Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
To account for
To explain the reason for something or the cause of something.
Now the gene they discovered today does not account for all those cases
To adhere to
To continue to obey a rule or have a belief
She adhered to her principles/ ideals throught her life
To bring on
If something brings on an illness, pain, or feeling , especially one that you often suffer from, it causes you to have it.
Bob died of a heart attack, brought on by his lifestyle
To bring about
To cause something to happen.
He brought about his company’s collapse by his reckless spending
To bring up
To start a talk about a perticular subject
She’s always bringing up her health problems
To come about
To happen or start to happen especially by chance
How did the problem come about in the first place?
Double whammy(noun)
2 stage blow or setback
To do without
To manage without having something
We can’t do without the help of your organisation
To embark on
To start something new or important
After graduating from university she embarked on a career in banking
To factor in
to include something when you are doing a calculationn or when you are trying to understand something.
People are earnjing more but when inflation is factored in they are no better off.
To frown upon
To disapprove of something
Smoking is frown upon many societies
To get across
To manage to make someone understand or believe something
The teacher managed to get across how important it was to attend lectures
To get aroound
If new gets around, 8t becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people
Word is getting around that this is a great place to work
To get at
If you ask someone what they are getting at , you are asking them to explain what they mean, usually because you think that they are being unpleasant or are sugges something that is untrue
What are you getting at? Was my presentation too long?
To get back
If you get back to a subjecy that you were talking about before, you start talking about it again
Let’s get back to discussing how this happened
