2. FIND OUT
to get information about something because you want to know more
about it, or to learn a fact or piece of information for the first time.
Examples:
She found out that he had been cheating on her.
I must find out the train times.
Did you find out how much it will cost?
When he found out what we'd done he was so shocked.
3. COME BACK
It means to return.
Examples:
When is Tom coming back from Ireland?
I have to do a bit of shopping, but I'll come back later.
I thought my rash had gone, but it seems to have come back.
I came back to my home town to see if I could find out more about my
parents.
A lot of young people leave the town and never come back.
4. In questions like What´s going on?, it means to happen.
Examples:
He likes to know what's going on.
Hello, hello. What's going on here then?
It's hard to know what goes on behind my back.
GO ON
5. It means to arrive somewhere in order to join a group of people, especially
late or unexpectedly.
Examples:
I invited him for eight o'clock, but he didn't show up until 9.30.
We were expecting 30 people to come, but half of them never showed up.
How many people showed up to the meeting?
He was rude and unhelpful and always showed up late to work.
SHOW UP
6. It means to suggest or think of an idea or plan.
Examples:
He has come up with a new way to use up cold chicken.
Gavin came up with the idea of dividing the rooms in half.
We'll think about a present for her and see what we can come up with.
COME UP WITH SOMETHING
7. If a marriage breaks up or two people in a romantic relationship break up, their
marriage or their relationship ends.
Examples:
I was consoling Liz on having broken up with her boyfriend.
Their marriage broke up as a result of long separations.
She had a string of lovers before her marriage finally broke up.
He got into serious debt after his marriage broke up.
She met her second husband not long after her first marriage broke up.
BREAK UP WITH SOMEONE
8. It means to continue.
Examples:
She kept on asking the same questions.
Keep on smiling everyday.
The students keep on ignoring the blog.
We need to keep on working really hard.
KEEP ON
9. to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will not happen,
or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible.
Examples:
They've called off the wedding.
We had to call off the party because of his health.
The wedding was planned for June and they've just called the whole thing
off.
Is it too late to call it off?
They've had to call off the match at the last minute.
CALL OFF
10. It means to experience a lot of problems in a period of your life.
Examples:
Andy's going through a rough moment with his wife.
They went through many difficult things before being rich.
We have to go through many difficult things to grow stronger.
GO THROUGH
11. to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or
someone who behaves unpleasantly.
He's so moody - I don't know why she puts up with him.
They have a lot to put up with.
I don't know how he puts up with their constant complaining.
I can't put up with a leaky freezer.
I put up with her tantrums for 30 years.
PUT UP WITH SB OR STH