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Lesson 11: Act like
Alternative to the phrasal verb: to behave
Example 1:
- Why is John acting like a 5-year-old? You can’t always have what you want.
- Why is John behaving like a 5-year-old? You can’t always have what you want.
Example 2:
- Stop acting like an idiot! I don’t want to be around you when you act like this.
- Stop behaving like an idiot! I don’t want to be around you when you act like this.
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Lesson 12: Back Up – separable (1st meaning)
Alternative: to make a copy (of data or information)
Example 1:
- Luckily the company backed the computer system up every night because they lost all their data after the fire.
- Luckily the company backed up the computer system every night because they lost all their data after the fire.
- Luckily the company made a secure copy of their computer system every night because they lost all their data after the fire.
Example 2:
- The computer technician reminds every customer to back up their data regularly.
- The computer technician reminds every customer to make a copy of their data regularly.
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Lesson 13: Back Up – separable (2 nd meaning)
Alternative: confirm (something)
Example 1:
- Ask John about the story, he will back me up.
- Ask John about the story, he will confirm it.
Example 2:
- Amy backed up Curtis’s story even though nobody believed it was true.
- Amy confirmed Curtis’s story even though nobody believed it was true.
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Lesson 14: Back Up – separable (3rd and 4th meaning)
Alternative: to reverse (a vehicle) / to move backward (people)
Example 1:
- Every day I back up the car from the driveway.
- Every day I back the car up from the driveway.
- Every day I reverse the car from the driveway.
Example 2:
- The customer accidentally backed up into the waitress and spilled the drinks.
- The customer accidentally moved backward into the waitress and spilled the drinks.
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Lesson 15: Own up to
Alternative: to confess
Example 1:
- I wish you would own up to the crime you committed.
- I wish you would confess the crime you committed.
Example 2:
- After months of pretending she would have time to meet, she owned up to the fact that she didn’t really like him.
- After months of pretending she would have time to meet, she confessed to the fact that she didn’t really like him.
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