PHRASALS (solo para el final) 1ERA PARTE DEL AÑO

Question 1

to take action as a result of advice, information, etc.”

Answer 1

Act on

“Acting on information from a member of the public, the police raided the club.

Question 2

behave awkwardly / badly

Answer 2

ACT UP

“The kids started acting up.”

Question 3

(formal) to agree with or match something

“her calculations didn’t accord with mine”

Answer 3

accord with

Question 4

to defend yourself against criticism
​to speak rudely to somebody in authority, especially when they are criticizing you or telling you to do something

defenderse respondiendo
o cuando criticás o responder mal a una autoridad

Answer 4

answer sb back (informal)

"”Don’t answer back!
Stop answering your mother back!””

Question 5

to accept responsibility or blame for something

responder por (hacerse responsable por)

Answer 5

answer for

coll: answer for the mistakes made

Question 6

be under the command of sb
to have to explain your actions or decisions to somebody

have the characteristics described

tener que responder a alguien superior (cumplir con lo que pide)

Answer 6

answer to

coll: answer to the boss

Question 7

cease to oppose

echarse atrás, dar marcha atrás, echar marcha atrás

Answer 7

back down

coll: back down (on/from something)

“despite the evidence, he refused to back down”

Question 8

withdraw from
to decide that you are no longer going to take part in something that has been agreed

salirse de algo

Answer 8

back out of

coll: back out (of something)

ex: “He lost confidence and backed out of the deal at the last minute.”

Question 9

“support
to support somebody/something; to say that what somebody says, etc. is true
to provide support for somebody/something

(computing) to prepare a second copy of a file, program, etc. that can be used if the main one fails or needs extra support”

Answer 9

back up

coll: “back sb up - to back up sth (a project, homework, a plan)”

ex: “I’ll back you up if they don’t believe you.
The writer doesn’t back up his opinions with examples.
two doctors backed up by a team of nurses
The rebels backed up their demands with threats.
It’s a good idea to back up your files onto a memory stick.”

Question 10

be relevant to

Answer 10

bear on

“The Minister’s statement does not bear on this case in any way”

Question 11

be patient

Answer 11

bear with

“If you can bear with me a little longer, I’ll try to explain the reasons behind out actions”

Question 12

• to stop working
• to stop being successful / to fail bc of problems or disagreemtns
• To lose or cause (someone) to lose strength or the ability to resist or fight.
• to separate into smaller units

Answer 12

Break down

coll: a car, a washing machine, an elevator
sth breaks down into categories

ex:
“The government’s argument broke down completely when new evidence came to light.”
“The prisoner finally broke down under intensive questioning.”

Question 13

• to begin suddenly
• To begin happening suddenly; (of war, fighting or other unpleasant events) to start suddenly
• to escape

Answer 13

Break out

coll: to break out from _________

ex: “They had escaped to America shortly before war broke out in 1939.”
“Fighting had broken out between rival groups of fans.”
“Fire broke out during the night.”
“An argument can break out”

Question 14

• to end a relationship
• to divide into smaller parts
• (of a crowd or gathering) to be dispersed
• to finish

Answer 14

Break up

coll: to break up a relationship
to break up a cookie so as to give a little piece to everyone

ex: “they were together for 2 years but then they broke up”
“school breaks up on the 12 of december”

Question 15

to make sth happen

Answer 15

Bring about

coll: bring about sth
progress
changes
a revolution
the downfall of a government
a crises

Question 16

• to force yourself through something that is holding you back
• To find a way of dealing with a problem or a situation that limits what you can do.
• to go higher than a particular level
• to become visible

Answer 16

Break through

coll: to break through a barrier
to break through a 2 million barrier

ex: Protesters broke through the barriers.
The organization is totally committed to breaking through the barriers of poverty.
Some protesters managed to break through the police cordon.
Soon the sun would break through the mist.
I tried hard to break through his silent mood.
Sales have finally broken through the $1 million barrier.
to break through the glass ceiling
After days of rain, the sun finally became visible from behind the clouds

Question 17

support or confirm sth

Answer 17

bear out

ex: “this assumption is not borne out by any evidence”

Question 18

to compare the advantages and disadvantages of something

Answer 18

balance sth againsth sth

Question 19

explode

Answer 19

blow up

coll: a bomb blows up

Question 20

to depend on

Answer 20

bank on

coll: to bank on a person / a fact

ex: “he may come tomorrow but don’t bank on it

Question 21

improve, go over sth
mejorar, repasar algo

Answer 21

brush up on

coll: to brush up on a language / a skill
ex: “I must brush up on my Italian if I wanna go to Italy in the summer”

Question 22

to stop and be forgotten
acabarse y ser olvidado

Answer 22

Blow over

coll: a disagreement is blew over
an event in history is blew over

Question 23

to happen to; be the fate of

Answer 23

become of

If you ask what became of someone or something, you want to know where they are and what happened to them: “Whatever became of that parcel you sent?”

Question 24

to accumulate

Answer 24

build up

coll: to build up garbage

Question 25

to make a reservation (for)

Answer 25

book up

Question 26

to destoy sth completely by fire
If a fire _________ ____________, it becomes weaker and has smaller flames

quemar algo / iscinerar algo

Answer 26

Burn down

coll: a fire / campfire burns down (after the wood run out)

Question 27

• destroy, get rid of sth by burning (ver diferencia con burn down). To be destroyed by heat.
• (of an engine): use fuel
• to have a fever (intransitive)
• to be very angry”

Answer 27

Burn up

Question 28

visit briefly

Answer 28

call at

coll: to call at a place / sb’s house

ex: “i’ll call at the travel agency to collect our tickets”

Question 29

to ask to return

Answer 29

call back

coll: to call sb back to a place

ex: “As soon as John reached Viena he was called back to Paris”

Question 30

require

Answer 30

call for

“His condition calls for immediate medical attention”

Question 31

to cancel

Answer 31

call off

“The meeting was called off due to the chairman’s illness”

Question 32

to consult

Answer 32

call in
coll: call in sb

“you’d better call in a solicitor before writing your will”

Question 33

• to conscript, to make somebody do their training in the army, etc. or fight in a war
• to make a phone call to sb

Answer 33

call up

“my cousing was called up at the age of 19 and died in Vietnam a year later”

Question 34

to cause to do on strike

Answer 34

call out

“the union has called out its members to try to get a better deal”

Question 35

to run away

Answer 35

clear off

ex: “the bully cleared off when he saw the teacher approaching”

Question 36

to get rid of unwanted things

Answer 36

clear out

“They cleared out the garage to make room for their new car”

Question 37

to brighten up (of the weather)

Answer 37

clear up

“it’s been raining all morning but it seems to be clearing up now”

Question 38

to remove, tidy

Answer 38

clear away

“if you cleared away all these books, we’d have room to eat”

Question 39

• to manage to get something
• ​to receive something

Answer 39

Come by

ex: “How did you come by this painting? It’s a Picasso, you know.”
“Jobs are hard to come by these days.”
“How did you come by that scratch on your cheek?”

Question 40

to change your opinion about something, or agree to an idea

Answer 40

Come round to

“they’ve come round to our way of thinking at last”

Question 41

to be understood

Answer 41

Come across

coll: to come across an idea

Question 42

1 - be inherited

2 - (of a situation or outcome) be dependent on a specified factor

ser heredado / o ser recibido de una generación anterior
depender de un factor específico

Answer 42

Come down to (sb)

ex: “This diamond ring came down to me from my great-granmother”
“it came down to her word against Guy’s”

Question 43

to become conscious again after an accident or operation
volver a estar consciente
(pueden ser dos opciones: el mismo verbo pero con dos preposiciones distintas)

Answer 43

Come round / come to

“After she was hit on her head by the cricket ball, it took her several minutes to come round / to”

Question 44

to be a particular total when numbers or amounts are added together (ver ejemplo)

Answer 44

Come to

"”How much did the supermarket bill come to this week?
That comes to £25.””

Question 45

to reach the usual or necessary standard

Answer 45

Come up to

ex: “Did the new play at the National Theatre come up to your expectations?”

Question 46

(of plants) to appear above the soil

Answer 46

Come up

ex: “Those tomato seeds I planted in the spring haven’t come up yet.”

Question 47

to be left money by somebody who has died

Answer 47

Come into

“He came into several thousand pounds when his grandfather died”

Question 48

1 - to leave a place, especially in order to do something
2 - to be fired; to explode
3 - if an alarm, etc. goes off, it makes a sudden loud noise
4 - if a light, the electricity, etc. goes off, it stops working
5 - (British English, informal) to go to sleep
6 - (British English) if food or drink goes off, it becomes bad and not fit to eat or drink
7 - ​(British English) to get worse in quality
8 - ​to happen in a particular way (ESTE ES EL QUE TOMAN!!!!!!!)

Answer 48

Go off

ejemplos:
1 - She went off to get a drink.
2 - to be fired; to explode
4 - Suddenly the lights went off.
5 - Hasn’t the baby gone off yet?
7 - Her books have gone off in recent years.
8 - The meeting went off well.
The party went off rather well. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves

Question 49

1 - used in orders to tell somebody to hurry or to try harder
2 - (of an actor) to walk onto the stage
3 - (of a player) to join a team during a game
4 - ​(informal) to improve or develop in the way you want (ESTE ES EL QUE TOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
5 - used to show that you know what somebody has said is not correct
6 - (usually used in the progressive tenses) (of an illness or a mood) to begin
7 - (of a TV programme, etc.) to start
8 - ​to begin to operate

Answer 49

Come on

ejemplos:
1 - Come on! Try once more.
3 - Wilson came on for Kane ten minutes before the end of the game.
4 - The students are coming on very well in Maths this term.
5 - Oh, come on—you know that isn’t true!
6 - I can feel a cold coming on.
I think there’s rain coming on.
7 - What time does the news come on?
8 - Set the oven to come on at six.

Question 50

to become fashionable

Answer 50

Come in

ex: “Long hai for men is coming in again. More and more men are starting to wear their hair long.”

Question 51

1 - [no passive] To ________________ SOMEBODY: to affect somebody (ESTE ES EL QUE TOMAN!!!!!!!!)
2 - (also come across) to be understood
3 - to make a particular impression
4 - ______________… ““to””: ​to come to a place, especially somebody’s house, in order to visit for a short time (come over TO)
5 - ___________________ … from …: ​to travel from one place to another, usually over a long distance
6 - _______________ to sth: to change from one side, opinion, etc. to another”

Answer 51

Come over

Ejemplos:
1 - I don’t know what’s come over him; he’s been acting very oddly lately. //(British English, informal) to suddenly feel something
2 - to come over an idea
3 - He came over well in the interview.
4 - Com eover my place!!
5 - Why don’t you come over to England in the summer?

Question 52

(of a person’s skin) break out in spots or a similar condition.

Answer 52

Come out in

“He came out in a rash after eating a kilo of strawberries”

Question 53

1- to be produced or published (LO TOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!)
2 - ​to be shown clearly
3 - when words ______________, they are spoken
4 - ​to say publicly whether you agree or disagree with something
5 - The rain stopped and the sun _______________.
6- (of news, the truth, etc.) to become known (LO TOMAN!!!)

Answer 53

Come out

ejemplos:
1 - Her latest novel is coming out in paperback soon
2 - Her best qualities come out in a crisis
3 - I tried to say ‘I love you,’ but the words wouldn’t come out.
4 - He came out against the plan.
4 - In her speech, the senator came out in favour of a change in the law.
5 - The rain stopped and the sun came out.
6 - It came out that Sue’s husband had been arrested for speeding.

Question 54

[no passive] to find or produce an answer, a sum of money, etc.

Answer 54

Come up with

ex: “We don’t know yet how we’ll solve the problem but I’m sure someone will come up with a solution soon”
“She came up with a new idea for increasing sales.”

Question 55

to offer your help, services, etc.

Answer 55

Come forward

coll: volunteers / witnesses come forward

ex:
“After the flood, hundreds of volunteers came forward with offers of assistance”
“Several people came forward with information.”

Question 56

to get better after a serious illness or to avoid serious injury

Answer 56

Come through (sth)

ex: “Most of the companies which managed to come though the economic crisis are now operating very successfully”

Question 57

​to happen

Answer 57

Come about

ex:
“I’m not sure how the accident came about but I suspect somebody was being careless”
“Can you tell me how the accident came about?”

Question 58

trade in sth

Answer 58

deal in

“He deals in antique furniture and paintings”

Question 59

tackle a problem, cope with

Answer 59

deal with

Question 60

(informal) to stop doing or having something; to make something end

Answer 60

do away with

“He thinks it’s time we did away with the monarchy.”

Question 61

criticise sb/sth

Answer 61

do (sth/sb) down

ex: “they’re always moaning and doing British industry down”

Question 62

“(informal) to be in a very bad situation; to be certain to fail
be in serious trouble”

Answer 62

be done for

“Unless we start making some sales, we’re done for.”

Question 63

deprive of / cheat
deprive someone of something in an underhand or unfair way

Answer 63

do out of

ex: “she was always chasing him about money, as if he was trying to do her out of her share”

Question 64

​to be fastened / to fasten

Answer 64

do up

“The skirt does up at the back.can you do up my dress, please?”

Answer 65

do with

“I’m thirsty. I could do with a cup of tea.”

Question 67

imply, suggest

Answer 67

drive at

“What were you driving at when you said you might not see Mark for some time?”

Question 67

Manage in spite of lack of sth

Answer 67

do without

“She can’t do without a secretary.”
“Surely you can do it without sugar in your coffee for once?”

Question 68

to reduce the size, amount or number of something

Answer 68

Cut down on

ex: “We need to cut the article down to 1 000 words.
The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.”

Question 69

“1) to be understood
2) to make a particular impression

Answer 69

Come across

Question 70

replace sb
reemplazar a alguien

Answer 70

stand in for sb

Your teacher had an emergency so I will stand in for her for this class.