Phrasal verbs 051-100

Question 1

morir

Answer 1

to pass away # She’s very sad because her grandfather has passed away. # His grandfather passed away after a five-year struggle with cancer. # I was so sad when my cat passed away.

Question 2

separarse de algo, desprenderse

Answer 2

to come away from sth # The cupboard door had come away from one of its hinges /hɪndʒɪz/.

Question 3

desvincularse de alguien, partir peras

Answer 3

to break away # Two of the members of the band broke away to form a band of their own.

Question 4

regañar (informal)

Answer 4

to tell sb off # Can’t I tell off my own daughter? # Shelley was one of those kids who was always getting told off at school. # My dad told me off for swearing. # His mum must have told him off for being such a cheat. # I’m tired of telling you off.

Question 5

invitar a alguien a venir a tu casa; tener a alguien de visita

Answer 5

to [invite | have] sb over # Let’s invite some people over. # We’re having Mary over for dinner tomorrow night.

Question 6

deshacerse o librarse de algo

Answer 6

to get rid /rɪd/ of sth # I’m trying to think of some way of getting rid of him.

Question 7

salir (do sth entertaining outside the home)

Answer 7

to go out # I often go out with friends in the evening.

Question 8

borrar

Answer 8

to rub out # If you write in pencil, it’s easier to rub out your mistakes.

Question 9

apagar (un fuego)

Answer 9

to put out # Quickly! Someone please put out the fire! The forest is burning.

Question 10

tolerar/soportar una situación

Answer 10

to [put up with | stand for] sth # I will not [put up with | stand for] your whining any more. Go to bed this minute! # How can you put up with that noise?

Question 11

impedir que alguien haga algo

Answer 11

to keep sb from doing sth # A thimble will keep you from pricking your finger as you sew /səʊ/. # An umbrella will keep you from getting wet.

Question 12

poner el freno de mano

Answer 12

to put the handbrake on

Question 13

fregar los platos

Answer 13

to wash up # Scrambled eggs make the pan hard to wash up.

Question 14

derrumbarse, desmoronarse, desmontarse

Answer 14

to fall apart # It is important not to fall apart when things don’t go exactly your way. # Your family’s about to fall apart. # Cheaply made umbrellas fall apart quickly. # This jumper is falling apart now.

Question 15

venirse, pasarse (informal)

Answer 15

to come over # If you come over this evening we’ll watch a film together. # You’ll soon come over to my way of thinking.

Question 16

planear

Answer 16

to map sth out # The general mapped out a strategy with his advisors.

Question 17

salir airoso/ileso/indemne

Answer 17

to come through unscathed /ʌnˈskeɪðd/

Question 18

acercarse nadando/yendo/arrastrando/andando/corriendo

Answer 18

to swim/go/drag/walk/run up

Question 19

probarse algo de ropa

Answer 19

to try sth on # I tried the shirt on and decided I didn’t like it.

Question 20

recuperar (tiempo, clases…)

Answer 20

to make up # Juan works on Saturdays to make up the days that he was sick. # They’ll have to make up time lost during the strike. # You can make up the class you missed next week.

Question 21

dar por hecho; subestimar

Answer 21

to take sb/sth for granted # I took it for granted that I would find the perfect job. # It’s easy to take your parents for granted.

Question 22

probar usando

Answer 22

to try out # The salesman let us try out the bicycle before deciding whether to buy it.

Question 23

agacharse (doblando las rodillas)

Answer 23

to bend down # The mother bent down to tie the child’s shoe laces. # Please bend down and pick up the little bits of paper you just dropped.

Question 24

inclinarse (sin doblar las rodillas), doblarse

Answer 24

to bend over # James dropped his pen, so he bent over to pick it up.

Question 25

resultar, acabar, terminar

Answer 25

to turn out (to be) # The forecast is good, but it is too soon to say how it will turn out. # It turns out to be harder than we thought. # It turned out well/badly. # It turned out the paper had the wrong time. # The wizard turned out to be a fraud. # He married a woman in the circus who turned out to be a con artist. # Sometimes things don’t turn out the way we think they’re going to.

Question 26

quedarse en un sitio esperando

Answer 26

to stick around # The kids stuck around for a time after the party was over. # Oh, Ann. Please stick around for a while. I want to talk to you later. # I think if you stick around, you’ll get a seat sooner or later.

Question 27

[llegar a | terminar en | acabar en] una situación o lugar (informal)

Answer 27

to end up, to wind up # I hoped by taking the metro I would end up in central Paris. # If we keep going this way, we’ll end up totally lost. # I would never have gone skydiving if I’d known I was going to end up with a broken leg. # Otherwise you’ll end up with an error. # We followed a tree-lined road, and we wound up at an old castle. # We’ll wind up with something that looks like this.

Question 28

hablar por encima de alguien

Answer 28

to talk over sb # Don’t talk over me!

Question 29

desmontar vs. montar

Answer 29

to take sth apart vs. to put together # Can you take the puzzle apart? vs. Can you put the puzzle together? # Will you help me put this desk together? # My watch stopped, so I took it apart.

Question 30

romper en pedazos

Answer 30

to break sth apart # The dam broke apart because of the force of flood waters.

Question 31

interrumpir a alguien (cuando habla)

Answer 31

to cut sb off # Francesca cut me off while I was in the middle of speaking.

Question 32

revelar

Answer 32

to give sth away # When you tell a joke, you can’t give away the punch line until the end.

Question 33

buscar información

Answer 33

look sth up # if you don’t know a word, look it up in the dictionary

Question 34

ser atropellado

Answer 34

to [be | get ] run over # Someone could be run over.

Question 35

refrescar la memoria, repasar

Answer 35

to brush up # My spoken French is quite good, but I would like to brush up a bit. # Gary wants to brush up his Spanish before going to Madrid.

Question 36

esparcir

Answer 36

to spread out # Sue spread out her notes on the kitchen table and began to write.

Question 37

desaprobar

Answer 37

to frown /fraʊn/ on # Many teachers frown on such practices.

Question 38

estropearse, echarse a perder (informal); dispararse (una alarma, un arma…); explotar (un petardo, una bomba…)

Answer 38

to go off # Dairy products go off quickly if they’re not kept in the fridge. # I don’t always wake up when my alarm goes off. # His gun went off. # The dog hides under the bed when firecrackers go off.

Question 39

entablar una amistad/relación/conversación

Answer 39

to strike up a friendship/relationship/conversation # I struck up an interesting conversation with the girl sitting next to me.

Question 40

(informal) inventarse, pensar o sugerir un plan o una idea

Answer 40

to come up with # I’ll have to come up with a plan. # 30 years ago, scientists came up with the theory that protons and neutrons are composed of three smaller particles.

Question 41

echar una mano

Answer 41

to help out # He said he’d help out with moving the furniture, but in the end he never turned up. # …and people can decide what they want to help out with.

Question 42

(informal) contar con alguien (apoyo)

Answer 42

to count on sb # If you have any problem you can count on me. # You can count on her to be on time.

Question 43

(informal) contar (o no) con alguien (incluirlo/excluirlo)

Answer 43

to count sb in/out # —Do you want to come to my party? —Count me in! / I’m in! # I’m busy on Saturday so you can count me out of the football game.

Question 44

decepcionar, defraudar; fallar

Answer 44

to let sb down # I trusted you and you let me down. # This car has never let me down yet.

Question 45

mostrar, señalar, puntualizar, remarcar

Answer 45

to point out # The tour guide pointed out the historical monuments as the bus drove past them. # He pointed out the mistake in her translation.

Question 46

señalar, destacar, airear

Answer 46

to flag up # There is just one particular point that I would like to flag up. # So I would like to flag this up as an issue. # I believe it is vital to flag up these kinds of success stories.

Question 47

entrar por tu cuenta en

Answer 47

to let oneself in(to) # The next time you let yourself into my home uninvited, I will shoot you. # Use your key and let yourself into my office and write your name in my book.

Question 48

chocar con, tropezarse con; encontrarse con

Answer 48

to [bump | run into] # I have a huge bruise where I bumped into the corner of the table. # He bumped into me and I fell. # I bumped into the car in front of me on the way to work. # Guess who I bumped into at the supermarket? # Two cars ran into each other this morning. # I ran into my cousin yesterday at the market.

Question 49

levantar

Answer 49

to put up # [Raise | Put up] your hand if you know the answer.

Question 50

conectar

Answer 50

to hook up # I had to hire an expert to hook up my computer to the office network.