Phrasal verbs ( most often used)

1) be into smth

To enjoy doing a particular activity very much; нравиться что-то делать

• I’m not really into stamp collecting.

2) be up to (smth)

To be able to do smth.; намереваться сделать что-то, затевать

• It’s very quiet. I bet little Jimmy’s up to some mischief again.

3) blow out

To extinguish, задуть, погасить

• The wind blew out the candle.

4) blow up

• To destroy by explosion, взлететь на воздух

• To be angry with smb,; вспылить, выйти из себя

• They blew up the bridges so that the enemy couldn’t follow them.

• He blows up every time he sees me.

5) break down

• To destroy; stop working; сломаться, ухудшаться, провалиться

• The plans broke down.

• The police broke the door down.

6) break up

• To divide into smaller pieces, to destroy; разбивать, разрушать, расходиться

• They broke up but remained friends.

• The ship was last seen breaking up in the storm.

7) bring up

• To mention or introduce a subject; поставить, поднять, затронуть (вопрос, проблему)

• To educate, raise (a child); вырастить, воспитать

• At the class meeting Bob brought up the idea of picnic.

• Bringing up children is both difficult and rewarding.

8) call back

• To return a telephone call; перезвонить по телефону

• If I get some information, I’ll call you back.

9) call by/in

• To look in, drop in; забежать, заглянуть, заскочить (в гости)

• Call in on your way home and tell me how the interview went.

10) call for

• To visit a place; заходить за кем-то

• To demand; требовать

• I’m going to a pop concert with Tom. He is calling for me at 8.

• How much money will your research call for?

11) call off

• To cancel smth; отменить

• If it rains the tennis match will have to be called off.

2. call on

• To visit smb. formally; навещать

• He promised to call on me when he was in Oxford.

13) call smb down

• To scold smb.; отчитать, пропесочить, устроить разнос (отругать)

• My supervisor called me down for being late.

14) call up

• To summon for military service; Призывать в армию

• To telephone; Звонить по телефону

• In countries where there is conscription men are called up at the age of 18.

• I called Tom up and told him the news.

15) carry on

• =keep on; to continue ; продолжать что-либо, не бросать (вести дело), осуществлять какую-то деятельность

• Please, carry on reading.

16) carry out

• to do smth planned, promised; выполнить, проводить(ся), осуществить

• Every possible test was carried out to decide the nature of her illness.

• They are carrying out essential repairs to the bridge.

17) catch up with

• to reach the same standard or level as smb else; догонять кого-то, наверстать

• To move and reach the same position as smb else; идти в ногу, не отставать

• You start cycling and I’ll you catch up.

• You’ll need to work harder if you want to catch up with the others.

18) check in

To go to the desk of a hotel or airport and say you have arrived;

зарегистрироваться

• Please check in two hours before your flight.

19) come across

• To find by chance; случайно натолкнуться, встретить

• To be understood; донести смысл, идею (быть понятым)

• I came across several interesting facts about Mexico in that book.

• Her speech was carefully prepared, but it didn’t come across very well.

20) come up with

To produce an excuse, a suggestion, the correct answer, etc.; выдвигать идею, придумать

• He came up with a brilliant idea for her birthday present.

• Can you come up with a more convincing example?

21) drop in

To pay a short visit; заходить, заглядывать

• Could you just drop in for a moment?

22) drop off

• To let a passenger leave a car, bus, etc.; Высадить (из машины)

• Забросить (завести по дороге), отдать

• Drop me off at the corner, and I’ll walk from there.

• Would you drop this dress off at the dry cleaner’s for me?

23) fall behind

• To move more slowly so that others are further ahead; to make slower progress than others; отставать, не закончить что-то вовремя

• If you fall behind, you can get lost.

• Your son has fallen behind with his schoolwork.

24) Fix smb./ smth. up with

Fix up

• To arrange a meeting; сводить кого-то с кем-то (устраивать свидание)

• To repair a home and make it attractive; чинить, ремонтировать

• My best friend fixed up a date for me with her brother.

• They fixed up John with my cousin.

• My dad fixed up the flat for us.

• They are busy fixing up their house.

25) hang on

= hold on, to stay on the phone;

не вешать трубку, подождать у телефона

• Hang on, I’ll see if she’s still here.

26) hang up

To end a phone call by putting down the phone; повесить трубку

• If you shout, I’ll hang up.

• She just hung up in the middle of the conversation.

27) Keep back

To keep secret; скрывать, утаивать

• She can keep nothing back from her friends.

28) Keep off

To stay awat from; держаться в отдалении, не приближаться

• Keep off the grass!

29) Keep on

= carry on; to continue doing smth.; продолжать делать что-либо

• He keeps on asking silly questions.

30) Keep out

To not be active in smth; Держаться вне чего-либо, не лезть (не вмешиваться), остерегаться

• Keep the dogs out!

• I try to keep out of discussions about politics.

31) leave for (somewhere)

To start a journey to a place; Отправиться куда-то

• The train will be leaving for Madrid in one hour.

32) let smb down

To make smb. feel disappointed because you didn’t do smth. you promised; подвести кого-то, подставить, бросить в трудную минуту

• You’ve agreed to feed the cat while I’m away – don’t let me down.

• Never let your friends down.

33) make up

make up (with)

• To say or write smth. that is not true; сочинить что-то, придумать

• To put cosmetics on your face; накладывать макияж, гримироваться

• To become friendly with smb. after a quarrel; помириться с кем-то

• She made up a ridiculous excuse.

• Your face is made up before you go on television.

• After a quarrel that lasted more than a week, we decided to make up.

• I heard you made up with an old enemy of yours.

34) make out

• To manage to see smth. through bad light, a telescope, etc.; разобрать с трудом (разглядеть)

• Understand, see, hear clearly; разобрать (уяснить)

• To claim that you are smb. that you aren’t or you can do smth. you can’t do; притворяться, делать вид

• We could just make out a dark shape moving across the field.

• He made out that he could swim to the island but he couldn’t.

• I can’t make out the address, he has written it so badly.

• Mary has always made out that her parents were rich, but it isn’t true.

35) pick up

• To collect smb. and let them ride in your car or taxi; забрать (зайти, заехать за кем-то)

• To meet, become friendly with smb.; подцепить (познакомиться)

• To take smth. from the ground; поднять с пола, с земли

• To learn smth. such as information; набраться, нахвататься (знаний, умений) , освоить, научиться чему-то (например иностранному языку)

• I’ll pick you up at 7 o’clock.

• That’s the girl Sam picked up at the disco.

• You dropped the books so you must pick them up.

• Where did you pick up your Spanish?

• You can always pick up new ideas if you keep your eyes open.

36) put aside

= to save (money or time); отложить

We’ve put some money aside for a holiday.

37) put off

To delay (event), postpone; отложить, перенести

Tonight’s concert will be put off till next week, as one of the singers has hurt her throat.

38) put on

• To dress in a pieces of clothing; надеть что-то (из одежды)

• To pretend; притворяться, прикидываться, делать вид

• to gain weight or size; набирать, прибавлять в весе

• To start working; включить что-то

• To perform a play, show; ставить пьесу, спектакль

• Put on a clean shirt.

• Mary isn’t really ill; she’s only putting on.

• If I put on another inch, I shan’t be able to wear this dress.

• Please put the television on.

• Which play is the National Theatre putting on?

39) put up with (smb/ smth)

To accept an unpleasant person or situation; to tolerate; мириться с чем-то/ кем-то (не жалуясь); терпеть

• I don’t think I can put up with this job for much longer.

• My sister cannot put up with my behaviour any longer.

40) run out (of)

To have no more supplies of smth; закончиться ( о продуктах), исчерпать запасы, иссякнуть

• We haven’t run out of milk again, have we? Yes, the milk’s run out.

41) set in

To begin or appear and continue; прийти, установиться

• Cold weather has set in.

42) set off

To start to move; отбыть

• We set off on a walk to the lake.

43) set out

To start a journey; отправляться куда-то

• We must set out early tomorrow.

44) set up

• To put smth in a particular position

• To arrange a meeting

• I’ll set up another meeting for next week.

45) settle down

To start living , to make yourself comfortable in a new home; поселиться, обосноваться, расположиться

• How are you settling down in England?

46) show off

To show or describe your own abilities in order to make people admire you; Делать что-то напоказ

• Stop showing off!

• Joe hasn’t missed a chance to show off his muscles since that pretty girl moved in next door.

47) speak out

To say in public what you think or feel

• If people spoke out, the war might end.

48) speak up

• To speak more loudly

• = to speak up

• Speak up - we can’t hear you.

49) turn up

• To appear, arrive ; объявиться, появиться, нагрянуть

• To increase smth; усилить (звук, свет)

• He turned up with a friend of his.

• His name turns up in the newspaper now and then.

• The TV was turned up loudly so that no one would hear them talking.