Phrasal Verbs Lesson 11 Flashcards
Blurt out
to say something suddenly, and without thinking of the results:
Normally a secret a problem
At one point, Goetz blurted out, “The subways down there are terrible.”
To his mother's horror, he blurted out all the details of her illness. Para la sorpresa de su madre, él soltó todos los detalles sobre su enfermedad.
Bottle up
to keep (a feeling or emotion) inside instead of expressing it : to hide (a feeling or emotion) She's kept her feelings about the accident bottled up for too long. I know he's angry, but he bottles it up inside instead of talking to someone about it.
Choke back
If you choke back feelings or tears, you force yourself not to show how angry or upset you are:
Choking back my anger, I tried to speak calmly.
“John has had an accident,” she said, choking back the tears.
Fend for
to take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else:
Now that the children are old enough to fend for themselves, we can go away on holiday by ourselves.
Fend off
to avoid dealing with something that is unpleasant or difficult:
The publisher offered shareholders a special dividend to try to fend off a hostile takeover bid from a competitor.
Keep up
to be able to understand or deal with something that is happening or changing very fast:
I read the papers to keep up with what’s happening in the outside world.
Also keep up appearances to protect your image
Fend off advances
Lilly: just “fending off” the advances of that totally hot guy. [ laughing]
Robin: dude, I think that guy is gay.
Lilly: I know that guy is gay. It’s just Marshall and I have been together for nine years and I haven’t been single since high school.
Robin: you want to be single?
You want to fight off loser guys all night?
The closest definition I could get was this:
to push or send away an attacker or other unwanted person:
She spent the entire evening fending off unwanted admirers.
Come in for
(come in for something) to receive something such as criticism
Fast food has come in for further criticism in a report published today.
Come up with
to suggest or think of an idea or plan:
He came up with a great idea for the ad campaign.
Keep in sight
keep (someone or something) in sight
1. To position oneself to be able to see someone or something.
Keep the thief in sight while I call the police.
2. To remember or remind oneself of something.
If you don’t keep your goal in sight, you’ll give up before you can ever achieve it.
Lose sight
to forget about an important idea or fact because you are thinking too much about other things:
I’m worried that we’re losing sight of our original objectives.
shoot down
to destroy an aircraft or kill a person with guns:
A Navy missile may have shot down the aircraft.
To shoot down an idea or suggestion is to prevent it from being accepted:
A proposal to require high school students to take at least one AP course was shot down by concerned parents.
sweep aside
to refuse to consider something or to treat it as important:
They swept his doubts and objections aside.
You can sweep aside accusations, doubts, objections
APARTAR / PASAR POR ALTO
tease out
to try to get information or understand a meaning that is hidden or not clear:
you can tease out a secret, information, etc
It took me a while to tease the truth out of him.
tone down
to make something less forceful or offensive, usually a piece of writing or a speech:
Some of the language in the original play has been toned down for the television version.
opposite of whip up
“bajar el tono de una critica, de un problema, etc”
