Phrasal Verbs
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| AWAY | Continuous activity: The secretary kept typing away, ignoring the noise outside | show |
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| BACK | Returning: I've back the tools I borrowed | Reference to past time: This photo brings back memories of when I was young | show 🗑
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| THROUGH | Completing, doing thoroughly: I need to think this through before I decide | show |
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| The other particles can often be understood because they have their literal meanings of place and movement. Here are some additional meanings (see AWAY, BACK, THROUGH) | When you read or bear a phrasal verb that you have ever met before, try to guess its meaning from its context. Does its particle help you to understand it? Can you guess its meaning from its context? | Look the verb up in a dictionary to see if you are correct. Make a note of the verb and write your own sentence so that you can remember the meaning | show 🗑
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| UP | An upward movement: We left early, just as the sun was coming up | An increase, an improvement: Sales have gone up in the past year | Completing, ending: We used up all the eggs when we made the cake | show |
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| DOWN | Downward movement: The teacher told the pupils to seat down | show | Completing, ending, stopping: Business was so bad that the shop had to close down |
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| OUT | An outward movement, not being inside: Let's eat out this evening | Excluding: The double glazing helps to shut down the noise | show |
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| IN/INTO | An inward movement: The spectators poured into the stadium | Including, being involved: We'd better let her into the secret | show |
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| OFF | show | Preventing entry, separating, not including: They've fenced off their garden to keep dogs out |
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| ON | Touching, attaching: I wish you wouldn't put on so much lipstick! | Continuing: He went on talking as if nothing had happened | show |
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