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Introduction

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Phrasal verbs

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• eat out

  to have lunch or dinner at a restaurant as opposed to eating at home

  intransitive

  When we were on holiday we ate out every night.

• set off

  to leave on a journey

  intransitive

  They set off early to arrive by lunch time.

• let in

  to allow somebody to enter a place

  transitive, separable

  Can you let me in, please. I've forgotten my key.

• run over

  to hit someone with a motor vehicle

  transitive, separable

  The learner driver ran over an old lady who was crossing the road.

• find out

  to obtain or discover information about something

  transitive/intransitive, separable

  We only found out about the party yesterday.

• go up

  to increase in value or level

  intransitive

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

• come up

  to be mentioned or discussed

  intransitive

  Several important points came up in the meeting.

• knock out

  to make someone unconscious by hitting them on the head

  transitive, separable

  The boxer was knocked out in the second round of the fight.

• tear up

  to destroy something (normally paper or cloth) by pulling it into small pieces

  transitive, separable

  She tore up his letter and threw it into the bin.

• put back

  to change the time of a scheduled event so that it happens later

  transitive, separable

  The time of the meeting was put back by 2 hours.

• carry on

  to continue doing an activity

  transitive

  They carried on walking although they were tired.

• look up

  to consult a reference book for meaning, definition etc.

  transitive, separable

  I always look up new words in the dictionary.