The Oxford Phrase List™

1 Oxford University Press 1 / 4 The Oxford Phrase List The Oxford Phrase List is a list of 750 common phrases from A1 to C1 level. It includes idioms, phrasal verbs, compounds, collocations, prepositional phrases and other common fixed fewa few minutesa few timesa few yearsa good ideaGood idea!It s a good idea s a good idea!agree with sba littlea little helpa little moneya little sugara lota lot to doa lot of sthall dayall nightall over the worldanything elseanyone elsea period of timearound the worldarrive for sthat homeat schoolat the beginning of sthat the endat the end of sthat the momentat the same timeat the weekendat universityat workaway from sb/sthbad for sb/sthbad newsbad thingthe bad things about sthbecause ofbegin with sthbe going to do sthbest friendblack and whitecar parkcell phonecity centrein the city centrecome into sthHe came into the between A and Bdifficult for sbit is difficult for sb to do stheach otherend in sthevery dayevery weekevery yearexcuse mefamily memberfind outfind out about sthfind out morefor a long

2 Timea long timefor a momentfor examplefor lunchfor many yearsfor the first timeget homeget marriedget offget off the busI m getting off onget on the busAre you getting on?get readyget ready for sthget ready to do sthget thereget upgo backgo back homego into sthShe went into her at sthgood for sb/sthGood morningGood afternoonGood eveninggood newsgood thingthe good things about sthgo outgo to bedgo to schoolgo to workgrow upGuess an hourhard workhave funhave gothave timehave time for sthhave time to do sthhe or shehigh schoolhis or herHow are you?How ow m a of for sb/sthIt is important for sb/sth to do sthI m sorryin Aprilin July, bedin classin factin front ofin my opinionin schoolin spacein summerin winterin the centrein the centre of sthin the countryI live in the in the countryin the futurein the morningin the afternoonin the eveningin the northin the southin the eastin the westin the pastin the streetin the summerin the winterin townit is important to do sthIt takes an hour to get of sb/sthWhat kind of music do you like?

3 Know howknow how to do sthlast timethe last timelast yearlast monthlast summerlast weeklast weekendlearn how to do sthlisten to sb/sthlive with sbliving roomlook at sb/sthlook for sb/sthlook like sb/sthlots phonemore timenext yearnext monthnext weekNo problemof courseOh no!Oh yesold friendonce a monthonce a weekonce a yearone dayon holidayon Mondayon Tuesday, televisionon the televisionon the beachon the flooron the interneton the lefton the righton the phonebe on the phonetalk on the phoneon TVout of sthover therepay for sthphone callphone numberplan for sthmake plans for sthWhat are your plans for next year?play with sb/sth post office pretty good really enjoyI really enjoyed goodreally likeI d really like nowSee youSee you aroundSee you laterSee you soonsit down Oxford University Press 2 / 4 The Oxford Phrase List someone elsesomething elsespeak to sbspend timespend time doing sthspend time with sbstand upstay instay in a hotelstay in bedI m staying in asswimming pooltalk about sb/sththank youthank you very muchthat daythe 20th centurythe 21st centurythe 19th centurythe next daythere isthere arethere wasthere werethink about sb/sththink of sb/sthThis is my kind morningthis afternoonthis eveningthis timethis yearthis summerthis weekendthousands longtoo fartoo hardtoo muchtoo manytown centrein the town centreTV

4 Showwait for sb/sthwake upwelcome to sthWhat as sthwork for sb/sthwork hardwork togetherwork together for sthwork together to do sthwork with sbwould likeI would would like you hours a dayX times times a dayX times a weekX years agoX days agoX months agoX weeks agoX years laterX days laterX minutes laterX years oldYou re welcomeA2a bitable to do stha couple of sthadd to sthagain and againall me all about kinds over the worldall sorts the timea long time agoa long waya number of stha large number of sthapply for sthart galleryas a resultas a result of sthas part of sthas part of a teamas soon asas wellas well as sb/sthat firstat leastat the age the start of sthat the timeat that timeat the time of sthat the topat the top of sthbased on sthbe allowed to do sthbelieve in sb/sthbelong to sbbelong to sthbe made of sthby the end of sthcare about sthcarry oncarry on with sthcarry sth outcheck incheck in sth incheck outcheck out of sthclimate changeclose to sb/sthcome backCome on!

5 Connected to sthconnected with sb/sthcredit carddeal with sbdeal with sthdepend on sb/sthdepend on sb/sth for sthdepend on sthdo welleach oneend with stheven more difficulteven more excitingeveryone elseexcept forfall in lovefall in love with sbfall offfall off sthfar awayfeel goodfeel like sthfill sth infind it difficult to do sthfirst of allfocus on sb/sthfollowed by sb/sthfor the rest of sthfor this reasonget backget betterget lostget outget out of sthgive upgive sth upgo and get helpgo awaygo downPrices are going down sthGo down the for sthgo for a walkgo upPrices are going luckhappen to sb/sthhappy with sb/sthhave a lookhave a look at sthhave got toHave you problemshear about sb/sthI don t careif necessaryif you want to I guessI m meanin businessin dangerin historythe first time in historyin hospitalin lovein love with sbin prisonin some casesinstead ofin the airin the endin the middlein the middle of sthin the same wayin this wayit dependsit all dependsI think soI don t think solead to sthless me help me knowlook after sb/sth/yourselflook back at sthLook back at your sth upmake a mistakemake moneymake sensemake suremake sure of sthmake sure betternot at allI didn t enjoy it at wayNo way!

6 There is no way (that)..Oh dearOh wellon earthon the groundon the other sideon the other side of sthon the wallon timeon top of sth/sbone or twoordinary peoplepay attentionpay attention to sb/sthper hourkilometres per hourmiles per hourpick sb/sth uppolice officerpolice stationpublic transportput sth onquite a lotquite a lot of sthreasons whyrefer to sb/sthrefer to sb/sth as sthreport on sthrespond to sth/sbsave moneyscience fictionsearch for sth/sbso to sthsort of sthWhat sorts of things do you do?sound like sb/sth Oxford University Press 3 / 4 The Oxford Phrase List start with sb/sthsuch a good ideatake care of sb/sth/yourselftake offtake sth offtake parttake part in sthtake placethe best thingthe best thing to dothe first thingthe first thing I didthe following daythe important thingthe most important thingthe other side of sththe other side of the worldthe rest of sththe rest of the worldthese daysthey say you can t buy sth awayturn sth offturn sth onup and downWhy outworried about sb/sthwould love to do sthwrite sth downB1a bit morea bit of sthaccess to sth after alla great deala great deal bettera great deal of sthaim to do stha kind had a kind of feeling this might little bita little morealong

7 With sb/stha lot morealternative to sthand so onapart froma range of stha wide range of sthas if nothing had happenedas much asas soon as possibleat lastat riskat timesattached to sb/stha variety of sthbe about to do sthbe going onWhat s going on?be known as sb/sthbenefit from sthbe supposed to do sthbe supposed to be sthbreak upbreak up with sbby the time (that)..can t afford sthcan t afford to do sthcare for sbcaused by sthcheck sb/sth outchoose to do sthclean upclean sth upclick on sthcome up with sthcompared with sthconcentrate on sthconsist of sb/sthdecide on sthdepending ondeveloping countriesdue to sb/stheconomic growthend upeven ifeven thoughexactly the sameexperience in sthfail to do sthfall asleepfar morefar more importantfar more opportunitiesfar toofar too much homeworkfed upfor a whilefor freefor instancefor lifea job for lifefor longfor some timeget on with sbget to know sbget used to sthget used to doing sthglobal warminggo aheadgo ahead with sthgo wronggrowth in sthhave no ideahave sth in commonhave sth in common with sbhave sth in common with sthhear of sb/sthheart

8 Diseasehigh streethigher educationif I were youin additionin addition to sb/sth in a way in charge of sb/sthin contrastin contrast to sb/sthin favour of sb/sthin generalin order of sthin order to do sthin other wordsin particularin publicin recent yearsin response to sthin terms of sthin the case of sthin the form of sb/sthin the way (that)..in this casein timein time for sthin time to do sthin touchbe in touchget in touchkeep in touchin touch with sbI wonder sb/sth outlikely to do sthlook forward to sthlook outmake a differencemake sth upmanage to do sthmean to do sthI didn t mean and moremove onmove on to sthno longernot any longerno more evenI didn t even see necessarilynot onlynot but a regular basison my ownon their ownon your ownon the other handon the streeton the streetson the wayor somethingor somebodyor somewhereor twoa day or twoa moment or twoa pound or twoought toout thereover the yearsover timeparticipate in sthpoint of viewpoint outpoint sth outpoint out to do sthprimary schoolprime ministerput sth upquite a good playerquite a

9 Long timeraise moneyraise money for sthrather thanreaction to sthrelate to sth/sbrelating to sth/sbrelated to sth/sbrespect for sb/sthresult in sthrise in stha rise in the number of visitorsrun outrun out of sthsearch enginesecondary schoolset sth upslow downso farsome kind in doing sthsuffer from sthsure to do sthtake sb/sth ontake up sthtake up too much roomtake sth uptake up golftell the truthtend to do sthtend to be sththanks to sb/sththat s itthe casebe the case fact are those who do with sb/sthbe to do with sb/sthhave to do with sb/sthtogether withtoo badtry outturn out to be sthturn sth upunable to do sthup to sthup to 60 miles per hourway of lifewell knownwork on sthwork sth outwrong with sb/sthyou see Oxford University Press 4 / 4 The Oxford Phrase List B2a bit of for sthaccused of sthact as sthaimed at sbaimed at doing sthall the waya means of stha means of communicationa means of transportappeal to sbapply to sb/sthas a wholeas far as I am concernedas for sb/sthas long with sthassociated with doing sthas onceat presentat some pointat the end of the dayat this pointat this stageawareness of sthback sb/sth upbe charged with sthbe charged with doing sthbe derived from sthbe expected to do sthbe known to do sthbe made up of sthbe surrounded by sb/sthbe to blamebe to blame for sthboth sidesboth sides of the argumenton both sidesbound to do sthbound to be sthbring sb upby nowcall for sthcase studycome across

10 Sb/sthcome truea dream come trueconcerned about sthconcerned with sthconfidence in sb/sthcontribute to sthcontrol over sb/sthcope with sthdecline in stha decline in student numbersdependent on sb/sthdespite the fact attention to sb/sthengage in sthengaged in sthever since(..)exposure to sthfar from sthfar from doing sthfigure sb/sth outfind yourself doing sthget inget into sthThe train