.
COME BACK(TO SB):To be remembered.
eg.)When I went to England again, my English started to come back.
COME BEFORE SB/STH:To be more important than sb/ath else.
eg.)Göksar feels his family comes before his career.
COME BETWEEN SB/STH:To damage the relationship between two people.
eg.)Arguements over money came between Alper and Mustafa.
COME BY STH:,To get sth.
eg.)Fresh vegetables are hatd to come by in the winter.
COME ALONG:To arrive or appear.
eg.)An old man was coming along the road.
COME APART:To break into pieces.
eg.)This old coat is coming apart at the seams.
COME AWAY(FROM STH):To become loose or unfastened.
eg.)The cover of the book is coming away.
COME AWAY WITH STH:To leave a place with a particular opinion or feeling.
eg.)We came away with a very favourable impression of O.D.T.Ü.
COME DOWN:1-)To fall down.
eg.)The power lines came down in the storm.
2-)To land.(for a plane...etc...)
eg.)The helicopter came down in a field.
3-)To become lower.
eg.)The price of land has come down in the past year.
COME DOWN TO STH\TO DOING STH(INFORMAL):
To have as the main feature or most important fact.
eg.)It all comes down to having the right qualifications.
COME DOWN TO STH:To reach down a particular point.
eg.)Her hair comes down to her waist.
COME DOWN WITH STH:To become ill with sth.
eg.)I think I’m coming down with flu.
COME FORWARD:To offer help.
lip into traffic line ahead of another car when there isn’t room to do this safely.
ay a short, very informal visit/ to visit somebody informally or without having told them you were coming.
