Phrasal Verbs

Question 1

Turn on

Answer 1

On l’emploi :
- peut signifier allumer (turn on the radio)
- peut signifier attaquer (eg : the dog turns on me)
- peut signifier exciter amener qq à ressentir de l’attirance (eg : He really turns me on)

Question 2

Back up

Answer 2

• Sauvegarder
• soutenir ou supporter
• retourner
• Revenir en arrière

Question 3

Bring up

Answer 3

• dans le sens de ramener le sujet, le mentionner (eg : he didn’t bring the subject up this morning)
• Élever (qq), faire monter, monter

Question 4

Go across

Answer 4

Traverser (cross), passer de l’autre côté

Question 5

Go towards

Answer 5

Contribuer à, participer à
Eg : the money went towards my university fees

Question 6

Hold up

Answer 6

• Tenir bon (tenir)
• retenir par, pour parler d’un retard (eg : I was held up by a traffic and missed my appointment)
• braquer : Two armed men held up the bank this morning.

Question 7

Depend on

Answer 7

• être conditionné par (eg : it’s depend on the weather)
• compter sur (to rely on, to count on. Eg : you can always depend on him)

Question 8

Let off

Answer 8

• lâcher
• amnistier, gracier (eg : the judge let him off rather than a prison sentence)

Question 9

Put away

Answer 9

• ranger
• mettre qq en prison (eg : the judge put him away for ten years for robbery = vol)

Question 10

Stand up

Answer 10

• se lever, se tenir debout, résister, faire face à
  Poser un lapin : stand up (she didn’t come to our date, she stood me up)

Question 11

Stand by

Answer 11

• supporter qq
• se tenir prêt, être prêt, attendre

Question 12

Compare to

Answer 12

• comparer 2 choses ou personnes pour voir la similitude (eg : she always compare to her sister’s)

Question 13

Eat out

Answer 13

Manger dehors dans un restaurant