to make an effort to discover or get to know smth

to find smth (in a book, dictionary)

to visit and tour round a place

to investigate, to carefully examine a situation and to try to find the reasons for it

to develop from a child to an adult

to train and prepare a child for adult life

1) to repair, to improve the condition and appearance of smth 2) to fasten, to tie, ti zip, to button

to remember and think about the past

to connect a telephone caller to the number she or he wants

to wait (especially on the telephone)

to contact someone (usually by telephone)

1) to stop working 2) to lose control mentally or emotionally

1) to separate (about a relationship) 2) to stop (an activity)

to end, to interrupt, to discontinue

1) to become friends again after a quarrel 2) to invent (e.g. a story)

to pay a short visit, often without warning

to receive smth (e.g. money) after someone's death

to use a new engine carefully until it's ready for normal use

1) to solve or avoid a problem 2) (smb) to persuade smb to do what you want

to become covered by (spots, a rash)

to solve a problem by calculation or study

to draw attention to smth or smb

1) to see, hear or understand smth with difficulty, distinguish 2) to write a cheque

1) to stop, to delay 2) to rob (especially using a weapon)

1) to stop a vehicle and let smb get out 2) to fall asleep

1) to rise from the ground (for airplane) 2) to remove anything that is worn on the body

to give smb a ride in a vehicle, to collect smth

to delay doing smth until a later date

1) to be cancelled (of an event) 2) (of food) to have gone bad

to give smth to each person in a group, to distribute

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Phrasal Verbs

Term	Definition
find out	to make an effort to discover or get to know smth
look for	to try to find smth or smb
look up	to find smth (in a book, dictionary)
look over	to examine carefully and fully
look round	to visit and tour round a place
look into	to investigate, to carefully examine a situation and to try to find the reasons for it
grow up	to develop from a child to an adult
look after	to take care of smb or smth
bring up	to train and prepare a child for adult life
do up	1) to repair, to improve the condition and appearance of smth 2) to fasten, to tie, ti zip, to button
look back	to remember and think about the past
put through	to connect a telephone caller to the number she or he wants
speak up	speak louder
cut off	to disconnect
hold on	to wait (especially on the telephone)
get through	to contact someone (usually by telephone)
stand for	to represent or mean
break down	1) to stop working 2) to lose control mentally or emotionally
break up	1) to separate (about a relationship) 2) to stop (an activity)
break off	to end, to interrupt, to discontinue
make up	1) to become friends again after a quarrel 2) to invent (e.g. a story)
make up for	to compensate for
fall out	to quarrel
drop in	to pay a short visit, often without warning
run into	to meet by chance
come into	to receive smth (e.g. money) after someone's death
run in	to use a new engine carefully until it's ready for normal use
come across	to find by chance
get round	1) to solve or avoid a problem 2) (smb) to persuade smb to do what you want
break out in	to become covered by (spots, a rash)
go down	to become less swollen
pass out	to lose consciousness
come round (come to)	to regain consciousness
to get over	to recover from (an illness)
work out	to solve a problem by calculation or study
point out	to draw attention to smth or smb
make out	1) to see, hear or understand smth with difficulty, distinguish 2) to write a cheque
think over	to consider smth carefully
come up with	to produce
hold up	1) to stop, to delay 2) to rob (especially using a weapon)
see off (see smb off)	to say goodbye to smb
drop off	1) to stop a vehicle and let smb get out 2) to fall asleep
take off	1) to rise from the ground (for airplane) 2) to remove anything that is worn on the body
pick up	to give smb a ride in a vehicle, to collect smth
set off	to start a journey
call off	to cancel (an event)
put off	to delay doing smth until a later date
be taken aback	to be surprised and confused
be over	to be finished
be off	1) to be cancelled (of an event) 2) (of food) to have gone bad
give out	to give smth to each person in a group, to distribute
try on	to put on an article of clothing to see if it fits and how it looks
wear out	1) to become unusable after excessive use 2) to exhaust, to tire greatly
go with	to match or suit
put on	to dress oneself
give oneself up	to surrender oneself (usually to smb)
try out	to test smth by using it
give up	1) to stop trying to do smth 2) to stop doing or having smth (of an habitual activity)
catch on	to become popular
go through	to examine
mistake (smth ) for (smth)	to think wrongly that (one thing or person) is (another thing or person)
take in	to deceive (someone)
give in	to stop resisting
look up to (smb)	to admire smb
cheer up	to become happier
put smb off	to discourage or distract smb from doing smth
look down on	to think that smb or smth is inferior
look forward to	to think with pleasure about a future event
put up with	to suffer (smth or smb) without complaining
soak up	to absorb, to become filled with smth
to tell off	to speak angrily to someone who has done something wrong
beat up	to hurt someone badly by hitting and punching
go for	to attack
calm down	to become less excited and tense
tear up	to destroy completely by tearing
check in	to report one's arrival
take up	to begin, to study, practice or do smth
fill in	to complete (a form)
to take down	to record in writing
take over	to assume responsibility for smth from someone else
pass away (pass on, pass over)	to die
turn into	to become
wear off	to disappear gradually
brush up	to improve your skill of smth you used to know but have now partly forgotten
die out	to disappear completely, to become extinct
get away with	to do smth wrong or illegal without being punished, usually without even being discovered or caught
let down	to disappoint someone
get away	to escape
own up	to tell (someone) that you have done smth wrong, or that you are at fault
let out	to release
let off	to excuse (smb) from (punishment, duty)
turn down	to refuse, to reject
drop out	to stop taking part in (a group, a competition)
carry out	to fulfill or perform
fall through	to fail to happen or to be completed (plans, arrangements)
lay off	to stop employing (a worker)
put forward	to offer (a proposal) for consideration
go off	to explode or fire, to ring suddenly
put out	to extinguish (a light, a cigarette)
blow up	1) to destroy smth by explosion 2) to fill with air (a baloon)
cut down on	to reduce in size or amount (of smoking, etc.)
break out	to start, usually suddenly (e.g. war, epidemics)
get through	to finish, to complete
run out of	to use all of smth and have no more left
break into	to enter somewhere illegally
burn down	to destroy by burning

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