Phrasal verbs 9
37 English words (level B1) with a simple English definition and an example sentence. In the app you can hear every word and practise with flashcards, a quiz, spelling and listening.
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| English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| stop up | to block a hole | Leaves have stopped up the drain. |
| take after | to look or behave like an older family member | She takes after her mother. |
| take away | to remove something; also to subtract | Take away the plates, please. |
| take back | to return something to a shop; also to say you did not mean something | I take back what I said. |
| take down | to remove something from a high place; also to write something down | Take down the pictures. |
| take in | to understand something; also to let someone stay in your home; also to trick | It was too much to take in. |
| take off | (a plane) to leave the ground; also to remove clothes | Take off your shoes. |
| take on | to accept a job or responsibility; also to employ someone | She took on too much work. |
| take out | to remove something from a place; also to take someone to a restaurant | He took me out for dinner. |
| take over | to take control of something | A big company took over the business. |
| take up | to start a new hobby; also to use space or time | I took up tennis last year. |
| talk down | to speak to someone as if they are stupid (talk down to) | Don't talk down to me. |
| talk into | to persuade someone to do something | She talked me into going to the party. |
| talk over | to discuss something | Let's talk it over at dinner. |
| tell off | to speak angrily to someone for doing something wrong | The teacher told him off for talking. |
| tell on | to tell someone in charge that another person did something wrong | Don't tell on me! |
| think back | to remember something from the past | Think back to your first day at school. |
| think out | to plan something carefully | She thought out every detail. |
| think over | to consider something carefully before deciding | Let me think it over. |
| think up | to invent an idea or excuse | He thought up a great plan. |
| travel along | to move along a road or path | We traveled along the coast road. |
| turn around | to turn to face the other way; also to make something successful again | Turn around and look at me. |
| turn away | to refuse to let someone enter; also to look away | They turned us away at the door. |
| turn back | to return the way you came | The road was closed so we turned back. |
| turn down | to refuse an offer; also to make quieter or lower | She turned down the job. |
| turn in | to go to bed; also to give something to someone in charge | I'm tired. I'll turn in. |
| turn off | to stop a machine or light working | Turn off the TV. |
| turn on | to start a machine or light | Turn on the light. |
| turn out | to happen in a particular way in the end; also to come to an event | It turned out to be a great day. |
| turn over | to turn something so the other side is up; also to give to the police | Turn over the page. |
| turn up | to arrive; also to make louder | He turned up late. |
| use up | to use all of something | We used up all the milk. |
| wait on | to serve someone, for example at a table | She waits on tables at a café. |
| walk around | to walk in different directions with no plan | We walked around the old town. |
| walk away | to leave a difficult situation | You can't just walk away from your problems. |
| walk in | to enter a room | She walked in without knocking. |
| walk off | to leave suddenly; also to steal (walk off with) | Someone walked off with my umbrella. |