Phrasal Verbs_1

Question 1

Concluir uma atividade; Cancelar alguma coisa.

Answer 1

To Sign off

Question 2

Logo depois…

Answer 2

Right after

Question 3

Imediatamente

Answer 3

Right away

Question 4

Acabar

Answer 4

To End Up

(To finally be in a particular place or situation)

Ex1: They’re travelling across Europe by train and are planning to end up in Moscow.

Ex2: He’ll end up in jail.

Question 5

Transmitir algo (idéias)

Answer 5

Get something across

(To manage to make someone understand or believe something)

Ex1: We tried to get our point across, but he just wouldn’t listen.

Ex2: This is the message that we want to get across to the public.

Question 6

Entender algo errado; se equivocar

Answer 6

Get something wrong

(To make a mistake in the way you White, judge, or understand something).

Ex1: This isn’t it. We must have got the address wrong.

Ex2: You must have gotten the directions wrong.

Question 7

Entender uma situação de uma forma completamente errada.

Answer 7

Get/have it all wrong

(Understand a situation in completely the wrong way)

No, no - You’ve got it all wrong! We’re just friends.

Question 8

Se tornar bom em algo.

Answer 8

Get good at something

(To become skillful and successful at doing something).

Ex1: He was very good at his work.

Question 9

Tirar proveito de algo ou alguém.

Answer 9

To tap into.
(To manage to use something in a way that brings good results.)

Ex1: Are you tapping into your staff’s full potential? Você está aproveitando todo o potencial do seu pessoal?
Ex2: If only we could tap into all that energy and creativity.

Question 10

Arrombar algo (uma porta); Por algo abaixo (um muro)

Answer 10

To break something down.

Ex.: Some of the campers had broken down fences and lit fires that caused a lot of damage.

Question 11

Derrubar, demolir.

Answer 11

To tear down

Ex.: They’re going to tear down the old hospital and build a new one.

Question 12

Rejeitar algo ou alguém.
Se afastar de algo ou alguém.

Answer 12

To push something/someone away

(People may push others away as a defense mechanism to avoid getting hurt in relationships).

Question 13

Conseguir aprovar. Avançar uma ideia/pauta.

Answer 13

To push through

(Get a proposed measure completed or accepted quickly)

Ex: The government is trying to push through a package of measures to combat organized crime.