Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
Catch up (1) “I have to catch up on my reading.”
Do something you have not been able to do recently
Hold on
“Hold on a minute”
Wait
Put off
“She tends to put off studying”
Postpone
Let down
“I feel like I’m letting them down”
Fail to support or help someone as they had hopedor expected.
Let out
“ Go somewhere no one can hear you and let out your anger by screaming.”
Release
Let in
“I’ll unlock the front door to let you in”
Allow something/somebody to enter
Eat out
“We rarely eat out”
Go to a restaurant
Figure out
“I’ll figure it out”
Understand or find the answer, the solution
Go over
“Go over your receipt to make sure they charged you correctly.”
Review
Get over
“ She can’t get over what he did to her.”
Recover from something
Take up (1) “I took up karate when I was 7."
Start or begin something such as a job or an activity
Come over
“Friends are coming over tonight.”
Visit
Take around
“Would you take me around your house?”
Show all the interesting features
Take out
“ He’s taking me out for dinner on my birthday.”
Go to a restaurant and pay for everything
Take on
“ Do you take on other people’s energy?”
Accept a job, task, responsability…
Break up
“They were not happy together anymore so they broke up last week.”
End a romantic relationship
Bring up (1) “ My parents brought me up to be a good person."
Look after a child until it grows up
Take up (2) “I don't want to take up any more of your time."
Occupy time, space, or attention.
Bring up (2) "Bring it up at the meeting!"
Introduce or mention a subject
Build up
“ You’ll build your muscle strength up over time.”
Increase over time
Catch up (2) “She had to train hard to catch up with the others."
Reach the same level/standard as someone who was better or more advanded
Catch up (3) “Hey! I wanted to catch up with you!!
Talk to someone whom one hasn’t seen for some time in order to find out what they have been doing.
Check in on someone
“I’m just checking in on you: how are you doing?”
Visit, call, or write tosomeone to find out how they’re doing.
Check up on someone
“My parents are always checking up on me.”
Make sure that somebody is doing what they should be doing.
Check up on something
“I need to check up on a few things before I can decide.”
Obtain information about something to find out if something is true or correct
Cheer up
“How can I cheer you up?’
Make someone happier
Come up
“ I can’t make my appointment tomorrow. Something has come up.”
Happen unexpectedly
Dress up
“There’s no need to dress up - come as you are.”
Wear a fancy dress for a special occasion or a costume to disguise yourself
Eat up
“If you eat up all the vegetables, you can have a dessert.”
Eat all the food you’ve been given
End up
“We ended up staying at the cabin because it was too cold to go skiing.”
Eventually do/be/decide
Go up
“Benoit was surprised how the price of gas went up last week.”
Increase
Heat up
“Could you heat it up for me, please?”
Make hotter
Keep up
“Keep up the great work!”
Continue at the same rate
Look up
“Did you look up the address?”
Find, search for
Make up (1) “You're making it up, aren't you?"
Invent, lie about something
Make up (2) “I promise I'll make up for cancelling on you!”
Do or have something as a way of correcting or improving way
Meet up
“Could we meet up at the park tomorrow at 3pm?”
Make an arrangement to meet
Open up
“He hates to open up and discuss his feelings.”
Start to talk freely about something
Pick up
“Pick up the speed!”
Increase, improve over time
Put up (with) “I can't believe what I put up with for so many years."
Tolerate or endure something
Set up
“I’ll help you set up for the party as soon as I get home.”
Arrange
Show up
“She didn’t show up for her appointment.”
Arrive, come
Speak up
“I can’t hear you, could you speak up, please?”
Speak with a stronger voice
Stand up for
“Stand up for what you believe.”
Defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked
Turn up/down
“Sweetie, could you turn down the volume a little, please?”
Adjust the volume
Warm up
“It takes a minutes for the body to warm up.”
Make hotter
Write down
“I’ll write it down for you.”
Write something so that you don’t forget it or can refer to it later
Write up
“It will take him at least a week to write up his findings.”
Write something and put it into a more structured format.
Back up (1) “Oh no! I didn't back up!"
Make a spare copy of data or a disk.
Back up (2) “You can back up another two feetor so."
Cause to move backward
Hang out
“I don’t have any money, let’s just lang out at my place.”
Spend time relaxing
Keep on
“Keep on dancing!”
Continue what you are doing
Pass out
“It was so hot I almost passed out.”
Faint, lose consciousness
Turn on/off
“Can you turn off the music if I fall asleep?”
Start or stop the power or energy source
Turn down
“I turned down George Lucas offer. I don’t know if that was the best decision but that was a decision. “
Refuse
Work out (1) "She works out 6 days a week."
Exercise
Work out (2) "I'm glad it worked out."
Be successful
