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particles
- turn up: US / UK
- acting up: US / UK
- his/her move out / his/her move up: NB: American English
- broke(n) up: US / UK
- broke(n) down: US / UK
- back up: US / UK
- back down: US / UK
- back over: US / UK
- move down: US / UK
- stand down: US / UK
- bring up / upbringing: US / UK
- reach out / outreach: US / UK
- stand with US / UK (stark decrease)
- talk with / talk to: US / UK
- talk over / talk through: US / UK
- talk it over / talk it through / talk it out : US / UK
- let it out: US / UK
- let it all out: US / UK
- still up: US 40 year rise / UK 40 year drop
- right out / back out / all out: US / UK
- it all down: US / UK
get
- get down US / UK
- get it down US (1x 10-5) / UK (seems more prevalent in UK 1800)
- get it done US sharp rise after 1950 / UK
- get it back US / UK
- get it over with US / UK (sharp rise 1900-1940)
- get over it US / UK
- get on/off US / UK
- get (on/along) well: US / UK
Causatives
(get him to / ask him to / have him / make him) call US (have him call)/ UK (ask him to call) get him to stop,ask him to stop,have him stop,make him stop: US / UK get him to consider,ask him to consider,have him consider,make him consider: US / UK get (him/her/myself) going: US / UK
particles with participle
- his/her turning up: English
==subjunctive vs. modal
