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Phrasal Verb
TSIM Kam Wan
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.
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.
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
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
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/
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]
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.
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.
Live through
survive a difficult experience or period – How they lived through ten years of civil war
without being hurt remains a mystery.
Pick on
to tease, bully – Older kids would always pick on me at school
until I grew to be bigger than them.