ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS VOCABULARY
Here are some common phrasal verbs with their definitions:
to stop working (of machinery)
to lose control emotionally or mentally.
to end; to separate. (of a marriage / a family / a relationship etc.)
to take care of a child until it is fully grown and able to care for itself; to train and prepare a child for adult life.
to become less excited and tense; to help someone (or a difficult situation) to become less excited and tense. a person / a difficult situation etc.
to report one's arrival. at a hotel, an airport etc.
to become happier.
to find or meet by chance (something or someone)
to think of; to produce. (an idea / a plan / a suggestion etc.
to withdraw from, or stop taking part in (a competition, a social group, a school, a university, a job etc.).
a form/a questionnaire etc. to complete (a form).
to make an effort to discover or get to know (something). the truth / a secret / an address / the time /
to do something wrong or illegal without being punished (usually without even being discovered or caught).
to recover from (something) an illness / a failure / a difficulty / a shock etc.
to stop doing or having (something).(of an habitual activity, smoking / drinking / a job etc.)
a person, an animal.
to develop from a child into an adult.
to wait (especially on the telephone).
to take care of someone or something
to try to find (something or someone), often a thing or person that is lost.
to think with pleasure about a future event that you expect to enjoy.
to find (or try to find) something (e.g. a telephone number) in a book (e.g. a telephone directory).
to compensate for. mistake / doing or not doing something etc.
to die.(usually of a person)
to lose consciousness.
to give someone a ride in a vehicle; to collect someone or something (sometimes in a vehicle).
to draw attention to something or someone.
to meet by chance.
to use all of (something) and have no more left. of coffee / sugar / money / patience / time etc.
to say goodbye to someone who is going on a journey at the place (e.g. airport, station etc.) where the journey begins.
to speak louder. often used in the imperative
to look or be like an older relative.
to rise from the ground.(of an aeroplane)
to consider (something) carefully. a problem / a proposal / a situation etc.
to put on an article of clothing to see if it fits and how it looks. a hat / a new pair of shoes / a dress etc.
Here are some common phrasal verbs with their definitions:
- break down :
to stop working (of machinery)
- break down :
to lose control emotionally or mentally.
- break up :
to end; to separate. (of a marriage / a family / a relationship etc.)
- bring up :
to take care of a child until it is fully grown and able to care for itself; to train and prepare a child for adult life.
- calm down :
to become less excited and tense; to help someone (or a difficult situation) to become less excited and tense. a person / a difficult situation etc.
- check in :
to report one's arrival. at a hotel, an airport etc.
- cheer up :
to become happier.
- come across :
to find or meet by chance (something or someone)
- come up with :
to think of; to produce. (an idea / a plan / a suggestion etc.
- drop out :
to withdraw from, or stop taking part in (a competition, a social group, a school, a university, a job etc.).
- fill in :
a form/a questionnaire etc. to complete (a form).
- find out :
to make an effort to discover or get to know (something). the truth / a secret / an address / the time /
- get away with :
to do something wrong or illegal without being punished (usually without even being discovered or caught).
- get over :
to recover from (something) an illness / a failure / a difficulty / a shock etc.
- give up :
to stop doing or having (something).(of an habitual activity, smoking / drinking / a job etc.)
- go for to attack:
a person, an animal.
- grow up :
to develop from a child into an adult.
- hold on :
to wait (especially on the telephone).
- look after :
to take care of someone or something
- look for :
to try to find (something or someone), often a thing or person that is lost.
- look forward to :
to think with pleasure about a future event that you expect to enjoy.
- look up :
to find (or try to find) something (e.g. a telephone number) in a book (e.g. a telephone directory).
- make up for :
to compensate for. mistake / doing or not doing something etc.
- pass away :
to die.(usually of a person)
- pass out :
to lose consciousness.
- pick up :
to give someone a ride in a vehicle; to collect someone or something (sometimes in a vehicle).
- point out :
to draw attention to something or someone.
- run into :
to meet by chance.
- run out :
to use all of (something) and have no more left. of coffee / sugar / money / patience / time etc.
- see off :
to say goodbye to someone who is going on a journey at the place (e.g. airport, station etc.) where the journey begins.
- speak up :
to speak louder. often used in the imperative
- take after :
to look or be like an older relative.
- take off :
to rise from the ground.(of an aeroplane)
- think over :
to consider (something) carefully. a problem / a proposal / a situation etc.
- try on :
to put on an article of clothing to see if it fits and how it looks. a hat / a new pair of shoes / a dress etc.
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