Saturday, 9 November 2013
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Phrasal Verb - Go Off
Definition:
A device (Alarm, phone...) makes an alert noise
Rules:
Intransitive, Inseparable
Examples:
"I woke up late because my alarm didn't go off"
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"I was in the interview and my phone went off, I forgot to put it on silent!"
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"I set my alarm to go off at 6am"
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"We have to leave! The fire alarm's going off!"
Phrasal Verb - Come over
Definition:
A casual visit/Approach
Rules:
Intransitive, Inspeparable
Examples:
"Do you want to come over later? We're gonna order pizza and watch 'Mean Girls'"
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"When I called the donkey, he came over really quickly"
Phrasal Verb - Put Off
Definitions:
1) Repel/Repulse from bad manners/behaviour
2) Delay an event
Rules:
Transitive, Separable
Examples:
"Tomorrow's quite busy for me, can we put off the meeting until friday?" (2)
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"I was quite attracted to him, but the way he eats his food with his mouth open... urgh! it really puts me off! (1)
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"The smell was so bad in the restaurant that it put me off my food!" (1)
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"We were going to play tennis today but the rain was so bad we decided to put it off until next weekend" (2)
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Phrasal verb - put down
Phrasal verb - Put Down
Definitions:
1) End an animal's life in a humane way
2) make someone feel bad by insulting them
Rules:
Transitive, separable
Examples:
"He always puts me down, and in front of everyone else, I don't know why, he's so nice with everyone else" (2)
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"Our dog got really sick, and he was old so we had to put him down" (1)
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Phrasal Verb - Take After
Definition:
Resemble in appearance or personality
Rules:
Intransitive, Inseparable
Examples:
"I take after my mum more in looks, but I have more of my dad's personality and mannerisms"
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"I hope our kids don't take after you, you're quite ugly"
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