This document defines and provides examples for 35 common English phrasal verbs: 1) To break down means to stop working (of machinery) or to lose emotional or mental control. 2) To break up means to end or separate (a relationship, marriage, etc.). 3) To bring up means to raise a child until adulthood and prepare them for life. 4) To calm down means to become less excited or tense, or help someone/something become less excited. 5) To check in means to report one's arrival, such as at a hotel.

1. 1. break down:
to stop working (of machinery)
2. break down:
to lose control emotionally or mentally.
3. break up:
to end; to separate.
(of a marriage / a family / a relationship etc.)
4. bring up:
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.
5. calm down:
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.
6. check in:
to report one's arrival.
at a hotel, an airport etc.
7. cheer up:
to become happier.
8. come across:
to find or meet by chance.
something or someone
9. come up with:
to think of; to produce.
an idea / a plan / a suggestion etc.
10. 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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2. 11. fill in:
a form/a questionnaire etc. to complete (a form).
12. find out:
to make an effort to discover or get to know (something).
the truth / a secret / an address / the time /
13. get away with:
to do something wrong or illegal without being punished
(usually without even being discovered or caught).
14. get over:
to recover from (something)
an illness / a failure / a difficulty / a shock etc.
15. give up:
to stop doing or having (something).(of an habitual activity,
smoking / drinking / a job etc.)
16. go for:
to attack.
a person, an animal.
17. grow up:
to develop from a child into an adult.
18. hold on:
to wait (especially on the telephone).
19. look after:
to take care of someone or something
20. look for:
to try to find (something or someone), often a thing or
person that is lost.
21. look forward to:
to think with pleasure about a future event that you
expect to enjoy.

3. 22. look up:
to find (or try to find) something (e.g. a telephone
number) in a book (e.g. a telephone directory).
23. make up for:
to compensate for.
mistake / doing or not doing something
etc.
24. pass away:
to die.(usually of a person)
25. pass out:
to lose consciousness.
26. pick up:
to give someone a ride in a vehicle; to collect someone
or something (sometimes in a vehicle).
27. point out:
to draw attention to something or someone.
28. run into:
to meet by chance.
29. run out:
to use all of (something) and have no more left.
of coffee / sugar / money / patience / time etc.
30. see off:
to say goodbye to someone who is going on a journey at
the place (e.g. airport, station etc.) where the journey
begins.
31. speak up:
to speak louder.
often used in the imperative
32. take after:
to look or be like an older relative.
33. take off:
to rise from the ground.(of an aeroplane)

4. 34. think over:
to consider (something) carefully.
a problem / a proposal / a situation etc.
35. 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.