Make up
Meaning: Si ” you and another person make up” , significa que retomas una relación despues de una discusión o un malentendido. Significa que habeis hablado y que ahora estais en una buena situación.
Grammar: No suele separarse, solo cuando se usa it refiriendose a la relación de amistad o de pareja .
John and Lisa made up
They made up
They made it up
They made up it
Example sentence: I’m so glad that you two have talked about your differences and decided to make up.
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Significado: “you take somebody back” quiere decir que retomas una relación sentimental que habias decado anteriormente a causa de algun problema en ella.
Gramática: Este phrasal verb necesita un objeto. SI el objeto es un pronombre, siempre va en medio. Si es un nombre, puedes usarlo en medio o detrás del participio.
She took her husband back - CORRECTO
She took him back - CORRECTO
She took back her husband - CORRECTO
She took back him - MAL
Ejemplo: Mary had accepted that her husband was occasionally unfaithful, but when he became violent, she threw him out and refused to take him back.
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GIVE UP ON
Significado: “you give up on someone or something”, quiere decir que dejas de intertar lograr algo, normalmente porque lo has intentado y fallado, o porque es demasiado dificil.
Este phrasal verb necesita un objeto. No puedes colocarlo separando las palabras que componen el phrasal verb.
I gave up on maths - CORRECTO
I gave up on it - correcto
I gave algebra up on - MAL
I gave it up on - MAL
I gave up algebra on - MAL
I gave up it on - MAL
Ejemplo : I have asked her so many times to arrive on time, but she is still at least 15 minutes late every afternoon. I give up on her!
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Significado: Si ” you go out with someone” , quiere decir que tú tienes una relación romántica con esa persona.
Este phrasal verb necesita un objeto. No puedes ponerlo dentro de las palabras que componen el phrasal verb:
She’s going out with Mark -CORRECTO
She’s going out with him - CORRECTO
She’s going out Mark with - MAL
She’s going out him with - MAL
She’s going him out with - MAL
She’s going Mark out with - MAL
Ejemplo: She went out with Tom for 2 years before he asked her to marry him.
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