This document provides definitions for 32 English phrasal verbs and idioms:
1) Add up to something - equal something
2) Back someone up - support
3) Break down - stop functioning (of a vehicle or machine)
This document provides definitions for 32 English phrasal verbs and idioms:
1) Add up to something - equal something
2) Back someone up - support
3) Break down - stop functioning (of a vehicle or machine)
This document provides definitions for 32 English phrasal verbs and idioms:
1) Add up to something - equal something
2) Back someone up - support
3) Break down - stop functioning (of a vehicle or machine)
2) Back someone up – support – підтримувати My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. 3) Break down – stop functioning (vehicle, machine) – перестати функціонувати Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm. 4) Break in – interrupt – cut in – перебивати, вриватися The TV station broke in to the report news. 5) Break up – end a relationship – розійтися My girlfriend and I broke up before I moved to America. 6) Call something off – cancel – скасувати Jason called the wedding off because he wasn’t in love with the girl. 7) Call someone up/back – phone – передзвонити Give me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town. 8) Check in/out – в’їжджати у/виїжджати з готелю You have to check out of the hotel by 11:00 am. 9) Come across something – find unexpectedly – натрапити на щось I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet. 10) Come down with something – become sick – хворіти My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend. (Артиклі не вживаються з назвами хвороб. Окрім: the flu - |fluː| - грип, the measles - |ˈmiːz(ə)lz| - кір, the mumps - | mʌmps| - свинка, a cold - застуда.) 11) Count on someone/something – rely on – покладатися на когось/щось I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out. 12) Come from somewhere – originate in - походити звідкись The art of origami comes from Asia. 13) Cross something out – draw a line through - перекресли Please cross out your old address and write your new one. 14) Cut something off – stop providing – перестати забезпечувати (сервіси, послуги) The phone company cut off our phone because we didn’t pay the bill. 15) Drop out – quit (a class, school etc.) – покинути I dropped out of Science because it was so difficult. 16) Eat out – eat at a restaurant etc. – їсти не в дома I don’t feel like cooking tonight. Let’s eat out. 17) Fall apart – break into pieces – розпадатися, розвалитися My new dress fell apart in the washing machine. 18) Figure something out – understand, find the answer – зрозуміти, знайти відповідь, рішення I need to figure out how to fir the piano and the bookshelf in this room. 19) Fill something in – to write information in blanks – заповнювати пропуски Please fill in the form with your name and address. 20) Find out – discover – дізнатися We don’t know where he lives. How can we find out? 21) Get along/on – like each other – ладити з кимось I was surprised how well my new girlfriend and my sister got along/on. 22) Get away – go on a vacation – поїхати у відпустку We worked so hard this year that we had to get away for a week. 23) Get over something – recover from an illness, loss, difficulty – долати хворобу, втрату, перешкоду I just got over the flu and now my sister has it. 24) Give someone away – reveal hidden information about someone – видати когось His wife gave him away to the police. 25) Give something back – return (a borrowed item) – повернути I have to give these books back to Tom. 26) Go ahead – allow to happen – продовжуй Go ahead and try to read the next line. 27) Go out with someone – date – зустрічатися Amber has been going out with Luke since they met last winter. 28) Go over something – review – переглядати, перевіряти Please go over your answers before you submit your test. 29) Grow up – become an adult – стати дорослим When Tom grows up he wants to be a fireman. 30) Hand something in – submit – здавати I have to hand in my essay by Friday. 31) Hang on – wait a short time (informal) – трохи почекати Hang on while I grab my coat and shoes! 32) Hold something back – hide an emotion – приховувати емоції Jane hold back her tears.