03 April 2009

Today's Special Vocabulary - Phrasal Verbs









Cuando una preposicion o un adjetivo siga a un verbo, se forma el Phrasal Verb y cambia el significado. En ingles existen tantos de ellos que no se puede alistarlos. Ahí están unos pocos ejemplos:
Be (bí) ser/estar
Be over
(bí óver) terminar, visitar
Be around (bí araund) estar cerca
Be up (bí ap) levantado
When your father is up, tell him I 'll be over soon.
Break (breik) romper
Break up
(breik ap) separar
Break in
(breik in) entrar con fuerza
Break through
(breik zrú) éxito
Break out
(breik aut) epidemia
Winning this game was a real break through for the football team.

Bring
(bring) llevar
Bring together (bring tugezer) juntar
Bring up (bring ap) criar, mencionar
Please don't bring the subject up again.

Build (bild) construir
Build up
(bild ap) acumulacion
Built in
(bilt in) inato, incorporado
The computer has a built in microphone.
Catch (ketch) agarar, atrapar
Catch up with
(ketch up uiz) alcanzar
Catch on
(ketch on) dar cuenta
It's not easy to catch up with the fast pace in technology.

Face (feis) cara
Face up
(feis ap) enfrentar
He has to face up and make some decisions.

Fall (fól) caer
Fall in love
(fól in lav) enamorarse
Fall apart
(fól apárt) desolver
Fall through
(fól zrú)
She is falling in love with him.

Get (get) conseguir
Get up (get ap) levantar
Get down (get daun) bajar
Get into (get intu) involucrarse, meterse
I don't want to get into it right now. We'll talk about it later.

Give
(giv) dar
Give up (giv ap) resignarse
Give in (giv in) rendirse
The workers don't intend to give up the strike any time soon.
Go (gou) ir
Go up
(gou ap) subir
Go together
(gou uiz) acompañar
Go through
(gou zrú) atraveser
Go over
(gou over) revisar, chequiar
They are going through a hard time.
Do you want us to go over the songs again?

Grow
(grou) crecer/criar
Grown up
(groun ap) adulto
My daughter is only seven but she tries to act like a grown up.
End (end) terminar
End up
(end ap) volverse en, terminarse en
We don't want our parents to end up poor and unhappy.

Hand (hénd) mano
Hand out
( hénd aut) dar
Hand over
(hend óver) pasar a
Hand in (hend in)
entregar
My boss is going to hand in his letter of resignation tomorrow.

Hang
(héng) colgar
Hang in there
(héng in there) aguantar
Hang out
(héng out) , salir juntos
Hang around
(héng araund) quedarse Hang on (héng on) esperar
Hang in there, you are going to be all right.
Hang on, I'm coming.


Let
(let) dejar, permitir
Let go
(let gou) rendir, dejar
Let out
(let aut) sacar
Let be
(let bí) dejar ser
"Let it be. let it be, there will be an answer, let it be." Beatles
Make
(meik) hacer
Make up
(meik ap) maquirse, inventar
Make over
(meik óver) renovacion
She makes up all kinds of lies about her family.

Put
( put) poner
Put up with
(put ap uiz) aguantar
Put down
(put daun) diminuir
Put on
(put on) finjir
I can't put up with so much noise.

Stay
(stei) permanecer, quedase
Stay up late
(stei ap) quedarse hasta tarde
Stay in (stei in)
quedarse a la casa
Stay out ( stei aut)
quedarse afuera
They don't like to stay in. They enjoy staing out and staying up late.

Take
(teik) tomar, agarar
Take out
(teik aut) delivery
Take over
(teik over) controlar
When a company takes over most of the market, it monopolizes.

Work
(uerk) trabajar
Work out
(uerk aut) hacer exercisios, resultar, salir bien
Work in
(uerk in)

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