LEI 1501 English V

Phrasal Verbs and Idiomatic Expressions

UNIT PV / IE MEANING EXAMPLE

UNIT 2: LIVING Ask someone To invite someone to come with you to a She's asked Steve out to the cinema this
LIFE TO THE out place. evening.
FULL
No witnesses to the accident have come
Come forward To offer to give help or information.
forward yet, despite the police appeal.
(Of a period of time) Pass by and approach its He remembered sitting in silence with his
Draw on
end. grandmother as evening drew on.
Detect a person's immoral or offensive
Find out She would always find him out if he tried to lie.
actions.
(Of a feeling) affect, influence, or take control
Get into I don't know what's got into him.
of (someone).
I got so fed up with waiting for him to do it that
Go ahead To start to do something.
I just went ahead and did it myself.
Look forward to
Await eagerly. We look forward to seeing you.
something
To keep money so that you can buy It took me months to save up enough money
Save up
something with it in the future. to go travelling.
UNIT 4:
ACTING ON Ask for Do a request. He asked for the homework.
ADVICE
Climb through To move using your hands. He climbed through the fence.

Come into Assume a condition. He came into a new position.

Fall into To go down quickly. She fell into the pool.

Fill something in To write the necessary information. You need to fill the document in correctly.

Get into Become interested on something. I've been getting into yoga recently.

She gave me a ring because she doesn't

Give a ring To call someone.
understand the process.
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Go through Examine a collection of things so you can
They went through the books
something organize and understand them.

Keep to To do what you have promised or planned. I think we should keep to our original plan.

Look for Search something or someone. I'm looking for a job.

Look forward to To expect an activity or event that is going to

I'm really looking forward to you match.
something happen.
Note something
Write something so you don't forget it. I noted his phone number down.
down

Pick up To get something or someone. She picked up the box, from the kitchen

To stop giving your attention to someone or I he gets bored, he just switches off and look
Switch off
something. out the window.
Take something Undertake a task or responsibility, especially a Whoever takes the trout farm on will have their
on difficult one. work cut out.

Top up To make up to the full quality or capacity. I'll just top up the teapot.

UNIT 5: DREAM
JOBS To have a good relationship. He doesn't get on well with the teacher.
Get on
To manage or deal with a situation especially
How are you getting on your new house?
successfully.

Give up To stop trying. Don't give up! Keep practicing for the match.

To happen in a particular way or have a

Turn out How did the recipe turn out?
particular result, especially unexpected.
Keep your head
To avoid troubles. He kept his head down for fear of being fired.
down
To make an effort to do something to help Ethan is always willing to put himself out of
Put yourself out
someone. other people.
To discard or stop considering something as a The possibility of a third world war can't be
Rule out
possibility. rule out these days.
If the feeling or effect of something wears off, After a few hours, the analgesia will eventually
Wear off
it gradually disappears. wear off.
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UNIT 6:
CONNECTIONS To end a relationship. The marriage broke up a few years later.
Break up
When your voice cannot be clearly heard. You're breaking up. Can you repeat that?

We're eating now, could you call back later,

Call back Recall.
please?
Their hypothesis is that these strategies may
Come into To get to somewhere.
come into conflict with his theory.

To be discovered, published. My new book comes out next week.

Come out
To result. It came out that he had been lying.

After I hadn't heard from her in months, her

Come out of the
Unexpectedly call came out of the blue to ask me to meet for
blue
lunch.
To accede to a particular opinion or course of
You'll come round to our side eventually.
action.
Come round
She agrees with the idea right now, but sooner
To change direction.
or later she'll come round.
My phone call was cut off before I could get
To lose a phone connection.
the information.
Cut off
To remove something by cutting. Why did you cut off all your hair?

To make something continue longer than This action could draw the dispute out for
usual. another six months.
Draw out
To move out of a place. Slowly the train drew out of the station.

John made an effort to dress up for the

To put on fancy clothes.
occasion.
Dress up
Children love dressing up as princesses or
To put on a costume.
superheroes.

Get back To return where you one came from. When I get back from Holiday we'll meet.
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To have an item returned. I lent her my pen; I'll get it back later.

The call wouldn't get through no matter how

To achieve a phone connection.
many times I tried.

Get through To overcome. Military training was hard, but I got through.

To complete or finish. She got through her books this morning.

To continue a certain state, condition or The police have few clues to go on in this
Go on
activity. case.

Hang on To wait. Hang on, let me check.

To end a phone conversation. Marie hung up and sat back in her chair.
Hang up
To hang a piece of clothing. The women hung up their coats and sat down.

The journalists decided to leave out certain

Leave out To not include someone or something.
details.
To ignore or not mention a statement or I mentioned that you were unhappy with your
Pass over
subject. salary, but it was passed over.
To suddenly experience a bad situation or The city was plunged into total darkness when
Plunge into
unhappiness. the entire electrical system failed.
To make someone experience something He's put me through absolute hell during the
unpleasant. last year.
Put through
To connect someone to the person he wants
Please hold line, I'll put you through.
to speak to on the telephone.
Greg called, he asked for you to ring back as
Ring back To return a phone call.
soon as you arrive.
To finish a telephone conversation and Don't ring off now, I've got to tell you
Ring off
disconnect. something important.

To injure, kill someone with a car. She was run down outside school.
Run down
To criticize someone unfairly. Youre always running me down.
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When something stops working because it has If you don't switch off the car lights, you will
no power. run the battery down.

To come to an end, expire. The time ran out during the test.
Run out
To become exhausted. My battery is running out too fast.

To speak loudly and distinctly. Could you speak up? I can't hear you.
Speak up
To express an opinion freely. Speak up for truth and justice.

I switch off myself from work when I'm on

Switch off To disconnect.
vacations.

To leave. We'll take off in a few minutes.

Take off
To take away or remove. Take off your shoes, please.

To send a text to someone who sent you a Text back when you receive my message,
Text back
text previously. please.
Regardless how loud you scream "oo-oo" you
Turn into To transform into, become.
won't turn into a wolf.
To cause to stop operating by disengaging a Make sure to turn off all the lights before going
Turn off
switch. out.
Stop walking around and help me to order this
Walk around Walk with no particular goal, walk randomly.
mess!
UNIT 7: A
SUCESSFUL I came across some money while I was
BUSINESS Find unexpectedly.
Come across walking.

Make a certain impression. She came across as a spoiled brat.

Let me know if anything else comes up during
Make an approach.
the project.
Come up with
He came up with the idea that solved the
To come to attention or consideration.
problem.
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It is believed that Alexander Graham Bell
Invent. came up with the telephone but it was Antonio
Meucci.

Deal with To develop a way to manage or relate to You need to deal with the problem before it
something somebody or something. gets worse.
To say something clearly and with a lot of
Drive something The accident drove the importance of wearing
force so that you are certain people
home seatbelts home.
understand it.
Fed up with Having a strong distaste or surfeit. I'm fed up with your constant complaining.
That was around the time I found out I was
To learn by study, observation or research.
adopted.
Find out Christopher Columbus found out America
Discover. when he was looking for a new maritime route
to India.

Fit in Go together, accommodate, have a space. I don't seem to fit in with the group.

You need to fold it up so it takes up less

Fold up Bend or lay so that one part covers the other.
space.

To be able to live or deal with a situation with

Get by difficulty, usually by having just enough of With my salary, I'm barely able to get by.
something you need.

Depart from, leave. I couldn't get out of the traffic jam.

Get out of
Escape. We could make it and got out of our cage.

It took John about two weeks to get over his

To recover from.
illness.
My father will get over all the US to get to
To move or travel across.
Get over Canada.

Once the President got over the surprise and

To bring to an end. the hurt feelings, he conceived the plan for
Fort Consulting.

Go into To start working in a particular job or business. He wants to go into business like his father.
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Go on To continue. If you go on like that, you'll get nowhere.

Move upward, increase in value or to higher

Taxis fares will go up next month.
point.
Go up
To travel to a place that is less or more central
We're going up to the cabin this weekend.
than the place you are leaving.
There is no system in place for handing out
Hand out Give something to several people freely.
room assignments yet.

Be careful. You should look out for holes when driving.

Look out for
To protect someone's interests.

Save up Keep money instead of spending it. We've been saving up to go to Australia.

Create by putting components or members Please set up the tables in the living room for
Set up
together. the party.
A quality that is easy to see, usually in a She is a quiet woman but her passion shines
Shine through
particular situation. through in her music.

Shoot off To leave a place quickly and suddenly. I have to shoot off to my next appointment.

Take away His mom took away his cell phone after she
To remove or subtract something.
something saw his grades.
They had to take over the business after their
Take over To begin to have control of something.
father died.

Turn out Be shown or be found to be. The killer turned out to be her husband.

Write down To record information on paper. If I don't write it down, I'll forget it.

UNIT 8: BEING The idea has been around for ages without
INVENTIVE Catch on To become popular
catching on.
My mother handed me down her engagement
Hand down To pass something on from another person.
ring.
I realized that she was crying when I saw her
Hang down To be suspended from someone or something
head hanging down.
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She is holding on to a miracle, she refuses to
Hold on To wait.
lose faith.

Mess up To mishandle a situation I messed up the dinner so we had to eat out.

Direct someone's gaze or attention towards by The guide pointed out many historic
Point out
extending one's finger. monuments.

Slow down To reduce speed, to become less active. We slowed down when we saw the police.