5.5.5.

PHRASAL VERBS (FRAZALNI GLAGOLI)

Frazalni (frazni) glagoli su spojevi koji sadrže glagol i jednu ili dve partikule (reči kao što su
up, down, off, on out, back, itd). Partikula u ovom spoju može da ima doslovno značenje (The
trees have been cut down.), ali najčešće ona ima preneseno značenje. Na primer, down
označava smanjenje veličine, broja, snage, itd. (We must cut down the expenses. – Moramo
smanjiti troškove.). Ona može da ima i aspekatsko značenje, odnosno naglašava potpuno
izvršenje radnje: The house burnt down in an hour – Kuća je izgorela za sat vremena. Često,
partikula modifikuje značenje glagola u tolikoj meri da značenje celog fraznog glagola nije
moguće predvideti na osnovu njegovih elemenata, npr. I’ll turn in early today. – Danas ću
rano leći / ići na spavanje. Frazni glagoli su najčešće višeznačni. Mada su frazni glagoli
odlika neformalnog registra, danas se oni sve češće koriste u poslovnoj komunikaciji. U tabeli
su dati neki od najučestalijih frazalnih glagola u poslovnom engleskom jeziku sa nekim od
značenja:

buy back ponovo They sold a 20% part of the company and then bought it
kupiti back.
call in Uključiti Let’s call in a consultant.
call off Otkazati The meeting’s called off.
carry on Nastaviti Sorry. Please carry on. (when you interrup someone)
carry out Izvršiti She carries out her duties efficiently.
catch up on nadoknaditi I have some work to catch up on.
come across naleteti na I was going through my old files and I came across my diary.
come up Iskrsnuti I am afraid I cannot make it to the meeting. Something has
come up.
come up with smisliti, At the marketing meeting we came up with some suggestions
izmisliti, regarding the new campaign.
predložiti, The bank was about to take his house when he came up with
prikupiti the money to pay the mortgage.
novac
give up Odustati It is unprofessional to give up.
go down Opadati The sales are going down.
go on nastaviti; Please, go on.
desiti se What’s going on?
go up Porasti Profits will go up only by cutting costs.
look after brinuti o The hostess is looking after the guests, so she can’t help you
nekom now.
look around razgledati; We were looking around the city, while the guide was
queuing for the museum tickets.
potražiti
A: I can’t find my keys. - B: Have you looked around the
kitchen?
look for Tražiti What are you looking for?
look forward unapred se I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
to radovati, I always look forward to holidays.
jedva čekati

pay back Otplatiti We need to pay back the loan in 5 years.

point out Istaći He pointed out our strengths.
put aside uštedeti, I put some money aside every month.
odvojiti
put away Skloniti It is such a mess in here you need to put away all these
documents
put forward Predložiti The head of finance put forward a new annual budget at the
meeting.
put Odložiti Let’s put off this meeting for later.
something
off
put up with trpeti, I cannot put up with noise anymore.
tolerisati

run out of Ponestati We are running out of cash.

run up naići na We ran up against too many problems.
against
set up Osnovati In 1990 he set up a small company.
show up pojaviti se The organization is dead when no one is willing to show up
at work.
step down napustiti The CEO decided to step down.
položaj
take out izvesti; I am taking my parents out for a dinner tomorrow evening.
uzeti I took out a loan.
take over preuzeti The new manager will take over next week.
(dužnost)
take up Prihvatiti I will take up that offer. (job)
take sb up prihvatiti I’ll take you up on that!
on sth nečiju
ponudu
turn down Odbiti How could you turn down such a fantastic job?
I don’t believe it: he turned me down flat!
turn up pojaviti se; We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never turned up.
pojačati Don't worry about the letter—I'm sure it'll turn up.
Turn up the music/light please
work out Isplanirati We had it all worked out.