Ejemplos Phrasal Verbs

1. PHRASAL VERBS
Los phrasal verbs o verbos de dos palabras, son aquellas palabras que están
compuestas de "un verbo + una preposición o adverbio" teniendo un significado
diferente al de cada palabra por separado, y pueden tener uno o más
significados.

2. PHRASAL VERBS
1. Pick up = recoger, levantar.
2. Look up = buscar (algo en un escrito,
diccionario o libro).
3. Give away = regalar.
4. Think over = considerar (algo)
5. Make up = inventar, reconciliar.
6. Put off = posponer.
7. Call on = visitar, llamar.
8. Look around = mirar alrededor.
9. Run away = huir.
10.Cheer up = animarse, ponerse
alegre.

3. ANDRÉA PICKED UP HER HUSBAND AT THE AIRPORT.
I WILL HAVE BEEN PICKING UP.
SOME ONE NEEDS TO COME AND PICK UP THE CAKE.
PICK UP

4. LOOK UP
YOU CAN LOOK UP ALL THE NAMES AT THE
EMPLOYEES IN THE ARCHIVE
DOCUMENTATION .
PLEASE LOOK UP INFORMATION
FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES BEFORE MAKING
ANY DECISIONS
WE WORK FROM YOUR DATABASE TO LOOK
UP CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND UPDATE IT
ACCORDINGLY.

5. GIVE AWAY
THE SELLER IS NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE
AWAY BOOKS HIS FRIENDS.
BUT IF YOU GIVE AWAY TODAY FLOWERS,
SHE´S COMING VERY HAPPY NEXT WEEK.
THE PERFECT GIFT TO GIVE AWAY IT´S YOUR
LOVE.

6. THINK OVER
THINK OVER AND OVER AGAIN OF A PLACE THAT
MAKES YOU FEEL QUIET.
IN THIS MOMENT THERE IS NOTHING TO THINK
OVER'.
OF COURSE, THERE ARE STILL SOME OTHER
THINGS YOU NEED TO THINK
OVER WHEN BUYING AN APARTMENT.

7. MAKE UP
LET THEM USE THEIR IMAGINATIONS TO MAKE UP THEIR
OWN MENTAL GAMES
WE HAVE NEARLY ALL THE INGENUITY TO MAKE
UP THE INNOVATION OF SMART HOUSES.
MY INTEREST IN THE TECHNOLOGY IT´S NECCESARY
TO MAKE UP A NEW CAR.

8. PUT OFF
SOMETIMES PEOPLE PUT OFF STUDYING
BECAUSE THEY FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THE
FACT THAT THEY'RE BEHIND ON THINGS.
IT'S TEMPTING TO PUT OFF STUDYING UNTIL THE
LAST MINUTE
WE HAVE REACHED A POINT WHERE THESE
QUESTIONS CAN BE PUT OFF NO LONGER.

9. CALL ON
THE PRESIDENT REITERATES THE CALL ON ALL
PARTIES TO RESUME PLACE TALKS.
I REITERATE MY CALL ON ALL PARTIES TO
REFRAIN FROM THE USE OF FORCE.
WE CALL ON ALL COUNTRIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION.

10. LOOK AROUND
IF WE LOOK AROUND US, WE CANNOT IGNORE
THE PROBLEMS OF OUR BROTHERS.
WHEN WE LOOK AROUND, WE REALIZE THAT
THEY ARE VERY HAPPY PEOPLE.
IT SUFFICES TO OPEN OUR
DOORS AND WINDOWS AND LOOK AROUND, TO
BE ABLE TO RESPOND IN A SPIRIT OF
SOLIDARITY.

11. RUN AWAY
WHEN TEACHERS ASKED HIM TO PARTICIPATE IN
ACTIVITIES HE WOULD RUN AWAY AND HIDE
YOUR CHILD WILL PROBABLY RESIST THE
PROCEDURE AND MAY EVEN TRY TO RUN AWAY.
I WAS STILL TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM MY
PAST, JUST LIKE MY PARENTS HAD.

12. CHEER UP
A CHEERLEADER ONLY WANTS TO CHEER
PEOPLE UP.
THE GOOD NEWS CHEERED US UP.
NEVER DID I SEE HIM DISCOURAGED;
ALWAYS ENERGETIC HE KNEW
HOW TO CHEER UP THE OTHERS.

13. BIBLIOGRAFÍA
• http://eidioma.blogspot.com/2012/04/phrasal-verbs-separable-and-
inseparable.html
• Diccionario Linguee. Recupera en http://www.linguee.es/espanol-
ingles/search?source=auto&query=look+up
• Imágenes tomadas de https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=es-419