phrasal verbs

• Phrasal verbs = verbs that consist of a verb and a particle (a preposition or adverb) OR a verb and 2 particles (and adverb and a preposition e.g. get on with or look forward to.
• come across, encounter, pick up, acquire
• to hold back, to hold out, to add up, a cover-up
• with object (transitive):

  • to knock down
  • to sort out
  • to tie one's hair back
• no object (intransitive):

  • to branch off
  • to die away
  • to freeze over
• to move up, to drop off, to associate with, to deprive one of, to mark down, to cut off, to contend with, to look for, to look after, to cope with
• to put up with


  to tolerate
• to look forward to, look don on, get on with, catch up on 


  to do something you did not have time to do earlier
• face up to 


  accept that a difficult or unpleasant situation exists
• standby

  ready to be used if necessary
• letdown


  disappointment
• back-up 


  support
• warm-up

  preparation
• onset 


  start (of something unpleasant)
• input 


  contribution
• overkill 


  more of something than is needed
• stowaway 


  person hiding in order to travel
• stand-off

  failure to reach agreement
• walkout

  strike
• a comeback, a breakdown, buyout, start-ups
• build-up 


  increase in size or strength
• a toss-up 


  both seem equally likely (informal)
• a knockabout 


  comic, for fun, nothing seriously
• go on; ongoing 


  one which continues
• wear out; worn out 


  weak, damaged through much use
• break down; broken-down


  one that has stopped working
• outdated, overpriced
• outgoing 


  friendly and socially confident
• off- putting 


  makes you not like it or not want to do it
• outspoken 


  expressing strong opinions very directly without worrying if other people are offended
• watered-down 


  made less strong in order to make more people agree with them
• tired out

  exhausted, fatigued
• downcast 


  sad and depressed
• go-ahead 


  to start to do something
• forthcoming 


  happening in the near future
• live-in 


  resident in an employer's house
• built-in 


  forming an integral part of a structure
• foldaway 


  adapted or designed to be folded up for ease of storage or transport
• to pore over 


  to study or look carefully at something
• riddled with 


  to be full of something, especially something bad or unpleasant