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We would aio ke to thank Shela Dignen for work on the Particles Index and editorial stance; Alex Collier for work on the Particles Index and computational and editorial assistance; Katy Shaw and Janet Whitcut for their detailed reading of the text; Jeremy Clea lon for her work on the syronyms and entonyms; Index: Henri joint and Ken Church for comments is introduction ‘The Collins COBUILD Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs concentrates on one particular aspect of the grammar and vocabulary of English: combinations of verbs with adverbial (oF prepositional particles. ‘These combinations are generally called phrasal verbs. They are extremely common in English and are often a particular problem for learners of English. There are several reasons for this. One reason is that in many cases, even though students may be familiar with both the verb in the phrasal verbs and wit they may not understand the meaning of the cor words used independently. Fo combinations give up and ‘meanings of the ind have a number of different meanings adds to,their complexity There are some particular grammatical problems associated with phrasal verbs. For example, there are restrictions on. the positions in-which an adverb can be placed in relation to the object of a verb. Sore particles, such as about, over, round, and through can be used as both adverbs an prepositions in particular phifasal verb combinations, although in other combinations they are restricted-t9 one word class only, either adverb oF preposition but not both, Some phrasal verbs are'not normally used with pronouns as objects, others are nor ictionary gives det for an explanation of all grammatical labels. such a the fact that there are frequently strong collocational associations between phrasal verbs and other words. Thus in some cases a particular word or smal set of words i the only one no‘mally found asthe subject or object of a particular ‘verb. We show on page x how the explanations in the dictionary give guidance on this Its often said that phrasal veros tend to be rather ‘colloquia’ or. and more appropriate to spoken English than written, and even that it is better to avoid them and choose singlesword equivalents oF synonyins instead. Yet in many cases phrasal verbs and their synonyms have diferent ranges mesning;.or colocation. Single-word. synonyms are often much: more format in style than phrasal verbs, 50 that they seem out Of place in many cor lude notes throughout the'text on synonyms and. antonyms to help wi ‘The set of English phrasal verbs is constantly growing and changing. New combi te to.a variety of combinations and which are productive: to create new combinations. At the back of showing the diferent meanings and tsting the phrasal vebs containing those meanings. n this way, you can understand the patterns underlying the combinations, and you can see the relationship in meaning between, for ‘example, cool off ease of, and wear off, or between hook up, join up, and link up. The Collins COBUILD Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs combinations of verbs with adverbs or prepositions, expl over three thousand everyday modern English. Furthermore, the key phrasal verbs in the dictionary have also