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Phrasal Verbs #3
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- 1come upacontecer inesperadamente
*I planned to come in your house last night, but something came up and I was unable to visit. - 2wait onservir alguém:
*It seemed strange to see my old boss wait on tables - 3look downdesprezar
*She always looks down on her boyfriend
*She thinks they look down on her because she didn't go to university - 4look forProcurar:
*Please, don’t bother me, I’m looking for my shoes - 5cut shortinterromper algo bruscamente:
*That meeting was cut short because all those unreliable people
*She had to cut her speech short when the fire alarm went off. - 6turn outDesenrolar-se, resultar, no sentido de alguma coisa acontecer:
*I said that everything woud turn out fine
*How did the recipe turn out? - 7fill in / outpreencher algo:
*Please fill out this form. - 8tag alongto go somewhere with a person or group, usually when they have not asked you to go with them
*I don't know her, she just tagged along with us. - 9so one assim por diante
*Economic growth makes us all richer, provides jobs, and so on. - 10line upalinhar
*the pilot lines up the plane with the river - 11later onmais tarde, depois:
*As I got tired, I slept two hours before getting up, so that I could, later on, take a shower
*He arrived later that night. - 12take overtomar o controle:
*They made changes the minute they took over.
*They were recently taken over by a larger company. - 13set offpôr-se a caminho, sair, partir
*What time will we have to set off for the station tomorrow? - 14bent overcurvado
- 15go aheadvá em frente, no sentido de permissão:
*Can I have some more fruits? Yes, go ahead.
*“Can I borrow your book?” “Sure, go ahead.” - 16find outdescobrir:
*One of the best ways to learn is to find out how other people do things. - 17give updesistir:
*If you smoke, make every effort to give up - 18carry onto continue with something
*The doctors said they didn't know how I managed to carry on in such pain
*We will carry on with the game unless it rains - 19stand forsignificar, querer dizer algo
*UFO stands for “unidentified flying object”. - 20come up withsurgir com algo (ideia, plano)
*We need to come up with a great idea to make money
*He is one of those types who get offended when you try to come up with an different idea.
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- Created by Eduardo . · Sep 13, 2015
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