PHRASAL VERBS

UPPER - INTERMEDIATE
PHRASAL VERB DEFINITION MEANING IN SPANISH
GIVE
GIVE UP STOP
Definición; Rendirse, dejar de hacer algo porque es muy difícil/perjudicial
 My uncle gave up smoking after his father died of lung cancer.
 My doctor told me I should give up eating sweet desserts or I will have a problem related
to diabetes.
 Ryan has given up on diets. He says they´re no good for anyone.
GIVE AWAY REVEAL
 If captured, they might give away vital military secrets.
 Her face gave nothing away.
GIVE IN SURRENDER
Significa; Rendirse en el sentido de que si hay alguien, se dará por vencido/a, sucumbirá.
 She is trying to avoid you, but if you call her, she will give in.
 Forget the diet, give in and have some chocolate.
 You must give in the essay before Monday.
GIVE OUT / AWAY GIVE FREELY
 New York Restoration Project will give away hundreds of free trees to New Yorkers.
 I will not give you away any of my pets.
 Take these flyers and give them out to people as they walk past.
 The scores of the final exam will be given out the next Monday
GIVE OFF/OUT EMITS
 I do not trust this bus, it is giving off too much noise.
 Many flowers give off an aroma that attract us and we use it to decorate our rooms.
 This lamp is giving off so much light that hurt my eyes.
GIVE OUT COME TO AN END
 Fresh water supply will give out in a few decades, or so they say.
 Their water gave out two days ago.
TAKE
TAKE DOWN REMOVE
 Albert took the portrait down from the wall.
 The Canadian army took down the barricades erected by the Indians.
TAKE ABACK SURPRISE
 I was taken aback by his rudeness.

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  She was taken aback when he asked her to marry him out of the blue.
 He was taken aback by the direct questions posed by the interviewer.
TAKE IN DECEIVE
 She took me in with her story until someone told me the truth.
 The company took customers in by selling old computers as new ones.
TAKEOFF LEAVE THE GROUND
 The plane took off three hours late.
 When should we expect to take off?
TAKE OVER TAKE CONTROL OF
 The firm has been taken over by one of its main competitors.
 Some workers will lose their jobs as machines take over.
TAKE UP BEGAN A
HOBBY,ACTIVITY,ETC
 I took up smoking when I was at school.
 Chris has taken up jogging.
TAKE TO LIKE
 The two dogs took to each other immediately and started to play.
 We took to our new neighbors very quickly.
GET
GET OVER RECOVER FROM
 They’re upset that you didn’t call, but they’ll get over it.
 She’s just getting over the flu.
GET AWAY GO ON HOLIDAY
 I just need to get away for a few days.
 I'll get away from work as soon as I can.
GET ON / ALONG WITH HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH

 I don't really get along with my sister's husband.

 I wonder how Michael is getting along in his new job?
GET BY SURVIVE
 How can he get by on so little money?
 We can get by with four computers at the moment, but we'll need a couple more when
the new staff arrive.
GET AWAY WITH ESCAPE WITHOUT BEING PUNISHED

 If I thought I could get away with it, I wouldn't pay my taxes at all.
 By jumping over the barriers, he got away without paying for a ticket.

CUT

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 CUT DOWN ON REDUCE ASUMPTION OF
 I'm trying to cut down on caffeine.
 She used to work 50 hours a week, but recently she's cut down.
CUT IN INTERRUPT SB WHILE SPEAKING
 He started to explain, but she cut him short.
 Just cut it out! I've had enough of your time wasting.
CUT OFF ISOLATE
 She lives abroad and feels very cut off from her family.
 The floods completely cut off the town.
CUT OFF DISCONNECT
 If we don't pay the gas bill, we'll be cut off.
CUT OUT REMOVE
 The sex scenes had been cut out of the TV version of the film.
 The most important parts of the contract were cut out to make them more difficult to read.
CARRY
CARRY AWAY GET EXCITED
 There's far too much food - I'm afraid I got a bit carried away.
 The crowd were carried away by his passionate speech.
CARRY OUT FULFILL
 Dr. Carter is carrying out research on early Christian art.
 The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what's wrong with her.
CARRY THROUGH COMPLETE
 We are determined to carry our plans through to completion.
CARRY ON WITH CONTINUE
 Dianne is carrying on the family tradition by becoming a lawyer.
 You’ve got to carry on as though nothing happened.
TURN
TURN OFF SWITCH OFF
 Will you turn the television off, please?
 It is now safe to turn off your computer.
TURN UP ARRIVE UNEXPECTEDLY
 Fred turned up late again.
 The documents finally turned up in an office along the corridor
TURN TO GO TO SB FOR HELP
 Eventually she turned to her aunt for help.
TURN DOWN REJECT
 The bank turned her down for a loan.

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  The former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman has turned down the job.
TURN OUT PROVE TO BE
 The truth turned out to be stranger than we had expected.
 The party turned out to be a huge disappointment.
 The news report about the explosion turned out to be false.
BREAK
BREAK IN ENTER A PLACE ILLEGALLY
 Someone had broken in through the bedroom window.
 My car has been broken into twice this month.
BREAK INTO ILLEGALLY ENTER
 He has had his apartment broken into twice.
BREAK OFF SEPARATE
 He broke off a piece of chocolate.
 The door handle became loose and eventually broke off.
BREAK OUT OF ESCAPE FROM
BREAK UP END A RELATIONSHIP
 He moved away after the break-up of his marriage.
GROW
GROW OUT OF OVERCOME
 Lucas says he wants to join the army when he turns 18, but I hope he'll grow out of the
idea.
 The idea for the story grew out of a strange experience I had last year.
GROW FROM DEVELOPE FROM
 The business grew from a small family firm to a multimillion pound business.
 The company grew from an idea he had in college.
GROW UP BECOME AN ADULT
 I grew up in London.
 He never saw his father while he was growing up.
PUT
PUT OFF POSTPONE
 The meeting has been put off for a week.
 I can't put off going to the dentist any longer.
 Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
PUT UP RAISE
 The family has put up £15,000 towards the cost of the child’s medical treatment.
PUT UP WITH TOLERATE

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  I can put up with the house being messy, but I hate it if it's not clean.
 I don't know how he puts up with their constant complaining.

PUT OUT EXTINGUISH

 Quickly! Someone please put out the fire!
PUT IN DEVOTE
 Wendy has been putting in more hours at the office recently.
 They must have put in a lot of work to achieve such an interesting exhibition.
BRING
BRING OUT REVEAL
 A crisis can bring out the best and the worst in people.
 The seasoning really brings out the flavour of the meat
BRING ON/ABOUT CAUSE
 She nearly died of a heart attack brought on by fear.
 I don’t know what’s brought this on – he’s usually so friendly.
PERSUADE SB TO CHANGE AN OPINION
BRING ROUND
 Sam was sure he could bring them round to the deal.
BRING ROUND MAKE SB REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS

 We threw water in his face to try and bring him round.

BRING UP RAISE
 She brought up three sons on her own.
 He was brought up by his grandmother.
RUN
RUN OUT OF HAVE NO MORE
 Many hospitals are running out of money.
RUN INTO COLLIDE WITH
 A truck ran into me at the lights this morning.
RUN INTO ENCOUNTER
 Our project ran into difficulties when we lost a sponsor.
 The center ran into some financial trouble and had to borrow money.
RUN OVER/ DOWN KNOCK DOWN
 Keeley was run over by a car outside her house.
 She got run down outside school and she almost die.
RUN AWAY SECRETLY ESCAPE
 When I was 13, I ran away from home.
 You can’t keep running away from the problem.
RUN THROUGH PRACTISE

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  I’ll just run through the names and make sure everyone’s here.
 Do you want me to run through the details with you?
GO
GO UP RISE
 We’d like to see the baby’s weight going steadily up.
 The price of oil has gone up by over 50 per cent in less than a year.
GO OFF EXPLODE
 The gun went off while he was cleaning it.
 The bomb went off at midday.
GO ON CONTINUE
 The meeting went on a lot longer than I expected.
 We can’t go on like this any more. Things have got to change.
GO THROUGH EXAMINE
 Someone had broken into the office and gone through all the drawers.
 Collins went through every legal book she could find
GO IN FOR ENTER
 His school had suggested he go in for the Young Musician of the Year competition.
 I think he’s planning to go in for politics.

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