PHRASAL VERBS Pick up:recoger Drop off:dejar en un sitio. Ambos son muy comunes, pero tienen alternativa. Recoger tambin puede decirse get y dejar, leave, comenta Price. Put on: vestirse Take off: quitarte ropa. Este tambin tiene alternativa, remove, pero put on no la tiene, aade. Turn on: encender Turn off: apagar. Ambos se refieren a aparatos elctricos o mquinas. Turn up y turn down: subir y bajar el volumen. Pero tambin significan aparecer (turn up) y rechazar (turn down), aclara Price. Take off: despegar. Pero su antnimo no es un phrasal. Aterrizar se dice to land, muchos alumnos intentan convertirlo en phrasal verb y dicen land on, pero no es correcto. Lo mismo sucede con light, encender con fuego, y con put out (apagar fuego), intentan decir light on, que no existe, explica. Stay away: mantenerse alejado. Get over: recuperarse de una enfermedad. Hay otros con muchas posibles traducciones quees importante conocer, comomake upque significa inventar, reconciliarse, maquillarse, recuperar (una clase). Put up: colgar, guardar. Fall down: caerse al suelo. Bring up: sacar un tema. Back up: dar marcha atrs. Fill up: llenar (hasta el borde). Get up: levantarse. Hurry up: darse prisa.Bring up means to mention something. You can tell your colleague, for example: They didnt bring up any of our suggestions in the meeting.

Carry on this phrasal verb is very similar to go on. Just like go on it means to continue but its usually used in phrases like Lets carry on or You can carry on without me.

Chase up a very handy way of saying to find, to seek out. For instance, youve been assigned a particular task, but some necessary files are missing. You can say Ill chase up those files meaning youll go and see where those files are. You can also chase up a person Ill chase up Frank because I need his help with homework and no-one else has an idea how to do it!

Come across to find something by chance or to encounter something unexpectedly. If you found an interesting article online and youre telling your friend about it, you can say: You know, I came across this article online where theyve done research on

Come up with this is a very useful phrasal verb if you usually find it hard to describe the fact when someone has told you about a new plan or a good idea. You might be struggling with phrases like He created a good plan or She produced a brand new solution or even I devised a new idea on how to Native English speakers would simply say She came up with a brand new solution so you can start using this phrasal verb!

Fall apart describes when something falls into pieces. Lets say youre wrapping an awkward package and youre struggling with it. You can say The whole thing just keeps falling apart, I cant wrap it; can you help me? This is another phrasal verb foreigners dont normally use and if you start using it on similar occasions youll find it much easier to describe the situation!

Get along means to have a good relationship with someone. You can say Do you get along with Mary from the accounting? if you want to ask that person if he/she is in good terms with Mary. Another sample sentence - I dont get along with Mark, I didnt like him from the very first day I met him!

Get away with means to avoid being punished for not having done something or for breaching rules. A typical phrase you can start using right away is Did you think you can get away with this? if youve caught someone having done something youre very unhappy about.

Get over if you cant accept something thats happened in your life and you cant stop thinking about it, you can say - Its very hard for me to get over it. And if you want to lift someones spirits and say that its not such a big deal after all, you can say: Common, get over it, its not as bad as it looks!

Give up use this phrasal verb when speaking about resolution youve stopped pursuing or expectations that are most likely to remain unfulfilled. I gave up my New Years diet; I just couldnt stick to it. Ive given up hope of getting a better job.

Go on! This is a typical way of telling someone to begin a particular action or resume doing something. If you cant wait on someone to start telling an interesting story, youd exclaim in excitement Go on, go on! You can also use go on if you, for instance, are writing down figures your co-worker is calling out for you. Every time youre ready to put the next figure down you can use the phrasal verb go on to let your partner know that he can call out the next figure.

Hold on! Literally hold on means to hold on to something. Most common use of this phrasal verb, however, is when you want to tell someone to stop doing something or to wait until youre ready to proceed with the initial action. Foreigners usually use Stop! and Wait! instead; hold on is more natural in spoken English.

Look after means to take care of and is used a lot in communications between supervisors and employees at work. Typically your boss would ask you Can you look after this order for me? So if you want to sound more natural and friendly, dont say things like Im responsible for this customer. Im looking after this customer is the best way of putting it.

Look up to find something in a phone book, on the Internet or any other reference media. This is a very handy phrasal verb to use in sentences like Can you look up their address on the Net?

Make out to recognize, to distinguish details of something. I just couldnt make out what she was saying! you can say a phrase like this if the person in question spoke too fast, or with a distinct accent, or too quiet. Another sample sentence I cant make out these details; can you help me with this, please?

Pull over if you drive a car, you can use this phrasal verb to describe an action of driving to the side of the road in order to stop. Typical application of this phrasal verb Can you pull over at the next petrol station? Foreigners would most likely say to stop at so if you start using pull over youll sound more natural when speaking English!

Put down simply means to write down. Hold on, Ill put it down, let me just find a piece of paper!

Put off this is an informal way of saying to postpone, to do later. I dont want to clean my house today, Ill put it off till tomorrow would be a perfect example of this phrasal verb in use.

Turn up means to arrive. You can inquire about your friend by asking Has Michael turned up today? if you havent seen him and youre wondering if hes come to work or school today at all.

Watch out! you can use this phrasal verb if something endangers someone elses safety and you want to bring that persons attention to that object or activity. Foreigners usually use unarticulated sounds instead like Ahh! or Ohh! simply because on occasions when a super-fast reaction is needed they cant think of a fitting word or phrase to say.

Bring up- plantear / sacar un tema Carry on continuar Chase up- hacer un seguimiento Come across- dar con / encontrase con Come up with- proponer una idea o solucin Fall apart- desbaratar / venir abajo Get along- llevarse bien con Get away with- salir impune Get over- recuperarse de / superar Give up- darse por vencido Go on continuar Hold on- decir a alguien que espere o pare Look after- cuidar a / ocuparse de Look up buscar Make out- entender / distinguir Pull over- hacerse a un lado / detenerse Put down- anotar / apuntar Put off aplazar Turn up- acudir / presentarse / asistir Watch out!- Cuidado!

1be over(intransitive)have finished.e.g.You're late the meeting is already over.

2break down(intransitive)stop functioningproperly(if we're talking about a machine), or, lose control of your emotions and start crying (if we're talking about people).e.g.He broke down when he saw that the coffee-machine had broken down and he couldn't get hisdoseof caffeine!

3bring so. upcare for, educate in a specificsetof ethical ideas and prepare so. for adult life.e.g.She was brought up by her aunt after her mother died.

4catch up with so.(literally) reach the place where so. else is, by going faster than him/her (e.g. in a race).(metaphorically) reach the level of more advanced learners by studying faster than them.e.g. Iworked hard to catch up with the other students because I didn't want to repeat the course the following year.

5find (sth.) outdiscover information.e.g. Ionly found out later that he had lied to me.

6give up(intransitive)stop trying.e.g.This is too difficult, I give up!give yourself upmeans tosurrender(to the enemy or the police).e.g.The bandit gave himself up to the police.give sth. up(transitive)means to stop doing (an activity) or to surrender an object.e.g.I'm going to give up smoking in May.

7look for sth./so.try to find.e.g.Excuse me, I'm looking for Mr Page, the cashier.

8look sth.uptry to find (in a book or on a list).e.g.Look up the words you don't know in a dictionary.

9set sth. upestablish, create.e.g.In 1999they set up their own company;now they are rich.

10carry on(doing)continue.e.g.He carried on makingnoiseas if nothing had happened.

11carry sth.outperform, undertake, execute (instructions).e.g. Itold him to carry out your ordersto the letter.

12give sth.backback return.e.g.You promised to give theCDback last week and I still haven't got it!

13hold so./sth. updelay.e.g. I was held up in thetraffic jamfor an hour and missed the meeting.

14put sth. offpostpone.e.g.The decisionhasbeen putoff until next month.put s.o. offmeans distract, break so.'s concentration.e.g.The noise ofTVput meoff and I couldn't concentrate

15put sth. onstart to wear (clothes).e.g.Put your jersey on, Jimmy. It's getting cold.The opposite is totake sth.off.

16put sth. outextinguish (fire, lights, etc.).e.g.Put that cigarette out! You can't smoke in here.

17put up withso./sth.tolerate, accept.e.g. I'mnot going to put up with his insolenceany longer.

18run out of sth.use completely, finish.e.g.Wehaverun out of bread! What are we going to offer our guests for breakfast?

19turn sth. onactivate.e.g.She turned on the music centre.turn so. onmeans to excite (sexually). The opposite of both meanings isturn sth. /off.

20wear sth. outweaken, deteriorate.e.g.That jersey has worn out at theelbows, throw it away.wear so. outmeans to exhaust.e.g.Looking after the children really wears me out.