This document discusses the usage of various phrasal verbs in English. It provides examples of common phrasal verbs such as "to ask out" meaning to invite someone on a date, "break down" meaning when an appliance stops working, and "cheek out" meaning to look at something in an informal way. The document also discusses other phrasal verbs like "do something over" meaning to redo something, "eat out" meaning to eat at a restaurant, and "get back" meaning to return from a place. In total, the document examines several English phrasal verbs and their meanings through short examples.

1. PHRASAL VERBS
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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"

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