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B1 Phrasal verbs

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  • Pick up
    To lift someone or something up from a surface. (Ex. He picked the phone up and dialled.)
  • Find out
    To discover a fact or piece of information. (Ex. We may never find out the truth about what happened.)
  • Run out
    To use all of something and not have any left. (Ex. Many hospitals are running out of money.)
  • Go off
    Something that it stops working. (Ex. All the lights in the building suddenly went off)
  • Set up
    To start something such as a business, organization, or institution. (Ex. The group plans to set up an import business.)
  • Carry out
    To do a particular piece of work, research, etc. (Ex. The building work was carried out by a local contractor.)
  • Take after
    To resemble someone in appearance or habit (Ex. You should take after your sister who is a diligent student.)
  • Talk (someone) into
    To persuade someone to do something. (Ex. He's against the idea, but I think I can talk him into it.)
  • Plug in
    To connect a piece of equipment to an electricity supply or to another piece of equipment. (Ex. Then I realised I hadn’t plugged the TV in.)
  • End up
    To be in a particular place or state after doing something or because of doing it. (Ex. Somehow they all ended up at my house.)
  • Try (something) out
    To use something to discover if it works or if you like it. (Ex. Don't forget to try out the equipment before setting up the experiment.)
  • Deal with
    To take action to do something, especially to solve a problem. (Ex. The government must now deal with the problem of high unemployment.)
  • Look up to
    To admire and respect somebody (Ex. She is an excellent role model that other women look up to.)
  • Get on
    To get into a bus, plane, or train
  • Pick (something) up
    To learn something (Ex. Don't bother with the computer manual - you'll pick it up as you go along.)
  • Try on
    To put on a piece of clothing in order to see how it looks and whether it fits. (Ex. What a lovely dress! Why don’t you try it on?)
  • Shut down
    Something that stops operating. (Ex. I never shut my laptop down.)
  • Switch on / Turn on
    To make something start working (Ex. Don’t switch on the light.)
  • Turn up
    to increase the amount of sound, heat, or light produced by a piece of equipment by pressing a button or moving a switch
  • Take off
    To remove something, especially a piece of clothing OR if an aircraft leaves the ground and starts flying
  • Break up
    To break something to make smaller pieces. (Ex. Break the chocolate up into squares.)
  • Switch off / Turn off
    It stops working. (Ex. I parked the car and switched off the engine.)
  • Break down
    A machine that stops working. (Ex. The car broke down just outside Winchester.)
  • Turn down
    to not accept an offer or request. (Ex. How could you turn down such a fantastic job?)
  • put (someone) off
    To discourage someone. (Ex. He keeps asking me out, and I keep putting him off.)