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
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: Opaque meaning
3. Came up with
• Sentence : I came up with a plan: I would enroll Ray in a private home
eccourse, taught by me. • Literal meaning
: Came: to move to towards a person or place Up: towards or in a higher position
With : in the company or presence of somebody • Idiomatic meaning : To find and deliver someone or something; to identify and
locate
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someone or something Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
• Types : opaque meaning
4. Match up with
• Sentence : The taste doesn’t match up with the smell, which leads to
dislike p 53
• Literal meaning : Match: have the same color, pattern or style and therefore
look attractive together
Up: towards or in a higher position With : in the company or presence of somebody
• Idiomatic meaning : To pair people or things Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
• Types : Opaque meaning
5. End up with
• Sentence : And you’ll end up with savory meat beneath a just-like
fried crust- without the time, effort, or fat p 56
• Literal meaning : End: the final part of period of time, an event, an activity
or a story
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Up: towards or in a higher position With : in the company or presence of somebody
• Idiomatic meaning : To finish with the possession of someone or something or in the
company of someone or something Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
• Types : Semi opaque meaning
6. Stock up on
• Sentence : Also use this time to stock up on the foods you’ll be eating
on the plan from days four through seven. p 100
• Literal meaning : Stock : a supply of something for use or sale
Up :towards or in a higher position On : in or into a position covering
• Idiomatic meaning : To build up a supply of something in particular Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
• Types : Semi – Opaque meaning
7. Move out of
• Sentence : A few weeks after he’d moved out of his childhood home in
Gilbert, Arizona. p 129 • Literal meaning
: Move :to change position
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Out :away from the inside of a place or thing Of : belonging to somebody, relating to somebody
• Idiomatic meaning : To leave a place Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
• Types : Semi – Opaque meaning
8. Show up for
