Phrasal verbs

carry off It was a daring attempt but he carried it off.

finish off I must finish off the work while the light is good.

pay off It's a good feeling to pay off the house after all these years.

pull off John at last pulled examine off.

top off Top off your compositions and put off. [15]

Other Meanings

call off The game was called off.

cool off It cools off with

extreme slowness.

rip off John wouldn't dare to rip off a bank.

show off I think he visited us just to show off his new car.

tell off Six of us were told off to get fuel. [16]

"Phrasal Verbs with "Back"

"Returning"

bring back You must bring these library books back next week.

call back/phone back I'll call you back.

get back When did your neighbors get back from their holiday?

give back When can you give back the money?

take back My mind took me back to that evening .

"Repeating/Reciprocating"

answer back She always taught him not to answer back.

bounce back Small children often catch diseases, but they soon bounce back.

fight back She fought back her tears as she said goodbye.

pay back We will pay them back for the trick they played on us.

strike back He had a chance to strike back.

"Controlling/Suppressing"

choke back Jim had to choke back his anger or he would have hit the man.

cut back The factory's production has been cut back.

fight back I had to fight back a desire to laugh at the small child's remark.

hold back I held back from jumping into the cold water

Phrasal Verbs with "Away"

Away when combined with different verbs, can have the meaning of leaving, disappearing, or storing.

"Leaving/Separating"

break away Part of the country broke away to form a new nation.

drive away Don't drive people away who want to help you.

get away I couldn't get away at all last year, I was too busy.

go away There was no answer to my knock, so I went away

keep away The doctor advised Jim to keep away from fattening foods.

move away Losing interest, the crowd moved slowly away.

run away Don't run away, I want to talk to you.

scare away Higher coffee prices are scaring away the customers.

take away You may take away. [17]

"Disappearing/Making Something Disappear"

chuck away Why did you chuck your money away on such a worthless plan?

do away with This old custom is done away with.

fade away The music faded away.

give away The politician gave away his best chance to win the election

pass away Why the animals pass away?

throw away John throw away an advantage to rest.

"Hiding/Storing"

file away I'll file his name away for future use.

hideaway Muslim women hide away their faces.

lock away She locked her memories of him away in her heart.

put away Please put your toys away.

Phrasal Verbs with "Over"

Common phrasal verbs of "over" like think things over or check things over carry the meaning of considering or examining. However, when combined with other verbs, "over" can also carry the meaning of changing or transferring.

"Considering/Examining"

check over I asked the doctor to check me over.

look over We must look the school over before sending our son there.

mull over / think over Think over what I've said.

talk over Mrs. Taylor talk the prosecutor over her innocence.

"Changing/Transferring"

change over / Switch over If you change the words over, the sentence sounds over.

hand over The escaped criminal was handed over to the police.

move over There's room for three if you move over.

take over I want to take her all over the house.

Other Meanings

blow over I hope your troubles will soon blow over.

carry over The rights to the property carry over to the buyer.

get over How can we get over? The traffic's so busy.

run over The bathwater is running over!

smooth over Perhaps a gift of flowers will help to smooth your quarrel over.

2.1 Phrasal verbs in use

The most import thing is to understand the meanings of English phrasal verbs and to be able to use them in speech and in writing. English people use them all the time: we can meet phrasal verbs in songs, magazines and newspaper articles. For example: [7] [2] [14]

We can give examples found in literature

1. What he saw was worse than he had figured out.

2. Very few people care about orphans.

1. The French Revolution broke out in 1789.

2. A man was brought up to the standards set by Reason.

3. The romantic poets, who could not put with and longed to transcend the limits set by nature and society to man, searched for permanence.

4. The challenge resulted in the emancipation of the creative imagination.

5. These views f the poet account for the fact that romantic poetry is largely inward-looking.

6. The penetrably of mystery attracted the romantic soul, but it was constantly pulled back into the real.

1. We find it difficult to keep in touch with ourselves.

2. Music helps us to keep in touch with ourselves.

3. Song stopped being a song and turned into sound.

4. The Beatles came along and solved the problem.

Also phrasal verbs used in the language of computing and the Internet are overwhelmingly English.

Whether you’re e-mailing or using word processor, surfing the net or just chatting with your friend about the new computer you’ve just bought, you’re sure to come across the verbs listed below.

pop up – appear suddenly

Every time I open this site, a new window pops up saying that I won a free prize.

scroll down – move (a page) down

There was a long list of names on the webpage and I had to scroll down to view all of them.

dial up – dial a number that connects a computer with an Internet service provider

Sometimes it takes my computer for ever to dial up to my Internet service provider.

plug in – insert a plug into an electric outlet

She forgot to plug in her printer and was wondering why it didn’t work.

log in – enter a computer by providing username and password

I log in to my bank account every week to check my balance.

set up – establish

I asked my friend help me set up my email account.

It is sensible to back up your files regularly. That way you can always restore an important document if it gets deleted.

Wait till the PC boots up, then log in and run the programs you need.

My PC broke down and I couldn't use it until somebody came and fixed it for me.

I can't listen to music on my computer because my speakers are not connected up.

The computer went down and when I booted up again the report I'd been working on had disappeared!

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