phrasal verbs Flashcards
avoir l’avantage de faire qqchose
advantage in doing something
SF est reconnu pour sa variété multiculturelle
SF is celebrated for its multicultural makeup
explain the reason for
to account for
(ins) Increase population accounts for climate change
obey
Adhere to
(ins) You must adhere to the terms of the contract.
Mention in an indirect way
Allude to
(ins) She kept alluding to our agreement, but she didn’t want to reveal it.
To cause something bad to happen, especially illness
Bring on
(sep)His heart condition was brought on by his diet.
To start discussing a subject
Bring up
(sep) She brought the matter up very late so they didn’t have time to discuss it properly.
To happen, especially by chance
Come about
(ins) Increased unemployment has come about through automated production.
To reduce
Cut back
(ins) They are cutting back expenses.
To succeed in living or working without
Do without
(ins) We can do without help from you.
To start a new project or activity, usually one that will be difficult or take time
Embark on
(ins) After graduating from university, she embarked on a career in banking.
To continue doing something until it has been completed
Follow through
(ins) You will need to follow through with some reading if you want to master the subject.
To not approve of something
Frown upon
(ins) Failure to attend classes is frowned upon.
To make people understand something
get across
(sep) The teacher managed to get across how important it was to attend lectures.
To be heard by a lot of people
Get around
(ins) News of his promotion got around very fast.
To try to suggest something without saying it directly
get at
(ins) What are you getting at? Was my presentation too long?
To start doing something again after not doing it for a period of time.
Get back (to doing)
(ins) Let’s get back to discussing how this happened.
To feel happy about something that is going to happen
Look forward to (doing)
(ins) I’m looking forward to meeting you later.
To try to discover facts about something
Look into
(ins) After several customers complained about late deliveries, they decided to look into the matter.
To understand someone or something in a certain way
Make of
(ins) What do you make of the teacher’s decision to shorten this course?
To plan in detail how something will happen
Map out
(sep) Her career was mapped out for her when she decided to take that job.
To come together with someone
Meet up
(ins) Let’s meet up and discuss how we are going to go about this project.
To reduce the number of possibilities
narrow down
(sep) The detectives narrowed down the list of suspects to just two.
To suggest an idea, opinion so that it can be discussed
Put forward
(sep) The proposals were put forward last week, but the committee didn’t have time to discuss them.
