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. Set off
You do this when you become older and more mature.
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.
You can discover the answer if you ask her.
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 /blow up
He was a terrible boyfriend. That's why she finished thier relationship.
broke up with him.
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 gave the homework to her teacher on the due date.
handed in the homework
My grandmother looked after me while I was a child.
My grandmother brought me up.
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.