dress up

to wear formal clothes.

• I have to dress up.
• Tom is all dressed up.
• Please come dressed up.
• You don't have to dress up.
• She was dressed up in black.
• She dressed up for the party.
• Tom dressed up for the party.
• What're you all dressed up for?
• Why is Tom so dressed up today?
• What are you all dressed up for?
• I got all dressed up for Tom's party.
• She dressed up and left for the party.
• You're all dressed up. Where are you going?
• Tom likes to dress up on special occasions.
• Mary likes to dress up on special occasions.
• Americans, in general, don't like to dress up.
• If you had told me earlier, I would have dressed up.
• You don't need to get all dressed up. It's an informal event.
• Going somewhere tonight? Look at you - all dressed up like that.
• Our teacher was a beautiful lady, but was not the type of person who dressed up.

to wear clothes that make you look like someone else.

• He dressed up as a woman.
• Tom dressed up as Santa Claus.
• She likes to dress up as a nurse.
• He likes to dress up as a police officer.
• She likes to dress up as a police officer.
• I dressed up as a girl for the school festival.
• I was dressed up as a girl at the school festival.
• Many children dressed up for the Shichigosan Festival.

draw up

to write a document.

• Notaries are involved in the drawing up of notarial deeds and sealed envelope deeds.
• In that kind of case, it's best to make a trial of drawing up a budget.
• Why didn't they draw up a passenger list?
• Father had his lawyer draw up his will.
• I'm ambivalent about the itinerary for our overseas trip which my brother has drawn up.
• The police drew up a list of persons of interest after the discovery of Mary's body.
• Tom asked his friend, who is a draughtsman, to draw up some plans for his extension.
• Tonight, we had fun drawing up our family tree together.
• Our constitution was drawn up under American guidance.
• The plans were drawn up, but the deal fell through.
• Our lawyer drew up a contract for us to sign.
• I must draw up three papers in as many days.
• The engineers drew up plans for a new dock.
• The plans have been drawn up.
• The lawyer drew up my will.
• He has drawn up a will.

to arrive and stop a vehicle.

• His wagon drew up at the entrance to the market.
• A big car drew up and a tall lady got out.
• A car drew up in front of my house.
• A taxi drew up at the main gate.
• A car drew up at the main gate.

to move your chair closer to someone or something.

• Dick drew up to her.
• He drew up to her.

drag on

to last longer than expected.

• The meeting dragged on.
• The talk dragged on till three o'clock.
• This looks as though it will drag on and on.
• The meeting on sales promotion is dragging on.
• Some days seem to just drag on and last forever.
• The meeting dragged on for three and a half hours.
• The monsoon season seems to be dragging on this year.

do up

to repair, to renovate.

• This house must be done up.
• Tom is currently doing his house up so he can sell it.

to dress in special clothes.

• They were all done up like clowns.

do over

to do something again because it was done badly the first time.

• Please do it over.
• Do I have to do it over again?
• Are you going to do it over again?
• I was weary of doing the same thing over and over again.
• If I had it all to do over again, I wouldn't change a thing.
• I will mentally return to childhood and do it all over again.
• I don't know how you can tolerate doing this over and over again.
• Insanity means doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

do away with

to eliminate, to get rid of something.

• This custom should be done away with.
• The practice should be done away with.
• Such a custom should be done away with.
• Those old laws were all done away with.
• That custom has long been done away with.
• The practice has long been done away with.
• Such a bad custom should be done away with.
• Such evil customs should be done away with.
• That sort of thing should be done away with.
• The death penalty was done away with last year.
• This practice has long since been done away with.
• They have done away with uniforms at that school.
• The new law has done away with the long-standing custom.
• The American home does away with most housework by using machines.
• The death penalty had been done away with in many states in the USA.
• The death penalty has been done away with in many states in the USA.
• Many in England want to see the public subsidy of the monarchy done away with.
• A student's penmanship used to be graded, but the digital age has done away with that.
• Nowadays, when mass media has already done away with any limits, it seems that one's head has shrunk to the size of an iPhone.

dispense with

to do without something.

• I can dispense with her help.
• Let's dispense with formalities.
• I cannot dispense with this dictionary.
• We cannot dispense with the rainforests.
• I cannot dispense with a coat in winter.
• I can't dispense with coffee at breakfast.
• I can't dispense with watching television.
• I cannot dispense with coffee after meals.
• Nobody can dispense with somebody's service.
• I cannot dispense with this book till Sunday.
• In doing this, we cannot dispense with his help.
• We can not dispense with sleep for too many days.

dig up

to reveal information.

• Tom hired a private investigator to dig up dirt on his wife and her lover.

to remove something from the ground by digging.

• Some of Tom's chooks got through a hole in the fence and dug up his neighbour's lettuce plants.
• When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.
• Before he went fishing, he dug up some worms for bait.
• They dug up Tom's body and gave him a proper burial.
• They dug up a box containing human remains.
• Have you dug up the potatoes?
• Have you dug up potatoes?
• Tom dug up Mary's body.

die down

to become less strong, powerful, active, etc.

• The wind has died down.
• The laughter died down.
• The fire is dying down.
• The storm has died down.
• The party is dying down.
• Don't let the fire die down.
• The wind gradually died down.
• If the wind dies down, we'll go.
• The wind died down by the evening.
• Without an enemy, courage dies down.
• When the excitement died down, the discussion resumed.
• Tom waited for the applause to die down before he announced the next song.
• Chemical companies are waiting until everything dies down before reinvesting.
• When the shooting died down a bit, Daddy ran over to our flat and brought us back some sandwiches.

deck out in

to dress.

• They are decked out in their Sunday clothes.
• The witch assumed the form of the Queen, and decked herself out in the royal robes, and sat among the Court ladies, awaiting the King’s return.

deal with

to be about.

• This book deals with China.
• History deals with the past.
• Arithmetic deals with numbers.
• This book deals with psychology.
• This book deals with anthropology.
• Her latest book deals with pollution.
• Botany deals with the study of plants.
• His book deals with traffic accidents.

to take care, manage or handle something or someone.

• I dealt with it.
• You deal with it.
• I deal with that.
• Just deal with it.
• I'll deal with it.
• I can deal with it.
• We'll deal with it.
• I'm dealing with it.
• I'll deal with this.
• I'll deal with that.
• We can deal with it.
• Can you deal with it?
• We're dealing with it.
• We can deal with that.
• Let me deal with this.
• I can't deal with this.
• We'll deal with it later.
• I dealt with the accident.
• I'll deal with that later.
• We'll have to deal with it.
• I can't deal with this now.
• I've dealt with the matter.
• I knew how to deal with it.
• I know how to deal with it.
• Tom dealt with the problem.
• We'll deal with that later.
• We'll deal with this later.
• How did Tom deal with that?
• I'll deal with these later.
• I'll deal with that for you.
• We'll deal with it tomorrow.
• How are you dealing with it?
• That's how we dealt with it.
• I can't deal with this place.
• I have to deal with this now.
• I know what I'm dealing with.
• We'll have to deal with that.
• Please let me deal with this.
• I will deal with this problem.
• We have to deal with this now.
• We need to deal with this now.
• How do you deal with all this?
• We must deal with this problem.
• He has to deal with complaints.
• I have to deal with this issue.
• I can't deal with this anymore.
• I have to deal with this alone.
• We'll deal with this ourselves.
• We have to deal with this, Tom.
• Tom has got a lot to deal with.
• Let's deal with the formalities.
• Tom has to deal with this alone.
• I had issues I had to deal with.
• I had things I had to deal with.
• I have to deal with this myself.
• I just can't deal with this now.
• We have to deal with that first.
• I just can't deal with that now.
• We've got an issue to deal with.
• How did you deal with the matter?
• You have to deal with impatience!
• I can't deal with this right now.
• I have other things to deal with.
• I'm dealing with the problem now.
• I had problems I had to deal with.
• I've got a situation to deal with.
• I have other matters to deal with.
• I'll deal with this problem later.
• We'll deal with it in the morning.
• We'll deal with the problem later.
• How shall we deal with this matter?
• How shall we deal with the problem?
• Tom has some problems to deal with.
• I don't know how to deal with this.
• It depends on how you deal with it.
• It's my problem. I'll deal with it.
• I have a problem to deal with here.
• I'll let someone else deal with it.
• We deal with new types of diseases.
• How shall we deal with this problem?
• The problem will soon be dealt with.
• Such a problem is hard to deal with.
• How would you deal with the problem?
• Tom has trouble dealing with stress.
• I'm tired of dealing with this mess.
• I'm still dealing with that problem.
• Tom is dealing with the problem now.
• How should we deal with the problem?
• I don't have time to deal with this.
• Tom didn't know how to deal with it.
• The manager deals with many problems.
• I've dealt with this store for years.
• Tom has a lot of things to deal with.
• Right now, we need to deal with this.
• The policeman dealt with the accident.
• Be prompt in dealing with the problem.
• She has amply dealt with the question.
• We're going to have to deal with this.
• I dealt with the problem as I saw fit.
• We have a lot of problems to deal with.
• You're going to have to deal with that.
• I can't deal with this problem anymore.
• I'm tired of dealing with this problem.
• I was assigned to deal with the matter.
• I think I'll be able to deal with that.
• We've got bigger problems to deal with.
• Tom is still dealing with that problem.
• Tom has a lot of problems to deal with.
• We must deal with the problem instantly.
• I have some correspondence to deal with.
• I really can't deal with that right now.
• How are you dealing with all the stress?
• I can't deal with that problem right now.
• I don't want to deal with this right now.
• This is my problem and I'll deal with it.
• We'll deal with that when the time comes.
• Tom has trouble dealing with verbal abuse.
• I'll deal with Tom.
• I'll deal with him.
• I'll deal with her.
• I can deal with Tom.
• I'll deal with them.
• I can deal with him.
• I can deal with her.
• Let me deal with him.
• Let me deal with her.
• I can deal with them.
• We can deal with this.
• We can deal with them.
• They deal with Muslims.
• I had to deal with Tom.
• I made a deal with Tom.
• Did you deal with them?
• I had to deal with him.
• I had to deal with her.
• I made a deal with him.
• I made a deal with her.
• He is hard to deal with.
• I have to deal with Tom.
• I'll deal with it later.
• How do you deal with it?
• I have to deal with him.
• I have to deal with her.
• I had to deal with them.
• Tom is hard to deal with.

cut out

to be suitable.

• I'm not cut out for this.
• Tom isn't cut out for this.
• I'm not cut out for all this.
• He's not cut out for teaching.
• She isn't cut out for teaching.
• Tom isn't cut out for teaching.
• I might not be cut out for this.
• We've got our work cut out for us.
• You have your work cut out for you.
• You've got your work cut out for you.
• I don't think I'm cut out for city life.
• He seems not to be cut out for teaching.
• That is the sort of job I am cut out for.
• I'm just not cut out for this kind of work.
• You aren't cut out for the military because of its rigid discipline.
• You have to paint the whole house all by yourself? You sure have your work cut out for you.
• I'm not cut out for gambling. Maybe I'm just unlucky, but working for my pay is more of a sure thing.
• Tom isn't cut out to be a teacher.
• Tom is not cut out to be a teacher.
• I am not cut out to be a politician.
• I don't think I'm cut out to be captain.
• Tom doesn't think Mary is cut out to be a teacher.
• My grandfather was quite a learned man for his time and place but he just wasn't cut out to be a businessman.

to remove a piece by cutting.

• She cut a picture out of the book.
• Use scissors to cut out the pictures.
• I cut the article out of the magazine.
• Tom cut an article out of the newspaper.
• Tom cut the article out of the newspaper.
• Tom cut Mary's picture out of the magazine.
• He cut the advertisement out of the newspaper.
• Tom cut an interesting article out of the newspaper.
• You absolutely may not cut pictures out of the books on the bookcase.
• Trace the shape onto the paper, then cut it out.
• By no means may you cut out the pictures from the books on the bookshelf.

to stop eating something.

• You had better cut out the fat.

to stop working (an engine).

• One of the aircraft's engines cut out.

cut down on

to reduce.

• He cut down on drinking.
• He had cut down on sweets.
• I'm cutting down on sweets.
• Tom has cut down on sweets.
• We can cut down on our use of energy.
• They will cut down on their expenses.
• We're trying to cut down on expenses.
• Tom tried to cut down on his expenses.
• She advised him to cut down on smoking.
• I've been trying to cut down on caffeine.
• The doctor told him to cut down on smoking.
• His doctor told him to cut down on drinking.
• Tom has been trying to cut down on calories.
• We must cut down on prices; we can't compete.
• The doctor advised him to cut down on drinking.
• Tom's doctor suggested that he cut down on sugar.
• My father cut down on salty food as I had advised.
• The doctor advised my father to cut down on smoking.
• Tom's doctor advised him to cut down on his sugar intake.
• I want to cut down on the time it takes to process records.
• After his heart attack, Jim had to cut down on his sugar intake.
• You should cut down on the amount of fattening food that you eat.
• You must cut down on extra expenses in order to live within your means.
• If you want to lose weight, you should cut down on between-meal snacks.
• Instead of cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
• Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
• She advised him to cut down on smoking, but he didn't think that he could.
• The governor of Texas asked the oil company to cut down on noise pollution.
• Education about birth control might help cut down on adolescent pregnancies.
• Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, sir, why don't you just give them up?
• The government is redesigning the currency to try and cut down on counterfeiting.

cross out

to put a line through some writing.

• Charlie decided to cross out the last word.
• You should cross out any word you don't need.
• If you make a mistake, just cross it out neatly.
• Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

count on

to rely or depend on someone or something.

• I count on Tom.
• I count on him.
• I count on her.
• We count on you.
• I count on them.
• Don't count on it.
• Tom counts on Mary.
• I'm counting on it.
• Can I count on you?
• Can I count on Tom?
• Don't count on Tom.
• Don't count on him.
• Don't count on her.
• Can I count on him?
• Can I count on her?
• I'm counting on you.
• I am counting on you to deliver the opening address.
• You can count on us for better service in the future.
• Tom was counting on Mary to help him get ready for the party.
• I'm counting on you not to let our secret leak out.
• Can I count on you being at the meeting tomorrow?
• I'm counting on you to help next Tuesday morning.
• You can't count on anyone to help you with this.
• You're the only one I can count on for help.

conk out

to stop working.

• Tom was stranded when his car conked out in the middle of nowhere.
• The Spitfire's fuel was gravity fed. If you flew upside down, the engine would conk out.

come up with

to produce an idea, plan, etc.

• Tom came up with a plan.
• I'll come up with something.
• We must come up with a plan.
• Tom came up with a new idea.
• Dan came up with a new idea.
• Tom came up with a good idea.
• I've come up with a good idea.
• We should come up with a plan.
• Let's come up with a new plan.
• We came up with a better plan.
• We need to come up with a plan.
• We have to come up with a plan.
• How did you come up with this plan?
• We need to come up with a new plan.
• We have to come up with a new plan.
• Have you come up with another plan?
• When did you come up with this plan?
• I can't come up with a plan right now.
• We'll need to come up with another plan.
• I hope you will come up with a better plan.
• To my surprise, he easily came up with a plan.
• I came up with a plan. It's a good one, I think.
• They came up with a plan after a long discussion.
• I think we can come up with better plan than this.
• I hope you can come up with a better plan than this.
• We need to concentrate on coming up with a new plan.
• We stayed up all night trying to come up with a plan.
• I choked! I should have come up with a proper plan first.
• We should be able to come up with a better plan than this.
• Scientists have come up with many explanations for why the sky is blue.
• Then our chairman came up with a good idea and we have made a great plan.
• Experts have failed to come up with an explanation of why the explosion happened.
• Nothing is as difficult as coming up with a simple explanation for something difficult.
• Tom came up with a better idea.
• I can't come up with a good idea.
• How did you come up with that idea?
• I've come up with a brilliant idea.
• I've just come up with a great idea.
• I finally came up with a great idea.
• I'm the one who came up with the idea.
• When did you come up with such an idea?
• In the end I came up with a great idea.
• Tom came up with some pretty good ideas.
• Tom came up with a couple of good ideas.
• How did you come up with this crazy idea?
• How did you come up with such a good idea?
• Why do I have to come up with all the ideas?
• Who came up with that idea in the first place?
• I hope he will come up with a new and good idea.
• Tom certainly came up with some interesting ideas.
• At the meeting, we came up with a lot of new ideas.
• I was told you were the one who came up with the idea.
• I think we can come up with better ideas than this one.
• Why am I the one who has to come up with all the ideas?
• Tom came up with some half-baked idea that was never going to work.
• Our public leaders are imaginative and often come up with new ideas.
• Tom came up with various ideas on how to make his business more successful.
• The boss told his secretary to come up with a good idea by the end of the week.
• I wonder where you came up with the idea that I'm familiar with robotics and such.
• Where did you come up with the idea that I'm familiar with robotics and such I wonder?
• I had been thinking about our new project for two weeks, but I couldn't come up with a good idea.
• "How does she manage to come up with all those amazing ideas?" "Frankly speaking, I wonder that myself."
• Let's all think on this together and we might be able to come up with some good ideas. They say two heads are better than one.
• Tom came up with a good solution.
• She came up with a good solution.
• She came up with a possible solution.
• Tom has come up with a possible solution.
• He came up with the solution to the problem.
• Tom came up with the solution to the problem.
• I will come up with a solution to the problem.
• Tom finally came up with a solution to the problem.
• I've made up my mind to come up with a better solution.
• He came up with a terrific solution to the complex problem.
• Tom and Mary came up with a possible solution to their problem.
• It was impossible to come up with a really satisfactory solution.
• Let's discuss the problem and see if we can come up with a solution.
• Tom and Mary have been trying to come up with a solution to the problem.
• Who came up with something like that?
• We have to come up with something soon.
• I'm sure you'll come up with something.
• Can you come up with something by Monday?
• You'd better come up with something fast.
• We'll have to come up with something soon.
• If you do come up with something, let me know.
• My father always comes up with something witty to say.
• Tom came up with a new technique.
• He came up with an answer to our problem.
• Tom came up with an answer to our problem.
• Tom hasn't come up with a good answer to the problem yet.
• How did you come up with that answer?
• She has come up with the right answer once again.
• I wish I could come up with a good answer to the question.
• I racked my brain and still could not come up with the answer.
• How did you come up with such a good excuse?
• The heat is on the administration to come up with a new policy.
• She came up with a good way of making money by using the Internet.
• Try and come up with a more reasonable excuse next time.

come up against

to face an opposition.

• We came up against massive popular resistance.
• You're going to come up against fierce competition.
• The present housing policy is likely to come up against considerable opposition.

come forward

to present oneself.

• Tom came forward.
• Diseases begin to come forward.
• He came forward as a candidate for Congress.
• Six men came forward to volunteer for the work.
• No one has come forward to claim responsibility for what happened.
• I appeal to any members of the public with information to come forward.

come down with

to become ill.

• He came down with a cold.
• I came down with measles.
• He came down with the flu.
• She came down with a cold.
• Tom came down with a cold.
• Tom came down with the flu.
• He came down with a wallop.
• I'm coming down with a cold.
• I think I'm coming down with a cold.
• I think I'm coming down with the flu.
• The twins have come down with measles.
• I'm afraid I'm coming down with a cold.
• Tom seems to be coming down with a cold.
• Last week my mother came down with the flu.
• I feel like I'm coming down with something.
• Tom thought he might be coming down with a cold.
• I think my daughter's coming down with something.
• Tom came down with a cold and couldn't go to school.
• He came down with a cold and had to be away from work.
• You are coming down with the flu, or something serious.
• I didn't have time to recover before I came down with another horrible cold.
• The match was postponed because half the squad came down with food poisoning.
• Lately it seems that no matter how much I sleep, I stay tired. I wonder if I've come down with something strange.