10/10/2016

Multi-word verbs 2

SB - abreviação de somebody
STH - abreviação de something
Verbos marcados ❎ são separáveis. Se o objeto é um substantivo, ele pode ir antes ou depois da partícula. Se o objeto é um pronome, ele deve ir antes da partícula.
Multi-word verbs
Meaning
Hold (sth) back ❎
To not do something, often because of fear or because you do not want to make a bad situation worse.
Hold on
To wait for a short time.
Hurry up
To move more quickly
Keep on
Continue persist.
Keep up ❎
To stay level or equal with someone or something.
Leave (sb/sth) out
To omit someone or something
Let down ❎
To fail to meet the expectations of someone. To disappoint someone.
Log in/on
To connect a computer.
Log out/off
To stop using a computer system.
Look after
Take care of.
Look for
Try to find.
Look forward to (sth)
Feel excited about a future event.
Look (sth) up  / to (sb)
Search for in a book or other source.  To view someone with respect and admiration.
Look through (sth)
Admire, respect someone.
Make up
To become friendly again after having an argument or disagreement. To put make up on someone.
Mess around
To waste time; to do something ineffectually.
Multi-word verbs
Meaning
Move in/move into (sth)
To move closer to someone or something.
Pass away
To die.
Pay (sb) back
To return money that was borrowed from a person.
Pick (sb/sth) up ❎
Go and get. Learn easily.
Put (sth/sb) away
To save or store something for future use. To defeat someone.
Put off ❎
Postpone.
Put on ❎
Get dresses. (Clothes)
Put together
To construct or create something out of pieces or parts.
Run across (sb/sth)
To meet someone without planning to. To find something without specifically looking for it.
Run into (sb/sth)
Unexpectedly experience something. Unexpectedly meet somebody.
Multi-word verbs
Meaning
Set off
Start a journey (to a place).
Show off
To display or behave in an ostentatious or conspicuous way.
Take back ❎
Return something to (a shop).
Turn on/off ❎
Connect/disconnect (a light, tv, etc.).
Turn over
To bring the bottom to the top or vice versa; invert.
Turn up/down
Reduce/increase the volume.
Tidy up ❎
Organize.
Try on ❎
Put on to see if it looks good or fits.
Warm up
To make or become warm. To prepare for an athletic event by exercising,
Wait up for (sb)
To delay going to bed in order to await some event or person.
Wake up (sb) ❎
Interrupt someone’s sleep. Stop sleeping.
Wear out
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
Work out
To find a solution for; solve. Come up with.
Write down ❎
Write something on paper.

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