Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs

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 Phrasal Verb Explanation Example Russian
Add on Add additionally; If you add on the interest, Прибавлять;
build on it is getting really пристраивать
expensive. We’re going
to add another room on to
our house.
Add up Add; seem If you add up these Суммировать; не
consistent numbers, you will get 22. сходиться
Hmm, this doesn’t seem
to quite add up.
Ask out Invite, especially John asked my sister out Приглашать
on a date on a date.
Back down Retreat from a Back down Mike! You Отступать
position in an know that Sue is right and
argument you are wrong.
Back out of Desert; fail to keep He promised to come to Уклоняться
a promise the party, but then he
backed out and didn’t
come.
Back up Move backwards; You are standing too Отходить;
support with close; please back up. I подкреплять
evidence think you are wrong and I
can back that up with this
document.
Bear down Work hard To do well on the test, I Натуживаться
need to bear down and
study hard.
Bear on Have to do with Do you think this Иметь отношение
information will bear on к
the trial?
Blow over Pass by without The hurricane blew over Проходить
doing harm (storm Miami and no one was
or situation) hurt. This will all blow
over soon and you’ll get
your job back.
Blow up Explode; lose one’s The factory blew up! I Взорваться
temper know you’re upset, but
there’s no need to blow up
at me.
Break down Smash; divide; We need to break these выламывать;
break; fail; lose boxes down to make them разбивать;
one’s composure smaller. Let’s break it сломаться;
down so I can understand проваливаться; не
the problem clearly. The выдержать
car broke down. She is in

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 the hospital because she
had a nervous break
down. He broke down and
cried.
Break in Interrupt; enter by Sorry, I didn’t mean to вмешиваться;
force; get ready for break in on you. The вламываться;
use robber broke into our обкатывать;
house and stole разнашивать
everything. I finally
broke in my new shoes,
now they are comfortable.
Break into Go into a house or The robber broke into the вламываться;
room forcibly; house. Sorry, I didn’t вмешиваться
interrupt; mean to break into your
conversation.
Bring about Cause How did you bring about Вызывать;
her change in attitude? осуществлять
Bring along Carry with you; When we go camping, Приносить
bring with you don't forget to bring along
the binoculars so we can
look for wildlife. Why
don’t you bring Sam
along to the party?
Bring around Change someone’s Sarah doesn't want to go уговорить;
opinion to yours; skiing this winter, but we приводить в себя
waken a person still have time to bring her
who fainted around. After Tom fainted
it took a long time to
bring him around.
Bring away Take with you What exactly did you Забирать;
bring away from the уносить; уводить;
experience. Did you learn увозить
anything at all?
Bring back Return with Lisa is going to pick Ted Вернуть
up at the airport and bring
him back to the house.
Bring into Carry into Don't you bring those Вносить
dirty shoes into my clean
house!
Bring off Accomplish It was difficult, but we Осуществлять
finally brought it off.
Bring on Cause His heart attack was Навлекать;
brought on by too much вызывать
stress at work.
Bring out Emphasize Your new dress really Обозначать;
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Bring over Bring to some They brought a pizza over Приносить; брать
place and we watched an old
movie on television.
Bring through Carry with you You are only allowed to Брать; помощь
through an area; bring two bottles of wine
help through a through customs when
problem you enter this country.
Thanks for your help, you
really brought me through
this crisis.
Bring to Revive; carry to I tapped her on the Приводить в себя;
some place shoulder until I finally приносить
brought her to. Can you
bring cookies to the party?
Bring up Rear children; My grandmother brought воспитывать;
mention or me up after my parents растить;
introduce a topic died. I didn't realize he поднимать
had gotten divorced. I'm
so embarrassed - I wish I
hadn't brought up his wife
in conversation.
Burn down Destroy by fire The house was burned Жечь; сгореть
down.
Burn up Consume by fire The papers were burnt up Сгореть
in the fire.
Buy out Buy the other I want to buy out your Выкупать у его
person’s share of a share of the company so I долю
business will own the whole thing.
Buy up Buy all of I wanted ice cream, but Скупать;
something John had already bought раскупать
up all the ice cream bars.
Call back Recall; Return a Can you ask Sara to call Отзывать;
phone call me back when she gets перезвонить
home?
Call for Come to get (in I’ll call for that book Заходить за;
England); require tomorrow. I don’t think требовать
this situation calls for that
kind of language!
Call in Summon; check in The court will now call in Вызывать;
the defendant. Officer I сообщать по
need you to call in with телефону
your report.
Call off Cancel; read aloud; I’m going to call off the Отменять;
halt before party now that Andrew is называть:
completing ill. The teacher called off прекращать

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 the names of all the
students. Let’s call off the
search, the dog is gone
forever.
Call on Ask to speak in Teacher, please call on Спрашивать;
class; visit (in me. I know the answer. посещать;
England); appeal I’m going to call on my обращаться
for help grandmother tomorrow.
I’ll call on you if I need
help.
Call up Make a phone call John, will you call up Вызывать
Sandy to see if she is
busy?
Calm down Become calm Please calm down, Успокаиваться
everything is fine.
Care for Like; want; guard; I don’t care for mustard. I Любить; хотеть;
maintain don’t care for a drink right ухаживать за
now. I have to stay home
and care for my little
brother today. I care for
my garden in my spare
time.
Carry on (with) Continue; I’m sorry I bothered you, Продолжать;
misbehave please carry on with your устраивать сцену
work. If you carry on in
this way, I’m going to
stop being your friend.
Carry out Fulfill, complete; I’ll try to carry out your Выполнять;
put into practice order. It is your job to осуществлять
carry out the plan.
Carry over Continue at another When you do math, Нести
place; carry sometimes you have to
carry numbers over to
another column. Can you
carry these books over to
the other classroom?
Catch on Understand; He explained it to me for Понимать;
become popular a long time, and I’m прививаться
finally starting to catch
on. Short hair is really
starting to catch on.
Catch up (with) Reach the same I ran fast, but couldn’t Догонять
level or position as catch up with the bus. I
someone or need to catch up with my
something; spend brother. We haven’t seen
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 you haven’t seen in
a long time
Check for Examine for a Doctors suggest women Осматривать
specific reason regularly perform self
examinations to check for
early indications breast
cancer.
Check in Register at a hotel; We checked into the hotel Регистрироваться;
make sure someone and then went to the прописываться
is all right. theatre. I’ll check in on
you later to make sure you
are all right.
Check into Investigate; register I’m not sure who the Рассматривать;
at a hotel manager is, I’ll check into прописываться
it. First, we checked into
the hotel, and then we
took a taxi over to the
convention center.
Check off Make a mark next Patricia always keeps a Отмечать
to a completed task list of her daily tasks. As галочкой
she completes each task,
she checks it off her list.
Check on Look in on I am just going to make a Заглянуть к
quick call to check on the
kids and make sure that
everything is OK.
Check out Investigate; leave a We are going to check out Разузнавать;
hotel the new dance club выписываться
downtown. We need to
check out of the hotel by
12:00.
Check up (on) Investigate; Stop checking up on me! Проверять
examine; verify I’m doing fine.
Check with Ask someone about Dinner at Sue's sounds Спрашивать
something like a great idea, but let
me check with my wife
first to see if we are free.
Cheer up Gladden Thank you for making me Ободрять
laugh, you really cheered
me up.
Chop up Cut into small Please chop the onions up Рубить
pieces for me to put in the soup.
Clean out Clean the inside of I need to clean out my Очищать
closet.
Clean up Make clean and What a mess! Clean this Убирать; сорвать
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Clear out Remove all items I cleared out the garage to Очищать;
from; leave make space for my new убираться
car. This party is boring,
let’s clear out.
Clear up Remove; resolve; Clear up this mess! I’m Убирать;
weather getting fair glad we were able to clear выяснять;
up our differences. The проясняться
rain has stopped and it’s
starting to clear up.
Close down Close permanently The Chinese restaurant Прикрывать
closed down last year.
Close up Close temporarily Please leave. We are Закрывать
closing up for the night.
Come about Happen How did that come about? Происходить
Come across Seem; Find by At first, he comes across Натыкаться на;
chance as rather shy. But when доходить
you get to know him,
you'll notice he has a
hilarious sense of humor.
IF you come across my
earring, please let me
know.
Come along Accompany; make Would you like to come Приходить; идти
(with) progress along with us to the
beach? Your English is
really coming along. It
gets better every day.
Come around Revive; recover; He took a long time to Приходить в себя;
agree in the end come around after he оправляться;
fainted. At first my father соглашаться
said no, but he finally
came around and let me
stay at my friend’s house.
Come away Leave Although the negotiations Выносить
lasted more than two
weeks, the representatives
came away feeling like
they had accomplished
nothing.
Come back Return When is Joe coming back Возвращаться;
from Pavlodar? вспоминаться
Come by Visit; find Will you come by and Заходить;
accidentally visit me tomorrow? How доставать
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Come down Become ill with She came down with the Заболеть
with flu.
Come into Obtain He came into a lot of Доставаться
money at a very early age,
so he has never had to
work.
Come off Remove When I tried to open the Сходить;
accidentally; result door, the knob came off in удаваться
my hand and I was stuck
in the room for more than
two hours. How did your
meeting come off?
Come out (with) Appear; tell the The pictures I took on Выходить; сойти;
public something; vacation came out great. выйти; кончиться
utter; produce The senator came out with
some big news. The
company came out with a
great new toy for
Christmas.
Come over Come to someone’s Camille is coming over Заходить;
house; seize as of for dinner tonight. What’s овладевать;
an emotion come over you? завладевать

Come through Endure They were having Переносить;

successfully; seep problems with the ship's просачиваться
through radio, so none of the через
messages came through
clearly. Some rain water
came through the ceiling.
Come to Reach an Have you come to an Приходить к;
agreement or end; agreement? The bill came составлять;
amount to; result to $25. We tried hard, but сводиться к;
in; reach a certain it came to nothing. If it доходить до;
point; Regain comes to that. When he приходить в себя;
consciousness; came to he couldn’t вспомню
suddenly return to remember who he was.
mind It’ll come to me.
Come up (with) Utter; produce I can’t believe the story Находить
you came up with. Sam
and Evan came up with a
great marketing strategy
for their new product.
Count in Include I’d love to go! Count me Включать
in.
Count on Rely on Let me know if you need Рассчитывать (на)
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Count out Exclude Sorry I can’t come. Count Сбрасывать со
me out. счетов
Count up Add I counted up all these Суммировать
numbers, and I got 45.
Cross off Remove something I had already gone to the Вычеркивать
from a list store, so I crossed that
item off my list.
Cross out Draw a line I made a mistake and Зачеркивать
through didn’t have an eraser, so I
just crossed it out.
Cut back (on) Use less of To lose weight she cut Урезывать
back on chocolate.
Cut down Reduce in number; We want to invite too Урезывать;
verbally abuse many people to the сокращать; ругать
wedding. We need to cut
down our list. My brother
is so mean. He always
cuts me down.
Cut in (on) Interrupt Please stop cutting into Перебивать
our conversation.
Cut off Interrupt; sever; Sorry, I didn’t mean to cut Оборвить;
halt you off. They had to cut отрезать;
off his leg! The driver прекращать;
swerved in front of me перекрывать
and cut me off.
Cut out Remove by cutting; I cut a heart out of the Вырезать;
Stop an annoying paper. Will you please cut перестать;
activity; delete it out! I can’t stand you вычеркивать
tapping your foot
continuously. If you cut
out this sentence, your
composition will sound
better.
Die away Fade; diminish When the sound dies Замолкать;
away we’ll be able to hear умолкать
each other better.
Die down Fade; diminish I’ll wait until the crowd Замирать; утихать
dies down before I go in.
Die off/ out Disappear; become Lots of species of plants Отмирать;
extinct are dying off with the вымирать
destruction of the Rain
Forest. Dinosaurs died out
a long time ago.
Disagree with Cause illness or What I ate for dinner Плохо
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 stomach really hurts.
Do away (with) Abolish The bus used to run down Уничтожать
this street, but now
they’ve done away with
that service.
Do over repeat Sorry, I didn’t do that very Переделывать
well. Can I do it over?
Do with Leave; make use of What did I do with my Девать;
glasses? I’m so thirsty. I распоряжаться
could really do with a
glass of water.
Do without Deprive oneself of I love chocolate. I can’t Обходиться без
do without it.
Draw back Pull back I was getting too close to Отдергивать
the car in front of me, so I
drew back.
Draw in Come closer; Gain His speech really drew in Вбирать
the interest of the crowd.
Draw off Siphon off We need to draw the water Отводить
off of this pond, it is too
full.
Draw up Write; pull up I’ll draw up these plans Составлять;
for you right away. Will подставлять;
you draw up the curtains поджимать
please?
Dress up Put formal clothes You should dress up when Разряжаться
on you go to the theatre.
Drive back Force back; Return The police had to drive Оттеснять; ехать
by car the crowd back. I’ll drive обратно
back from Chicago
tonight.
Drive out Expel; drive into Priests are sometimes Выгонять;
the countryside asked to drive out evil выезжать
spirits. I need to drive out
to see my grandmother
soon.
Drop back Take home Can you drop me back Отступать
home on your way to
work?
Drop by/ in/ at/ Visit informally; Please drop by any time. Заходить
on/ over take something Can you drop these papers
someplace at the office?
Drop off Leave something or Can you drop me off at Высаживать;
someone home? The number of завозить; падать;
somewhere; visitors to the museum has снижаться
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Drop out (of) Stop attending an He dropped out of school Выходить;
organized activity; and started working выбывать;
leave; quit instead. отсеиваться
Eat up Eat completely The dog really ate that Съесть; пожирать
meat up quickly.
Face up to Acknowledge You should face up to Признавать
your mistakes.
Fall back (on) Use in an If you have any problems, Отступать;
emergency you can always fall back откатываться;
on me. прибегать к
Fall behind Not progress at a I started the race well, but Отставать
required pace; lag soon fell behind the other
people.
Fall off Decline Our customers have really Уменьшаться
fallen off lately. We need
more or we will have to
close down.
Fall out (with) Quarrel I fell out with my brother Ссориться
and now we don’t speak
to each other.
Fall through Fail; not be Our plans fell through so Проваливаться;
accomplished we just stayed home. расстраиваться;
срываться
Figure out Reason out; I can’t figure out what I Соображать;
understand did with my glasses. John понимать
couldn’t figure out the
math homework.
Fill in (for) Complete a Fill in the blanks with the Вписывать;
sentence by writing correct word. Can you fill заменять
in a blank; in for me on Friday?
substitute
Fill out Write information Please fill out the Заполнять;
on a form; become application. Wow, Jim полнеть
fuller really filled out over the
summer. He must be
working out.
Fill up Make full I’m almost out of gas. I Наполнять
need to fill up at the next
station.
Find out Discover I’ll see what I can find Узнавать
information out.
Fix up Decorate Your kitchen looks great! Обставлять;
Have you fixed it up отделывать
recently?
Fool around Have fun while Stop fooling around and Дурачиться
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Get across Cause to be I think I got my point Объясняться
understood across.
Get ahead (of) Surpass; beat I need to work hard to get Превосходить
ahead of the competition.
Get along (with) Progress; manage; How are you getting along Похивать;
be compatible with your English обходиться;
lessons? How are you ладить; уживаться
getting along? Jane and I
get along really well.
We’re like sisters.
Get around Evade; avoid Students are always trying обходить
to get around the rules.
Get around to Find time to I’m not sure I’ll get Успеть;
around to that work today. удосужиться
Get at Reach; imply I can’t get at the sugar. Добираться со;
It’s too high in the клонить
cupboard. I don’t know
what you’re getting at.
Get away (with) Go away; Escape; Get away from me! Let’s Уходить; убегать;
do without being get away quickly so no сходить с рук
caught one sees us. You won’t get
away with this.
Get back (from) Recover; return; Did you get that book Бернуть;
step back back from Erin yet? возвращаться;
When did you get back? отступать назад
Get back! You are
standing too close.
Get behind Fall behind; give I have too much work to Отставать;
support to do. I’m really getting поддерживать
behind. I agree with all
your ideas. I’ll get behind
you if you run for
president.
Get by Manage with a After Mike lost his job he Обходиться;
minimum amount was able to barely get by. устраиваться
of effort
Get down (to) Lower oneself; When Tom proposed he Сходить;
write down; got down on one knee. записывать;
depress; Become Did you get down what he угнетать; браться
serious about said? Don’t let it get you за
down! Let’s get down to
business.
Get in Enter a car; arrive; Get in the car. What time Входить;
manage to say; did you get in from San приезжать;
receive Diego? Sarah talks so fast ввернуть;
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 myself. We just got in a
large shipment of new
shoes.
Get into Step into; lie down Get into the car. It’s time Садиться в;
in; manage to to get into bed. I lost my ложиться в;
enter; arrive in; key so it took us two попасть в;
squeeze into; seep hours to get into the приезжать в;
into; become house. We got into уменщать;
involved in Chicago around 3:00. Did затекать; попасть
you get everything into в
your suitcase? Sand got
in my shoes. I got into a
fight.
Get off Leave a vehicle I’ll get off the train in Выходить;
(not a car or taxi); Pavlodar. I want to get off сходить;
dismount; take off the horse now. I can’t get
my shoe off!
Get on (with) Enter a vehicle (not Let’s get on the bus here. Садиться в/ на;
a car or taxi); Kim is really tall so she Похивать; ладить;
mount a horse; got on the horse easily. уживаться
make progress; be How are you getting on
compatible with your English
lessons? I get on really
well with my brother.
Get out Leave Get out of my house! Уйти
Get out of Leave a car/ depart; Let’s get out of here. I Выходить из;
avoid some wish I could get out of увильнуть от;
unpleasant activity; watching my baby sister вырывать;
elicit from; learn tonight. Did you get any выносить
information out of him?
What did you get out of
the conference?
Get over Recover from; He got over his illness. Оправляться от;
overcome She got over her shyness. преодолевать
Get over with Finish something Let’s get this over with. Покончить с
undesirable
Get through Force through; You have to hit nails hard Пробиваться
(with) finish; manage to to get them through the сквозь; одолевать;
survive; reach it’s wood. I finally got переживать;
destination through all my work. доходить
When they found the man,
he couldn’t believe he had
gotten through the ordeal.
It took three weeks, but
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Get together Gather My family gets together Встречаться
every Christmas to
celebrate.
Get up Rise; summon I get up at 7:30 every Вставать;
morning. Before going on собираться с
stage, the actor had to get
up his courage.
Give away Give freely; reveal I gave away all the Раздавать;
cookies I made. I refuse выдавать
to give away Mary’s
secret.
Give back Return Did you give that book Возвращать;
back to the library? отдавать
Give off Have as a quality Your socks are giving off Испускать
an odor.
Give out Distribute; become Please give these papers Раздавать;
exhausted; out to each student. After иссякать;
running for miles, my legs истощаться
gave out and I fell down.
Give up Relinquish; He gave up his seat to the Уступать;
surrender; abandon elderly woman. I give up! сдаваться;
hope; abandon We’d given you up as lost. оставлять;
idea; quit We gave up on that idea. отказываться;
He gave up smoking. бросить
Go away Stop; leave I had the hiccups for over Уходить
half an hour. Luckily, my
friend Jane showed me a
trick to make them go
away.
Go back (on) Return; resume I need to go back home Возвращаться;
after a long break; now. I hate going back to снова пойти; идти
fail to keep a school after summer на попятную
promise vacation. I am really mad
that Lucy went back on
her word.
Go by Pass by; pass time; I'll go by the post office Проходить мимо;
act in accordance on my way to work. The Проходить;
with years go by. You can’t go поступать по
by what he says.
Go down Descend; set (as He went down the stairs Сходить;
sun); sink; subside; to the basement. It’s late садиться; идти ко
fall; drop so the sun is already going дну; опадать;
down. The ship is going снижаться;
down. My pimple is понижаться
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 been going down lately.
The doctor made Joe lie in
a cold bath to help his
fever go down.
Go in Enter; fit You go in through this Входить;
door. These shirts go in вмещаться
this drawer.
Go in for Be interested in; Do you go in for sport? Заниматься
(British) participate
Go into Enter; fit into; be I am not allowed to go Входить в;
invested in into the details. I can’t get вмещаться в;
my shoes to go into my уходить на
suitcase. A lot of work
went into that.

Go off Slip or slide; The train wet off the Сходить; уходить;
depart; Explode; tracks. He went off to war. взрываться;
make sound; The bomb went off with a зазвонить;
happen bang. Our neighbor's car проходить
alarm went off twice last
night. I think it went off
well.
Go on (with) Continue; Happen; Please, go on. I really Продолжать;
appear on stage want to hear the end of происходить;
your story. I can’t believe выходить (на
what just went on. The сцену)
comedian will be going on
next.
Go out Stop burning; leave Our last candle just went Тухнуть;
home out. They go out almost выходить на
every night. улицу

Go over Cross over; tumble We had too many players Переходить;

over; look over; on our team so Tim went сваливаться;
examine; repeat over to their team. The просматривать;
car went over the cliff. I осматривать;
suggest going over your повторять
notes before taking the
test. I don’t understand.
Can you go over it again?
Go through Fit through; pass; The button won’t go Проходить;
pass through; through the hole. I don’t проехать на;
endure; look over; want to go through that переживать;
search; repeat; tunnel again. I can't разбирать;
complete a deal; believe everything those обшаривать;
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 the woods went through. состояться;
Will you go through my проматать
test with me and tell me
my mistakes? Don’t go
through my bag! Can you
go through the rules
again? The contract has
gone through. We’re
going through the coffee
really fast. We should
drink less of it.
Go under Sink; go bankrupt The boat went under Тонуть; прогореть
really quickly once it got
a hole in it. After months
without any customers,
Jerry’s business finally
went under.
Go up Ascend; increase; The curtain went up. Подниматься;
be built Prices are going up. A расти; строиться
new building just went up.
Go with Harmonize with Potatoes go well with
chicken.
Go without Abstain from In protest, the man is Обходиться без
going to go without food
for one week.
Grow up Become an adult When are you going to Вырастать
grow up?
Hand down Give something My cousin Jenny handed a Передавать
already used to lot of her clothes down to
someone me. They still look really
nice.
Hand in Give homework, Please hand in your Подавать
test, etc. to a homework to the teacher.
teacher
Hand out Give something to Please hand out one of Выдавать;
each person these papers to each раздавать
student.
Hand over Yield control of Hand your gun over to the Передавать;
police officer and put your отдавать; сдавать
hands in the air!
Hang around Remain idly; Teenagers like to hang Слоняться;
dawdle around the movie theatre околачиваться
with their friends.
Hang on Hold on; wait on Hang on tightly, don’t fall Держаться; не
phone; persist off! Hang on for a вешать трубку;
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 to the phone. Even
though you are very ill,
try to hang on until the
doctor gets here.
Hang onto Retain I’m going to hang onto Оставлять себе
the jewelry my
grandmother gave me.
Hang out Hang up; lean out; Can you please hang out Вывешивать;
spend one’s time these clothes to dry. You высовываться;
shouldn’t hang out of the крутиться
car window like that! I
like to hang out with my
friends in the central
square.
Hang up End a phone call; If you’re going to talk to Вешать
put on a hook, like me like that I’m going to
a coat hang up! Please hang
Steven’s coat up.
Have on Wear That’s a nice blouse you Выть в
have on.
Have over Invite to home Let’s have some friends Приглашать
over this weekend and
play games.
Hear from Receive Have you heard from Julie Получить
communication since she moved to Ohio? известие от
Hear of Learn about I’ve never heard of that Слышать о
(sometimes disease before.
accidentally)
Hold off Delay; restrain I’ll try to hold Susan off Повременить;
for as long as possible удерживать
while you get her surprise
party together. Try to
hold him off while we get
away!
Hold on (to) Grasp tightly; Can you hold on to my Держаться;
persevere; wait on coat for a minute? Hold Упорствовать; не
the phone on a little longer until the вешать трубку
doctor gets hers. Hold on,
I’ll call Dina to the phone.
Hold out Proffer; persevere; George held out Jill’s coat Протягивать;
(against) stand firm for her to put on. He подавать;
keeps asking me out, but держаться;
I’m holding out for устоять; выстоять
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Hold up Raise; support; I held up a sign at the Подносить;
Delay; exhibit; concert and got on TV! поддерживать;
continue to My grandmother needs задерживать;
function; rob me to hold her up when ставить в;
she is walking. Can you выдерживать;
hold her up a little longer? грабить
I’m not ready yet. How
are you holding up? The
robber held up the bank.
Keep around Have nearby Fire is a real danger that Держать близкий
everyone should be aware
of. I always keep a fire
extinguisher around, just
in case of an emergency.
Keep at Persevere at I know learning English is Упорствовать
difficult, but keep at it and
you’ll do fine in the end.
Keep away Not allow to come Can you keep the cat Не подпускать;
near; remain at a away from the chicken? держиться
distance Keep away from me!
Keep back Hold back; not Watch out, there's a Удерживать;
move forward rattlesnake! Everybody держиться сзади;
keep back! назад
Keep down Stay near the Keep down, the robbers пригибать
ground; not throw are still shooting! If you
up take the medicine on an
empty stomach, you will
have problems keeping it
down.
Keep in Stay inside You need to keep the ice Держать
cream in the refrigerator
until we have dessert.
Keep off Stay off of I told you to keep the dog Не ходить
something off the bed.
Keep on Continue; Put Keep on running; I know Продолжать; не
something on top you can make it! I keep снимать
of something; my books on the
television.
Keep out Do not enter There was a sign on the Не пускать; не
door that said, "Keep входить; избегать
out!"
Keep up (with) Maintain; Stay with I’ve kept up the old Поддерживаить;
others; continue; farmhouse, so it still looks идти в ногу; не
prevent from nice. I ran the entire отставать;
sleeping marathon, but I wasn't продолжаться; не
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 rest of the runners. Keep
it up, don’t stop now.
After Shain bumped his
head, we had to keep him
up all night to make sure
he was all right.
Kick out (of) Force (someone) to Jim got kicked out of the Выгонять;
leave bar because he started a вышибать
fight.
Leave out Omit When you make out your Пропускать
list, make sure not to
leave anyone out.
Let down Lower; undo one’s Can you please let down Опускать;
hair; Disappoint the blinds? On the распускать;
weekends, the teacher подводить;
really let’s her hair down обманывать
and has a good time. I
don’t want to let you
down.
Let out Release; loosen; If you don’t leave right Выпускать;
make longer; emit now I’m going to let out распускать;
the dogs. I need to let out испускать
this dress; it’s too small
right now. When she saw
the monster she let out a
scream.
Let up Slacken; abate It looks like the rain is Ослабевать;
starting to let up. затихать
Lie down Recline I’m feeling unwell. I Ложиться
going to go lie down.
Light up Illuminate; The new lamp really Освещать;
brighten lights up the room. The Освещаться;
beautiful woman lit up the загореться
room when she entered.
Live down Never be forgotten You’ll never live down the Искупать;
(in a bad way) time my pants fell down заглаживать
during the lesson!
Live on Sustain oneself Man cannot live on bread Жить на;
with; subsist on; alone. Though he died питаться; жить
not fade from three years ago, his
memory memory lives on.
Live up to Maintain the I can’t live up to what you Оправдывать
standard demanded want of me.
Look after Take care of Sandy is going to look Присматривать за;
after the children while ухаживать за;
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Look around Turn around and When you called me I Оборачиваться;
look back; look all looked around but didn’t смотрерь кругом
around see you. The lost child
stood there in the middle
of the store looking
around trying to find his
parents.
Look away Not look at When there is an eclipse, Смотрерь в
you should look away сторону
from the sun.
Look back (on) Remember I’ll always look back on Оглядываться
nostalgically my days in school fondly. (назад)
Look down (on) Feel superior to She always looks down on Смотреть свысока
people who don't agree на; пренебрегать
with her.
Look for Search for I lost my keys. Can you Искать
help me look for them?
Look forward to Anticipate I’m really looking Очень ждать;
forward to going to the ждать с
camp this summer. нетерпением
Look into Investigate The police are going to Рассматривать;
look into the recent расследовать
robberies in the
neighborhood.
Look out (for) Be careful; watch While you are hiking in Выть
for the forest, you need to осторожным;
look out for poisonous беречься
snakes.
Look over Review or check; While he was looking (по)смотреть;
read quickly over the papers, he просматривать
noticed a couple of
spelling mistakes. If you
have a minute, can you
look over this letter for
me?
Look through Peep through; read If you look through the Смотреть в;
through telescope, you can see the просматривать
rings around Saturn. I
looked through the book
you wrote and I think it’s
really good.
Look up (to) Look for If you don't know his Искать; смотреть
information in a phone number, you can на; преклоняться
book; respect; look it up in the phone
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 brother, he is a really good
person.
Make out Discern; be able to He made himself out to be Различать;
read; comprehend; rich, but he wasn’t. Can разбирать;
draw up; write out you make out my понимать;
(like a bill); signature or should I write составлять;
represent as being; it more clearly? I can’t выписывать;
manage make out what you mean. изображать;
I’m ready to leave the обходиться
hotel, can you make out
my bill? He made out like
he was famous, but really
he wasn’t. How are you
making out?
Make over Remake I made over my room and Переделывать
it looks much better now.
Make up (for) Put together; Do you know if they Составлять;
invent; straighten; made up the new schedule выдумывать;
be reconciled yet? I made up a new убрать; мириться
recipe for cookies. Will
you help me make up the
beds? I don’t want to
fight anymore. Let’s
make up.
Move over Move to the side Please move over, you are Подвигаться
sitting too close to me.
Pan out Turn out well; be No, I didn’t get the job. Выгореть
successful I’m not sure why, it just
didn’t pan out.
Pass around Pass in a circle We passed the pictures Пустить по кругу
around so that everyone
could see the photos.
Pass away Die My grandfather didn't Скончаться
pass away until he was
107 years old.
Pass by Go by Every day the yellow bus Проходить мимо
passes by my house on its
way to school.
Pass for Be like With Sandy’s new hair cut Сходить за
she could really pass for
Madonna!
Pass off Substitute without He tried to pass the Выдавать
others knowing painting off as an original
Picasso, but I recognized
at once that it was a fake.
Pass on Transmit; die Can you please pass these Передавать;

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 papers on to your father? умирать
My grandfather lived a
long life. He didn’t pass
on until he was 107.
Pass out Faint; distribute The exhaust fumes from Потерять
the cars were so strong сознание;
that Sherry passed out. раздавать
Please pass these papers
out to all of the students.
Pass over Skip; disregard; fail I always get passed over Пропускать;
to promote for promotion even обходить
though I work really hard.
Pass through I momentarily lost my cell Проходить через
phone connection when
the train passed through
the tunnel.
Pass up Not accept; not There was no way I was Пропускать
take advantage of going to pass over the
opportunity to move to
Florida.
Pay back Return money to Возвращать
someone
Pay off Give money to Расплачиваться;
complete a подкупать
transaction; bribe
Pick on Tease; bully Придираться
Pick out Select; discern Выбирать;
различать
Pick up Lift; go to get Поднимать; идти
someone; learn за; приобретать;
casually; gain набирать;
speed; find a trail; нападать на;
receive a signal ловить;
улавливать
Play down Minimize Преуменьшать;
принижать
Play up Emphasize; flatter Подчеркивать;
for personal выпячивать
advantage
Point out Call someone’s Указывать
attention to
Pull down Pull in a downward Опускать;
direction; remove; снимать; сносить
completely destroy
a building
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Pull out Remove; withdraw Вытаскивать;
troops; pull open выводить;
drawer; depart выдвигать;
отходить
Pull through Survive Выживать;
выкарабкиваться
Put away Put something in After I finished doing the Убирать; съесть;
its usual or proper laundry, I asked Susan to выпить
place; eat a lot help me put everything
away. John can really put
away a lot of food.
Put back Return something Karen carefully put the Ставить на место
to its original place glass statue back on the
counter; she didn't want to
break it.
Put in Enter, as a claim; After two years in North Предъявлять;
apply for; expend Dakota, Sam put in for a подавать
time transfer to an air force заявление о;
base in California. тратить
Put off Postpone Don't put off doing your Откладывать
homework.
Put on Dress; apply; stage Put on your warm sweater Надевать;
a play; affect; gain - it's really cold outside. накладывать;
ставить;
напускать на себя;
прибавлять
Put out Extinguish fire; I'm not rich! I can't afford Тушить;
publish; to put out that kind of выпускать;
inconvenience; vex money. затруднять;
обижать
Put through Cause to undergo Подвергать
Put up (with) Tolerate; receive as I think she is absolutely Терпеть;
an overnight guest horrible. I don't know how выносить;
you can put up with her. устраивать;
помещать
Quiet down Become quiet Успокаиваться
Read up on Search out Почитать о
information
Ring up Call by phone Звонить
Rinse out Rinse the inside of, Выполаскивать
or hair
Rule out Eliminate Исключать;
сбрасывать со
счетов
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встречаться с
Run away Escape Убегать
Run down Pursue and catch; Настигать;
hit with a vehicle; наехать на;
slowly lose power разряжаться
Run into Collide with; Meet Сталкиваться с;
by chance; наталкиваться на
experience
difficulties
Run off Go off; run away; Сходить; убегать;
drain; print стекать; печатать
Run out (of) Expire; be used up Time is running out. We Истекать;
ran out of gas. кончаться
Save up accumulate Копить деньги
See off Accompany Провожать
someone to the
beginning of a trip
See through Not be fooled by; Видеть насквозь;
carry through to the доводить до
end; carry through конца; хватать
a difficult time
See to Arrange; supervise I’ll see to that myself. Заботиться о
Sell out Sell the ownership Распродать;
or responsibility; продаваться
betray one’s cause
Send in Submit; direct to Did you send in your Подавать;
enter application? Please send впускать
him in.
Send out (for) Mail out; order; Высылать;
assign; transmit посылать за;
signal засылать;
передавать
Settle down Calm down; lead a Успокаиваться;
more settled life остепениться
Settle on Decide on; agree Останавливаться
upon на;
договариваться о
Settle up Pay one’s bills or Рассчитываться;
debts расплачиваться
Show off Exhibit oneself; Рисоваться;
boast by words or красоваться;
actions щеголять;
выставлять
напоказ
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Shut off Stop a machine or Отключать
light
Shut out Keep out Не допускать
Shut up Incarcerate; Stop Заточать;
talking замолчать
Spell out Spell; state in detail Уточнять;
подробно
излагать
Stand by Remain aloof; Stand by your principles. Держаться в
stand ready; stand стороне; выть
firmly behind; not наготове;
depart from оставаться верен;
придерживаться
Stand for Represent; tolerate; Означать;
advocate терпеть; стоять за
Stand out выделяться
Stand up Stand; set upright; I waited for you for an Вставать; ставить
prove durable; hour. Why did you stand стоймя; служить;
disappoint me up? подводить
Stand up for Support Заступаться за
Stand up to Resist Выстоять против
Step aside Move to one side Сторониться
Stick to Persist Stick to the rules. Не отклоняться
от; держаться
Stick up for Support; defend Заступаться за
Take after Pursue; Resemble Jim really takes after his Броситься за;
father. They look the выть похожим на
same, they act the same -
they even have the same
laugh!
Take away Carry away; When the police Забирать;
remove; seize discovered his history of убирать; отбирать
drunk driving, they took
away his driver's license.
Take back Return; accept He took the book back to Возвращать;
return of; retract a the library. If you’re принимать
statement finished I’ll take my pen обратно; брать
back now. I said you were назад
a nice person, but I take it
back. You are absolutely
horrible!
Take down Carry down; pull I hate that picture which is Сноить; снимать;
down; write down hanging over the couch. записывать
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Take for Assume to be You thought I stole your Принимать за
wallet?! What kind of
person do you take me
for?
Take in Accept; give She makes extra money Брать; приютить;
shelter to; shorten/ by taking in laundry. The собирать;
narrow; include; woman took in the man охватывать;
trick; visit/ tour from the cold. My pants надувать;
are too bid, I need them осматривать
taken in. INCLUDE.
Jessica was taken in by
the con artist. He stole
over ten thousand dollars
from her. We went to
California and took in the
sights.
Take off Remove clothing It’s hot, I need to take off Снимать; сгонять
from body; lose my sweater. She took off a сбавлять;
weight; deduct; Fly few pounds. It’s on sale, взлетать;
away; rush off; take a dollar off the price. понестись;
depart We went to watch the уходить
space shuttle take off. It’s
late, I need to take off.
See you later, I’m taking
off.
Take on Take on board; The bus is ready, let’s take Нагружаться;
undertake; hire; on the passengers. She принимать на
compete with should never have taken себя; принимать
on so much responsibility на работу;
at work. We need to take состязаться с
on more people in order to
do the job in time. You are
wrong to think you can
beat me. I’ll take you on!
Take out Remove; Go on a He took out his Вынимать;
date; obtain by handkerchief. John is повести; брать;
application; vent going to take Cybil out for сорвать
a nice dinner and a film.
He took out a loan. She
took her angry out on me.
Take over Assume command; The teacher took over the Принимать;
assume forcibly class. The military took прибирать к
over the capital city and рукам
gained control of the
government.
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 occupy space; for me? This couch is снимать;
consume time; taking up too much space занимать;
Begin a new in this room. These принимать;
activity; discuss; documents are taking up обсуждать;
remove the slack too much time to fill out. натягивать
from I’ve decided to take up
karate. The next item we
need to take up is housing.
The hose is too long, can
you take it up a bit?
Talk back (to) Answer impolitely Don’t talk back to your Грубить; дерзить
mother!
Talk down to Speak to someone You shouldn’t talk down Говрить с свысока
as if you are better to your elders.
than they are
Talk into Convince I can’t believe I let you Уговорить
talk me into sky diving!
Talk out of Convince not to do I’m going sky diving and Отговорить от
something you can’t talk me out of
it!
Talk over Discuss I’m still not sure, let’s talk Обсуждать
it over some more.
Tear down Destroy They tore down that old Сносить
movie theatre.
Tear off Detach, tear along Can you tear off a piece of Отрывать;
a line paper for me? срывать
Tear out (of) Remove a piece of The first page is Вырывать
paper from a book unimportant. Just tear it
or notebook out.
Tell off Reprimand I can’t believe my best Бранить;
friend told me off just отчитывать
because I borrowed her
car without asking.
Tell on Have an effect The stress of the exam is Сказываться на;
upon; Report really telling on her ябедничать на
misbehavior weight. If you don’t stop
spitting I’m going to tell
on you.
Think through Consider fully Please think it through Продумывать
before making any
decisions.
Think of Think about; We think of you Думать о;
intend; recall; constantly. She is thinking подумывать;
figure out; choose of getting married. I can’t вспоминать;
think of his name. I придумывать;
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and I will guess it.
Think over Consider I need some time to think Обдумывать
it over before I agree to
marry you.
Think up Create; invent Mary is so smart. She is Придумывать;
always thinking up new выдумывать
ideas.
Throw away/ Put in the trash; Make sure to throw your Выбрасывать;
out discard; fail to trash away in the proper растрачивать;
exploit an place, not on the ground. упускать
opportunity She was right there—I
can’t believe you threw
away your chance to ask
her out.
Throw off Cast off; confuse; I threw off my blankets in Сбрасывать;
elude the middle of the night. I сьивать;
was counting and you отрываться от
threw me off. The
prisoner threw the police
off his trail and go away.
Throw up Vomit; erect I don’t feel good, I think Рвать; строить
I’m going to throw up.
They sure threw that
building up fast.
Tie up Bind; Tie securely; Tie up hand and foot. The Связывать;
moor to a dock; dog is tied up. The boat привязывать;
obstruct; keep busy was tied up. The accident причаливать;
tied up traffic for three тормозить;
hours. I’m tied up right заниматьр
now.
Touch on Mention briefly Before we move to the Затрагивать;
next topic, I’d like to касаться
touch on something that is
important to me.
Touch up Repair a little This room looks pretty Подкрашивать
good, but we need to
touch up the paint.
Try on Put on clothing to I like this shirt. I’m going Примерять
see if it fits to try it on.
Try out Experiment with; Try out for the basketball Испытывать;
compete team. пробоваться
Turn around Reverse direction The tailor told her to turn Поворачиваться
around so he could adjust
the hemline of the dress.
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 seen; refuse from the accident. прогонять;
admittance to; turn Nomads would never turn Отворачиваться
one’s back away someone seeking
food and shelter. Please
turn away while I change
my clothes.
Turn down Fold down; turn You would look better if Отворачивать;
into a street; reject you turned down your поворачивать;
reduce collar. You should turn отклонять;
down this street to get to уменьшать
the store. I applied to Yale
University, but they
turned me down. Please
turn down the radio.
Turn in Submit classwork; We have to turn in our Сдавать; доносить
inform on; go to research papers by next на; ложиться
bed Wednesday. спать
Turn into Make a turn into; The witch turned the Сворачивать в;
transform into; be handsome prince into a превращать в;
transformed into frog. превращаться в
Turn off Stop a machine or They were showing so Тушить; гасить;
light many commercials during выключать
that movie that I finally
just got up and turned off
the TV.
Turn on Start a machine or Can you please turn on Включать;
light; attack the air-conditioning. It's наброситься на
really hot in here.
Turn out Eject; Produce; He was turned out from Выгонять;
appear; prove to the club when he started a выпускать;
be; end up fight. The photographs выходить;
turned out great! There оказываться;
was a great turn out for выясниться
the meeting. It has turned
out to be a nice day. I was
worried about the
meeting, but as it turned
out, everything went
really well.
Turn over Invert; roll over; Turn the box over and it Перевертывать;
hand over; start an will make a sound. I bet Перевертываться;
engine Shakespeare is turning передавать;
over in his grave after that заводиться
awful performance of
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over to the police.
Something is wrong with
my car, the engine won’t
turn over.
Turn up Fold up; loosen When I heard my favorite Подвертывать;
soil; uncover; song on the radio, I turned взрыхлять;
Increase the it up really loud and раскрывать;
volume or power; danced around my увеличивать;
arrive apartment. являться; найтись
unexpectedly; be
found
Wait on Serve I used to be a waitress. I Обслуживать
waited on tables and took
people’s orders.
Wait out Wait until Let’s stay here to wait out Выжидать;
something finishes the rain storm. It should переждать
be over soon.
Wait up (for) Remain awake in I couldn’t sleep last night Не ложиться
anticipation because I was waiting for спать
the test results. I waited
up all night, but the doctor
never called.
Wake up Stop sleeping I wake up every day at Просыпаться
7:00 in the morning.
Wash off Wash the surface of Will you please wash off Смывать;
those tables for me? отмывать
Wash out Wash; rinse out; I washed out my socks. I Стирать;
remove; wash away washed out my bowl once споласкивать;
I was finished with it. I смывать;
tried hard, but couldn’t размывать
wash out the stain in my
shirt. The flood washed
out the road.
Watch out (for) Be careful Watch out! That car Беречься
almost hit you!
Wear down Wear out; become I like my jeans better after Стаптывать;
worn down; they get a bit worn down. Стаптываться;
exhaust; overcome The soles of my shoes изнурять; сломить
have really gotten worn
down from all the walking
I’ve been doing. I’m
feeling really worn down
lately. I’m going to keep
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Wear off Fade; disappear I’ve worn these shoes so Проходить
through use or time often the bottoms have
nearly worn completely
off.
Wear out Use until no longer My shoes are really old, Изнашивать;
useful; exhaust they are completely worn Изнашиваться;
out. My new trainer made изнурять
me run for hours. He
really wore me out.
Wind up Wind onto a spool; You should wind up that Сматывать;
tighten the spring cord before someone trips заводить;
of; finish; find on it. If you wind up this заканчивать;
oneself; make tense toy it will move across the очутиться;
table. Can we wind this взвинчивать
up quickly? I need to get
to a meeting. I went
walking through the forest
and wound up all the way
over by the lake.
Speaking with my mother
always winds me up and it
takes me hours to feel
normal again.
Work off Pay off by I know I owe you a lot of Отрабатывать;
working; shed money. Can I work it off сгонять
excess weight by washing your dishes?
I started a new exercise
regime and I’ve been
working off the weight I
gained when I had the
baby.
Work on Do work on; try to Can you come over and Работать над;
persuade help me work on the уговаривать;
house? It needs to be склонять
painted. Mary thought
John would never agree to
come to the party, but I
told her I would work on
him to see if I could get
him to come.
Work out Develop a plan; Let’s try to work out a Разрабатывать;
solve; turn out; end compromise. I need to разгадывать;
successfully; work out this puzzle. обернуться;
exercise Depending on how things устроиться;
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Saturday. Everything
worked out in the end. I’m
going to go work out.
Write down Write something on Be sure to write this Записывать
a piece of paper down. It is important.
Write off Use for tax If you give a lot of money Списывать;
purposes; dismiss to charity, you can write it сбрасывать со
as no longer a off your taxes. I know счетов; махнуть
factor; Steve didn’t steal the рукой на
acknowledge as a money, so we can write
failure him off. I just can’t put
this puzzle together. I
might as well write it off
as impossible.
Write out Write down every This pie is delicious! Can Выписывать
detail you write out the recipe
for me please?
Write up Prepare a document I hired a firm to write up Описывать;
my tax documents писать отчет о
because I didn’t have time
to do it on my own.

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