Phrasal verbs in USE

Just what the doctor ordered

100

Patient: Doctor, every time I have tea, my eye aches.

Doctor: Well, you're not the only one who suffers from the same problem. Do you keep the spoon in the cup when you have tea?

Patient: Why? Yes.

Doctor: Why don't you try to take it ________?

out

200

Which of the following intentions is unlikely to bring the desired result?

^{1. I'm going to the park, to walk off my appetite.}

^{2. I'm going to the park, to walk off my headache.}

^{3. I'm going to the park, to walk off my drowsiness.}

^{4. I'm going to the park, to walk off my lunch.}

I'm going to the park, to walk off my appetite.

300

What does the verb  "PUT DOWN" mean?

A young lad had applied for a job as an orderly, and was asked his full name.

^{"Aloysius Montmorency Geoghan", he replied.}

^{"How do you spell that?" asked the personal manager.}

^{"Er? Can't you just put it down without spelling it?"}

to write down

400

Read the story and answer a question.

^{"My boy," said the elderly physician, "I'm afraid you will never get rich in the profession."}

^{"Why not?" asked the young doctor.}

^{"You told one of the richest women in town that her complaints are imaginary".}

^{"And they are".}

^{"To be sure, but you should've told her so in medical terms she couldn't understand, and then put her down for at least 2 visits a week".}

Q?: what advice did an elderly doctor give to a young one. 

 to schedule her consultations twice a week

500

What does this phrase mean?

^{The doctors gave him up for dead}

^{1. врачи заявили, что его болезнь не смертельна}

^{2. врачи заявили, что он мертв}

^{3. врачи поставили на нем крест}

^{4. врачи удивились, что при всех его болезнях он все еще жив}

3.

The mysteriousdisappearance

100

Come back or Go back? Fill the gap in with one of these verbs.

^{"Excuse me, is the prison far from here?"}

^{"That depends. It took me an hour to get there and to ________ back."}

come back

200

Come out or Go out? What did George say?

^{George knocked on the door of his friend's house. When his friend's mum answered, he asked, "Can Albert ___________ to play?" "No", said Albert's mum, "it's too cold". "Well then", said George, "can his football ______ to play?"}

come out, come out

300

What does this expression mean?

^{The throw-away society}

1. никчемные людишки

2. мелкая сошка

3. отбросы общества

4. общество потребления

Общество потребления

^{the throw-away society - the society with an attitude to consumption that pays little attention to the need to recycle.}

400

Is there any difference in these two statements?

^{1. He went to his friend to tell him the news.}

^{2. He went up to his friend to tell him the news.}

these statements are completely different.

1. These people are in different places.

2. His friend is in the same building.

500

In one of these cases, Karl lives in Germany, in the other one - he does not live there.

^{1. Carl is coming over from Germany.}

^{2. Carl is coming back from Germany.}

1 + Carl lives in Germany and we are waiting for him to visit us

2 - Carl is returning from Germany, where he visited his friends.

Family affairs

100

Do these statements mean the same?

1. He married his mum.

2. He married his mum off

marry off = to make certain that someone, especially a female member of your family, gets married, or that she marries the person you have chosen

^{Few people have heard of such a phenomenon as the Oedipus complex. The name of this complex was given by the legend of Oedipus.}

^{Oedipus killed his father and married his mother}

200

Read this joke and tell me if the wife has received an answer to her question.

My wife asked me, "What's on the TV?"

I said, "Dust!" 

no, she hasn't. 

300

Johnny didn't like it at his grandparents'.. Why?

^{Little Johnny: I'll not visit grandpa and grandma - never again.}

^{Johnny's mother: Why not? What happened?}

^{Little Johnny: They sit on the couch all day long, and have nothing on.}

^{Johnny's mum (terrified): Have nothing on?}

^{Little Johnny: Absolutely nothing - not even the radio.}

to have nothing on = to be naked

to have on = to be turned on (They have the radio on all the time)

400

Where did the cookies go?

^{Tommy: Where are the cookies?}

^{Jane: Mum has put them away.}

^{Tommy: How do you mean?}

an ambiguous question

put away = to put it in the cupboard

put away = to eat it

^{If you say 'How do you mean? ' to someone, you are asking them to explain or give more details of what they have just said.}

500

What's the English for "передавать из поколения в поколение"?

1. pass around

2. pass down

3. pass over

4. pass up

Pass down

pass around = To offer or distribute copies or pieces of something to multiple people in a group.

pass up = To transfer something from a lower level to a higher one.

pass over = To skip, ignore, or disregard (someone or something).