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The book first came out in 1997. (was published)
The plane took off an hour late. (flew into the air)
The lecture went on till 6.30. (continued)
It’s difficult to make out what she’s saying. (hear/understand)
phrasal verb
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more formal single word
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(p = particle; o = object [underlined])
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particle before the object
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particle after the object
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I’ve made some copies. Would you like me to hand them out?
Not:Would you like me to hand out them?
Oh, I can’t lift you up any more. You’re too big now!
Not:I can’t lift up you any more.
Many couples do not want to take on the responsibility of bringing up a large family of three or four children.
break down
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get back
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move in/out
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carry on
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go off
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run away
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drop off
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hang on
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set off
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eat out
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join in
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wake up
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The taxi broke down on the way to the airport and I thought I nearly missed my flight.
We’d better set off before the rush-hour traffic starts.
What time did you wake up this morning?
break into (a house)
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get over (an illness)
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listen to
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cope with (a difficult situation)
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get on
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look after (a child)
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deal with (a problem)
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get off
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look at
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depend on
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go into
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look for
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do without
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lead to
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look forward to
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Somebody broke into his car and stole his radio.
I don’t like this CD. I don’t want to listen to it any more.
Getting to the final depends on winning the semi-final!
associate … with
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remind … of
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protect … from
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rob … of
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provide … with
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thank … for
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Hannah reminds [DO]me of [PO]a girlfriend of mine.
How can we protect [DO]children from [PO]dangerous material on the Internet?
I’d like to thank [DO]everyone for [PO]their kindness.
I’ve got a great new CD. Shall we listen to it?
Not:Shall we listen to?
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Phrasal verb: the object can come before or after the particle up.
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Prepositional verb: the object is after the preposition.
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catch up with
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get on with
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look out for
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come up against
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listen out for
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look up to
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do away with
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look down on
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put up with
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face up to
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look forward to
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watch out for
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get away with
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look in on
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Ken’s just chatting to a friend. He’ll catch up with us in a minute. (reach, join)
Do you get on with your neighbours? (have a good relationship with)
We look forward to meeting you on the 22nd. (anticipate with pleasure)
She was a wonderful teacher. We all looked up to her. (respected)
Not:We all looked her up to. orWe all looked up her to.
fix … up with
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put … down to
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put … up to
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let … in on
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take … out on
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She fixed [DO]us up with [PO]a violin teacher. We’re really grateful to her. (fixed us up with= arranged for us)
We just put [DO]the accident down to [PO]bad luck; there’s no other reason. (put down to = think the cause or reason is)
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