English Vocabulary

List of useful phrasal verbs for Crime: =========================================== Break into: Enter a building or car by using force, in order to steal something Break out of: Escape from a prison Tip off: Warn somebody about something that is going to happen, especially something illegal Stake out: Watch a place secretly, especially for signs of illegal activity Bring in: Bring somebody to a police station in order to ask them questions or arrest them Lock up: Put someone in prison 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of useful phrasal verbs for Environment: =========================================== Wipe out: Destroy something completely Break down: Decompose, when something slowly reduces to its smallest parts Scale back: Make something smaller in size, amount, etc. than it used to be Used up: Exhaust of strength or useful properties Throw away: Get rid of something that you no longer want or need Run out of: Finish the supply of something Die out: Stop existing Spread out: Cover a large area Rely on: Need or depend on somebody/something Cut down: Kill trees 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of useful phrasal verbs for Money: =========================================== Pay off: Finish paying money owed for something Fork out: Spend a lot of money on something, especially unwillingly Run up: Create lots of debt Rip off: Charge too much Save up: Not spend money Put aside: Save an amount of money Squirrel away: Put something away in a secret place, especially money Pay back: Give someone the same amount of money that you borrowed from them Splash out: buy something expensive Put down: Pay part of the cost of something Come into: To be left money by somebody who has died 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of useful phrasal verbs for Sleep: =========================================== Wake up: Stop sleeping Get up: Stop sleeping and leave bed Lie down: Rest on your back Sleep in: Sleep longer than wanted Drop off: Fall asleep easily, without intending to Sleep over: Sleep at a friend’s house Lie in: Stay in bed after the time you usually get up Stay up: Go to bed later than usual Go off: Ring Sleep through: sleep continuously for a long time Sleep on it: Delay making a decision until the following day Doze off: Go to sleep especially when you did not intend to 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of useful phrasal verbs for Problems: =========================================== Talk over: Discuss a problem with someone before deciding what to do Wrestle with: Try to understand or find a solution to a difficult problem Run up against: Deal with unexpected problems or a difficult opponent Think through: Think carefully about the possible results of something Sort out: Solve a problem or situation Knuckle down: Begin to work hard at something Run into problems: Start to experience difficulties Deal with: Take the necessary action, especially in order to solve a problem 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of useful phrasal verbs for Work: =========================================== Burn out: Be extremely tired Call off: Cancel Carry out: Do a particular piece of work, research etc Draw up: Prepare something in writing, especially an official document Fill in for: To do somebody’s job for a short time while they are not there Hand in: Give something to a person in authority Knock off: Stop working Knuckle down: Start working harder Lay off: Stop employing someone because there is not enough work for them to do Run by: Tell someone about an idea or plan so that they can give you their opinion Slack off: Do something with less energy and effort than is usual or necessary Take on: Employ someone Take over: Take control of something Work out: To develop in a successful way 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of useful phrasal verbs for Health: =========================================== Get over: Recover from something Pass away: Die Run over: Hit by a vehicle Break out: Develop skin sores or irritation Fight off: Resist an illness Come to: Become conscious Pass out: Faint, lose consciousness Come down with: Become sick (not seriously) Throw up: Be sick, vomit Work out: Train the body by physical exercise Warm up: Begin a physical activity gradually Block up: Stop something from moving through something else Lay (laid) up: Unable to work, etc. because of an illness or injury Swell up: Become large, inflated, or bulging Clog up: Become or cause to become obstructed Dose up (UK): Give medicine to Lay low: Render someone unable to move or leave their bed Let up: Become less strong or stop Come round: Become conscious Shake off: Shake something in order to get something off of it 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of useful phrasal verbs for Idea and Innovation: =========================================== Think up: Invent or to imagine something; to produce a new idea Come up with: Think of or suggest an idea, plan, or solution Start over: Begin again Figure out: Think about somebody/something until you understand them/it 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of useful phrasal verbs on Party: ======================================= Blow up: Fill something with air or gas Turn up: Increase the amount of sound, heat, or light of a machine Blow out: Use your breath to make a flame stop burning Pull off: Succeed in doing something that is difficult Go out: Leave home and go somewhere, especially to do something enjoyable Dress up: Put on formal clothes for a special occasion Hang out: Spend time relaxing, usually with friends Pick up: Meet someone at their home to go somewhere, often in a car Eat out: Eat in a restaurant 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of useful phrasal verbs on Driving: ==================================== Back up: Make a car go backwards Buckle up: Fasten your seat belt in a car, plane etc. Cut off: Block someone’s way Drive by: Do something out of a car Fill up: Put gasoline in the car until it’s completely full Get out of: Leave Pull over: Stop on the side of the road Run over: Hit something/someone with a car and drive over them Slow down: To decrease speed; to go slower Turn off: Stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by pressing a button Pull in: Move to the side of the road Pull out: Move away from the side of the road, etc. Run into: Crash into somebody/something Knock down: Hit somebody and make them fall to the ground Pick up: Take someone in vehicle 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of useful phrasal verbs for Education: =========================================== Be into: Be interested in something in active way Take up: Start doing a new activity Fall behind: Make less progress than other people Catch up: Improve and reach the same standard as other people Go over: Check something carefully Go over: Practise and repeat something in order to learn it Read up on: Study something by reading a lot about it Hand in/turn in: Give your finished work to a teacher Hand out: give things to the members of a group Copy out: Write something again exactly as it was written Drop out: Leave school without finishing your studies 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of useful phrasal verbs for Animals: =========================================== Chicken out: Not do something because you’re afraid Duck out: Leave quickly and unannounced Fish for: Ask for or try to get something in an indirect way Fish out: Pull something out of a place Horse around: Play in a loud/rough way Pig out: Eat a lot of food at once Wolf down: Eat very quickly Monkey around: To do things in an unserious way; to play or waste time Beaver away: Work hard doing something Ferret out: Discover information by searching for it in a determined way Worm out of: Draw or manipulate information out of someone Rat on: Inform on (someone) to a person in a position of authority Rabbit on (UK): Continue talking about something that is not interesting to the person you are talking to Monkey with: Bother or interfere with someone or something Turn turtle: Turn upside down; to flip over Squirrel away: Stash, hide or hoard something for future use Drone on: Talk for a long time in a boring way Clam up: Become silent; to stop talking, to shut up Ferret around: Search for something by sorting through materials Lark about/around (UK): Behave in a silly way because you think it is funny Leech off: Use someone, or cling to s.o for personal gain, often not giving anything in return 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 List of useful phrasal verbs around the house: =========================================== Take out of the trash: Remove trash from the house Throw away: Put something into the trash can/to discard Pick up: Remove something from the floor to put into their proper place Hang up: Put your clothes on a hanger to hang in the closet Put away: Put items into their proper place (a drawer, cabinet, etc…) Clean up/ tidy up: Remove the dirt, stains & unwanted material Mop up: Use a mop (towel or sponge) to remove liquid from the floor. Build on: Construct an additional part of to the house, to add more space/rooms/etc… Turn on: Give (lamp/TV) power, to start Put up: Attach (a picture, or other object) to the wall to hang Turn off: Cause the power of (lamp/tv) to stop Take down: Remove (a picture or object) from the wall Stock up: Buy a lot of something (food, drink, etc) to fill the refrigerator or pantry. Put on: Get dressed Put on (music): Turn on the radio or some music Put on: Put (the pot/kettle/etc…) on the stove Put out: Extinguish/ to make a fire stop working 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of frequently used phrasal verbs for Business in English: Branch out: Expand or extend one’s interests Break into: Enter (with effort or force) Carry on: Continue Close down: Stop operating Look forward to: Feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen Note down: Write something down Step down: Resign or leave (a position/job) Take off: Become successful or popular very fast Take up: Fill a particular amount of space or time Weigh up (UK): Consider carefully the advantages or disadvantages of a situation Back up: Make a copy of information Carry out: Do and complete a task Come up: Happen or arise Get on (UK): Continue or start doing something Keep up with: Follow Set up: Start (a business) Go through: Experience something difficult or unpleasant Find out: Discover a fact or piece of information Call off: Cancel something Call back: To return a call or telephone someone again. Deal with: Handle (a problem) Drop in: Make a short visit without making an arrangement in advance Fill out: Complete (a form) Hold on: Wait Join in: Participate Lay off: Fire (staff) Put back (UK): Delay or postpone Run out of: Have no more of something Sort out: Organise or fix the contents of something Take on: Employ (staff) Take over: To begin to have control of or responsibility for something Bail out: To rescue somebody from a difficult situation, especially financial problems Cut back: To reduce something Go under: To become bankrupt Fall through: If an agreement, plan, sale etc. falls through, it is not completed successfully Pull out: To move away from something or stop being involved in it Bottom out: To reaches the lowest level before starting to improve again Level off: To stop rising or falling and become steady ==================== List of useful clothes phrasal verbs in English: Do up: Fasten an item of clothing Dress up: Dress (oneself or another) in your best clothes Dress up: Put on fancy dress in children’s games Dress down: Wear clothes that are more informal than those you usually wear Hang out: Dry clothes outside after washing Hang up: Put something on a hook or a hanger Have on: Wear an item of clothing on one’s person Kick off: Make your shoes come off by shaking your feet Put on: Dress yourself or someone else with an item or items of clothing Slip on: Put on an item of clothing easily Take off: Remove any item of clothing Take in: Make clothing narrower Take up: Reduce the length of a piece of clothing Try on: Put on an item of clothing to find out whether it fits or is suitable Throw on: Put on a piece of clothing quickly and carelessly Turn up: Shorten trousers, a dress or a skirt so that they fit better Wrap up: Put warm clothes on Zip up: To be closed by means of a zip Let out: Make clothing wider Let down: Use the extra cloth in the hem of a piece of clothing to make it longer ===================

List of useful phrasal verbs for Cooking: =========================================== Bake off: Finish baking partly baked food Boil away: Cause liquid to evaporate completely by boiling Boil down: If a food or liquid boils down it becomes less after it is cooked Boil over: Cause liquid to rise and flow over the side of the container Bolt down: Eat a large amount of food very quickly Chop up: Cut into pieces, usually with several sharp blows Cut off: Remove something by cutting it Cut out: Shape or form by cutting Cut up: Cut something into small pieces Fry up: Cook something by frying Pick at: Eat only small amounts of a meal Pig out: Eat an extremely large amount of food Slice off: Cut something from a larger piece Whip up: Quickly make a meal or something to eat Cook away: Slow cooking; to cook slowly over a long period of time Peel off: To remove the skin from a vegetable or fruit Thaw out: To warm up from being frozen Mix in: To mix or combine with substances Warm up: To reheat a food to a desired temperature 🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠 List of common phrasal verbs for Shopping: ============================================ Bring down: Reduce the amount of something Pay for: Give money in order to buy something Put on: To see something is worth trying Queue up/line up: Wait for something in a line Ring up: Record an amount of money by pressing buttons on a cash register Sell out: Sell the whole supply/ capacity Shop around: Compare prices before buying Take off: Remove a piece of clothing Try on: Put on a piece of clothing to see if it fits Try out: Test something to see if you like it Pop into: To visit briefly Do up: To fasten something Stand out: To be very noticeable Pick out: To choose / select Wear in: To loosen or soften some new clothing by wearing it Set (someone) back: To cost someone a particular amount of money, especially a large amount Look out for: To watch or check regularly for something or to search for something Go with something: To seem good, natural, or attractive in combination with something Splash out: Spend money freely 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of useful phrasal verbs for Travel: ========================================= See off: Go to the airport or station to say goodbye to someone Set off: Start a journey Get in: Arrive (train, plane) Hold up: Delay when travelling Take off: When a plane departs or leaves the ground Check in: Arrive and register at a hotel or airport Get off: Leave a bus, train, plane Check out: Leave the hotel after paying Get away: To have a holiday or vacation Get on: Enter a bus, train, plane, to climb on board Drop off: Take someone to a place and leave them there Pick up: Let someone get into your car and take them somewhere Set out: Start a journey, especially a long journey Speed up: Increase speed Look around: Explore what is near you, in your area Hurry up: Rush and not waste time Go back: Go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye Look forward: Look forward to something that is going to happen in the future Stop over: Stay somewhere for a short time during a long journey Touch down: To land at an airport 🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵 List of commonly used phrasal verbs for Telephones : ================================================= Break up: To be inaudible over the mobile phone Call back: To return a phone call Call up: Call someone on the phone Cut off: To interrupt a telephone conversation Get through: To contact by telephone Hang on: Wait for a short time (informal) Hang up: End a telephone call by breaking the connection Hold on: Wait for a short time Pick up: Answer the phone Put through: Connect by phone Speak up: Speak louder Get back to: Telephone someone later Get off: Finish talking on the phone Turn off: Disconnect using the power button Turn on: Connect using the power button Pass on (a message): To communicate (to convey) a message to someone else Phone in: Call in by telephone to a central person or central point. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of common phrasal verbs about Family Life: ================================================ Be named after: Be given the name of another person Bring sb up: Look after a child until he or she becomes an adult Fall out with sb: Argue with sb and you are no longer friendly with them Get along/on with: Have a good, friendly relationship with sb Get together: Spend time together Go by: Prefer to be called by a particular name Grow apart: Stop having a close relationship with somebody over a period of time Grow up: Develop into an adult Look after: Take care of someone Look up to: Respect and admire someone Take after: Look or behave like an older relative Tell off: Criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong Settle down: Begin to live a quieter life by getting married Split up: End a marriage relationship Make up: Become friendly with someone again after an argument Break up: End a relationship Put up with: Tolerate; accept an unpleasant situation without complaining Pass away: To die (to avoid saying ‘die’ when you think this might upset someone) 🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡🟡 List of phrasal verbs for Relationships: ========================================= Fall for: Begin to be in love with someone Go out: Date someone Make up: Forgive each other after an argument or disagreement Split up: End a relationship Break up: End a relationship Look up to: Respect and admire someone Fall out: Argue with someone and stop being friendly with them Put down: Say bad things about someone; to insult Put up with: Tolerate; accept an unpleasant situation without complaining 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

List of commonly used phrasal verbs: D ========================================== Deal with: Handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject Deal with: Take action with respect to (someone or something) Deal with: Consider, as an example Deal with: Come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by Deal with: Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of Deal with: Behave in a certain way towards Do for: Doom; to bring about the demise of Do in: Kill or end Do in: Exhaust, to tire out Do up: Fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten Do up: Redecorate Do up: Execute a task or performance Do up: Pack together and envelop; to pack up Do without: Manage despite the lack of Draw in: Attract Draw in: Get someone involved Draw in: Approach Draw on: Advance, continue; to move or pass slowly or continuously, as under a pulling force. Draw on: Approach, come nearer, as evening Draw out: Make something last for more time than is necessary Draw out: Improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards Draw up: Compose a document, especially one having a standard form Draw up: Arrange in order or formation Draw up: Cause to come to a halt Draw up: Come to a halt Drink in: Absorb; to be completely attentive to Drink to: Raise one’s glass as a toast Drink up: Finish one’s drink Drive at: Mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point Drive away: Depart by driving a vehicle Drive away: Force someone or something to leave Dry out: Have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed. Dry up: Become dry (often of weather); to lose water Dry up: Cause to become dry Dry up: Deprive someone of (something vital) Dry up: Cease to exist; to disappear Dry up: Manually dry dishes Dry up: Stop talking, to forget what one was going to say 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ