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Feb 2014
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A Phrasal Verb a Day #52 - to get throug...

Luke Thompson
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1. Deal with a difficult situation (survive) 2. Help someone deal with a difficult situation 3. To be connected to someone by telephone 4. To finish doing something 5. To go into the next stage of a competition or test 6. To use/finish something faster than expected 7. When a law is passed by parliament 8. To manage to communicate with someone (similar to th ... Show More
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