Master English Phrasal Verbs and Common Expressions

Common English Phrasal Verbs

• Slim down: aprimar-se
• Wipe out: erradicar
• Come down with: agafar un costipat
• Show up: presentar-se
• Break out: esclatar
• Be going on: passar/ocórrer
• Kick in: fer efecte
• Come round: passar per
• Pull through: sortir-se'n
• Keep on: seguir
• Run into: topar-se amb
• Turn down: rebutjar
• Put on: posar-se (roba)
• Use up: consumir/gastar
• Pull (something) off: ajornar/aplaçar
• Look after: tenir cura de
• Carry out: complir
• Cheer (someone) up: alegrar
• Pass out: desmaiar-se
• Call off: suspendre/cancel·lar
• Go away: desaparèixer
• Come round: anar
• Put down: deixar anar
• Pick up: passar a buscar
• Bring up: dur/criar
• Back up: donar suport/fer marxa enrere
• Break in: entrar a robar/interrompre
• Turn in: entregar-se/anar al llit
• Go in: passar/continuar
• Take off: treure's la roba/enlairar-se
• Look up: buscar/anar a visitar
• Give away: regalar/revelar

Common Work and Life Expressions

• Dead-end job: feina sense futur
• Get your foot in the door: iniciar-se en
• Make a living: guanyar-se la vida
• Tricks of the trade: trucs de l'ofici
• Burn out: cremat
• Rat race: vida d'estrès i competitivitat
• Pull your weight: fer el que toca
• Get fired: ser acomiadat
• Hold down a job: conservar una feina
• Get paid peanuts: cobrar una misèria
• Call it a day: deixar alguna cosa per un altre dia
• Rushed off our feet: estar desbordat de feina
• Learn the ropes: fer-se'n càrrec
• Go on strike: fer vaga

Essential Vocabulary and Word Formation

Disappearance, beginning, extinction, knowledge, emissions, exposure, expectation, cancellation, relief, tourism, unspoilt, avoidance, revolution, treatment, threat, adjustment, allergy, cast, minor, imagination, isolation, destruction, memory, resentment, manager, difference, qualification, advancement, reliability, restriction, compliance, defiance, encouragement, prevention, horror.

Verb Patterns: Gerunds and Infinitives

Verbs Followed by -ing (Gerund)

Enjoy, fancy, discuss, dislike, finish, mind, suggest, recommend, keep, avoid, miss, appreciate, delay, postpone, practise, consider, can't stand, can't help, risk, admit, deny, mention, imagine, tolerate, understand, involve, complete, report, anticipate, recall.

Verbs Followed by To + Infinitive

Agree, ask, decide, help, plan, hope, learn, want, would like, promise, can afford, manage, prepare, demand, choose, offer, wait, would hate, love, prefer, seem, expect, intend, pretend, refuse, tend, deserve, appear, arrange, claim.