Phrasal verbs Flashcards by Merlin C | Brainscape

Q

carry on

A

continue

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go on / walk on / drive on etc.

A

continue going/walking/driving etc.

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come on

A

be quick

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get on

A

manage (in a job, at school, in an exam etc.)

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hold on

A

wait

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take off

A

leave the ground (for planes)

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go off

A

1 - explode (a bomb etc.)
2 - ring (an alarm, an alarm clock etc.)

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give up

A

stop trying

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grow up

A

become an adult

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hurry up

A

do sth more quickly

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speak up

A

speak more loudly

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wake up

A

stop sleeping

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wash up

A

wash the plates etc. after a meal

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slow down

A

go more slowly

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break down

A

stop working (for cars, machines etc.)

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fall over

A

lose your balance

Q

fill in / fill out

a form

A

complete a form

Q

put out

a fire, a cigarette etc.

A

éteindre

Q

cross out

a mistake, a word etc.

A

barrer

Q

try on

clothes

A

put on clothes to see if they fit you

Q

give up

sth

A

stop doing it

Q

look up

a word in a dictionary etc.

A

Q

turn up

the TV, radio, music, heating etc.

A

make it louder or warmer

Q

knock over/down

a cup, a glass, a person etc.

A

Q

turn down

the TV, radio, music, heating etc.

A

make it more quiet or less warm

Q

wake up

sb who is spleeping

A

Q

knock down

a building

A

demolish it

Q

throw away

rubbish, things you don’t want

A

Q

put . away

sth

A

put it in the place where you usually keep it

Q

pay . back

sb

A

give back money that you borrowed

Q

show . round/around

sb

A

take sb on a tour of a place