B & C.- COMMON PHRASALS VERBS

• Break down: 1. stop working:  The bus had broken down.  /  2. lose control of one's emotions:  He broke down and cried when he heard the news.

• Break into:  enter illegally:  They broke into the house while everynoe was sleeping.

• Bring up:  1. raise / educate:  His grandparents brought him up when his parents divorced.   / 2.  mention / raise a topic:  Someone brought up the subject of parking at the end of the meeting.

• Call back:  return a phone call:  Mr. Smith will call you back as soon as he is free.

• Call off:  cancel:  The match was called off because of the dreadful weather.

• Carry on:  continue:  When I leave just carry on with your work.

• Come across:  find by chance:   They came across their father's medals in an old suitcase.

• Come into:  inherit:  When his grandmother died he came into a fortune.

• Count on:  rely upon:  You can always count on Mark in a crisis.

• Cut down:  reduce:  She cut down the number of cigarettes she smoked.  She cut the number of cigarettes she smoked down to nine a day.

• Cut off:  to end / disconnect a service (often used in the passive):  The telephone was cut off because they hadn't paid the bill.