Phrasal Verb

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Phrasal Verb TSIM Kam Wan

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Phrasal Verb

TSIM Kam Wan

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Phrasal Verb - Definition

• A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition which creates a meaning different from the original verb.

• • EXAMPLE:

I ran into my teacher at the movies last night.

• NOTE: You didn't physically run into your teacher, but you met your teacher unexpectedly.

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Transitive or intransitive Phrasal Verbs

A phrasal verb can be transitive or intransitive.     A transitive verb is followed by an object. – EXAMPLE:

 I made up the story.    

An intransitive verb is not followed by an object. – EXAMPLE:

He suddenly showed up.  

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Separable or Non-separable Transitive phrasal verbs

Separable verbs take the object between the verb and the preposition:

– EXAMPLE: I talked into my mother letting me borrow the car. Not Correct I talked my mother into letting me borrow the car.Correct

– Note: "talk into" is separable    

Non-separable verbs take the object after the preposition:

– EXAMPLE: I ran my sister into. Not CorrectI ran into my sister. Correct

– Note: "run into" is non-separable

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Some phrasal verbs can take a preposition in both places.

– EXAMPLE: I made an excuse up. Correct I made up an excuse. Correct

Note: "make up" is both separable and non-seperable

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WebsitesPhrasal Verb Dictionary

Englishpage.com• http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/

phrasaldictionary.html

Phrasal Verbs: Exercises and References• http://esl.vcc.ca/eslvoc/ESLWEB/

phrasal_verbs.html

• http://www.unrestrictedarea.com/

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pop offINFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED to die

– You're all just waiting till I pop off so you can get your hands on my money.

(informal) to leave the place where you are and go somewhere, usually for a short time 

– She's just popped off to get a sandwich if you want to wait for her.

(American, informal) to talk a lot in a loud way about something that makes you angry or upsets you 

– She's always popping off about her husband's relatives. [often + about]

– Don't keep popping off at me. It's not my fault that he's not here! [sometimes + at]

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pile on sth or pile sth on

INFORMAL if someone piles on something, especially something spoken, they give you more and more of it 

– You've really been piling on the praise tonight, Roger! 

– We're approaching the deadline so our manager has been piling on the pressure.

– He was piling on the agony about his childhood. (= making it seem worse than it really was)

(mainly British & Australian, informal) if you pile on weight, you become fatter and heavier 

– I piled on ten pounds over Christmas.– She's really piled on the pounds (= become fatter)

since I last saw her.

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go against sthif something goes against a rule or something you believe in, it does not obey it or agree with it

– It goes against my principles to respect someone just because they're in a position of authority.

– The EU says the decision goes against European trade rules.

– It goes against the grain (= it is not usual) for Sarah to admit that she's wrong.

go against sth/sbto do the opposite of what someone has asked or advised you to do

–  I went against my father's advice and bought the house.

– I really don't want to go against my boss.

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Live through

survive a difficult experience or period – How they lived through ten years of civil war

without being hurt remains a mystery.

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Pick on

to tease, bully – Older kids would always pick on me at school

until I grew to be bigger than them.