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Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

Date: Oct 10 2007

Topic: Vocabulary

Author: alshehri2005

Lesson

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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zedan22

zedan22

Egypt

very nice, Vcob.

             Thanks

08:41 PM Jan 04 2008 |

rameshk_tvm

India

Yeah its very useful , really nice .

07:13 PM Jan 04 2008 |

Mo0

Mo0

Brazil

it's really iterestning for we all here

thanx

by : Mo0¹²³

05:41 PM Jan 04 2008 |

thaiha_764

thaiha_764

Viet Nam

thanks. I think it is very helpful and you're so kind!

06:44 AM Jan 04 2008 |

nur beut

nur beut

Malaysia

good

02:21 AM Jan 04 2008 |

Chiky

Chiky

Dominican Republic

Thank you, it´s a very important lesson.

05:38 PM Jan 03 2008 |

sky&blue

China

thanx for your lesson,it's very good.

10:21 AM Jan 03 2008 |

roprop_m

Thailand

good lesson

 

09:20 AM Jan 03 2008 |

laetitia-silver

North Korea

cooooooooooool

07:27 AM Jan 03 2008 |

giancoi

Viet Nam

great

07:16 AM Jan 03 2008 |

mtamouli

mtamouli

India

very good efforts

 

 

07:14 AM Jan 03 2008 |

kanary111

Kuwait

thanks for the vocab i really need them in my life

09:05 PM Jan 02 2008 |

Ali jaan

Bangladesh

I run into ebaby's friends while net surfing…...

08:22 PM Jan 02 2008 |

jo0ody__7

jo0ody__7

Saudi Arabia

thanks

08:01 PM Jan 02 2008 |

jo0ody__7

jo0ody__7

Saudi Arabia

Winkthanks so much

07:59 PM Jan 02 2008 |

 steed

steed

China

thank you for so

nice lesson

04:08 PM Jan 02 2008 |

diksha

India

thanks a lot it really works good.I am a spoken english teacher. can u send me some toung twisters and some other speaking activities.

03:07 PM Jan 02 2008 |

happyqingq

Switzerland

i think this lesson is very good

12:43 PM Jan 02 2008 |

gigy11

Sudan

it is nice and useful lesson and  I understand it very much

thanks….....

01:06 AM Jan 02 2008 |

ISSA_NIRIEL

Peru

THANKS A LOT, VERY INSTRUCTIVE

05:25 PM Dec 29 2007 |

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