CONTENIDO

SECTION 1: BEGINNING

Lesson 1 get in/get on ... get out of I get off . . . put on . . . take off
turn on . . . turn off . . . right away . . . pick up ...
sooner or later . . . get up . . . come up with . . . at first

Lesson 2 dress up . . . at last . . . as usual . . . find out . . . look at
look for . . . all right . . . all along . . . little by little ...
tire out . . . spend time . . . never mind

Lesson 3 pick out . . . take one's time . . . talk over . . . lie down .. .
stand up ... sit down ... all (day, week, month, year) long
by oneself . . . on purpose . . . get along (with) ...
make a difference (to) ... take out

Lesson 4 take part in . . . at all . . . look up . . . wait on .. .
at least . . . so far . . . take a walk, hike, etc. . . . take a trip
try on . . . think over . . . take place . . . put away

Lesson 5 look out . . . shake hands . . . get back . . . catch a cold .. .
get over . . . make up one's mind . . . change one's mind
for the time being . . . for good . . . call off . . . put off ...
in a hurry

Lesson 6 hang out . . . hang up . . . count on . . . make friends .. .
out of order ... get to ... look over ... have (time) off
go on . . . put out . . . all of a sudden . . . ahead of time

Lesson 7 point out . . . be up . . . be over . . . on time .. .
in time to . . . get better, worse, etc. . . . get sick, well, tired,
busy, wet, etc. . . . had better . . . would rather ...
call it a day/night . . . figure out . . . think of

Lesson 8 be about to . . . turn around . . . take turns . . . pay attention
(to) ... brush up on ... over and over (again) ...
wear out . . . throw away . . . fall in love . . . go out (with) ...
go out . . . break up (with)

Lesson 9 wake up . . . be in charge of . . . as soon as .. .
have a good time . . . in no time . . . cut down on ...
crack down on . . . quite a few . . . used to . . . be used to
get used to . . . back and forth

Lesson 10 make sure . . . now and then . . . get rid of .. .
every other (one) ... go with ... first-rate .. .
come from . . . make good time . . . mix up .. .
see about . . . make an impression . . . by heart

Lesson 11 keep out . . . keep away (from) . . . find fault with .. .
be up to . . . ill at ease . . . do over . . . look into .. .
take hold of . . . get through . . . from now on ...
keep track of . . . get carried away

Lesson 12 up to date . . . out of date . . . blow up . . . catch fire .. .
burn down . . . burn up . . . burn out . . . stands to reason ...
break out . . . as for . . . for one thing . . . feel sorry for

Lesson 13 break down . . . turn out . . . once in a blue moon .. .
give up . . . cross out . . . take for granted ...
take into account . . . make clear . . . clear cut ...
have on . . . come to . . . call for

Section 1 Collocations
Review: Lessons 1-13


SECTION 2: INTERMEDIATE

Lesson 14 eat in I eat out . . . cut and dried . . . look after .. .
feel like . . . once and for all . . . hear from . . . hear of
make fun of . . . come true . . . as a matter of fact
have one's way . . . look forward to

Lesson 15 inside out . . . upside down . . . fill in . . . fill out .. .
take advantage of . . . no matter . . . take up .. .
take up with . . . take after . . . in the long run .. .
in touch . . . out of touch

Lesson 16 on one's toes . . . watch one's step .. .
watch what one says/does . . . see eye to eye ...
have in mind . . . keep in mind . . . for once . . . go off ...
grow out of . . . make the best of . . . cut off . . . cut out
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Lesson 17 blow out . . . become of . . . shut up . . . have got .. .
have got to . . . keep up with . . . on the other hand .. .
turn down ... fifty-fifty ... break in ... a lost cause ...
above all

Lesson 18 do without . . . according to . . . be bound to . . . for sure
take for . . . try out . . . tear down . . . tear up ...
go over . . . run out of . . . at heart . . . on hand

Lesson 19 bite off . . . tell a part . . . all in all . . . pass out .. .
go around . . . be in the/one's way . . . put on . . . put up ...
put up with . . . in vain . . . day in and day out . . . catch up

Lesson 20 hold still . . . break the news . . . be the matter .. .
bring up . . . get lost . . . hold up . . . run away .. .
rule out . . . by far . . . see off . . . see out . . . no wonder

Lesson 21 go up . . . go up to . . . hand in . . . in case .. .
take apart . . . put together . . . be better off .. .
be well-off . . . take by surprise . . . stress out .. .
name after . . . hold on

Lesson 22 stop by ... drop (someone) a line ... give (someone) a call
come across . . . cross one's mind . . . stand for
stand a chance . . . look on . . . look up to
look down on . . . take off . . . pull off

Lesson 23 make do . . . give birth to . . . close call . . .
get on one's nerves . . . put down . . . go for . . . be into ...
stay up . . . stay in . . . take over . . . show up . . . clean out

Lesson 24 knock out . . . knock oneself out . . . carry out .. .
run into . . . set out . . . set out to . . . draw up
give and take . . . drop out of . . . believe in . . . cheer up
make sense

Lesson 25 burst out . . . get away . . . get away with .. .
serve (someone) right . . . keep up . . . keep up with ...
stand out . . . let on . . . go wrong ...
meet (someone) halfway . . . check up on . . . stick up

Lesson 26 come about . . . bring about . . . build up . . . die down
fade away . . . die out . . . make out . . . live up to ...
stick to . . . rip off . . . stand up for . . . cut corners

Lesson 27 take on . . . take down . . . fall through . . . fall behind .. .
give in . . . give off . . . give out . . . have it in for ...
have it out with . . . hold off . . . hold out . . . hold over

Section 2 Collocations
Review: Lessons 14-27

SECTION 3: ADVANCED

Lesson 28 let up . . . lay off . . . bring out . . . bring back .. .
wait up for ... leave (someone or something) alone .. .
let alone . . . break off . . . wear off . . . wear down .. .
on the whole . . . touch and go

Lesson 29 work out . . . back up . . . back out .. .
have one's heart set on . . . buy up . . . buy out ...
sell out . . . catch on . . . be cut out for . . . throw out
throw up . . . clear up

Lesson 30 slow down . . . dry up . . . dry out . . . be up to
(something) ... beat around the bush ... come to an end
put an end to . . . get even with . . . fool around ...
look out on . . . stir up . . . take in

Lesson 31 go through . . . go without saying . . . put (someone) on .. .
keep one's head . . . lose one's head . . . narrow-minded .. .
stand up . . . get the better of . . . break loose . . . on edge ...
waste one's breath . . . cut short

Lesson 32 step in . . . step down . . . step on it . . . a steal .. .
play up to . . . more or less . . . screw up . . . goof up ...
go off the deep end . . . lose one's touch . . . under control ...
drag one's heels/feet

Lesson 33 kick (something) around ... on the ball ... make up .. .
make up with . . . pull together . . . be looking up ...
kick the habit . . . cover up . . . drop off . . . turn over ...
go through channels . . . last straw

Lesson 34 get cold feet . . . trade in . . . face-to-face .. .
be with (someone) ... be with it ... fall for ...
it figures ... make (someone) tick ... cover for ...
give (someone) a break ... bow out ... stick it out
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Lesson 35 rub it in . . . rub the wrong way . . . get a rise out of
hang around ... pick up the tab . . . by the way .. .
let slide . . . search me . . . get off one's chest .. .
live it up . . . liven up . . . have a say in

Lesson 36 out of the question . . . have to do with . . . check in .. .
check out . . . take one at one's word ...
serve (the/one's) purpose . . . cop out . . . line up ...
lose one's cool ... leave open . . . miss the boat . . . think up

Lesson 37 throw (someone) a curve ... make waves ... carry on .. .
not on your life . . . cover ground . . . throw the book at
put one's foot in . . . be up for grabs . . . show off
learn the ropes ... have under one's belt
keep (one's) fingers crossed

Lesson 38 land on one's feet . . . dish out . . . get through to .. .
keep one's word . . . be in over one's head . . . ask for ...
be a far cry from . . . by all means . . . get out from under
take the bull by the horns ... give (someone) a hand ...
give (someone) a big hand

Lesson 39 behind one's back . . . talk back to . . . be in . . . be out .. .
draw the line at . . . get out of line . . . dry run ...
play by ear ... be in (someone's) shoes ... keep after ...
fix up . . . be had

Section 3 Collocations
Review: Lessons 28-39

DICTIONARY SKILLS

APPENDIX: Equivalent Idioms in Spanish, French, and Portuguese

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