phrasal verbs booklet

8/18/2019 Phrasal Verbs Booklet

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1st BAT Students´

Booklet

INSTITUT FLIX


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Look forward toWait anxiously, wait impatiently.

By Naomi Zamora,

In context:

● We look forward to our summer holiday every year.

● I look forward to the day when I can afford to retire.

● We look forward to seeing you next month.

Synonyms:● Anticipate

● Await

● Count on

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Come up withTo suggest or think of an idea or plan

By Llum Cubells March

In context:

● We’ll think about a present for her and see what we can come up with.

● Will you be able to come up with the cash by the end of the month?

● I’ll have to come up with a plan.

● The doctor came up with a cure of the breast cancer.

Synonyms:● Devise

● Invent

● Deliver

● produce

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Make up forCompensate

By Maria Cervelló

In context:

● I sent her a present to try to make up for my bad behaviour.

● He’ll never be able to make up for his lack of natural ability.

Synonyms:● Balance out

● Equalize

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Put up withTolerate

By Ariadna Julian Martos

In context:

● Sandy will not put up with smoking in her house.

● Why do we have to put up with such boring meetings?

Synonyms:● Accept

● Stand for

● Submit to

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Run out ofDon’t have or finish something

By: Jordi Vidal Aran

In context:

● We ran out of bread in the shop

● I have run out of time to finish the exam

● My grandparents usually run out of patience with me

Synonyms:● Finish

● Lose

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Come acrossFind by accident someone or something

unexpected

By Enric Blas Rosich

In context:

●I came across my old school reports when I was clearing out my desk.

● They came across some lost Mayan ruins in the jungle.

● I came across with my old school friend in the park.

Synonyms:● Encounter

● Discover

● Find

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Get overFeel better after a bad situation, as illness.

Overcome

By Maria Franquet Roca

In context:

● He may never get over it.● Ben could get over his fear of flying and took a plane to Spain.

● I just can’t get over how well we played!

Synonyms:- To cross or surmount (something)

-To recover from (an illness)-Overcome

-Get better

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Live on Continue living despite adversity or hard situations

By Marina Castellví

In context:

I receive a monthly allowance but it's not enough to live on.

Although he has died today, his memory will live on.

Synonyms:● Subsist on

● Live by

● Endure

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Look intoTo try to discover the facts about something such

as a problem or a crime

By Carlota Aran

In context:

●The detective was looking into the kidnapping.

● The police are looking into the murder.

Synonyms:Research, investigate, study, examine, probe

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Show offTo behave in a way that is intended to attract attention

or admiration, and that other people often find

annoying

By Judit Estivill

In context:

● He always shows off his new things.

● Young boys show off in order to impress girls.

Synonyms:Exhibit, brag, flaunt, display, boast.

Visual Aid:

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Call off / Put offCall off: Cancel something.

Put off: Postpone something.

By Rosa Guillen Martinez

In context:

●They called the picnic off because of the rain.

● Don’t put your work off, do it now!

Synonyms:

Call off: Cancel

Put off: Pospone

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Call off: Put off:


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Make up

To form or constitute / Invent

By Nara Garreta

In context:

● These arguments make up the case for the defence

● These extra people will make up our total

Synonyms:

Comprise, assemble, invent, be reconsiled...

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Take upTo start doing something regularly as a habit,

job, or interest

By : Erola Espinosa

In context:

● I took up smoking when I was at school .

● Chris has taken up jogging

.

Synonyms:

● To start doing something:start on, begin, set about…

● Habits and habitual behaviour:habit, routine, daily life...

Visual Aid:

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Think overConsider something carefully

By Laura Harguindey

In context:

● Think over the offer before you sign the contract.

● Think over what I said and let me know tomorrow what your decision is.

Synonyms:Consider, deliberate, evaluating, deciding.

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Give awayTo give somethig for nothing

By Jordi Llop Moreno

In context:

● Our team give away an easy goal to the other team.

● My grandparents have given away money to my sister and me.

Synonyms:● give

● present

● hand

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Take afterResemble someone

By Noé Montaña

In context:

● He takes after his mother

● She takes after her cousin.

Synonyms:

● Look like

● Resemble

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Break downStop working

By Sergi Gil

In context:

My car's BROKEN DOWN, so I came by taxi.

Synonyms:● Desintegration

● Disruption

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Tell off

Chide; talk angrily to someone about somethingthey've done wrong

By: Tamara Bladé

In context:

● She told him off after he was late again. ● Julie was really angry at Bob; she told him off in front of all of us

● Mum will tell you off for breaking that window.

Synonyms:Berate

Censure

Chide

Reproach

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Look outBe careful

By Esther Filella Alentorn

In context:

● Look out, an earthquake just started!

● They must look out for tigers and lions, when walking in the African savannah.

● Look out, the dog may bite the kid!

Synonyms:● Be careful, watch out, beware.

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Turn upArrive unexpectedly

Increase the volume

By: Alba Lulemo Sánchez

In context:

●Don´t worry about your glasses. They´ll turn up

● He turned up at my party.

● He turned the TV up to drown the noise of our neighbours arguing

Synonyms:Arrive, show up

Augment, amplify

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Take off1.Remove your clothes.

2.When a plane departs or leaves the ground.

By Mercè Ballabriga

In context:

● 1 - My coat was wet so I took it off.

● 1 - Muslims must take off their shoes to get into a mosque

● 2 - My flight for Paris was delayed so it didn't take off on time.

● 2 - (announcement on a plane) “Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to take off.

Please, fasten your seatbelts.”

Synonyms:1. Undress, remove clothing, divest

2. Go away, leave, depart

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