Phrasal Verb - Turn around

Phrasal Verb - Turn around

Definition
Rotate

Rules
Transitive, separable

Examples:
"The sea lion was turning around for a really long time"
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"Turn around, I'm behind you!"
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"Can you turn the car around please? it's facing the wrong way"

Phrasal Verb - Wipe out / Take out

Wipe out/Take out

Definition
Destroy, eliminate

Rules
Transitive, Separable

Examples
"This virus could wipe out half the city!"
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"The guy took like 7 seven people out by himself!"
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"That virus totally wiped out my hard drive!"

Phrasal verb - Turn out

Phrasal verb - Turn out

Definition:
to end in a particular way, such as 'well', 'badly', 'all right', to result in something

Rules:
Intransitive, inseparable

Examples:
"We were worried about the surgery, but everything turned out well"
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"Why did you break up?"
"Well it turned out that she had a penis! I never knew!"
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"How did everything turn out in the end?"
"I was worried that it was going to rain, but actually the day turned out pretty all right!"

Phrasal verb - End up / Wind up

Phrasal verb - End up

Definition:
1. To eventually become
2. To eventually/unexpectedly arrive

Rules:
Intransitive, Inseparable

Examples:

"She ate chocolate every day and ended/wound up with a fat arse"
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"We were driving around for hours and ended/wound up in Russia!"
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"If you keep watching the fucking Kardashians, you'll end up stupid!"
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"I was bored and had nothing to do so I ended up eating all the ice cream"

Phrasal verb - Get away

Phrasal verb - Get away

Definition:
1. Escape
2. move to a different place (Often a command)

Rules:
Intransitive, inseparable

Examples:
(1) "That was a lucky crab! he got away"
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(2) "Get away from me, weirdo!"
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(1) "I love this beach! It's so nice to get away from work, the city... everything!"

Phrasal verb - Walk into

Phrasal verb - Walk into


Definition:
1. Enter
2. Hit something while walking

Rules:
Intransitive, inseparable

Examples:
The guy walked into the side of the bus
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(Apparently Al Pacino's favourite joke) A skeleton walks into a br and says, 'I'd like a beer and a mop'

Phrasal verb - Turn on

Phrasal verb - Turn on

Definition:
1. Start the power to something (usually machinery)
2. Make someone horny (want to have sex)

Rules:
Transitive, separable

Examples:
1)
"Turn the light on! I can't see anything!"
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"How do you turn on the computer?"

2)
"You turn me on!"
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"I went to a strip club"
"Were you turned on?"
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"Tom does not turn me on"

Phrasal Verb - Sneak up on

Phrasal Verb - sneak up on

Definition:
Suddenly and stealthily (like a ninja!) appear very close to someone, usually in order to scare them

Rules:
Transitive, Inseparable

Examples:
"AH!! Don't sneak up on me! you scared me!"
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"He snuck up on me, and I dropped my coffee on the floor :("

Phrasal Verb - Shut up

Phrasal Verb - Shut up

Definition:
Stop talking, stop making noise

Rules:
Both transitive and intransitive (mostly intransitive), separable

Examples:
"Will you please... shut...up!!"
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"Please shut your dog up, he's yapping all night, and I can't sleep!"
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"Shut up talking about your ex! I don't want to know!"

Idioms: Take advantage of/make the most of

Commonly mistaken idioms!

Take advantage of / Make the most of

In spanish, (and probably other languages too... Perhaps you can correct me) this has just one translation, (Aprovechar) causing a bit of confusion for English students. Both of these can be used to describe "making good use of something" but the difference is that only "Take advantage of" can also be used in a negative/exploitative way

Take advantage of (Mostly used to describe exploitation)




Definition:

1.To put to good use

2. To profit selfishly by; exploit

Examples:

"We need to take advantage of his knowledge, we can learn a lot from him!" (good way)

"He took advantage of the old man, because he was naive and rich" (bad way)

"Her hands were busy so her boyfriend took advantage"

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Make the most of

Definition:

1. to put to good use; use something in a good way:

Examples:

"It's a sunny day! I need to make the most of the sun, because it's gonna rain soon probably!"

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"Make the most of your life, travel as much as you can!"

Phrasal verb - Back off/back away

Phrasal verb - Back off/back away

Definition:
To retreat, withdraw from a position

Rules:
Intransitive, Inseparable

Examples:
The gorilla backed off when the duck (or is that a goose?) started running!
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"EEEYYYYYYYY" (poke poke poke poke)
"Back off!!! I'm not in a good today!"
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"I think we'll have to back away from this business deal, we're not in a position to accept any new business right now. Sorry"

Phrasal Verb - Pump Up

Phrasal verb - Pump up 

Definition

Give energy to someone/something

Rules:

Transitive, separable

Examples:

"The band really pumped the audience up for a really energetic show"

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"I drank Red Bull, now I'm all pumped up... let's do something!"

English Expressions - "to not give a fuck/shit"

English Expressions - Not give a fuck/shit
(Very informal!)

Definition:
Not care about something/someone, something doesn't have any importance to you

Examples:

"You really don't give a fuck about me"
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"I broke up with my boyfriend! :'("
"Pshhh I give a fuck!" (with sarcasm)
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As always... be creative with your expressions!
"To be honest, I don't give 2 fucks about politics"
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"I could not give a single tiny fuck about this class, it's boring"

Phrasal verb - Break up (with)

Phrasal verb - Break up (with)

Definition:
End a relationship

Rules:
Transitive, Inseparable

Examples:
"Why is he lying on the floor?"
"He and Ann broke up"
"Her?"
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"I broke up with my girlfriend yesterday"
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"Are still with that guy?"
"No, we broke up"
"Good, he was a bastard!"