Phrasal Verbs - Inglês #9

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Phrasal verbs are idiomatic expressions, combining verbs and prepositions to make new verbs whose meaning is often not obvious from the dictionary definitions of the individual words. They are widely used in both written and spoken English, and new ones are formed all the time as they are a flexible way of creating new terms
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catch on se tornar moda, popularizar *I wonder if the game will ever catch on with young people.
run out esgotar, acabar *Time is running out *The milk has run out.
draw up preparar algo por escrito, compor *He drew up some plans for the new office.
turn over virar, inverter *In their struggle, they turned over the table.
stand still ficar parado num lugar *Stand still so that I can brush your hair.
get along se dar bem, no sentido de viver em paz, em harmonia *Karen and Dianne don’t get along.
straight out decidir / dizer de modo direto e franco *I told her straight out that I didn't love her anymore.
get away with livrar-se, escapar *You can´t be rude to everyone and wait to get away with it *How to get away with murder
how often Com que frequencia *how often we see that same sort of people?
deal with lidar com (alguma coisa ou alguém) *She's used to deal with difficult customers
set up constituir, estabelecer, formar *He has just set up his own company.
get off sair de algum lugar *We should get off at the next stop.
get through concluir, finalizar (tarefa) *She got through the first test without too much trouble.
freak out ficar doido, perder o juízo *Here in Texas they freak out when there’s snow on the ground. *Her latest album just freaked me out.
back up apoio, suporte *He did those tests in order to back up his theories *My family backed me up in my fight for compensation.
blacked out escurecimento, apagão *I was so tired that night that I blacked out
back off recuar *you have two choices: keep on this way or back off two miles. *She started to criticize me, then she suddenly backed off.
back down voltar atrás (de uma opinião, posição) *Eventually, Roberto backed down and apologized.
take for tomar alguma coisa por outra *You take me for a fool.
take after someone lembrar em aparência, temperamento ou caráter *Peter is very tall. He takes after his father.
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