Oct
18

PHRASAL VERBS : GIVE, WORK, PUT

Publicado en la categoría Vocabulario
  • GIVE AWAY//GIVE UP

+give up:

rendirse// He handed his gun to the police officer and gave himself up.

+give away:

repartir // They gave away a free CD .

delatar// He tried to disguise ( disimular, ocultar)  himself but his voice gave him away.


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  • WORK OUT// WORK UP

+work out:

descubrir //I can’t work out how to start this machine

hacer ejercicio, trabajar duro // I keep fit by working out regularly at the gym.

+work up :

Excitar a alguien ( hasta algo) // She ’s working herself up to a terrible state ( Ella se esta poniendo en un estado terrible)

Abrir el apetito // All his phisical works makes you work up an appetite ( apetito) ( Todo su trabajo fisico hace que se te abra el apetito)

Desarrollar algo // I’m working a project up ( Estoy desarrollando un proyecto)

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  • PUT DOWN // PUT UP

+Put down:

apuntar, anotar //Let me put the date down in my diary

hacer sentir inferior// He has a way of always putting me down, and I feel so folish.

+Put up:

acoger// Stay with us . We can easily put you up for the night.

subir// The shop has just put up all its prices. I’m not going back

** Put up with sth/ sb: aguantar algo / a alguien

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