En este post os explicaré qué es un phrasal verb y os daré algunos
ejemplos.
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Suelen ser expresiones que se utilizan mucho
y que pueden resultar un quebradero de cabeza para los que aprendemos inglés
como segunda lengua.
Alguno de los más sencillos puede ser: get up (levantarse), take care (cuidar), get on (subirse)…
10 phrasal verbs (b2):
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Come up with:
To suggest or think
of an idea or plan.
She’s come up with a new way to use up cold chicken.
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Find out:
To obtain knowledge
of something , or to obtain knowledge of someone’s activities, especially dishonest
one.
How did you find out about the party?
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See somebody off:
To go to the place
that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them.
My parents saw me off at the airport last week.
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Call off:
To decide that a
planned event, especially a sport event, will not happen, or to end an activity
because it is no longer useful or possible.
The police have called off the search for the
missing child until dawn tomorrow.
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Break up:
When a relationship
ends.
She’s just broken up with her boyfriend.
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Turn up:
When you turn up a
radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you increase the amount of sound,
heat or power being produced, by adjusting the controls.
Turn the heat up high.
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Get on with:
If you get on with
someone, you like them and have a friendly relationship with them.
What are your neighbours like? Do you get on
with them?
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Take after:
if you take after a
member of your family, you resemble them in your appearance, your behaviour,
your character.
Ted’s always been difficult, he takes after his
dad.
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Look for:
You try to find
something that you have lost.
I’m looking for my car’s keys.
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Look after:
You keep somebody
healthy, safe, or in good condition.
I love looking after the children.
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