wait on + | serve, service (a table) | Each waitress waits on three different tables in the restaurant. |
wait up | not sleep because you are waiting for something or someone | Don't wait up. |
wait up for + | not sleep because you are waiting for someone or something | Let's wait up for Mary to see how her date went. |
wake * up + | awaken someone | The car alarm woke me up at 6:00 in the morning. |
wake up | awaken | Wake up. It's time to get ready for work. |
wash up | clean oneself | Make sure you wash up before dinner. |
wash * up + | clean | If we work together, we can wash the kitchen up in a few minutes. |
watch out | be careful | Watch out - there's a rattlesnake! |
watch out for + | be careful of | Watch out for snakes while you are hiking in the desert. |
wear off | disappear after a period of time | The affects of the medicine will wear off after a few hours. |
wear * out | use until something is not useable anymore | If you wear the same shoes everyday, you'll wear them out. |
wear * out | cause to be very tired | Her three kids wore me out. |
wind up + | finish (inf.) | If he doesn't get his act together, he is going to wind up in jail. |
wind * up + | tighten the spring of a watch or similar machine | He wound up the toy dog and set it on the floor. |
wind * up + | cause an animal or a child to behave wildly | The kids always get wound up when Uncle Henry comes over. |
wipe * out + | massacre or destroy | The tidal wave wiped out the small fishing village. |
wipe * out | cause to be very tired | After surfing all day, I was completely wiped out. |
work * out + | solve | I hope you two can work out your problems. |
work out | exercise | I work out three times a week at the fitness center. |
work out | be successful | I am glad your new catering business is working out. |
write * down + | record | Write down the directions so you don't forget them. |
write * out + | write down every word or letter | He wrote out the lyrics so I could understand what the singer was saying. |
write * up + | prepare a report | He wrote up a business proposal in order to get a loan. |
Monday, 10 May 2010
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