1.
ASK SOMEONE OUT
i.e Has he asked you out yet?: make a date
2.
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
3.
BREAK DOWN
i.e. In any event, when the circuitry begins to break down, remaining neurons can adapt by expanding their roles.: stop woking
4.
BREAK INTO (BREAK IN)
i.e , a thief broke into his room and stole his laptop: Go into a building to steal something
5.
BURN DOWN
i.e. they burnt down the houses: Burn completely
6.
CARRY OUT.
i.e. The secret agent carried out his orders exactly as planned.: Complete and/or accomplish something.
7.
COZY UP
i.e. United States cozies up with Vietnam: Make yourself comfortable (entenderse)
8.
CROP UP
i.e. But problems are starting to crop up.: Appear unexpectedly
9.
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)
10.
DOZE OFF
I dozed off for ten minutes during the end of the movie: To fall into a light sleep.
11.
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)
12.
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
13.
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
14.
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
15.
GET DOWN TO.
i.e. Let's get down to business.: Enough small talk. Get serious about a topic
16.
GET OUT
i.e. A tall nam in Soviet police uniform got out of the car.: Leave a place, escape.
17.
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)
18.
GIVE OUT
i.e. I give out hundreds of telephone numbers every day.: Distribute
19.
GO ON
i.e.
What is going on?
Go on with what you were saying.: continue, happen, start doing or taking something,
20.
HANG ON: wait
21.
HELP SOMEONE OUT
i.e. Let me help you out.: Give assistance
22.
HOOK UP.
i.e. Can you hook up the fax machine for me?: Make the electrical connections required for a machine or information service
23.
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
24.
LOOK OUT.
i.e. Look out, there's a black widow spider on the wall.: Be careful, pay attention, heed a certain danger
25.
MOP UP
i.e. Meanwhile, China is mopping up demand everywhere you look with its artificially cheap supply of goods.: Resolve a problem
26.
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
27.
PLAY (SOMETHING) DOWN
i.e. he did his best to play it down.: Try to make something seem less important (restarle importancia)
28.
POINT OUT.
i.e. The explanations below point
out when each is used.: Indicate, Make someone aware of something
29.
PORE OVER
i.e. She pored over the situation: estudiar minuciosamente
30.
PROP UP
i.e. Germany has had to prop up the euro.: support by placing against something solid or rigid
31.
PULL OUT
i.e. I pull out the car and meet you in front.: withdraw (sacar, retirar)
32.
PUSH OUT
i.e. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mattress out first.: to thrust outward
33.
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
34.
PUT UP 1
i.e. People put up flags and set off fireworks: To erect
35.
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.
36.
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)
37.
RUN (SOMEONE) DOWN 2
i.e. My boss runs everyone down.: Criticize
38.
RUN DOWN 1
Have you run down those phone numbers I asked for last week?: Find the source or origin of something.
39.
RUN DOWN 3
i.e. My dog was run down by a bus.: Hit someone with a vehicle.
40.
RUN DOWN 4
i.e. You need to wind your watch so it doesn't run down,: Loose power, be very tired
41.
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
42.
RUN UP
i.e. They ran up big debts.: accumulate as a debt
43.
SCREW UP
i.e. Let your kids screw up once in a while.: something mishandled or done badly
44.
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.
45.
SHOW UP
i.e. I was advised to show up 30 minutes early to do the paperwork.: Attend something or arrive somewhere
46.
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
47.
SINGLE OUT
i.e. The article was about interracial relationships, so why single out black women?: Select from a group
48.
STICK OUT
i.e. He stuck his head out the van window to see.: Extend part of your body.
This PV have other meanings.
49.
STIR UP
i.e. This could stir up the others.: Make trouble for someone else (alentar, sublevar)
50.
STRETCH OUT
i.e. She stretched out on his bed.: lie down comfortably, extend
51.
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
52.
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)
53.
TRY ON
i.e. Can I try this jeans on?: Put clothes on to see if they fit
54.
TURN OFF
i.e. Turned off the television: Stop a machine
55.
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
56.
TURN ON 2.
i.e. Scientists have discovered that the smell of cinnamon turns many people on.: Cause to be excited sexually
57.
TURN ON 3.
i.e. The pit bull suddenly turned on the small child.: Attack unexpectedly
58.
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
59.
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
