English Lessons

Verb

Definition

Example

Figure out

Find the solution to a problem.

I figured out the answer.

Hand in

Give homework, papers, etc., to a teacher.

We handed in our homework.

 Hand out

Give something to person, then to the person, then to another person, etc.

The teacher handed out the test papers.

 Look up

Look for information in a dictionary, a telephone directory, an encyclopedia, etc.

I looked a word up in the dictionary.

 Make up

Invent ( a story)

Children like to make up stories.

 Pick up

Lift

Abdullah picked up stories.

 Put down

Stop holding or carrying

I put down the heavy packages.

 Put off

Postpone

We put off our trip until next summer.

 Put on

Place clothes on one's body

I put on my coat before I left.  

 Take off

Remove clothes from one's body

I took off my coat when I arrived.

 Throw away & Throw out

Put in the trash, discard

I threw away my old notebooks.

I threw out my old notebooks.

 Turn off

Stop a machine or a light

I turned off the lights and went to bed.

  Turn on

Start a machine or a light

I turned on the lights and went to bed.

 Wake up

Stop sleeping

My wife woke me up at six.

 Write down

Write a note on a piece o paper

I wrote his phone number down

 Call on

Ask ( someone ) to speak in class

The teacher called on Mohammad

 Come from

Originate

Where do these bananas come from?

 Get over

Recover from illness or a shock

Ahmad got over her cold and returned to work.

 Get off

Leave a bus/airplane/train/subway

I got off the bus at Makkah Street.

 Get on

Enter a bus/airplane/train/subway

I got on the bus at Makkah Street.

 Get in

Enter a car, taxi

I got in the taxi at the airport.

 Get out of

Leave a car, taxi

I got out of the taxi at the hotel.

 Look into

Investigate

Someone needs to look into this problem.

 Run into

Meet by chance

I ran into Ali at the Market.

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