Class 6 English. The terrorists tried to blow up the railroad station. It isn't easy to bring up children nowadays.

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1 Verb Meaning Example blow explode The terrorists tried to blow the railroad station. bring mention a topic My mother brought that little matter of my prison record again. bring raise children It isn't easy to bring children nowadays. call cancel They called this afternoon's meeting do repeat a job Do this homework. fill complete a form Fill this application form and mail it in. fill fill to capacity She filled the grocery cart with free food. find disc My sister found that her husband had been planning a surprise party for her. give away give something to someone else for free The filling station was giving away free gas. give back re an object My brother borrowed my car. I have a feeling he's not ab to give it back. hand in submit something (assignment) The students handed in their papers and left the room. hang something on hook or She hung the phone before she hung her Page 1 of 6

2 receiver clothes. hold delay I hate to hold the meeting, but I have to go to the bathroom. hold (2) rob Three masked gunmen held the Security Bank this afternoon. leave omit You left the part ab the police chase down Asylum Avenue. look examine, check The lawyers looked the papers carefully before questioning the witness. (They looked them carefully.) look search in a list You've misspelled this word again. You'd better look it. make invent a story or lie She knew she was in trouble, so she made a story ab going to the movies with her friends. make hear, understand He was so far away, we really couldn't make what he was saying. pick choose There were three men in the line-. She picked the guy she thought had stolen her purse. pick lift something something else The crane picked the entire house. (Watch them pick it.) point call attention to As we drove through Paris, Francoise pointed the major historical sites. away save or store We away money for our retirement. She away the cereal boxes. Page 2 of 6

3 postpone We asked the boss to the meeting until tomorrow. (Please it for another day.) on clothing on the body I on a sweater and a jacket. (I them on quickly.) extinguish The firefighters the house fire before it could spread. (They it quickly.) read peruse I read the homework, but couldn't make any sense of it. set to arrange, begin My wife set the living room exactly the way she wanted it. She set it. take down make a written note These are your instructions. Write them down before you forget. take remove clothing It was so hot that I had to take my shirt. talk discuss We have serious problems here. Let's talk them like adults. throw away discard That's a lot of money! Don't just throw it away. try on clothing on to see if it fits She tried on fifteen dresses before she found one she liked. try test I tried four cars before I could find one that pleased me. down lower volume Your radio is driving me crazy! Please it down. Page 3 of 6

4 down (2) reject He applied for a promotion twice this year, but he was ed down both times. raise the volume Grandpa couldn't hear, so he ed his hearing aid. switch electricity We ed the lights before anyone could see us. (2) repulse It was a disgusting movie. It really ed me. on switch on the electricity Turn on the CD player so we can dance. use exhaust, use completely The gang members used all the money and went to rob some more banks. Inseparable Phrasal Verbs (Transitive) With the following phrasal verbs, the lexical part of the verb (the part of the phrasal verb that carries the "verb-meaning") cannot be separated from the prepositions (or other parts) that accompany it: "Who will look after my estate when I'm gone?" Verb Meaning Example call on ask to recite in class The teacher called on students in the back row. call on (2) get go go through visit rec from sickness or disappointment review use ; consume The old minister continued to call on his sick parishioners. I got the flu, but I don't know if I'll ever get my broken heart. The students went the material before the exam. They should have gone it twice. They country went through most of its coal reserves in one year. Did he go through all his Page 4 of 6

5 look after look into run across run into take care of investigate find by chance meet money already? My mother promised to look after my dog while I was gone. The police will look into the possibilities of embezzlement. I ran across my old roommate at the college reunion. Carlos ran into his English professor in the hallway. take after resemble My second son seems to take after his mother. wait on serve It seemed strange to see my old boss wait on tables. Intransitive Phrasal Verbs The following phrasal verbs are not followed by an object: "Once you leave home, you can never really go back again." Verb Meaning Example break down catch on come back come in come to come drop by stop functioning become popular re to a place enter regain consciousness to visit visit with appointment That old Jeep had a tendency to break down just when I needed it the most. Popular songs seem to catch on in California first and then spread eastward. Father promised that we would never come back to this horrible place. They tried to come in through the back door, but it was locked. He was hit on the head very hard, but after several minutes, he started to come to again. The children promised to come, but they never do. We used to just drop by, but they were never home, so we stopped doing that. Page 5 of 6

6 eat get by get go back go on go on (2) dine in a restaurant survive arise re to a place continue happen When we visited Paris, we loved eating in the sidewalk cafes. Uncle Heine didn't have much money, but he always seemed to get by with borrowing money from relatives. Grandmother tried to get, but the couch was too low, and she couldn't make it on her own. It's hard to imagine that we will ever go back to Lithuania. He would finish one Dickens novel and then just go on to the next. The cops heard all the noise and stopped to see what was going on. grow get older Charles grew to be a lot like his father. keep away keep on (with gerund) pass show show wake remain at a distance continue with the same lose consciousness, faint demonstrate haughtily arrive arouse from sleep The judge warned the stalker to keep away from his victim's home. He tried to keep on singing long after his voice was ruined. He had drunk too much; he passed on the sidewalk side the bar. Whenever he sat down at the piano, we knew he was going to show. Day after day, Efrain showed for class twenty minutes late. I woke when the rooster crowed. Page 6 of 6