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Self-study and classroom use

Michael McCarthy

Felicity O'Dell

Self-study and classroom use

Michael McCarthy

Felicity O'Dell

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W a lsh a n d C a ro lin e T h iria u w h o h a v e p ro v id e d in v a lu a b le p ro fe ssio n a l e x p e rtise a n d

g u id a n c e th r o u g h o u t d ie p ro je c t W e v ery m u ch a p p re c ia te th e im p o rta n c e o f th e ir in p u t a t

e v e ry s ta g e o f o u r w o rk W e a lso th a n k A ly so n M a sk e ll fo r all th e h ig h ly v a lu e d ex p erie n ce

a n d sk ills she b r o u g h t to th e p re p a ra tio n o f th e m a n u s c rip t fo r p r o d u c tio n a n d p rin tin g

W e m u s t a lso th a n k th e le x ic o g ra p h e rs a n d e lectro » ic te a m a t C am bridge: U n iv e rsity PrcSS-

W c a r c p a rtic u la rly g ra te fu l f o r th e ir a n a ly sis o f p h ra sa l v erb s in th e C a m b rid g e I n te rn a tio n a l

C o rp u s in th e ir d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e C a m b rid g e D ic tio n a ry o f P h ra sa l V erbs O u r se lectio n o f

p h ra s a l v erb s fo r th is b o o k is firm ly b ased o n th is w o rk

T h e b o o k h a s a lso b en efited e n o rm o u s ly fro m th e v ery useful fe e d b a c k w e h a v e received fro m te a c h e rs a n d stu d e n ts In p a rtic u la r w e w o u ld lik e to th a n k th e fo llo w in g te a c h e rs w h o

re v ie w e d a n d p ilo te d tin: m a te ria l th r o u g h o u t its d e v e lo p m e n t:

c u rre n tly s ta n d s a t o v e r one b illio n w o rd s I t in clu d es B ritish E n g lish , A m e r ic a n E nglish

a n d o th e r varieties o f E n g lish I t a lso in clu d es th e C a m b r id g e L e a rn e r C o rp u s, d e v e lo p e d in

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T h e p u b lis h e r h a s u s e d its b e s t e n d e a v o u r s to en su re th a t th e U R L s f a r e x te r n a l iueb$ile$ refe rre d to in th is b o o h a re c o rrect a n d a c tiv e a t th e tim e o f g o in g to p ress H o w e v e r, the

p u b lis h e r has n o r e s p o n s ib ility f o r th e w e b site s a n d ca n m a k e h o g u a ra n te e th a t a s ite w ill

re m a in live o r th a t th e c a n te n t is o r w ill r e m a in a p p ro p ria te

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English Phrasol Vsrbs in Use Advanced 3

U sin g th is b o o k

W h y was th is b o o k w r it t e n !

i t w as w ritte n to h e lp you ta k e y o u r k n o w le d g e o f p h ra s a l v e rb s to a m o re a d v a n c e d level

Ir is in te n d e d fo r s tu d e n ts w h o a lre a d y have a t least ¿m u p p e r in te rm e d ia te level o f F.nglish

M a n y o f y o u w ill h av e a lre a d y w o rk e d w ith F.nglisb P hrasal V erb s in Use In te r m e d ia te a n d

tHis b o o k b u ild s o n th e w o r k d o n e th e re H o w e v e r i t d o es n o t m a tte r if y o u h a v e g a in e d y o u r

k n o w le d g e o f p h ra sa l v e rb s in a d iffe re n t w ay W e d o n o t a s s u m e th a t y o u h a v e \i$cd T'.nglisb

P h ra sa l V erbs in U se In te rm e d ia te , a lth o u g h w e d o p re s e n t a n d p ra c tis e eith e r d iffe re n t

p h ra s a l v erb s in th is b o o k or, o ccasio n a lly , m o re a d v a n c e d ases o f v erb s th a t w e re p re se n te d

in th e lo w e r level h o o k

H o w w e re th e phrasal v e rb s in th is b o o k selected!

T h e a p p ro x im a te ly 1 ,0 0 0 p h ra s a l v e rb s a n d re la te d n o u n s a n d a d je c tiv e s w h ic h are p re se n te d

in th is b o o k w e re ¿II se lec ted fro m th o se identified as sig n ific a n t iiy th e C A N C O D F c o rp u s

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T h e p h ra sa l v erb s «¡elected a re a cc o rd in g ly a lso to he fo u n d in th e C a m b rid g e P h ra sa l V erbs

D ic tio n a ry , w h e re y o u c a n fin d a d d itio n a l usage n o te s a n d e x a m p le s Y ou c a n s e a rc h th is

d ic tio n a ry o n lin e by g o in g co th e fo llo w in g w eb site : w \v w d ic tio n a rv c a m b rid g e o rg

H o w is th e b o o k o rga n ise d !

T h e h o o k has 6 0 tw o -p a g e units» T h e le ft-h a n d p a g e e x p la in s rh e p h ra s a l v erb s t h a t are

p re se n te d in th e u n it You wiJ] u su a lly find a n e x p la n a tio n o f th e m e a n in g o f th e p h ra sa l verb ,

a n e x a m p le o f it in use a n d , w h e r e d p p ro p rid te, so m e c o m m e n ts o n w h en a n d h o w it is u sed

T h e e x ercises on th e rjg h t- h a n d p a g e c h e c k th a t y o u h a v e u n d e rs to o d th e in fo rm a tio n o n rh e

le ft-h a n d p a g e a n d give y o u p ractice in u sin g th e m a te ria l p re se n te d

T h e u n its a re o rg a n ise d in to d iffe re n t sectio n s

F irst w e s ta r t w ith im p o r ta n t in fo rm a tio n a b o u t p h ra sa l v erb s in g e n e ra l (U n its 1 - 4 ) : w h a t

th ey a rc , h o w th e ir g ra m m a r w o rk s a n d so o n W e stro n g ly re c o m m e n d th a t y o u d o these units first

T h e n e x t sectio n lo o k s a t so m e in te re stin g a sp ects o f m o re a d v a n c e d p h r a s a l v e rb s, d ealin g

w ith su ch im p o r ta n t issu es as c o llo c a tio n , re g iste r a n d m e ta p h o r As th ese are th em es th a t are re tu rn e d to th r o u g h o u t th e b o o k , it is a g o o d idea lo w o rk th ro u g h th e se u n its b efo re

p ro g re ssin g to o th e r m o re specific u n its

A fter th e se tw o in tro d u c to ry se c tio n s, th e re is a sectio n d e a lin g w ith so m e o f th e m o s t

c o m m o n p a rtic le s u se d in fo rm in g p h r a s a l v e rb s W o rk in g o n th e se u n its w ill h elp y o » to g a in

a feelin g f o r th e fo rce o f th e se p a rtic le s a n d w ill h e lp y o u h a v e a feeling fo r th e m e a n in g o f a

p h ra s a l v erb y o u are m e etin g fo r th e first rim e

T h e n e x t tw o se c tio n s d e a l w ith Concept«; (e.g C h a n g e ) a n d F u n c tio n s (e.g A rra n g in g th in g s)

T h e se s e c tio n s a r e fo llo w e d by a large n u m b e r o f to p ic 'b a s e d u n its fo c u sin g o n d iffe re n t

d ic tio n a ry a lso in d ic a re s th e u n it n u m b e r w h e re y o u c a n find a p a r tic u la r p h r a s a l verb

Engfofi Verbs in U&eAdvonced

te rm in o lo g y th a t is used in th e rest o f th e b o o k T h e n w e su g g e st th a t y o u m o v e o a to U nits

5 - 9 a n d a f te r th a t y o u m a y w o r k o n th e u n its in a n y o rd e r t h a t su its y o u

W h a t else d o I need in o r d e r t o w o r k w itti th is book?

Y ou n e e d a n o te b o o k o r file so th a t y o u c a n w rite d o w n th e p h ra s a l v erb s th a t y o u s tu d y in

th e b o o k a s w d l a s a n y o th e rs t h a t y o u c o m e a c ro ss elsew h ere

Y ou a lso need to h a v e access co a g o o d d ic tio n a ry W e stro n g ly re c o m m e m l th e C a m b rid g e

Phrasal V erbs D ic tio n a r y ?is th is gives you e x a c tly the k in d o f in f o r m a tio n t h a t y o u need

to h av e a b o u t p h ra s a l v e rb s Y o u r teach er, h o w ev er; m a y a lso be a b le to re c o m m e n d o th e r

d ic tio n a rie s t b i t y o u m a y find u sefu l

So aii th a t re m a in s is to say G o f o r it! (U n it 3 1 ) W e h o p e y o u ’ll find th is a n e n jo y a b le as w ell

as a u sefu l w a y to k e e p u p a n d e x te n d y o u r k n o w le d g e o f E n g lish p h ra s a l v e rb s in use

£ngfef> Phrasal Verbs in Use Adwnced 5

Phrasal verb s: w h a t a re th e y and how

a re th e y used?

W h a t a re phrasal verbs?

P h ra s a l v e rb s a r e v erb s (.hat c o n s is t o f a v erb a n d a p a rtic le (a p re p o s itio n o r a d v e rb ) o r a

verb arid tw o p a rtic le s (an a d v e rb a n d a p r e p o s itio n , as in g e t o n w ith o r lo o k fo r w a r d to )

T h ey a rc id en tifie d by th e ir g ra m m a i: (m o re a b o u t th a t in U n it 2 ), b u t it is p ro b a b ly b e st to

th in k o f th e m as in d iv id u a l v o c a b u la ry ite m s, to be le a rn t in p h ra s e s o r c h u n k s T h e y o ften

- b u t n o r a lw a y s - have a o n e -w o rd e q u iv a le n t F o r e x a m p le , y o u can co m e a c ro s s a new

p h ra s a l v e rb o r y o u can e n c o u n te r it Y ou c a n p ic k u p a la n g u a g e o r y o u can a c q u ire it

C o m e a c ro ss a n d p ic k tip s o u n d less lite ra ry o r fo rm a l th a n e n c o u n te r o r a cq u ire

B B W h y a re p h rasal v e rb s im p o rta n t?

PlirasaJ v erb s a rc e x tre m e ly c o m m o n in E nglish T h e y arc fo u n d in a w id e v a rie ty o f

c o n te x ts Y ou m a y h a v e n o d c e d their» in so n g s, fo r e x a m p le th e B e a d e s’ I 'l l g e t b y w ith a

lillle h e lp fr o m th y frie n d s o r R o ll o i/nr B e e th o ven ^ B ob M a r ley’s G e t u p , sittncii uf? a n d R ed

H o t C hili P e p p e rs ’ K n o c k m e d o w n Y o u find th e m in film title s su ch as T h e E m p ir e S trikes

B a ck) S p ir ite d A w a y , A lo n g C a m e F o lly o r C ast A w a y T h e y are v ery fre q u e n t in n e w sp a p e r

h ead lin es H e n : arc ju st a few e x a m p le s:

C o u n t r y 's m is p l a c e d p r i d e h o l d s b a c k its d e m o c r a c y C ricket: England

h o l d s o u t f o r a draw

C o v e r - u p r a i s e s

f e a r s o v e r b ir d Hu T u r n e r a d d s t i p J ik e ly eo.st o f p e n s io n *

P h ra s a l v e rb s a re c o m m o n in less fo rm a l E n g lish b u t y o u w ill a lso h e a r o r see a n d n eed to

use th e m m m o re form a) contexts* R e g iste r is d iscu ssed in m o re d e tail in U n it 6.

W h ic h p h rasal v e rb s d o e s th is b o o k deal with?

T h is b o o k is b a se d on in fo rm a tio n g a in e d fro m th e C a m b rid g e I n te r n a tio n a l C o rp u s (a h u g e

c o m p u te ris e d d a ta b a s e o f p re se n t-d a y E nglish) a b o u t p h ra s a l v e rb s a n d h o w th e y are used

in c o n te m p o r a ry F.nglish i t fo cu ses on p h r a s a l v erb s m o r e a d v a n c e d s tu d e n ts need to k n o w

- b u t in g e n e ra l d o e s n o t d e a l w ith th e v erb s in th e lo w e r level E n g lish P h ra sa l V erbs in

Use in te r m e d ia te , i t in clu d es p h ra s a l n o u n s lik e s ta n d b y o r o n s e t (see U n it 3) a n d p h ra s a l

a d je c tiv e s su ch as o u tg o in g o r w o rn o u t (st:c U n it 4)

W h a t can I do to help m yself m a s te r phrasal verbs?

T ry to th in k p o sitiv ely a b o u t th e m ! A n d , n o w y o u a re a t a m o re a d v a n c e d level, try n o t just

to u n d e rs ta n d th e m , b u t a lso to use th e m in y o u r o w n s p e a k in g a n d w ritin g

K eep a n eve open fo r th e m w h e n e v e r y o u a r c re a d in g a n y th in g in F.nglish a n d m a k e a n o te

o f a n y in te re stin g o n es yoli find W rite th e m d o w n in a c o m p le te p h ra se o r a se n te n c e to fix

in y o u r m in d h o w th e y are used

Be a w a re t h a t o tic o f th e Special fe a tu re s o f p h r a s a l v erb s is chat so m e o f th e m h a v e m a n y

d iffe re n t m e a n in g s - f o r e x a m p le , y o u c a n p ic k s o m e th in g lip f ro m th e floor, y o u c a n p ic k

u p a lan g u a g e o r b a d h a b its , th e w e a th e r can pick u p , you can pick u p a b a rg a in , a ra d io can p ic k u p a sig n al, th e e c o n o m y c a n p ic k u p , y o u c a n p ic k u p a s to ry w h ere y o u le ft it,

y o u c a n pick so m e o n e lip ill y o u r can S om etim es th e m e a n in g s are c le a rly re la te d , som e being m o re literal a n d so m e m o re m e ta p h o ric a l U n it 7 d eals w ith th is in m o re d e ta il

In th is book w c m ay n o t p re se n t a ll th e m e a n in g s o f th e v erb s char a r e in c lu d e d Y ou m a y

fin d o th e r s in E n g lish P h ra sa l Verbs in Use in te r m e d ia te actd th e re a re still m o re in th e

C a m b rid g e P hrasal Verbs D ic tio n a ry

6 Eng/rsh Phraso) Verbs in l/se Advanced

I I U n d e rlin e th e p h ra s a l v erb s in th e se te x ts R e m e m b e r th e p a rtic le o r p re p o s itio n m ay n o r b e

im m e d ia te ly n e x t to th e v e rb

1 1 d e c id e d to ta k e u p g a rd e n in g , so 1 w e n t to th e lib ra ry , lo o k a b o o k o u r a n d r e a d up o n

th e su b je c t T fo u n d o u t so to a n y in te re stin g things,, su ch ns th e b e st tim e to p la n t flow ers

o u t f o r th e su m m e r a n d h o w to g ro w v eg etab les I'v e re a lly g o t in to it n o w a n d sp e n d

3 J h av e to c a tc h u p oil m y c o u rs e w o rk th is w e e k e n d a s I’ve fa lle n b e h in d a b it I w o rk e d

on till m id n ig h t last n ig h t b u t I still have lo ad s to d o i hav e tr> h a n d o n e essa y in o n

T u e sd a y a n d a n o th e r o n e o n Friday F m n o t su re w h e th e r i ’ll m a k e it, b u t 1*11 try

4 S end fr o m f in / will? th e c lo w n s (B a rb ra SLrci&and)

C o m p le te th e se n te n c e s in th e rig h t-h a n d c o lu m n w ith a p h ra sa l n o u n o r a d je c tiv e b a s e d o n

th e p h rasaJ v e rb s in th e le ft-h a n d c o lu m n U se a d ictio n ary ' if n ecessary , a n d re m e m b e r th a t

.1 A M a tc h th e h e a d lin e s w ith th e sen te n ces fro m th e Stories

1 pB T G SHAKF.-UP EXPECTED IN ED U C A TIO N

3 [ L O C K O U T C O N T IN U E S A T A V IA T IO N P L A N T

BREAKAWAY GROUP T O FORM N EW PARTY

PO W E R Pi,A N T SH U T D O W N I.EAVES 5 ,0 0 0 H O M E S IN D A R K N ESS j

a) T h e d isp u te is n o w in its fifth w eek

b) U n ity w a s n o lo n g e r p o ssib le, a s p o k e s p e rs o n said

2 G ra m m a r o f phrasal ve rb s

A P h rasal v e rb s w ith an d w ith o u t o b jec ts

Som e p h ra sa l v erb s ta k e an o b je c t (tra n sitiv e ); o th e r s d o n o t t?ike a n o b je c t (in tra n sitiv e )

The plumber soon s o r te d o u t the shower problem The noise of the train d ied away

She tie d her hair b ack so she could work becter In the winter the lake fro z e over

1 if a ro a d o r p a th branches off, il goes in a n o th e r direction

S om e verbs can h e u sed b o th w ith an d w ith o u t a n o b je c t, b u t th e m e a n in g m a y c h a n g e U se

th e c o n te x t to d ecide if th e v erb h a s a d iffe re n t m e a n in g fro m th e o n e y o u a r e fa m ilia r w ith

T in a a n d j o w e re so clev er th e te a c h e r m o v e d th e m u p to a h ig h er class, (w ith o b je ct)

T in a a n d Jo m o v e d up to a h ig h er class, (no o b je c t = sam e m ean in g )

I can d r o p y o u o ff a t th e sta tio n , (w ith o b jec t = d riv e y o u so m e w h e re a n d leav e y o u th ere)

I w a s sittin g in th e a rm c h a ir nnd I d ro p p e d off (no o b je c t = K'lI <isleep, d iffe re n t m e a n in g )

S am e v erb s m u s t h a v e tw o o b je c ts, o n e a fte r th e v e rb a n d o n e a fte r th e p a rticle

T h e a c c id e n t a i t o ff d o m e stic a n d in d u s tr ia l w a te r a n d e le c tric ity s u p p lie s

W h en th e o b je c t is a p e rs o n a l jprrm om i, th e p ro n o u n a lw a y s c o m e s b e fo re th e p a rtic le

1 picked my parents up 1 picked up my parents

and drove them to the airp o rt

I’ll pick you u p at 5.30 (Noe:!’!! pick up you at fc3&)

S a m e v e rb s (so m e tim es c a lle d p re p o s itio n a l verbs) m u s t hav e th e a b je c t a f te r th e p a rtic le , even if it is <i p r o n o u n , A g o o d d ic tio n a ry w ill tell y o u if th is is so

W e ’ve h a d to c o n te n d w ith a lo t o f p ro b le m s lately (N o t: c o n tv iid u 'lo t c f 'p r o b lw j [deal w ith a d ifficu lt o r u n p le a s a n t s itu a tio n ]

Y o u p r o b a b ly a lre a d y k n o w so m e o f th ese v e rb s (lo o k f o r , lo o k a fte r, co p e w ith )

T h r e e -p a r t v e rb s

S om e p h r a s a l v erb s have th re e p a r ts , th e v erb a n d tw o p a rtic le s T h e o b je c t to m e s last

I w ill n o r p u r u p w ith s u c h b a d b e h a v io u r, [to le rate]

O th e r e x a m p le s in c lu d e lo o k fo r w a r d to , lo o k d o w n o n , g e t o n w ith , c a tc h u p o n [do

s o m e th in g y o u d id n o t h av e tim e to d o earlie r], face u p to [a c c e p t t h a t a d iffic u lt o r

u n p le a s a n t s itu a tio n e x ists)

is w ith )

8 £/igtish Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced

L o o k a t A D o th ese sen te n ces n e e d a n o b jec t? If th ey d o , a d d a n a p p ro p ria te o n e La the

c o rre c t p la c e

EXAMPLE L a s t summer WC knocked down

Yes K n o c k d o w n is tra n sitiv e ; it n eeds a n o b je c t.

L a st su m m e r w c k n o c k e d d o w n t h e o l d s h e d in o u r g a rd e n ,

1 T h e s o u n d o f th e violin slo w ly d ie d aw ay

2 If y o u ’re re a d y co leave n o w I c a n d r o p o ff af y o u r office

3 T h e riv e r ici St P e te rs b u rg freezes o v er fo r sev eral m o n th s e a c h year

4 M y so n is so g o o d a t E n g lish t h a t I tliin k th e te a c h e rs s h o u ld m o v e u p to th e class a b o v e

4 y o u r / d o e sn ’t / (he / im p ro v e / d o w n i If / will f h a n d w ritin g / in a r k / e x a m in e rs / y o u

5 alw a y s / M a rg o t I co / w ith / all / seem s / h e r / ch e e rfu lly / p ro b le m s / co p e

R e w rite e a c h s e n t e n c e u s i n g t h e v e r b in h r a c k e t s in a n a p p r o p r i a t e f o r m

1 I ’ll h av e co a sk m y n e p h e w to g e t m y in te r n e t c o n n e c tio n w o rk in g , ( s o r t )

2 1 w as so tired a fte r w o rk th a t I fell asleep in (he train on th e w ay hom e (:irop)

3 I w a s g iv e n a l o w e r m a r k b e c a u s e m y e s s a y w a s f a r t o o l o n g , ( m a r k )

4 Bill h a s n o rig h t to d e sp ise m e - P m n o w o rse th a n he is (look)

5 L isa d n e s n ’c h a v e a g o o d re la tio n s h ip w ich o n e o f h e r fla tm a te s, ( g f t )

6 Y ou have to a c c e p t th e fa c t th a t y o u w ill p r o b a b ly n e v er see e a c h o th e r ag a in , ( f a c e )

7 M a r ia h a s go£ a n e w jo b ta k in g c a r e o f an o ld lady, (i.q o k)

8 i f y o u d o n ’t le t t h e c h i l d r e n g e t e n o u g h s l e e p , t h e y w o n ’t b e a b l e co c o n c e n t r a t e a t

s c h o o l , (d e p r iv e)

9 In L a p la n d w e h a d co m a n a g e in so m e d ifficu lt d riv in g c o n d itio n s , (co n tk m?)

10 T h e r o a d to o u r h o u se leaves th e m a in r o a d ju st a fte r th e p e tr o l s ta tio n , ( b r a n c h )

W rite a n sw e rs to th e se q u e s tio n s u sin g th e p h ra sa l v e rb in h ra c k e ts

Look up chese verbs in your dictionary: Associate vvftfi, deprive of, contend with and face up to Hov/

does your dictionary give information about che structures rhat chcse verbs require? Whac nouns

do these verbs typically combine with according to the examples in your dictionary?

standby My wife's a pilot and shcV; on sta n d b y over chc weekend.

We're keeping the old equipment as a standby, in case of emergencies

roady to be used

if necessaryletd o w n i had b«en looking forward to the concert for weeks but it turned

ouc to be a terrible lecdown

disappointment

w a rm -u p The comedian who did the w a rm -u p for the studio audience

before the TV programme started was excellent

preparation

unpleasant)

overkill Shall 1 add some more decorations to the cake o r would that be

overkill?

more of something than Is needed

S om e su ch n o u n s h av e a c o r re sp o n d in g p h m s d v e rb b u t so m e d o n ’t F o r exam ple» th e re is

n o p h r a s a l v e rb ro k ill o v e r T h e p h r a s a l v e rb set o n e x ists b u t ir m e a n s a tta c k T h e verb

re la re d ro o u ser is set in: W e c o u ld n 't c o n tin u e p la y in g a f te r th e ru in set in

If th e p u r t i d e is in firfvt p lac e, th e n th e p h ra sa l n o u n is n e v er w ritte n w ith a h y p h e n If

th e p a rtic le co m e s se co n d , th e n th e re is s o m e tim e s a h y p h e n b e tw e e n th e tw o p a r ts o f rb c

p h ra s a l n o u n , p a rtic u la rly if th a t p a rtic le is in o r u p o r if [lie p h ra s a l n o u n is relatively’

in fre q u e n t e.g w a lk -o n |sm ;il] p ;irt, w ith n o w o rd s, in a p la y ], $tan d -o

ff-W h e n a r e p h rasal n o u n s used?

P h ra s a l n o u n s a re u sed fre q u e n tly in n e w s p a p e rs a n d in fo rm a l c o n v e rs a tio n

STOWAWAY1 FOUND ON PLANE

S T A N D -O F F IN TRADE TALKS

W A L K O U T 5 AT CAR FACTORY

S

SlN G iiR STAGES A COMEBACK

BREAKDOWN IN STRIKE TALKS

M ANAGEMENT BUYOUT FOR HIGH STREET CHAINHELP FOR BUSINESS START-UPS

M ILIT A R Y B U IL D -U P 4 C O N T IN U E S

1 perso n hiding in o rd e r to travel

1 failure to rea ch agreem ent

3 strike

A increase in size o r stren g th

A n n a : W h o d o y o u th in k will g e t th e jo b - P au l o r T.isa?

Bill: I d o n ’t k n o w I t ’s a ro ss-u p [(in fo rm al) boch seem eq u a lly likely]

C a rla : D id y o u have a g o o d tim e a t s q u a s h last n ig h t?

D av e: Yes, b u t w e d id n ’t have a re al gam e» ju s t a k n o c k a b o u t w ith th e b all

The stress is on the first syllable in these nouns, regardless of whether this is the verb o r the particle

Digtoh Phrowt Verbs in Use Advanced

C o m p le te th e se sentences* u s in g a p h r a s a l n o u n fro m A o p p o site

1 T h e o f w in te r m e a n t t h a t th e re w a s less foo<( f o r th e a n im a ls a n d birds

2 I th o u g h t h av in g 3 4 5 -piece o rc h e s tra a t th e ir w e d d in g really w a s >

p erso n a lly

3 T h e p o lice o fficer ra d io e d f o r b e fo re e n te rin g th e b a n k

4 T.ct’s ask J o e i w h a r h e th in k s 1 a lw a y s find h i s v ery uscfui in th ese m a tte rs

5 T V p ro d u c e rs fin d chat s tu d io a u d ie n c e s rc iitt b e tte r if th e y have a 10 w a ic h

T h e police o p e n e d th e conl?iincr an< (

2 N e g o tia tio n s w ith u n io n m e m b e rs b ro k e d o w n a fte r ;i c o u p le o f h o u rs

C o r r e a ih e m ista k e s w ith th e p h r a s a l n o u n s in th e se sen ten ce s

1 T h e re h a s b e e n a s ta n d - u p f o r sev eral d ay s n o w in th e ta lk s b e tw e e n th e g o v e rn m e n t and rhe reb els N e ith e r side w ill m a k e a n y concessions:

2 L u st year th e re w e re 1 5 ,0 0 0 n e w In te rn e t b u sin ess s ta rt-o ffs , m o sc o f w h ic h o n ly su rv iv ed

f o r a few m o n th s

3 A fter y e a rs w ith o u t re lea sin g a C D , S onia F lam e h a s s ta g e d a c o m e a g a in w irh h e r n e w

co lle c tio n o f love songs,

4 Jess: H a v e y o u d ec id ed w h e re y o u ’re g o in g th is su m m e r?

K elly: N o t really I t’s a to ss-o v e r w h e th e r it’ll b e Ita ly o r G reece

5 J m c l C h ris a n d \vc ju sr h a d a k iio c k o v e r o n rh e te n n is c o u rts fo r h a lf a n h o u r

C h o o s e th e c o rre c t p h ra s a l n o u n in each se n ten ce U se a d ic tio n a ry if n ecessary

1 P u to u t f O u t p u t h a s in c re a se d th is year an<l th e fa c to ry is d o in g w ell.

2 O n e o f th e robbers: acted as lo o k o u t / o u tlo o k w h ile rhe o th e r s ro b b e d th e b a n k

3 T h e re w a s a s u d d e n p o u r d o w n / d o w n p o u r a n d w e all g o t v ery w e t,

4 T h e b r e a k o u t i o u tb r e a k o f w a r in 1.914 c h a n g e d E u ro p e f o r ever.

5 L i f t - o f f i O ff- lift is sc h e d u le d fo r 0 7 0 0 o n F rid a y a n d th e s h u ttle w ill a rriv e a t th e space

s ta tio n Ja te r rhac day

6 T h e re w a s a b re a k -in I an in -b re a k a t o u r office la s t n ig h t T w o c o m p u te rs w e re sto le n

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4 P hrasal a d je ctive s

S om e p h ra s a l v erb s have re la te d ad jec tiv es M a k e a n o te o f rh ese as y o u m e e t th e m

computer system

one which continues

ch rough much use

o v e rp ric e d ’, b u t th e re is n o p h ra s a l v e rb t o -f>rk<?-o v e r (th e v erb is ‘to o v e rp ric e 1)

N o te th e p h r a s a l a d je c tiv e s in th e se e x tra c ts fro m p e o p le ta lk in g a b o u t th e ir d re a m s a n d

am biciona

I’m an o u tg o in g s o rt o f p e rso n , so 1 w a n t a c a re e r w h e re 1

m ix w ith p e o p le To b e h o n e st, I find th e idea o f a d esk jo b

q u ite o ff-p u ttin g 1; I jusc d o n ’c th in k F d like it a t all I ’d love

co d o .som ething n ew , s o m e th in g c o m p le te ly d iffe re n t

a n d jusc w ane to sleep In s te a d o f feeling ch e e rfu l a fte r a g o o d w e d :e n d I

alw ay s feel q u ite d o w n c a s t-* e v ery M o n d a y w h en th e new w ee k scarts, so

I w a n t s o m e th in g n e w a n d m a re s tim u la tin g , p re fe ra b ly w ith a m o r e g o -

a h e a d c o m p a n y w h ich w iil b rin g in te re s t a n d e x c ite m e n t in to m y w o rk

W hen you come across a phrasal adjective, check to see w hether it has a 'matching' verb and, if so, learn the tw o together

English Phrasal Verbs in ưsc Aổvonctd

4 1 R e p la c e ih e a d jec tiv e in e a c h se n te n c e w ith a p h r a s a l a d je c tiv e w ith th e o p p o s ite m e a n in g '1 T h e re w a s a n e w c a r p e t o n th e s ta irs ,

2 ’l l i e n e w sle tte r h a s a list o t re c e n t a c tiv itie s a t th e te n n is clu b ,

3 W h a t’s h a p p e n e d ? Y ou’re lo o k in g very ch eerfu l!

4 U n lik e h e r sister, E m ily is very in tro v e rte d

5 1 find Lhe c o v e r o f th is n o v e l v ery a ttr a c tiv e , d o n ’t y o u :

6 It doers n ’t m a tte r w h a t rim e o f d a y i t is, Tilly a lw a y s lo o k s fresh.

2 In w h a r k in d o f ro o m m ig h t it b e p a rtic u la rly u se fu l to h a v e a fo Ida w a y bed?

3 W h a r k in d o f jo b w o u ld n o t b e s u ita b le i o r a very o u ts p o k e n p erso n ?

4 W h e n m ig h t y o u w a n t t o give a w a te re d -d o w n v ersion o f so m e th in g th u r h a p p e n e d to you?

5 W h a r k in d o f jo b re q u ire s y o u to be o u tg o in g ?

6 W h a t k in d o f p ro b le m ren d s to b e o n g o in g ?

7 "What m ig h t you fin d o ff- p u ttin g if y o u a re h a v in g a m eaf in u r e s ta u ra n t?

8 W h a t s o rts o f th in g s d o y o u th in k a r c o fte n o v e rp riced ?

V tatch th e p a irs o f sy n o n y m s in th e b o x b elo w

H e re a r e so m e m o r e p h r a s a l ad jectiv es W o rk o u t fro m th e c o n te x t w h a t th e y m e a n a a d

re w rite th e sen ten ce s re p la c in g th e u n d e rlin e d w o r d s w ith a w o rd o r p h ra s e t h a t m e a n s chc sam e

1 If rhe u n io n d o e s n ’t a c c e p t o u r te rm s , w h a t s h o u ld w e h av e as o u r fa llb a c k p o s itio n ?

2 Cl lure a lw a y s feels left o u t w h e n h e r b r o th e r ’s frie n d s c o m e ro u n d to play

3 S o p h ie is u su ally c h a tty h u t h e r b r o th e r is n o r v ery f o r th c o m in g

4 You s h o u ld n ’t g e t so w o rk e d u p a b o u t e v ery little th in g

5 Z a k m e t m e a t th e a ir p o r t w ith o u ts tr e tc h e d a rm s

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5 C o llo c a tio n and phrasal verbs

A W hy is co llo catio n im p o rta n t?

C o llo c a tio n m e a n s rh e w a y w o rd s c o m b in e w ith o n e a n o th e r W h en le a rn in g a p h ra s a l v erb

it is im p o r ta n t to n o te w h a t k in d s o f w o rd s th e v e rb is ty p ic a lly used w ith F o r exam ple,, cati

it be u sed fo r b o th p e o p le a n d th in g s, o r o n ly fo r p e o p le , o r o n ly f o r th in g s? Is it ty p ically used w ith n eg ativ e th in g s o r cun it h r used fo r b o th p o sitiv e a n d n e g a tiv e th in g s?

T.oolc a t th is c h ild fo r th e v e rb p o r e o v e r [stu d y o r lo o k c a re fu lly a t so m eth in g ] a n d n o te

h o w th e o b je c ts it is used w ith refe r especially to b o o k s o r d o c u m e n ts

M a k in g a n o re o f c o llo c a tio n s in th is w a y w ill h elp y o u re m e m b e r th e m e a n in g o f th e

p h ra s a l verb- It is a g o o d id e a to lea rn th e v e rb arid its ty p ic a l c o llo c a tio n s as c h u n k s o f

la n g u a g e T h is w ill h e lp you ro sp e a k a n d w r ite m o re fluently

M a k e a n o te if a p h ra s a l v erb c o llo c a te s especially w ith p o sitiv e o r n e g a tiv e tilin g s

1Z1 ty p ic a l/c o rre c t c o llo c a tio n H u n ty p ic a l/w ro n g c o llo c a tio n

T h e p la n w a s rid d le d w ith p ro b le m s bd g o o d id e a s 0

T h e ra in 1ZI T h e triiffic 1*3 T h e lin e w e a th e r L*J hiis c a se d o f f now

A fie r h o u rs o f d isc u ssio n , w e h it u p o n a g o o d id ea 0 rh e s o lu tio n IZ1 a s tu p id plan [¿Ll

C C o llo catio n s w ith o b je c ts d e n o tin g p eo p le o r thin g s

M a k e a n o te if a p h ra sa l v erb c o llo c a te s e sp e c ia lly w ith o b jects d e n o tin g p e o p le o r th in g s,

o r bo ch

S he flirte d w ith th e id ea 0 th e gooci-looIcing g u y [Z1 f o r a w h ile b u t th e n gor b o re d

P vc re a lly g o n e o ff H ila ry G3 cheese iZl recently- _

I ’d a d v ise you to k e e p in w ith th e b o ss 0 J a m e s S \ th e e x a m system 0

m D C o llo catio n s w ith su b jects d e n o tin g p eo p le o r thin g s

M a k e ii n o te if a p h ra sa l v e rb c o llo c a te s esp ecially w ith s u b je c ts d e n o tin g p e o p le o t th in g s,

E C o llo catio n s w ith p a rtic u la r situ atio n s

M a k e a n o te o f p a r tic u la r s itu a tio n s a phcasul v e rb ty p ic a lly refers to

H e ju s t sa ile d th r o u g h h is e x a m s 0 th e in te rv ie w 0 h is b re a k fa s t 0 [sail th ro u g h is

u sed w ith c h a lle n g in g th in g s an<l s itu a tio n s]

I w a s a lw a y s h a n k e rin g a fte r a n e a sie r life 0 sw e e t fo o d w hile I w a s o n a d ie t 1 3

p a ssin g m y e x a m s 0 [h a n k e r a fte r i$ m o s t o fte n used w ith tilin g s %ve c a n n o t o r sh o u ld

n o t h av e]

B C o llo catio n s w ith positive o r n eg ativ e /p ro b le m a tic th in g s

14 £r?g/rsh Phrosa/ Verbs in Use

5 1 A n s w e r th e fo llo w in g q u e stio n s.

1 W h a t d o cs th e w o rd c o llo c a tio n m ean?

2 W h ic h o f th ese a re c o r r e c t col I w a r ions?

3 W h a t d o th e n o u n s th a t collfx^ate w ith p o r e o v e r h a v e in <;ornrnon>

4 W h y is it helpful to le a rn p h ra sa l verbs in c o llo c a tio n s?

5 W h a t s o rts o f th in g s m ig h t you n o te d o w n a b o u t w h a t a p h ra s a l v erb col I acu tes w ith ?

5 2 D o th e sen ten c es b e Jo w sh o w a p p r o p r ia te c o llo c a tio n s o r n o t?

1 W h en w e to o k o u r o ld d o g to th e vet, she d isc o v e re d he w a s rid d led w ith d isease

2 T h e p a in in his leg scw ns to be b e g in n in g to case o ff now

3 Y ou c a n alw ay s re ly o n Jo e to h it u p o n a n idea th a t w ill n e v e r w o rk

4 A lth o u g h she n o w h a s very c o n se rv a tiv e o p in io n s , in h e r y o u th sh e flirted w ith left-w in g

p o litics,

5 I u sed to e n jo y i h a t T V series b u t I'v e g o n e o ff it a b it now

6 It’s u su a lly a g o o d idea to k eep in w ith y o u r b a n k a c c o u n t

5*3 C o m p le te th o se sen ten ces u s in g th e c o rre c t p a rtic le s

1 T h e re is n o p o in t in h a n k e r in g youc lo s t y o u th ,

2 W h e n M a ry n o tic e d t h a t w acer w a s s tr e a m in g th e b a s e m e n t, she d a s h e d

to tht: s ta tio n , h o p in g to c a tc h her fa th e r b e fo re he h o a r d e d h is tra in

3 I a lw a y s find jo b in te rv ie w s re a lly d iffic u lt b u r m y b r o th e r seem s to s a i l th e m

4 W e’ll h a v e to c u t d o w n th a t tree - it’s r i d d l e d disease

5 W h en m y siste r w a s p r e g n a n t sh e d ra n k a lo t o f m ilk h u t she c o m p le te ly w e n t

te a a n d coffee

6 H a r r y w a s b u llied a h it w h e n he s ta r te d sc h o o l b u t it seem s to h av e e a s e d now ,

7 Y ou sh o u ld a p o lo g ise ro J a n e ’s m o th e r I t ’s se n sib le to k e e p y o u r

fu tu re in-law s

5 I'm f lir tin g th e idea o f re tra in in g to b e c o m e a p o lice officer

5 , 4 R e w rite eac h se n te n c e u sin g th e v e rb in b r a c k e ts in a n a p p r o p r ia te fo rm

1 H e le n a easily p a s s e d h e r d riv in g rest, (sail)

2 1 re a lly d o n ’t lik e coffee a n y m o re , {go)

3 T h e wine) is less stro n g th a n it w a s n o w ( f a s f )

4if I h a v e a p ro b le m , I find a w a lk by th e sea o fte n h elp s m e to find a s o lu tio n , ( h i t )

.5 M asse s o f p e o p le e n te re d th e s h o p a s s o o n a s it o p e n e d , h o p in g to fin d a b a rg a in in thesale, (stream)

6 T h e re a r e a lo t o f h o les in h is a rg u m e n t, (bjddle)

B Look back ac any other phrasal vcrbi you have recently written in your vocabulary nocebooks W rite them down Irk some typical col locations You v/ill find these in che example sentences of a

goad dictionary e.g.the Cambridge PhrasalVerbs Dictionary.

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6 R e g iste r

P hrasal v e rb s in th e English lexicon

T h e w o rd reg iste r is o fte n u sed ro re fe r ro w h e th e r a w o r d is fo rm a l o r in fo rm a l Ir c a n also

b e u sed ro re fe r to th e la n g u a g e a sso c ia te d w ith a p a rtic u la r jo b o r in terest

E n g lish v o c a b u la ry is p a rtic u la rly ric h b e c a u se it c o m b in e s a ta rg e v o c a b u la ry o rig in a tin g fro m A n g lo -S a x o n r o o ts vvirh a la rg e v o c a b u la ry o r ig in a tin g fro m L a tin o r F re n c h T his

m e a n s th a t E n g lish o fte n has w o rd s w ith very s im ila r m ean in g s fro m ea ch o f th ese so u rc e s

T o give a p h ra s a l v e rb e x a m p le , y o u c a n p u t fo r w a r d o r p r o p o s e a n id ea, w h e re p u t

fo r w a r d (like rhe m a jo rity o f p h ra s a l v erb s) h a s a ty p ic a l A n g lo -S a x o n ety m o lo g y , w h e re a s

p r o p o s e is o f L atin o rig in Jt is in te re s tin g to n o te that, p r o p o s e co m e s fro m th e L ai in prefix

p ry - [= fo rw a rd ] a d d e d ro th e L ari a r o o t -p o se \= p u t]; th e re a r e m a n y o th e r cx arn p lcs o f

w h e re th e L arin e ty m o lo g y p a ra lle ls th e e ty m o lo g y o f its p h ra s a l v e rb e q u iv a le n t W ords

o f L a tin o r F re n ch o rig in te n d to be m o r e fo rm a l a n d so ‘p ro p o s in g an id e a ’ is fo u n d m o re fre q u e n tly in fo rm a l w ritte n E n g lish t h a n in in fo rm a l s p o k e n E n g lish

A lth o u g h p h ra sa l v e rb s a r e ty p ic a l o f m o re in fo rm a l E n g lish , m a n y - lik e p u r fo r w a r d , for

e x a m p le - w ill a lso he fo u n d in n e u tra l o r fo rm a l as w ell as in fo rm a l c o n te x ts M o st p h rasu i

v erb s a rc like th is Som e p h r a s a l v e rb s, h o w ev er, a re o n ly used in e ith e r in fo rm a l o r fo rm a l

s itu a tio n s We in d ic a te th r o u g h o u t th e h o o k w h e n th is is th e case

B Inform al p h rasal v e rb s

Serge: H o w ’s th in g s, Jessie? Is w o rk O K th e se d a y s ?1

Jessie: N o r really S o p h ie ’s g u n n in g f o r 1 m e 1 th in k sh e’s a fte r m v jo b I m u c k e d u p 2 an

im p o r ta n t d e a l y e s te rd a y a n d she w a s no th rille d !Serge: D o n ’t p a y a n y a tte n tio n to Her,

Jessie; I k n o w , b u r th e tro u b le is T im ’s g an g ed u p w ith 3 h e r n o w to o So it’s gor m u c h

w o rse T h e y h a n g a r o u n d 4 to g e th e r in every b re a k a n d a fte r w o rk loo* If S ophie

d o e s n 't s h o o t d o w n - o n e o f m y id eas, T im d o es

Serge: "Well, th e y ’re a sk in g fo r6 tr o u b le , a r e n 't they? You k n o w y o u r b o ss re sp ecis y o u Jessie: Yes, I c o u ld n ’t a sk f o r ' a b e tte r b o ss, t h a t ’s f o r Sure But h e’s g o t m o re im p o rta n t

th in g s o n h is p la te t h a n s o rtin g o u t p e tty office sq u a b b le s

1 {only used in continuous) try in g to cause * criticise stro n g ly

3 form ed a g ro u p to act ag ain st m e 7 c o u ld n ’t ever find} because th is person

4 spen d tim e to g e th e r (or ching) is rhe besr o f th eir kitid

C Form al p h rasal verbs

h i th e first five e x a m p le s below , th e b ase v e rb is in itself fo rm a l T h e b a s e v e rb here is oi

I ,a tin r a th e r th a n A n g lo -S a x o n o rig in In rhe final th re e e x a m p le s it is rhe specific usage

r a r h e r th a n th e base v e rb w h ic h is fo rm a l

T h e a u th o ritie s finally a c c ed ed to his re q u e st f o r a w o rk p e rm it, [a g re e d to]

W c w ill a tte n d t o y o u r re q u e st in d u e c o u rse , [deal w ith ]

H e ascribes h is su ccess io h a r d w o rk in h is y o u th , [explains]

T h e p rese n ce o f th e gen e m a y p re d is p o s e a p e rso n to h e a rt disease, [m ak e m o re likely]

Ja m e s H a n s e n is to p re sid e o v er rh e g o v e rn m e n t in q u iry , [be in c h a rg e of]

Som e n e w fa cts h av e e m e rg e d w h ic h b e a r u p o n th e S m ith case, [are c o n n e c te d to]

T h e c a s ta w a y s h a d to call u p o n all rh e ir s tre n g th to su rv iv e |u$cl

A ll h e r life rhe P rin cess h a d n e v e r w a n te d f o r a n y th in g , [needed)

16 English PUrasoi Ve^s in Use Advanced

6 1 R e p la ce th e p h r a s a l v erb s iu th e le tte r w ith v erb s fro m th e b o x to m a k e it m o r e fo rm a l,

Yours sincerely,

G H Logan (General Manager)

6 * 2 N o w d o th e o p p o s ite w ith th ese sen ten ces U se p h ra s a l verb.-» fro m th e b o x to m a k e thejjijjj sen ten ces less fo rm a l U se a d ic tio n a ry if n ecessary

1 W ill y o u a tte n d ro A m ir E lsie w h ile i go a n d g e t th e c h ild re n ’s s a p p e r read y ?

2 H e e x p lo re d th e .subject in g re a t d e ta il in his lecture,

3 W h en th e P re sid e n t d ie d his s o n a ssu m e d th e title o f G r e a t L eader

4 I lik e her D o y o n th in k 1 should in v ite h e r to g o o u t w ith me?

5 D u rin g tlie w a r he d e fe c te d to th e en em y side a n d w a s killed in a c tio n

6 She p u rc h a s e d all th e sh a re s in th e c o m p a n y in 2 0 0 4

7 T h e lo c a l n e w s p a p e r p u b lis h e d a s to ry a b o u t a strange a n im a l seen in th e city p a rk

H I th in k l ’li v isit m y g r a n d m o th e r o n th e w av h o m e fro m w o rk

9 T h e deal c o lla p se d a t th e la s t m in u te

10 I m a n a g e d to survive o n a b o u t € 5 0 a d ay w h en I w a s tra v e llin g

6 3 W h ich p ro fe ssio n a l reg isters a re th e se p h r a s a l v erb s a sso c ia te d w ith ? P m each o f th e m in to

o n e o f th e th re e c a te g o rie s b elo w U se a d ic tio n a ry if necessary

6 4 R e w rite each se n te n c e u s in g th e w o rd in b r a c k e ts in a n a p p r o p r ia te fo rm

1 D esp ite h is fa m ily ’s p o v erty , A la n a lw a y s h a s e v e ry th in g h e n eed s, ( w a n t )

2 You m u s t in fo rm th e p o lice if y o u h a v e e v id en ce re la tin g to th e case, ( b e a r )

3 Jack w ill h a v e to use all Tiis in g e n u ity ro reso lv e th e situ a c ió n , ( c a l l )

4 T h e p re s id e n t believ es h is p a rry ’s v ic to ry is d u e to his le a d e rs h ip , ( a w kírf )

5 T h e m a n a g e r w ill d e a l w ith y o u r e n q u iry w ith o u t delay, ( a t t e n d )

Engfcfi Phra+al Veri« fa Ike Advanced i 7

7 M e an in g and m e ta p h o r

A M ultiple m ean in g s

M a n y p h rasal verbs h a v e m o re th a n o n e m e an in g O ften , th e basic m e a n in g relates to som e physical a ctio n , w hile o th e r m eanings a re m e ta p h o ric a l (i.e th ey are figurative, n o t literal)

F o r ex am p le, th e m eanings in th e grey box es below a rc literal a n d th e o th e rs are figurative

ru n over

I r a n o v er a rabbit as 1 was driving home

It really upset me

hit sth/sb with a moving vehicle and injure

o r kiJl themThe meeting ra n o v er so 1 missed my train go on after ¡is expected timeCould we jv$t ru n o v e r the schedufe again

to make sure it’s all going CO work?

read quickly to make sure something is correct

bru sh

sth/sb off

1 b ru sh e d off the dust from my shoes use a brush (or hand) to remove somethingThô b o « Just b ru sh e d him off and told

him ĨO get back to work

refuse to listen to what someone says, or refuse to think about something seriously

E xam ples o f m e ta p h o rs b ased on quick o r v io len t actio n s

T h e p ric e o f p e tro l h a s s h o t u p th is year, [gone u p ra p id ly a n d sh arp ly ]

I d o n ’t w a n r to ju s t d iv e in to a n e w jo b w ith o u t c a re fu lly c o n s id e rin g it [sta rt d o in g

s o m e th in g s u d d e n ly a n d e n erg etically w ith o u t th in k in g a b o u t it]

T h e lead er o f th e o p p o s itio n p a rr y h a s h it o u t a t th e g o v e rn m e n t’s n e w p ro p o s a ls o n

ra x [stro n g ly c ritic ise d , ty p ic a l o f jo u rn a lism ]

M y su ccess in th e ex am s p u rre d m e o n to s tu d y even h a rd e r, [sp u rs are w o rn o n th e a n k le

a n d are u se d to m a k e a h o rs e g o faster; h e re th e m e a n in g i$ ‘e n c o u ra g e d m c ’l

M etap h o rs an d c o n te x t

T h e c o n te x t w ill u su a lly tell y o u th a t a v e rb is b e in g u sed in a m e ta p h o ric a l way L o o k 3t

th e se h o ro s c o p e s T h e y s h o w p h ra s a l v e rb s b e in g u sed n n etap h o rically r a th e r th a n literally

* Do n 't ju s t stand by and let others have all the fun It’s

tim e to s trike put and do som ething completely different Sweep aside all

yaur inhibitions and s ta rt livin g life to the foil.

It dll bolls down to w hether you are prepared to

take control of life o r let life control you.

y :

rou find it d iffic u lt to drag yourself away from domestic responsibilities th is month, and you feel sandwiched between yo u r fam ily and your career All th is is eating in to your free time However, so ld ie r on fo r now because next month w ill bring an exching new development which w ill change everything.

M ore e x a m p le s o f p h rasal v e rb s used m etap h o rically

She se arch e d in h e r h a n d b a g a n d fished o u t a n o ld p h o to g r a p h

W e w a n d e re d ro u n d th e o ld m a rk e r, ju sr d r in k in g in rh e a r mo sp h e re

H e sp e n d s h o u rs g lu e d to th e T V ev e ry ev en in g

We fo u n d th is vase w h e n w e w e re ju s t n o sin g a r o u n d in a b ric -a -b ra c sh o p

People w e re flo o d in g in to rh e s ta d iu m tw o h o u rs b e fo re th e c o n cert

English p/ircsơ/v%rbs /n Use Advanced

7 1 L o o k a t A a n d B o p p o s ite R e a d th e e m a il a n d th e n a n s w e r th e q u e s tio n s b e lo w , u sin g y o u r

we m eet later loday to xun over ihe agenda for tom orrow’s meeting? M y problems today have

spurred me on to succeed tomorrow W c m ustn't just dive into our proposal without preparing Ihe Sround carefully It’d be a disaster if the boss ju s t brushed us off after all that workl

5 S am w as s ta rin g a t F io tia > listen in g in te n tly to every w o rd she said

6 G e o rg e d ism isse d a ll o b je c tio n s to h is p la n , sa y in g th e y w e re u n im p o rta n t.

7 3 C o m p le te th e se sen te n ces w ith a p h ra s a l v e rb fro m d ie o p p o s ite p ag e

1 It is te rrib le h o w th e w o r ld j u s t a n d le ts su ch te rrib le th in g s h ap p en !

2 D esp ite all his difficulties* D o u g la s d o c s his b e st to b r a v e ly

3 W illia m re a c h e d in to h is p o c k e t a n d h is p a ssp o rt

4 W h en 1 g o to a n e w to w n I l o v e th e back streets*

5 Y ou m tistn ’r le t y o u r social l i f e y o u r s tu d y tim e,

6 T h e p o litic ia n s im p ly che a lle g a tio n s b e in g m ad e a g a in s t h im

7 W h en he w as 3 0 M a rk left his u n d e 's b u sin ess a n d o n his o w n

8 O u r little h o u se i s a b a tik a a d a s u p e rm a rk e t

7 A H e re a r e so m e m o re p h ra s a l v erb s w h ic h c a n b e u sed m e ta p h o ric a lly H o w a re th e ir lite ralNrgl a n d m e ta p h o ric a l m e a n in g s c o n n e c te d ? U se a d ic tio n a ry if n ecessary

1 I’ve left you so m e s o u p w h ic h y o u c a n w a rm u p w h e n y o u g e t h o m e ,

A fa n ta s tic sin g er w a rm e d u p th e a u d ien ce b e fo re th e in a id p ro g ra m m e s ta rte d

2 T h e b o y w a s n ’t lo o k in g whe.re he w as g o in g a n d fell in to a ho le in rh e g ro u n d ,

K evin fell in to h is first jo b as s o o n as he h a d lefc university

3 T h e cac g o t u p th e tree h u t d id n ’t seem able to clim b d o w n

P au i a lw a y s w a n ts to w in a n a r g u m e n t - v o n ’Jl n e v er g e t him to clim b d o w n

English Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced 19

We've been told at our company that we won’t be getting a salary Increase this year

They lo o k the sting o ut of it3 by giving us a Christmas bonus but peop)e are not happy

My boss is still as difficult as ever Her secretary’s resigned but I think that might be

cu ttin g o ff her nose to spite her face4 as shell find it hard to find anything else as well-paid She can usually run rin g s round5 anyone so it must have been a shock for her to get a boss she couldn’t manipulate

I badly need your advice JoeJs beginning to turn up the heat in our relationship - he's dropping hints about marriage He invited me to meet his parents last weekend We got

on like a house on fir©6 but I just don’t feel ready to p ut down ro o ts yet Should I stop

know what you think

Tara

1 g e t rid o f the g ood p a rts o f som ething

as w ell as the bad parrs

2 talk o r act in a w ay th a t helps get rid of

stro n g feelings

3 m ake som ething th a t is u n p le a sa n t less so

doing som ething because y o u a rc angry

th o u g h it m ay cause y o u m o re p roblem s

o u tw it, be cleverer th a n

im m ediately liked each o th er

P ro g re ss m e e tin g

B ru n o : W ell, A n n a , y o u ’ve been h e re fo r a m o n th n o w a n d it’s tim e w e h a d a little c h a t

O K W ell, I k n o w I g o t o ff o p th e w r o n g f o o t 1 by d e letin g a ll la s t y e a r's c lie n t

in fo r m a tio n b u t I h o p e y o u 'll a g re e i ’ve g o t m y a c t to g e th e r2 now ?

£ rm , n o t e x a c tly , i ’ve tr ie d my bc$t to sh o w y o u w h e re y o u ’re g o in g w ro n g b u t I

ju s t seem to be g o in g r o u n d in c irc le s ' N o th in g ev er seem s to g e t an y b e tte r Y ou dig y o u r h eels in 4 a n d d o n ’t m a k e a n y e ifo rt to c h a n g e

O h , I d o n ’t th in k t h a t ’s fair, I’m su re G e o ff w o u ld p u t in a g o o d w o r d fo r vpc5 I’ve

h e lp e d h im o u t w ith o n e o f h is p ro je c ts ,

H m m , w ell G e o ff n e e d s to clean u p his act* to o If y o u d o n 't s ta r t m a k in g u p for

lo s t tim e s o o n , w e ’re g o in g to h av e to let y o u go

O h , n o , p le a se J u s t giv e m e a b it m o re a u th o r ity a n d H I c o m e in to m y ow n*

O h , A n n a W ak e u p a n d $mell th e co ffee9! Y ou w o n ’t g e t an y m o re a u th o rity

u n less y o u p u ll o u t ail th e s to p s 10 a n d y o u r w o rk im p ro v e s significantly

to dosay g o o d things a b o u t me to som eone in

au th o rity

10

6 (inform al) s ra rt to behave better

7 doing so m eth in g to com pensate for n o t

d oing it previously

8 be very successful (inform al) be realistic

d o all you can

2 0 English Phroso! Verbs in Use Advanced

1 W h a t s h o u ld you n o t th r o w o u t w ith th e h a th w ater?

2 W h a t e x p re ssio n uses a b u rn in g h o u se as a m e ta p h o r f o r a g o o d re la tio n sh ip ?

3 W h a t e x p re ssio n uses ste a m as a m e ta p h o r fo r s tro n g feelings?

4 A c c o rd in g to th e id io m , w h y m ig h t p e o p le c u t o ff th e ir o w n nose?

5 W h a t id io m m ean s ''ease a n u n p le a s a n t s itu a tio n ’ a n d refe rs to w h a t bees c a n do?

6 W h ic h tw o p h r a s a l v e rb id io m s refe r to c irc u la r m o cion?

C o m p le te th e se sen te n c e s u sin g e x p re ssio n s fro m 8 1

1 R e fu sin g th a t jo b o ffe r ju s t b e cau se y o u ’re a n n o y e d a b o u t th e in te rv ie w w o u ld b e c u ttin g .y o u r to y o u r

2 W h e n she re a c h e d 3 0 F ste lle <Jecfdt:d i t w a s tim e s h e d o w n a n d she

b o u g h t a little coccage n o t fa r fro m h e re

3 T h e r o b b e r s ro u n d th e police Ic cook tw o y ears to c a tc h th e m ,

4 T h e e x tra clay’s h o lid a y w c o ffered shoul<J tak t: th e : o u t th e p ay cu t

5 I felt as if I w a s ju st g o i n g i n a n d g e ttin g n o w h e re ,

6 W c s h o u ld k eep chc b e tte r p a rts o f th e o ld system w h en w e m o v e o v e r co th e n e w sy stem

W e d o n ’t w a n t t o t h e o u t w ith th e b a th w a te r

7 Jim a n d S c ev e o n lik e a o n fire; th e y 're g re a t frien d s,

S T d o n ’t th in k he w a s really a n g ry w iih y o u ; he w a s ju s c ste a m

C ro s s o u t th e five m ista k e s in th is l(ixt an d w rite th e c o rre c t fo rm in th e b o x n e x t io th a t lin e

1 S.^r.

.1 .

A fter a y e a r o f tra v e llin g , I d e c id e d to f t r i m y act to g e th e r a n d gee

a jo b A frie n d w h o w o rk e d fo r a b a n k p u t in so jn e g o o d w o rd s

fo r m e In fa c t lie p u s h e d in all th e s to p s a n d a rra n g e d f o r m e to

h a v e lu n ch w ith th e C E O T g o t o n th e w ro n g feet by saying i w a s n ’t

re a d y to p la n t d o w n ro o ts y e t; 1 th in k ih ey w e re lo o k in g fo r

so m e o n e to m a k e a lo n g -te rm c o rn rn itrn e n t I s h o u ld h av e k e p t quiet!

C o m p le te th ese d ia lo g u e s u sin g p h ra s a l v erb s fro m th e o p p o s ite p a g e so th a t th e se c o n d

s p e a k e r -agrees w ith a n d re p e a ts m o re o r less w h a t th e first s p e a k e r says,

1 G reg: H ila r y seem s d e te rm in e d n o t to a g re e to th e n e w p la n

J u a n : Yes, she re a lly seem s to b e d i g g i n g

2 K aren : W ow , m y o ld U ncJe J o s h is 75 a n d h e ’s g e ttin g m a rrie d fo r th e fitsr tim e!

H e le n : R eally? H e ’s o b v io u sly crying co m a k e u p !

3 I-uis: Ja m e s lives in a fa n ta sy w o rld H e th in k s h e c a n m ak e a liv in g w ritin g p oetry.x\na: P oets never m a k e a n y m oney! H e sh o u ld w a k e u p a n d !

4 E va: le d has b e e n very successful in h is n e w career

G a b rie l: Yes, Vic re a lly svCms to h av e co m e in to

5 A la n : T h e b o ss seem s to b e g e ttin g v e ry serio u s a b o u t th e n e w sales c a m p a ig n lately

D a n : Yes, h e’s reaJJv tu rn in g u p

ft F ra n c k : I th in k it’s tim e I m a d e ;i decisio n

C in d y : Y es, i t ’s tim e f o r y o u to m a k e u p

Eng/rsh Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced 21

9 N e w phrasal verbs

A W h y a re m o re p h rasal v e rb s needed?

Firstly, social c h a n g e d e m a n d s n e w w o rd s , F o r e x a m p le , d e v e lo p m e n ts in te c h n o lo g y hav e given us tlic p h ra s a l v erb to p u p [p ay m o n e y o n to a to p - u p c u rd {see b elo w ) w h ic h you

sp e n d w h e n y o u ase y o u r m o b ile p h o n e ] a n d the: e x p re ssio n to p - u p c a r d [a c a rd you buy

f o r ii m o b ile p h o n e w h ic h a llo w s y o u to m a k e ta ils u p to th e v a lu e o f th e c a rd ] C o m p a re rs have given u s scroll u p /d o w n [m ove u p o r d o w n a c o m p u te r scrcen j a n d c o p y so m e b o d y

in [send s o m e o n e a c o p y o f a n e m a il th a t you arcr s e n d in g to a n o th e r p e rs o n ] T re n d s in the

w o rld o f w o rk a I s a p ro v id e us w ith n e w p h ra s a l v e rb s su ch as sk ill u p [p ro v id e so m eo n e

w ith rbc skills th ey n e e d to be b e tte r a t th e ir jo b , by p ro v id in g tr a in in g , fo r e x a m p le ]

S econdly, p h ra sa l v erb s have specific sty listic qualifiers a n d f o r th is rea so n arc p a rtic u la rly

p o p u la r w ith jo u r n a lis ts T h ey sim p lify a n d e n liv e n lan g u a g e in a v ery flexible w ay F o r

in sta n c e , it is m o re in te re stin g to use th e e x p re ssio n d u m b up [o p p o s ite o f d u m b d o w n j th a n

‘ra is e o n e 's in te lle c tu a l a n d c u ltu ra l v a lu es’ F o r th e sa m e re a so n sex u p w a s a n a ttra c tiv e

a d d itio n to E nglish a n d , m o re recen tly , sex d o w n [m ak e so m e th in g less e x c itin g ]

F in aliy , y o u n g p e o p le in v e n t a n d use n e w p h ra sa l v erb s us a w a y o f m a k in g th e ir language:

d iffe re n t fro m chat o f th e ir eld ers P h ra sa l verbs like chill o u t irc la x l a n d z o n e o u t [sto p

tfiin k in g a b o u t a n y th in g ] (or e x a m p le , are stro n g ly a s s o c ia te d w ith y o u n g p eople.

B H ow a re new phrasal verb s form ed?

N e w p h r a s a l v e rb s a re fo rm e d in a w a y tim e a llo w s litn rc rs o r re a d e rs to u n d e rs ta n d th e m Parciclej; p la y a n im p a r ta n t ro le in m a k in g th e n e w m e a n in g im m e d ia te ly c le a r (see U nits

1 0 - 1 6 fo r m o re o n p a rtic le s)

S om etim es c o in in g a n e w p h rasal v e rb is a m a tte r o f ex te n d in g the: ranger o f an ex istin g oner

1 g o t b u m p e d /th r owii o ff th e Tntcm cr a f te r five m in u te s o n lin e , [lo st m y c o n n e c tio n ]

Tf you <ion’r give T o b y w h a t he w a n ts , h e ’ll kick off [s ta r t m a k in g tro u b le ]

T h e o ld e r m e a n in g s o f b u m p o ff [{inform al) kill}, th r o w o ff [get rid o f, rcrmoYc: q u ick ly ] a n d

k ick o ff [s ta rt a f o o tb a ll m a tc h ] arc n o t lo st; th e n e w m e a n in g s a re sim pJy a d d e d to th e m

it is m u c h m o re u n u s u a l fo r a n e w w o rd to p ro v id e th e b a sis fo r a p h ra s a l v erb , h o w e v e r

it d o e s h a p p e n F o r e x a m p le , a n e w w o rd in th e c o m p u te r d o m a in is p h is b [fra u d u le n tly

o b ta in p e o p le ’s fin an cial d e ta ils th r o u g h d is h o n e s t w eb sites - in o th e r w o rd s, fish for

financial in fo rm a tio n ) T h is h a s le d to p h is h fo r as in:

H e w a s c h a rg e d w ith p h ish in g fo r c re d it c a rd in fo rm a tio n

Som e Limes a fa m ilia r w o rd jo in s a p a rtic le ro m a k e a new c o m b in a tio n a n d so m e tim e s a

n e w p a r t o f speech F o r e x a m p le , th e w o r d p o o d le is fa m ilia r as a ty p e o f d o g h u t it is n o w

a lso a p h ra sa l v e rb - p o o d le a r o u n d [w a n d e r a r o u n d in a re la x e d w ay ] A d v ertisers m ay

ta lk a b o u t thc:ir c fic k -th ro u g h r a te [a w a y o f m e a su rin g th e re s p o n s e ro a n In te rn e t a d v e rt

by e x p re ssin g th e n u m b e r o f p e o p le w h o click o u un o n lin e a d to g e t to th e ta rg e t site: as a

p e rc e n ta g e o f all th e p e o p le w h o lo o k a t th e a d |- P h ra s a i n o u n s c a n a lso b e fo rm e d like rhis;

a n a c c o u n t o f a n e w T V p ro g ra m m e re p o rts i h a t , a fte r th e show , th e te a m w e re so p leased

w ith th e ir p e rfo rm a n c e th a t th e y hud a ‘s o rt o f m a ss h u g -iii' [ev ery o n e e m b ra c e d t:ach

o th e r) A n o th e r e x a m p le id m d t - u p |o v e rb e a rin g a fin a n cial m a rk e t, c a u sin g p rices to rise].

Finaliv, m a n y ‘n e w ’ p h r a s a l v erb s c o m e fro m A m e ric a n E n g lish , w h e re th e y m a y h av e

e x iste d fo r m a n y y ears b e fo re b e c o m in g s ta n d a r d B ritish E nglish F or e x a m p le :

L ad ies a n d g e n tle m e n , c a n y o u give it u p fo r M r T o m m y M cG ee! (a p p la u d him ]

P eo p le g e t w e ird e d o u r by m y film s, [(u su ally passive) feel u n c o m f o rta b le o r sh o c k e d ]

9« \ C o m p le te th e sen ten ce s d e sc rib in g th e p ic tu re s b elo w

9 2 C o m p le te eac h se n te n c e u sin g at p h ra sa l v erb fro m th e b o x U se each p h ra s a l v e rb tw ice,

chill o u t idck o ff bump off

1 T h e ro b b e rs th re a te n e d t o th e b a n k m a n a g e r ’s w ife if h e d id n 't h e lp

th e m steal th e m oney

2 it w a s g re a t to g o o n h o lid a y a n d h a v e tim e t o j u s r

3 T h e g a m e a t 2 3 0 , so s h o u ld fin ish s o o n a f te r 4 o ’clo ck

4 J u a n w a s g e ttin g really stressed so I to ld h im t o

5 T g o t th e w e b site a n d c o u ld n ’t g e t b a c k o n f o r a n h o u r

6’ i f th e fa n s a r e n o t a llo w e d in to th e c o n c e rt, th e y a re sLice t o

M a t c h th e h e a d lin e s ( 1 - 4 ) w ith th e s e n te n c e s f r o m th e s to r ie s ( n - d ) ,

1 M A R K E T M HIT- U P P O R FC A ST

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3 ) J u s t o n e d a y a f te r th e site w e n t live, 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 peo p le h a d v isited it

b )'F h e y s a id th e y w a n te d to c o u n te r a c t th e s e n sa tio n a lism th a t h a d s u r ro u n d e d th e event.c) T h e T re a su ry is tl is t u n i n g h o w th e p o te n tia l crisis m ay be k e p t u n d e r c o n tro l

d) Id e n tity th e f t is th e fa s te s t-g ro w in g c rim e , a c c o rd in g to a re p o rt p u b lish e d to d ay

A n sw e r th e q u e stio n s

1 If y o u ’re a t i c o n c e rt a n d y o u arc a sk e d to ‘give it lip f o r th e s in g e r * , w h a t d o v o n d o ?

2 if y o u zo n e o a t , a re y o u (a) re a d in g (b) d a y d re a m in g o r (c) sleeping?

.3 W h a t p h ra s a l v e rb m e a n s 'm a k e s o m e th in g m o re in te lle c tu a lly d e m a n d in g ’?

4 If ii m a n a g e r sa y s th a t h is w o rk fo rc e will n eed so m e sk illin g u p , w h a t d o c s he m ean ?

5 R e w rite th e se sen ten c es in y o u r o w n w o rd s U se a d ic tio n a ry if n ecessary

a} T h e c o m p a n y in te n d to roll o u t th e n e w v e rsio n o f th e s o ftw a re in A p ril 2 0 1 2

b) W e lu ck ed o u t a n d g o t th e last flight o u t b e fo re th e H u rrican e struck,

c} "We d rilled d o w n in to th e d a ta a n d fo u n d so m e v ery in te re stin g sta tistic s

English Phtvsol Verbs m Use Advonctd 23

1 0 A ro u n d and a b o u t

A r o u n d a n d a b o u t a re o fte n (b u t n o t alw ay s) in te rc h a n g e a b le in p h ra s a l v e rb s A g o o d

d ic tio n a ry w ill tell y o u w h e th e r th ey c m b o th b e u se d T h e o n ly v e rb s o n th is p a g e w h e re

b o th a re n o t p o ssib le are m a rk e d *,

A Basic m ea n in g o f a ro u n d an d a b o u t in p h rasal verbs

A r o u n d a n d a b o u t keep a lo t o f th e ir b asic m e a n in g in m a n y p h ra s a l v e rb s T h e y o fte n

in d ic a te a c tiv itie s a n d s itu a tio n s ta k in g p l a t e in v a rio u s lo c a tio n s, o fte n w ith o u t h av in g a cle a r d ire c tio n o r o rd er

T h e re w e re b o o k s lying a r o u n d ev ery w h e re in th e ro o m

T h e c h ild re n w e re r u n n in g a b o u t In th e g a rd e n

P h ra s a l v erb s w ith a r o u n d a n d a b o u t are o fte n in fo rm a l L o o k a t th is c o n v e rs a tio n betw een

tw o te a c h e rs

Sally; R u m o u rs have been flying a r o u n d th e s ta f fro o m la te ly th a t y o u ’re leaving Is ic tru e?

Ja k e : It am a z e s m e h o w n e w s g e ts a r o u n d in th is p lace! I did say to o n e o r tw o p e o p le

th a t 1 w a s tired o f b e in g b o s s e d a r o u n d b y y o u -k n o w -w h o , a n d , I h a v e ask ed

a ro u n d * h e re a n d th e re to sec if th e y n eed a n y fu ll-tim e te a c h e rs , h u t 1 h a v e n ’t m a d e

a d ecisio n yet

Sally: O h , rig h t, i h e a r d th e o c h er d a y th a t y o u -k n o w -w h o ’s s e c re ta ry is sick o f r u n n in g

a r o u n d '1 a fte r him s o rtin g o u t p ro b le m s h e’s c a u se d So s h e m ig h t leave to o By

th e w ay, d o y o u h a v e a c o p y o f t h a t n e w g ra m m a r b o o k ? T w a n t to sh o w it to m y stu d e n ts M y c o p y ’s flo a tin g a b o u t here so m e w h e re b u t 1 ju s t c a n ’t find it

J a k e : Yes, I th in k I have a c o p y ly in g a r o u n d h e re so m e w h e re Yes, h e re y o u are

Sally: T h a n k s v ery m u c h So, w h a t are y o u u p to th is w cck cn cd ?

J3 k e; N o th in g m u c h , ju st p o tte rin g a b o u t a t h o m e , really O h g o o d n e ss! Is th a t th e tim e ? T

h av e a class now SaJly: O k , see y o u later D o n ’t fo rg e t t h a t w e s w itc h e d o u r c la s s ro o m s a r o u n d th is

a fte r n o o n Y ou’re in R o o m 2.

N o te t h a t in b o ss a r o u n d , a r o u n d e m p h a sises th e fact t h a t th e p e rs o n is fr e q u e n tly b ein g

b o ssed b y s o m e o n e else, n o t th e fa c t t h a t th is o c c u rs in d iffe re n t p la c e s

O th e r uses o f a ro u n d an d a b o u t

H e re a re so m e o th e r p h ra sa l v erb s w h ic h use a r o u n d a n d a b o u t.

C h ild re n ! S to p p la y in g a ro u n d ! Sit politely, [b e h a v in g stu p id ly ]

T h e n e ig h b o u rs h av e been b a n g in g a b o u t nc.xt d o o r all m o rn in g I w o n d e r w h a t th e y ’re

d o in g , [m a k in g lo u d n o ises, f o r e x a m p le h a m m e rin g o r m o v in g h e a v y o b jects]

P e te r w a s d o w n in g a r o u n d a t th e p a rty la s t n ig h t It g o t v ery ir r ita tin g , (a c tin g in a silly

w a y l

P o litic ia n s o fte n s k ir t a r o u n d * th e tr u t h a n d d o n 't give d ire c t a n sw e rs to q u e s tio n s , [av o id

d iscu ssin g a d ifficu lt «¡abject o r p ro b lem ]

i t ’s 7t p ro b le m , b u t I ’m su re \vc can w o rk a ro u n d * it in so m e w av [o rg a n ise o u r a c tiv ities to

e n su re th a t th e p ro b le m d o es n o t p re v e n t us fro m d o in g w h a t w e w a n t t o clol

24 English PbiasQl Verbs in Use Advanced

I 0 1 C h o o s e th e c o rre c t w o r d to c o m p le te th ese sen ten ces.

1 1 c o u ld n ’t g e t to sleep b eca u se o f O w e n a r o u n d u p sta irs

2 W a it a m o m e n t - th e le tte r y o u n eed i s a b o u t here so m e w h e re

10 , 2 C o m p le te e a c h d ia lo g u e u sin g a v e rb fro m th e b o x w ith a r o u n d o r a b o u t.

1 M elissa: I n e e d to find a fla t 10 re n t in L o n d o n D o y o u k n o w o f a n y th in g availab le?

K ate: N o , h u t I’l l

2 Sue: D o y o u k n o w w h e re th e L o n d o n stre e t a tla s is?

R o b e rto : Yes, 1 th in k it m ig h t h e in m y stuciy so m e w h e re

3 A d am : H o w d id H u g h k n o w w e ’r e g e ttin g m a rrie d ?

T an y a: W ell, n e w s lik e t h a t v ery q u ickly

4 D ia n a : D o y o u g e t o n well w ith y o u r sister?

L in d a : Yes, o n th e w h o le , th o u g h s h e m e a b it to o m u ch

5 A nna: W h a t d o y o u chink o f R ick?

N ick : 1 find th e w ay h e a ll th e rim e a b it ch ild ish ,

i 0 3 C o m p le te th e se se n ten c es w ith p h ra s a l v erb s fro m th e o p p o s ite p a g e P u t th e v e rb in th e

c o rre c t fo rm S o m etim es m o r e th a n o n e v e rb is p o ssib le

1 I th o u g h t A lex w a s j u s t in his b e d ro o m to d a y b u r in fact h e ’s beenreally busy H e ’s tidicci u p all th e b o o k s a n d p a p e rs th a t w e r e o n th efloor H e ’s a l s o h is b ed a n d his d e sk , w h ich m ak es th e nx>rrj feci bigger

2 W h e n I w a s a c h ild I u se d to h a te v isitin g G re a t U n cle W ilfre d H e w o u ld n ’t a llo w us

ch ild re n t o in case w e b ro k e a n y th in g a n d h e w a s a l w a y s

u s > g e ttin g us t o a fte r h im , d o in g o d d jo b s fo r h im ,

3 D o y o u th in k w e c o u ld find a w a y r o th e p ro b le m o f havicig to get

w ritte n pcxrnission fro m ev e ry o n e to u se th e p h o to g ra p h s in o u r h o o k ?

4 I th in k w e s h o u ld b e h o n e s t w ith ev e ry o n e a n d n o t try t o th e issue

5 We h e a r p e o p l e ev ery n ig h t in th e flax: u p s ta irs A ll s o rts o f ru m o u rshave b e e n a m o n g th e n e ig h b o u rs as t o w h a t is g o in g on u p th e re

Look up these words in your dictionary; arourtd, fcnocic sth obmitlaround, turn around, turn sth around, raff aboutfarcunt), ¿funder oboutfaround Make a note of the meanings of these words and

record them with an example sentence

Engteb Pbrosaf Verbs in l/se Advanced 25

1 s u r e s t o r agree to a low er price

1 p ersu ad ed him to reduce the price

3 p u t d o w n w ith a fo t o f fo r c e

4 r e d u c e t h e a m o u n t o í s o u n d

phrasal verb examp/e definition o f phrasal verb

s h o u t d o w n sb o r

s h o u t sb d o w n

1 couldn’t hear wfcac the Prime Minister was saying because some people at the fro n t were s h o u tin g him d o w n

shout in o rd e r co prevent someone

w ho you disagree w ith from being heard

p in d o w n sb o r

p in sb d o w n

Two police officers p in n e d the robber

d o w n while the th ird handcuffed him.

force someone co stay in a horizontal position by holding them

tie d o w n sth/sb o r tie sth/sb d o w n

Make sure you t i e the suitcase d o w n carefully on the top o f the car.

use ropes to fasten someone o r something in a particular position tie sb d o w n My b ro th e r prefers to take tem porary

w o rk because he hates the idea o f being tie d d o w n

{metaphorical meaning o f the previous verb) prevent someone from having the freedom to do what: they wane to do

’l h e te rro ris ts m ere f I css I y g u n n e d d o w n cheir v ictim s, [sh o t a n d killed o r se rio u sly in ju re d l

W c h a d to h av e o u r p o o r a id d o g p o t d o w n last: w eek ; she w a s very sick, (p u t tc> d e a th ]

S u rv iv in g th ro u g h rim e

T h e leg en d has co m e d o w n to us fro m the a n c ie n t re c o rd s o f th e Q in lh o a p e o p le , [passed fro m g e n e ra tio n io g e n e ra tio n ]

Be c o n sid e re d o r re m e m b e re d

'1‘h is w ill g o d o w n in h is to ry as che m o s t im p o r ta n t e v e n t o f th e cen tu ry , [be rc m e m b e re d l

M y w o r k s h o p w e n t d o w n re a lly w ell, [w as w ell-receiv ed l

26 fhrosof Verbs r/i Use Advanced

I I , i Rta<l fchc«: sen ten ces an d th e n a n sw e r th e q u e s tio n s b e lo w b y w ritin g th e c o rre c t n a m e in

2 I ’m so rry I ’m so irrita b le T h in g s h a v e been depressing: m e lately,

3 Shall T w rite y o u r n a m e o n m y list to s p o n s o r m e fo r th e c h a rity w alk ?

4 T h is e v en t w ill he re m e m b e re d in h is to ry as th e w o r s t c a ta s tro p h e th is c o u n try lias ever

su ffe red

5 T h e c o m p a n y h a d to sto p a)) th e ir m a c h in e s d u rin g th e 2 4 - h o u r strik e a t th e facto ry

6 T h e sa le sm a n a g re e d to ;i lo w e r p rice- a n d a fte r th a t w e even m a n a g e d to p e rs u a d e him

to re d u c e th e p ric e by a tu rth e c 1 0 %

7 M a n y e v e ry d a y re m e d ie s fo r m in o r a ilm e n ts h a v e re a c h e d u s o v e r tim e fro m o a r

an c e sto rs

f 1 3 A n s w e r th e fo llo w in g q u e s tio n s , u s in g a p h ra s a l v e rb fro m th e o p p o s ite p ag e

1 W h a t m ig h t so m e o n e d o if th e y g e t v ery a n g ry d u rin g a p h o n e call?

a) h a s b een re b u ilt b) is fo r sale a t a lo w e r p ric e c} h a s b een d e m o lish e d

3 She tu r n e d if dow n*

a) re d u c e d th e h e a t b) re fu s e d th e o ffer

c) p u t th e c o lla r o f h e r c o a t in its n o rm a l p o sitio n

4 T h e y w a te re d it d o w n

a) e x tin g u is h e d a fire u sin g w a te r

b) a d d e d w a te r to m a k e a liq u id less Strong

c) m a d e a n id ea, o p in io n o r a r g u m e n t less s tro n g

Engfch Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced 2 7

T h e p a n ic le m , w h en u se d w ith p h r a s a l v e rb s, k e e p s a lo t o f its b asic m e a n in g , o ften

re fe rrin g to th in g s w h ic h m o v e to w a r d s b e in g , o r a re a lre a d y , 'w ith in s o m e th in g ’ o r arc

‘in c lu d e d in som ething*

L o o k a t th is tr a n s c r ip t o f a m e etin g a t a c o m p u te r s o ftw a re c o m p a n y , G a re th , rhe C h ief

E x ec u tiv e , w h o c h a irs th e m e e tin g , sp e a k s first N o te th e p h r a s a l verb?; w irh i n

C h a ir: W ell, I th in k w e s h o u ld b egin O tic o f o u r c o lle ag u es ir o m M a n c h e s te r h a s b een

d e la y e d b u t I’ve ask e d D av id to s h o w h e r in w h e n sh e gets h e re , so s h e ’ll jo in m

la te i; 1 h o p e N o w , first ite m is th e A4u sic m a tc h s o ftw a re su ite , w h ic h , I lik e to

rh in k , h a s h e lp e d to u s h e r in 1 a n e w era in m u sic p ro d u c tio n It's b een b rin g in g in

g o o d p ro fits , a n d w e ’ve c e rta in ly b e e n a b le to cash in o n th e re c e n t c ra sh o f o n e o f

o u r m a jo r riv a ls, as w e a ll k n o w , b u t w ith a n e c o n o m ic recessio n s e ttin g in now ,

w e maty w a n t to re th in k o u r p ric in g so t h a t it fits in bertei: w ith th e re s t o f o u r

ra n g e W e a lso n e e d to f a c to r in 2 th e lo ss o f at m a jo r c lien t - w e lo st th e P o p m a s te t

c o n tr a c t th is yean

H ila ry : C ati I c o m e in h e re , G a re th ? T im a n d 1 a r e a lre a d y lo o k in g a t th is a n d w c ’JJ hav e

■something to r e p o r t n e x t w e ek B asically w c h o p e to b u ild in a n a u to m a tic u p g ra d e

sy stem so th a t c u s to m e rs will find it e a sie r to sta y w ith u.s T im ’s lo o k in g a t the

c o st I sa u t I ’d p itc h in 3 so chat w e c a n g e t it m o v in g faster

C h a ir: O k a y , w ell, m a y b e w e c a n (cave th a t B u t i’d ju st like to say, rem cm h er, w c need

flexibility - w c d o n ’t w a n t to b eco m e b o x e d in 4 by o u r o w n system s W e ’ll com e

b ack t o it,

D a v id : S o rry t o c u t in , G a re th M a ry P eck h a m is here

C h a ir: A h , g o o d O u r co llea g u e fro m M a n c h e s te r h a s a rriv e d H e llo M a ry Y o u ’r e very

w e lc o m e C a n y o u s q u a s h in th e re so trie w h ere? S o rry th e ro o m a hit sm alL M a ry

P eck h a m , e v e ry o n e S om e o f y o u k n o w h e r alread y R ig h t, I su g g est w e m o v e to Rit.a’s p r e s e n ta tio n I believe y o u ’r e g o in g to use th e p ro je c to r, R ita ?

R ita : Yes C o u ld w e cJose th o se b lin d s? T hanks* O h d e ar, th e y ’re still le ttin g a lot o f

lig h t in N e v e r n iin d I’ll b egin I’d lik e to use th is p r e s e n ta tio n as a le a d -in 3 to o u r

g e n e ra l d isc u ssio n a b o u t th e fu tu re

' (form al) hegin o r cause a period in w hich new things o r ch an g es h ap p en

2 include som ething wheel m ak in g a Calculation o r w hen try in g ro u n d erstan d som ething

3 (inform al) help w ith w o rk lh at needs ro lie d o n e

4 restricted

5 som ething Lhat iru ro d u ces som ething else

1 Take note o f chc context when you meet nev/ phrasaf verbs For example, the context on this page

H is a fairly informal business meeting Spoken business English is often less formal chan the spoken C3 language o f business in some o tfie r languages and culcurcs.Thc saine fs often tru e fo r o th e r contexts

1 such as spoken academic language.

English Phrasal Verbs in J s t Advanced

I 2 1 F in d p h ra s a l v e rb s o r p h r a s a l ad jectiv es fro m th e o p p o s ite p a g e w h ic h m ean th e fo llo w in g :

I 2«2 C o rre c t th e m ista k e s w ith th e p h ra s a l v erb s in th ese sen ten ce s

'1 M y n e w c u rta in s are e x celle n t - th e y d o n ’t b rin g a n y lig h t in

2 T m a , c a n y o u p itc h M e H ill in a s so o n as h e arrives* please?

3 H a v in g th e m e e tin g o n th e 2 8 th w o u ld s q u a s h in b e tte r w ith o u r p la n s th a n th e 3 0 th

4 O u r office in B uenos Aires Has c i s k x l in a k)f o f n e w b u sin ess th is year.

5 W h e n y o u are p la n n in g th e c o u rse , m a k e su re y o u set in e n o u g h fre e tim e

6 I t’s ru d e to fa c to r in w h e n s o m e o n e else is in th e m id d le o f sp eak in g

7 If ev e ry o n e s h o w s in , w e’ll s o o n g e t th e jo b d o n e

8 It I m ove u p , th e n R a c h e l s h o u ld b e a b le to b o x in a t th e en d o f d ie b ench

I 2*3 C o m p le te th is p a r a g r a p h w ith v e rb s fro m th e o p p o s ite p ag e

M y te n -y e a r-o ld d a u g h te r R osie h a d som e

h a d a b a rb e c u e a n d w e rnadc lots o f d iffe re n t

s a la d s an<J p iu k lin g s R o sie a n d h e r fricruis all

a n y lig h t in , so n o o n e s tirre d till h a lf p a st eight

I 2 4 C ro ss o u t th e ite m w I rich d o es n o t n o rm a lly c o llo c a te w ith th e p h ra s a l e x p re ssio n in bold*

U se a d ic tio n a ry if n ecessary

1 b rin g in c u sto m e rs / p ro fits / a lo ss / business

2 a le a d -in to a d iscu ssio n / a b a rg a in / ü lesson

3 ü recessio n / ra in / a new p r o d u c t sets in

4 u s h e r in a p rice in c re a se / a n e w era / c h a n g e s

W h a t o th e r phrasal verbs w ith in do you have in yo u r vocabulary notebook? D o they also have a connection w ith the basic meaning o f rn? As you team o th e r new ones th in k about how the idea conveyed by in might help you remember the meaning o f the phrasal verb.

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English Phrasoi Verbs in Use Advanced 2 9

13 off

O ff su g g estin g g e t rid of

M y feet w ere Hut, su I k ic k e d o t t m y shoes, [rem o v ed w ith m y feer]

T h e ro b b e rs d ro v e fa s te r a n d fa s te r co try a n d s h a k e o ff th e p o lice car [lose]

i w e n t fo r a lo n g w a lk co w o rk o ff m y f ru s ta tio n [get rid o f a feeling (o ften u n p le a s a n t) by

d o in g s o m e th in g en ergetic]

T o n y d o e s n ’t w o r r y a b o u i a n y th in g - h e ’ll s h ru g o ff a n y p ro b le m , [tre a t s o m e th in g as

u n im p o rta n t]

O ff su g g estin g s e p a ra tio n

phrasal verb example definition o f phrasal verb

be unable co see many o th e r people

be c u t o ff My office is in a different building from rny

colleagues so 1 am quite c u t o ff.

c u t o ff sth/sb

o r c u t sth/sb o ff

They c u t o f f o u r electricity f c u t us off

because we hadn't paid the bill.

stop providing something, e.g aid, electricity.supplies

s p lit o ff Two o f the climbers S p lit o f f from the

group and wont o ff on choir own.

fo rm a separate group

b a c k o f f She was interfering so 1 told her to b a c k

o f f and Jet me deal w ith it on my own.

{slightly informal) stop being involved in

a situation, especially in o rd e r to allow

o th e r people to deal w ith it ihernsolvcs have sth o ff 1 h ad a week o ff last June spend time away from w o rk

I’ll fill in th e first line o f th is s p re a d s h e e t to s ta r t y o u o ff, th e n y o u c a n d o th e re s t y o u rself, [h elp y o u co start]

T h e w e ek ly m e etin g u su a lly k ic k s o ff a r o u n d 2 p m [(in fo rm a l) sta rts]

We ro u n d tfd o ff th e m eal w ith fre sh ly b re w e d to ffe e |fin ish e d ]

T h a t b o rin g m e etin g ju s t fin ish ed m e off I chink I’ll g o h o m e ; I’ve h a d e n o u g h fo r o n e day [m ade m e feel so w e a k , tire d o r u n h a p p y th a t 1 c o u ld n ’t c o n tin u e ]

I t’s nice to ju st sw itc h o ff a t th e w e ek e n d a n d fo rg e t a b o u t w o rk , [sto p giving y o u r a tte n tio n

to s o m e o n e o r so m e th in g ]

O th e r verb s w ith o f f

Ben to ld h is little b ro th e r to leav e o ff p la y in g his n e w g u ita r I (in fo rm a I) sto p ]

W ilm a to ld h e r y o u n g e r sister to sh o v e o f f o u t o f h e r r o o m |(in fo rm a l) s o m e th in g th a t y o u say w h en y o u arc a n g ry to te ll so m e o n e to go aw ay.]

R a y w a n te d to sh o w h is n e w b ik e o ff co h is friends1», [sh o w s o m e o n e o r s o m e th in g th a t y o u are p r o u d o f to a g ro u p o f p e o p le |

T h e b a ss g a v e th e re c e p tio n ist ?i tic k in g o ff fo r m a k in g p r iv a te calls to frie n d s, (telling

so m e o n e chat y o u are a n g ry w ith th e m b e cau se th e y h av e d o n e s o m e th in g w ro n g ]

30 EngJrsh Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced

I 3 1 R e p la c e th e u n d e rlin e d w o rd s in th ese s ta te m e n ts w ith a p h ra s a l v e rb fro m th e o p p o site

page.

1 K crsry ’s m o th e r to KersLy’s fa th e r: K e rsty 's 21 n o w a n d sh o u ld m a k e h e r o w n d e c isio n s

I th in k w e sh o u ld s to p g e ttin g in v o lv ed a n d lee h e r r u n h e r o w n Jife

2 N e w sre a d e r: T h e P rim e M in is te r h a s tr e a te d as u n im p o rtan t- le a d e rsh ip th re a ts fro m

w ith in his party* sa v in g th a t th e y are o n ly ru m o u rs

3 M o th e r to f a th e r: I th in k w c s h o u ld let th e kids r u n ro u rtd in th e g a r d e n fo r ã b it, le t

th e m get, rid o f so m e o f th e ir e n e rg y so t h a t th e y sleep to n ig h t

4 F a th e r to P e tra : P e tra , y o u M U S T p ay y o u r e le c tric ity bill If v o u d o n ’t, th e y ’I] sto p

p ro v id in g it a n d y o u w o n ’r h a v e a n y h eatin g ,

5 K en to N ick : O h no! D av e w a n ts to c o m e b a c k w ith us to Pete's House Tie’s such a drag]

H o w c a n w e get a w a y fro m h u n ?1

6 C h a irp e rs o n : i ’d lik e to ju st c o n c lu d e che m e etin g by g iv in g a vo te o f th a n k s to the

c o m m itte e fo r ù]] th e ir w o rk (his vear

7 T h e last '100 m erres to th e to p o f th e hill ju s t rnủde m e so ữced 1 c o u ld n ’t c o n tin u e I h a d

h av e o ff a co u p le o f d ay s it's ev en b eư er I u su a lly g o o ff to

o u r c o u n try c o tta g e I can ju s t lig h t o ff c o m p letely I lo v e it,

I n e v e r sta v th e re lo n g b ecau se a fte r a w h ile I feel n b it sto o d

o ff fro m all m y frie n d s a n d so c ia l I tic b ack if] th e city

A cross'1 T h e b o s s m e o ff w ith a sim p le

ta s k to g e t m e u s e d t o th e jo b

3 T h e p o lio : d e c id e d t o o f f thescene o f th e crim e

4 W h a t tim e d o e s th e m e e tin g off?

5 She alw a y s loves t o o ff h e r la te st

f u t u r e prospcriiy <>l <hc nut ion ha«îî?i u p o n this crucial day o f decisiot).' Polilichms o f ¿ill pantes agree that eveiylhi/ig rides o n ihc govemmeni seen ring ¡1 Yes vote.

O n c a n a lso c o n v ey th e idea o f c o n c in u tn g in an irrita tin g o r b o rin g w ay f o r e x a m p le , h a rp

o n [talk re p e a te d ly a b o u t s o m e th in g in a w a y char o th e rs find b o rin g o r irrita tin g ], keep on>

go o n (an d o n ), ra m b le o n [ta lk o r w rite fo r a very lo n g tim e in a b o rin g w ay! an<l d ro n e o a

[talk fo r a Jong tim e in a very b o rin g w a y am i in a m o n o to n o u s voice].

D o n ’t k eep o n a b o m th e g a u ie a ! T’JI m o w th e la w n to m o rro w

W c h ad a te d io u s le c tu re fro m th e boss She ju s t w e n t o n a n d o n a b o u t puncr.ua I ¡tv

H e d ro n e d 011 fo r h o u rs a b o u t a n c ie n t civ ilisa tio n s; ev e ry o n e fell asleep

R e a d o n , p ress on> live o n a n d d w e ll o n 1*' [(tra n sitiv e ) th in k o r ta lk a b o u t a p arcicu lar subjecc fo r to o lo n g l a lso e m p h a sise c o n tin u a tio n o v e r cime

HOUSING MINISTER HONOURS CHAMPION OF THE POOR

'H e r d e a th is a g re a t loss t o society, b u t h e r m e m o ry w ill liv e o n J, said th e M in is te r.

G ro u p in g v erb s in th is w a y c a n h e lp y o u to re m e m b e r them

N o w lo o k a t th e se n e w s item s w h ic h c o n ta in so m e o f th e se a n d o c h e r e x a m p le s o f p h ra s a l verbs w ith o n

CURATOR FINDS LOST MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT

As h e f o c u s e d h is a tte n tio n o n * th e

te x t, h e sa id , h e c o u ld h a r d ly believe

w h a c h e w a s r e a d in g As b e r e a d o n , lie re a lis e d th e im p o rta n c e o f w h a t h e ’d

fo u n d

EDUCATION EXPERT EXPRESSES

C AUTIO N O N HOME SCHOOLING

S heila G a rre tt s ta te d th a t h o m e s c h o o lin g

w as o fte n f ro w n e d on* by p o litic ia n s , a nd she

h e rs e lf h ad s o m e d o u b ts as t o its e ffe c tive n e s s

H ow e ve r, t o sp rin g a n e w p ie c e o f le g isla tio n

o n pa re n ts successfu I ly e d u c a t i n g th e i r ch 1 Id re n

a t h o m e was n o t rig h t, she said T h e e d u ca tio n

s e c re ta ry insists th a t he w ill p re s s o n w ith plans

t o in tro d u c e a new la w p e n a lis in g p a re n ts w h o

14 J In tht* fo llo w in g s tu te n c e s , m a rk each p h r a s a l v e rb a c c o rd in g to w h e th e r i t h as

p re d o m in a n tly a d r a m a tic fe elin g (w rite D ), a n e g a tiv e feelin g (N ), a feelin g o f b o re d o m (B),

Or a feeling o f ir r ita tio n (T),

1 P ro fe s s o r T ay Jo i w a s d ro n in g o n a b o u t th e A n c ien t G reek s in his le c tu re th is m o rn in g

2 T h e su ccess o f th e peace ta lk s b in g e s u p o n b o th sides m a in ta in in g th e p re se n t tr a c e

3 U n d e Uric g o « On an d on a b o u t his b ro k e n chair I’ve to ld him a h u n d re d tim es IT1! m e n d it

4 D w e llin g o n th e p a s t all th e rim e is n o w a y to live y o u r life T h in k o f y o u r fu tu re

14 3 C o r re c t th e m is ta k e s w ith th e p h ra s a l v e rb s in th e se se n ten c es T h e r e is o n e m is ta k e in each

sen ten ce

'1 T ry to fo c u s w h a t is re a lly im p o r ta n t o n a n d to ig n o re w h a t is n o t essen tial

2 N o w w e ’ve h a d a b it o f a re s t, itTs tim e to p ress u p o n ag ain

3 I 'jtj hinge m g o n y o u to let in e k n o w w h e n m y ta lk has g o n e o n to r lo n g e n o u g h

4 Y o u r g ra n d m o th e r w ill alw ay s live u p o n in y o u r m em o ry

5 T h is is a q u ie t n e ig h b o u r h o o d w h e r e n o isy b e h a v io u r is c o u n te d o n

6 A fter th e first few p ages o f th e b o o k , i d e c id e d I c o u ld n ’t he b o th e re d to rid e o n

7 P lease s to p fo c u sin g o n a b o u t S h e ik Y o u t re la tio n s h ip ¡s over, so ju s t fo rg e t Ken

8 1 am w o rrie d a b o u t m y s o n ’s b e h a v io u r H e is so easily re lie d o n by b is frie n d s

I A A C o m p le te e ach se n te n c e w ith a verb fro m th e o p p o s ite p ag e

1 D o n ’t try to re m e m b e r every se n te n c e o f th e te x t J u s r o n th e m a in p o in ts

2 H ila ry is g o in g t o the n ew s o n h e r p a re n ts o v e r lu n c h I h o p e th e y ’ll be

h a p p y fo r her,

3 T ry to lo o k to th e f u tu re r a th e r t h a n o n th e p a s t

4 W e’ve g o t a lo t o f w o rk to finish co d ay so w e ’d b e t t e r o n

5 J u lia 's n o t u su a lly n a u g h ty h e rse lf, b u t Her b ro th e rs te n d t o h e r o n

6 In m o s t sc h o o ls, w e a rin g big, c o lo u rfu l jew ellery a n d d y ein g y o u r h a ir b rig h t Co I o u rs

w o u ld b e u p o n o r even F orbidden o u trig h t

7 W h e th e r w e g o f o r a p icn ic to m o r r o w o r n o t w i l l o n th e w eath er

4 J o s h n e v er s to p s c o m p la in in g a b o u t th e litte r in th e office c a r p a rk It irrita te s m e

5 W h ile tid y in g m y r o o m , i fo u n d nn o ld d ia ry o i m in e fro m 1 9 8 5

15 O u t

Basic m ean in g s o f o u t in p h rasal v erb s

A v e ry fre q u e n t m e a n in g o f o u i is th e o p p o s ite o f in.

I d o n 't w a n t to leave m y job bur I suppose th ey m a y kick m e out [(inform al) force m e to leave)

T ve h a d e n o u g h o f w o rk in g fo r su ch a d ifficu lt o rg a n is a tio n a n d T w a n t o u t, [w a n t to leave]

C o u n t m e o u t! ] ’m fa r to o tire d to jo in th e sk iin g tr ip to d a y , [d o n ’t in c lu d e m e)

A n o th e r m e a n in g is w h e n s o m e th in g o r p a r i o f s o m e th in g e x te n d s fro m its su rro u n d in g s

T h e c h a le t r o o f ju ts o u r (o v er its w alls) to h elp p re v e n t sn o w

from b lo c k in g th e d o o rs , [sticks o u t b e y o n d th e edge]

B O th e r m ean in g s o f o u t in p h rasal v erb s

phrasal verb example definrttorj o f phrasal verb

g o o u t W hen we woke up in the morning the

campfire still hadn't g o n e o u t

(o f a fire) scop burning

see how it works in a practical situation

o r find out what o th e r people th in k o f ii

{the out stresses testing something in the environment in which it is intended to be used, not, fo r example, lr> 3 laboratory)

d ro p o u t The runner d ro p p e d o u t halfway

through the marathon.

n o t d o something that you w ore going to

do, o r stop doing something lash o u t (usually +

A maittgement consulwnt was hired

to s o r t o u t the personnel problems

I 5 J A n s w e r th e q u e s tio n s u sin g p h r a s a l v erb s w ith o u t,

1 M a ry g av e tw o ap p le s to ea ch o f th e fo u r c h ild re n , w h u t d id sh e d o w ith th e ap p les?

I S 2 T h e Y e r b in ea ch o f th e se sen ten ces so u n d s a little f o r m a l in th e c o n te x t F in d a p h ra sa l v e r b

fro m ĩh e o p p o s ite p ag e to re p la ce th e o n e -w o rd e q u iv a le n t ill each sen ten ce

1 1 d o n ’t h av e a n y m o n e y $0 y o u c a n e x c ln d e m e fro m th e s h o p p in g trip ,

2 I d is tr ib u te d th e m in ts a m o n g ray frie n d s in th e car

3 W e n eed to re so lv e th is m ess a b o u t th e m isp rin te d tic k e ts p re tty so o n

4 H e re a lly critic ise d me w h e n I su g g ested hcM g o t it w ro n g

5 L o o k a t th o se big ro c k s p r o tr u d in g fro m th e sea

6 S elect th e g o o d s tra w b e rrie s a n d leave th e r o tte n o n es in th e b o x

15 3 R e w rite th e u n d e rlin e d p a r ts o f th e se se n ten ces, u sin g a p h r a s a l v erb w ith o u t th ú t m ean s

th e o p p o s ite o f th e u n d e rlin e d w o rd s

1 1 o p e n e d th e d o o r a n d h e a rd s o m e b o d y w h isp e r fro m th e sta irc a se below

2 M y p o s itio n as re g a rd s th e c o m m itte e is char I m i u l d J ik g -tim o n tim te -a jL a m c m b

flr-3 H e aJw avs s h o rte n s th e d isc u ssio n w ith a rg u m e n ts a b o u t p o litic a l ideology

4 W h en w e gor h ack to o u r c a m p s ite , th e c a m p fire b a d s ta r te d b u rn in g

5 R u l th e leaflets to g e th e r in o n e p lace o n th e ta b le

Ố T h e b u rg la rs sto ỉe a b so lu te ly n o th in g ac all fro m u s

15 4 M a tc h th e h e a d lin e s 1 - 4 w ith ih c s to rie s a - d b d o w '

a) A fte r a tria l p e rio d o f six cnonuhs a d e c isio n w ill be m a d e as r o w h e th e r th ey w ill be

in sta lle d th r o u g h o u t th e c o u n try

U p

Basic m ea n in g s o f u p in p h rasal v erb s

Y ou a r e p r o b a b ly fa m ilia r w ith v erb s s u c h as e a t u p a n d w rite u p , w h ic h c a rry a m e a n in g o f

c o m p le tio n H e re a i e so m e m o re e x am p les:

C o m e o il, c h ild re n , fin ish u p y o u r b re a k fa st It’s tim e to g o Wei), let’s w ra p u p th e d isc u ssio n n o w a n d v o te, [(in fo rm al) finish a n activity]

U p c a n also c a rry th e m e a n in g o f u p w a r d m o v e m e n t o r re la tin g to ari u p p e r p o sitio n

C o u ld y o u lift th e cable u p w h ile 1 p u t th e ru g u n d e r it?

T o m m y, p ic k all y o u r to y s u p fro m th e flo o r a n d p u t th e m in y o u r to y b o x

A n o th e r ru c a n in g o f In p h ra s a l v e rb s is m a in ta in in a n u p r ig h t p o s itio n o r stre n g th e n ,

p re v e n t f r o m fallin g d o w n o r failin g

M a r ia n w a s ly in g p ro p p e d u p o n a p illo w , [su p p o rtin g h e rse lf in a n u p rig h t p o sitio n ]

T h e m in iste r a n n o u n c e d n e w m e a su re s to s h o re u p th e eco n o m y , [stre n g th e n o r im p ro v e

a n o rg a n is a tio n o r sy stem th a t ts n o t w o rk in g effectively o r th a t is likely t.o fa il|

R e a d th e se T V p ro g ra m m e p rev ie w s a n d n o te th e p h r a s a l v erb s w ith u p

The M an W ho Hated D ogs

(DDC Tuesday Spin}

The horo oi ;his -somaity plnyfld hy Rickis Farr, finds himself playing daddy to three homeless docs, but lands up! in trouble wilh his girlfriend when the local press publishes a s‘ory aboul him which i£ blown up* to makp him look like e

piiiless anirral-hater.

1 (inform al) finally does som ething, especially

w ith o u t having planned to

2 m ad e to seem m uch w o rse th a n it is

C h ip s w ith e v e ry th in g

<HNTV Friday 7.30pm) Dooumontary-maker Blylhfl WHrcfOfK pichR up ons n?cen1 nmoles in the press thal in ultra-ridi business lycoon has attempted 1<) buy up the weld's supply of silicon, opening up the lerriiying possibility Qi a xvOfld monopoly ?n computer chips

Warcross T q set up an interview wilh iho mystery tyco&n hul f E - r e i v e ' i (Jewih threats in return

h is to r y F ile (ATV Thursday e.30prn}

Ar* antiapolcxiist nolices somp strange, p<jinted stones sticking up from ;ho surfaoo ol a lako tiurinci 9 drought Suspecti^ they tnay mark

the si;c of an aiclcni lomb sho ;akos ¡nirarad phglographs fr^m the air V^iat shoivs up3 m the im-ogcs deapons tho myslory Aflor a long investigation she concludes that ih ^iie s about the ancient Mosa people no longer stand up4.

3 becom es visible

4 a p p e a r co rrec t w h en exam ined

N a tio n o n th e Wove (GIObalnewsTV Friday HJjvn) Phrasalia, once a cour>lry closed to the rest of the world, has opfinad up sint:e Ihp rieHih of

¡is long-time ruler President Pariiculos Bui will the nsw-fOun(i c'rcHriDrps ultim«1«ly It^d to the county spllMing up into chooiic rivsl republics as iensiDn*; pmfirg« in ¡is hv« provincps?

reacts to som ething th a t he has noticed

W e sfty '1 w e n t Into the garden and picked some flowers.' D on’c say ‘picked up some flowers'; p ick up is used fo r things which are on o r have fallen to the ground.

36 E/igtish Phrosot Verbs; in Use Advortctd

I 6 1 C o m p le te th e se se n ten ces u sin g a p h ra sa l v e rb fro m A o p p o s ite P u t it in th e c o rre c t fo rm

a n d , i f n ecessary , a d d a p ro n o u n as o b je c t

1 Sam m y, if y o u d u n ’t y o u r s p in a c h , y o u c a n ’t have an y p u d d in g

2 W e c a n th e a s p a ra g u s w ith a nice oil a n d v in e g a r d ressing

3 T h e P rim e M in is te r a p p o in te d th re e n e w m in iste rs in a n a tte m p t t o hisfailing a d m in is tra tio n ,

4 Y o u ’ve ju s t d r o p p e d so m e o f y o u r le tte rs L et m e fo r y o u

5 I n o tic e d T im ’s b ic y c le a g a in s t a w all o u tsid e J o a n n a ’s a p a r tm e n t

6 Y o u r b la c k d ress is a little p la in - w h y d o n ’t y o u a b it w ith a c o lo u rfu l

scarf?

7 I th in k w e s h o u ld try an < i rh c m e e tin g by 4 p m

8 C a n y o u th a t p la n t p o t? I n eed to p u t a s a u c e r u n d e r it to c a tc h th e

w ater,

1 6 2 C o m p le te th e se d ia lo g u e s u sin g p h ra sa l v erb s fro m th e o p p o s ite p a g e so t h a t th e se c o n d

sp e a k e r agrees w ith anti re p e a ts m o re o r Jess w h a t th e first s p e a k e r says

'1 P eter: I ju s t d o n ’t th in k his th e o ry is c o rre c t w h e n y o u lo o k a t it very carefully

R o n : N o , I agree It ju s t d o c s r v t u p w h e n y o u e x a m in e it closely

2 S alim a: T th in k w c sh o u ld a sk th e stu d e n ts to fo rm sm all g ro u p s

H ila ry : Yes, w e s h o u l d th e m up in to g ro u p s o f tw o o r th re e

3 E d w in : I th in k w e s h o u ld try to a rra n g e a m e e tin g w ith th e w h o le te a in

Tan: Y o u ’re rig h t "We sh o u ld tr y t o o n e u p

4 N a z ir: I ju s t k n e w P a tric k ’s s o n w o u ld g e t in to tr o u b le w ith th e p o lice o n e day

A n n a : Yes, it w a s in ev itab le He’d u p in s e rio u s tro u b le ,

.5 T erry: She sa id th e y ’d s o ld a ll th e rick ets fo r th e c o n c e r t in o n e go

V era: Yes, a p p a re n tly so m e m y ste ry p e r s o n th e m a ll up o v e r the

In te rn e t

6 S am ; OH Jo o k , P a u la ’s freck les are re a lly v isib le in th is p h o to , a r e n ’t they?

T yler: Yes, th e y re a J J y u p , d o n ’t they?

7 B rian: 1 th in k th e n e w sp a p e rs hav e gnrafly e x a g g e ra te d th e srorv

A lisha: Y es, th e y ’v e it up o u t o f all p r o p o r tio n

8 M e g a n : T h e r e ’s a b ig n a il p r o tr u d in g fro m th a t flo o rb o a rd ; lie c a re fu l

D av e: Yes, I n o tic e d o n e u p th e o th e r d a y b u r fo rg o t tu m e n tio n it

I 6 3 W h ic h p h ra s a l v e rb fits in to e ach o f th e se sets o f c o llo c a tio n s?

t o a b a llo o n t o a n in terv iew

t o an ailin g e c o n o m y t o a n o p p o rtu n ity

th e fo u n d a tio n s o f a b u ild in g a new lin e o f in v e stig a tio n

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