phrasal verbs
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etw. gründen / festlegen
set up / He set up a company which made computers and within a few years he was a millionaire
aufschieben, hinausschieben
put off / The meeting was put off until the following week
etw. ablehnen
to turn sth. down / She decided to turn down the job because the salary was too low
sich mit jdm. verstehen, gut auskommen
get on well with / At first, she didn't get on very well with her boss
sich trennen, spalten
split up / When her boyfriend told her he wanted them to split up, she was upset for a long time
auf jdm. herabschauen
to look down on / She is a bit of a snob and tends to look down on people
jdm. einstellen
to take on / When business picked up, the company had to take on extra staff
auf etw. stossen, vorfinden, antreffen
come across / We came across a wonderful restaurant when we were asking trough the city
jdm. abweisen, wegschicken
turn away / The restaurant was very busy and the manager had to turn away a lot of customers
auf etw. stossen
run up against / we ran up against a few problems when we tried to enter the country without our passports
in tränen ausbrechen
brake out in tears
weitermachen, nicht aufhören
keep on / If you don't succeed at first, you should keep on trying
aufgeben, abgewöhnen
give up / one of the first steps to becoming healthy is to give up smoking
absagen, abbrechen, rückgängig machen
call off / if this weather persists, we will have to call off the picnic
jdm. ähneln
take after / Brian takes after his father; they're so similar.
sich auf etw. freuen / erwarten
look forward to sth. / I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.
eine panne haben, kaputt gehen
break down / the car broke down in the middle of nowhere
zurückbleiben, zurückfallen
to fall behind / If you miss too many lessons, sou will begin to fall behind
abtrennen, abschneiden, stoppen
cut off / In the middle of our telephone conversation we were suddenly cut off
schlecht werden, abgelaufen
go off / The milk had gone off, so we had black coffee instead
grossziehen, aufziehen
to bring up / Her parents died when she was young, and se was brought up by her grandmother
fehlschlagen, nicht zu stande kommen, scheitern
fall through / Her plans fell through when she had to return home to look after her sick mother
explodieren, losgehen
go off / The burglar alarm went off in the middle of the night
auflesen, aufsammeln
pick up / I didn't go ti German classes, but managed to pick some up when I was working in Munich
etw. sparen / zur seite legen
to put by / I managed to put by some money for a holiday to spain
sich entscheiden, entschliessen
to make up one's mind / I can't make up my mind where to go for my holiday this year
sicherstellen, unterstützen
back up / They promised to back him up if he complained to the boss
etw. verraten
give sth. away / He said he was French, but we knew he was really British as his accent gave him away
jdm. die Schuld aufschieben
to lay the blame on / to place to blame on
etw. verstehen
to make out / He has a strong accent and it can sometimes be a bit difficult to make out what he's saying
