check | let | set | work |
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check in
arrive and register at a hotel or airport
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let off
1. punish somebody lightly or not at all for a misdemeanour or offence
2. excuse somebody from a task or obligation |
set up
1. establish a business, institution or other organisation
2. make an innocent person appear guilty of something |
work on
try hard to improve or achieve something
|
check on
make sure that there is nothing wrong with something or somebody
|
let down
fail to support or help somebody as they had hoped
|
set back
delay or block the progress of somebody or something
|
work out
1. find the answer to something
2. plan something in detail 3. have a good or specified result 4. engage in vigorous physical exercise |
check out
1. prove to be true or correct
2. establish the truth or inform yourself about somebody or something 3. look at or take notice of |
let on
reveal information
|
set out
1. aim or intend to do something
2. arrange or display something in a particular position or order |
work up
1. make somebody or yourself reach a state of great excitement, anger, etc.
2. develop or produce by activity or effort |
check off
tick or mark an item on a list to show that it has been dealt with
|
let up
(of something undesirable) become less intense
|
set apart
to make somebody or something different from or better than others
|
work off
1. get rid of something, especially a strong feeling, by using physical effort
2. earn money in order to be able to pay a debt |
check up on
(3 words)
investigate in order to establish the truth about or accuracy of something |
let in on
(3 words)
allow somebody to know or share (something secret) |
set off
1. begin a journey
2. cause somebody to start doing something, especially laughing or talking 3. cause a series of things to occur |
work up to
(3 words)
proceed gradually towards (something more advanced or intense) |