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PHRASAL VERB DICTIONARY

PHRASAL VERB DICTIONARY

 

Ask after

to ask for news of

Ask in

allow sb to get in

Be away

to be on a trip

Be back

to return

Be blown down

to be knoked to the ground

Be cut off

be unable to leave or reach a place or communicate with sb

Be for

in favour of

Be in

to be in a place

Be made up of

consist of

Be off

1.       be disconnected

2.       to be rotten

3.       to leave

Be on

1.       be connected

2.       to be programmed: what is on?

Be on about

speak with tiresome persistence of sth

Be out

be outside, not in the home or at work

Be over

at an end

Be sick

vomit

Be up

1.       happen ------ what’s up?

2.       be up from bed

Be up to

to be doing, usually negatively meant ------ estar tramando

Blow up

(cause to) explode

Break down

When a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working

collapse, stop working, start to cry

Break off

If you break off a relationship or agreement, you end it.

Break out

start fighting ------ estallar

Bring about

To bring something about means to cause it to happen

Bring along

If you bring something  or someone along, you bring them when you come to a place

Bring back

1.       return

2.      If something brings back an event or memory from your past, it makes you think about it

3.      When people bring back something that existed in the earlier time, they introduce it again (=Revive)

Bring down

If people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause them to lose their power

To bring down the level of something means to reduce it

Bring in

carry inside

Bring off

1.      If someone brings off something difficult they do it successfully (=pull off)

2.       Burn sth off : consume to the limit

Bring out

When a person or company brings out a new product, they produce it and sell it

Bring up

1.       carry upstairs, educate ------ educar

2.      When you bring up a child, you look after it until it is grown up and you try to give it particular beliefs and attitudes (=Raise)

3.      When you bring up a particular subject, you mention it or introduce it into a discussion or conversation.

Bring up sth

mention

Burst in

enter a place all of a sudden ------ entar de repente

Burst into

begin suddenly to cry, to flower or to burn ------ romper a

Call back

If you call someone back, you telephone them again in return for a telephone call they have made to you

Call for sb

collect sb, pick up sb

Call in

make a short visit

Call off

If you call off an event or an arrangement that has been planned, you cancel it.

Carry around

take from one place to another

Carry on

If you carry on with an activity, you continue doing it.

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