Phrasal Verbs 3 Flashcards
To get about
To visit many places
I ……. a lot with my job
To get above
To behave as if you’re better or someone more important than others
Ever since they have made him assistant manager , he’s been…………….. (ing) himself
to surpass, to be over
We should …………. 5,000 feet before we make camp.
To get across
To make people understand something
He tried to…… this point ………. but it was so complicated , no one could understand
To get after
To criticize someone for not doing something
She always………………me about dirty dishes
To chase someone or something
Don’t just stand there talking. Get after them!
To get ahead
To make progress, overtake, gain advantage, be successful
In order to ……….in business you need to be assertive.
He ran faster and ………..of his sister just as they reached the car. (move in front of)
Nowadays , you need IT skill if you want to ………
To get along
To get along with
To have a good relationship
I don’t really ……….. with my sister’s husband.
Me and my friend , we………..
To deal with
I wonder how Michael is ………….. in his new job?
To get around
circulate
When word ………. that she was baking cookies, all the children appeared at her door.
travel
visit many places
I certainly …………..in my job. This year, I’ve travelled to Korea, Australia and South Africa.
avoid doing
Avoid or bypass an obstacle
The politician ……………. answering the question by changing the subject.
To get around doing something
Find time
Bill eventually……………to the washing-up.
Eventually begin or return to some procrastinated task
Some day I’ll ……………..to organizing this mess.
To get at
To be able to reach , find, access
I have a lot of money in my trust fund. I just can’t ………..it.
Mean, signify
I don’t understand. What are you…………..?
To get away
1 - To escape
A police officer grabbed him, but he ……….
2 - to manage to leave a place ( especially your work)
He said he’d meet me for lunch if he could…………
3 - to go somewhere different from where you live in order to have a rest or a holiday
……….. from it all: On days like today, I just want to……… from it all.
To get away from
1 To talk about something different from what you should be talking about
2 to ask someone to leave a place
I think we’re………….from the point.
…………….from there! It’s hot!
3 you can’t …….from something/there’s no ……….from something
used for saying that a fact or situation must be accepted and cannot be avoided
To get away with
Not get caught or punished for doing something wrong
- These bums ……………….diamond trinkets.
to leave a place with something
- I let Fane……………with the Book.
To get back
Return to where one came from
- When I …………… from holiday, I expect the house to be tidy.
Retrieve, to have an item returned
- I lent her my guitar over the Christmas holidays, and will ….it………..when the term starts.
To get back at
To punish someone who did something to you
- She put toothpaste in his shoes to …………. him for the frog he left in her refrigerator.
To get back into
To start doing something after stopping for sometime
To get back to sb or sth
To contact someone later, To give reply
- I’ll …………… you when I have an answer.
Return to
- I’ll ……………work as soon as I’ve finished this game.
To get back together
To get together
To start a relationship with somebody again
- I just (preterit)………….. with my ex-girlfriend
to meet socially
- Lily……. the girls ……….and told them about Anna’s accident.
To get behind
To support, to help
- It was easy to finish the project , once the whole community …………… it
To get by
To have just enough money to live on
- Do you think they can …………… on only one salary?
To get down
To make someone depressed or unhappy
- Nothing ………………..so much as a rainy day.
indicate to enjoy for exemple a party
- get down , enjoy
To get down on
To criticize someone
- Jane’s always getting ………………..the kids.
To get in
To arrive home
Get into or inside something, literally or figuratively
You’d better ………..gear.
to ………a car
Enter a place; to gain access
f you want to……., you’ll need the gate code and a key.
be admitted to school , program,
To get in on
participate , get involved
She’s always trying to ……….. the action.
To get in with
To become friendly with a group
He (preterit) with a bad crowd and started skipping school.
To get into
to start enjoying something, or to become enthusiastic about it
I can’t …………this book because the first chapter is so boring.
To get off
Literally remove from a place
………. this table
To escape punishment , be acquitted, steal
He was tried for corruption, but he (preterit)….
To get pleasure, orgasm, to be excited by something
He really …………on seeing other people suffer.
To get on sb nerves
To criticize someone
Her husband’s constant grumbling was starting to ……………Olga’s nerves.
To get on with something
To continue doing something
Don’t watch TV. Just ………..with your homework!
To get on (with)somebody
Get on board
To have a good relationship (England)
If you can’t …….. with your boss, it might be better to quit.
Sarah and her new roommate (preterit) ……. as soon as they met.
join us in a work , a plan
I want you to “ ………” in my plan
To get onto
To start discussing a topic
My boss always becomes defensive when we ……………the subject of a pay rise.
To get out
To go out of different places
I need to …….of my meeting this afternoon because I have a doctor’s
To get out of
extricate someone from
The children could not ………..the building because it was on fire.
to avoid doing something you dislike
The teenager tried ………….. his homework by pretending to be ill.
To get over
To recover from something
In the follow-up, psychosocial activities will help children ………….the trauma of the disaster.
literally
to go there, you have to ……. this wall
To get through
to survive
The global recession has been tough on everyone, but we will…………..it.
to complete a task (finish)
I have so much work to ………………. this week. I don’t know how I’m going to do it all!
To get through to
To make someone understand what you are trying to say
I need to get through to my son and make him see drugs are not the answer!
Reach on phone
I’m trying to …………… the President but he’s not answering his phone.
To get to
to get to doing sth
To annoy or upset someone
His incessant whistling really ……….me.
To reach , arrive
John (preterit) ……..Cambridge at about five o’clock.
Start doing
When he failed to call me yet again, I (preterit) wondering if he was having an affair.
To get together
To meet each other, To spend time together to gather
The team leaders need to………..to discuss the problem.
Let’s ……………sometime and catch up on each other’s news.
To get up
to get up in something
“get up” noun
To get out of bed
I had to ………..early today for a meeting at 7:00 AM.
To find courage
I couldn’t quite ……….the courage to ask him on a date.
to get dressed
For halloween, she ………… in a nice costume
Nice “ get up “ , means nice dress
To get up to
To do something wrong or naughty
What have you been ………….?
Go on
A cruise A date A diet A picnic A tour A trip to Vacation Sales Strike
To go about
To begin to do something our to deal with something
Ex
How should I ….. loosing weight?
To go after
To chase or follow someone in order to catch them
Ex
The cat went after the bird , but it flew away
To go against
To oppose or disagree with something or someone
Ex
Build a road here would go against the wishes of the local community
To go ahead
To start or continue to do something
Ex
……and eat before everything gets cold.
To go along
To agree with someone or something
Ex
I didn’t agree, but I ………..with the decision because I was in the minority.
To go around
To be enough for everyone
Ex
For a women over 40, there simply aren’t enough men their own age ….
To go at someone
To attack someone
Ex the two boys are …….each other like mads dogs
To go away
To leave a place
Ex
You’re fired . Please … and don’t come back
To go back to
To have existed since or for a particular time
Ex
Their relationship ……..,when they were at school together
To go back on
To fail to keep a promise or to change decision
Ex
He’s …….. on his word and decided not to give me the job after all
To go before
To precede, to occur, before in time
Ex
Summer ……autumn and winter ……..spring
To go by
The passing of time
Ex
Five years ……….before the boys saw each other again
To go down
To decrease, to get smaller
Ex
The oil price has ……. recently
To go down with
To become ill with a particular illness
Ex
Yesterday, my husband ………with the flu
To go in for
To like something, to have an interest in
Ex
I’ve never ……classical music, but I love jazz music.
To go into
To start doing a particular type of work.
Ex
After earning a master’s degree in economics, he ……. banking
To go off
Of a light or a machine goes of, it stops working
Ex
All the lights in the building suddenly …..,,,
To go off to
To leave a place and go somewhere else
Ex
Dave’s ……… to the south off France for the summer.
To go off
To leave with something that belong to somewhere else
Ex
He ……. with my credit card
To go on about
Talk in an annoying way about something for a long time
Ex
All through dinner Peter……his favorite subject, himself.
To go on at
To criticize someone regularly or for a long time
Ex
She’s always……her daughter for one thing or another
To go out
To become unfashionable
Ex
Purple ties,……. after a short season of popularity
To go out with
To have a romantic relationship with someone
Ex
He’s been ………..with his girlfriend for around six months now
To go over
To examine or check something
Ex
Remember to …..your essay for grammar and spelling mistakes before you hand in it to me
To go through
To experience a difficult or unpleasant situation
Ex
You wouldn’t believe what I …………when I was ill !
To go through with
To do something you planned or promised to do
Ex
He says, he’ll climb Mount Everest. But I doubt he’ll……..with it.
To go under
To become bankrupt
Ex
The company was weak from the start and finally……
Come about
Come to pass; develop; occur; take place; happen
Ex
We have to ask, how did this …,?
Come across
Give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image
Ex
A business suit and briefcase help her ……as the competent professional she is
Find, usually by accident
In the meadow he will ………….a rare flower.
Come after
Flollow, pursue
Don’t try to ……me
to succeed, be the successor of
Who …….Richard the Lionheart?
To come along
To accompany,
Would you like to …………….with me to the opera ?
Progress, to make progressThe renovation is ……………nicely, and should be ready within a month.
To come appart
Break, separate
Ex
My old clothes are all ……….
To come around
To change one’s mind
Example : give her time , she may come around and see things your way
To come at
Get to, especially with effort or difficulties
He precise the meaning was not easy to ………..
To accept ( a situation) , to agree to do, to try
I’m not going to …………. that again. Too risky
To Attack, to harass
as I backed away , he came at me with a knife.
get on
to progress , advance,
How are you ……….?
To ……… in life, you need to be willing to work hard.
come up
come up with
produce it or think about it
