2. Cut back on something
•Reduce the amount of something that you
eat, spend,use,etc.
•I must cut back on sweets to try and lose
weight.
g.smiles
3. Look sth up
•Look for
information in a
book or online.
•I had to look the
word up.
Make sth up
•Invent a story or an
explanation for sth.
•I didn’t want to see
him, so I made up an
excuse and left.
g.smiles
4. Try sth on
•Put on a piece of
clothing to see if it
fits or looks good on
you.
•I tried the jacket on
but it was too small.
Look after sb/sth
• Take care of or be
responsible for sb/sth.
• He looked after the
baby.
• He looked the baby
after.
g.smiles
5. Stand for sth
•Represent or mean
•(WWW stands for
World Wide Web)
•What does WWW
stand for?
Go out with somebody
•Spend time with sb
and have a romantic
relationship with
them.
•Maria’s going out
with Tom’s brother.
g.smiles
6. Come across sth/sb
• Meet sb or find sth by
chance
• I came across the
word in an article.
g.smiles
7. Show up
•Arrive in a place
where sb is waiting
for you.
•She didn’t show up
till the next
morning.
Write sth down
• Write sth on paper.
• She wrote his name
down in her
notebook. Or
g.smiles
8. Check in
•Go to a desk in an
airport or hotel and
tell an official that
you have arrived.
•I have to check in
before 8.00.
Look up
• Inf(of a business,sb’s
situation,etc.)get
better.
• Business was bad, but
now things are looking
up.
g.smiles
10. The grammar of phrasal verbs
P.V.with no
object(intransitive)
• Come in
• (Arrive)
P.V.which can be
separated by an
object
• Write sth down
• Write sth on
paper
P.V.which cannot be
separated by an
object (transitive)
• Look after
• Look the baby
after
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