Phrasal verbs

Question 1

get away

Answer 1

escape, leave with difficulty

Question 2

get away with sth

Answer 2

do sth wring without being caught

Question 3

keep away (from)

Answer 3

don’t go near

Question 4

give sth away

Answer 4

give sth to sb else because you don’t want it any more

Question 5

put sth away

Answer 5

put it in the place where it is kept, usually out of sight

Question 6

throw sth away

Answer 6

put it in the rubbish

Question 7

get back to sb

Answer 7

reply to sb by phone etc

Question 8

look back (on sth)

Answer 8

think about what happened in the past

Question 9

bring up (a topic…)

Answer 9

introduce it in a conversation

Question 10

come up

Answer 10

be introduced into a conversation

approach (come up to)

Question 11

come up with sth

Answer 11

produce an idea

Question 12

make sth up

Answer 12

invent sth that is not true

Question 13

cheer up

Answer 13

be happier

Question 14

save up for sth/to so sth

Answer 14

save money to buy sth

Question 15

clear up

Answer 15

become bright (weather)

make sth clean

Question 16

blow up

Answer 16

explode

Question 17

blow sth up

Answer 17

destroy it with a bomb etc

Question 18

tear sth up

Answer 18

tear it into pieces

Question 19

beat sb up

Answer 19

hit sb repeatedly so that they are badly hurt

Question 20

break up (with sb)

Answer 20

separate

Question 21

split up (with sb)

Answer 21

separate

Question 22

do up

Answer 22

fasten, tie, etc.

repair and improve (room, building,…)

Question 23

look sth up

Answer 23

nachschlagen

Question 24

put up with sth

Answer 24

tolerate it

Question 25

hold up

Answer 25

delay

Question 26

mix up

get sth mixed up

Answer 26

to think one is the other

Question 27

go up (to)

Answer 27

approach

Question 28

walk up to

Answer 28

approach

Question 29

catch up (with sb)
catch sb up

Answer 29

move faster than sb in front of you to reach them

Question 30

keep up (with sb)

Answer 30

continue at the same speed or level

Question 31

set up

Answer 31

start it

Question 32

take up

Answer 32

start doing sth

Question 33

fix up

Answer 33

arrange

Question 34

grow up

Answer 34

become an adult

Question 35

bring up

Answer 35

raise

Question 36

clean up

Answer 36

make sth clean

Question 37

tidy up

Answer 37

make sth tidy

Question 38

wash up

Answer 38

wash the plates etc.

Question 39

end up somewhere/doing sth

Answer 39

that’s what happens in the end

Question 40

give up

Answer 40

stop trying sth

Question 41

give sth up

Answer 41

stop doing sth

Question 42

make up sth

be made up of sth

Answer 42

ausmachen

consist of sth

Question 43

take up (space or time)

Answer 43

use (space or time)

Question 44

turn up

Answer 44

arrive, appear

Question 45

show up

Answer 45

arrive, appear

Question 46

use sth up

Answer 46

use all of sth until nothing is left

Question 47

put sth up

Answer 47

aufhängen

Question 48

pick sth up

Answer 48

aufheben

Question 49

stand up

Answer 49

aufstehen

Question 50

turn sth up

Answer 50

Lautstärke aufdrehen

Question 51

take sth down

Answer 51

etw abnehmen

Question 52

put sth down

Answer 52

hinlegen

Question 53

sit down

Answer 53

hinsetzen

Question 54

bend down

Answer 54

bücken

Question 55

lie down

Answer 55

hinlegen

Question 56

turn sth down

Answer 56

runterdrehen

Question 57

knock down

Answer 57

abreißen

umstoßen

Question 58

blow down

Answer 58

umstoßen

umwerfen

Question 59

cut down

Answer 59

umschneiden

Question 60

burn down

Answer 60

destroy by fire

Question 61

slow down

Answer 61

go more slowly

Question 62

calm down

Answer 62

become calmer

make sb calmer

Question 63

cut down on sth

Answer 63

eat/drink/do sth less often

Question 64

break down

Answer 64

stop working (machines, relationships, etc)

Question 65

close down

Answer 65

stop doing business

Question 66

shut down

Answer 66

stop doing business

Question 67

let sb down

Answer 67

disappoint them because you didn’t do what they hoped

Question 68

turn sth down

Answer 68

refuse an application/offer/etc

Question 69

write sth down

Answer 69

write sth on paper

Question 70

drive on

Answer 70

continue driving

Question 71

walk on

Answer 71

continue walking

Question 72

play on

Answer 72

continue playing

Question 73

go on

go on doing sth/with sth

Answer 73

happen

continue doing sth/with sth

Question 74

carry on doing sth/with sth

Answer 74

continue doing sth

Question 75

keep on doing sth

Answer 75

do sth continuously or repeatedly

Question 76

get on

get on with sb

get on with sth

Answer 76

progress

have a good relationship

continue doing sth you have to do, usually after an interruption

Question 77

doze off

Answer 77

fall asleep

Question 78

drop off

Answer 78

fall asleep

Question 79

nod off

Answer 79

fall asleep

Question 80

finish sth off

Answer 80

do the last part of sth

Question 81

go off

Answer 81

explode

ring

go away

Question 82

put sb off doing sth

Answer 82

cause sb not to want sth or to do sth

Question 83

rip sb off

Answer 83

cheat sb (informal)

Question 84

show off

Answer 84

try to impress

Question 85

tell sb off

Answer 85

speak angrily to sb because they did sth wrong

Question 86

call sth off

Answer 86

cancel

Question 87

put sth off/doing sth

Answer 87

delay sth

Question 88

put on

Answer 88

anziehen

(weight) get heavier

Question 89

try on

Answer 89

anprobieren

Question 90

take off

Answer 90

ausziehen

leave the ground

Question 91

be off to a place

Answer 91

leave to go to a place

Question 92

walk off

Answer 92

walk away

Question 93

run off

Answer 93

run away

Question 94

drive off

Answer 94

drive away

Question 95

ride off

Answer 95

ride away

Question 96

set off

Answer 96

start a journey

Question 97

see sb off

Answer 97

go with them to the airport/station/etc to say goodbye

Question 98

work out

Answer 98

do physical exercises

develop, progress

for mathematical calculations: macht aus/ergibt (at)

calculate, think about a problem and find the answer

Question 99

carry out

Answer 99

ausführen

Question 100

fall out with sb

Answer 100

stop being friends

Question 101

find out that…/about

Answer 101

get information

Question 102

give sth out

Answer 102

give sth to each person

Question 103

hand sth out

Answer 103

give sth to each person

Question 104

point sth out to sb

Answer 104

draw attention to sth

Question 105

run out of sth

Answer 105

alles verbraucht haben

Question 106

sort sth out

Answer 106

find a solution to, put in order

Question 107

turn out

turn out to be/that

Answer 107

ausmachen

become clear

Question 108

try out

Answer 108

test to see if sth is OK

Question 109

drop in

Answer 109

visit sb for a short time without arranging to do this

Question 110

join in

Answer 110

take part in an activity that is already going on

Question 111

plug in

Answer 111

connect sth to the electricity supply

Question 112

fill in

Answer 112

write the necessary information on a form

Question 113

fill out

Answer 113

write the necessary information on a form

Question 114

take sb in

Answer 114

deceive sb

Question 115

eat out

Answer 115

eat at a restaurant, bot at home

Question 116

drop out

Answer 116

stop sth before you have finished it completely

Question 117

get out

Answer 117

avoid doing sth

Question 118

cut sth out

Answer 118

ausschneiden

Question 119

leave sth out

Answer 119

omit it, not include it

Question 120

cross sth out

Answer 120

durchstreichen

Question 121

get by

Answer 121

manage

Question 122

look out

Answer 122

be careful

Question 123

phase sth down

Answer 123

stufenweise abbauen/verringern, etw langsam beenden

Question 124

phase sth in

Answer 124

etw allmählich/stufenweise einführen

Question 125

phase sth out

Answer 125

aus etw aussteigen, etw schrittweise beenden

Question 126

portion sth out

Answer 126

etw aufteilen, austeilen, verteilen

Question 127

tense up

Answer 127

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