After a not-so-good night's sleep, I had a delicious cinnamon pancake breakfast. The cup of coffee that followed the nosh could elevate my pulse, and 72 seemed the highest it could induce in my woozy system. Anyway, I decided to continue my studies in the morning, so I buckled down to my Destination C1-C2 book with high expectations. However, the semi-self-conscious smirk on my face soon became a frown when I saw how many meanings there are to a couple of phrasal verbs and verbs. I'm okay with "take off" as it has six meanings, and I remember writing a short story using all these meanings, but "put in" is another multiple-meaning one that I need to memorise ardently. When I thought this would be the last ordeal today, I bumped into "to bear". I couldn't believe my eyes. I understand that each language is rich and has its own specialities. But why are there so many different or seemingly close meanings to one word? Anywho, the following list wil...