Unidad II Verbos Frasales

Leccin 1
1. Subraye el verbo frasal y luego complete la traduccin: -The heavier hairs were sticking up on the surface. Los pelos ms pesados __ en la superficie. - Clear up your mess before your friends drive up. ___ tu desorden antes de que tus amigos___. - Exxon wanted to rent up the refineries in the area. La Exxon quera ___las refineras en el rea. - Congressmen have the duty to speak up for our rights. Los congresantes deben ___nuestros derechos. - Production rapidly jumped up to the third place. La produccin __ rpidamente al tercer lugar. - The set had broken up considerable. El conjunto __ considerablemente. - The army bought up a significant amount of tanks. La armada __una cantidad significativa de tanques.

- The cattle was being driven up to greener pastures. El ganado __ a pastos ms verdes. - They had to burn up the fuel to land the plane. Ellos tuvieron que__ para aterrizar el avin 2. Traduzca al castellano: - John brought up the subject in the last meeting. - Who is taking up French, Spanish and German? - The heavy rain is now letting up. Lets go! - Those boys were shook up after the earthquake. - The photographer wanted to do a close up of her sister. - Why is he making up the Physics exam? - The students looked up to their tutor. They admired him. - The machine was set up to operate on little energy. 3. Determine si en las expresiones siguientes hay algn verbo frasal: My best friends went upstairs to see me. Those houses had been built up last year. Nobody took up his offer to teach for free. Their problems showed up only last week. I do not know if she is coming up from Texas.

4. Aparee el verbo frasal con el verbo simple de la lista dada con el cual tenga mayor correspondencia semntica. check up sign up dress up break up loosen up make up give up speed up fire up come up choke up pick up

separate employ

adorn revise

concede relax

emerge excite

select panic

compensate accelerate

5. Determine un posible significado de los verbos frasales siguientes: look up make up book up take up write up sum up be up let up close up push up dig up dice up

Leccin 2
1.- Subraye el verbo frasal y luego complete la traduccin: - He likes to scale projects down. A l le gusta ___ los proyectos. - They shut down when the dollar went up. Ellos ___ cuando el dlar subi. - The rebels brought down the enemy plane. Los rebeldes __el avin enemigo. - Lets jot down all the facts before you go. ___ los hechos antes de que se vaya. - The raft drifted aimlessly down for hours. La balsa ___ sin destino por horas. - The machine tracked down the traces of light left.

La mquina ___ los restos de luz que quedaban. - The mechanic took the motor down very carefully. El mecnico ___ el motor cuidadosamente. - The council forced them to mark down the prices. El consejo los oblig a ____ los precios. - Turn the volume up and then down. Sube el volumen y luego ____ 2. Aparee el verbo frasal con el verbo simple de la lista dada con el cual tenga mayor correspondencia semntica: crush down let down wear down reject implode smash descend step down turn down vote down resign exhaust cool down run down bear down unseat relax bring down climb down weigh down disapprove disappoint capture intensify

3.. Determine el posible o probable significado de los verbos frasales siguientes: calm down simmer down keep down break down hand down talk down fall down rush down oil down hammer down play down fax down

Leccin 3

1. Determine el significado (como infinitivo) de los verbos subrayados: - The gamble paid off. The liquid drained off. - The rocket blasted off at 10 a.m. - Those containers have been fenced off for protection. - The machine slashed off the heads of the screws. - Production has leveled off for the past week.. - The furnaces were giving off a great deal of steam. - The thread spun off at a very high speed. - The workers scraped the paint off to reveal the marks. - Most snakes shed off their skins once a year. - One layer came off quite easily, the others did not.. - The engineers channelled the water off without problems. 2. Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes: - She had trimmed off all the jagged pieces. Ella haba __todas las piezas dentadas. - The river branches off in about a mile. El ro __ en una milla ms o menos - The ballot numbers have begun to peak off. Los nmeros de los votos __

- The parts were shipped off at once. Los repuestos fueron ___ de inmediato. - We broke the handle off accidentally. ___el asa accidentalmente. - His elbow touched off the explosion Su codo __la explosion. - The party was put off because of rain. La fiesta __ debido a la lluvia. - He led off the game by passing the ball to the left. El __el partido pasando la bola a la izquierda. - The technicians tied off the loose ends of the cables. Los tcnicos __ los extremos sueltos de los cables. - Turn off the machine or it will break down! !__ la mquina o se daar! - The lights went off when it thundered. Las luces __ cuando relampage (el trueno). 3. Aparee el verbo frasal con el verbo simple de la lista dada con el cual tenga mayor correspondencia semntica: set off call off pull off fend off sand off get off take off hand off

cool off separate relax guide

lead off exterminate suspend reject

kill off rasp escape leave

cut off achieve distribute begin

4. Determine cules podran ser los significados ms probables de los verbos frasales siguientes: sign off saw off pick off put off fall off set off clear off make off cool off run off knock off walk off bail off turn off foul off write off wear off kick off

5. El verbo frasal touch off tiene por lo menos dos significados claramente lexicalizados (a. causar que explote o se encienda; y b. dar inicio a, iniciar ). Explique con argumentos y ejemplos vlidos cal pudiera ser otro significado de este verbo.

Leccin 4
1.- Determine el significado de los verbos frasales subrayados: - Those red handles were bolted on rather quickly. - The technicians buckled on their tools for safety. - You have to carry on with your parental duties. - The fire glowed on for hours after put out. - We switched the slicer on to slice the sausage. - The air conditioner was turned on after two hours. - Atoms jumped off and on aimlessly. - The sensor pulses on and off continuously.

- Both climbers on the ledge hung on waiting for help. 2.- Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes: - They moved on the hands of the watch to set it right. Ellos ___las manecillas del reloj para corregir la hora. - I could not paste the stickers on before they came. No pudimos __ las calcomanas antes de que vinieran.. - The tall painter rolled on the paint in haste. El pintor alto __ la pintura con apuro. - The taping machine switches on automatically. La mquina grabadora ___ automticamente. - The top hooks on to the edges of the device. La tapa se __a los bordes del dispositivo. - Please, do not put on that hat, it is very ugly. Por favor, no __ ese sombrero, es muy feo. - The space vehicles locked on at the expected time. Los vehculos espaciales __ a la hora esperada. - The factory is taking on more men for that project. La fbrica est ___ ms hombres para ese proyecto. - The water was turned on when the sink emptied. __ cuando se vaci el sumidero.

- After you do the exercises read on to page 45. Despus que haga los ejercicios ___ a la pgina 45. - The mechanical arm lifted the boxes on very efficiently. El brazo mecnico ____ las cajas muy eficientemente.

3.-Determine en cul (es) de las expresiones siguientes hay verbo frasal: - They were resting on the floor. - The boys talked on and on for hours. - We could not go on with the work. - See me on the deck. - I saw her on coming home. - We lifted it on at the exact time - She set the box on the table. - He did the chores on Monday. 4. Aparee el verbo frasal con el verbo simple de la lista dada con el cual tenga mayor correspondencia semntica: hang on dwell on serve continue take on put on understand massage stick on go on wait on set on rub on catch on adhere tease start wait

persist accept

5.- Investigue cules pudiera ser los significados probables de los verbos frasales siguientes: hook on push on keep on lay on stay on bring on

look on

stick on

rub on

step on

put on

flip on

6.- Explique porqu live on significa vivir de y no vivir sobre en la expresin He lived on bread and water for two months.

Leccin 5
1.- Determine el significado de los verbos frasales subrayados: - The boys stayed all day in watching cartoons. - The field was totally hedged in in less than a day. - The area was snowed in for more than a week. - They rammed in forcefully to break in. - They boxed the contents in with 2-meter high walls. - The cancerous cells took in very rapidly. - The workers are breathing in poisonous fumes - The broken cork was pushed in and wine was poured. - Bring in some outside help to finish on time. - The date of handing in the project is closing in . 2.-Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes: - The date was closing in and we were worried. La fecha ___ y estbamos preocupados. - He dropped in unexpectedly when they were dining. El ____ inesperadamente cuando cenaban. - The roof of the old mine could cave in any time.

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El techo de la vieja mina ____en cualquier momento. - The rescuers dug in through the side to get in. Los rescatadores___a travs del lado para __. - We stepped in when nobody expected us to do it. ___cuando nadie lo esperaba que lo hiciramos. - He liked to butt in in our arguments. A l le gustaba ___ nuestras discusiones. - We sneaked in last night while you were asleep. ___ anoche mientras dormas - The student will have to live in at least for a year. La estudiante tendr que ____ por lo menos un ao. - The plastic was pressed in with the lid. El plstico___ con la cubierta. - They broke in the horse after two days of working. Ellos ___ el caballo despus de dos das de trabajo. 3.-Determine en cul(es) de las expresiones siguientes hay verbo frasal: - She took in about 3 inches of the hem. - They took them in last year. - We took the books in the drawer - The boys stayed in bed watching T.V. - He left in a hurry after I told him.

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- Lets take in all the data now. 4. Aparee los verbos frasales con el verbo simple de la lista dada con el cual tenga mayor correspondencia semntica: bring in walk in visit elect ask in close in encase register drop in sign in approach investigate break in vote in look in zero in box in take in invite accept

enter tame

earn adjust

5. Investigue o determine cul(es) seran el(los) significados ms probables de los verbos frasales siguientes: book in sink in drop in write in jump in sink in blow in rake in set in take in pull in keep in walk in fall in sit in drive in cash in sleep in

Leccin 6
1.- Determine el significado de los verbos frasales subrayados: - Planners will have to work out new ways. - That product was phased out two years ago. - He scratched out the amount and wrote another one. - The computer blacked out the wrong lines. - Cholera had broken out in some parts of Africa - They dug out the trapped miners. - The supervisor mailed out the results with all the faults. - We carried the plan out without faults.

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- The city had been blacked out because of the earthquake. - That kind of action has not been ruled out. 2.-Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes: - Please Dont stick out your head when the train is moving! Por favor ! No___la cabeza cuando el tren est en movimiento. - A mole was creeping out from the hole. Un topo ____ del agujero. - I have to feel out people first. Tengo que ____ a la gente primero. - The machine sifted out the wheat from the chaff. La mquina ___el trigo de la cscara. - The firemen put out the fire rather quickly. Los bomberos____el fuego rpidamente. - These manuals were given out by the company. Estos manuales fueron ___ por la compaa. - The atoms jumped in and out of the chamber. Los tomos ____ de la cmara. - They sorted out various approaches but none worked out. Ellos ___ varios enfoques pero ninguno ___. - He scrubbed the stains out with a brush.

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El ____las manchas con un cepillo. - My sister eats too much and is filling out everywhere. Mi hermana come mucho y est ____por todas partes. 3 .-Determine en cul(es) de las expresiones siguientes hay verbo frasal: - The two brothers were out the whole day - Our friends were out of work for a year. - The faxing machine is out of order. - Please, leave out the long words. - She went outside when it was warmer. - They both sat out during the game. - She turned out to be a dentist. - I am so tired. I am really out, exhausted. 4. Aparee los verbos frasales con los verbos simples de la lista dada con los cuales tengan mayor correspondencia semntica: freak out sell out assist betray break out bring out disseminate exhaust ask out help out expose panic try out lay out engross interrupt fill out run out tire taste cut out wear out educe invite

6. Investigue o determine cul(es) seran el(los) significados ms probables de los verbos frasales siguientes: look out put out spell out reach out call out wash out dig out fall out drop out make out ink out make out jump out leave out be out keep out butt out knock out

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Leccin 7
1.- Determine el significado de los verbos frasales subrayados en las expresiones siguientes: - The two men strolled around for hours. - This accident was brought about by negligence. - The students clustered round the lecturer. - His mind wanders about quite often. 2. Investigue o determine el(los) significado(s) posible(s) de los verbos frasales siguientes: set about run around knock around look around gad about shop around jump around come around

3.- Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes: - He has a lot to think about. El tiene mucho___. - The flies clustered around the trash. Las moscas ____ la basura. - He finally came around the possible solution.

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El finalmente ____ a la solucin. - All boys like to play around. A todos los chicos ____. - After the flood the equipment was laying about, ruined. Despus de la inundacin, el equipo ____, inservible. 4.-Determine en cul(es) de las expresiones siguientes hay verbo frasal: - I have to think about that. - I took the boys around town. - They moved the box around the tables. - He was actually shopping around for a hat. - They moved the box around three times a day. 5.- Liste por lo menos diez verbos de movimiento que al agregar about o around tendrian el mismo sentido de movimiento no dirigido o sin destino determinado. Ejemplo: wander about (vagar sin rumbo) 6.- Cul sera la otra connotacin general posible de about en los siguientes verbos frasales temporales talk about feel about think about write about

Leccin 8
1.- Determine el significado de los verbos frasales subrayados en los contextos siguientes:

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- That mechanism changes over automatically. - It is all over now, finished for good. - The meeting was held over until Friday - The new manager took over the station last week. - The boys skipped over the material they already knew. - The program was carried over to the next budget. - We changed over from gas to electricity. - The small pool froze over last night. - We switched over from circuit to circuit. - The car engine is turning over nicely. 2. Investigue o determine el(los) posible(es) significados de los verbos f rasales: do over have over drive over reach over jump over fall over be over lean over win over come over stay over get over

3.-Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes: - The committee members talked the matter over. Los miembros del comit ____el asunto. - Why dont you think it over. Por qu no lo___? - It just does not stop running over. Simplemente no deja de ___. - The box was turned over. La caja fue (estaba) ____.

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4.-Determine si en los contextos siguientes hay verbo frasal: - He was running all over the place. - It was really running over the edges. - They ran over here quite fast. - He drove overthere today. 5.-El verbo have over no aparece lexicalizado en los diccionarios ingleses como verbo frasal. Sin embargo puede adquirir tal funcin temporalmente en algunos casos en los cuales para hacer la expresin ms concisa se obvian partes de la misma. Determine qu es lo que se ha obviado en cada una de las expresiones siguientes en las cules have over aparentemente funciona como verbo frasal: - He had mother over for dinner. - We will have Dr. Perkins over next year - I have those over frequently

Leccin 9
1.- Determine el significado (en forma infinitiva) de los verbos frasales subrayados en las expresiones siguientes: - The water took a week to seep away. - They sanded away at the rusty surface. - He put away all his belongings. - She ran away without any explanation - The frightened horse backed away from the snake. - Those soldiers were banging away at the target. - This engine has been idling away for a while - Most colors are actually fading away in that picture. 2.-Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes:

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- The dangerous emulsion was finally seeping away. La peligrosa emulsin finalmente ___. - The had to back away from the deal. Ellos tuvieron que ____ del negocio. - He burned away the incriminating evidence. El ___ la evidencia incriminatoria. - We dusted away the living room. Nosotros ___la sala de estar. - He filed away the company records. El ___ los registros de la compaa. - He signed away his contract with that team. El ____ su contrato con aquel equipo. 3.- Determine si en cul(es) de las expresiones siguientes hay verbo frasales: - He sailed away with the young girls. - We had gone away for the weekend. - They sold away all the stained potatoes. - The stain was scrubbed away. - Please file those papers away.

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4.- Determine cul sera la diferencia connotativa entre los siguientes grupos de verbos frasales: - burn up - write up - put up burn down write down put down burn out write out put out burn away write away put away

5- Investigue o determine el significado ms probable de los verbos frasales: pull away melt away grind away rest away lock away rinse away put away turn away take away drive away look away keep away

Leccin 10
1.- Determine el significado de cada uno de los verbos frasales subrayados en las expresiones siguientes: - Lets run the tapes back to listen again. - The feud dates back to the last century - We called back all the cars that had the defect. - That story goes back to 1943. - That brought back memories of the sixties - He entered the team back in the tournament.

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2.-Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes:

- The man sat back in the auditorium and lit a cigar. El hombre __ en el auditorio y encendi un tabaco. - We flew back last night from Valencia Nosotros ____ anoche desde Valencia. - He rushed back in the last flight. ____ en el ultimo vuelo. - They pushed back the enemy attack. Ellos __ el ataque enemigo. - They drove back through the old way. Ellos ___ a travs del camino viejo. 3. Investigue o determine el significado ms probable de los verbos frasales siguientes: fall back hand back get back keep back look back take back step back win back

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Leccin 11
1.- Determine un posible significado de los verbos frasales hipotticos en los contextos siguientes: - The designers had texted off all the relevant information. - The engines had been dieseled down totally. - We e-mailed back all the prices. - At that point the machine was hatted off. - We rabbited out the outer emitters. - They could not log in until noon. - The skin was frogged over for protection.

2. Determine un posible significado de los verbos frasales hipotticos siguientes: flax on root out gas up bug off if in mouse over for down key away

3.-Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes: - The PX300 can be brained out if required. La PX300 puede ser ___ si se requiere. - The errors were actually lasered off. Los errores de hecho __.

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- The company dieseled up its fleet of trucks. La compaa ____ su flota de camiones. - The unit was desked up throughout. La unidad fue ____ por completo. - The answers were pulsed in in less than a minute. Las respuestas fueron __ en menos de un minuto. - The disc was coboled over every time that happened. El disco____ cada vez que suceda eso. - Having iffed up all the routines, he logged out. Habiendo ____ todas las rutinas, el ___. - Seekeasy blended through quite rapidly. Seekeasy ___ muy rpidamente. 4.- Elabore una lista de 10 posibles verbos frasales hipotticos y adjudqueles a cada uno un posible significado tomando como base el patrn de simulacin siguiente: tree up estructurar u organizar totalmente como un rbol; adaptar por completo a la estructura de un rbol, con un sistema de races, tronco y ramas.

Leccin 12
1.- Complete la traduccin de las expresiones siguientes: - They were totally out of raw materials.

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Ellos ___ materia prima. - We have been boning up on the course subjects. Hemos estado ____ las materias del curso. - You have to brush up on your thermodynamics. Usted tiene qu ____ su termodinmica. - He came out with some important data on the Project. El ____ datos importantes sobre el proyecto. - The company had to cover up for all the trial failures. La compaa tuvo que ___ todas las fallas de la prueba. - They walked off with the pennant. Ellos ___ el campeonato. - The company had sent away for the special tools. La compaa ____ las herramientas especiales - The police cracked down on the rioters. La polica ____ los revoltosos. - They had been brushing up on for the class. Ellos haban estado ___ para la clase. - We dont know what he is up to. No sabemos que ___.

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