Instituto Nacional Teacher : Edita Bravo Santibaiiez THE TWO- WORD VERB OR PHRASAL VERBS A. break down: stop working Eg. Our car broke down twice on the way home (2. bring up : raise, educate = He failed in bringing his son up. 3. blow up : to explode : The car blew up, so we ran away. /4, break into : to enter by force : The thieves broke into the bank 5. break out : to begin: fight, war: The developing countries will break out the war 76. bring out: to take out : She brought the bicycle out of the shed 7. break away: (independizarse) from a political party, from a country. Our country broke away in 1810 8. break up : to disintegrate : The glass was broken up 9. break up : to end : The party broke up at midnight 10. break up : to finish a relationship : They have broken up, so she is very unhappy, 11. keep out: to not enter a place, to remain outside : There was a sign saying please (/,”.. Keep out of the office while I’m working 12, put up with : tolerate : How do you put up with him U/13. bring back : to return something. to the place it came from : If the dress doesn’t fit, bring it back to the shop.: I'll call back later when your wife is at home. 14, carry off : to win something. she carried off most of the prices VAS. carry on : continue, go on = If she carries on shoplifting, she will end up in jail. 16. carry out : to do and complete a task = It’s not clear who carried out the attack. 17 cater for: provide = The resort also caters for winter sports, 18. cut off: disinherit : He cut his son off without a penny. 19. call on: to visit : Ill call on him my way to work 20. call on : to make a demand on : They called on the mayor to resign, 21. call off : to cancel ( a game, a meeting ) The meeting was called off temporarily. 2. call for: to collect, pick up : I'll call for you at five 23. come about : happen : How did this situation come about? +724, deal with something. : solve a problem, carry out a task = The police dealt with the accident very efficiently £25, drop off : to fall asleep : He dropped off very early 26. drop off : ( a passenger) dejar : We dropped him at the corner. of a course ) She dropped out of University, She dropped out the 28. figure out : understand = I can figure out why he quit his job 29. fill in : complete = Fill in the blanks with the correct information 30. fix on something, : to decide to choose something. = We haven't fixed out a date for the meeting yet. 31. get ahead : to make more progress than other people or companies = It’s not easy to get ahead in the movie business 32, get along : have a friendly relationship with somebody: I get along with my little brother when we play together 33. get back : to return, go back : We got back from our vacation yesterday. 34, get around: to move about : She has trouble getting around,35. get away : to leave, escape, go away : The thief got away from jail, I tried to catch the dog, but it got away “36. get by : manage : They get by on eighty dollars a week 37. get in : enter, go in : How did you get in the house? 38, get on : (subir/se ) a bus, a train : He gets on the bus on Alameda street 39. get off: (bajar/ se) a bus, a train : My friend got off the train in Rancagua. 40. get over: to recover : After he got over his cold, he felt fine 41. get through : pass an exam, a test : All the students got through the exam, 42. give up : to stop trying : he gave up smoking some years ago. ~-43. go on : continue, carry on : the game is going on, don’t worry about it. 44. go through : to examine : They went through our baggage before travelling. 45. come across : to find : He came across the letter you had lost when he cleared out his desk. 46. come up with : suggest : She came up with a good idea ~ 47. hand out : to give, to deliver : The teacher handed out the books 48. keep on : continue : Keep on going as far as the park 49. let somebody down : disappoint : He let his father down when he lied to him 50, look after : take care of : She looked after her baby lovely 51. look around : visit : We looked around the cathedral 52. look for : search : I’m looking for Tom now = 53. look forward to : to be expected, exciting : I’m looking forward to going to the concert 54. look into : investigate : They are looking into the disease. + 95. look like : to resemble : You look just like your sister 56. look up : to search for a word : Look it up in the dictionary please 57. make up : to compose : The team is made up of twelve players. 58. make up : reconciliarse (after an argument) : Soon after their quarrel, they made up and forgot their differences 59. pass away : to die : Michael Jackson passed away last week. 60, put aside : to save : I always put aside thirty dollars each month 61. put away : keep : He never puts his clothe way 62. put off : to postpone : They put the wedding off until July 63. put up with : to tolerate : How do you put up with him? 64. put through : to communicate, to connect : Could you put me through to Mr. Gates? try to attract the attention : he only does it to show off . be visible, appear : The fracture showed up on the X-ray, He finally showed up after midnight 67. turn back : to return : She turned back at eleven yesterday. 68, turn over : to invert : (an omelette, a record ) The chief turns the omelette over easily