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Phrasal verbs Flashcards

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Muddle —– = salir del paso

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through

One of the team members is absent today. We’ll just have to muddle through without her.

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Spring / sprang / sprung —– = brotar rápidamente

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up

Thousands of new businesses have sprung up in the past couple of years.

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Stand —– + —– sb / sth = hacer frente a / resistir

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Stand up to

Kate stood up to the bully by telling her loudly to stop. / They ran many trials to ensure the fabric would stand up to the extreme weather conditions.

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Stand —– + —— sb / sth = luchar contra / resistir

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Stand up against

We must stand up against racism / Concrete construction is used in the tropics because it will stand up against hurricanes and insects.

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Send —- = enviar

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Send off

The general sent more soldiers off into battle / I went to the post office and sent off a package to my friend.

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Get — + —- = retomar

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Get back to

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Get — = reunirse

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Get together

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Meet —- (with sb)

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Meet up

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Hear —— = tener noticias de / saber por

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Hear from sb

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Move —– = mudarse

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Move in

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Make enough / much /more — sth

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Make (…) of sth –> to give a particular level of value or importance to something

You should make more of your computer skills on the application form.

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Get —– = divulgarse

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Get out

Ellen was worried that the news would get out.

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Start —- = begin career

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Start out

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Start — = begin to return

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Start back

It’s getting dark, so maybe we’d better start back.

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Pay —– sth = amortizar

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Pay off

I’ve nearly paid off my mortgage.

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Build — sth = desarrollar o acumularse

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Build up

Johnson gradually built up his business empire.

Traffic is building up around the scene of the crash.

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Try —– = probar

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Try out

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Splash —— + (——) = tirar la casa por la ventanta

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Splash out (on)

We’ve just splashed out on a luxury holiday.

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Check —– = borrow from a library or verify

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Check out

I checked out two books from the library last week and I’ve lost one of them.

20
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Set —– sth = organize

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Set up

Can we set up a meeting for 8 November?

21
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Carry —– = perform (Aaron dice que este phrasal verb se puede emplear en formal writings)

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Carry out

22
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Cast —– = discard

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Cast aside / cast sb aside = hacer a un lado

He uses people and then casts them aside when they can do no more for him.

23
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Back —— (of) = withdraw

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Back out (of)

Sue backed out of helping us paint the house.

24
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Bail ——– = help with money or dejar tirado

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Bail out

The government bailed out many large banks during the recession.

25
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Cut ——- = remove

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Cut out

The director cut the scene out from the final version of the film.

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Run —– = be depleted

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Run out

27
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Lock —– = congelar (interest, price)

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Lock in

The government decided to lock in prices.

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Hold ———– = sostener / soportar / retrasar

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Hold up

The pillar is holding up the roof.

How are you holding up with all the work?

Aren’t you ready yet? You’re holding us all up!

29
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Come —- + —- = be essentially

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Come down to

It all comes down to money in the end.

30
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Splash —– (on sth) = spend extravagant sum of money

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Splash out (on sth)

31
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Cut —- / —– on sth = reduce

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Cut back / down on sth

32
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Cut —– = quit

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Cut out

33
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Settle — = make yourself at home

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Settle in

34
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Settle —- = decide, choose

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Settle on

35
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Run —– = reharse, review

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Run through

36
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Get — + —- = meterse en / formar parte de

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Get in on

She’s always trying to get in on the action.

37
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Be frowned —- = estar mal visto

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Be frowned upon

In some countries it is frowned upon to slurp your soup.

38
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catch —- with someone = become popular

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catch on with

Those jeans will not catch on with the youth

39
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Demand —- = exigir

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Demand to

He demands to see the manager

40
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Insist —– = exigir

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Insist on

He insist on seeing the manager

41
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Rush —- = pasar corriendo

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Rush through

Sam rushes through the door to pick up the phone

42
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Take —- = hacerse cargo de

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Take on

He took on the manager department in January

43
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Set —- = arrange

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Set up

Helen set up her own music store

44
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Come —- = emerge

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Come out

He came out from the shadows

45
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Stay —- + —- = not become involve

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Stay out of

Stay out of the argument!

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