Nº PHRASAL VERB MEANING TRANSLATION EXAMPLE

1. Add up find the total of sumar The shop assistant added up what I’d
bought and told me the total
2. Blow up explode explotar Luckily, the bomb didn’t blow up
3. Break down stop working (for a machine, etc.) averiarse (para una máquina, etc. Our car broke down on the motorway
4. Break in(to) enter illegally entrar ilegalmente, allanar A house in Brecon Place was broken into
last night
5. Bring up take care of a child until he or she criar, cuidar hasta que sea adulto She brought up three son s on her own
becomes and adult
6. Build up increase aumentar, desarrollar These exercises are good for building up
leg strength
7. Call back ring again on the phone volver a llamar, devolver la llamada I’ll call you back later when you’re not so
busy
8. Call of cancel cancelar The concert has been called off because
of the weather
9. Calm down become or make calmer calmar o calmarse The woman finally calmed down and
explained what had happened
10. Carry on continue continuar The phone rang, but Mark just carried on
watching TV
11. Catch up (with) reach the same point or level as alcanzar el mismo punto o nivel que He’s missed so much school that he’s
going to find it hard to catch up
12. Cheer up become or make happier
13. Clear up tidy
14. Come across find something by chance
15. Come back (from) return (from)
16. Come on be quicker
17. Come out be published
18. Cross out draw a line through something written
19. Cut down (on) do less of something (smoking, etc.)
20. Cut of completely remove by cutting
21. Cut of disconnect (phone, electricity, etc.)
22. Do up button or zip up a piece of clothing
23. Eat out eat at a restaurant
24. Fall down trip and fall
25. Fall out (with) have an argument with somebody and
stop being friends
26. Fill in add information in the spaces on a form,
etc.
27. Fill up make something completely full
28. Find out discover information, etc.
29. Get away with escape punishment for
30. Get in(to) enter a car
31. Get of leave a bus, train, etc.
32. Get on (with) have a good relationship (with) (
33. Get on(to) enter a bus, train, etc.
34. Get out (of) leave a car, building, room, etc.
35. Get over recover from (an illness, etc.)
36. Get up leave your bed
37. Give away give something free or charge
38. Give back return something you have taken or
borrowed
39. Give up stop doing something you do regularly
40. Go away leave a place or somebody
41. Go back return (to)
42. Go of no longer be fresh
43. Go on continue happening or doing something
44. Go on happen
45. Go out with be the boyfriend or girlfriend of
46. Go out stop burning
47. Grow up become older (for children)
48. Hang on wait
49. Hang up put clothes in a wardrobe, etc.
50. Hang up put the receiver down to end a phone
call
51. Have on wear (a piece of clothing)
52. Hurry up do something more quickly
53. Join in participate, take part
54. Keep out prevent from entering
55. Leave out not include
56. Let down disappoint
57. Lie down start lying (on a bed, etc.)
58. Log of disconnect from the Internet or a
website
59. Log on(to) connect to the Internet or a website
60. Look after take care of
61. Look up try to find information in a book, etc.
62. Make up invent an explanation, excuse, etc.
63. Move in start living in a new house
64. Pay back return money (to somebody)
65. Pick up lift something from the floor, a table,
etc.
66. Point out tell somebody important information
67. Print out make a paper copy of something on a
computer
68. Pull of break by pulling
69. Put away return something to where it belongs
70. Put back return something to where it was
71. Put down stop holding
72. Put of delay to a later time
73. Put on gain (weight)
74. Put on start wearing (a piece of clothing)
75. Put out make something stop burning
76. Put up put something on a wall (e.g. a picture)
77. Read out say something out loud which you are
reading
78. Rip up tear into pieces
79. Rub out remove with a rubber
80. Run away (from) escape by running
81. Run out (of) not have any left
82. Save up (for) save money (for a specific purpose)
83. Send of make a player leave a game (e.g.,
 football)
84. Set of start a journey
85. Set up start (a business, organisation, etc.)
86. Share out give a part of something to a group of
people
87. Shut up stop talking, stop making a noise
88. Sit down (start to) sit
89. Sort out solve a problem
90. Speak up talk more loudly so somebody can hear
you
91. Split up end a relationship
92. Stand up (start to) stand
93. Stay up go to bed late
94. Take away remove
95. Take back return something to the place it came
from
96. Take down remove (from a high place)
97. Take of leave the ground
98. Take of remove (a piece of clothing)
99. Take over take control of (a business, etc.)
100. Take up start (a hobby, sport, etc.)
101. Throw away put something in a rubbish bin
102. Try on put on (a piece of clothing) to see how it
looks and if it fits
103. Turn down lower the volume of
104. Turn of stop a machine working
105. Turn on start a machine working
106. Turn over turn something so the other side is
towards you
107. Turn up increase the volume of
108. Wake up stop being asleep
109. Wash up wash plates, cups, cutlery, etc.
110. Watch out be careful
111. Work out find the solution to a problem, etc.
112. Write down write information on a piece of paper