lunes, 3 de febrero de 2020

Frequent Phrasal Verbs


Here you have a list of 53 phrasal verbs. You will find the definitions or synonyms. They are not translated. Try to use them in a sentence.
NOTE: "Sth" means "something" and "Sb" means "somebody".


Call off: to cancel
Bring up: to take care of a child who is growing up
Come across: meet or find sth/sb by chance
Come up with: to get sth that is needed or wanted / to produce an idea
Put off: to postpone / to cause dislike
Look after: to take care of sth/sb
Look forward to: to expect with pleasure
Look up to: to admire
Take care of: to supervise sth/sb
Blow up: to fill sth with air / to explode / to become angry
Back up: to make a security copy / to support sb
Be away: stay on holiday
Be down: be sad / upset
Be fed up: to be bored or upset of sth
Wake up: to stop being sleeping
Get up: to get out of bed
Call up: to make a phone call
Book in: to make a reservation
Calm down: to stop being angry or emotionally excited
Carry on: to continue
Die for: to want something a lot
Give up: to stop an activity
Hold on: to keep a position or condition / to keep your hands around sth
Log in: to enter a restricted area in a computer system
Log out: to exit a computer system
Look up: to search for sth in a dictionary or reference site
Mix up: to confuse
Move into: start living in a place
Pass away: to die
Pass by: to go past without stopping somewhere
Pay back: repay money
Plug in: connect machines to electricity supplies
Point out: make sb aware of sth
Turn up: to be found unexpectedly / to increase volume
Watch out: to be aware of sth dangerous
Turn on: to start a machine
Turn off: to finish the activity of a machine
Go on: To continue
Check out: to look at or find new information
Move on: to start talking or doing something else (new)
Run out off: to not have sth
Keep up: to maintain same speed as other
Get off: leave a train, bus or plane
Carry out: to do and finish a task
Turn (a)round: to move to the other direction
Get back: to return somewhere
Figure out: to think about something until you understand
Stand up – Sit down
Show off: to behave arrogant
Find out: to get information
Set up: to arrange or create
Take on: to be responsible for
Come in(to): to enter