Phrasal Verbs / Prepositions
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aufgehalten, verspäten / delay
hold up / sorry I'm late, I was held up in the traffic
vorantreiben, antreiben / continue with some effort
push on / Let's push on and try to reach the coast by tonight.
erfüllen, gerecht machen / reach an expected standart
live up to / The play quite lived up to my expectations
zeigen, betonen / draw attention to a fact
point out / I pointed out that i would be on holiday anyway
weiter machen / continue
keep up / well done! keep up the good work
herhalten / offer
hold out / We don't hold out much hope that the price will fall
zuwege bringen, machbar / manage to succeed
pull off / It was a tricky plan, but we pulled it off
weglassen , vergessen / fail to include
miss out / you have missed out a word here
verstehen (art, wesen ) / understand someone's behaviour
make someone out / Janet is really odd. I can't make her out
betray, verraten
give away / his false identity papers gave him away
langsam mögen, sich gewöhnen an / become more liked – colloquial
grow on / This new record is growing on me
teilnehmen, anmelden / enter a competition
go in for / Are you thinking of going in for the race ?
versprechen brechen, zurücknehmen
go back on / the management has gone back on its promise
verstehen / manage to see or understand
make out / I couldn't quite make out what the notice said
erfinden / invent
make up / I think you made up the whole story.
sorgt für, beitragen / result in
make for / the power steering makes for easier parking
sich ergeben, stellen / surrender
give up / The escaped prisoner gave herself up
sich davon machen, abhauen / run away with
make off with / the thief made off with a valuable necklace
etw. ungeschehen machen / suffer a loss of reputation
Live down / If City lose, they'll never live it down
behalten / keep
Hang onto / I think we should hang onto the car until next year
zurückführen auf / explain the cause of
put down to / dianes poor performance was put down to nerves
zugeben, gestehen / confess
own up / None of the children would own up to breaking the window
durchziehen / complete a promise or plan – usually unwillingly
go through with / When it came to actually stealing the money, Nora couldn't go through with it
es auf jdm. abgesehen haben, jdm auf dem Kicker haben / be deliberately unkind to someone
have it in for / My teacher has it in for me
anlügen, beschwindeln / deceive
have someone on / I don't believe you. You're having me on
widmen, übergeben / abandon, devote
give over / The rest of the time was given over to playing cards
aushalten, tolerieren
put up with / I can't put up with all this noise!!
ärger machen, verrückt spielen / behave or work badly
Play up / The car is playing up again. It won't start
berücksichtigen / consider
look on / We look on this town as our real home
stilllegen / believed to be dead or lost
give up / After ten days the ship was given up for lost
verteilen, ausgeben / be exhausted
give out / When our money gave out we had to borrow some
erlassen / excuse from punishment
let off / As Dave was young, the judge let him off with a fine
abschrecken / discourage, upset
put off / the crown put the gymnast off and he fell
erholen, besser werden / improve
pick up / The weather seems to be picking up
kompensieren, wiedergutmachen / compensate for
make up for / Our success makes up for all the hard times
zurückgeben, heimzahlen / take revenge
pay back / She paid him back for all his insults
auf etw. stossen, zufällig / discover by chance
hit upon / They hit upon the solution quite by chance
auskommen / get on well with
hit it off / Mark and Sarah really hit it off at the party
prüfen, erkunden / investigate
look into / The police have promised to look into the problem
enttäuschen / im Stich lassen / disappoint, break a promise
lay down / Sorry to let you down but I can't give you a lift today
