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Ask after I met John yesterday. He was asking after you. preguntar por alguien Ask for The bus drivers are asking for more pay again. pedir algo Ask for John Smith when you phone. preguntar por alguien Ask in Don’t keep him standing at the door, ask him in! invitar alguien a entrar Ask out John has asked me out to lunch. pedir/invitar alguien a salir BE Be for/ Against Are you for the argument or against it? estar a favor/en contra Be in for Look at the sky! We’re in for rain. vamos a tener...(lluvia/problemas/etc) Be up It’ early. He won’t be up yet. estar levantado Be up to He’s a nice man, but he’s not up to the job. estar preparado/ser capaz de hacer algo It’s up to you to decide who comes to the party. depender de alguien Be over The party will be over by midnight. haber acabado BREAK Break down The police had to break down the door to get in. echar abajo algo Mary broke down when she heard the bad news. venirse abajo The car has broken down again. averiar/estropear Break in Thieves broke in and stole all the computers. forzar la entrada (para robar) A horse must be broken in before it can be ridden domar/domesticar (un animal) Break off The government has broken off negotiations. romper Break out War broke out in 1939. estallar (violencia, una guerra) The prisoners broke out of jail. escaparse Break up His parents broke up last year. separarse BRING Bring (a)round I’ve finished with that video. I’ll bring it round to your house later. traer algo a alguien Bring out They’ve just brought a new Lara Croft game. sacar (a la venta), producir algo Bring up It’s not easy to bring up a child these days. criar CALL Call at I’ll call at the baker’s on the way home and buy a loaf. pasar por... Call for He’s calling for help. Go and help him. llamar por / pedir por (alguien, algo) Call in I’ll call in for a chat on my way home. visitar a alguien, pasar por... Call off The match was called off because of bad weather. cancelar CARRY Carry on Carry on talking. Don’t stop! continuar Carry out You must carry out my instructions or there will be trouble! cumplir, llevar a cabo CATCH Catch on That idea won’t catch on. tener éxito, hacerse popular Catch up You’ll have to work hard to catch up. ponerse al día con algo
Come across I came across your address while I was looking for something else. encontrar algo, encontrarse con alguien Come out Their new CD is coming out this week. salir (a la venta), publicarse CUT Cut down He’s cut down the oak tree in his garden. cortar, talar We must cut down on chocolate. reducir el uso de algo Cut off I feel a bit cut off out here in the country. aislar algo Our telephone has been cut off. cortar algo (luz, teléfono, pelo. etc...) Cut out You’ll have to cut out chocolate if you want to lose weight. omitir algo, dejar de hacer algo He’s a nice guy, but he’s not cut out for this job. tener lo que se necesita para hacer algo FALL Fall off Attendance has fallen off recently. descender, flojear I fell off my horse three times yesterday. caerse de algo Fall through The project fell through due to lack of money. fracasar, ir a pique GET Get at You’re always getting at me! Leave me alone! molestar The detective got at the truth through careful questioning. descubir algo, averiguar algo I can’t get at the sugar. It’s right at the back. alcanzar algo / a alguien Get away The thieves got away with a lot of money. escaparse Get back We got back very late because of the traffic. volver, regresar Get off She couldn’t get the ring off her finger because it was swollen. quitar algo (de algo), sacar algo (de algo) Oliver got off with Claire at Stuart’s party. ligarse con alguien, enrollarsese Bob stole a car but he got off lightly because he was only sixteen. librarse (con algo) Get in The plane gets in at 1830 hrs. llegar Get on with He gets on well with his parents. llevarse bien/mal con alguien He’s getting on well with his studies. tener éxito Get out He hasn’t many friends and doesn’t get out much. salir I’ve said I’ll do it. I can’t get out of it now. librarse de algo / de hacer algo How did that secret get out? hacerse público, salir a la luz Get over He never got over the death of his friend. superar algo, recuperarse de algo He couldn’t get his argument over to me at first, so he explained again. hacer entender algo a alguien I can’t get over how much the children have grown. no poder creer algo (demuestra sopresa) Get through I couldn’t get through to Jo. I don’t think her phone’s working. conseguir hablar con alguien We got through a lot of money in Paris. agotar algo, gastar algo I failed, but Sue got through the exam. terminar algo (con éxito), aprobar Get up Sam’s always getting up to something naughty. meterse en líos/travesuras We got up to page 55 last lesson. llegar a We had to get up at 4 o’clock to catch the plane. levantarse GIVE Give away He gave away all his money to his children. ragalar algo, repartir algo He pretended to be from Scotland but his accent gave him away. delatar algo Give back Don’t forget to give back the keys. devolver algo Give in At first he refused to have a dog but eventually he gave in. ceder (a algo/ante alguien) Give off That gives off a terrible smell. despedir algo (olores, gases) Give up She found playing the piano difficult, so she gave up. abandonar, rendirse Give out The teacher gave out the compositions they had written. repartir algo
See to Don’t worry about the fire, I’ll see to it. ocuparse de algo/alguien SET Set off We set off very early in order to miss the traffic. salir (de viaje), comenzar el viaje Set up An organization has been set up to help people with this illness. montar (un negocio, una reunión,...) Set in Winter has set in early this year. establecerse STAND Stand for What do those letters stand for? significar algo (siglas) Stand up for He gets picked on a lot but his brother always stands up for him. defender a alguien Stand out She’s so beautiful. She stands out in a crowd. destacarse TAKE Take after He has very dark hair. He takes after his father. parecerse a alguien Take in I was completely taken in. His lies were so convincing. engañar a alguien Take off The plane took off at 11 am. despegarse This fashion has really taken off this year. tener éxito He was always taking off his father’s accent. imitar a alguien Take on Restaurants often take on more staff in the summer. contratar a alguien Take over Mr. Jones will take over when Mr. Smith retires next year. tomar control de algo Take to He took to drink after the split with his girlfriend. darle a alguien por hacer algo I never took to him. He was very irritating. caerse bien Take up He took up golf when he moved to Spain. empezar algo (hobby, actividad, deporte..) This table takes up too much space in the kitchen. ocupar TRY Try on Try that skirt on before you buy it. probarse algo (ropa) Try out He tried out the new VW Golf. probar algo (una cosa, una actividad...) TURN Turn down Turn the TV down! It’s too loud. bajar algo (música, radio...) He asked her to marry him but she turned him down. rechazar algo / a alguien Turn in I’m tired. I think I’ll turn in. acostarse Turn out The factory turns out 4000 cars a week. producir algo Everything turned out alright in the end. resultar Turn up I arranged to meet her but she didn’t turn up. aparecer