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Some vocabulary phrases Im trying to understand the phrasal verbs keep up, catch up and make up, so i wrote down some senteces, i appreciate if you can help me to check it. 1. It´s very difficult to keep up with people who have master riding a bike. 2. Yesterday i catch up with an old friend i found while i was having a breakfast, he was the best in math at school, the more i tried to catch up with him, the better scores he got on the tests. We just talked for ten minutes, because i had to catch up on buying some things at the supermarket. 3. I could make the things up with my girlfriend at last. It´s was obvious that a good gift would be good to make up for being a jerk. If someone is intereresting in both practising spanish and exchange tips to help me to improve my english skills please send me a message.

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Some vocabulary phrases

I'm trying to understand the phrasal verbs keep up, catch up and make up, so I wrote down some sentences. I would appreciate it if you could help me by checking them.

1. It´s very difficult to keep up with people who have mastered riding a bike.

2. Yesterday i caught up with an old friend I ran into while I was having a breakfast. He was the best in math at school. The more I tried to catch up with him, the better scores he would get on his tests. We just talked for ten minutes, because I had to catch up on buying some things at the supermarket. ("Catch up" doesn't sound very natural in this last sentence. It's more used for tasks that have been neglected for a while. For instance: "After being sick for a week, a had a lot of homework to catch up on." )

3. I could make the things up with my girlfriend at last. It was obvious that a good/nice gift would be a good way to make up for being a jerk. (or: "Clearly, a nice gift...")

If someone is interested in both practising Spanish and exchanging tips to help me to improve my English skills, please send me a message.

Nice job Camilo!

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