Transcript PHRASAL VERBS (MULTI

PHRASAL VERBS
(MULTI-WORD VERBS)
frazni ali večbesedni glagoli
MEANING
LITERAL (DOBESEDEN),
examples: look up = pogledati gor
look down = pogledati dol
pick up = pobrati
take off = odstraniti, dati stran
 IDIOMATIC (PRENESEN),
examples: look up = poiskati informacijo v
look down on = zaničevati
pick up = mimogrede se naučiti
take off = vzleteti
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TYPES
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VERB + ADVERB: (neprehoden tip)
take off, be off, look out, fall out, go on
ex. The plane took off at noon.
Look out! The car is going to hit
you
2. VERB + ADVERB + OBJECT (prehoden,
ločljiv – separable): take sth off, look sth
up, pick sth up, take sb out
ex: Take your shoes off = Take off your
shoes. BUT: Take them off.
3. VERB + PREPOSITION + OBJECT
(prehoden, neločljiv): look after sb/ sth,
come across sb/ sth, look for sb/ sth,
ex: Will you look after the baby/ after her.
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4. VERB + ADVERB + PREPOSITION +
OBJECT: look forward to sth,put up
with sb/ sth, look up to sb, look down
on sb
I really look forward to going on
holidays.
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Break down: 1. stop working (cars …)
2. lose control of feelings
(people)
Break into: 1. enter by force
2. start doing sth suddenly
(laughter)
Break out: 1.begin suddenly (wars, fires,
diseases)
2. escape from a place
Break up: stop (a relationship)
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Bring about: cause to happen
Bring sth out: publish
Bring sb round: 1. cause to regain
consciousness
2. persuade
Bring sb up: raise a child
bring sth up: vomit (food)
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Carry on (with): continue
Carry sth out: do, complete sth
Fall behind: fail to keep up with
Fall out: quarrel
Hold sth back: control oneself, crowds
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Hold on: wait (esp on the telephone)
Hold sb/ sth up: delay (the traffic held
me up
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Get away : escape
Get on: 1. make progress (also get
along)
2. enter a bus, train (opp: get
off)
Get on with: have friendly relationship
with
Get through: 1. reach by telephone
2. manage to finish sth
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Give sb/ sth away: 1. reveal sth/ betray
sb
2. give sth free of charge
Give sth back: return
Give sth off: emit (a smell)
Give out: come to an end (food)
Give sth up: stop doing sth (a habit,
sport)
Give oneself up: surrender, give in
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Go away: leave
Go in for: enter a competition, exam
Go on: continue, happen
Go round: be enough for everyone
Go through sth: examine in detail
Call in: visit briefly
Call off: cancel
Call out: 1. shout; 2. send for help
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Look after sb/sth: take care of sb/sth
Look for sb/sth: search for
Look forward to sb/sth: anticipate with
pleasure
Look into sth: investigate
Look out (for): watch for
Look through sth: examine quickly
Look sth up: look for an address, name, word
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Make sth of sb/sth: understand the
nature or meaning of sb or sth
Make sth up: 1. invent
2. put cosmetics on
3. end a quarrel
Make up for sth: compensate
Make up one’s mind: decide
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Put
Put
Put
Put
Put
Put
sth away: put in a box, drawer …
sth down: write down
sth forward: propose
sth off: postpone
sb off: cause to lose interest in sth
sth on: 1. dress oneself
2. increase in weight
3. make sth to begin to play
Put sth out: extinguish (fire, cigarette)
Put sb through: connect by phone
Put sb up: provide a place to stay
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Run
Run
Run
Run
across sth: find by chance
after sb: chase
away: escape, get away by running
sb/sth down: 1. knock down by a
vehicle
2. say bad things about
sb, criticise
run into sb/ sth: 1. meet by chance
2. collide with
run out of: reach the end of (a supply money, food)
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Set off: start a journey, set out
Set sth up: start a business, erect
Stand by sb: support sb, esp in a
difficult
situation
Stand for sth: represent
Stand in for sb: replace sb temporarily
Stand up: rise to one’s feet
Stand up to: defend oneself
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Take
Take
Take
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Take
Take
Take
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after sb: look like sb
sth away: remove
sth down: write down
sth off: remove (clothes)
off: leave the ground, rise quickly
sb out: take sb to a restaurant
sth over: take control of sth
sth up: begin a hobby, sport, job
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Turn sb down: refuse an offer
Turn sth down: reduce the volume,
heat
Turn sth on: switch sth on (lights,
radio) opp: turn sth off
Turn to sb: go to sb for help
Turn up: arrive
Turn sth up: increase the volume
Turn sth out: produce sth