ticket to english unit 6 PHRASAL VERBS

rafai الأربعاء 21 أبريل 2010 - 17:15

[Keep up with[/color][/si[/font]
[]Meaning: Move at the same rate[/
]Example: He walks too fast and it's really hard to KEEP UP WITH him.

Bring up[/size]

Meaning: Raise a child[/size]

[]Example: My parents BROUGHT me UP strictly.[/size]

Back up[/size]

]Meaning: Make a copy of computer data[/size]

]Example: You should always BACK UP important files and documents so that you won't lose all your work if something goes wrong with the hardware.[/size]

Bring about[/size]

]Meaning: Make something happen[/size]

Example: The changes to the law were BROUGHT ABOUT by the government because so many people were ignoring the old one.[/size]

Come across Find by accident

Example: I CAME ACROSS my old school reports when I was clearing out my desk.[/size]

]Carry on[/size]

]Meaning: Continue[/size]

Example: CARRY ON quietly with your work until the substitute teacher arrives

Take off (plane)= leave ground

take care of): provide care for; watch one's health.[/size]

Lois has been taking care of her father since he returned home from the hospital."[/size]

"You've been working too hard lately. You'd better take care of yourself!"[/size]

Take up ( begin (a hobby or leisure-time activity).

A: "Do you like to ski?"
B: "I've never been skiing, but I think I'd like to take it up."

take off rsomething you're wearing).

"Please take your hat off when you go inside a building."

pick up (1. lift; take up. collect

"Those books don't belong on the floor. Will you help me pick them up?"

check in (register for / at a hotel, conference, etc.; let someone know officially that you have arrived.

"My plane will arrive around 5:00 PM. I should be able to check into the hotel by 6:00 or 6:30."

"When you arrive at the convention, be sure to check in at the registration desk."

Set up

=Start a company , establish

Example: They SET UP a dot com company, floated it a couple of years later on the Stock Exchange and made an absolute fortune.