2. Some Phrasal Verbs And Their Usage In
English
• Some Phrasal Verbs And Their Usage In English
• November 27, 2016
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• Astrid Carolina Castro
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• In English is common to find compound verbs or phrasal verbs used to communicate the different ideas within
the daily life. Some of these verbs are
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• To ask out: We can use this phrasal verb to invite somebody on a date, that is a boy is in love with a girl, then he
invites her to go to the cinema. Thus this is a common example in a phrase within English as a foreign
language " Andrés asked Andra out to the cinema last weekend.
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• Break down: This phrasal verb is used when a home appliance or things in general stop working. One example in
which this phrasal verb is expressed could be " That fridge has broken down".
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• Cheek out: We can use this verb in an informal way to replace the verb "To look" for example " Cheek out that
dirty flat"
3. • Do something over: It used when someone must do again something that has done badly drom the beginning.
One example could be " Richard must do his taks over"
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• Eat out: We use this verb to express that we go to eat to a restaurant, for example "My family and I will eat out
this night."
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• Fill in: This verb is used to express that someone write some information in a form.
• One example could be " You have to fill out with your name and E-mail"
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• Get back: We use this verb to express that somebody has returned, that is a person has left home for a time, but
he or she returns, for exaple " Daniela had gotten back home "
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• Get up: This verb is used when we stand. The most common example is when we get uo of bed every day. "
Pedro got up at 7:00 O'clock
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• Let down: It used to express that somebody has failed, for example " Don't let me down this time“
• Pass away: It used to express that someone or an animal has died. One example could be " My beautiful puppy
has passed away"
