Phrasal Verbs 1
I take care of my neighbours' cat when they go on holiday.
I look after their cat.
This is the opposite of "go to bed"
I get up.
You should do this to see if clothes or shoes fit.
You should try on new clothes.
You do this when you leave your house.
You go out.
You do this when you become older.
You grow up.
You do this when you enter a bus.
You get on a bus.
You do this when you record something in written form.
You write down.
This phrasal verb means to discover something.
To find out.
When a plane leaves the ground it does this.
It takes off.
Yesterday I met an old friend at the grocer's.
I came across an old friend.
Another word for "explode" is ...
go off
How did you subsist when you were at university?
How did you get by?
My bus arrives at ten am.
My bus gets in at ten am.
The aliens took control of the planet.
The aliens took over the planet.
I would like to start taking French lessons.
I would like to take up French.
She was 101 years old and she recovered from Covid-19.
She was 101 years old and she got over Covid-19.
She cannot come to the meeting. Something unexpected has happened.
Something has come up.
The whole system stopped working.
The whole system went down.
She read the letter carefully and then called the police.
She went through the letter and then called the police.
Our business is getting bigger, we need to hire more employees.
Our business is getting bigger, we need to take on more employees.
I was having dinner and suddenly a spider appeared from inside the bottle of wine!
I was having dinner and suddenly a spider came out the bottle of wine.
I can't communicate with their office.
I can't get through.
You do this when you search for new words using a dictionary.
You look up a word.
She requested help.
She asked for help.
I do this when I arrive at a hotel, at the reception desk.
I check in.