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ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS VOCABULARY
Here are some common phrasal verbs with their definitions:
? break down (1) : to stop working (of machinery)
break down (2) : to lose control emotionally or mentally.
? break up : to end; to separate. (of a marriage / a family / a relationship etc.)
? bring up : to take care of a child until it is fully grown and able to care for itself; to train and prepare a child for adult life.
? calm down : to become less excited and tense; to help someone (or a difficult situation) to become less excited and tense. a person / a difficult situation etc.
? check in : to report one's arrival. at a hotel, an airport etc.
? cheer up : to become happier.
? come across : to find or meet by chance (something or someone)
? come up with : to think of; to produce. (an idea / a plan / a suggestion etc.
? drop out : to withdraw from, or stop taking part in (a competition, a social group, a school, a university, a job etc.).
? fill in : a form/a questionnaire etc. to complete (a form).
? find out : to make an effort to discover or get to know (something). the truth / a secret / an address / the time /
? get away with : to do something wrong or illegal without being punished (usually without even being discovered or caught).
? get over : to recover from (something) an illness / a failure / a difficulty / a shock etc.
? give up : to stop doing or having (something).(of an habitual activity, smoking / drinking / a job etc.)
? go for to attack. a person, an animal.
? grow up : to develop from a child into an adult.
? hold on : to wait (especially on the telephone).
? look after : to take care of someone or something
? look for : to try to find (something or someone), often a thing or person that is lost.
? look forward to : to think with pleasure about a future event that you expect to enjoy.
? look up : to find (or try to find) something (e.g. a telephone number) in a book (e.g. a telephone directory).
? make up for : to compensate for. mistake / doing or not doing something etc.
? pass away : to die.(usually of a person)
? pass out : to lose consciousness.
? pick up : to give someone a ride in a vehicle; to collect someone or something (sometimes in a vehicle).
? point out : to draw attention to something or someone.
? run into : to meet by chance.
? run out : to use all of (something) and have no more left. of coffee / sugar / money / patience / time etc.
? see off : to say goodbye to someone who is going on a journey at the place (e.g. airport, station etc.) where the journey begins.
? speak up : to speak louder. often used in the imperative
? take after : to look or be like an older relative.
? take off : to rise from the ground.(of an aeroplane)
? think over : to consider (something) carefully. a problem / a proposal / a situation etc.
? try on : to put on an article of clothing to see if it fits and how it looks. a hat / a new pair of shoes / a dress etc.
Here are some common phrasal verbs with their definitions:
? break down (1) : to stop working (of machinery)
break down (2) : to lose control emotionally or mentally.
? break up : to end; to separate. (of a marriage / a family / a relationship etc.)
? bring up : to take care of a child until it is fully grown and able to care for itself; to train and prepare a child for adult life.
? calm down : to become less excited and tense; to help someone (or a difficult situation) to become less excited and tense. a person / a difficult situation etc.
? check in : to report one's arrival. at a hotel, an airport etc.
? cheer up : to become happier.
? come across : to find or meet by chance (something or someone)
? come up with : to think of; to produce. (an idea / a plan / a suggestion etc.
? drop out : to withdraw from, or stop taking part in (a competition, a social group, a school, a university, a job etc.).
? fill in : a form/a questionnaire etc. to complete (a form).
? find out : to make an effort to discover or get to know (something). the truth / a secret / an address / the time /
? get away with : to do something wrong or illegal without being punished (usually without even being discovered or caught).
? get over : to recover from (something) an illness / a failure / a difficulty / a shock etc.
? give up : to stop doing or having (something).(of an habitual activity, smoking / drinking / a job etc.)
? go for to attack. a person, an animal.
? grow up : to develop from a child into an adult.
? hold on : to wait (especially on the telephone).
? look after : to take care of someone or something
? look for : to try to find (something or someone), often a thing or person that is lost.
? look forward to : to think with pleasure about a future event that you expect to enjoy.
? look up : to find (or try to find) something (e.g. a telephone number) in a book (e.g. a telephone directory).
? make up for : to compensate for. mistake / doing or not doing something etc.
? pass away : to die.(usually of a person)
? pass out : to lose consciousness.
? pick up : to give someone a ride in a vehicle; to collect someone or something (sometimes in a vehicle).
? point out : to draw attention to something or someone.
? run into : to meet by chance.
? run out : to use all of (something) and have no more left. of coffee / sugar / money / patience / time etc.
? see off : to say goodbye to someone who is going on a journey at the place (e.g. airport, station etc.) where the journey begins.
? speak up : to speak louder. often used in the imperative
? take after : to look or be like an older relative.
? take off : to rise from the ground.(of an aeroplane)
? think over : to consider (something) carefully. a problem / a proposal / a situation etc.
? try on : to put on an article of clothing to see if it fits and how it looks. a hat / a new pair of shoes / a dress etc.
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