Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
Back up
Support, confirm: fact argument
Settle down
Become stable, calmer, confortable (tranquilizarse, calmarse, acomodarse)
Pass out
Lose consciousness (Desmayarse, perder el conocimiento)
Rush back
return in a hurry (volver corriendo, volver de prisa)
Start off
Begin (Comenzar, empezar, iniciar)
Put off
delay until later (postergar, aplazar), discourage, deter (aguafiestas, desalentar)
Watch out
If you tell someone to watch out, you tell them to be careful or warn them of a danger.
Read out
if you read something out, you read it aloud so everyone can hear it.
Put out
Extinguish (Apagar incendios)
Sit through
If you sit through something like a long speech or a boring show, you wait until it’s over before leaving, even though you’re not enjoying it.
sit through sth We had to sit through another of the chairman’s dull speeches before the awards were announced.
sit through sth If I hadn’t been there with friends there’s no way I would have sat through that movie. It was terrible!
ask after
If you ask after someone, you ask about them when you talk to someone who’s seen them recently.
For example:
ask after sb Whenever I meet Rajiv, he asks after you and Sonia and I tell him you’re both doing well.
ask after sb Sandra got an email from her mother and she asked after you. I didn’t realise you knew her mother.
Get along with
Llevarse bien con…
Help out
Give assistance to (far una mano, ayudar)
Bring over
Carry or take: to a given place (traer, llevar, acercar)
Get into
To become interested in something or focussed on something.
Go for
To physically attack a person or an animal.
For example:
go for sb/sth As soon as I walked through the gate, the dog went for me. I had to jump over the fence to get away!
go for sb/sth He went for the guy with a broken bottle and nearly killed him.
Leave up to
If you leave something up to someone, you let them do it or you give them responsibility for it.
We’ll leave it up to the accountant to decide how to invest the money.
Open up
share your feelings (sincerarse, abrirse, confiar a)
Drop off
Decrease, fall asleep (decrecer, caer, cabecear)
Tell off
reprimand (regañar a alguien)
To strongly criticize someone for doing something wrong
My teacher told me off for getting to class late. She was really angry with me.
Show up
arrive, be present (aparecer)
Stay with
Be in contact (estar en contacto)
Egg on
If you egg someone on, you encourage them to do something foolish or risky.
If he hadn’t been egged on by the other kids, Kenny would never have smoked that first cigarette. He hated the smell.
Cut down
Reducir, disminuir, bajar
