Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
Fall out
To have an argument with someone and stop being friends
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Hanna and I fell out yesteday
Look up to
To admire to I’m, respect them and aspire to be like the one day
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I have always look up to Josh
Have sb. over / ask sb. round
To invite sb. to home
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I’am having some friends over later.
I am sorry the house is in a mess, we asked some friends round.
To count on
To rely on someone
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My mates can count on me.
To Lean on
To depend on sb. For support
Put sth. down to
To think sth. happened for some reason
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Rachel was pretty frosty with me yesterday but I put it down to tiredness
Talk sb. out of
To convince not to do something
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I tried to talk Sam out to telling his parents
To stick up for
To support or defend someone in situation
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Thank you for sticking up for me
To drop/pop in/by/round
To make a short visit somewhere, often to go someone’a house unannounced
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I’m going to drop in to see Olivia later
To run into
To meet someone with out planned to
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I run into Jill in the supermarket
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You will never guess who I run into!
To show up
Arrive somewhere you are expected
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Sally never shows up on time
To get along/on with
To have a good relationship with sb.
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I get along well with my brother’s friend
To come between
To cause an argument between people
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My friend Amy got a new boyfriend who ended up coming between us.
To grow apart
To gradually stop having a close relationship with someone
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We were best friends at school but we grew apart when we left.
To catch up
To talk to sb. You haven’t seen for some time and tell them your news.
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It was lovely to catch up with you!
To fix/set sb. Up
To arrange for people to meet so they might start a romantic relationship
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I tried to fix Kara and Ben up but they didn’t like each other
To bump into
To meet unexpectedly
Fed up with
He was fed up with doing all the work
I Have had enough
I’ve had enough of these kids screaming for the day
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Or said something I can’t disagree with
Have got me there
You’ve asked sth. I don’t know the answer to
Mess up
Now you’ve have done it.
Make something untidy/dirty
Mishandle the situation
Done sth. Wrong
To be used to
Is normal for us now
Valerie is used to her husband’s snoring, so it doesn’t bother her.
To get used to
We are getting used to living in London
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You get used to living in London.
Daunting [ˈdɔːntɪŋ]
Feel nervous and less confident about doing something
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Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect
To work out
To develop in a successful way
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Things have worked out quite well for us
To stay on
To continue studying, working, etc somewhere for longer than expected to after other people have left
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She failed her exam, and had to stay on school for another year
Apprenticeship [əˈprentɪsʃɪp]
A period of time when a persons learns the skills necessary to do a particular work or trade
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A lot of my friends are now doing apprenticeships in local companies
To Have/ get + object + past participle
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To get done
To ask someone or pay some to do sth. (To talk about a professional service). Who did that is obviously or not particularly important.
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Get — informal
Have — neutral
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They were just a place for men to have their hair cut
The can’t get a hair treatment done
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- To say that something bad happens to us
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I had my laptop stolen.
To get + person + to infinitive
To persuade someone to do sth. For me
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I got my dad to drive me to school.
To keep up with
To learn about it be aware of the news, events, etc
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She likes to keep up with the latest fashions
Attention span
The amount of time a person can spend concentrating on a task before becoming disrupted
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Children these days seem to have very short attention span
To fancy sb.
To be sexually attracted to somebody
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I think she fences me.
Arrogant
[ˈærəgənt] — высокомерный
There is no textbook when it comes to
No standard way to do smth
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I’d like to give you some advice, but there is really no textbook when it comes to fashion.
To mess up
To fail something or do it badly
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I’ve really messed up this cake.
Get on well
Ладить с кем то
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I get on well with your dad
To put sb. out of their misery
To end a situation which is causing someone to suffer (страдать), usually by telling. Them something they have been waiting anxiously [ˈæŋkʃəs] (озабоченный) to hear
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I suppose that I’d better put them out of their misery
in the buildup
A period of excitement and preparation before significant event
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There is always a lot of excitement in the buildup to an important match like this.
To go all in
To put all your energy or enthusiasm into something
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When I was decorating my new house I went all in with it.
To be done with sth.
The feeling that you don’t want to continue doing something
The under one’s breath
In a quite manner, almost inaudible
She came out of freezing water, and muttering swear words under her breath
To grow out of
To grow and no longer fit into clothes or other items that are typically worn
Also in figurative meaning: no longer do certain things because you are older and wiser
My sister quickly grow out of collecting Pokemon cards.
To grow into
To grow large as to dit into clothing that was once too big
Their hometown eventually grew into a massive city they hardly recognised.
To keep up with smb
To Moving or maintaining the same page or level as someone else and not falling behind regarding ability or skill level
As a child, Benny tried to keep up with his older brother, but he was still wet behind the ears.
To look back on/at
To think about something from the past
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We got together and locked back at our old photos from uni; it was quite a trip down memory lane.
To picked on
To be treated unfairly or unkindly by others; usually done by children
When I was at school, I used to get picked on by a bunch of older students
To get by
To manage to live using just the money, knowledge or equipment that you have
How does she get by on such a small salary?
Aim towards
To move in direction is something you want to achieve
I’am eventually aiming towards becoming a doctor
To look out for
To take care of something and make sure nothing bad happens to them
I was lucky that I had a group of friends who always looked out for me
to beaver away
to work very hard at smth
beaver – [ˈbiːvə] бобр
The students beveared away int the library the day defore their exam
a little bird told me
to pass on new information we heard from someone and we necessarily don’t disclosure from who
to take the bull by the horns
to take initiative and seize [siːz]
and an opportunity
I took the bull by the horns and asked my boss for promotion
Holy cow!
expresses the surpise or shows excitement
to lark around
lark [lɑːk] жаворонок
to be very playful
They didn’t get any work done and spend all day just larking around
to clam up
to suddenly become very shy and stop talking
clam [klæm] малюск
I always clam up at interviews
to rabbit on [about smth.]
when you are so enthusiastic, you just don’t stop talking about a subject
Oh, sorry, I was rabbiting on for hours
fishy
when smth appears suspicious [səsˈpɪʃəs]
Something fishy is going on here.
His excuses sounded fishy to me
sometime used ‘smells fishy’
to fish for smth.
to try to obtain smth indirectly
She fished for information about her neighbours
hold your horses
instructs the listener to wait and not be so impatient
Hold your horses; we have plenty of time until the train leaves
to be a pussy cat
person or a creature is especially gentle
John might be big, but he is real a pussy cat
to be a dark horse
when you surprise people with you talants or lifestyle
I didn’t know Colin could sign; what a dark horse!
to be or to come straight from the horse’s mouth
the information you are giving is firsth-hand, you can trust that it’s authentic [ɔːˈθentɪk] (подлинный)
Simon’s quite; I heard it straight from the horse’s mouth.
To end up
To find one’s self in a certain position or situation that was not planned
We ended up getting an earlier flight because we got into a big fight with her parents
To lead one down that route
To follow a particular course of action
Well, growing up in a family of artists led me down that route
To sell somebody on something
To convince someone that something is good or has value
My mum sold me on the idea of becoming a lawyer when I was quite young
To knock down
To reduce the price
She is my good friend so she agreed to knock down the price of the tv she was selling
to cut down on
to do or use less of something
Dean wants to cut down on how much meat he eats
to make a conscious effort
[ˈkɒnʃəs] - сознательный
to make a deliberate [dɪˈlɪbərɪt] (преднамеренный, целенаправленный) attempt at something
We make a conscious effort to eat together as a family at least five times a week
to wear off
to gradually disappear
The novelty /ˈnɒvlti/ (he quality of being new and interesting) of living with seven other people wore off
to be partial to
to have a liking for something
My aunt is partial to Greek wine
the posh kind or the cheap kind
a phrase to ask if someone wants an expensive or cheaper version of something
I’m buying some biscuits. Do you want the posh kind or the cheap kind?
Well off
Rich
He is so well off, he doesn’t know what to spend his money on.
Young people today don’t know how well off they are.
Better off
The comparative form of well off. I.e. richer.
He is far better off than I am.
Also can be used to mean “it would be better for you”.
You should be better off going to the motorway than taking a country route, if you want arrive there at 6 o’clock.
To go off
1) To go bad. Become stale, unfresh
Don’t be so fussy! I’m sure those sausages haven’t gone off.
2) to ring — alarm clock/ bell
My alarm clock went off an hour earlier than it was supposed to this morning.
to cope with
to be able to tolerate, manager, bear a situation or person
I really looking forward to my parents going away. I can’t cope with them at the moment.
to come over / to go over
1) to come to someone’s house
I’m going over to Perer’s tonight.
2) to visit from abroad
My parents are coming over from Russia
3) to make someone do or say somehting strang and not common, out of character. Generally used with I don’t know what…
It’s unsusual my son to call me three time a week. I woder what has come over him.
4) to give a certain first expression
He come over as a real show-off but acctually he’s quite shy.
5) to be successfully communicated, understood (e.g. message, idea, pitch)
I’ve been going off him recently and besides, his kind of humour doesn’t really come over well on TV.
to come round to
to agree on something eventually – often after a lot of persuation, or with no alternative
She can’t cope with the thought of moving so soon after her husband’s death, but give her a couple of months an we’ll almost come round to the idea.
to turn up
1) to increase volume, power
2) to arrive/come
I’m sorry I didn’t turn up yestreday but I had to go over to my brother’s.
3) to appear – often which has been lost.
I know you have been looking for a job for ages. But I am sure something will turn up.
Note: Can’t be used as “I have turned up key.. Correct: My keys turned up
to turn down
- Adjust volume
- reject something offered or proposed.
“his novel was turned down by publisher after publisher”
