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Phrasal Verbs

Main prhasal verbs in English language

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Phrasal Verbs

Main prhasal verbs in English language

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1.

Be about to

To be going to happen or do something very soon

Traducción: Estar a punto de (hacer o pasar algo)

"When we arrived the ceremony was about to begin."

2. Be out of

To lack or be short of something

Traducción: Quedarse sin

"We are out of onions for supper! Can you go to the shop and get some?"

3. Be over

To be ended, finished.

Traducción: Finalizarse; Acabarse

"In two hours the exam will be over, and we will finally get some rest"

4. Blow up

To explode.

Traducción: Estallar

"The police arrived before the bomb blew up, and no one was hurt"

5. Break down

To stop working.

Traducción: Dejar de funcionar; Averiarse.

"The car broke down only 20km away from their destination"

6. Carry on

To continue.

Traducción: Seguir; Continuar.

"Please, carry on working on your essays."

7. Carry out
To perform; To complete a task

Traducción: Llevar a cabo "The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what's wrong with her."

8. Come back

To return

Traducción: Regresar

"We decided to come back to Scotland for another holiday.."

9. Come in

To enter

Traducción: Entrar

"Everyone turned their eyes towards her as she came in the room."

10. Come up

To occur; To happen unexpectedly.

Traducción: Surgir "A problem came up and I had to stay at work until late."

11. Cut down on

To reduce; To decrease.

Traducción: Reducir

"Tom tried to cut down on his expenses."

12. Die out

To extinguish.

Traducción: Extinguirse; Apagarse

"Some people think that the Condor might die out in the next decades."

13. Do without

To succeed in living or working without someone or something.

Traducción: Apañárselas sin algo, o alguien.

" There’s no more milk, so I guess we’ll just have to do without."


14. Find out

To discover; To learn a fact.

Traducción: Averiguar; Descubrir

"He was fired after his company found out the truth about his sick leave."

15. Get off

To leave a bus, plane, or train.

Traducción: Bajarse de un vehículo

"Remember to take all your personal items before you get off the bus."

16. Get on

To get into a bus, plane, or train.

Traducción: Subirse a un vehículo

"I turned off my mobile phone before I got on the plane."

17. Get up

To get out of bed after sleeping.

Traducción: Levantarse

"What time do you usually get up in the morning?"

18. Hang on

To wait.

Traducción: Esperar

"Hang on a minute. I'll call Laura"

19. Look after

To take care of someone or something and make certain that they have everything they need.

Traducción: Cuidar

"It’s hardwork looking after three children all day."

20. Look for


To search for someone or something.

Traducción: Buscar

"I’m looking for Jim. Have you seen him?"

21. Look forward to

To feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen.

Traducción: Tener ganas de que algo pase

"I'm really looking forward to my holiday."

22. Make up

To put make up on oneself; To invent a lie; To be reconciled.

Traducción: Maquillarse; Inventarse algo; Reconciliarse

"They were angry with each other, but they made up yesterday."

23. Put off

To postpone.

Traducción: Retrasar algo, posponerlo.

"The wedding has been put off until January."

24. Take off

To leave the ground and start flying.

Traducción: Despegar.

"The plane took off ten minutes after the last passenger had sat down."

25. Turn out

To be present/attend; To conclude.

Traducción: Presentarse; Resultar.

"Jessica turned out to be an old friend of my cousin."

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