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Thursday, 20 October 2011

4th Vocabulary (growing up)

Phrasal verbs

1.) TAKE
Take off  = leave the ground
Exp sentences : The plane took off at 6 a.m.

Take after = To resemble, in appearance or character
Exp sentences : Hendry really take after his dad.

Take on = Hire or engage staft
Exp sentences : Business is good so the company is taking on extra
                           staff.

Take out = To remove or extract
Exp sentences: She took out a pen to note the address.

2.) BREAK
Break away = Escape from captivity.
Exp sentences : A few horses brook away from the paddock.

Break down = Go out of order , cease to function./ lose control of
                          one's emotions.
Exp sentences : Harry car broke down so he had to take the bus.
                       : The woman broke down when the police told her
                          son had died.

Break up = Come to the end (marriage or relationship)
Exp sentences : after her marriage broke up, Natalia went to
                           live in Paris.

Break into = enter by force
Exp sentences : Burglar broke into the house around midnight.

3.) MAKE
Make up = invent (excuse or story)
Exp sentences : some employees make up excuses when they
                           arrive late for work.


4.) BLOW
Blow up = To explode or to be destroyed by an explosion.
Exp sentences : The terrorist said the bomb would blow up
                          at 8 o'clock.
                      : The racing car blew up after crashed into the fence.

5.) PUT
Put off : postpone or arrange a late date.
Exp sentences : The meeting was put off because of the strike.
                       : We are putting off our trip until January because
                          of the hurricane.

 Put out : Extinguish
Exp sentences : The bombs took a long time to put out the fire.

6.) WORK
 Work out = Do physical exercise or find solution or calculate
                      something.
Exp sentences : Harry work out twice a week at the gym club.
                      : We have to work out the total cost before we buy
                         the house.


 

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