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| This list of phrasal verbs is meant to help you when you are reading a text in English. One phrasal verb can have several different meanings. Keep in mind that not all of them are included in this list. You should always try to work out the meaning within the context where you find the phrasal verb. |
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Phrasal verb
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Give support to |
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Be fed up with |
Be tired of |
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Be into |
Be keen on sth. |
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Blow up |
Inflate |
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Break down |
Stop working, e.g. a car |
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Break into |
Enter by force |
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Bring up |
Raise a child |
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Build up |
Make larger, e.g. a business |
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Visit sb. |
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Call out |
Shout |
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Carry on |
Continue |
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Check in |
Register, eg. at a hotel or airport |
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Come across |
Find by chance |
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Come into |
Inherit |
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Come out |
Begin to appear |
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Come round |
Regain consciousness |
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Come up |
Occur |
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Come up with |
Think of an idea |
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Count on |
Depend on |
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Cut back on |
Spend less on |
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Cut down |
Make sth fall by cutting it at base |
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Cut down on |
Have less of sth |
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Cut in |
Interrupt |
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Cut in |
Move suddenly in front of a car |
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Cut off |
Make inaccessible |
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Cut sb off |
Break a phone connection |
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Cut sth off |
To stop the supply or sth. |
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Cut out |
Eliminate |
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Have sth as a back up for emergencies |
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Succeed in making sth understood |
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Get ahead |
Progress, be successful |
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Get away with |
Do sth bad and not be punished |
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Get back |
Return |
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Get down to |
Begin to do sth. |
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Get sb down |
Make sb feel depressed |
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Get out of |
Avoid doing sth. |
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Get round to |
Find the time to do sth, at last |
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Get together |
Meet socially |
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Give back |
Return sth to its owner |
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Give up |
Stop doing sth. |
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Go back over |
Study again, repeat |
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Go off |
Become bad, not fit to eat |
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Go on |
Continue |
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Go over sth. |
Study sth. carefully, again |
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Go through |
Experience, endure (a bad time) |
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Go with |
Match, combine well with |
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Be wearing |
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Hold up |
Delay |
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Refuse to tell sb sth. |
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Not do sth you promised |
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Look after |
Take care of |
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Look forward to |
Feel excited about |
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Look in |
Visit |
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Look into |
Investigate |
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Look up |
Search for information |
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Look up to |
Respect |
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Come to a decision |
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Get revenge on sb |
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Pick up sth |
Go and collect sth or sb |
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Put sb down |
Make sb feel silly in front of others |
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Put sb off |
Make sb feel dislike for sth |
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Put on |
Gain (weight) |
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Put sb through to |
Connect by telephone |
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Put sb up |
Provide accommodation for sb |
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Put up with |
Tolerate sth or sb |
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Return a phone call |
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Run into |
Meet by chance |
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Run into |
Crash into |
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Ask to come and help |
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Set off |
Start a journey |
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Stand up for |
Defend |
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Have the same character or appearance as |
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Take sth back |
Return to original place |
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Take in |
Understand sth. |
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Take on |
Agree to do sth. |
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Take off |
Leave the ground, e.g. a plane |
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Take sth off |
Remove a piece of clothing |
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Take over |
Gain control of, e.g. a company |
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Take up |
Start a new hobby |
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Try on |
Put on to see if it fits |
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Turn back |
Reverse direction |
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Turn down |
Refuse / reject |
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Turn into |
Change into |
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Turn out |
Be the result |
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Turn up |
Arrive |