Spoken English: Flourish Your Language

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11188 Spoken English II
Example: She had nobody to turn to when her husband died.
Turn up = appear
Example: She didn't turn up for class today.
Turn up = increase volume:J temperature:J etc.
Example: I turned the music up full blast.
1Ype up = type a finished version
Example: She typed up her lecture notes and printed them out.
Use up = finish or consume all of something
Example: We used up all the olive oil.
lUJke up = stop sleeping
Example: I woke up at half past six this morning.
lUJlk on = continue walking
Example: I saw the accident but just walked on as I didn't want to
have to give a statement.
lUJlk out on = leave somebody angrily
Example: He walked out on his wife last year.
lUJnt out = want to leave a relationship or arrangement
Example: Jackie wanted out of her marriage.
lUJrm up = do exercises before a sport
Example: The team warmed up half an hour before the volleyball
match.
Wash away = when floods or waves completely renuJve a structure:J
building:J etc.
Example: The ice cream stall on the beach was washed away in the
storm last night.
Wash up = clean everything used to prepare food and eat it

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