tee Phrasal Verbs II ‘to blow (sth) out: to extinguish a fire ‘candle/lame/match by blowing She lit the gas fire and blew out the match. a storm blows over: a storm comes toan end [Note: @ scandal blows ‘over: a scandal comes to an end ‘and Is forgotten] We werent able to play until the storm had blown over. ' j There's no point hoping that this. | 1 } { i i ‘Scandal will just blow over. it's here to stay, I'm alraid. ; ‘to’blow (sth) up: () to destroy using ‘explosives or abomb (i) to enlarge ! @ photograph i Guy Fawkes is remembered for | trying to blow up the Houses of | Parliament. it you blow the photo up, you'll see the details. to drop in/by: to pay a casual visit to sb's house Alan said he would drop inlby tomorrew evening, to drop ab off (aomewhere): to give sb a lit somewhere Ityou'e going into town, could you drop me off at the cinema? to drop out (of somewhere):toleave school) college / university without. finishing your studies J wouldn't have met Meg if | hadn't dropped out of university. to grow apert: to gradually become Tess and less intimate with sb (a close friend/partner/parents, etc) Athough close as children, we Jeter grew apart. to grow Into sth/sb: to become a Patticviar kind of person as an adult It's difficult to believe that such an obnoxious child should grow into such a charming young man. to grow out of: to become too big for (clothes) ‘Sheila has grown out of last year's uniform, to keep on (et sb about sth): to be continually telling sb to do sth in an annoying way — 1 said | would fix the fence, so why do you have to keep on at me about it? ‘to keep to sth: ()) to keep toa path: not to leave a path (i) to keep to the rules: not to break the rules (i to keep to an agreement: to do what you agreed to do There's only one path through the forest. Keep to it or you will get lost. It you do not Keep to the rules, you'll be disqualitied. We made an agreement and they did not keep to it. That's why I do not trust them. keep up with sb/sth: to go at the same speedipace as sthisb | found it impossible to keep up with his last serve. He'll need extra lessons to keep Lup with the others in his class. to mova in: to enter anew house/ to Start sharing a house with sb Someone has moved In next door. ‘to move on (to sth): to start talking about a new subject in a discussion I'd like to move on to the subject ‘of conservation. | to move over: to move so as to make room for sb Wt you move over, we'll both be | able to sit on the sofa. to settle down: to get matried and | lead a routine and stable life You are 42. Isn't ittime you settled down? to settle for sth: to accept sth, especially sth that Is less than what you want The unions made it clear that they would not settle for anything fess than a 20% increase in salaries. to settle up (with sb): to pay the bill | at a restaurant or hotel You settle up with the waiter, while I fetch the coats. to stand for sth: () to represent / be an abbreviation of (i) to tolerate (used in the negative) V.AT. stands for value added tax. J won't stand for his impertinence any longer. to stand in for sb: to temporarily replace sb (in their job/at a meeting/ at a ceremony) ‘Mrs Jones will not be able to chair tomorrow's meeting so Mrs Appleton has kindly agreed to Stand in for her, | to stand up for sth/sb: to defend sth/sb in situations where they are being threatened Leam to stand up for yoursell, or ‘people will always bully you. | to turn sb down: to refuse/teject sb (applying for a job/offering sth/ sb proposing marriage) 1 asked her to many me but she tumed me down. F to turn out: to happen in a way you are / were probably not expecting Athough the match promised much, it turned out to be scrappy, boring and very ordinary. to turn over: to change from one television channel to another | This is rubbish, Do you mind it 1 } turn over? [to tle (eb) down: to limit sb’s freedom “t'm not having children,” he said. “They tie you down too much.” to be tled up: to be so busy (generally at work) that you have no time to do anything but work I'd love to have lunch with you tomorrow, but I can’t. 'm tied up all day. to be tied up In sth: to have money | Invested in sth (only used in passive voice) ‘All my money is ted up in propery. i100 G «Practice 4 10 " 2 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 Fill in the gaps using the verbs in the box below in the appropriate form, seep stand ~ move drop ~ stl te - blow turn ~ grow You shouldn't let them treat you like that. You should Up for your rights. ‘We're a one-car family, $0 | always off at the railway station on my way to work. “Can you believe it?” he said, “I was clearly the best rman for the job and yet they . me down,” You must be tired after driving for such a long time. ‘over and let me drive. ‘We were best friends at university. When we graduated, however, our lives went in different directions and we gradually apart. “I can't see you tomorrow,” she said. "I'm up all day." “This is my treat,” he said, “so you fetch the coats white | up. “If this scandal doesn’t over in the next few days, I'm atrald | will have to ask for your resignation,” she said. | was driving an old jeep and Sadie was driving a ‘brand new sports cat. She was driving flat out so | found it impossible to su Up with her. we . 10 the path, we won't get lost. As all our money was .. up in stocks, when the bottom fell out of the market we lost everything. bought the cottage last month and I'm hoping to in next week. not take the job because he did not want to be ‘down by even more responsibilities. TS Elo. His tist name was Thomas, but what cid the Ss. for? ‘She says she hates university and that she wants to out. Al he wanted was 10 family. Never forget to make three wishes when you — ut the candles on your birthday cake! She couldn't do her last class because she had to go to the doctor's so she asked me to... for her. Dan and Sue live in Dover and we don't see them very often. As we were catching a ferry from Dover, we decided 10 «nen in OM ther and say hello, my wife down and raise a i 20 22 23 25 26 ae wore The demolition men building using dynamite. Haven't you. . Out of taking your teddy bear to bed yer? We thought it would be an appalling party, but it ‘out to be quite good fun. ‘She quickly took the remote control and .. over to another channel. old them that | wanted a salary of £3,500 a month and that | wouldn't. for anything less. He was an ugly duckling as a child, but he. into a very handsome man. | think we have just about covered everything regarding the environmental impact of this project, so I'd lke to : ‘on and discuss its social implications. .. On at me all the time about my up the condemned The phrasal verbs in bold have the wrong particles. Swap them around so as to make sense. ‘We thought it would rain but it turned down to be fine ater all. Donald hated being tied up by the responsibilities of a nine-to-fve job. I won't settle up less than the best. The ugly duckling, as everybody knows, grew out of a lovely swan. Could you stand up for me while 1 am on holiday? Ill drop you In on the comer, shall I? Stow down a bit, | can't keep on at you. Paul moved on, to make room on the bench. The ship couldn't leave the harbour until the storm had blown out.