Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs


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Language English
Category English
Level Secondary School
Created / Updated 10.08.2014 / 03.01.2023
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apply for

a job, a place at university = send in an application for a job...

ask after

to inquire, to get information about someone, their health, to find out how they are getting on

back out of

to flinch, to wriggle out, to withdraw from

 

back up

a) to support, giver moral support

b) to move backwards ( with vehicles)

 

be away

to be absent, have gone away for some time

be in

to be at home

be down

to feel depressed

Be about to (do something)

to be going to do something

be off

a) to start out on a journey

b) (for food or drinks) when something has turned bad, sour etc..

 

be over

to come to an end, to finish (a lesson, a film, a concert, a play, a party, holidays...)

beat up

to knock someone down by hitting and kicking him

blow out

to put out, to extinguish

blow up

a) to destroy with explosives

b) to fill with air, to make bigger (photos, photocopies)

c) to explode because of anger

 

break down

a) to crack, to fall into pieces/ stop functioning, to collapse, subdivide figures

b) fall into a depression

break in

a) to interrupt

b) to do with burglaries

break into

to forve one's way into a building, a flat, a place

break off

to stop suddenly, put to an end

break out

to escape, to appear or start all of a sudden (wars, famines, crises, epidemies)

break up

a) to stop, to come to an end before a long vacation, to disperse

b) to end a relationship

bring about

an event, a catastrophe: to cause it to happen

bring round

to convince, to persuade someone

bring up

a) to educate and look after children until they are independent, to raise

b) to mention, to suggest, point out a problem, an idea, an issue

burnd out

to feel or get absolutely exhausted, extremely tired

call for

a) to demand, to require, to need

b) call for somebody, to go to meet, to fetch, to collect

call off

to cancel, meetings, strikes, appointments, business deal

call up

a) a telephone, to ring up

b) to be called up, to be drafted, to do the military service

call on someone

go and visit

care about

to worry about, to be concerned about somebody or something

care for

a) to look after, to take care of

b) be keen on, have affection for, to like

carry on

continue, not to stop

carry out

to follow or realize a plan, execute an order

catch up with

a) to close a gap, in a race f.e.

b) to do work you have missed, when you are behind schedule

check in

to register luggage at the airport before boarding

to register at a hotel before you get the room

check out

to pay your hotel bills and leave

ckeck up

to get a medical examination

check up on

find out information about somebody to make sure he's telling the truth about himself