TWO WEEKS OF PHRASAL VERBS FOR THE NEW YEAR
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Day One: to turn up
- To arrive/to appear
- They turned up at three o’clock.
- Se presentaron a las tres en punto.
- Van aparèixer a les tres en punt.
Day Two: to bring up
- To mention
- Bob brought up his proposal at the meeting.
- Bob planteó su propuesta en la reunión.
- En Bob va plantejar la seva proposta a la reunió.
Day Three: to drop in
- To visit
- My neighbors always drop in to visit on the weekends.
- Mis vecinos siempre vienen a visitarme los fines de semana.
- Els meus veïns sempre venen a visitar-me els caps de setmana.
Day Four: to get away
- To escape
- It’s always great to get away from the city on Saturdays.
- Siempre es bueno escaparse de la ciudad los sábados.
- Sempre és fantàstic escapar-se de la ciutat els dissabtes.
Day Five: to work out
- To solve
- Have you worked out the problem yet?
- ¿Ya has solucionado el problema?
- Ja has solucionat el problema?
Day Six: to set off
- To start
- They set off on their trip last Friday.
- Comenzaron el viaje el viernes pasado.
- Van començar el viatge el divendres passat.
Day Seven: to take after (someone)
- To be similar to
- John really takes after his father.
- John se parece mucho a su padre.
- En John assembla molt al seu pare.
Day Eight: to go over
- To review
- The teacher went over the material for the test.
- El profesor repasó el material para el examen.
- El professor va revisar el material per l’examen.
Day Nine: to carry on
- To continue
- The man carried on talking even though no one was listening to him.
- El hombre siguió hablando a pesar de que nadie lo escuchaba.
- L’home continuava parlant tot i que ningú l’escoltava.
Day Ten: to cut down on (something)
- To reduce
- My father’s doctor told him that he had to cut down on his smoking.
- El médico de mi padre le dijo que tenía que fumar menos.
- El metge del meu pare li va dir que havia de deixar de fumar tant.
Day Eleven: to fall out with
- To stop being friendly with
- Mary fell out with her best friend.
- Mary rompió la relación con su mejor amiga.
- Mary va trencar la seva relació amb la seva millor amiga.
Day Twelve: to give up
- To surrender
- The soldiers gave themselves up when their captain was killed.
- Los soldados se entregaron cuando su capitán fue asesinado.
- Els soldats es van rendir quan el seu capità va ser assassinat.
Day Thirteen: to break down
- To stop working
- My car broke down last weekend.
- Mi coche se estropeó el fin de semana pasado.
- El meu cotxe es va espatllar el cap de setmana passat.
Day Fourteen: to put out
- To extinguish
- The man put out his cigarette and went into the shop.
- El hombre apagó su cigarrillo y entró en la tienda.
- L’home va apagar la seva cigarreta i va entrar a la botiga.
Written by Mike Dean Alger for Aston School
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