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ABOUT
COME ABOUT Suceder
ACROSS
COME ACROSS Encontrarse con
AFTER
NAME AFTER Llamarse por
LOOK AFTER Cuidar
TAKE AFTER Parecerse (a), tener parecido (con)
AHEAD
GO AHEAD Seguir adelante, llevar a cabo
ALONG
COME ALONG Progresar, acompañar
AWAY
GET AWAY Escapar, darse a la fuga
BACK
BRING BACK Recordar recuerdos del pasado
DATE BACK Datar, remontarse
LOOK BACK Rememorar, mirar atrás
TAKE BACK Devolver, retirar lo dicho
DOWN
BREAK DOWN Romper, estropear
CUT DOWN Reducir, talar, cortar
GET DOWN Deprimir, desanimar
LET DOWN Decepcionar
LOOK DOWN Mirar hacia abajo
PULL DOWN Derribar
PUT DOWN Achacar
SETTLE DOWN Establecerse, asentarse
TURN DOWN Rechazar
FOR
CALL FOR Requerir
FORWARD
COME FORWARD Dar un paso al frente
PUT FORWARD Proponer, ofrecerse
INTO
BREAK INTO Entrar en
BUMP INTO Chocar, encontrarse con
DEVELOP INTO Convertirse en
GET INTO Ponerse, pasar algo a alguien
LOOK INTO Investigar
RUN INTO Encontrarse con
OFF
BREAK OFF Desprenderse
CALL OFF Cancelar
GO OFF Estropearse
PEEL OFF Pelar
PUT OFF Cancelar, aplazar
SET OFF Partir, salir, ponerse en camino
ON
CALL ON (pasar a ver, visitar) ceder la palabra a, pedir
CARRY ON (Continuar, proseguir), dirigir
TAKE ON Aceptar, contratar
OUT
CARRY OUT Llevar a cabo
FIGURE OUT Resolver
FIND OUT Averiguar
GIVE OUT Distribuir
GO OUT Salir
LOOK OUT Buscar, cuidado
MAKE OUT Pretender
POINT OUT Elegir, escoger
SORT OUT Ordenar
STAND OUT Sobresalir
TAKE OUT Sacar, adquirir
WEAR OUT Agotar, estar exhausto
WORK OUT Resolver
TURN OUT FOR Acudir
RUN OUT OF Quedarse sin
OVER
COME OVER Venir
GET OVER Recuperarse de, reponerse; superar, vencer
GO OVER Analizar
TAKE OVER Tomar el relevo
THROUGH
GO THROUGH Sufrir
PULL THROUGH Recuperarse
UP
BLOW UP (Volar, explotar, estallar), inflar
BRING UP Educar
DRAW UP Redactar, planear
END UP Terminar
GET UP Levantarse, rendirse, aumentar
GIVE UP Rendirse, abandonar
GO UP Subir, aumentar
HOLD UP Retrasar
LIST UP Enumerar
MAKE UP Inventar
PICK UP Recoger, pasar a buscar
POP UP Aparecer de repente
PUT UP Levantar
SET UP Fundar
SPEAK UP Hablar fuerte, pronunciar
SPLIT UP Romper relación
TAKE UP Empezar a hacer algo (hobby)
TIDY UP Ordenar
TURN UP AT Acudir
TURN UP FOR Acudir
TURN UP TO Acudir
FACE UP TO Afrontar, plantar cara
FEEL UP TO + ING Sentirse con fuerza, ánimos
LOOK UP TO Admirar
COME UP WITH Elaborar, inventarse
FED UP WITH Estar harto de
PUT UP WITH Tolerar, aguantar
Examples
If anyone knows who broke the window, please come forward and tell the truth.
Does anyone want to put himself forward to do this job?
I’ll call on him tomorrow. The Secretary-General called on both sides to stop the fighting.
You must carry on working. He carries on a business as a grocer.
He took on the job. They are taking on five hundred more men at the factory.
Tom hopes Mary can come over to his house this afternoon.
I’ve got over my cold now I can’t get over her leaving so suddenly.
We should go over the differences in our company's employees.
The main shop in town has been taken over by a famous person.