>DO WITHOUT

Posted on 4 May 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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do without (somebody or something) = manage to live without (somebody or something)

examples:

  • In the summer I can’ t do without lots of water.
  • When I ‘m at the cinema, I can ‘t do without popcorn.
  • We can ‘t afford to go on holiday, so we ‘ll have to do without holidays this year.
  • I can ‘t do without you! You ‘re my best friend!
  • He ‘s only two years old and he can ‘t do without his mummy for a long time. He is asking for her all the time.
  • You ‘ll have to do without milk in your coffee. I forgot to buy milk.
  • He can ‘t do without his medicine. It ‘s too important for his well-being.
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>DO WITHOUT

Posted on 4 May 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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do without (somebody or something) = manage to live without (somebody or something)

examples:

  • In the summer I can’ t do without lots of water.
  • When I ‘m at the cinema, I can ‘t do without popcorn.
  • We can ‘t afford to go on holiday, so we ‘ll have to do without holidays this year.
  • I can ‘t do without you! You ‘re my best friend!
  • He ‘s only two years old and he can ‘t do without his mummy for a long time. He is asking for her all the time.
  • You ‘ll have to do without milk in your coffee. I forgot to buy milk.
  • He can ‘t do without his medicine. It ‘s too important for his well-being.
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>DO UP (2)

Posted on 3 May 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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do up = fasten

 examples:

  • Do your coat up. It ‘s cold.
  • Could you do my dress up? I can’t reach it.
  • Do up your trousers!
  • Don’ t do all the buttons up. It ‘s not that cold.
  • Do the zip up. 
  • I ‘ll do up the baby ‘s jacket. He gets a cold very easily these days.
  • Before he did the shirt up, I saw he had a tattoo on his arm.
  • She had forgotten to do her shoelaces up and when she ran for the phone, she tripped over and fell flat on the floor.
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>DO UP (2)

Posted on 3 May 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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do up = fasten

 examples:

  • Do your coat up. It ‘s cold.
  • Could you do my dress up? I can’t reach it.
  • Do up your trousers!
  • Don’ t do all the buttons up. It ‘s not that cold.
  • Do the zip up. 
  • I ‘ll do up the baby ‘s jacket. He gets a cold very easily these days.
  • Before he did the shirt up, I saw he had a tattoo on his arm.
  • She had forgotten to do her shoelaces up and when she ran for the phone, she tripped over and fell flat on the floor.
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>DO OUT (1)

Posted on 3 May 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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do out = clean thoroughly

 examples:

  • Today you are doing out your drawers! You can’ t keep the clean socks with the dirty ones and other things in the same drawer!
  • I ‘ ll do out the kitchen cupboards one of these days.
  • We ‘ve got guests coming soon. We ‘ve got to do out all rooms in no time.
  • The bathroom needs to be done out.
  • The yard needs a doing-out.
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>DO OUT (1)

Posted on 3 May 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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do out = clean thoroughly

 examples:

  • Today you are doing out your drawers! You can’ t keep the clean socks with the dirty ones and other things in the same drawer!
  • I ‘ ll do out the kitchen cupboards one of these days.
  • We ‘ve got guests coming soon. We ‘ve got to do out all rooms in no time.
  • The bathroom needs to be done out.
  • The yard needs a doing-out.
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>DO UP (1)

Posted on 2 May 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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do up = make more beautiful  (with nice furniture or nice clothes or make-up or repairs or paint or wharever makes something or someone look nicer)

examples:
  • Next week we are doing up the house. We are thinking of painting some rooms and redecorating the living room.
  • You should do this kitchen up. Everything here looks old.
  • Last summer we did our old house in the village up and now it is ready for us to spend this summer there.
  • She did herself up for the wedding.
  • You look stunning! You must have spent a lot of time doing yourself up!
  • She was done up in a beautiful pink dress and matching earrings.
  • He spent an hour doing himself up for the party.
  • They hired a decorator to do their living room up.
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>DO UP (1)

Posted on 2 May 2011 by sofiastefanidou

>

do up = make more beautiful  (with nice furniture or nice clothes or make-up or repairs or paint or wharever makes something or someone look nicer)

examples:
  • Next week we are doing up the house. We are thinking of painting some rooms and redecorating the living room.
  • You should do this kitchen up. Everything here looks old.
  • Last summer we did our old house in the village up and now it is ready for us to spend this summer there.
  • She did herself up for the wedding.
  • You look stunning! You must have spent a lot of time doing yourself up!
  • She was done up in a beautiful pink dress and matching earrings.
  • He spent an hour doing himself up for the party.
  • They hired a decorator to do their living room up.
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>TEEM DOWN, DRAG OUT

Posted on 30 April 2011 by sofiastefanidou

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teem down = rain heavily

examples:

  • It ‘s still teeming down. We can’t go out yet.
  • It ‘s been teeming down for three days! How long is it going to last?
  • It was teeming down, so we cancelled all our pic-nic plans for that day.

drag (something) out = make (something) last longer
examples:

  • Many students had complained that they needed more time to write at the exams, so they dragged out the duration of the exams for half an hour.
  • Let ‘s not drag out the meeting again. We can finish sooner this time.
  • Can you believe they dragged out the party for two whole days? It must have been so exhausting!
  • When we visit our parents, they have missed us so much that they try to drag our visit out for as long as possible.
  • The negotiations between the two companies will probably drag out for months.
  • Let ‘s end this discussion here. I see no point in dragging it out any further.
  • We wanted to drag our trip out for another week, but we ran out of money and we had to come back.
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>TEEM DOWN, DRAG OUT

Posted on 30 April 2011 by sofiastefanidou

>

teem down = rain heavily

examples:

  • It ‘s still teeming down. We can’t go out yet.
  • It ‘s been teeming down for three days! How long is it going to last?
  • It was teeming down, so we cancelled all our pic-nic plans for that day.

drag (something) out = make (something) last longer
examples:

  • Many students had complained that they needed more time to write at the exams, so they dragged out the duration of the exams for half an hour.
  • Let ‘s not drag out the meeting again. We can finish sooner this time.
  • Can you believe they dragged out the party for two whole days? It must have been so exhausting!
  • When we visit our parents, they have missed us so much that they try to drag our visit out for as long as possible.
  • The negotiations between the two companies will probably drag out for months.
  • Let ‘s end this discussion here. I see no point in dragging it out any further.
  • We wanted to drag our trip out for another week, but we ran out of money and we had to come back.
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