PHRASAL VERBS (english-spanish)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ASK SOMEONE OUTi.e Has he asked you out yet? | make a date |
| BLOW UP i.e. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian citizen, was charged with trying to blow up a transcontinental airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day | Explode |
| BREAK INTO (BREAK IN) i.e , a thief broke into his room and stole his laptop | Go into a building to steal something |
| BURN DOWN i.e. they burnt down the houses | Burn completely |
| CARRY OUT. i.e. The secret agent carried out his orders exactly as planned. | Complete and/or accomplish something. |
| COZY UP i.e. United States cozies up with Vietnam | Make yourself comfortable (entenderse) |
| CROP UP i.e. But problems are starting to crop up. | Appear unexpectedly |
| DIG UP i.e. He said if they dug his father's body up, he would be gone. | Find something that is supposed to be secret (desenterrar) |
| FADE AWAY i.e. Many electronic devices are limited by batteries that fade away or can't survive temperature extremes, he said. | become weaker (apagarse, consumirse) |
| FLAG SOMEONE DOWN i.e. A few weeks ago, he flagged a taxi down in Dame Street to go to Rialto. | signal at a vehicle to get it to stop |
| GET DOWN TO. i.e. Let's get down to business. | Enough small talk. Get serious about a topic |
| GET OUT i.e. A tall nam in Soviet police uniform got out of the car. | Leave a place, escape. |
| GET RID OF i.e. Get rid of that! | get rid of to relieve or free oneself of something or someone unpleasant or undesirable (deshacerse de) |
| GIVE OUT i.e. I give out hundreds of telephone numbers every day. | Distribute |
| GO ON i.e. What is going on? Go on with what you were saying. | continue, happen, start doing or taking something, |
| HANG ON | wait |
| HELP SOMEONE OUT i.e. Let me help you out. | Give assistance |
| HOOK UP. i.e. Can you hook up the fax machine for me? | Make the electrical connections required for a machine or information service |
| LIFT OFF i.e. A team of intrepid space plumbers and lube-job specialists will lift off on Friday for a visit to the International Space Station. | Depart from the ground |
| LOOK OUT. i.e. Look out, there's a black widow spider on the wall. | Be careful, pay attention, heed a certain danger |
| PAPER OVER i.e. Workers papered over the sign in downtown Mason City at the request of the North Iowa Tea Party. | Try to conceal a problem without really fixing it |
| PLAY (SOMETHING) DOWN i.e. he did his best to play it down. | Try to make something seem less important (restarle importancia) |
| POINT OUT. i.e. The explanations below point out when each is used. | Indicate, Make someone aware of something |
| PROP UP i.e. Germany has had to prop up the euro. | support by placing against something solid or rigid |
| PULL OUT i.e. I pull out the car and meet you in front. | withdraw (sacar, retirar) |
| PUSH OUT i.e. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mattress out first. | to thrust outward |
| PUT OFF. i.e. Those hearings have now been put off until later in the year. | Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues), postpone |
| PUT UP 1 i.e. People put up flags and set off fireworks | To erect |
| PUT UP. i.e. After his last arrest, her father, Jessup, put up the family property — including the house where his wife and children live. | Offer (for sale). This PV have many other meanings. |
| ROLL ON i.e. The summer rolled on and in August "She kind of rested her head on my shoulder as we slow danced," he said. | When something continues to happen (or happened) |
| RUN DOWN 1 Have you run down those phone numbers I asked for last week? | Find the source or origin of something. |
| RUN (SOMEONE) DOWN 2 i.e. My boss runs everyone down. | Criticize |
| RUN DOWN 3 i.e. My dog was run down by a bus. | Hit someone with a vehicle. |
| RUN DOWN 4 i.e. You need to wind your watch so it doesn't run down, | Loose power, be very tired |
| RUN UP i.e. They ran up big debts. | accumulate as a debt |
| SCREW UP i.e. Let your kids screw up once in a while. | something mishandled or done badly |
| SETTLE DOWN. i.e. These kids come for a couple years, then move back home when they want to "settle down and get serious | To adopt an orderly and routine way of life. This PV have other meanings. |
| SHOW UP i.e. I was advised to show up 30 minutes early to do the paperwork. | Attend something or arrive somewhere |
| SHUT OFF i.e. Countries that rely heavily on foreign investors — like Greece, France, Ireland, Italy and Spain — must cut spending to avoid being shut off from the capital markets. | Close, prevent access |
| SINGLE OUT i.e. The article was about interracial relationships, so why single out black women? | Select from a group |
| STICK OUT i.e. He stuck his head out the van window to see. | Extend part of your body. This PV have other meanings. |
| STIR UP i.e. This could stir up the others. | Make trouble for someone else (alentar, sublevar) |
| STRETCH OUT i.e. She stretched out on his bed. | lie down comfortably, extend |
| TAKE OUT i.e. I know that in some countries it's the opposite people take you out. | Go out socially with someone, especially a date |
| TAP INTO i.e. We have so much potential that we just don't tap into. | Use or exploit a plentiful resource for your benefit (aprovechar) |
| TRY ON i.e. Can I try this jeans on? | Put clothes on to see if they fit |
| TURN OFF i.e. Turned off the television | Stop a machine |
| TURN ON 1. i.e. Turn on the TV. The baseball game starts in a few minutes. | Start the function of a TV, a radio, a machine |
| TURN ON 2. i.e. Scientists have discovered that the smell of cinnamon turns many people on. | Cause to be excited sexually |
| TURN ON 3. i.e. The pit bull suddenly turned on the small child. | Attack unexpectedly |
| WIPE OUT i.e. The Passage," is that a viral plague will be unleashed and wipe out almost all of humanity. | kill in large numbers, eradicate |
| WORK OUT i.e. Things worked out in an interesting way | happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well |
| MOP UP i.e. Meanwhile, China is mopping up demand everywhere you look with its artificially cheap supply of goods. | Resolve a problem |
| BREAK DOWN i.e. In any event, when the circuitry begins to break down, remaining neurons can adapt by expanding their roles. | stop woking |
| FIND OUT i.e. As you read them, try to find out how the verb forms indicate when or at what time these actions take place. | Discover |
| FIGURE OUT i.e. Western doctors are trying to figure out if patients are benefiting from acupuncture treatment, or just getting a placebo effect. | entender |
| RUN LOW i.e. When the battery has run low - at around 40 miles, says G.M. — the car's gas engine produces power for its electric motor | agotarse |
| PORE OVER i.e. She pored over the situation | estudiar minuciosamente |
| DOZE OFF I dozed off for ten minutes during the end of the movie | To fall into a light sleep. |
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