Look out / Watch out = Be careful Example: Look out! There is car coming!

Come on = Be quick / Hurry Example: Come on! Everybody is waiting for you.

Hold on = Wait Example: Can you hold on a minute? (Can you wait?)

Carry on / Go along / Walk on / Drive on = Continue Example: Carry on this street and turn left at the lights.

Get on = Manage in a job, in a school, in an exam, etc. Example: How are you getting on you new job?

Take off = Leave the ground Example: The planes take off at 2:00 o’clock.

Wake up = Stop sleeping Example: I often wake up in the middle of the night.

Speak up = Speak more loudly Example: I can´t hear you. Can you speak up a bit?

Hurry up = Do something more quickly Example: Hurry up! We haven´t got much time.

Wash up = Wash the plates after a meal Example: Can you do the washing up?

Grow up = Become an adult Example: When I grow up, I want to be a doctor.

Give up = Stop trying Example: You can give up cigarettes.

Slow down = Go more slowly Example: You are driving too fast, slow down.

Break down = Stop working (for cars and machines) Example: She was late because her car break down.

Fall over = Lose your balance Example: I was about fall over because my shoes were big.

Fill in = Complete a form Example. Can you fill in this form please?

Put out = Extinguish (the fire, a cigarette) Example: We need more air flow to put out the fire.

Cross out = Delete (a text, a word) Example: We can cross out the Benny part.

Try on = Put on clothes to see if they fit you Example: This blouse is nice, I’ll try it on.

Ring up = Telephone Example: You can ring me up at three o´clock please.

Look up = Find in a reference/phone book Example: I am looking up the meaning in the dictionary.

Turn up = Make louder (TV, radio, music etc.) Example: Can you turn the radio up? I can´t hear it.

Turn down = Make quieter (TV, radio, music etc.) Example: The music is too loud, can you turn it down?

Put away = Put something in the place where you usually Example: What a mess, put away your toys please.

keep it

Show round / around = Take somebody on a tour Example: My friends show me around in New York.

of a place