phrasal verbs Flashcards

learning them all by heart

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drop in

A

visit unexpectedly

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get on for

A

be almost a particular time, number, age…

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go off

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be no longer fresh, leave a place to do sth

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go on

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continue an activity, doing sth

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go/come around

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go/come to sb’s house to visit them

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keep on

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continue doing sth

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leave out

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not include

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put off

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postpone, make somebody not want to do or not like sth

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run into

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meet sb by chance

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run out of

A

not have any left, ex: They have run out of ideas.

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take to

A

begin to like sth or someone, begin to do sth easily

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12
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try out

A

experiment with

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turn out

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have a particular result, ex: It turns out to be a fail.

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turn up

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appear unexpectedly or without making a firm arrangement, ex: Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony.

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catch on

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understand

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come around (to)

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be persuaded to change your mind, ex: It looks like they’re coming around to our way of thinking.

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17
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think over

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consider

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18
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cross out

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draw a line through sth written

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19
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down on

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if sth downs on you, you realize it for the first time

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deal with

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handle, to solve a problem

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drop out (of)

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leave school before you have finished a course

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22
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get at

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try to express

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get on with

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to continue doing sth, especially after an interruption

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give in

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stop making an effort to achieve sth difficult.

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keep up with
stay at the same level as...
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sail through
do sth/deal with sth very easily
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set out
explain, describe or arrange sth in clear
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call for
require, demand, need
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call off
cancel
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clear up
to clear up a problem, become brighter and better.
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cut off
make a place difficult or impossible to enter, leave or communicate with, ex: My explanation was cut off by loud protests.
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die down
become less noisy, powerful, or active: basically being out of energy.
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do up
repair, paint or improve
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face up to
accept sth and try to deal with it
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get sb down
make sb feel sad or lose hope.
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put down to
suggest that sth is the result of sth
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put out
make sth stop burning
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set in
to begin and seem likely to continue, ex: The rain seemed to have set in for the day.
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stand for
represent...(use more for abbreviations, symbols...)
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tear down
destroy or remove (for buildings, statues)
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throw away
get rid of, discard (se débarrasser de...)
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bank on
depend on sth happening
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come across
find sth or meet sb by chance
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come by
get sth, especially sth that is hard to get
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come into
inherit
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do without
live without sth (sth you can't afford)
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get by
manage to survive
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get through
if you get through a task or an amount of work, especially when it is difficult, you complete it.
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give away
reveal sth you're trying to hide
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live on
use as source of money
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look around
examine (a place)
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make out
write all the necessary information on a cheque
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make up for
provide sth good so that sth bad seems less important
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put by
save an amount of money for the future
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save up (for)
save money little by little (for a specific purpose)
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present simple: bare infinitive
I dance
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present continuous: am/is/are + ing
I'm dancing
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present perfect: have/has + past participle
I have danced
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present perfect continuous: have/had + been + ing
I have been dancing
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past simple: past participle
I danced
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past continuous: was/were + ing
I was dancing
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past perfect: had/have + past participle
I had danced
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past perfect continuous: had/have + been + ing
I have been dancing
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future simple: will + bare infinitive
I will dance
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future continuous: will + be + ing
I will be dancing
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future perfect: will + have + past participle
I will have danced
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future perfect continuous: will + have + been + ing
I will have been dancing
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The Impersonal passive verbs are...
- say - believe - claim - think - estimate
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Expressing general preference:
prefer --> prefer + noun/-ing + to + noun/-ing. Exemple: I prefer staying at home to going outside.
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Expressing specific preference:
would prefer --> would prefer + bare infinitive + rather than (+ bare infinitive). Exemple: I would prefer to stay in bed than go to work.
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Change of meaning
- remember. - go on - forget - learn/teach - try - like - stop - mean - regret -consider/imagine
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Indirect object
- To whom? It can be a person: my mom, my sister...