PHRASAL VERBS

It's dark in here. Can you turn on the light?

He pulled up behind them and turned off the engine. I turned off the TV set and left the room.

I turned the lights down in my daughter's room, she fell asleep. She turned down my invitation.

Can you turn up the heating? I'm cold. Look who finally turned up!

Are you going to turn around and look at me?

He still hasn't moved in with her, even though they've been dating for 5 years.

I moved on with my life after she broke up with me. Let's move on and talk about you.

Are you ready to move on to the next question? We don't have much time; we should move on to the next presentation.

He's already 30 years old, but he doesn't want to move out of his parents' house.

We'll have to move over. This is not our seat. If you moved over we would all have a place to sit.

Why are you looking at me like that? Look at that girl - this is my sister.

I'm looking for my glasses. Have you seen them? I've been looking for you everywhere.

Tom needs to look after his mother because she's ill. Do you have any experience in looking after small children?

I just wanted to look around. This place is amazing, look around!

Could you look up the bus to Warsaw in the timetable? I don't know the address of the hospital - can you look it up on the Internet?

Why are you shouting? He took a deep breath to calm down.

The government should speed up the reform, or people will be disappointed. The truck speeded up going down the hill.

I'm going to a job interview, but first I have to print out my CV.

Can we slow down a bit? My feet are killing me. Push the brake pedal to slow down.

It's very important to warm up before a workout. She warmed herself by the fire.

Would you like to eat in or take away? Two hamburgers to take away, please.

During the presentation, you can take down your comments.

to write something that you are looking at or listening to

Don't take off your jacket, or you'll get cold. The plane took off at 12. Don't take your eyes off your oponent.

Yesterday, David took me out for lunch. My boyfriend is taking me out today to a fancy restaurant.

Take the tub of ice cream out of the bag and put it in the fridge. She took out a splinter from my thumb.

Give me a second. I'll just put the shopping away. She's putting money away for her holidays.

High prices put the customers off. Nowadays, a lot of people put off starting a family because they want to focus on their careers first. He put off writing the essay until the last minute.

It's getting cold. Put on your coat. She came home from work and put the kettle on for tea. Should I put on some music? Put cream on your body after a sunbath.

It took them a lot of time to put out the fire. He put out the cigarette and left. Put that torch out!

to make a light stop shining by pressing or moving a switch, to make something such as a fire or cigarette stop burning

Kate put her bag down and went to the kitchen. She had to put down her cat.

Where's my dress? Did you put it into the wardrobe? I always put a lot of effort in preparing healthy breakfast.

to spend a lot of time or effort doing something

I'm going away for the weekend. Don't call me unless it's urgent. He went away to Greece last week. I hope that my happiness won't go away tomorrow.

to leave your home in order to spend time somewhere else, usually for a holiday, to disappear

I'm busy right now. I need to go through all the emails I got yesterday. He's gone through a lot recently.

to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation, to examine something that contains a collection of things carefully in order to organize them or find something,

The lights went off in several villages because of the storm. Children bought some sweets and went off happy. The bomb went off at 6 in the evening. I was late for work because my alarm clock didn't go off. This milk doesn't smell good, it went off.

If a light or a machine goes off, it stops working, If a bomb goes off, it explodes, If food or drink goes off, it is not good to eat or drink any more because it is too old, If a warning device goes off, it starts to ring loudly or make a loud noise

She didn't even look up. She just went on reading. Do you need any help? What's going on here? You can go on studying, I won't bother you anymore. I hope it will not go on into the early hours.

to happen, to continue

It's getting late. Can you go on to the next slide? Let's go on to the next question.

Why don't you both come round for a drink? On our way home we came by a pub.

to come to a place, move from one place to another, or move towards someone; to visit a place for a short time, often when you are going somewhere else

I was surprised when I came across him. I must say that I've never come across this kind of problem before. He comes across as a very conceited.

to find something or someone by chance, to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic

She left home and never came back. Long skirts are coming back into fashion now.

to return to a place, If a style or a fashion comes back, it becomes popular again after being unpopular for a period of time.

I think I'm coming down with flu.

to start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious

After her death, it came out that she'd lied about her age. The clouds finally parted and the sun came out. When does their new album come out?

If a book, record, film, etc. comes out, it becomes available for people to buy or see, When the sun, moon, or stars come out, they appear in the sky, to be a particular amount or number after a mathematical calculation,

My boyfriend said he wanted to break up with me because our relationship had gone stale. She made me promise to give up smoking, and threatened to break up with me if I didn't

Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road. When we gave her the bad news, she broke down and cried.

If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working, to be unable to control your feelings and to start to cry

Cholera broke out in the city. Fighting has broken out all over the city, when war broke out in 1914

If something dangerous or unpleasant breaks out, it suddenly starts, If an infectious disease breaks out, people start to suffer from it and it spreads to others

Thieves broke into our office downtown and stole the computers.

to enter a building illegally, usually by damaging a door or window, esp. for the purpose of stealing something

The party was meant to be a surprise, but Sharon gave it away.

to tell people something secret, often without intending to

How can he get by on so little money? We can get by with four computers at the moment, but we'll need a couple more when the new staff arrive.

to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money:

Shall we get together on Friday and go for a drink or something? Why don’t we all get together on Friday?

If two or more people get together, they meet each other, having arranged it before

Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight.

to sit comfortably with your back against the back of a chair

We sat around most of the evening, waiting for Jake and drinking beer.

to spend time sitting down and doing very little

We had to sit through two hours of speeches. It’s hard for little kids to sit through a whole baseball game.

to stay until the end of an event such as a meeting or performance that is very long or boring

VAT stands for 'Value Added Tax'., This party stands for low taxes and individual freedom.

if a letter or group of letters stands for something, it is an abbreviation of a word or phrase, to support or represent a particular idea or set of ideas

You have to stand up for your rights - you can't let them walk all over you. Don’t be bullied – stand up for yourself and your beliefs.

to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked:

Cut it out, you two – I'm tired of listening to you argue!

Pull up here, I want to get out of the car. We pulled up at a small café.

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