Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
Composed by: Made ___ ___
Made up of
Giving explanations: Accounting ____
Accounting for
To present a particular quality: Come ___ ___
Come across as
Become conscious again: Come ___
Come round
Experience something unpleasant (Pressure): Come ___
Come under
Seek for help: Turn ___ a posibility
Turn to a posibility
Meet someone by accident: Bump ___
Bump into
Deal with a problem: Come ___ ___
Come up against
Throw away an object: Dispose ___
Dispose off
Answering someone: Get ___ to someone
Get back to someone
Making sure that something happens: Insist ___
Insist on
Fire someone: Lay ___
Lay off
Prepare a plan or document: Put ___
Put together
Examine something carefully: Check ___ something / Check something ___
Check out something / Check something out
Cause criticism to happen: Give rise ___ criticism
Give rise to criticism
Sleep: Nod ___
Nod off
Permit an alteration to achieve a desired fit: Adjust ___ something
Adjust to something
Saying someone’s first name: Calling someone ___ their first name
Calling someone by their first name
Admit having done something: Admit ___ doing something
Admit to doing something
Stop being sick: Get ___ an illness
Get over an illness
A synonym of because of: ___ account ___
On account of
Have very few of something: Be pressed ___ something
Be pressed for something
Fall on a trap: Fall ___ a trick
Fall for a trick
Ser objecte de crítiques: Come ___ ___ criticism
Come in for criticism
Smell like something: Give ___ a smell
Give off a smell
Pretend you have not seen something: Turn a blind eye ___ something
Turn a blind eye to something
Comprar algo a les rebaixes: Buy something ___ the sales
Buy something in the sales
Be good in a subject: Have a flair ___ something
Have a flair for something
Something that makes someone diffferent: What sets him ___ from anyone else
What sets him off from anyone else
Be used to something: Be familiar ___
Be familiar with
Accuse somebody: Accuse somebody ___
Accuse somebody of
Feedback: ___put
Input
From the beggining: From the ___set
From the outset
Something easy to do: A push___
A pushover
When a virus or a war start: An ___break
An outbreak
Help: Back___
Backup
A technological advance: A break___
A breaktrough
Something which delays you: A set___
A setback
The result or consequences of something: The ___come
The outcome
Treure-li les ganes a algú de fer alguna cosa: Put someone ___ doing someone
Put someone off doing someone
Start doing an activity or sport: Take ___ an activity
Take up an activity
Find a solution ___ a problem
Find a solution to a problem
Comment ___ a subject
Comment on a subject
Doesn’t make sense to do something: There is no point ___
There is no point in
Be proud of something: Take pride ___
Take pride in
Be proud of something: Pride myself ___
Pride myself on
Congratulating someone: Congratulate someone ___ something
Congratulate someone on something
Take care of someone: Look ___ someone
Look after someone
Take care of someone: Being responsible ___
Being responsible of
Culpar algú: Blame somebody ___
Blame somebody for
Stope someone from doing something: Prevent someone ___ doing something
Prevent someone from doing something
Postpone something: Put ___
Put off
Having no intention ___ doing something
Having no intention of doing something
Fight with a friend and stop talking to each other: Fall ___
Fall out
Feel superior to someone: Look ___ ___ someone
Look down on someone
Start making progress again: Move ___
Move one
Put a lot of effort into doing something: Devote yourself ___
Devote yourself into
Become popular: Catch ___
Catch on
Work together: Associate ___
Associate with
Say something in a sudden and rude way: Come ___ ___
Come out with
Work a lot on a project: Throw myself ___
Throw myself into
Submit a plan: Put ___ an idea
Put forward an idea
Being right or appropiated to something: Being suited ___ something
Being suited to something
Give an impression: Be thought ___ ___
Be thought of as
Use an object or idea to confirm something: Confirm something ___
Confirm something with
Make space: Make room ___ something
Make room for something
Having no doubt about something: Having no hesitation ___
Having no hesitation in
Film somewhere: Filming ___ location
Filming on location
Remove something: Cut ___
Cut out
For a medicine to make an effect: Kick ___
Kick in
A diferència de: Contrary ___
Contrary to
According to the law: In accordance ___ the law
In accordance with the law
Respecte a algú: In respect ___ / With respect ___
In respect of / WIth respect to
Designed or destined to do something: Intended ___
Intended for
Being preocuppied: Being concerned ___
Being concerned with
In case: In the event ___
In the event of
Keeping up: Keep pace ___
Keep pace with
Begin to suffer an illness: Come ___ ___
Come down with
Facing a problem: Come ___ against a difficulty
Come up against a difficulty
Estar lluny d’algo: Being far ___ something
Being far from something
Someone who makes you nervous: Gets ___ your nerves
Gets on your nerves
Being expected to be better: Falling short ___ expectations
Falling short of expectations
Tricking or deceiving someone: Taking someone ___
Taking someone in
Being able to be relaxed: Have an outlet ___ stress
Have an outlet on stress
Una idea està associada a una altra idea: Associated ___
Associated with
Withdraw a claim or commitment: Back ___
Back down
Keep doing an action until you finish: Follow ___
Follow through
Take your revenge: Pay ___ ___
Pay back on
Read a lot about a subject: Read ___ ___
Read up on
Suddenly appearing or starting to exist: Springing ___
Springing up
Allow someone to be at your house: Take someone ___
Take someone in
Pretend to be an ignorant: Play ___ ignorance
Play on ignorance
Ban something: Impose a ban ___ people
Impose a ban on people
What you understand from a speech: What you have inferred ___ a speech
What you have inferred from a speech
Vigilar: Look ___ something
Look after something
Collide with something: Be struck ___
Be struck by
Anul·lar: Call ___
Call off
Be surprised about something: Come ___ ___ surprise
Come as a surprise
Like something: Be interested ___
Be interested in
Start doing something: Get started ___
Get started in
Spend money on something: Invest ___
Invest in
Don’t like something: Feel apprehensive ___ something
Feel apprehensive of something
What an action which is profitable or successful does: Pay ___
Pay off
Be able to see something for a short time: Get ___ glimpse ___ something
Get a glimpse of something
Manage to see something: Make ___ ___ figure
Make out a figure
Be about to do something: Be ___ the point ___ doing something
Be on the point of doing something
Find something difficult: Have ___ difficulty ___
Have a difficulty in
Be affected by something: Feel the effects ___ something
Feel the effects of something
Find something: Come ___ something
Come across something
Find something: Run ___ something
Run into something
Desanimar: Put ___
Put off
Understand: Take something ___
Take something in
Don’t be punished: Get ___ ___
Get away with
Convince someone: Win ___
Win over
Descartar: Rule ___
Rule out
Passar en una trucada: Put ___ ___
Put through to
Come across as: Pass ___ something
Pass as/for something
Refresh and practise something: Brush ___ something
Brush up/on something
Interrumpir o desconnectar: Cut ___
Cut off
Be late at doing something: Be ___ ___
Be behind with
Escape from having to do something: Get ___ ___
Get out of
Destroy something: Blow ___
Blow up
Apanyar-se: Get ___
Get by
Créixer: Grow ___
Grow up
Entegar: Hand/Give ___
Hand/Give in
Estar al dia: Keep ___ ___ something
Keep up with something
Use social media: Log ___ social media
Log on social media
Talk louder: Speak ___
Speak up
Fill: Top ___
Top up
Appear somewhere: Turn/Show ___
Turn/Show up
Seguir: Go/Carry ___
Go/Carry on
Know about something: Pick ___ knowledge
Pick up knowledge
Partir d’algun lloc: Set ___
Set off
Understand something or come to terms with someone: Get your head ___
Get your head round
Miss something: Miss ___ ___ something
Miss out on something
Wanted by a lot of people: ___ demand
In demand
When somebody asks for something: ___ demand
On demand
Be angry about something: Be fed ___ ___
Be fed up with
Repassar alguna cosa: Go ___ old ground
Go over old ground
Surprised about something: Taken ___ ___
Taken aback by
For something to happen unexpectedly: Crop ___
Crop up
A l’útlim moment: ___ the last minute
At the last minute
Realise something: Cotton ___ something
Cotton on something
Reveal something: Give ___ something
Give away something
Happen sometimes: Happen ___ and ___
Happen on and off
Sembla: Seems ___
Seems that
Create a rumour: Put ___ a rumour
Put about a rumour
Passar les vacances a algun lloc: Holiday ___
Holiday in
Get nervous about something: Get ___ a flap
Get into a flap
Segons alguna cosa: According ___
According to
Persuade: Talk somebody ___ doing something
Talk somebody into doing something
Avisar: Warn ___ something
Warn about/of something
Explicar algo: Explain ___ something
Explain about something
Inspirar-se en: Take inspiration ___
Take inspiration from
Entre altres coses: ___ other things
Among other things
I’m fond ___
I’m fond of
Estar malalt: Suffer ___ an illness
Suffer from an illnes
Alguna cosa fa que una altra cosa passi: This results ___
This results in
Disappoint: Let ___
Let down
Tolerate: Put ___ with someone
Put up with
Objetar: Object ___
Object to
Avoid something temporarily: Stave ___
Stave off
Eat: Wash ___
Wash down
Originates: Dates ___ ___
Dates back to
Give something that will help someone: This will tide you ___
This will tide you over
Cost money: Set ___ money
Set back money
Develop something: Work ___
Work up
Keep giving something to somebody: Plie ___
Plie with
Die: Pass ___
Pass on/away
Faint: Pass ___
Pass out
Give something: Pass something ___ ___
Pass something on to
Offer or host: Lay ___
Lay on
Prepare something fast: Rustle ___
Rustle up
Felicitar: Compliment ___
Compliment on
Tenir una idea: Come ___ ___
Come up with
Transform: Turn ___
Turn into
Help: Help ___
Help out
Know about something: Gain insight ___
Gain insight into
Be late: Pressed ___ time
Pressed for time
Save time: Set ___ time
Set aside time
Occupy: Take ___
Take up
__ any specific time
At any specific time
Dedicar: Devote/Dedicate something ___ someone
Devote/Dedicate something to someone
Perdre el temps: Waste time ___
Waste time on
Se debe a: It is ___ ___
It is down to
De una vez por todas: Once and ___ all
Once and for all
Nevertheless: ___ all
After all
Be empathetic: Put yourself ___ somebody’s shoes
Put yourself in somebody’s shoes
Equipat amb: Equipped ___
Equipped with
A la vista: ___ sight
Within sight
Arribar a un lloc i deixar l’equipatge: Settle ___
Settle in
Offered: ___ offer
On offer
Transport something with a plane or helikopter: Fly ___
Fly in
Be involved in something: Play a role ___ something
Play a role in something
Generally: ___ a rule
As a rule
Destroy: Tear ___
Tear up
Get burnt: Go ___ ___ flames
Go up in flames
Install: Put ___
Put in
De vegades: At ___ time
At a time
Be unusual ___ something ___ become
Be unusual for something to become
Un metre més o menys: A metre or ___
A metre or so
Diàriament: ___ a daily basis
On a daily basis
Errors ___ judgement
Errors of judgement
En circulació: ___ circulation
In circulation
No és veritat que: There’s no truth ___ something
There’s no truth in something
Have a reputation ___ being
Have a reputation for being
Dir que algú ha conseguit alguna cosa: Be announced ___ something
Be announced as something
Struggle trying to get something: Struggle ___ something
Struggle for something
Manage to do something: Scrape ___
Scrape through
Escollir: Pick ___
Pick out
It doesn’t make ___ difference
It doesn’t make any/no difference
Regardless ___
Regardless of
Don’t know how someone has done something: Haven’t a clue ___ someone has done something
Haven’t a clue how someone has done something
Take the liberty ___ doing something
Take the liberty of doing something
Come as a surprise: Come ___ ___ the blue
Come out of the blue
Make someone not worry: Put someone’s worries ___ rest
Put someone’s worries at rest
Appear as: Come ___
Come about
No fer cas: Take no notice ___ something
Take no notice of something
Discourage someone ___ doing something
Discourage someone from doing something
A l’horitzó
On the horizon
Tenir poc d’algo: Be short ___ something
Be short of something
Not have enough of something: Be thin ___ the ground
Be thin on the ground
Used when wind causes something to fall down: Blow ___
Blow down
Cause something to happen: Bring ___
Bring about
Acknowledge: Concede ___
Concede that
Think carefully about something: Mull ___ something
Mull over something
For somebody to realise something: For something to dawn ___ somebody
For something to dawn on somebody
Get angry: Get wound ___
Get wound up
Have a lot of free time: Have a lot of time ___ your hands
Have a lot of time on your hands
Feel stuck: Feel stuck ___ a rut
Feel stuck in a rut
Do well in a particular situation: Thrive ___
Thrive on
Wait for something to appear: Keep an eye ___ for something/someone
Keep an eye out for something/someone
Discourage someone ___ doing something
Discourage someone from doing something
A l’horitzó
On the horizon
Tenir poc d’algo: Be short ___ something
Be short of something
Not have enought of something: Be thin ___ the ground
Be thin on the ground
Used when wind causes something to fall down: Blow ___
Blow down
Cause something to happen: Bring ___
Bring about
Acknowledge: Concede ___
Concede that
Think carefully about something: Mull ___ something
Mull over something
For somebody to realise something: For something to dawn ___ somebody
For something to dawn on somebody
Get angry: Get wound ___
Get wound up
Have a lot of free time: Have a lot of time ___ your hands
Have a lot of time on your hands
Feel stuck: Feel stuck ___ a rut
Feel stuck in a rut
Do well in a particular situation: Thrive ___
Thrive on
Wait for something to appear: Keep an eye ___ for something/someone
Keep an eye out for something/someone
A group of things or people brought together for a reason: A line ___
A line up
Accept a challenge or job: Take ___
Take on
Prepare a plan, agreement or document: Draw ___
Draw up
Be classified as something: Come ___ something
Come under something
Encaixar: Fit ___
Fit in
Provide someone with something: Cater ___ someone
Cater for someone
Ser anomenat d’una manera: Be referred to ___ something
Be referred to as something
Start: Struck something ___
Struck something up
Avisar d’algo: Warn someone ___ something
Warn someone against something
Mai: ___ no account
On no account
Notar la diferència: For something to make a difference ___ someone
For something to make a difference to someone
Portar-se bé: Get ___
Get along
Guardar una connexió: Something is ___ connexion with something else
Something is in connexion with something else
Avançar: Bring something ___
Bring something forward
Atrasar-se: Fall ___
Fall behind
No tenir sentit fer algo: There’s no point ___ doing something
There’s no point in doing something
Have no intention ___ doing something
Have no intention of doing something
Be angry with someone: Hold it ___ someone
Hold it against someone
Dir adéu: See someone ___
See someone off
Ir al grano: Get ___ the point
Get to the point
Witness something: Be witness ___ something
Be witness to something
Be helpful: Be ___ any assistance
Be of any assistance
Replace: Pull ___
Pull down
Blame: Place the blame ___ something
Place the blame on something
Cridar-li a algú: Shout ___ someone
Shout at someone
Be confident ___ something
Be confident of something
Caducar: Go ___
Go off
En va: ___ vain
In vain
Very fast: ___ no time
In no time
Announce that you are resigning your job: Give ___ your notice
Give in your notice
To be sacked: To be given ___ notice
To be given a notice
Avisar amb antelació: To give ___ notice
To give more notice
Indefinetly: ___ further notice
Until further notice
Because of that: Which ___ turn
Which in turn
Automatically: ___ default
By default
En la zona de comfort: ___ my element
In my element
Nonstop: ___ a stretch
At a stretch
A primera vista: ___ first glance
At first glance
To be unfinished: To be at ___ loose end
To be at a loose end
According to what everyone says: ___ all accounts
By all accounts
Of course: ___ all means
By all means
Be famous: Be ___ the public eye
Be in the public eye
To be related: To go hand ___ hand
To go hand in hand
A basic rule: A rule ___ thumb
A rule of thumb
To oppose something: To come ___ something
To come against something
Decide something without thinking about it: To rush ___ a decision
To rush into a decision
Augmentar algo: To step ___
To step up
Accept doing something: Take something ___
Take something on
Be extremely tired: Be wiped ___
Be wiped out
A recipe ___ something
A recipe for something
Start something: Break ___ something
Break into something
Proceed quickly: Crack ___ with something
Crack on with something
Start something: Start something ___
Start something up
Contractar: Take ___ someone
Take on someone
Fruncir el ceño: Frown ___ concentration
Frown in concentration
Surrender: Give ___
Give in
Except for: With the exception ___
With the exception of
To like everything ___ someone
To like everything about someone
Be very busy at work: Be snowed ___ at work
Be snowed under at work
Be very busy at work: Be ___ to my ears at work
Be up to my ears at work
You’d be better: You’d be better ___
You’d be better off
To not care about something which doesn’t affect you: To be no skin ___ my nose
To be no skin off my nose
Get an update ___ something
Get an update on something
Compensar: Make ___ ___ something
Make up for something
Formar: Make ___
Make up
Get rid of something: Dispose ___ something
Dispose of something
Use information to reach a conclusion: For something to draw ___ something
For something to draw on something
To be declining: To be ___ the decline
To be on the decline
Sunbathe: Soak ___ the sun
Soak up the sun
Fer el mateix que algú: Follow ___ someone’s footsteps
Follow in someone’s footsteps
Una pujada d’alguna cosa: An increase ___
An increase in something
To start feeling well after an illness: To be ___ the mend
To be on the mend
Withdraw from a competition: Pull ___
Pull out
Make someone go through a situation: Subject someone ___ something
Subject someone to something
Start doing something: Set ___
Set out
Una manera d’entendre alguna cosa: An insight ___ something
An insight into something
Disapprove something: Frown ___ something
Frown on something
To talk angrily to someone: Jump ___ your throat
Jump down your throat
Suggest a change ___ something
Suggest a change to something
Have access to something: Get hold ___ something
Get hold of something
Stop consuming something: Cut something ___
Cut something down
