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PHRASAL VERBS 366

 lead up to (tr)

 prepare, introduce or go before; [sözü belli bir noktaya getirmek, kapısını yapmak]

Ever since he came in he has been leading up to this one question.
The chain of events had led up to her death.

 leave off (intr)

 stop, discontinue; [ bırakmak, vazgeçmek]

I told my son to leave off (making that noise) because I was studying.
Hasn’t the rain left off yet?

 leave out (tr)

 omit, not include or mention, exclude; [ dahil etmemek, dışarıda bırakmak, ihmal etmek]

The coach left him out because of his poor performance.
Leave me out of this plan, please. I don’t want to get involved.

 let down (tr)

 disappoint sb; [ hayal kırıklığına uğratmak]

Sorry to let you down, but I can’t accompany you today.
My friends let me down by not coming to watch my show.

 lower; [ indirmek]

I let down the bucket by a rope.

 let sb/oneself in for (tr)

 cause sb/oneself to suffer (sth unpleasant); [ neden olmak]

What have they let themselves for?
Her absence let me in for a lot of extra work.

 let sb in on (tr)

 allow to be part of a secret; [ sırrını açıklamak]

I didn’t want to let Jack in on our plans.
Don’t let anybody in on the news.