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intransitive verbs with particles

intransitive verbs with particles

Date: Jun 22 2007

Topic: Idioms and Slang

Author: hoda61

Lesson

TO COME ABOUT:to happen, tu occur ,to be caused.

TO DIE DOWN: to become more quiet, to diminish,to subside

TO STAND OUT:to be noticeable, to be prominent, to be clearly seen

TO BREAK DOWN: to fail to function, to stop working properly

TO FALL THROUGH: to fail to occur, not to happen

TO GET AHEAD: to make progress, to succeed

TO GET AROUND: to travel, to move about

TO HOLD ON: to wait, to pause

TO OPEN UP:to talk honestly and freely, to reveal a secret

TO COME UP: to arise

TO BREAK IN: to interrupt( someone who's already speaking)

TO CATCH ON: to finally understand

TO LOOK ON: to watch, to observe, to be a spectator

TO SETTLE DOWN: to become calm, quiet or peaceful , to begin a normal ,stable life

TO SHOW UP: to arrive , to appear

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jhe

Philippines

hi i'm jermy from philippines please help mE to more speak english.thanks!!

01:19 AM Sep 29 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

HONEY

 

THX FOR ANSWERING

12:53 AM Sep 29 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

  • GET OFF / EXAMPLE /get off the ground

 

          / MEANING/ succeed at first,   begin successfully

 

  • GET ON/ EXAMPLE/ get on it

         / MEANING/ do it now

05:45 PM Sep 27 2007 |

sachdevanidhi

India

hi everyone,

can any body provide me meanings of get on, get off, word + off…

 

thanks

09:53 AM Sep 27 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

COSCO 20

UR WELCOMEWink

04:35 PM Sep 26 2007 |

cosco20

China

thanks

04:21 PM Sep 26 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

elmorcy

thx for answering

03:24 PM Sep 26 2007 |

elmorcy

Egypt

ok very good

thanks for thise great effort

01:16 PM Sep 26 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

CHARM

THX FOR READING

12:55 PM Sep 26 2007 |

charm29

Philippines

thanks for sharing some of your idimatic slang…i hope you give more…example..it really helpful specailly for those trying there best to speak english..thnaks…

08:07 AM Sep 26 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

majamil

alogigi

thx for answering

 

elmorcy

we enta tayb

03:09 PM Sep 25 2007 |

elmorcy

Egypt

thanks hoda and kol sana wenti tiyba

 

07:01 AM Sep 25 2007 |

alogigi

alogigi

United States

Txs very useful

gg

05:26 AM Sep 25 2007 |

majamil

majamil

Pakistan

kindly anyone send me lesson for improve speaking skills

03:27 AM Sep 25 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

sure just check all my lessons

u will find other idiomsSmile

08:48 PM Sep 24 2007 |

teacher_eve

Philippines

please give more idioms..thank you

03:32 PM Sep 24 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

thx all for readingWink

01:35 PM Sep 23 2007 |

foudel

foudel

Algeria

thank you hoda

11:41 AM Sep 23 2007 |

JALIL NASERI

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hi , in spite of having some dictation mistakes ,that was good.thanks any way

11:20 AM Sep 23 2007 |

JALIL NASERI

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hi, that was good inspite of some dictation mistakes .thanks any way

11:18 AM Sep 23 2007 |

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