Phrasal verbs

Question 1

Do up

Answer 1

riparare
chiudere velocemente
Es. You must do up your safety belt

Question 2

Draw in

Answer 2

per i treni: significa che un treno è arrivato in stazione

Question 3

get by

Answer 3

have just enough money to live on
oppure not be noticed

Question 4

jump on

Answer 4

criticare, attaccare
Es. Everyone jumped on me when I raised the issue

Question 5

answer back

Answer 5

reply rudely to someone

Question 6

back off

Answer 6

​to move backwards in order to get away from somebody/something frightening or unpleasant.

Question 7

back out

Answer 7

fail to keep an arrangement or promise
Es. He backed out so we gave the ticket to his sister

Question 8

bail out

Answer 8

salvare
togliere l’acqua
Saltare (da un aereo)

Question 9

bail up

Answer 9

parlare con qualcuno e farli ritardare
far creare confusione o complicare
Es. The new project has balled me up
Arrotolare
Es. he balled up his napkin

Question 10

bang around

Answer 10

fare casino spostandosi nello spazio
I can hear him banging aorund upstairs

Question 11

slip up

Answer 11

make a mistake
es. I should have taken that job I really slipped up

Question 12

slip back

Answer 12

go back to old or bad habits

Question 13

play out

Answer 13

happen or develop
es. The situation is likely to play out in one of two ways

Question 14

zero in on someone/something

Answer 14

concentrate yourself on a specific targer or goal
es. The detective zeroed in on the suspect’s whereabouts

Question 15

gloss over
es. He glossed over the accident and its consequences

Answer 15

to treat sth as if it weren’t important
avoi talknig about sth unpleasant

Question 16

look on

Answer 16

to watch sth happen but not become involved in it

Question 17

play up to

Answer 17

to behave in a very polite or kind way to someone because you want sth from them

Question 18

tie in with

Answer 18

plan an event so it happens at the same time as another
to show connection between things

Question 19

wind up

Answer 19

annoy
close a bussines
to end a meeting

Question 20

listen in on
es. It’s not polite to listen in on other people’s conversations

Answer 20

to listen to someone’s conversation when the person does not realise you are doing it

Question 21

turn in

Answer 21

go to bed
to return sth or sb to an organization or authority
to produce good results

Question 22

boil down to

Answer 22

to be the main reason of sth

Question 23

talk up

Answer 23

speak with enthusiasm

Question 24

tattle on

Answer 24

secretly telling to someone that someone else has done sth bad

Question 25

hunker down

Answer 25

sit down on your heels
to make oneself comfortable in a place
to stay in a place for a period of time