Feelings
break down When he heard the sad news, he broke down and wept.
browned off (passive) (slang) _Katie soon got browned off with waiting and left.
(not) care for sbdy/sthg I don't care for people who are unreliable.
carry away (usually passive) I got carried away when I was arguing and completely
forgot about the time
cheer (sbdy) up Ihope this good news cheers you up. Cheer up!
cut up (usually passive) We were very cut up when we heard about the accident.
fall for sbdy Tom's fallen for Anna and can't take his eyes off her!
fall out with sbdy Ben fell out with Annie and stopped speaking to her.
fed up (with sbdy/sthg) (passive) I'm fed up with listening to all your complaints.
flare up Maria flared wp when she heard Simon insult her friend.
get or/along (well) (with sbdy) I always got along with Sarah: we never quarrelled.
let sbdy down You let me down. I waited an hour but you never came.
pick on sbdy Why pick on Ben? He wasn't the only boy to be late,
put sbdy/sthg down I didn't like to hear you putting everyone down. Why can't
you say something good about people?
strike up a friendship We struck up friendship as soon as we met.
take sbdy aback (often passive) I was taken aback by Mr Talbot's refusal to let me have half a
day off work to attend my brother's wedding.
take to sbdy Took to Sue at once and we soon became good friends.
warm to/towards sbdy Many people warmed to Mr Lee when he spoke about the
hardships he had overcome.
EB eac cach of the following sentences about the different ways six people felt.
Then complete the sentences, using a suitable phrasal verb.
1 Anna felt sad and miserable. 4. Joe felt disappointed.
2 Ben was shocked. 5 Sue was bored.
3 Pete suddenly felt extremely angry. 6 Katie began to feel happier than previously.
Pere: Anger |
inside me when Ann told
me what Ben had said,
kare: I certainly Train, a
4 when eS
Theard the good news. SJ)
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sus; Tm%@_ awa: [just felt like
I've been washing and sana &
drying dishes all day long. bursting into tears SZ
sex: Iwas quite vos: You can imagine how
ae ‘iis . felt
wasnt like him to be Sot when Ron didn't tum up.
so rude.
56a Rewrite the story below, replacing the words in italics with the
most suitable phrasal verbs from the list at the beginning of this unit.
Simon and I used to! be very friendly with each other, but then
Simon * quarrelled with Sarah. Simon had never °liked Sarah, and
he started to ‘ criticise her whenever he was with me. Eventually
Simon and I quarrelled, too. Some time later, however, Simon
slowly ® began to like Sarah and she also began to ° feet a liking for
him. They soon ? formed a close friendship, and Sarah stopped
seeing me. I now feel very * upset about the whole matter.
EBD cive suitabte advice to someone who
1 often flares up when someone upsets them.
2. always needs cheering up when you see them.
3 is fed up doing their present job.
4 easily gets carried away when they watch a football match.
5 is badly cut up after a quarrel with a friend.