Thursday, October 2, 2008

PHRASAL VERBS - UNITS 11, 12 AND 13

- come across: to find something by chance [encontrar ao acaso]: He came across some of his old love letters in his wife's drawer
- come round (BECOME CONSCIOUS) UK phrasal verb (US come around) [tornar-se consciente] - to become conscious again after an accident or operation: She hasn't come round from the anaesthetic yet.
- come out: (OPEN) phrasal verb [abrir, desabrochar] - When flowers come out, they open: Daffodils come out in spring.
- come up: occur (maybe unexpectedly) [ocorrer, acontecer, inesperadamente] - I've got to go - something has just come up at home and I'm needed there
- go off: (FOOD) phrasal verb UK [estragar] - If food or drink goes off, it is not good to eat or drink any more because it is too old: This bacon smells a bit funny - do you think it's gone off?
- go over sth – explain again [explicar novamente]: At the end of the lesson, the teacher went over the main points again.
- go through sth (EXPERIENCE) phrasal verb: to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation: I've been going through a bad patch recently.You'd think his children would be more sympathetic towards him after all he's gone through (= the many bad things he has experienced).
- go with sth (SUIT) phrasal verb: If one thing goes with another, they suit each other or they look or taste good together: This wine goes particularly well with seafood. I'm not sure that this hat really goes with this dress.
- put sth aside: 1- (IGNORE) phrasal verb [M] - If you put a disagreement or problem aside, you ignore it temporarily so that it does not prevent you doing what you want to do:Let's put our differences aside and make a fresh start.Can we put that question aside for now, and come back to it later? 2- to save something, usually time or money, for a special purpose:I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house.He tries to put some time aside every evening to read to the kids.
- put sb down (INSULT) phrasal verb [M] INFORMALto make someone feel foolish or unimportant by criticizing them:Why did you have to put me down in front of everybody like that?
- put sb off (sth): discourage [desencorajar]: I didn’t want her to come to the concert so I put her off by saying she wouldn’t enjoy it.
- put sth by: phrasal verb [M]to save an amount of money to use later: I try to put by a few pounds every week.
- put sth off: (DELAY = postpone) [atrasar, adiar] phrasal verb [M]to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date: The meeting has been put off for a week.[+ ing form of verb] I can't put off going to the dentist any longer.
- put sb out (cause trouble or inconvenience) phrasal verb - [M] to cause trouble or extra work for someone: Would it put you out if we came tomorrow instead of today?
- put sb through (TELEPHONE) phrasal verb: to connect a person using a telephone to the person they want to speak to:Could you put me through to customer services, please?
- put sb up (PLACE TO STAY) phrasal verb [M]to provide someone with a place to stay temporarily:Sally is putting me up for the weekend.
- put sth back: (DELAY) phrasal verb [M] UKto delay a planned event: We had to put the meeting back a week.- put up with sth/sb phrasal verb: tolerate:I can put up with the house being untidy, but I hate it if it's not clean.He's so moody - I don't know why she puts up with him.They have a lot to put up with (= They have a lot of difficulties).

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