Phrasal verb 4/50

Question 1

1. call for ^{<span>“récupérer”</span>} p.v.

When you call for^{<span>“récupérer”</span>} people, you go where they live, usually with the intention of going to another place together.

When you call for a parcel, package, etc., you go to get it at the place where it has been delivered and is waiting for you.

Answer 1

• I’ll call for ^{<span>“je te récupére”</span>} you at 7:00, and then we’ll take a taxi to the concert.
• Your package will be kept at the Post Office until you call for ^{<span>“récupérer”</span>} it.

Question 2

2. call for ^{<span>Demander-Exige</span>} p.v.

When people call for an action, they say that the action is needed.

When people call for a quality, they say that the quality is needed.

(Demander-Exiger–Reclame)

Answer 2

• After the president won the election with 99 percent of the vote, the opposition party called for ^{<span>Demande</span>} an investigation.
• Teaching special needs children is not easy. It calls for ^{<span>Exige</span>} a lot of patience.

^{<strong><span>(Demander-Exiger–Reclame)</span></strong>}

Question 3

3. call for ^{<strong><span>requérir </span></strong>}p.v.

When people say: that a plan, recipe, formula, situation, etc.:

• calls for a substance or object,

they mean that that substance or object is appropriate or required.

Answer 3

• This recipe call for ^{<strong><span>requérir</span></strong>} four eggs, but I always put five in.
• My wife just got a big raise and a promotion. This calls for a celebration

Question 4

1. get at ^{<strong><span>en venir</span></strong>} p.v.

When people get at something,

they try to make a point or express an opinion,

• perhaps with difficulty
• or perhaps indirectly,

because they know the person listening will not like what he or she is hearing.

Answer 4

• I don’t understand what you’re saying about my mother coming to live in our spare bedroom. What are you guetting at ^{<strong><span>en venir</span></strong>}?
• What I’m guetting at ^{<strong><span>en venir</span></strong>} is that I think your mother should live with your sister and not us.

Question 5

1. give off^{<strong><span>dégage-émets </span></strong>}p.v.

When a substance, process, or object gives off

heat, light, gas, smoke, sound, or odor into the air, etc., it produces it or releases ^libérer it into the air.

Answer 5

Be careful. This chemical gives off ^{<strong><span>dégage-émets </span></strong>}a toxic gas if it comes into contact with water. Fluorescent bulbs give off much less heat than incandescent bulbs. ^{<strong><span>dégage-émets</span></strong>}

Question 6

1. go after^{<strong><span>pourchasser-attaquer</span></strong>} p.v.

When you chase and try to physically stop or attack people,

you go after them.

Answer 6

• A policeman saw him stealing the car and went after ^{<strong><span>pourchasser</span></strong>}him.
• Captain Morgan was ordered to go after ^{<strong><span>attaquer</span></strong>} the enemy soldiers.

Question 7

2. go after ^{<strong><span>poursuivre-s’occuper de</span></strong>} p.v.

When law enforcement officials try to prosecute people through a legal procedure,

they go after them. ^{<strong><span>poursuivre-s’occuper de</span></strong>}

Answer 7

• Federal prosecutors are now going after^{<strong><span>s’occuper de</span></strong>}the top drug dealers.
• The senator introduced a bill ^loi designed to go after ^{<strong><span>poursuivre</span></strong>} deadbeat dads ^{mauvais père}.

Question 8

3. go after courir après p.v.

When a business tries to increase its profits

• by trying to increase its market share
• or its number of customers,

it goes after them.

Answer 8

The tobacco company denied going after the teenage market.

The CEO said he wanted to go after new customers in China.

Question 9

4. go after ^{<strong><span>chercher à obtenir</span></strong>} p.v.

When you go after something:

you try to obtain it even though it may be difficult to do.

Answer 9

• Sofia went after ^{<strong><span>chercher à obtenir</span></strong>} a degree in accounting.
• Todd trained for a year before going after the record in the 100-yard dash ^course.

Question 10

go overboard ^{<strong><span>Aller trop loin- Exagérer</span></strong>} p.v.

When people go overboard, they do something or engage in an activity too much so that there is a negative result.

Answer 10

• Exercise is good for you, but don’t go overboard. If you do too much at first, you could hurt yourself.
• I asked the stylist to cut my hair a little shorter, but now I’m almost bald. She really went overboard.

Question 11

1. look up ^{<strong><span>rechercher</span></strong>} p.v.

When you get information from:

• a reference book, such as ^{tel que} a word from a dictionary
• or a telephone number from a telephone book,

you look the word or number up.

Answer 11

• The teacher told the students to look the new words up in a dictionary.
• I looked up his number, but it’s not in the phone book.

Question 12

2. look…up ^{<strong><span>revoir</span></strong>} p.v.

When you locate and visit people you have not seen for a long time

you look them up.

Answer 12

• I was in Dallas on business, and looked up Dan Jones, my old college roommate.
• If you’re ever in my town, look me up.

Question 13

3. look up s’améliorer p.v.

When a situation is looking up or starting to look up, it is improving.

Answer 13

• Business was pretty bad for a while, but things are starting to look up
• I’m much happier than I was last year. Things are looking up.

Question 14

1. put..to ^{<strong><span>confronter</span></strong>} p.v.

When you confront people :

• with a difficult
• or thought-provoking question,
• accusation,
• or proposition,

you put it to them.

Answer 14

• He didn’t want to tell me the truth, but I really put it to him, and he finally told me the whole story.
• When Prof. Kline put his theory to me like that, I realized what he was talking about.

Question 15

2. put…to^déranger p.v.

When you:

• put people to trouble
• or put them to an expense,

you cause them to do extra work or to spend money.

Answer 15

• Thanks for helping me with my flat tire. I’m sorry to put you to so much trouble.
• I know my father would pay my dental bill if I asked him, but I hate to put him to such an expense.

Question 16

3. put…to ^coller p.v.

When you put :

part of your body

or something in your hand to something,

you touch or press it to something.

Answer 16

• The neighbors were arguing ^{se disputer} again, so we put our ears to the wall to try to ear what they were saying.
• When he put a gun to my head, I realized he wasn’t joking.

Question 17

1. wrap…up ^envelopper p.v.

When you enclose ^emballer an object in some kind of paper, usually gift wrapping paper or packaging paper, you wrap it up.

Answer 17

• I have to wrap this gift up before I go to the party.
• The movers ^déménageur wrapped up the china ^porcelaine with newspapers.

Question 18

wrapped up ^{<strong><span>emballé</span></strong>} part.adj.

After you enclose ^envelopper an object in some kind of paper, usually gift wrapping paper or packaging paper,

it is wrapped up.

Answer 18

All the gifts are wrapped up.

Question 19

1. talk down to ^{<strong><span>parler avec condescendance</span></strong>} p.v.

When you talk down to people:

you use a tone of voice

or an attitude that shows that you think they are less intelligent, less educated,

or from a lower level of society than you.

Answer 19

• I was furious about the way he talked down to me!.
• Bob hates Jane because of the way she talks down to him.

Question 20

2. wrap up ^{<strong><span>mettre fin</span></strong>} p.v.

When you conclude an event that has been happening for some time:

you wrap it up.

Wind up is similar to wrap up.

Answer 20

• We wrapped up the meeting around 4:00 and went home.
• The salesman blabbered ^{moulin à paroles} for two hours before I finally told him to wrap it up.