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What does it mean to 'act for' someone?
What does it mean to 'act for' someone?
Which phrase describes a situation where you express your feelings through actions rather than words?
Which phrase describes a situation where you express your feelings through actions rather than words?
If two numbers add up to 20, what does that mean?
If two numbers add up to 20, what does that mean?
What does it mean to adhere to a rule?
What does it mean to adhere to a rule?
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When someone advises against a decision, what are they doing?
When someone advises against a decision, what are they doing?
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What is the meaning of 'appeal to' in the context of preferences?
What is the meaning of 'appeal to' in the context of preferences?
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If you are asked to account for your actions, what are you being asked to do?
If you are asked to account for your actions, what are you being asked to do?
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What does it mean to ask someone out?
What does it mean to ask someone out?
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What does it mean to act on someone's advice?
What does it mean to act on someone's advice?
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What is indicated when something adds to another thing?
What is indicated when something adds to another thing?
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If you aim a product at a specific audience, what are you primarily trying to do?
If you aim a product at a specific audience, what are you primarily trying to do?
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What does it mean to ask after someone?
What does it mean to ask after someone?
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What is the implication of adhering to a contract?
What is the implication of adhering to a contract?
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What does it imply if two or more numbers add up to a total?
What does it imply if two or more numbers add up to a total?
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What does it mean if something appeals to you?
What does it mean if something appeals to you?
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What does the term 'act up' refer to when concerning a piece of equipment?
What does the term 'act up' refer to when concerning a piece of equipment?
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What does it mean to 'aim at' a particular audience?
What does it mean to 'aim at' a particular audience?
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What does it mean if something adds up to another number?
What does it mean if something adds up to another number?
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What does 'advise against' typically involve?
What does 'advise against' typically involve?
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What is meant by the phrase 'to act up'?
What is meant by the phrase 'to act up'?
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If you are said to 'account for' something, what are you expected to do?
If you are said to 'account for' something, what are you expected to do?
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What does it mean to 'ask for' something?
What does it mean to 'ask for' something?
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If you 'associate with' someone, what does that imply?
If you 'associate with' someone, what does that imply?
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What does it indicate if you 'advise of' something?
What does it indicate if you 'advise of' something?
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When you 'act on' someone's advice, what are you doing?
When you 'act on' someone's advice, what are you doing?
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What does it mean if you 'appeal for' something?
What does it mean if you 'appeal for' something?
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If you 'advise against' a course of action, what are you communicating?
If you 'advise against' a course of action, what are you communicating?
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What does it mean to 'arrive at' a decision?
What does it mean to 'arrive at' a decision?
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What is implied if a product is designed to 'aim at' a specific group?
What is implied if a product is designed to 'aim at' a specific group?
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What is the meaning of 'associate with' someone?
What is the meaning of 'associate with' someone?
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What does it mean to 'act out' your feelings?
What does it mean to 'act out' your feelings?
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What does it mean if something acts up?
What does it mean if something acts up?
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If you aim a product at a particular demographic, what are you intending to do?
If you aim a product at a particular demographic, what are you intending to do?
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When a person acts for someone else, what role do they take on?
When a person acts for someone else, what role do they take on?
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If you ask after someone, what are you inquiring about?
If you ask after someone, what are you inquiring about?
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If you are advised against doing something, what is the intention behind that advice?
If you are advised against doing something, what is the intention behind that advice?
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What does it mean if you appeal for assistance?
What does it mean if you appeal for assistance?
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If something adds to a situation, what effect does it have?
If something adds to a situation, what effect does it have?
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Which phrase best describes the action of 'appeal for'?
Which phrase best describes the action of 'appeal for'?
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When you 'allow for' something in planning, what are you doing?
When you 'allow for' something in planning, what are you doing?
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What is implied when someone 'acts out'?
What is implied when someone 'acts out'?
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When something 'add up to' a total, what does this indicate?
When something 'add up to' a total, what does this indicate?
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If you 'add to' something, what effect are you trying to achieve?
If you 'add to' something, what effect are you trying to achieve?
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Study Notes
Verbs and Phrasal Verbs
- Account for: Explain how something came to be the way it is. (FORMAL)
- Act as: Perform the same function as a particular person or thing.
- Act for: Represent someone.
- Act on: Follow advice.
- Act out: Express feelings through actions or words.
- Act up: Fail to function properly (often for parts of body or equipment). (INFORMAL)
- Add to: Make something better, greater, stronger, or more extreme in some way.
- Add up: Calculate the sum of numbers.
- Add up to: Result in a particular total.
- Adhere to: Obey or follow a rule, law, or contract. (FORMAL)
- Advise against: Suggest someone not do something. (FORMAL)
- Advise of: Inform someone about something. (FORMAL)
- Agree with: Be compatible or suitable with something; also, have the same opinion as someone. If a certain place or lifestyle agrees with you, it suits you and is good for you.
- Aim at: Target a particular group (people, as an audience). If you aim a product or a creative work at a particular group of people, you see those people as your market or your audience.
- Allow for: Consider something in planning or decision-making. To consider something, or take it into account, when making plans or making a decision.
- Allude to: Indirectly mention or refer to something. (FORMAL)
- Amount to: Be similar to, or have the same effect as something. To be similar to, or to have the same effect as.
- Answer back: Reply rudely.
- Answer for: Be held responsible for something.
- Appeal for: Ask for something, usually in dealing with a crisis or emergency.
- Appeal to: Be liked or attractive; also, make an earnest request. If something appeals to you, you like it.
- Apply to: Be relevant to or affect someone. If something applies to you, it is relevant to you or you are affected by it.
- Arrive at: Reach a result, conclusion, or decision after considering relevant factors. To reach a result, a conclusion or a decision after considering relevant factors or details.
- Ask after: Inquire about someone's well-being. If you ask after someone, you ask about them when you talk to someone who's seen them recently.
- Ask for: Request something. To let someone know that you'd like them to give you something.
- Ask out: Invite someone on a date.
- Ask over: Invite someone to your home.
- Associate with: Spend time with someone regularly. If you associate with someone, you regularly spend time with them.
- Attach to: Believe something is important or significant. To believe that something has importance or significance in relation to something else.
- Attend to: Deal with something or someone. To deal with something or someone.
- Attribute to: Believe something results directly from something else. To believe that something results directly from a certain event or fact.
- Auction off: Sell something to the highest bidder at an auction. To sell something to the highest bidder at an auction.
- Average out at: End up at a particular average. To come to a certain amount on average.
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