Phrasal Verbs Tricks & Tips Day 2
What is a phrasal verb?
A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the combination creates a meaning different from the original verb alone.
- Today’s verb: Burn
- Today’s phrasal verbs: Burn up, Burn down, Burn away, Burn Off, Burn Out, etc.
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 1:
Burn up… or burn down???
The following conversation between ‘Kevin’ and ‘Roger’ will explain the meaning of all these phrasal verbs.
Kevin: Do you know, yesterday Tom’s house burnt up. Fortunately, all are safe.
Roger: Thank they’re safe! But you should focus more on phrasal verbs especially for the upcoming aptitude test. Houses don’t burn up, they burn down.
Kevin: These phrasal verbs get on my nerves sometimes. What’s the difference between ‘burn up’ and ‘burn down’?
Roger: When something burns up, it uses energy to produce flames. When something burns down, it is destroyed by fire. That’s why we use ‘burn up’ to mean ‘to get angry’. We just use our energy to produce flames, when we become angry.
Kevin: But I have read in a newspaper that ‘a satellite is burnt up’. Why is it so?
Roger: Maybe to avoid confusion.
Kevin: To avoid confusion?! Hmm… The satellite burnt up… The building burnt down…
Ha! The satellite burnt down up in the sky; the house burnt down to the ground! So, they didn’t want to use ‘down’, ‘up’ and ‘in the sky’. Just ‘burn up’.
Roger: Maybe. Phrasal verbs in English can’t always be explained with a single rule, but there is always some logic behind them.
Kevin: Hmm! The satellite burnt up in the sky; the house burnt down to the ground. It won’t be confusing anymore!
Roger: These are some other phrasal verbs of burn: burn away, burn off, burn out.
Kevin: Burn out means to be exhausted or tired.
Roger: Yes! It also means to wear out. ‘The light bulb or the fan burnt out’. Burn away means to remove something, using heat or fire. Like, ‘they burnt away weeds’. But, burn off means to disappear because of warmth or heat. ‘Dew burns off after sunrise’. Here, no one is intentionally removing the dew. As heat increased, it just vanished.
Kevin: Okay! Burn away vs. burn off; burn up vs. burn down; burn out! Got them all, thanks, Roger!!!
- Today’s verb: Get
- Today’s phrasal verbs: Get about, get across, get ahead, get along, etc.
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 2:
Get
The following conversation between ‘Kevin’ and ‘Roger’ will explain the meaning of all the phrasal verbs associated with the verb ‘get’.
Roger: Hey, look what I have brought for you.
Kevin: Phrasal verb flash cards!?
Roger: But only for phrasal verbs with ‘get’. I couldn’t find others. I used them when I was in the middle school.
Kevin: Still, very kind of you. Let me have a look at them. These are so easy to understand and remember, get ahead… be in the front… successful…
Get Ahead
Meaning: To achieve success, to prosper.
Get = to gain.
Ahead = in the front.
Memory tip: To be in the front by becoming successful.
Usage: He helped plenty of his villagers to get ahead.
Roger: Also, when you try to overtake a vehicle, you want to get ahead of that vehicle.
Get Across
Meaning: Clarify, explain.
Get = to receive
Ahead = from one side to the other
Memory tip: To get your thoughts across to the other person.
Usage: I want to get it across that I am not in favour of this motion.
Kevin: Okay! Get across… Ha ha! I wish these phrasal verbs could ‘get across’ from your brain to mine!
Roger: Well, if we try to get something across, it will get across.
Kevin: ???!!!
Roger: Get across means both: to make something clear or explain and to become clear or understand.
Kevin: Okay! Let me check out other cards too. These are easy to remember.
Get Among
Meaning: Being surrounded by/being in the company of/join a group.
Get = to cause to be
Among = surrounded by
Memory tip: To get among (= surrounded by) a group or people.
Usage: Alibaba got among thieves.
Get About
Meaning: Circulate, spread.
Get = to cause to be
About = in rotation
Memory tip: To cause to rotate (circulate).
Usage: Whatever happens in the life of celebrities get about quickly.
Get Along
Meaning: To be on friendly terms.
Get = to cause to be
Along = accompanying someone
Memory tip: To be a companion.
Usage: She gets along with children.
Get at
Meaning: To reach/to imply (something).
Get = to cause to be
At = preposition expressing location
Memory tip: To be somewhere/to be on a conclusion.
Usage: 1. It’s difficult for the baby to get at the medicines placed on the top shelf.
2. What are you trying to get at by explaining me the events?
Kevin: I thought get along and get ahead mean the same.
Roger: Of course, they can be used as synonyms for ‘to be successful’. As I told you, ‘get ahead’ means ‘to advance’, ‘to be in the front’. It gives us an impression that we must put some effort. Get along means ‘without much effort’ as if we are born to win. Extroverts get along easily; they seem to be born to interact easily. But it is difficult for introverts to interact continuously with people.
Kevin: Thank you, Roger! I will go through them and will ask you if I have any doubt.
Roger: Always welcome! ?
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 3:
Get
Get Round
Meaning: To escape by tricking someone.
Get = to cause to go.
Round = to make round.
Memory tip: You might have seen in movies people escaping goons by circling a tree.
Usage: While camping last week, Mohan got round a ferocious bear by posing dead!
Get On
Meaning: To progress with something.
Get = to cause to be
On = with continued action
Memory tip: Doing something continuously can lead to progress. (Learning is a continuous process‼!)
Usage: Get on with your work!
Get Through
Meaning: To finish by overcoming obstacles.
Get = to be able to manage
Through = from beginning to end
Memory tip: To get through to the winning point of a hurdle race.
Usage: He got through the exam.
Get Over
Meaning: To overcome.
Get = to cause to be
Over = to a position higher than
Memory Tip: To rise (over) and shine!
Usage: How did she get over the tragedy?
Get Off
Meaning: To escape a punishment.
Get = to cause to be
Off = away
Memory Tip: If you are stuck on a crashing plane, you don’t land. You jump off using a parachute instead!
Usage: Although the neighbours saw her steal from them, she was able to get off with a warning.
Get Down
Meaning: To start, involve.
Get = to cause to be
Down = a lower position that you can take
Memory tip: Generally when we work, we first sit down.
Usage: Let’s get down to work.
- Today’s verb: Put
- Today’s phrasal verbs: Put down, put away, put forth, put off, put on, put out.
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 4 –
Put
Put Down
Meaning: Make a humiliating remark, to suppress.
Put = to bring
Down = to a lower position
Memory tip: Negative remarks cause a drop in your energy levels.
Usage: The government was successful in putting down the rebellion.
Put Away
Meaning: 1. Abandon/discard.
2. To place something in its designated place.
Put = to place
Away = at a distance
Memory tip: When you abandon/discard something, you put it away from yourself. How far away you put it, depends on you.
Usage: 1. He put away his old books.
2. Please put away the vegetables and clear the kitchen counter.
Put Forth
Meaning: To suggest, present.
Get = to place
Forth = forward
Memory tip: When you come forward, you are seen; when you put forward (forth), what you place is seen.
Usage: He put forth his proposal in the meeting.
Put On
Meaning: To wear.
Put = to place
On = in a position over & in contact with.
Memory Tip: To place the dress over and in contact with the body = wear!
Usage: She put her white dress on for the party.
Put Off
Meaning: 1. To postpone.
2. To spoil someone’s mood, to discourage someone from doing something.
Put = to place
Off = away
Memory Tip: 1. To keep an event/task away, and hence delay it!
2. When something spoils your mood, the switch to your happiness gets switched off.
Usage: 1. He put off the meeting.
2.The food was fine, but the bad smell in the restuarant really put me off.
Put Out
Meaning: To extinguish.
Put = to place
Out = outside
Memory tip: Generally when we work, we first sit down.
Usage: Let’s get down to work.
- Today’s verb: Bear
- Today’s phrasal verbs: Bear away, bear down, bear out, bear up, bear with
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 5 –
Bear
Roger: Hi, Kevin! What’s up?
Kevin: Roger! You have come at the right time. Please help me with this exercise.
Roger: What is it?
Kevin: Phrasal verbs with ‘bear’; here you go.
Fill up the blanks using the prepositions given in the brackets.(away, with, out, down, up, in, on)
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Bear DownRoger: Suppose, you are moving through a forest area. Suddenly, a bear appears in front of you! You have a fight with him and defeat him. The bear falls down! The bear is down when you bear down on it! Kevin: Ha! ‘Bear down’ means to ‘overcome’! Roger: Yes, ‘bear down’ basically means to use all your effort to do something. Just like you focused your effort on defeating the bear and you overcame it. It also means to overthrow, push, press etc.
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Bear OutRoger: Next, bear out. Confirmed news, the bear is out!! When a bear escapes from a sanctuary to a town, the authority, first of all, confirms if the bear has really escaped. A sanctuary is so big and we cannot just say, ‘it escaped’. We need to confirm. So, ‘bear out’ means to confirm. You can remember it like this: Confirmed news, the bear is out! |
Bear WithRoger: You know Kevin, when you’re with a bear, you must remain calm and patient. Or else, you may provoke it. That’s our next trick: bear with means to have patience! Remain calm and patient when you’re with a bear! Kevin: Cool!! |
Bear AwayRoger: Ratna bore _____ many prizes. What do you think she has done? Kevin: Of course, she won many prizes. Roger: If you are a beekeeper, you must keep bears away from your farm. That’s your task and if you keep the bear away, you win!
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Bear UpRoger: If you climb up a tree to escape from a bear, you have to be optimistic that it will go to another place and you can climb down safely. All you have to do is remain calm in the middle of all the stress. Bear up means to remain cheerful in the face of adversity or optimistic or positive. Climb up the tree and be positive that the bear will go away! |
Here are the answers!!!
- Ratna bore away many prizes at the Youth Festival.
- You must bear down this time to clear this project.
- He gave testimony bearing out the claim of the victim.
- A religious hope bears up a man in his trials.
- A strong man bears with sufferings.
- Today’s verb: Give
- Today’s phrasal verbs: Give in, give out, give up, give way
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy PDF Capsule 6 – Give
Etymology
Do you know in Old English the word ‘give’ was not present? They used ‘giefan’ (past tense: geaf, past participle: giefen) meaning to give, bestow, entrust, deliver to another, grant, commit and devote.
In Middle English, it became ‘yiven’ and later, ‘give’.
Give InMeaning:
Memory tip: Give in means “yield” Usage: The hijackers were forced to give in. |
Give OutMeaning:
Memory tip: Misers think giving out will lead to ‘give out’; Usage: 1. The clerk gave out the identity cards. |
Give UpMeaning: To stop trying to do something.
Memory tip:You say, “It’s up to you”, when you Usage: He doesn’t give up easily. |
Give WayMeaning:
Memory tip: “Always give way to the ambulance Usage: 1. The building collapsed as the pillars gave way. |
Give OverMeaning: A phrase used to tell somebody to stop doing something. Memory tip: Give and ‘it’s over’ Usage: Give over fighting! |
- Today’s verb: Look
- Today’s phrasal verbs: Look after, look at, look back, look for, look out for
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 7 –
Look [Part a]
Look afterHindi translation: देखभाल करना Meaning: To take care of someone or something. Memory Tip: When you care, your eyes follow!
Use in Sentence: James looks after his kitten as if it is |
Look atHindi translation: की ओर देखना, पर्यवेक्षण करना Meaning: 1. To direct your eyes towards someone or something so Memory Tip: Look at the way I look at it, then you
Use in Sentence: Look at the answers from Professor’s |
Look backHindi translation: याद करना Meaning: To think about something that has MemoryTip: Peeche mudkar na dekho, faisle par atal raho!
Use in Sentence: When I look back, I can see my faults! |
Look forHinditranslation: ढूंढ़ना Meaning: 1. To search for something or someone. Memory Tip: To look for, to search for.
Use in Sentence: He is looking for answers in life. |
Look out forHindi translation: सावधान रहना होगा Meaning: To watch what is happening and be careful. MemoryTip: Watch out! Look out! UseinSentence: Look out for your path. |
- Today’s verb: Look
- Today’s phrasal verbs: Look down on, look up, look up to, look through, look into
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 8
Look down onHindi translation:नाचीज समझना Meaning: To consider someone or something as not important. MemoryTip: Poor people are included in the lowest
UseinSentence: Mr. Darcy looked down on Miss. Elizabeth |
Look upHindi translation: नज़र फेंकना Meaning:
Memory Tip: Look up when things become better or safe.
Use in Sentence: I looked up for his contact number in |
Look up toHindi translation: आदर करना Meaning: To admire and respect someone. MemoryTip:Bacche badon ki or dekhte hain kyun
Use in Sentence: All the students look up to the new teacher. |
Look throughHinditranslation:तेजी से पढ़ना Meaning: To read something quickly, especially to find the Memory Tip: Remember Mr. Chiti scanning books
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Use in Sentence: He looked through the diaries to find a hint.
Look intoHindi translation: जांच पड़ताल करना Meaning: To investigate, to acquire facts especially MemoryTip: Policemen look inside (into) the car UseinSentence: He assured me that he would look into |
- Today’s verb: Jump
- Today’s phrasal verbs: Jump at, jump on, jump out, jump in
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 9 –
Jump
Jump AtMeaning: To accept something eagerly.
Memory Tip:When the opportunity is too amazing, you Usage: When he was asked to draw illustrations for the |
Jump OnMeaning: Attack or take hold of (someone) suddenly.
Memory Tip: Hide and then jump! That’s how lions and Usage: The politician jumped on his opponent. |
Jump OutMeaning: Have a strong visual or mental impact.
Memory Tip: Some advertisements really jump out. Usage: The company wants a socially productive |
Jump InMeaning:To interrupt when someone else is speaking.
Usage: His habit of jumping in annoys me. |
- Today’s verb: Back, Bank
- Today’s phrasal verbs: Back away, back out, bank on
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 10 –
Back
Back awayMeaning: to move backward away from something or someone
Memory Tip: This means they went backward, away from the spot. Usage: They backed away from the accident spot when the police asked. |
Back outMeaning: to decide not to do something that you had said you would do
Memory Tip: ‘Out’ sounds like leaving something you Usage: They backed out of the deal. |
Back downMeaning: to admit that you were wrong or that you have been defeated
Memory Tip: Back down sounds similar to sit down; In ancient times, Usage: He showed wisdom by backing down. |
Bank onMeaning: To base your hopes on something/someone
Memory Tip: Bank on sounds similar to “bank loan” – Usage: I’m banking on you with this project. |
Phrasal Verbs Made Easy Part 10 –
Exercise
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