ADD

ADD ON
1. Adjuntar (before sending the email, she added on a document)
ADD UP TO

1. Sumar en total (Te opposites sides of a due add up to seven

ADD UP

1. Tener sentido (The two choices don´t add up)

ASK

ASK [sb] FOR [sth]
1. Pedir algo a alguien (Ask Maria for the keys)
ASK [sb] TO [sth]

1. Pedir a alguien que haga algo (My sister asked me to buy the birthday cake)

ASK AROUND
1. Preguntar a varias personas (Before the meeteng, I asked around for more information
ASK [sb] OUT
1. Pedir salir a alguien (I am going to ask Ana out)

ACT

ACT ON [sth]
1. Reaccionar (Olga acted on the email she received)
2. Tener efecto
ACT OUT

1. Portarse mal (The children are acting out)

ACT UP
1. Portarse mal
2. no funcionar bien (The new TV is acting up)

BACK

BACK AWAY
1. Alejarse (Back away for the cookies, are mine!)
BACK DOWN
1. Cambiar de opinión, recular (Despite the evidence, he didn´t back down)
BACK OFF
1. Retroceder (Back off, you are bother me)
BACK [sb] UP
BACK UP
1. Retroceder (Back up! You are bother me)
2. Copia de seguridad (I need a back up disc)
3. Congestionado (The traffic on the M30 always backed up)

BLOW

BLOW OUT
1. Apagar una vela (Could you pleas blow out the candle?)
2. Cuando algo sale despedido hcia fuera por una explosión o viento (the explosion blew the windows out)
BLOW UP
1. Hinchar, llenar algo de aire (Shall we blow up the balloons for the party?)
2. Estallar/explotar (The fire cracker blew up in his hands)
3. Aumentar el tamaño de una foto o imagen (Blow up the picture, it´s not big enough)
BLOW OFF
1. Ignorar, no hacer caso

BOIL

BOIL DOWN TO [sth]
1. Reducirse a algo (Lifes boil down to work and holidays)
2. Ser la causa/razón básica de una situación (The problem boiled down to a misunderstanding)

BREAK

BREAK DOWN
1. Averiarse (The car broke down in Jaen)
2. Explicar detalladamente, desglosar (Let´s break down the figures)
BREAK IN
1. Estrenar algo (I´m breaking this dress)
2. Allanar entrar forzando un sitio o sistema (I had to break into my house/The computer hacker broke into the system)
BREAK OUT
1. Empezar de repente (The fire broke out with a simple spark)
2. Escapar de prisión (The prisionars broke out easily)
BREAK UP
1. Cortar una relación íntima (Se broke up with him yesterday)
2. Parar una pelea, disolver una manifestación o fiesta (I had to break up the fight )

BRING

BRING UP
1. Introducir un tópico o tema (Sara brought up the problem at the last meeteng)
2. Criar niños (He was brought up in Madrid)
3. Traer algo de abajo a arriba (Bring your pictures up when you come to visit)

BRUSH

BRUSH UP
1. Repasar, profundizar

CALL

CALL OFF
1. Cancelar o suspender algo (I think we are going to call off the meeting)
CALL ON
1. Visitar a alguien (I´m going to call on some friends in London)
CALL UP
1. Telefonear (I have to call her up tomorrow)
CALL BACK
1. Volver a llamar/devolver una llamada (I have to call my sister back tomorrow)

CARE

CARE FOR
1. Cuidar a alguien (My brother is ill and my grandmother is caring from him at home)
2. Ofrecer algo a alguien, en preguntas (Would you care for a cup of tea?)

CARRY

CARRY OUT
1. Llevar algo a cabo (We carried out duties out)
2. Sacar algo o a alguien de un sitio en brazos (We carried Paco out of the pub)

CATCH

CATCH UP (WITH OR TO)
1. (+WITH)Ponerse al día (I have to catch up with some work)
2. (+WITH) Alcanzar a alguien que esté por delante de ti (I´ll catch up with you in a minute)
3. Recuperar algo que debió hacerse antes
CATCH ON
1. Pillarle el truco a algo (Tony always catches on quickly with new pc games)

CHECK

CHECK IN/INTO [sth]
1. Hacerse presente en recepción de un hotel (We cheked into the hotel at 11)
2. Facturar equipaje (Let´s check our baggage in)
3. Mirar algo con más detalle (I have to check into the matter)
CHECK OUT
1. Salir d un hotel después de una estancia (We have to chek out of the hotel no late than 11)
2. Echar un vistazo, fijarse en algo o alguien (I have a new mobile phone, check it out!)
3. Sacar un libro de una biblioteca (I always check out books from the library)
4. Pagar en una tienda
5. Probar/mirar algo nuevo
CHECK UP (ON)
1. Ver el estado de algo (I have to check up on my dog)
2. Revisa; una revisión (Ihave to go to my annual doctor´s check up)

CHEER (aclamar)

CHEER UP: Animar, dar ánimos (The good news cheered us up)

CHILL (enfriar)

CHILL OUT: relajarse (I loves saturdays: I can chill out at home)

CLEAR

CLEAR UP:
1. Aclarar o despejar algo (We need to clears thingss up)
2. Cuando una situación negativa se pone mejor (If the weather clears up, we´ll go)

COME

COME BY: Pasarse por un sitio (I´ll come by at 9:30)
COME AT: Atacar, afectar
COME ABOUT: pasar, ocurrir (Bave´s idea to star his own bussiness came about hi lost his job)
COME ALONG: llegar, aparecer, presentarse (Two bases came along at the same time)
COME AWAY: retirarse, tomar distancia (i have to come away from that cliff edge)
COME BACK: (PV del q habla: come back - vuelve aqui; go back - regresa a otro lugar)
1. Volver, regresar a un sitio de origen (Come back whenever you want)
2. Cuando un problema o situación surge de nuevo (The pain has come back)
3. Remontar (The team made a come back)
COME BEGORE: comparecer, presentarse ante (Miller came before the judge two months after pleading guilty to assault)
COME BY: dar con, encontrar (We came by these old coints at out garden)
COME DOWN: venirse abajo, desmoronarse, derrumbarse
COME IN:
1. Entrar en un sitio (Come in please)
2. Llegar/regresar de un sitio (What time does the plane come in?)
COME INTO
COME OUT:
1. Salir de un sitio (Come out wherever you are!)
2. El resultado de algo (How did the presentation come out?)
COME OFF: tener lugar
COME AFTER: seguir (The maths class came after the break)

CUT

CUT BACK ON
1. Hacer recortes, recortar (We need yo cut back on the amount of calls / We need to cut back)
2. Reducir (Why don´t you cut back on the number of cigarrettes?)

END

END UP + ING: Acabar en un sitio o en una situación, después de un problema o una sucesión de hechos (We ended up in a hostal/ We endend up staying in a hostal)

FACE

FACE UP TO: dar la cara, afrontar (We need to face up to the facts)
FACE OUT: mirar para afuera (Out office are all face out)

FALL

FALL BEHIND: Quedarse atrás (If we don´t hurry we´ll fall behind)

FILL (llenar, surtir)

FILL UP: llenar del todo (fill up the tank / fill it up)

FIND (encontrar)

FIND AGAINST [sth]: fallar en contra de algo
FIND OUT: enterarse de algo , descubrir (I found out his morning why Maria didn´t want to come)
FIND OUT ABOUT [sth]: investigar sobre algo

FIGURE

FIGURE OUT:
1. Encontrar la solución de algo (I figured out the problem after reading the instruction manual)
2. Adivinar una cosa que requiere pensar (Why couldn´t you figure it out?)
3. Darse cuenta de algo
FIGURE [sth] UP: calcular (Figure up all the cost)

GET

GET ALONG (WITH); Llevarse bien con alguien (I get along with my parents)

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First Certificate of Cambridge (Inglés) Inglés Apunte sobre PHRASAL VERBS, creado por SOFIA MARTIN el 04/12/2019.