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Introduction

Bla bla bla

Phrasal verbs

Bla bla bla

• go up

  to increase in value or level

  intransitive

  The prices of petrol has gone up by 15% since last year.

• look into

  to investigate or research

  transitive

  I'm looking into buying an electric car.

• give back

  to return something to someone

  transitive, separable

  When is he going to give you the money back?

• add up

  to make sense

  intransitive

  It's just doesn't add up. Why would they do that?

• get together

  to meet in order to socialise etc.

  transitive/intransitive

  I like getting together with my friends at least once a month.

• pull through

  to recover from serious illness or injury

  intransitive

  His injuries are so serious that he might not pull through.

• give away

  to let someone have something without charging them money

  transitive, separable

  We're going to give away our old car.

• go ahead

  to proceed

  intransitive

  After months of planning, the building work will finally go ahead.

• rule out

  to stop considering something as a possibility

  transitive, separable

  The bad weather ruled out the barbeque.

• put across

  to communicate something, often a new idea

  transitive, separable

  She always puts across her ideas very clearly.

• go down

  to decrease in value or level

  intransitive

  House prices went down after the economic crisis.

• open up

  to talk about what you feel and think

  intransitive

  After a while, she started opening up to him about her past.