Phrasal verbs

rip off (separable): cheat; take advantage of; charge too much.

"Don't even think about buying a car there. They'll rip you off."

round off (separable): change from a fraction to the nearest whole number.

"Round all prices off to the closest whole-dollar amounts. For example, round $33.73off to $34.00."

run into (inseparable): meet by chance.

"Yesterday at the supermarket, Jan ran into her former roommate. Before yesterday, they hadn't seen each other for nearly five years."

run out of (inseparable): use the last of.

"On the way home from work, Art ran out of gas."

Phrasal verbs

rip off (separable): cheat; take advantage of; charge too much.

"Don't even think about buying a car there. They'll rip you off."

round off (separable): change from a fraction to the nearest whole number.

"Round all prices off to the closest whole-dollar amounts. For example, round $33.73off to $34.00."

run into (inseparable): meet by chance.

"Yesterday at the supermarket, Jan ran into her former roommate. Before yesterday, they hadn't seen each other for nearly five years."

run out of (inseparable): use the last of.

"On the way home from work, Art ran out of gas."

Phrasal Verbs

rip off (separable): cheat; take advantage of; charge too much.

"Don't even think about buying a car there. They'll rip you off."

round off (separable): change from a fraction to the nearest whole number.

"Round all prices off to the closest whole-dollar amounts. For example, round $33.73off to $34.00."

run into (inseparable): meet by chance.

"Yesterday at the supermarket, Jan ran into her former roommate. Before yesterday, they hadn't seen each other for nearly five years."

run out of (inseparable): use the last of.

"On the way home from work, Art ran out of gas.

Phrasal Verbs

rip off (separable): cheat; take advantage of; charge too much.

"Don't even think about buying a car there. They'll rip you off."

round off (separable): change from a fraction to the nearest whole number.

"Round all prices off to the closest whole-dollar amounts. For example, round $33.73off to $34.00."

run into (inseparable): meet by chance.

"Yesterday at the supermarket, Jan ran into her former roommate. Before yesterday, they hadn't seen each other for nearly five years."

run out of (inseparable): use the last of.

"On the way home from work, Art ran out of gas.

Phrasal verbs

make fun of (inseparable): make jokes about (usually unkindly).

"I agree that Bob looks ridiculous since he shaved his head, but don't make fun of him. You'll hurt his feelings."

make up (1. separable): invent / create (imaginary) information.

"Judy's story is hard to believe. I'm sure she made it up."

make up (2. separable): compensate for something missed or not done by doing extra or equivalent work.

"I'm sorry I missed the test. May I make it up?"

make up (with) (3. inseparable): re-establish a friendly relationship by admitting guilt.

"Jack and his girlfriend were very angry with each other, but last night they finally made up."
"Jack and his girlfriend were very angry with each other, but last night they finally made up with each other."

make out (separable): see / hear something well enough to understand what it means. (Note: often negative.)

"Ruth's writing is very small. I almost need a magnify glass to make it out."
"What were the last two examples that he gave? I couldn't make them out."

make for (1. inseparable): go to or toward.

"Her teen-aged children are always hungry. As soon as they arrive home from school, they make for the refrigerator."

make for (2. inseparable): result in; cause.

"Many hands make for light work. (If many people work together, there's less work for everyone.)"

mark up (separable): increase the price (for resale).

"Mrs. White's import shop is profitable because she buys things inexpensively and thenmarks them up."

mark down (separable): reduce the price (as an incentive to buy).

"These shoes were really a bargain! The store marked them down by 40%!"

mix up (separable): cause to become confused.

"I didn't complete the assignment because I didn't know how. The directions mixed meup."

Phrasal verbs

make fun of (inseparable): make jokes about (usually unkindly).

"I agree that Bob looks ridiculous since he shaved his head, but don't make fun of him. You'll hurt his feelings."

make up (1. separable): invent / create (imaginary) information.

"Judy's story is hard to believe. I'm sure she made it up."

make up (2. separable): compensate for something missed or not done by doing extra or equivalent work.

"I'm sorry I missed the test. May I make it up?"

make up (with) (3. inseparable): re-establish a friendly relationship by admitting guilt.

"Jack and his girlfriend were very angry with each other, but last night they finally made up."
"Jack and his girlfriend were very angry with each other, but last night they finally made up with each other."

make out (separable): see / hear something well enough to understand what it means. (Note: often negative.)

"Ruth's writing is very small. I almost need a magnify glass to make it out."
"What were the last two examples that he gave? I couldn't make them out."

make for (1. inseparable): go to or toward.

"Her teen-aged children are always hungry. As soon as they arrive home from school, they make for the refrigerator."

make for (2. inseparable): result in; cause.

"Many hands make for light work. (If many people work together, there's less work for everyone.)"

mark up (separable): increase the price (for resale).

"Mrs. White's import shop is profitable because she buys things inexpensively and thenmarks them up."

mark down (separable): reduce the price (as an incentive to buy).

"These shoes were really a bargain! The store marked them down by 40%!"

mix up (separable): cause to become confused.

"I didn't complete the assignment because I didn't know how. The directions mixed meup."

Phrasal verbs

 Be about to - estar a punto de 
I was about to leave the house when my friends arrived. 

 Be back - regresar
I'm working late at the office tonight so I won't be back until 10. 

Be out of - quedarse sin
We're out of eggs so we can't make a tortilla. 

 Be over - terminarse
When the football match was over, we went to the pub. 

 Be up - estar levantado
"phil isn't up yet: he's still in bed. Phone again in ten minutes." 

 Blow up - estallar (una bomba)
The bomb blew up killing six people. 

 Blow up - inflar
We blew up at least a hundred balloons for the christmas party. 

Break down - averiarse
My car broke down on the way to motril. 

Phrasal verbs

 Be about to - estar a punto de 
I was about to leave the house when my friends arrived. 

 Be back - regresar
I'm working late at the office tonight so I won't be back until 10. 

Be out of - quedarse sin
We're out of eggs so we can't make a tortilla. 

 Be over - terminarse
When the football match was over, we went to the pub. 

 Be up - estar levantado
"phil isn't up yet: he's still in bed. Phone again in ten minutes." 

 Blow up - estallar (una bomba)
The bomb blew up killing six people. 

 Blow up - inflar
We blew up at least a hundred balloons for the christmas party. 

Break down - averiarse
My car broke down on the way to motril. 

Funky Phrasals. Childhood

Gap-fill  
Complete the conversation using the correct form of the phrasal verbs listed below. You can use some
of the verbs more than once.

• to bring up 
• to grow up 
• to take someone back 

Vicki:    I’d like to start by talking about your early life - your childhood...
Callum: My childhood?
Vicki: Yes, I want (1) ___________________, to remember your childhood….
Callum: So we’re going back in time?
Vicki: Yes and on the journey we'll be meeting lots of phrasal verbs, so let’s
(2) ___________________ in time now!
Vicki: So, Callum, where were you born?
Callum: I was born in Scotland.
Vicki: And where did you live as a child?
Callum: Well… I (3) ___________________ in a town called New Milton which is on the South  
Coast of England, between Bournemouth and Southampton.
Vicki: So you (4) ___________________ there - you spent your childhood there. And what
kind of upbringing did you have? I mean were your parents strict with you?
Callum: I guess my parents didn’t really (5) ___________________ me
___________________ too strictly

Funky Phrasals. Childhood

Gap-fill  
Complete the conversation using the correct form of the phrasal verbs listed below. You can use some
of the verbs more than once.

• to bring up 
• to grow up 
• to take someone back 

Vicki:    I’d like to start by talking about your early life - your childhood...
Callum: My childhood?
Vicki: Yes, I want (1) ___________________, to remember your childhood….
Callum: So we’re going back in time?
Vicki: Yes and on the journey we'll be meeting lots of phrasal verbs, so let’s
(2) ___________________ in time now!
Vicki: So, Callum, where were you born?
Callum: I was born in Scotland.
Vicki: And where did you live as a child?
Callum: Well… I (3) ___________________ in a town called New Milton which is on the South  
Coast of England, between Bournemouth and Southampton.
Vicki: So you (4) ___________________ there - you spent your childhood there. And what
kind of upbringing did you have? I mean were your parents strict with you?
Callum: I guess my parents didn’t really (5) ___________________ me
___________________ too strictly

Phrasal Verb of the day

knock off 

Meaning: to murder somebody

For example:

• knock sb off Did you hear about the insurance salesman who took out policies on his customers and then knocked them off in order to collect the payouts?
  
• knock off sb Tony reckons a mafia hitman will knock off anyone who talks to the police.
  
• be/get knocked off by sb The police said the girl was probably knocked off by the guy she was with when she left the bar.

Phrasal Verb of the day

knock off 

Meaning: to murder somebody

For example:

• knock sb off Did you hear about the insurance salesman who took out policies on his customers and then knocked them off in order to collect the payouts?
  
• knock off sb Tony reckons a mafia hitman will knock off anyone who talks to the police.
  
• be/get knocked off by sb The police said the girl was probably knocked off by the guy she was with when she left the bar.

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs: run away, let out, muck out, look out for

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs: run away, let out, muck out, look out for

Phrasal Verbs: grow up, pass away, take after, bring up

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Phrasal Verbs: grow up, pass away, take after, bring up

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Add up

Meaning: To make a mathematical total

Example: We ADDED UP the bill to check it was correct

Add up

Meaning: To make a mathematical total

Example: We ADDED UP the bill to check it was correct

Ache for

Meaning: Want something or someone a lot

Example: My partner's been away for a fortnight- I am ACHING FOR her.

Ache for

Meaning: Want something or someone a lot

Example: My partner's been away for a fortnight- I am ACHING FOR her.