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PHRASAL VERBS
 ASK FOR → (pedir algo a alguien)
E.g. Shall I get the bill or have you just asked for it?
 BE AWAY (estar fuera)

E.g. The boss will be away until the end of nest week. He’s at conference.
 BE BACK → (regresar)
E.g. I’ll be back in ten minutes.
 BE ON → TV

E.g. This programme’s been on for an hour
 BE OVER → to finish, to come to an end

E.g. The life concert stars at 7 and will be over at 10.00
 BREAK DOWN → to stop working because of (a causa de) a fault

E.g. The elevator(lift) in this school are always breaking down
Related noun → a breakdown (avería) on the motorway
→ to lose control of your feelings and start crying

E.g. He broke down and wept when he knew the news
Related noun → a (nervous) breakdown
E.g. She’s recovering from a nervous breakdown
 BREAK something OFF → to end something suddenly (romper algo, poner fin a algo).
E.g. She broke off the engagement two weeks before the wedding.
 BREAK UP / SPLIT UP → to end a relationship

E.g. They broke up last month
Related noun → break-up
E.g. The break-up of their marriage was terrible for their
children
 BRING somebody/something BACK → to return from a place with something

E.g. “I need a dog to help me on one of my cases”, she explained. I’ll bring him back
safe and sound (lo traeré de vuelta sano y salvo).
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 BRING somebody/something DOWN → to make somebody/something fall to the
ground (derribar).
E.g. High winds brought down power cables (Los fuertes vientos derribaron los cables
de potencia).
 BRING somebody UP → to educate (criar)

E.g. I was brought up in the country
Related noun → upbringing
 CALL somebody BACK → to call someone who called you earlier (devolver la llamada)
E.g. I left a message but she didn’t call me back.
 CALL something OFF → to cancel

E.g The teachers called off the party. The teachers called it off.
 CLOSE DOWN → to stop operating (cerrar definitivamente una empresa)

E.g. So many shops are closing down.

 COME ACROSS somebody/something → to meet somebody or find something by
chance (encontrar alguien o algo por casualidad)
E.g. I came across my ex-boyfriend in the cinema last week.
 COME BACK → to return to a place (volver)

E.g. We’re just come back from holiday.
 COME UP WITH something → to suggest or think of an idea or plan (pensar en algo,

encontrar una solución o idea).
E.g. Why did he come up with the idea of a cash machine?
 CUT DOWN ON something → to reduce the size, amount or number of something

E.g. The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.
 CUT something IN
E.g. Cut it in half and throw it away.
 DRAW something UP → (elaborar algo por escrito)

E.g. They’d already drawn up the guest list (lista de invitados).
 FALL DOWN → to fall onto the ground (derrumbarse)

E.g. The wall is in danger of falling down.
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 FILL something IN → to complete a form by writing information (rellenar).
E.g. Can you please fill in this application form?
 FIND something OUT → to get information about something/ to discover (averiguar

algo, decubrir algo).
 FIT IN→ to feel comfortable with and accepted by a group of people (encajar,
integrarse, adaptarse).
 GET something BACK → (devolver algo)

E.g. You’ll get the phone back at the end of the class. You’ll get
it back. (Recibirás el teléfono al final de la clase).
 GET somebody DOWN → to depress

E.g. This weather is getting me down
 GET ON WITH (llevarse bien con)

E.g. She doesn’t get on with her brother very well.

 GET OVER something → to overcome something, to recover from something (vencer,
superar)
E.g. She can’t get over her shyness (Ella no puede vencer su vergüenza,
timidez)
 GET UP → to stand up (ponerse de pie).

E.g. The whole audience got up and started clapping
 GIVE something AWAY → to allow to have without paying (dar, regalar, donar)
E.g. She gave away all her old clothes to the charity shop.
E.g. I gave it away (Lo tire o lo dí)
 GIVE something BACK → (devolver algo).

E.g. That’s mine! Give it back.
 GIVE IN → to finally agree to do something that someone wants (ceder)

E.g. We will never give in to terrorists’ demands
 GIVE something UP → to stop doing or having something

E.g. I gave up smoking three months ago

 GO AWAY → To leave a place (irse).
E.g. Just go away and leave me alone
 GO OFF → to become bad to eat or drink (food or drinks) (estropearse)

E.g. The milk’s gone off
→ to explode (a bomb) (explotar)
E.g. The bomb went off at six thirty in the morning
→ to make a sudden loud noise (sonar, hacer un ruido fuerte repentino)
E.g. The alarm went off when the burglars tried to break into the house
(intentaron irrumpir en la casa)
 GO THROUGH something → to experience something unpleasant (sufrir)

E.g. He had to go through a lot of pain before the operation (sufrir mucho dolor)
or to go through depression or bad time.
 GO UP → to increase (aumentar).
E.g. The crime rate went up. (la tasa de criminalidad subió)

E.g. The rent on our flat has gone up.
 GROW UP → to become older or an adult.
 HANG AROUND /ˈhæŋ əˈraʊnd/→ to spend time in a place, not doing very much
(matar el tiempo, holgazanear).
E.g. Teenagers like hanging around in the park on Sunday afternoons.
 HIT somebody BACK → to hit (someone by whom one has been hit) (devolver el golpe,
responder)
E.g. He hit me, so I hit him back.
E.g. Ukraine tension: President Zelensky hits back at Biden commets.
 HAND ONTO something → to keep something (guardar algo)

E.g. Hand onto that book- it’s valuable
 KEY IN → to enter information into a computer (teclear)

E.g. Choose or key in the amount of money you want to take out. Then press
ENTER.
 LET somebody DOWN → to disappoint (decepcionar, defrauder, fallar)

E.g. He has been let down so many times in the past (Ha sido defraudado
muchas veces en el pasado).

E.g. The car let us down (nos falló el coche).
 LIE DOWN → to be or put yourself in a horizontal position (acostarse).
E.g. I need to lie down for a little while (Necesito acosarme un rato).
 LIVE OFF → to rely on somebody or something for the things you need to live
(depender de alguien o algo, vivir de).
E.g. None of my cousins have a job; they all live off my aunt.
 LIVE ON → to have an amount of money to survive (vivir gracias a, mantenerse).

E.g. My salary isn’t enough for us to live on.

 LOOK AFTER → (cuidar)
 LOOK DOWN ON somebody → to despise (despreciar)

E.g. He looks down on any one who is not good at sport (Mira con desprecio a
cualquiera que no sea bueno en el deporte).
 LOOK FOR → (buscar)

E.g. I can’t find my car keys. Can you help me look for them?
 LOOK FORWARD TO something → to feel happy and excited about something that is
going to happen (tener ganas de).
E.g. I’m really looking forward to seeing him.
 LOOK something UP → (buscar información).

E.g. It’s probably on Wikipedia. Look it up.
 LOOK UP TO somebody → to admire

E.g. He has always looked up to his older brother
 MAKE something UP → to invent

E.g. We made up a song to sing on his birthday. We made it up.
E.g. If you don’t know the answer, make it up (invéntatela).
 MUDDLE somebody/something UP (confundir).

E.g. It’s easy to muddle up some Spanish and Italian words.
 PAY something BACK → to return money you have borrowed (devolver dinero).
E.g. If I lend you the money, can you pay me back next week?
 PAY OFF → to finish making the payments for a loan (amortizar, cancelar)
E.g. I’m hoping to pay off our mortgage by the time we retire.
 PICK somebody/something UP → (recoger algo/alguien).

E.g. My boyfriend picked me up from the station when I arrived.
 PUT something AWAY → to put something in the place where it’s usually kept (poner
en su sitio, guardar).
E.g. Can you please put away all these books?
E.g. Please, put your toys away. They’re all over the floor.
 PUT something BY → to save money for a particular purpose (ahorrar).

E.g. We’re trying to put a little money by each month for a new car.
 PUT something IN/INTO something → to insert

E.g. Put your card into the machine.

E.g. The machine says “Insert your card”. Put it in.
 PUT something IN→ to build something into a house or building ( instalar, colocar).
E.g. We’ve had a new bathroom put in (Hemos hecho instalar un nuevo baño).
 PUT something OFF → to postpone (postpone o aplazar)

E.g. The meeting has been put off until next week.
 PUT UP WITH somebody/something → to tolerate (soportar)

E.g. I don’t know how she puts up him (No sé como ella lo soporta)
E.g. I’m not going to put up with their smoking any longer.
 RUN AFTER somebody/something → to chase someone or something (perserguir).

E.g. A dog running after birds on the beach.
 RUN AWAY → to run in order to try to escape (huir, escaparse)

E.g. Don’t run away! I won’t hurt you
E.g. What would you do if a big dog ran towards you? I’d run away. I’m really
scared of dogs.
 SEE somebody OFF → to say goodbye

E.g. They’ve gone to the airport to see their daughter off.

 SEND something BACK (devolver algo)
E.g. I’d send back that steak- it’s burnt. I’d send it back.
 SET OFF → to start a journey (ponerse en marcha, partir).

E.g. They set off early in the morning.
 SET OUT → to start a journey (ponerse en marcha, partir)
 SET something UP → to create something (a shop, a business, a factory…)
E.g. They want to set up their own import-export business.
E.g. You should set up a direct debit with the bank.
 SETTLE DOWN → to start living in a place where you will stay for a long time, usually
with a person you love (asentarse, acomodarse).
E.g I thought they’d settle down when the play started.
 SETTLE ON something → to choose something after considering several options

(decidirse por).
E.g. We wanted to buy a house, but at these prices we had to settle on an
apartment.
 SHOW OFF → to boast /bəʊst/ (alardear), to try or impress others (presumir,

fanfarronear)
Related noun → a show-off /ˈʃəʊ·ɒf/ (presumido, fanfarrón).
 SIT DOWN → (sentarse)
 SWITCH ON/SWITCH OFF
 TAKE something APART → to separate something into the pieces it is made of

(desmontar).
E.g. She had taken the whole bike apart (Ella había desmontado toda la
bicicleta).
E.g. You needed to take the keyboard apart to clean it properly.
 TAKE AFTER somebody → to look like somebody

E.g. Annie really takes after her mother.
 TAKE something AWAY → to remove something (llevarse algo, retirar algo)

E.g. What shall we do with our old washing machine? They’ll take it away when
they bring the new one.

E.g. I can’t finish this steak. Take it away.
 TAKE something BACK → (devolver).

E.g. My new shirts don’t fit. I need to take it back.
 TAKE something IN → to understand something (entender algo).
E.g. When she told him that the walnut tree (nogal) had been brought down, he
hadn’t been able to take it in (asimilarlo).
 TAKE OFF → if a plane takes off, it begins to fly (despegar).

E.g. The plane took off late, but we still arrived on time.
→ to remove a piece of clothing (quitarse)
E.g. Take off your jacket.
E.g. Take off your shoes, because I’ve just cleaned the floor. Take them
off.

 TAKE somebody ON → to employ somebody (contratar)
E.g. We’re taking on fifty new staff this year.
 TAKE something OUT → to withdraw or to remove something from somewhere

E.g. Take your money out of the machine within 30 seconds
E.g. Take your card out of the machine
E.g. I tried to take out some cash, but the ATM was out of order.
E.g. The rubbish is beginning to smell. Take it out.
E.g. I’m taking my girlfriend out for dinner.
 TAKE OVER → (tomar el control de algo)

E.g. My company was taken over by a multinational firm, and I lost my job.
 TAKE something UP → to learn or start to do something, especially for pleasure.

E.g. They’ve taken up golf.
 THROW something AWAY → to get rid of something you no longer want (deshacerte
de algo que ya no quieres)
E.g. You can throw away that old chair.
E.g. What shall I do with my old credit card – Cut it in half and throw it away.
E.g. This chicken’s past its sell-by date. Throw it away.
E.g. I’m going to throw away all my old newspapers. I’m going to throw them
away.

 TRY ON (probarse algo como ropa)
E.g. Why don’t you try on those trousers? Why don’t you try them on.
 TURN somebody/ something DOWN → to refuse an offer, a proposal.

E.g. Mary has turned down offers from several different law firms (bufetes de
abogados).
 TURN OVER → to change from one TV channel to another (cambiar)
 TURN UP → to arrive
E.g. We arranged to meet at seven but she never turned up.

 TURN UP/ TURN DOWN
 TURN ON/ TURN OFF
 WALK AWAY FROM something → (marcharse)

E.g. The waiter is walking away from the table
 WORK OUT → to do physical exercise (hacer ejercicio)

E.g. He usually works out twice a week
 WRITE something DOWN → to write something on a piece of paper so that you do not
forget it.

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 BE AWAY (estar fuera)

Reservados todos los derechos.

 BE OVER → to finish, to come to an end

 BREAK DOWN → to stop working because of (a causa de) a fault

→ to lose control of your feelings and start crying

 BREAK UP / SPLIT UP → to end a relationship

 BRING somebody/something BACK → to return from a place with something

 BRING somebody UP → to educate (criar)

 CALL something OFF → to cancel

 CLOSE DOWN → to stop operating (cerrar definitivamente una empresa)

Reservados todos los derechos.

 COME BACK → to return to a place (volver)

 COME UP WITH something → to suggest or think of an idea or plan (pensar en algo,

 CUT DOWN ON something → to reduce the size, amount or number of something

 DRAW something UP → (elaborar algo por escrito)

 FALL DOWN → to fall onto the ground (derrumbarse)

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 FIND something OUT → to get information about something/ to discover (averiguar

 GET something BACK → (devolver algo)

 GET somebody DOWN → to depress

 GET ON WITH (llevarse bien con)

Reservados todos los derechos.

 GET UP → to stand up (ponerse de pie).

 GIVE something BACK → (devolver algo).

 GIVE IN → to finally agree to do something that someone wants (ceder)

 GIVE something UP → to stop doing or having something

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 GO OFF → to become bad to eat or drink (food or drinks) (estropearse)

 GO THROUGH something → to experience something unpleasant (sufrir)

Reservados todos los derechos.

 GROW UP → to become older or an adult.

 HAND ONTO something → to keep something (guardar algo)

 KEY IN → to enter information into a computer (teclear)

 LET somebody DOWN → to disappoint (decepcionar, defrauder, fallar)

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 LIVE ON → to have an amount of money to survive (vivir gracias a, mantenerse).

Reservados todos los derechos.

 LOOK DOWN ON somebody → to despise (despreciar)

 LOOK FOR → (buscar)

 LOOK something UP → (buscar información).

 LOOK UP TO somebody → to admire

 MAKE something UP → to invent

 MUDDLE somebody/something UP (confundir).

 PICK somebody/something UP → (recoger algo/alguien).

 PUT something BY → to save money for a particular purpose (ahorrar).

 PUT something IN/INTO something → to insert

Reservados todos los derechos.

 PUT something OFF → to postpone (postpone o aplazar)

 PUT UP WITH somebody/something → to tolerate (soportar)

 RUN AFTER somebody/something → to chase someone or something (perserguir).

 RUN AWAY → to run in order to try to escape (huir, escaparse)

 SEE somebody OFF → to say goodbye

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 SET OFF → to start a journey (ponerse en marcha, partir).

 SET OUT → to start a journey (ponerse en marcha, partir)

 SETTLE ON something → to choose something after considering several options

Reservados todos los derechos.

 SHOW OFF → to boast /bəʊst/ (alardear), to try or impress others (presumir,

 SIT DOWN → (sentarse)

 SWITCH ON/SWITCH OFF