2. Follow up
• Sentence : Early results from follow –up testing and scans point to
improved resilieny among the Marines, p 144
• Literal meaning : Follow: to come or go after or behind somebody
Up :towards or in a higher position • Idiomatic meaning : To check on the work that someone has done Cambridge
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: Opaque meaning
3. Pass away
• Sentence : Elvis had met them, and after Mr. Jorgensen passed away.
p 137 • Literal meaning
: Pass: to move past or to other side of somebody Away : to or at a distance from something in space or time
• Idiomatic meaning : Stop living Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary • Types
: Opaque meaning
4. Depend on
• Sentence : Right now they have 146 matching combos in the closet all
made by the seamstress they depended on until her death in 2008
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p124 • Literal meaning
: Depend : to rely on somebody and be able to trust them On : or into a position covering
• Idiomatic meaning : To rely on somethingsomebody Robby Lou p 153 • Types
: Opaque meaning
5. Instead of
• Sentence : For poultry, eat learner light meat breasts instead of fattier
dark meat legs and thighs, and remove the skin. p 65
• Literal meaning : Instead : in the place of something
Of : belonging to somebody, relating to somebody • Idiomatic meaning : If you do one thing instead of another thing, you choose to
do the first and not the second. Cambridge Advanced Learners
Dictionary • Types
: Opaque meaning
6. Look after
• Sentence : I will diminish personal stressors and look after my mental
well- being p 158
• Literal meaning : Look : towards or in a higher position
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After : later than something • Idiomatic meaning : To take care of Dixon p 58
• Types : Opaque meaning
7 . Applying for
• Sentence : Candidate claimed to be able to speak Antarctican when
applying for
a job to work in Antarctican. p 79 • Literal meaning
: Applying: to make a formal request, usually in writing, for something such as a job. A place, at college, university, etc.
For: used to show who is intended to have or use something or where something is intended to be put.
• Idiomatic meaning : To request something , usually officially, especially by writing or
sending in a form Robby Lou • Types
: semi opaque meaning
4.1.1.4 Phrasal Verbs with Extra Preposition 1. Looked down at
• Sentence : The man looked down at himself and cried. p 24
• Literal meaning : Looked: to turn your eyes in a particular direction
Down: to or at a lower place or position
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At : used to say where something is or where something happens
• Idiomatic meaning : To turn one’s gaze downward at someone or something Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
• Types : Semi opaque meaning
2.Beefing up some
• Sentence : Americans’ ever-increasing waistlines are beefing-up some
surprising that things. p 30 • Literal meaning
: Beefing: to complain a lot about something Up: towards or in a higher position
Some: used before numbers to mean approximately • Idiomatic meaning : To strengthen or fortify something Cambridge Advanced
Learners Dictionary • Types
: Opaque meaning
3. Came up with