Make up sentences using these phrasal verbs and expressions.

Useful vocabulary

A. Phrasal verbs

back (somebody) up	support morally or verbally
be in for	be about to encounter something (often bad)
be put out	be upset
be up to	be able
buck up	pay attention to improving smth
calm down	become calm, quiet
come true	end by being real (of wish, fear, or plan for the future)
come round	pay a visit
cut down	reduce
give in	surrender
fall in with	accept, agree with
find out	discover
go on	continue
jump at	accept with enthusiasm
keep back	prevent the development of
keep on	continue
look over	examine carefully
look up	improve
luck out	be lucky, have good luck
make out	understand
pan out	turn out, develop
shell out	pay out too much (usually unwillingly)
slave away	work very hard and unwillingly for a long time
stand by	be ready for action
take to	adopt as a hobby
take up with	become friends with
talk over	discuss in detail
think over	consider carefully
turn in	go to bed
turn on	depend on

B. Expressions and idioms

be buried in reflection	think deeply
be driven by the circumstances	be urged to do smth under certain circumstances
be good for nothing	be useless
be in a black mood	be sad
be in charge of	having control of
be out of date	be not modern
be set in stone	be constant
beat about the bush	avoid or not to be able saying smth directly
blind alley	anything which leads nowhere; a street open only at one end
get the picture	understand
have a word with you	want to speak to you
in the end	at last
it won’t do any good	it will not bring satisfactory results
make up one’s mind	come to a decision
on the spur of the moment	do something without prepara-tion
repeat the year	go over the same courses
say to the subject	be concise and concrete
so long	good bye
straight away	immediately
stumbling block	handicap, obstacle
take you at your word	act according to the exact meaning of what is said
that’s it for you	have possession of an object, beyond which more of the same is unnecessary
tide has turned for me	better days are ahead
what’s up	what happened
you bet	certainly, of course

6. A bit of humor

DVD for dummies

– Hello, tech support.

– Hi. I bought one of those new computers from you and it is not working the way it’s supposed to.

– What seems to be the problem, sir?

– Your sales guy told me it has this DVD in it that plays movies.

– And it is not working?

– Nope. I click on the thing on the screen that says DVDand don’tget a thing.

– The movies should actually start automatically when you insert a DVD disc.

– Well, I didn’t try that. You have to insert some kind of disc?

Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.

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