Phrasal Verbs with pictures

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break down:

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break down:

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check in:

to stop working (of machinery)

to report one's arrival.

at a hotel, an airport etc.
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cheer up:

to lose control emotionally or mentally.

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to become happier.

break up:
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come across:

to end; to separate.
(of a marriage / a family / a relationship etc.)
4.

to find or meet by chance.

something or someone

bring up:
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come up with:

to take care of a child until it is fully grown and able to

care for itself; to train and prepare a child for adult life.
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to think of; to produce.

an idea / a plan / a suggestion etc.

calm down:
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to become less excited and tense; to help someone (or a

difficult situation) to become less excited and tense. a person / a
difficult situation etc.

drop out:

to withdraw from, or stop taking part in (a competition, a

social group, a school, a university, a job etc.).

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fill in:

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go for:

a form/a questionnaire etc. to complete (a form).

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to attack.
a person, an animal.

find out:
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grow up:

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hold on:

to make an effort to discover or get to know (something).

the truth / a secret / an address / the time /
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get away with:

to do something wrong or illegal without being punished

(usually without even being discovered or caught).
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to develop from a child into an adult.

to wait (especially on the telephone).

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look after:

get over:

to take care of someone or something

to recover from (something)
an illness / a failure / a difficulty / a shock etc.
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look for:

give up:

to try to find (something or someone), often a thing or

person that is lost.
to stop doing or having (something).(of an habitual activity,
smoking / drinking / a job etc.)

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look forward to:

to think with pleasure about a future event that you

expect to enjoy.

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look up:

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to find (or try to find) something (e.g. a telephone

number) in a book (e.g. a telephone directory).
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to meet by chance.
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to use all of (something) and have no more left.

of coffee / sugar / money / patience / time etc.
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see off:

pass away:

to say goodbye to someone who is going on a journey at

the place (e.g. airport, station etc.) where the journey
begins.

to die.(usually of a person)
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run out:

make up for:

to compensate for.
mistake / doing or not doing something
etc.
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run into:

pass out:

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speak up:

to lose consciousness.
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to speak louder.
often used in the imperative

pick up:
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take after:

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take off:

to give someone a ride in a vehicle; to collect someone

or something (sometimes in a vehicle).
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point out:

to draw attention to something or someone.

to look or be like an older relative.

to rise from the ground.(of an aeroplane)

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think over:

to consider (something) carefully.

a problem / a proposal / a situation etc.
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try on:

to put on an article of clothing to see if it fits and how it looks.

a hat / a new pair of shoes / a dress etc.