Aquí tienes una lista de 40 phrasal verbs que pueden marcar la diferencia en tu nivel de inglés.
1. Argue out → to argue about a problem to find a solution (debatir)
If we can’t argue our differences out, I’ll have to speak with your parents
2. Be down → to be depressed (estar deprimido, ‘estar de bajón’)
Mary’s been down since his brother went to India
3. Be in → to be at home or at work (estar en casa o en el trabajo)
He is never in, he always sleeps in his girlfriend’s house
4. Belong to → to be a member or be connected to a time, place, belief… (ser miembro de o estar conectado a un tiempo, lugar, creencia…)
She belongs to a business club
5. Block in → to park a car obstructing another car (bloquear)
We couldn’t drive this Saturday because someone had blocked us in.
6. Calm down → to become less excited and tense (calmarse, tranquilizarse)
My boss calmed down the meeting
7. Call off → to cancel (cancelar algo)
The meeting was called off
8. Call back → to return a phonecall (devolver una llamada)
I must call the hotel back to confirm the booking
9. Cut down on → to reduce in size or amount (reducir la cantidad o el consumo de cigarrillos, bebida, producción…)
Agatha cut down on smoking
10. Find out → discover (descubrir, averiguar).
The boss would be interested in finding out more details about the sell
11. Get away → to escape (escapar, huir)
The cat got away when it saw the dog
12. Get over → to recover from something (superar)
Mary has got over her Internet addiction
13. Give out → to distribute (distribuir algo entre un grupo de personas)
The coach gave out the football balls for the match
14. Go for → to attack (atacar a una persona o animal)
The cat went for Peter
15 Lay off → to stop employing (despedir)
The company laid off two hundred workers last month
16. Look after → take care (cuidar)
Her friend Susan looked after the twins while their mother went to the bank
17. Look for → try to find (buscar)
You should look for another way to finance the business
18. Look forward to → to think with pleasure about a future event (esperar con interés)
Jimmy is looking forward to the next summer
19. Look into → to investigate (investigar)
The police are looking into my company
20. Look over → inspect (revisar, examinar)
They came to look the house over with a view to buying it
21. Make up for → to compensate for (compensar) Outsourcing could make up for a lack of human resources
22. Pick up → to collect someone or something (recoger algo o alguien, habitualmente en un vehículo)
Peter picked up the dessert from the bakery
23. Put forward → to offer for consideration (ofrecer una propuesta a consideración)
We put forward the plan in the annual meeting
24. Put off → to delay (posponer hacer algo durante un determinado tiempo)
The new manager put off the meeting until the end of the week
25. Put on → to dress (ponerse, vertir ropa o complementos)
Anne put on her new boots
26. Put out → to extinguish (apagar un cigarrillo, un fuego, una luz…)
George put out the light (George put the light out) before leaving the room
27. Put through → to connect (conectar una línea telefónica o personas)
He put me through to Mr. Pratt
28. Run into → to meet by chance (encontrarse por casualidad)
I ran into Mary yesterday night
29. Run out of → to use all of (consumir todo)
The car ran out of petrol
30. See off → to say goodbye (despedir a alguien en el lugar desde donde parte de viaje)
Billy drove to the airport and saw him off
31. Set off → to start a journey (empezar un viaje, partir de viaje)
Karen set off at five o’clock
32. Speak up → to speak louder (hablar más alto)
The nun said, ‘speak up’
33. Take after → to look or be like an a relative (parecerse o comportarse como un familiar o conocido)
My sister takes after my mother
34, Take down → writing (anotar)
He took my telephone number down
35. Take over → to assume responsability for (asumir la responsabilidad)
When my father died, my oldest brother took over his responsibilities
36. Take up → to begin to study or do something (empezar a estudiar, practicar o hacer algo)
He’s taking up a new university career
37. Tear up → to destroy completely (destruir totalmente)
Brian tore up all his mother’s letters
38. Tell off → to speak angrily (reprender a alguien)
The boss told him off for breaking the agreement
39. Think over → to consider (valorar una propuesta o situación)
They are thinking over their next sell
40. Try on: to put on an article to see if it fits (probar ropa)
The boy didn’t want to try on the shoes
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