phrasal verb in English
It is sometimes possible to match the elements of phrasal verbs and Latinate verbs: climb up with a/scend, climb down with de/scend.
Use "phrasal verb" in a sentence
1. Phrasal verb Carp at To scold or find
2. Choose the correct phrasal verb for each blank.
3. An intransitive phrasal verb is not followed by an object.
4. Definition of Confide-in phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
5. Now complete the sentences with the correct phrasal verb using put.
6. Definition of Appertain-to phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
7. Definition of Come-out phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
8. Definition of Accustom-to phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
9. They are guessing the meaning of the phrasal verb solely literally, inferring the meaning of phrasal verb largely influenced by L1 and neglecting the context to infer its meaning.
10. Phrasal Verb: Bliss out Slang To go into a state of ecstasy
11. When you need a verb, use the two-word phrasal verb Back up
12. The phrasal verb "Accounted for" cannot be elided to "Accounted…
13. Brush off is a separable and non-separable phrasal verb and has 2 definitions.
14. As an inflection of this phrasal verb, creeped out is more common than Crept out.
15. Take turns to choose a square and make a sentence using the phrasal verb in the square.
16. Finn: Tip two is to try to remember a few words that go with your phrasal verb.
17. When Across is an element in a phrasal verb, eg come Across, run Across, look up the verb
18. This study is triggered by the bottleneck phenomenon of phrasal verb(pv) acquisition by Chinese learners of English.
19. When Before is an element in a phrasal verb, eg come Before, go Before, look up the verb.
20. When Ahead is an element in a phrasal verb, eg draw Ahead, go Ahead, look up the verb
21. When Along is an element in a phrasal verb, eg get Along, play Along, string Along, look up the verb
22. An English phrasal verb is an idiomatic combination consisting of a verb and a particle (adverb or preposition) or two particles.
23. More communication activities can be involved in phrasal verb teaching, for the purpose of stimulating students' interests and keeping high motivation.
24. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Carry on phrasal verb 1 especially British English to continue doing something Sorry, I interrupted you
25. I bought a bunch of flowers for you = Collocation; You should buy into this company = Phrasal Verb; List of Most Common Collocations
26. A phrasal verb refers to a verb combined with an adverb or a preposition, or sometimes both, to give a new meaning.
27. Listen to this passage from Elena's story again. What phrasal verb does she use to talk about when she will return the ladder?
28. Phrasal verb If you Break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you, you free yourself and run away
29. Unfortunately, there is no rule that will help you to look at a phrasal verb and always know whether it is separable or nonseparable .
30. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Call out phrasal verb 1 to say something loudly call something ↔ out ‘Hi there!’ I called out
31. Now listen to the next bit of the conversation. In this clip, what phrasal verb means to give something extra for the same price?
32. Phrasal verb If a group of people Close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them
33. But it is worth mentioning that the phrasal verb "Confide" usually goes with the preposition "in", and it is actually an idiom
34. If an English noun which means a tool is used as an English verb in the phrasal verb, it may be considered as an adverbial of man...
35. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Break down phrasal verb 1 if a car or machine breaks down, it stops working The car broke down just north of Paris
36. Cut in From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Cut in phrasal verb 1 interrupt to interrupt someone who is speaking by saying something ‘What shall I do?’ Patrick Cut in again
37. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Call up phrasal verb 1 especially American English informal to telephone someone call somebody ↔ up He called me up to tell me about it
38. Beat up From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Beat up phrasal verb 1 beat somebody ↔ up to hurt someone badly by hitting them Her boyfriend got drunk and beat her up
39. Infinitive: Carry out; Present Tense: Carry out/ Carries Out-ing Form: Carrying Out; Past Tense: Carried Out; Past Participle: Carried Out; Carry out is a separable phrasal verb and has 5 definitions
40. A phrasal verb is a verb followed by an adverb or a preposition or both of them, and then forms the whole meaning which is mostly different from the respective meaning of its components.
41. Break in From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Break in phrasal verb 1 to enter a building by using force, in order to steal something Thieves broke in and stole £10,000 worth of computer equipment
42. Crack down From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Crack down phrasal verb to become more strict in dealing with a problem and punishing the people involved on The government is determined to Crack down on terrorism.
43. When you need a verb meaning to develop by degrees, to accumulate, or to bolster, use the two word phrasal verb build up. Some publications, especially British ones, favor of the hyphenated build-up instead of Buildup.
44. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English blurt something ↔ out phrasal verb SAY to say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are nervous or excited Peter Blurted the news out before we could stop him
45. Crept is still considered preferable to creeped in almost all cases, with one main exception—in the past tense of the phrasal verb creep out, meaning to strike [someone] as weird in a frightening or off-putting way.
46. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Break through phrasal verb 1 ATTACK Break through (something) to manage to get past or through something that is in your way Several demonstrators broke through the barriers despite warnings from the police
47. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Call in phrasal verb 1 call somebody/something ↔ in to ask someone to come and help you with a difficult situation The government then called in troops to deal with the disturbances
48. Be Bombed out From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English be Bombed out phrasal verb PM DESTROY if a building or the people in it are Bombed out, the building is completely destroyed My family were Bombed out in 1941
49. Black out vi phrasal phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up." informal (lose consciousness)
50. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English amount to something phrasal verb 1 TOTAL if figures, sums etc amount to a particular total, they equal that total when they are added together Time lost through illness Amounted to 1,357 working days