PHRASAL VERBS PART 1

VERB look make put take get run bring break turn carry... up on down out of over off out for... +PREPOSITION or PARTICLE +

VERB look make put take get run bring break turn carry +PREPOSITION or PARTICLE for=search up=invent out=extinguish off=leave the ground over=recover out of=have none left up=rear, educate down=collapse up=appear unexpectedly on=continue

VERB+PARTICLE+PREPOSITION keep up with advance at the same pace run out of have none left put up with bear patiently look forward to expect with pleasure

literalidiomatic I’ve taken up golf. Take off your jacket. Put out the cat. Look at the picture. The car broke down. Only 20 people turned up. Phrasal verbs express a particular meaning:

LITERAL IDIOMATIC PHRASAL VERBS WITH LITERAL AND IDIOMATIC MEANING PUT OUT put out I always put out the cat at night. Put out Put out the cigarette, please. (extinguish)

LITERAL IDIOMATIC PHRASAL VERBS WITH LITERAL AND IDIOMATIC MEANING PICK UP pick up Can you pick up the diskette for me, please? I dropped it. picked up I picked up some new slang expressions while watching that movie. (learn)

LITERAL IDIOMATIC PHRASAL VERBS WITH LITERAL AND IDIOMATIC MEANING TAKE OFF Take off Take off that funny party hat. You look stupid in it. took off The plane took off 10 minutes ago. (leave the ground)

PHRASAL VERBS PART 2

VERB+PREPOSITION or PARTICLE sometimes they help us understand the phrasal verb’s meaning.

ON go on Why do you go on working? Carry on Carry on! keep on Don’t keep on telling me this! (meaning: continue)

OVER Thinkover Think it over and let me know. talkover We’d better talk it over. Go over Go over the exercise again. (meaning: consider)

OUT went out The lights went out. Rubout Rub that out before mum sees it. died out Many customs have died out. (meaning: disappear)

OUT stretched out The cat stretched out in front of the fire. Hold out Hold out your hand. putout He put his tongue out. (meaning: outward movement)

UP Eatup Eat it all up! usedup We’ve used it up already. Drink up Drink up and then we’ll go. (meaning: finish, all, totally)

OFF drove off He drove off like a maniac. Back off Back off! set off We set off early in the morning. (meaning: movement)

up

zincreasing ygo up; put up zcompleting and concluding ywrite up; set up; give up zapproaching ycome up; zdisrupting and damaging ybreak up; mess up

down

zdecreasing and reducing ycome down; cut down zcollapsing, failing and ending yfall down; turn down; close down zwriting and recording ytake down; write down zcontrolling and suppressing ykeep down

on

zcontinuing ykeep on; go on zthinking or talking about a topic ycomment on; decide on; concentrate on zattaching and adding yadd on; put on zoperating yswitch on; turn on

off

zcompleting and finishing zdeparture, exploding zremoving, rejecting, cancelling zdecreasing, consuming

in

zentering, arriving and penetrating ycome in, get in, break in zfilling and absorbing yfill in, colour in, take in (information) zgathering and collecting ytake in (object), bring in zremaining in a place ysit in; lock in; stay in

out

out (i) zleaving, removing and excluding ygo out, take out, cut out, throw out zsearching and discovering ycheck out, find out, work out, zincreasing in size or extent ygrow out, stretch out, branch out zdisappearing and diminishing yfade out, phase out, stamp out, put out

out (ii) zdistributing ygive out, hand out, send out, run out zsupporting and helping yhelp out, point out zattacking, criticising and protesting yhit out, speak out

over

zconsidering ylook over, think over, talk over zcommunicating yput over, get over zchanging and transferring ychange over, hand over zcontrolling ytake over

under

(not used in phrasal verbs)

through

Associated with difficult / unpleasant things zovercoming an illness or difficult period ycome through, get through, pull through zforcing an opinion ypush through, force through, put through

(a)round

zavoiding yget (a)round zbeing inactive yhang (a)round, sit (a)round, get (a)round to zchanging opinions ybring (a)round, come (a)round

across

zcommunicating yget across, put across

other particles zaway ymovement from = via zapart yseparation and disintegration = disfare; distruggere ztogether yunity and groups; organisation = insieme