phrasal verbs [z (y) x (y) = zyx lub zxy ]

TO FALL FOR (sb)

be strongly attracted to sb; fall in love with sb

TO FALL FOR (sth)

to be tricked into believing something that is not true I'm surprised you fell for that trick

TO FIGURE (sb/sth) OUT

to think about sb/sth until you understand them/it

TO FIGURE OUT (how, what, etc...)

to calculate an amount or the cost of sth

TO GIVE IN (to sb/sth)

to admit that you have been defeated by sb/sth // to agree to do sth that you don't want to do

GIVE (sth) IN (to sb)

to hand over sth to sb in authority

TO GO ALONG WITH (sb/sth)

to agree with (sb/sth)

LOOK FOR (sth)

to hope for/expect sth

PAY FOR (sth)

to be punished for doing sth bad to sm else, or to suffer bc of a mistake that you made:

TO PULL THROUGH (sth)

to become well again after a serious illness, especially when you might have died

TO PULL (sm) THROUGH (sth)

to succeed in dealing with a difficult period, or to help sm do this

TO PUT (sth) ON

to MAKE A DEVICE OPERATE by pressing a switch // to COVER part of the BODY with sth // to PRETEND to have a particular feeling or way of behaving that is not real or natural to you // to PRODUCE or PROVIDE sth / to BECOME HEAVIER

TO PUT (sm) ON

to try to persuade sm that sth is true when it is not, usually as a joke

TO PUT (sm) ON (sth)

to tell sm to start taking a particular medicine or eating particular foods

TO RUN (sth) INTO (sth/sm)

to drive a vehicle into an object or a person in another vehicle by accident

TO RUN INTO (sm)

to meet sm you know when you are not expecting to

TO RUN INTO (sth)

If you run into problems, you begin to experience them

TO SHOW UP

to arrive swh in order to join a group of people, especially late or unexpectedly // appear or be seen

TO SHOW (sm) UP

to behave in a way that makes sm you are with feel ashamed or embarrassed:

TO TAKE (sth) OFF

to remove sth // to spend time away from your work

TO TAKE OFF

If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground and begins to fly // to suddenly start to be successful or popular // to suddenly leave somewhere, usually without telling anyone that you are going

TO TAKE (sm) OFF

to copy the way a particular person speaks or behaves, or the way something is done, usually in order to entertain other people

TO TALK DOWN TO (sm)

to talk to sm as if they are less intelligent than you or not important

TO CALL (sm) IN

to ask sm to come to help in a difficult situation

TO CALL (sth) IN

If a bank calls in money, it demands that you pay back the money it has lent to you

TO GET AROUND TO

to find the time to do sth

TO HAND BACK

to give or return sth to the person who owns it or to where it belongs

TO LOOK AT (sth)

to examine sth closely // to think about, consider or study sth //to view or consider sth in a particular way

TO LOOK UP

(of business, sb’s situation, etc.) to become better

TO LOOK UP (from sth)

to raise your eyes when you are looking down at sth

LOOK (up) SOMEBODY (up)

to visit or make contact with sb, especially when you have not seen them for a long time

TO LOOK (up) STH (up)

to look for information

PICK (sb/sth) OUT

to choose sb/sth carefully from a group of people or things (SELECT) // to recognize sb/sth from among other people or things /

PICK (out) |sth| (out)

to play a tune on a musical instrument slowly without using written music / to discover or recognize sth after careful study // to make sth easy to see or hear

point somebody/something <-> out (to somebody)

to stretch your finger out towards somebody/something in order to show somebody which person or thing you are referring to

point out (to somebody) | point something <-> out (to somebody)

to mention something in order to give somebody information about it or make them notice it

TO POINT TO (sth)

to mention something that you think is important and/or the reason why a particular situation exists / to suggest that something is true or likely

TO RUN OVER

if a container or its contents run over, the contents come over the edge of the container (SYNONYM: TO OVERFLOW)

RUN (over) SB/STH (over)

(of a vehicle or its driver) to knock a person or an animal down and drive over their body or a part of it

RUN OVER (sth)

to take more time or spend more money than was planned / o read through or practise something quickly

SET (up) SB (up)

to provide sb with the money that they need in order to do sth / to make sb healthier, stronger, more lively, etc. / to trick sb, especially by making them appear guilty of sth

SET (up) STH (up)

to create sth or start it / to build sth or put sth swh / to make a piece of equipment or a machine ready for use / to arrange for sth to happen / to start a process or a series of events

SET (yourself) UP (as sth)

to start running a business

TAKE (apart) SB/STH (apart)

to defeat sb easily in a game or competition / to criticize sb/sth severely

TAKE (apart) STH (apart)

to separate a machine or piece of equipment into the different parts that it is made of

BREAK OUT

(of war, fighting or other unpleasant events) to start suddenly

BREAK OUT (of sth)

to escape from a place or situation

CATCH UP WITH (sb)

to finally start to cause problems for somebody after they have managed to avoid this for some time / if the police or authorities catch up with somebody, they find and punish them after some time

CUT (sb) OFF (sb)

to interrupt somebody who is speaking on the phone by breaking the connection / to refuse to let somebody receive any of your property after you die /

CUT (sb/sth) OFF

to interrupt somebody and stop them from speaking / to stop the supply of something to somebody

CUT (sth) OFF (sth)

to remove something from something larger by cuttingto remove something from something larger by cutting

CUT SB/STH OFF (from sb/sth)

to prevent somebody/something from leaving or reaching a place or communicating with people outside a place

DROP OFF

to prevent somebody/something from leaving or reaching a place or communicating with people outside a place / to become fewer or less

FILL IN (for sb)

to do somebody’s job for a short time while they are not there

FILL (sth) IN (sth)

to complete a form, etc. by writing information on it / to fill sth completely / to spend time doing sth while waiting for sth more important / to complete a drawing, etc. by covering the space inside the outline with colour

TO FILL SB IN (on sth)

to tell somebody about something that has happened

TO GIVE UP

to stop trying to do something

TO GIVE SB UP

to believe that somebody is never going to arrive, get better, be found, etc., / to stop having a relationship with somebody

TO GIVE (sth) UP (sth)

to stop doing or having something / to spend time on a task that you would normally spend on something else

TO GIVE (sth) UP (sth) TO SB

to hand something over to somebody else /

give yourself/somebody up (to somebody)

to offer yourself/somebody to be captured by somebody in authority

TO GO AHEAD

to travel in front of other people in your group and arrive before them / to happen; to be done

TO GO AHEAD (WITH sth)

to begin to do something, especially when somebody has given permission or has expressed doubts or opposition

TO GROW UP

(of a person) to develop into an adult / used to tell somebody to stop behaving in a silly way / to develop gradually

HAND (sth) OUT (sth) (to sb)

to give a number of things to the members of a group / to give advice, a punishment, etc. /

HANG UP

to end a phone conversation by putting down the phone receiver or pressing the ‘end call’ button

HANG (sth) UP (sth)

to finish using something for the last time

RING (sth/sm) UP (sth/sm)

to enter the cost of goods being bought in a shop on a cash register by pressing the buttons; to make sales of a particular value / to make a phone call to someone:

TO TEAR (sth) DOWN (sth)

to pull or knock down a building, wall, etc.

TO CARRY ON

to continue moving / to argue or complain noisily

TO CARRY ON (with sth) / TO CARRY (sth) ON (sth)

to continue doing something

TO COME OVER

to suddenly feel something / to be understood / to make a particular impression

TO COME OVER (to/from)

to come to a place / to travel from one place to another

COME OVER (to sth)

to change from one side, opinion, etc. to another

COME OVER SB

to affect somebody

COME THROUGH

(of news or a message) to arrive by phone, radio, etc. or through an official organization

COME THROUGH (STH)

to get better after a serious illness or to avoid serious injury

COME THROUGH (WITH STH)

to successfully do or complete something that you have promised to do

COUNT ON

to trust somebody to do something or to be sure that something will happen

FALL APART

to be in very bad condition so that parts are breaking off / to have so many problems that it is no longer possible to exist or function

FIX (STH) UP (STH)

to repair, decorate or make something ready

fix somebody up (with somebody)

to arrange for somebody to have a meeting with somebody who might become a boyfriend or girlfriend

fix somebody up (with something)

to arrange for somebody to have something; to provide somebody with something

TO GET THROUGH (STH)

to use up a large amount of something / to manage to do or complete something / to be successful in an exam, etc. / to be officially accepted /

GO ABOUT

to often be in a particular state or behave in a particular way / to often be in a particular state or behave in a particular way

GO ABOUT (STH)

to continue to do something; to keep busy with something / o start working on something

GO WITH (STH)

to be included with or as part of something / to agree to accept something, for example a plan or an offer / exist at the same time or in the same place as something; to be found together

GROW OUT (of sth)

to develop from something that happened or existed before:

HEAD FOR

If you are heading for a bad situation, you are likely to experience it soon, because of your own actions or behaviour

BRING BACK

to make somebody remember something or think about it again / to make something that existed before be introduced again / to return with something for somebody

END UP

to find yourself in a place or situation at the end of a process or period of time

GET OFF

used especially to tell somebody to stop touching you or another person

GET (SB) OFF

to leave a place or start a journey; to help somebody do this / to go to sleep; to make somebody do thIS

GET OFF (STH)

to leave work with permission / to stop discussing a particular subject; to make somebody do this /

GET STH OFF

to send something by post or email

GET OFF (WITH STH)

to have no or almost no injuries in an accident / to receive no or almost no punishment; to help somebody do this