Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs

Phrasal verbs

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Meret Kündig

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Created / Updated 12.11.2015 / 12.11.2015
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practise and improve your skills or knodlege of something, etwas wieder auffrischen

brush up on sth

change your opinion or decision because someone has persuaded you to agree with them, seine Meinung ändern

come (a)round to

think of something such as an idea or a plan, etw. erfinden, ausdenken

come up with

accept something and try to deal with it, sich mit etw. abfinden

face up to sth

be able to understand something or solve a problem, understand what someone is like and why they behave in the way the do, etw. herausbekommen

figure out sth

suddenly have an idea, discover something by chance, auf etw. stossen

hit upon

see, hear or understand someone or something with difficulty, suggest, imply, etw. entziffern

make out sth

think carefully about something over a period of time, über etwas grübeln

mull over sth

learn the truth about something by considering all the separate bits of information you have, etw. zusammenbasteln, zusammenstellen

piece together

solve a confusing or complicated problem by thinking carefully about it, etw. enträtseln

puzzle out sth

get information on a particular subject by reading a lot about it, sich über etw. informieren, gründlich studieren

read up (on/about)

study something very hard, especially for an examination, etw. büffeln

swot up on sth

- understand and remember something that you hear or red

- accept something as real or true

- trick someone into believing something that is not true

 

take in

consider a problem or decision carefully, etw. überdenken

think over sth

consider the facts about something in an organised and thorough way, etw. durchdenken

think through sth

invent or imagine something, especially an excuse, etw. ausspinnen, ausdenken

think up

- make a copy of information on your computer 
- give support to someone by telling other people that you agree with them
 

back up

move things so that they are in different places or positions

change around

- stop being in one state, condition or form and start being in another, or make something do this
- take off the clothes or a piece of clothing you are wearing and put on different ones

change into

take off the clothes or a piece of clothing you wearing and put on different ones

change out of

get rid of sth

do away with

- repair, paint and improve and old buildig,car, boat, etc. 
 

do up

disappear slowly

fade away

put information into a computer or other electronic machine using keys or a keyboard, eingeben

key in

change someone or something so that they become something else

make into

- put things together without any order

- think that one person or thing is another person or thing

mix up

start/stop a mcachine/light/ etc

switch on/off

separate an object into pieces, auseinandermachen, zerlegen

take apart

try using something such as a machine or product to find out whether it works corectly or is satisfactory

test out

- change or develop into something different
- make someone or something change or develop into something different

turn into

use all of a suplly of something, aufbrauchen, verbrauchen

use up

use something a lot so that it no longer works or can no longer be used, abnutzen, austragen

wear out