UNIT 142 – TRAMONTI

Phrasal verbs II

And from that time on: y desde entonces

We´ll draw up a draft contract: vamos a redactor un borrador del contrato

Now I must rush to the airport: ahora, me voy corriendo al aeropuerto

I must look my best tonight: Debo lucir lo mejor posible esta noche

But I'm gonna sum the situation up for you now: pero te voy a resumir cuál
es la situación

Is the air-conditioning all right for you or would you like me to turn it off?

¿Esta bien el aire acondicionado o quieres que lo apague?

Could you look after the transformation of our firm?

¿Podrías ocuparte de la modernización de nuestra empresa?
So if I don't work in fashion I lose momentum.
Por lo que si no trabajo en moda pierto energía (impulso)
What's more, you have more capital resources and you could set up your
own shops, which is the real thing
Wich is the real thing: lo que es importante

When I heard you were in Chicafo I put all my engagements off to see you

I read in the newspaper once that your grandfather arrived from Italy and
set himself up almost a century ago.

and things have always gone so well that we haven´t  developed

what´s more you have more capital resources and you could set up  your
own shops which is the real thing

It´s a synonym for quality

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Phrasal Verbs 2
“PUT ON” AND “TURN OFF”

To take your jacket off

To make a story up

To turn the TV off

GIVE BACK (devolver) and MAKE UP (inventar)

I will give the money back to you tomorrow

I will give back the money to you tomorrow

Have you given back the record I lent you

She gave me back my ring and married somebody else

She gave me my ring back and married somebody else

He made up a story to explain his absence

He made a story up to explain his absence

He makes up a joke about his mother-in-law

He makes jokes up about his mother-in-law

Is that true or did you make it up?

PICK UP (recoger, ir a buscar) and PUT OFF (aplazar)

Can you pick up the children form school?

Can you pick the children up from school?

I´ll pick you up from the airport

We will have to put off the meeting until Monday

We will have to put the meeting off until Monday

PUT ON (ponerse, organizar) and TURN OFF

Put a coat on, it´s cold outside

Put on a coat, It´s cold outside

We´re putting on a film show for the children

We´re putting a film show on for the children: vamos a organizar una
session de cine para los niños

Why don´t you put on that black dress I like?

Why don´t you put that black dress I like on?

Turn off the tv before you go to bed

Turn the television off before you go to bed

Do you want me to turn off the air conditioning?

Do you want to turn the air conditioning off?

 VOCABULARY

Brainstorming : Lluvia de ideas

Hinge : bisagra

Bolt : tornillo, perno

Gauge : calcular, evaluar, indicador, calibre, (v) medir, calibrar

Assorted : variado, surtido

Trade off : a situation in wich you balance two opposing situations or

qualities

1. Can you _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the cart for me? 
2. They have a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ electronic devices to save money. 
3. I'll _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the earnings to the budget.
4. Can you make a graph that shows if the plan we are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ has been successful? 
5. Let's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ an artist to design our new advertisements. 
6. We need _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in presenting information to create the graph.
7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ our profits have increased. 
8. With franchises you need a lot of financing _ _ _ expand very fast. 
9. We need to expand, but we also need to keep the franchises _ _

Rptas:

1. Sum up
2. Policy of turning off
3. Sum up
4. Carrying out
5. Commission
6. Someone who specializes
7. From that time on
8. so as to: para
9. Under Control