AGREE WITH - estar de acuerdo - "All women are bad drivers." "I don't agree with you.

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ANSWER BACK- replicar, contestar protestando
ASK OUT- invitar a salir
ASK OVER- invitar a tu casa
BE ABOUT TO - estar a punto de - I was about to leave the house when my friends arrive
BE BACK - regresar -I'm working late at the office tonight so I won't be back until 10.
BE OUT OF - quedarse sin - We're out of eggs so we can't make a tortilla.
BE OVER - terminarse - When the football match was over, we went to the pub.
BE UP - estar levantado - "Phil isn't up yet: he's still in bed. Phone again in ten minutes."
BLOW UP estallar, inflar (una bomba) - The bomb blew up killing six people.
BREAK OUT fugarse, escaparse
BREAK DOWN - averiarse - My car broke down on the way to Motril.
BRING UP Sacar un tema, educar, criar, vomitar,mencionar algo
BACK DOWN - echarse para atrs en una decisin que provoca enfrentamiento
BACK OFF - retirarse, alejarse, evitar
BACK OUT - echarse para atrs porque se cambia de
BREAK INTO- entrar a robar
BRING UP- plantear
CALL BACK - volver a llamar
CARRY ON - seguir. continuar - I'm sorry if I interrupted you. Please carry on.
CARRY OUT - cumplir (una promesa) - The President carried out his promise to reduce taxation.
CARRY OUT - llevar a cabo - The execution was carried out at seven o'clock in the morning.
CLEAR UP - poner en orden - It took four hours to clear up after the party.
COME ACROSS - encontrar, dar con - I came across an old friend on the metro in Madrid.
COME BACK - regresar - I'm going to England for two weeks. I'm coming back on the fifth.
COME IN - entrar - "Good morning. Come in and sit down."
COME ON - Vamos!, Date prisa! - Come on. We're going to be late.
CUT DOWN ON - consumir menos -You must cut down on cholesterol or you'll have a heart attack.
CUT OFF - cortar, desconectar, interrumpir algoCUT UP - cortar en pedazos - We cut up the birthday cake and gave everyone a slice.
CHASE UP encontrar. Ill chase up Carlos because I need his help with homework..
COME UP WITH cuando quieres expresar que alguien ha propuesto una buena idea o plan.
CALL OFF- cancelar.
DO UP - abrochar, atar - I was five before I knew how to do up my shoelaces.
DO WITH - tener algo que ver con, tener relacin con
DO WITHOUT - pasarse sin, prescindir de - The shops are shut so we'll have to do without sugar.
DRAW UP - pararse - The car drew up at the zebra crossing.
DROP BY - dejarse caer, visitar de forma inesperada
FALL APART desmoronarse, romperse
FIGURE OUT - explicarse
FILL OUT - cumplimentar
FIND OUT - Enterarse de, descubrir
GET BACK - volver, regresar - Cinderella had to get back by twelve o'clock.
GET IN(TO) - entrar - I lost my keys and so I couldn't get into the house.
GET OFF - bajar (de un autobus, tren) - You have to get off the bus at the next stop if you want
GET ON - subir (a un autobus, tren, moto) - Quick! Get on the train, it's about to leave.
GET UP - levantarse - When I got up this morning it was still dark.
GIVE BACK - devolver - If you don't like the dress, the shop will give you your money back.
GIVE UP renunicar a algo, perder la esperanza, rendirse, abandonar

GIVE UP - dejar (de fumar, beber) - You'll get cancer if you don't give up smoking.
GO AHEAD - Siga! - "Can I use the telephone?" "Yes, go ahead."
GO AWAY - irse, marcharse - Are you going away for Christmas, or are you staying at home.
GO BACK - volver, regresar - Although she's forty, she's going back to University to study French.
GO DOWN - bajar - The price of fruit goes down in the summer.
GO OUT - salir (por la calle) - I always go out and have a few drinks on Saturday night.
GO UP - subir - The price of cigarettes went up in January 1992.
GET ALONG tener una buena relacin con alguien. I dont get along with Howard. We always
argue.
GET AWAY WITH evitar ser castigado por hacer algo o por romper reglas. He is not going to
prison? I cant believe he got away with that
GET BACK TO cuando no puedes dar una respuesta inmediata asi que usas este verbo para
decirle que despues le respondes.So what did you tell John about the problem?Ill get back to him
later.
GET THROUGH conectar a la persona con quien quieras hablar por telefono. Sorry, but I
couldnt get through to her, Ill try in ten minutes again!
GO ON! lo mismo que carry on
GIVE AWAY - regalar
GET BY - apaarse
GET OVER - recuperarse
GO ON - continuar
GO OVER - repasar
GROW UP - crecer
HANG ON/HOLD ON - esperar - Hold on for a minute as Pablo will be back in five minute.
HANG UP - colgar (el telfono) - My ex-girlfriend hung up when I phoned her.
HAND IN -entregar en mano
HOLD UP - retrasar
KEEP UP WITH - mantenerse (a la altura de) - I can't keep up with my father when we go cycling
as he goes too fast.
KNOCK DOWN - derribar, atropear, demoler
KEEP AWAY - alejarse
KEEP ON - continuar
LEAVE BEHIND - olvidar, dejar - When I got to the airport, I realised I had left my passport behind.
LET IN - dejar entrar - She opened the door and let in the cat.
LOOK AFTER - cuidar - My mother looks after the children when we go away.
LOOK FOR - buscar - I spent two hours looking for my glasses before I found them.
LOOK FORWARD TO - esperar con ilusin - I'm looking forward to the Easter holidays.
LOOK OUT - tener cuidado, Ojo! Look out! - There's a car coming. JOHN & SARAH 1996 (c)
LOOK UP - buscar algo (en un libro, diccionario)
LOOK INTO investigar. Ill look into it right away and come back to you assoon as possible!
LEAVE OUT- dejar fuera, omitir
LOOK OVER- examinar
MAKE OUT Reconocer o distinguir detalles I just couldnt make out what she was saying!
MAKE UP - inventar
MAKE UP - reconciliarse
POINT OUT sealar o hacer notar
PULL OVER detenerse (tambin usado cuando estas en el carro y detienes el carro llevandolo a
un lado de la carretera)
PUT DOWN escribir, anotar Hold on, Ill put it down, let me just find a piece of paper!
PUT FORWARD proponer una idea. Can I put forward something?
PUT OFF posponer o dejar para mas tarde I dont want to clean my house today,Ill put it off till
tomorrow
PUT THROUGH transferir una llamada Can you put me through to the sales department,
please?
PASS OUT - desmayarse

PICK OUT - escoger

PICK UP - recoger a, levantar a, mejorar, recuperarse, aprender.
POINT OUT - sealar, indicar
PUT AWAY - guardar, ahorrar, consumir
PUT ON - ponerse
PUT OUT- apagar un fuego
PUT IN - meter, introducir - Put ten pence in the machine and you will get a cup of coffee.
PUT ON - encender - Put on the light, it's getting dark.
PUT ON - ponerse (la ropa) - Put your coat on or you'll get cold.
RUN OUT OF - quedars sin algo We ran out of petrol so we had to get the bus.
RUN OUT OF agotarse, acabarse We just ran out of milk, can you buy some more, please?
RUN OFF imprimir copias de un de algo como un documento
RIP OFF- timar, sablear, cobrar de ms
RUN ACROSS- encontrarse (tropezarse) con algo casualmente
RUN INTO - encontrarse con alguien casualmente
RUN OUT - agotar existencias
RUN OVER - atropellar algo o a alguien
SET OFF - ponerse en camino - We set off to Madrid at five o'clock to avoid the traffic.
SET UP fundar, establecer, instalar Ive always dreamt of setting up my own business!
SHOW OFF presumir Michael always likes showing off in front of girls, thats the way he is!
SHOW UP aparecer (como cuando llegas a una reunion y llegas tarde)
SORT OUT resolver un problema, planear, ordenar
SAVE UP- ahorrar, guardar
STAND FOR representar
STAND UP FOR defender tus derechos.
STAY ON quedarse en algo o en algun lugar mas de lo esperado.
STICK TOGETHER estar juntos (cuando 2 o mas personas paran juntos)
SLEEP IN - dormir hasta tarde
STAND OUT- sobresalir, destacar
TAKE AFTER - parecerse a - Pablo takes after his mother: they are both optimistic.
TAKE OFF - despegar TAKE OFF - quitarse la ropa - Take off your coat and make yourself comfortable.
TAKE OUT - extraer, sacar - He took out a cigarette and lit it.
THROW AWAY - tirar a la basura
TURN UP - poner el volumen ms fuerte - Turn up the radio. I can't hear it.
TURN ON - encender (televisin, luces etc.) - Turn on the television, please, I want to see the news
TAKE OVER asumir. When the president retires, Mr. Tanaka will take over.
TALK DOWN TO hablar con menosprecio haciendo a la otra persona que es es inferior.
TAKE UP iniciar una nueva tarea, comenzar algo, ocupar
TURN OUT cuando algo sale diferente a lo que esperado.
TALK INTO - convencer
THROW UP - vomitar
TURN DOWN- rechazar, denegar
TURN DOWN - bajar el volumen
TURN OFF - apagar
TRY ON - probarse ropa
USE UP- Utilizar algo hasta gastarlo.
WATCH OUT! tener cuidado.
WIND UP- acabar, terminar
WIPE OFF- limpiar restregando
WORK OUT - salir (resultar) algo bien, tener xito algo
WORK OUT - calcular, resolver
WORK OUT - hacer ejercicio