Phrasal verbs.







A phrasal verb is a preposition plus a verb or an adverb which gives a meaning diferent from the original verb. Example:

• Back up: move backward / move in reverse.

• Get along (with): have a friendly relationship (with) / be friendly (toward).

• Get around: avoid having to do something.

• Blow up: inflate.

• Get by: survive, financially, in a difficult situation.

• Get in: arrive.

• Add up: locally fit together.

• Break in : enter by using force.

• Add up to: to total.

• Burn up: become destroyed / consumed by fire.

• Call off: cancel a meeting.

• Catch on: develop understanding or knowledge of something.

• Catch up: stop being behind.

• Ask out: ask for a date.

• Pass away: die.

• Pick up: lift / take up.