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put on weight |
to increase in weight |
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He has really been putting on weight recently |
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throw away |
to discard something |
"away" shows "the direction not towards the speaker" |
Don't throw that away! I need it. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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pick on |
to tease someone |
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Why are you always picking on her? |
Transitive phrasal verb - inseparable |
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show off |
to show someone something in a way that shows too much
pride |
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Tom loves showing off his new car. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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get on a train |
to board a train |
Opposite: Get off a train |
Get on the train at Omiya station. |
Transitive phrasal verb - inseparable |
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mix up |
to confuse something |
"up" is used to mean "completely" |
Don't mix up any of the details. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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hit on |
to ask someone for a date |
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He was hitting on her at the bar last week. |
Transitive phrasal verb - inseparable |
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keep on |
to continue to do something |
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Why do you keep on making the same mistake? |
Transitive phrasal verb - inseparable |
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hand in |
to submit something |
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When would you like me to hand the report in? |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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let down |
to cause someone to be sad by not meeting their expectations |
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You really let me down. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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run out of |
to no longer have any remaining |
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Oh no! We have run out of toilet paper. |
Transitive phrasal verb - inseparable |
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clean up |
to organize something |
"up" is used to mean "completely" |
You really need to clean up this room. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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call off |
to cancel something |
"off" is used to show "cancellation" |
I'm going to call off the meeting. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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call back |
to return someone's telephone call |
"back" is used to show "returning" |
I hate it when people don't call me back. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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rip off |
to make someone pay a price that is too high |
Related noun: a rip off |
He really ripped me off. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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pay back |
to return the money that someone lent you |
"back" is used to show "returning" |
I'll pay you back next week. I promise. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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give back |
to return an item that someone lent you |
"back" is used to show "returning" |
Thank. I'll make sure I give it back next week. |
Transitive phrasal verb - separable |
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push in |
to enter a line without permission |
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Don't push in! Go to the back of the line. |
Intransitive phrasal verb |
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butt into |
to enter a conversation without permission |
"into" is used to show "entering" |
Please don't butt into the conversation. |
Transitive phrasal verb - inseparable |
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20 |
break into |
to enter a location illegally |
"into" is used to show "entering" |
Someone broke into my house. |
Transitive phrasal verb - inseparable |
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blow up at |
to become very angry at someone |
This is a joke about an exploding bomb. When a bomb explodes,
we say it "blows up" |
My boss blew up at me last week when I made a little mistake at
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Transitive phrasal verb - inseparable |
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