Phrasal Verbs Flashcards

(43 cards)

1
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Back something up

A

Support an explanation

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2
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Bolt something down

A

Eat something very quickly

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3
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Bring someone up

A

Take care of a child until they become an adult

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4
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Bring something about

A

Cause

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5
Q

Carry on (doing) something

A

Continue

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6
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Carry out something

A

Do some work or research

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7
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Catch on

A

Become popular or fashionable

Begin to understand

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8
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Catch up on something

A

Do something that you didn’t do enough of before
Ponerse al día

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9
Q

Cheer someone up

A

Become/make someone less sad

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10
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Come across something/someone

A

Find/meet something/someone by chance

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11
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Come over

A

Visit someone in the place where they are, especially their house

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12
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Come up with something

A

Think of
Propose
Present

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13
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Draw something up

A

Prepare and write a plan

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14
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Fall out with someone

A

Stop being friendly with someone because you have had an argument

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15
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Find something out

A

Discover

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16
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Get about (a place)

A

Travel around
Travel frequently
Move around

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17
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Get away with something

A

Manage to do something bad without being punished or criticised for it

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18
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Get by

A

Manage to survive/live

19
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Get on with someone

A

Have a good relationship with someone

20
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Get over something

A

Recover from
Overcome
Pass

21
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Give away* information

A

Tell information that should be kept secret

22
Q

Give homework in

A

Hand homework to the teacher

23
Q

Give in (to someone’s requests)

A

Agree to something after initial resistance

24
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Give oneself up

A

Allow oneself to be arrested

25
Give out* (books/paper)
Distribute something to several people
26
Give out* information
Give information to a lot of people
27
Give something back
Return something
28
Give something up
Stop doing something you do regularly
29
Go in for (a competition)
Enter (a competition)
30
Go on
Happen
31
Go on (with something)
Continue
32
Go around
Visit a person or place
33
Grow up
Change from being a child to becoming an adult
34
Gulp something down
Drink something very quickly
35
Head for somewhere
Go somewhere
36
Hit it off with someone
Like each other on the first meeting
37
Kick someone out (informal)
Force someone to leave a place or organisation; expel
38
Let someone down
Disappoint
39
Look forward to something
Feel happy about something that is going to happen
40
Look up to someone
Admire and respect
41
Put (you) off
Desalentar/desanimar Posponer (delay)
42
Flick through
Hojear/ echar un vistazo
43
Tear apart
Hacer trizas