Phrasal Verbs and Word Combinations

1. to look for – шукати, e.g. I’m looking for Steve – have you seen him?

to look after – піклуватися про когось/щось, e.g. Don’t worry, I’ll look after the children tomorrow.

to look forward to smth or doing smth – чекати із нетерпінням, очікувати, передчувати, e.g. I’m really looking forward to our vacations and your coming.

look out! – обережно! стережися! e.g. Look out! There is a puddle in front of you!

2. By name – на ім’я; to know sb by name – знати когось на ім’я… e.g. It’s a big school but the principal knows everyone by name.

to name sb after – називати когось на честь…, e.g. Bill is named after his father.

3. to be proud of – пишатися, e.g. Jane is very proud of her new car.

to be proud to do/be sth, e.g. She was proud to be part of such a prestigious project.

Word Combination (WC): as proud as a peacock – гордий, як павич.

4. to do well at sth (See Appendix 2) – робити успіхи у чомусь, добре встигати у навчанні, e.g. Robert does well at school.

5. to do one’s best (See Appendix 2) - намагатися робити все можливе, докладати всіх зусиль, e.g. As long as you do your best you’ll succeed.

6. to be interested in – цікавитися чим-небудь, e.g. Sheila is interested only in her own business.

7. to be good at – добре вміти, знатися на …, e.g. She is good at Math.

8. to make up one’s mind – вирішити, прийняти рішення, e.g. I couldn’t make up my mind, so in the end I bought both.

9. to deal with – вести справу, розглядати питання, стосуватися, e.g. In future I’d like to deal with politics.

10. to work hard at/on – тяжко, старанно працювати над…, e.g. I work hard at/on my pronunciation.

11. to take a preparatory course – займатися на підготовчих курсах, e.g. Before entering the university she took some preparatory courses in/on English and German.

12. WC: as busy as a bee – дуже зайнятий.

14. to have free/spare time – мати вільний час, e.g. Now I am a freshman and I have no free time.

15. оn time – вчасно, саме в зазначений час, e.g. These buses never arrive on time. іn time – завчасно або саме вчасно, e.g. Brian usually gets home in time to bath the children.

Exercises

1. Answer the following questions:

1. Is it easy to speak about yourself? 2. Who has Oksana been named after? 3. Where is she from? 4. How many members are there in her family? 5. When was Oksana born? 6. What does she do? 7. What does she major in? 8. Did she study well at school? 9. What has she been interested in? 10. Why did the girl decide to enter the College of Modern European Languages? 11. What character traits does she have? 12. Does Oksana have a lot of spare time?

2. A) Complete the following general questions to make them alternative:

Model: Is Oksana busy…? – Is Oksana busy or free?

1. Is it hard to have a look at yourself from aside...? 2. Does she have a brother...? 3. Is Oksana a fresher...? 4. Is her major English ...? 5. Did she attend additional English classes...? 6. Does Oksana hope to master three foreign languages…? 7. Is she sociable and friendly…? 8. Does she always do her work properly…?

b) Change the general questions into disjunctive ones.