Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs: Vocabulary Building (English Word Power Book 19) (English Edition)
Useful English phrasal verbs and their meanings in simple words. Alphabetical list of English phrasal verbs.
1500 Useful phrasal verbs for daily use
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What are “Phrasal Verbs”?
A PHRASAL VERB is made up of a Verb and an Adverb or a Preposition or both.
Adverbs or prepositions which are used in Phrasal Verbs are called ‘Particles’.
Verb + adverb = Phrasal verb
Verb + preposition = Phrasal verb
Verb + adverb + preposition = Phrasal verb
Examples:
break down — verb + adverb [break= verb; down= adverb]
ward off — verb + preposition [ward= verb; off= preposition]
keep up with — verb + adverb + preposition [keep= verb; up= adverb; with=preposition]
‘USUAL’ and ‘IDIOMATIC’ Meanings of Phrasal Verbs
A Phrasal verb may have a usual or idiomatic meaning –
Phrasal Verb with Usual meaning:
Verb and Particle keep their ordinary meaning
Example: turn around — to turn around
Phrasal Verb with Idiomatic meaning:
Verb and Particle don’t keep their ordinary meaning
Example: turn down — to reject an offer
Following is the detailed list of useful Phrasal Verbs and their meanings:
English Phrasal Verbs — A
Abide
abide by — to obey/follow a decision, rule, etc.
Abound
abound with/in — to be full of
Account
account for — to explain to be a definite amount for to destroy
Accustom
accustom to — to be familiar
Act
act on — to affect
act out — to express a feeling or an emotion in your behavior
act up — to behave inappropriately
act upon — to take an action on the basis of particular information, etc.; to execute
Add
add in — to include
add to — to increase
add up — to calculate or count to be sensible or reasonable
add up to — to have a particular result to have a certain total amount
Adhere
adhere to — to follow a particular rule
Agree
not agree with — to dislike or disapprove
Aim
aim at — to Intend to achieve a particular goal
Alight
alight on — to find something by chance
Align
align with — to support a person, rules, etc, openly or publicly because you agree with them
Allow
allow for — to take something into consideration
allow of — to make possible; to permit
Allude
allude to — to refer to
Amount
amount to — to be equal to something to count something as a total
Angle
angle for — to try to get something indirectly by hinting
Answer
answer back — to make counter-argument to give a rude reply to your senior, an authority, etc.
answer for — to be responsible
answer to somebody for something — to explain your decision or action
Appertain
appertain to — to refer or relate
Argue
argue down — to beat somebody in an argument or a debate to persuade people not to accept a proposal or motion to persuade a seller to reduce the price
argue somebody into doing something — to give reasons to persuade somebody to do or not do something
Arrive
arrive at — to decide something after deliberation
Arrogate
arrogate to yourself — to claim/take without having the right
Ascribe
ascribe to — to think or say something is done by somebody
Ask
ask around — to talk to many people with a view to getting information to invite
ask for — to request or demand something to provoke a negative reaction
ask in — to invite somebody into your house
ask out — to invite someone for a date
Attend
attend to — to deal with somebody/something
Auction
auction off — to sell something at an auction
Avail
avail yourself of — to take advantage of an opportunity
ASIN : B00MRX9Z8G
Editora : Manik Joshi
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Data da publicação : 15 agosto 2014
Idioma : Inglês
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