Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
Keep out
Mantener afuera
Keep up with
Mantener el ritmo
Keep away
Mantener a distancia
Keep up
1-mantener despierto
2-mantener, seguir asi
Minister for health is sure that current levels of health care can be kept up
Keep from
Evitar q alguien haga algo
I don’t want to keep you from your studies
I put my hand in her mouth to keep her from shouting
Keep on
1-seguir haciendo algo
2-Mantener a alguien contratado
The Hospital can only keep on a limited number of workers
3-Hablar constantemente de algo de forma molesta
She keeps on about How much money she makes
Keep on at
Nagging-dar la lata
My dr keeps on at me about my lack of exercise
Keep to
Ceñirse
I have to keep to the diet
Keep out of
Mantenerse al margen
When they starr arguing I just keep out of it
Go into
1-Entrar en detalle
This problem is complex and we want to go into it in detail
2-Destinar dinero tempo o esfuerzo a algo: lot of effort has gone into producing this book
Go up to
Llegar a un lugar concreto
The water went up to the top of the bridge
Go up
1-cuando una cantidad o tasa sube
The price has gone up by €3000
2-approach somebody/something
Some of them went up to congratulate her
Go off
1-explode a bomb
2-alarm clock went off
3-stop working a device: I have set the heating to go off at 11
Go out
Apagar (velas/luz)
Salir de casa
Go over
1-Repasar
I’d like to go over your essay when you’ve half an hour to spare
2-to visit someone who lives nearby
I might go over Patrick’s an hour or so
Go back over
1-Repasar dp de haber ocurrido
I went back over the figures to check they were okay
Go back on
Romper una promesa
You said you’d be there so don’t go back on your word
Come out
- Resultado
- salir publicado~bring out
The party came out fine
His new book comes out next month
Come down with
Ponerse enfermo
I couldn’t go to work because I came down with a cold
Come down on
Castigar duramente
The police are coming down hard on the offenders
Come down to
Se reduce a
It all comes down to money
Come about
Suceder/ocurrir
How did this come about?
It came about that there were…
Come off
1-quitarse This stain won't come off 2-caerse She came off her bike 3-salir bien/mal It came off well/badly
Come across
1-encontrarse I came across Michael yesterday 2-causar una impression it didn’t come across like that 3-to convey Her ideas came across with great force
Come apart
Deshacerse en pedazos
~fall apart
The book came apart in my hands
Come forward
Volunteer:
The police are asking witnesses to come forward
Come by
1-Visitar You should come by next time 2-obtener How did you come by this job? Accurate statistics are difficult to come by
Come around
1-visitar a alguien en su casa
Mark came around
2-cambiar de idea
She’ll come around to our plan
Come in for
Ser criticado o alabado
The minister coming for a lot of criticism/Praise
Come into
1-heredar
I came into a fortune when he died
Come after
Ir tras de uno, perseguir
He is coming after us
Come through
1-sobrevivir, recuperarse
It was a miracle he came through that car crash
2-To be conveyed-communicated: The coach’s displeasure came through loud and clear.
3-to receive a telephone call/message
Have your exam results come through yet?
Put on
- To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on. (Take off-opposite)
- To apply; activate: put on the brakes.
- To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.
- Slang To tease or mislead (another): You’re putting me on!
- To add: put on weight.
- To produce; perform, organize : put on a variety show.
Take down
- To bring to a lower position from a higher one (off shelf)
- To take apart; dismantle: take down the Christmas tree.
- To lower the arrogance or the self-esteem of (a person): really took him down during the debate.
- To put down in writing-apuntar
Show up
~turn up
Aparecer
Come up with
Ocurrirse
He came up with the answer
Put out
Apagar
To put out a cigaret
Blow out
Soplar, apagar
To blow out a cake
A blow-out: pinchazo
Run up
1.Run up to: Aproximarse a alguien
2.[+debt] contraer
• she had run up a huge bill at the hairdresser’s
Act out
To copy actions in a theatrical manner
a. To perform in or as if in a play; represent dramatically: act out a story.
b. To realize in action: wanted to act out his theory.
Act up
1-to misbehave
2-not work properly
My computer has been acting up lately. It keeps crashing
Break away
To detach from
Several leading members broke away from the party and set up an independent parliamentary bloc
Break down
1-to stop (negotiations, talks)
Negotiations between the two companies have broken down
2-to malfunction
The elevator broke down.
3-To divide into or consider in parts; analyze.
The population breaks down into three main groups.
Break in
Allanamiento
A burglar was trying to break in.
Break into
To suddenly start doing sth
The child broke into a flood of tears.
Break off
a. To discontinue (a relationship).
b. Stop doing something
She broke off their conversation to answer her mobile phone
Break through
To make a sudden, quick advance, as through an obstruction.
Call for
To require, to need
That work calls for patience.
Call off
To cancel
Look up to sb
Admirar
Look down on sb
Despise
Put off
1-sth: postpone
2-sb: Discourage:
he’s not easily put off
Put up with
Soportar
Put down
1-write down: put me down for £15 2-Criticize 3- dejar, bajar... -put it down! -once I started the book I couldn’t put it down
to put sb down as sth
Catalogar a alguien como algo
I had put him down as a complete fool
to put sth down to sth
Atribuir
I put his bad humor down to his illness
Leave out
Omit by accident
• it got left out in the rain
Leave on
Dejar algo encendido
Leave the computer on
Leave for
Irse
What time are you leaving for Milan?
Leave up to
Let sb else decide
I leave the decision up to my boss
Pass out
To faint
Pass by
- pasar cerca
- hacer una visita corta
- dejar pasar
He passes by our house on his way
I’ll pass by your house later
Don’t let this opportunity pass you by
Pass through
Cruzar una interseccion, un puente etc
Pass up
Let an opportunity go by
Ask around
Preguntar lo mismo a mucha gente
Back up
1-respaldar
2-ir marcha atras con el coche
3-congestionado: traffic is backed up
Blow up
1-Hinchar globos
2-estallar bomba
3-aumentar una foto
Wind up
1~wrap up, summarize 2-dar cuerda 3-to wind sb up: to tease He said I'd miss the train but he just was winding me up 4-~end up: we wound up in Rome
Stay out
not come home:
she stayed out all night