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PHRASAL VERBS start learning		Phrasal verbs are idiomatic expressions, that combine VERBS with PREPOSITIONS or ADVERBS to make new verbs
ACT UP Sophie got bored and started acting up. My car always acts up in cold weather. Her shoulder was acting up (= hurting because of injury). start learning		behave badly
ASK someone OVER Can we ask Tom over? He has been asked over a number of times. start learning		invite someone to your home. to invite someone who lives close by to come to one's home
BLOW UP start learning		explode
BLOW something UP start learning		explode / fill with air / make sth. larger
BREAK DOWN start learning		cease working / lose control
BRING something ABOUT start learning		make happen
BRING something/someone BACK start learning		revive
BRING someone DOWN start learning		depress
BRING something UP start learning		mention
CALL someone BACK start learning		return a call
CALL something OFF start learning		cancel
CALL someone UP start learning		contact by phone
CARRY ON start learning		continue
CATCH ON start learning		understand, perceive / become popular
CHECK something OUT start learning		examine
CHEER someone UP start learning		make someone feel happier
CLEAN something/someone UP start learning		clean a mess
CLEAR something UP start learning		explain
CLOSE something DOWN start learning		suspend or stop operations
COME BACK start learning		return
COME IN start learning		enter
COME OUT start learning		be released publicly
COME UP WITH something start learning		invent
COUNT ON something/someone start learning		depend on
CREEP UP ON someone also SNEAK UP ON SOMEBODY start learning		approach gradually to surprise You must creep up on your prey if you don't want to be heard.
CUT DOWN ON something start learning		reduce
CUT something OUT start learning		remove / stop
CUT something UP start learning		cut into small pieces
DO something OVER start learning		do again
DO something/someone UP start learning		make more beautiful
DRAW something TOGETHER start learning		unite
DREAM something UP ‘he's been dreaming up new ways of attracting customers’ start learning		invent; Imagine or invent something.
DRESS UP start learning		wear special clothes
DRINK something UP start learning		drink completely
DROP IN start learning		visit quickly, casually or without invitation
DROP something/someone OFF start learning		deliver
EAT AWAY AT start learning		gradually reduce or damage He killed a mouse and that is eating away at his conscience. Coffin
EAT IN start learning		eat at home
EAT OUT start learning		eat at a restaurant / perform oral sex (on a woman)
END UP WITH something start learning		get as a result
FACE UP TO start learning		confront and deal with Billy Brave was afraid of bugs. He decided to face up to his fear. Bugs: silverfish, spider, cockroach, ladybug, ant
FALL APART start learning		break to pieces A woman with a vase fell down. The woman fell apart. They used the vase as her funeral urn. It seemed safe.
FALL DOWN start learning		fail to meet expectations
FALL FOR someone start learning		fall in love with
FIGURE something/someone OUT start learning		discover / solve / understand someone
FILL something IN start learning		complete with information
FILL something OUT start learning		complete a form with information
FIND something OUT start learning		discover So far, my lover hasn't found out that I am really a man.
FIX something UP start learning		improve
FOLLOW THROUGH start learning		complete
FOOL AROUND start learning		act jokingly / engage in sexual foreplay
FREAK OUT start learning		behave in a wild and irrational way No matter how much she misses her husband, every time she sees him she still freaks out.
FUCK UP start learning		make a mess, ruin or spoil
FUCK something UP start learning		do something badly
FUCK someone UP start learning		DAMAGE EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY
GIVE something UP start learning		quit / abandon
GO ALONG WITH something start learning		consent or agree to
GO BACK start learning		return
GO DOWN start learning		decrease
GO ON start learning		continue
GO OUT start learning		leave
GO UP start learning		increase
GO OVER something start learning		examine
GOBBLE DOWN start learning		eat hungrily or quickly Meryl was starving and didn't feel like cooking so she started gobbling down her beloved husband.
GROW UP start learning		become an adult
HANG OUT start learning		spend time relaxing or socializing
HANG something UP start learning		put on a hook or hanger
HANG UP start learning		end a phone call
HOLD ON start learning		wait / not hang up the phone
KEEP AWAY start learning		stay at a distance
KEEP ON start learning		continue
KEEP UP WITH keep up with the Jones start learning		move at the same rate
LAY something DOWN start learning		put something down horizontally
LAY something OUT start learning		arrange according to a plan / spend money
LEAVE something ON start learning		not to turn off or take off
LEAVE something/someone OUT start learning		exclude
LET someone DOWN start learning		desappoint
LET something/someone IN start learning		allow to enter
LET someone OFF start learning		not punish
LIE DOWN start learning		recline
LIGHT UP start learning		illuminate
LOOK AFTER start learning		take care of
LOOK FOR start learning		attempt to find
LOOK FORWARD TO start learning		await eagerly
LOOK OUT start learning		be careful
LOOK something UP start learning		find information
MISS OUT start learning		fail to use an opportunity
PASS something UP start learning		refrain from accepting
PAY someone BACK start learning		repay a loan
PAY OFF start learning		be profitable
PICK something/someone OUT start learning		choose from a group
PICK UP start learning		improve/answer the phone
PICK something UP start learning		collect something left elsewhere
PICK someone UP start learning		go somewhere to collect someone
PISS someone OFF start learning		annoy or make angry Tamara is a calm girl, but everything her mother says pisses her off.
PLAY AROUND start learning		joke/have an affair
POINT something OUT start learning		indicate
PUT something AWAY start learning		save money/put something its proper place
PUT something BACK start learning		return something to its original place
PUT someone OFF start learning		discourage/repulse
PUT something OFF start learning		postpone
PUT something TOGETHER start learning		assemble
PUT something UP start learning		display for others to see
RIP someone OFF start learning		cheat someone out of money
RUN INTO someone start learning		meet by chance
SEND something BACK start learning		return
SET something UP start learning		place in position/prepare for use/arrange
SHUT UP start learning		stop talking
SIGN someone UP start learning		register
SIT DOWN start learning		take a seat
SLIP UP start learning		make a mistake
START something OVER start learning		start again
STAY UP start learning		remain awake
SWITCH something ON start learning		start a machine or turn on a light
TAKE something AWAY start learning		remove
TAKE something BACK start learning		accept a return/retract words
TAKE something IN start learning		comprehend fully
TAKE OFF start learning		depart
TAKE something OFF start learning		remove
TAKE someone ON start learning		hire/challenge
TALK BACK start learning		replay defiantly
TALK someone INTO start learning		persuade
TALK something OVER start learning		discuss
TEAR something DOWN/APART start learning		destroy
TELL someone OFF start learning		reprimand or scold/swear at someone
THINK BACK start learning		remember the past
THINK something OVER start learning		consider
THINK something UP start learning		invent
THROW something AWAY start learning		discard, put in the trash
TOUCH something UP start learning		improve by making small changes
TRY something ON start learning		put clothing on to see if it fits He tried the gabardine on. It was perfect for his exhibitionist habits.
TRY something OUT start learning		use something to see if it works
TURN something DOWN start learning		refuse/lower the volume
TURN someone DOWN start learning		reject someone
TURN someone ON start learning		excite someone sexually
TURN something/someone INTO start learning		change from one form to another
TURN someone OFF start learning		bore or offend someone
TURN something ON start learning		start something (a machine, a light)
TURN someone ON start learning		arouse someone sexually
TURN OUT start learning		have a particular result
TURN UP start learning		appear unexpectedly
TURN something UP start learning		increase by adjusting the control on a device
WATCH OUT start learning		be attentive
WAKE someone UP start learning		stop sleeping
WORK something OFF start learning		remove through work or other activity
WORK OUT start learning		solve/exercise
WRITE something DOWN start learning		write on a piece of paper
Phrasal verbs with GET start learning		some phrasal verbs can have numerous meanings, especially phrasal verbs with the word GET!
GET ALONG start learning		have a good relationship My rabbit Lolo and I get along very well. Get lost, Lolo!
GET ALONG start learning		progress I'm not getting along with English.
GET BACK AT someone start learning		take revenge I will get back at you!
GET BACK start learning		return from somewhere, take revenge, move away
GET BACK INTO start learning		devote oneself to something again
GET BACK TO start learning		respond to a contact, start doing something after an interruption
GET BACK TOGETHER start learning		restart relationship Peter and I get back together. We get along quite well...
GET BACK INTO start learning		devote oneself to something again ... but sometimes we get back into our old patterns. Mother fucker!
GET ON start learning		enter a train, bus, plane, etc. While the policemen were getting on the train to catch Billy Prank,
GET OFF start learning		exit a vehicle he got off.
GET AWAY start learning		escape Finally, he got away.
other meanings of GET ON start learning		continue doing something, age
other meanings of GET OFF start learning		escape punishment, finish, leave work, start a journey, stop talking on the phone, have an orgasm When Patrick added the last stamp to his 33rd album of stamps, he got off.
other meanings of GET AWAY start learning		escape, go on vacation or for a short trip, move, leave a place
GET OUT OF start learning		avoid an activity you committed to He always tries to get out of doing the cha cha cha. But her charm prevents it.
GET something ACCROSS start learning		get people to understand an idea
GET AHEAD start learning		make progress
GET BY start learning		survive
GET OUT OF something start learning		leave (a car, a taxi, a place)
GET something OUT OF something start learning		benefit from
GET THROUGH (with) start learning		finish
GET TOGETHER (with someone) start learning		meet up
GET UP start learning		get out of bed

13 PHRASAL VERBS

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