Phrasal Verbs

Os phrasal verbs são muito importantes para se expressar como um falante nativo do inglês. Os verbos frasais são até mais importantes no inglês do dia-a-dia, porque com eles fala-se de forma informal, o que fazemos a toda hora em português.

 Let´s see:

• Ask out: ask someone to go on a date
• Bring about: cause
• Bring up: 1) rear children 2) mention or introduce a topic
• Call back: return a telephone call
• Call in: ask to come to an official place for a special reason
• Call on*: 1) visit 2) ask a student a question in class
• Call up: call on the telephone
• Check in*: register at a hotel
• Check into*: investigate
• Check out: 1) borrow a book from a library 2) investigate
• Cheer up: make (someone) feel happier
• Clean up: make clean and orderly
• Come across*: find by chance
• Cross out: draw a line through
• Cut out: stop an annoying activity
• Do over: repeat
• Drop in (on)*: visit informally
• Drop off: leave something/someone somewhere
• Drop out (of)*: stop going to school or class
• Figure out: find the answer by logic
• Fill out: complete a form
• Find out: discover information
• Get along (with)*: to have a good relationship with
• Get back (from): 1) return from somewhere 2) receive again
• Get in, get into*: 1) enter a car 2) arrive
• Get off*: leave any vehicle
• Get on*: enter any vehicle
• Get out of*: 1) leave a car 2) avoid some unpleasant activity
• Get over*: recover from an illness
• Get through*: finish
• Get up*: arise from bed, a chair etc.
• Give back: return something to someone
• Give up: stop doing something
• Go over*: review or check
• Grow up*: become an adult
• Kick out (of): force (someone) to leave
• Look after*: take care of
• Look out (for)*: be careful
• Look over: review or check
• Look up: look for information in a reference book
• Make up: 1) invent 2) do past work
• Name after: give a baby the name of someone else
• Pass away*: die
• Pass out: 1) distribute 2) lose consciousness
• Pick out: select
• Pick up: 1) go to get someone 2) take in one’s hand
• Point out: call someone’s attention to
• Put away: remove to an appropriate place
• Put back: return to original position
• Put off: postpone
• Put on: dress
• Put out: extinguish a cigarette, fire
• Put up with*: tolerate
• Run into: meet by chance
• Run across: find by chance
• Run out (of): finish a supply of something
• Show up*: appear, come to
• Shut off: stop a machine, equipment, light etc.
• Take after*: resemble
• Take off: 1) remove clothing 2) leave on a trip 3) leave the ground (aeroplane)
• Take out: 1) take someone on a date 2) remove
• Take over: take control
• Throw away: discard; get rid of
• Throw out: discard; get rid of
• Throw up: vomit
• Try on: put on clothing to see if it fits
• Turn down: decrease volume
• Turn in: 1) submit classwork 2) go to bed
• Turn off: stop a machine, equipment, light etc.
• Turn on: start a machine, equipment, light etc.
• Turn out: extinguish a light
• Turn up: increase volume or intensity