Matching Pairs Entertainment4Online version ------- by Evgenia Bakina 1 get along with, e.g. I don't really get along with my sister's husband. 2 take off, e.g. Her singing career had just begun to take off. 3 drop off, e.g. I must have dropped off during the show, because I don’t remember how it ended. 4 grow on, e.g. I wasn't sure about this album when I bought it, but it's really grown on me. 5 go down as/in something, e.g. Hurricane Katrina will go down as one of the worst storms of this century. 6 put on, e.g. The second graders want to put a play on. 7 come (a)round, e.g. Christmas comes round so quickly! 8 fall for, e.g. I said I was an art collector, and they fell for it. 9 drown out, e.g. He plugged his ears with tissue paper to drown out the music. 10 let down , e.g. You’ll be there tomorrow – you won’t let me down, will you? 11 name after, e.g. Paul was named after his grandfather. 12 show off, e.g. She only bought that sports car to show off and prove she could afford one. 13 take after sb, e.g. Lazy? He takes after his father. 14 count on, e.g. You can always count on Michael in a crisis. to be confident that you can depend on someone to do an activity, esp. one that others can watch to be deceived by something, esp. a lie to behave in a way that is intended to attract attention or admiration, and that other people often find annoying to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character If an event happens at its usual time to give someone or something the same name as another person or thing they like each other and are friendly to each other to be remembered or recorded in a particular way you like him, her, or it more and more than you did at first to suddenly start to be successful or popular If a loud noise drowns out another noise, it prevents it from being heard. to cause someone to be disappointed, often because you have failed to do what you promised to begin to sleep
