Phrasal Verbs

Question 1

to cheer up

Answer 1

1. To cheer up is to start to feel happier.

2. To cheer up somebody (or cheer somebody up) is to make them feel happier.

Question 2

to call back

Answer 2

1. If you call back somebody (or call somebody back) you telephone someone who rang you earlier, or you telephone someone for a second time.
2. To call back is to return to a place to see somebody again.

Question 3

to call off

Answer 3

1. To call off something (or call something off) is to cancel a planned event, or an event that has already started.
2. To call off somebody or something (or call somebody or something off) is to give a command to somebody or something (e.g. a dog) to leave someone alone, or to stop attacking someone.

Question 4

to call round

Answer 4

To call round is to visit someone, usually for a short period of time.

British and Australian English.

Question 5

to believe in

Answer 5

1. When you believe in something or somebody you are sure that something or somebody exists.
2. To believe in something is to have a strong belief that something is good or right.
3. When you believe in somebody, you have confidence that they are a good trustworthy person, or that they can do something well.

Question 6

to hang around

Answer 6

1. To hang around somewhere is to spend time there doing very little.
   Informal English.

This phrasal verb can also be hang round and hang about.

2. To hang around with someone is to spend time with them

Informal English.

This phrasal verb can also be hang round and hang about with somebody.

Question 7

to hang up

Answer 7

1. To hang up something (or hang something up) means to hang something, especially clothes, on a hanger or hook.
2. To hang up also means to end a telephone conversation, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.

If you hang up you replace the part of the telephone you speak into back onto its normal place on the telephone – however, we also use this expression when referring to ending conversations on mobile phones.

3. To be hung up is to be very anxious about something and to spend a lot of time thinking about it.
4. A hang-up (noun, informal) is something that a person worries about a lot, or is afraid of.

Question 8

to be at odds with smb

Answer 8

nesutarti, pyktis su kuo (about – dėl)

Question 9

to be odds with smth

Answer 9

nesiderinti su kuo, neatitikti ko

Question 10

odds and ends, šnek. odds and sods

Answer 10

a) likučiai; nuotrupos;

b) mažmožiai, smulkmenos; @ visokie galai;