Phrasal verbs HOMEWORK Flashcards
Get up
To wake and get out of bed
- I get up at 6.30 every morning.
- Get up and show your appreciation.
Come on
Said to encourage someone to do something, especially to hurry or try harder, or to tell you something.
- Come on we’re going to be late.
- Come on! You can do it.
Go away
To leave your home in order to spend time somewhere else, usually for a holiday (salir, irse)
- The family went away for a few days.
- We usually go away for the summer.
Stand up
To be in an upright position on your feet; to get yourself into an upright position on your feet.
- We watched the game standing up.
- It was customary then for children to stand up when the teacher came into the classroom.
Turn on
To push or turn sth to make a device, machine, etc. start working; to make sb feel interested, especially sexually; to attack sb who you were once loyal to
- Turn on the light.
- I don’t understand how he can turn on his friends like that.
Try on
To put on a piece of clothing to decide if it looks good.
- I tried on those shoes.
- Try the red one on.
Give back
To return sth you took or borrowed; to allow to be able to do or feel sth again.
- That’s mine! Give it back to me.
- Winning that game gave us back our sense of pride.
Take back
To return an item you bought to the store; to admit you should not have said sth.
- I took it back and got a refund.
- I take back what I said about Maria.
Call back
To use a telephone to talk to sb again or to talk to sb who called you before.
- Call me back when you have a chance.
- I’ll call back later.
Pay back
To give back the money sb lent you; to take revenge.
- If you lend me $30, I promise I’ll pay you back tomorrow.
- He vowed that one day he would pay her back for what she had done.
Put away
To move sth back to the place it is usually kept.
- Can you put away the dishes, please?
Pick up
To use your hands to lift; to go to a place to get.
- Pick up that trash.
- I picked up the car from the garage.
