1. PHRASAL VERBS (MULTI-WORD VERBS)
frazni ali večbesedni glagoli

2. MEANING LITERAL (DOBESEDEN), examples: look up = pogledati gor
look down = pogledati dol
pick up = pobrati
take off = odstraniti, dati stran
IDIOMATIC (PRENESEN),
examples: look up = poiskati informacijo v
look down on = zaničevati
pick up = mimogrede se naučiti
take off = vzleteti

3. TYPES VERB + ADVERB: (neprehoden tip)
take off, be off, look out, fall out, go on
ex. The plane took off at noon.
Look out! The car is going to hit
you

4. 2. VERB + ADVERB + OBJECT (prehoden, ločljiv – separable): take sth off, look sth up, pick sth up, take sb out
ex: Take your shoes off = Take off your shoes. BUT: Take them off.

5. 3. VERB + PREPOSITION + OBJECT (prehoden, neločljiv): look after sb/ sth, come across sb/ sth, look for sb/ sth,
ex: Will you look after the baby/ after her.

6. 4. VERB + ADVERB + PREPOSITION + OBJECT: look forward to sth,put up with sb/ sth, look up to sb, look down on sb
I really look forward to going on holidays.

7. examples Break down: 1. stop working (cars …)
2. lose control of feelings
(people)
Break into: 1. enter by force
2. start doing sth suddenly
(laughter)
Break out: 1.begin suddenly (wars, fires,
diseases)
2. escape from a place
Break up: stop (a relationship)

8. Bring about: cause to happen
Bring sth out: publish
Bring sb round: 1. cause to regain
consciousness
2. persuade
Bring sb up: raise a child
bring sth up: vomit (food)

9. Carry on (with): continue
Carry sth out: do, complete sth
Fall behind: fail to keep up with
Fall out: quarrel
Hold sth back: control oneself, crowds …
Hold on: wait (esp on the telephone)
Hold sb/ sth up: delay (the traffic held me up

10. Get away : escape
Get on: 1. make progress (also get along)
2. enter a bus, train (opp: get off)
Get on with: have friendly relationship with
Get through: 1. reach by telephone
2. manage to finish sth

11. Give sb/ sth away: 1. reveal sth/ betray sb
2. give sth free of charge
Give sth back: return
Give sth off: emit (a smell)
Give out: come to an end (food)
Give sth up: stop doing sth (a habit, sport)
Give oneself up: surrender, give in

12. Go away: leave
Go in for: enter a competition, exam
Go on: continue, happen
Go round: be enough for everyone
Go through sth: examine in detail
Call in: visit briefly
Call off: cancel
Call out: 1. shout; 2. send for help

13. Look after sb/sth: take care of sb/sth
Look for sb/sth: search for
Look forward to sb/sth: anticipate with pleasure
Look into sth: investigate
Look out (for): watch for
Look through sth: examine quickly
Look sth up: look for an address, name, word

14. Make sth of sb/sth: understand the nature or meaning of sb or sth
Make sth up: 1. invent
2. put cosmetics on
3. end a quarrel
Make up for sth: compensate
Make up one’s mind: decide

15. Put sth away: put in a box, drawer …
Put sth down: write down
Put sth forward: propose
Put sth off: postpone
Put sb off: cause to lose interest in sth
Put sth on: 1. dress oneself
2. increase in weight
3. make sth to begin to play
Put sth out: extinguish (fire, cigarette)
Put sb through: connect by phone
Put sb up: provide a place to stay

16. Run across sth: find by chance
Run after sb: chase
Run away: escape, get away by running
Run sb/sth down: 1. knock down by a
vehicle
2. say bad things about
sb, criticise
run into sb/ sth: 1. meet by chance
2. collide with
run out of: reach the end of (a supply money, food)

17. Set off: start a journey, set out
Set sth up: start a business, erect
Stand by sb: support sb, esp in a difficult
situation
Stand for sth: represent
Stand in for sb: replace sb temporarily
Stand up: rise to one’s feet
Stand up to: defend oneself

18. Take after sb: look like sb
Take sth away: remove
Take sth down: write down
Take sth off: remove (clothes)
Take off: leave the ground, rise quickly
Take sb out: take sb to a restaurant
Take sth over: take control of sth
Take sth up: begin a hobby, sport, job

19. Turn sb down: refuse an offer
Turn sth down: reduce the volume, heat
Turn sth on: switch sth on (lights, radio) opp: turn sth off
Turn to sb: go to sb for help
Turn up: arrive
Turn sth up: increase the volume
Turn sth out: produce sth