Phrasal Verbs Part 2 Flashcards
Join in
Participate, take part
You’ll fell much better if you join in, instead of just watching everyone else have fun
Keep on
Continue doing smth
If u keep on being late for work, you’ll get in trouble
Keep up with
Stay at the same level/point
Gordon walks so fast no one can keep up with him
Knock out (2)
Defeat and remove from a competition
Steve Wilson has been knocked out of the us opening tennis championship by peter Collins
OR
Make unconscious
When I fell off the bike, my head hit the ground I was completely knocked out for about five minutes
Leave out
Not included
If you don’t like cinnamon, simply leave it out
Let down
Disappoint
Voters fell really let down by the government
Let off
Make a bomb, etc explode
Be very careful if you’re going to let off these fireworks
OR
Give little or no punishment
I can’t believe the teacher let Ben off with just a warning
Line up
Get/put into lines
The soldiers all lined up
Live on
Use as a source of money
I wanted the job, but I wouldn’t be able to live on the salary
Look after
Take care of
Look down on
Think that you’re better than
It annoys me the way Vera looks down on other ppl
Look into
Investigate
Police are looking into the theft
Look out
Be careful
Look out! Ur going to fall
Look round
Examine (a place)
We looked round the house but decided that it was too expensive for us
Look up to
Admire and respect
I’ve always looked up to my elder brother
Look up
Try to find inf in a book or list, etc
I’ll look Harry’s number up in the phone book
Make off
Escape
It seems that the burglars made off without being seen by dressing as postmen
Make out (3)
Pretend that smth is true
Neil tried to make out that he’d won the lottery but we all knew it wasn’t true
OR
See, hear or understand sb or smth with difficulty
Someone was waving at me in the distance but I couldn’t make out who it was.
OR
write all the necessary inf on a cheque, etc
Could you please make the cheque out to eurofinance limited?
Make up (3)
Become friends again after an argument
I had an argument with my bf, but we soon made up
OR
Invent an explanation, excuse, etc
As I got to school, I knew that I would have to make up an excuse for being late.
OR
create a story, poem, etc
Leo made up a poem about the English teacher
Make up for
Provide smth good, so that smth bad seems less important
When the concert was cancelled, my dad took us to the cinema to make up for it
Make/head for
Go in the direction of
It started to rain so we made for a nearby farmhouse
Name after
Give sb the same name as sb or smth else
My dad named his boat after his grandmother
Narrow down
Reduce the number of possibilities
I still haven’t decided which university to go to, but I’ve narrowed it down to about four
Pass away
Die
Pass out
Suddenly become unconscious
=faint
Pick on
Keep treating someone badly or unfairly
It’s not fair when some of the bigger boys pick on the little ones
Pick up
Stop in a vehicle to give someone a lift
I’ll pick u up from outside your house and we’ll drive into town
Plug in
Connect to the electricity supply
I couldn’t understand why the vacuum cleaner wasn’t working and then I realised I hadn’t plugged it in
Pop in(to)
Visit quickly or for a short time
Mom popped into the cake shop to get smth for after dinner
Pull in
Stop by the side of a road with a car
Could you pull in for a sec so that I can buy a chewing gum
Pull through
Survive ( a serious illness)
The doctors were really worried about Simon, but in the end he pulled through
Put by
Save an amount of money for the future
I try to put a little by each month for emergencies
Put down(2)
Criticise, make someone feel stupid
I wish u wouldn’t keep putting me down in front of other ppl
OR
Kill (a sick/old animal)
We used to have a horse but he fell and broke his leg so we had to put him down
Put down to
Suggest that smth is the result of
The minister put the recent economic problems down to the rise in oil prices
Put forward
Suggest
A number of suggestions were put forward during the meeting but none of them were very useful
Put off (2)
Delay, postpone
Wendy told me that the wedding has been put off until next January
OR
Make sb not want to do or not like smth
I’ve never tasted blue cheese because the smell has always put me off
Put on (2)
Gain (weight)
I put so much weight over Christmas!
OR
Hold, perform (a show, play, etc)
I read they they’re putting Macbeth on at the luvvies theatre
Put out
Make smth stop burning
I’m afraid you’ll have to put your cigarette out before you enter the building
Put through
Connect by phone
I’ll just put u through to the supervisor, mrs Edwards
Put up with
Tolerate
You have to put up with a lot in this job, but it’s worth in the end
Run into
Meet by chance
You’ll never guess who I ran into in town this afternoon
Run out of
Not have any left
I’m afraid we’ve run out of time so I’d like to thank everyone for joining us
Run over
Hit with a car
Andrea was run over outside her house
Sail through
Do smth or deal with smth very easily
With a little bit of revision, u should sail through the exam
Save up (for)
Save money little by little
(For a specific purpose)
I’m saving up for my holiday in India
See off
Go to a train station, etc to see someone leave
We all went to the bus station to see grandma off
See through
Irecognise that smth is not true and not be tricked by it
The guard saw through the woman’s disguise and immediately arrested her
See through (to)
Continue (or help to continue) to the end of smth unpleasant or difficult
I’m not enjoying my computer course any more but I’ll see it through to the end
See to
Deal with
Could u answer the door while I’ll see to the baby?
Set in
Start and be likely to continue for a while (for rain, winter, an economic depression, etc)
Many birds fly south before winter sets in
Set out(2)
Explain, describe OR arrange smth in a clear and detailed way
I liked your composition but I think you need to set your ideas out more clearly by using paragraphs
OR
Start working on smth in order to achieve an aim
In the beginning, we set out to build a successful company, but we never expected to become millionaires
Set out/off
Start a journey
As the sun rose, we took down our tents and set out across the desert
Set to
Start doing smth in a determined or enthusiastic way
We only had a few hours to get the party ready so we set to work quickly
Set up
Start (a business, organisation, etc)
You’re such a good cook that I think u should set up a restaurant
Settle down (2)
Become calm after being upset, etc
Charlie was quite upset but he soon settled down and started to enjoy himself
OR
Stay in one place or get married and live quietly
She spent her twenties traveling round the world and then settled down in a quiet village
Show (a)round
Take sb on a tour of a place
Let me show you round the garden
Show off
Try to attract ppl’s attention and make them admire u (usually used negatively)
My sis thinks she’s a good singer and she’s always showing off when ppl come to visit
Slow down
Decrease speed
Speed up
Increase speed
Stand for (2)
Represent (for abbreviations and symbols)
BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation
OR
Put up with
I wouldn’t stand for it if someone spoke that rudely to me
Stand in for
Do sb’s job for them while they are not available
John will be standing in for Jane while she’s ill
Stand out
Be easy to see by being different
Molly has bright red hair so she always stands out in a crowd
Stand up for
Support in an argument of fight
I know that my bf will always stand up for me
Take aback
Surprise (usually in passive voice)
We were all taken aback by the news
Take after
Look or behave like an older relative
George really takes after his grandfather, doesn’t he?
Take down
Write down what someone says
Could I just take down your details?
Take in
Trick sb into believing smth that is not true
He claimed to be a policeman, but I wasn’t taken in
Take off (3)
Become successful or popular very fast
The iPod has really been taken off over the last couple of years
OR
Leave the ground
The plane took off
OR
Remove (a piece of clothing)
Carl took off his coat
Take on(2)
Start to employ
There’s so much work to do in the office that maybe we should take on a secretary
OR
Accept (work or responsibility)
I haven’t got time to take on any more projects
Take over
Take control of (a business,etc)
When mr barker retired, his daughter took over the family business
Take to(2)
Begin to like
The class took to the teacher straight away
OR
Start (as a habit)
I’ve taken to going for a five-mile run every morning
Take up(2)
Start (a hobby, sport, etc)
Why don’t u take up a hobby?
OR
Fill an amount of space/ time
Studying takes up most of my time at the momentów
Tear down
Destroy or remove (for buildings, statues, etc)
That old building was torn down to make way for a new supermarket
Tear up
Rip into pieces
Robin suddenly grabbed the letter out of my hand and tore it up
Think over
Consider
She said she’d have to think it over
Throw away
Get rid of smth , discard
The cd wouldn’t play any more so I threw it away
Try on
Put on (a piece of clothing) to see how it looks and whether it fits
She took the dress to the dressing room to try it on
Try out
Experiment with
England needs to try out a few new players before the World Cup starts
Turn down
Not accept (an offer, request, etc)
I applied to join the Air Force, but they turned me down because of my eyesight
Turn into
Change into smth different
Turn off
Stop a machine working
Would u please turn that stereo off and get ur hw done?
Turn out
Develop in a particular way or have a particular result
It turned out to be all right
Turn over
Turn a page so that the other side is towards u
If u all turn over, you’ll see a table that shows how sales have gone this year
Turn round
Go back in the opposite direction
Turn up
Appear unexpectedly or without making a firm arrangement
Victor hadn’t been invited to the party but he just turned up anyway
Wear off
Stop being effective (for a drug, etc)
My arm started to hurt again as the effects of the painkiller wore off
Wear out
Become old and unusable
I had to get a new pair of trainers bc my old pair had worn out
Work out
Find a solution to a problem, etc
If you look at the context, maybe you can work out what the word means
