Phrasal Verbs Flashcards
Account for
1 ammontare a
Ex: cases of divorces accounted for 65% of those that our firm handled last year
2 spiegare, fornire le ragioni
You will have to account for your illegal behaviour
To act on
Take action
Ex: the public prosecutor refused to act on appeal of the company takeover
To answer for
To be held responsible for a problem
Ex: she will have to answer for the many crimes she has committed
To answer to
Rispondere, render me conto a qualcuno
Ex: the new trainee has to answer to the partner in charge
To apply for
To formally request something
Ex: we need to apply for planning permission to build a garage
To apply to
To affect (riguarda, colpisce)
Ex: the new directive applies to all EU nationals who fall within the scope of the EC treaty
To bail (someone) out
Pagare la cauzione (per qualcuno)
Ex: Melanie’s family paid £ 500 to bail her out
To be out
To be absent from a place
Ex: I’m out at the moment
To be up to
To be enough good
Ex: none of the applications were up to our standards
To bring (a lawsuit, charges) against
To beginning a court case
Ex: The police say they are planning to bring charges against him
To bring about
To make something happen (cagionare, causare)
Ex: The Greenhouse effect has brought about a huge amount of environmental damage
To bring down
To reduce
Ex: The Firm will bring down the cost of The litigation
To buy out
Acquisire, rilevare
Ex: they managed to agree on buying out The German subsidiary.
To call back
Richiamare (al telefono)
Ex: i need to call my lawyer back
To call by
To visit someone
Ex: I’ll call by your Office so that we can proofread the report together
To call for
To demand
Ex: this case call for urgent measures
To call off
To cancel
Ex: I’m afraid i’ll have to cancel our appointment
To call (someone) up
To telephone
Ex: can you call him up to tell him that I’ll be 10 minutes late?
to carry out
to perform an activity
ex: we will check whether they have carried out the work to the correct standard
to cash in
to convert shares, bonds or other documents into money
ex: she has finally decided to cash in her insurance policy
to catch up
raggiungere
ex: the 10 new European Union member states that joined the EU will have to catch up fast on EU targets
to charge with
1 to state officially that someone may be guilty of a crime (accusare)
Ex: they charged him with murder
2 incaricare qualcuno
Ex: the committee has been charged with enforcing the protocol
to check in
to register on arriving at hotel or at the airport
ex: the first thing you should do when you get to the hotel is check in
to check out
to pay the bill when leaving the hotel
ex: you can pay for your room when you check out
to close down
to close a shop,a business permanently
ex: they closed down many travel agencies after the terroris attacks
to come across
imbattersi in qualcosa
ex: in our daily life we may come across situations which requires legal advice
to come before (the court)
apparire in giudizio
ex: the defendant will come before the court to mount a defence to the charge of defamation
to come into
entrare in possesso di qualcosa, ereditare
ex: she expected to come into a fortune but she didn’t
to come to
to reach
ex: the judge has come to his conclusion based on the evidence before him
to cut down on
to reduce spending
ex: many companies have decided to cut down on legal expenses
to draw up
to writ, to prepare a document
ex: the Council of Europe was the first to draw up a Convention of Human Rights
to enter into
to make, to stipulate
ex: the parties entered into the loan agreement
to fill in (UK)/ fill out (US)
to compile/to complete
to get away with
cavarsela/farla franca
ex: the judge reduced the charge to manslaughter, and she got away with three years in prison
