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Introduction

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Phrasal verbs

Bla bla bla

• carry on

  to continue doing an activity

  transitive

  They carried on walking although they were tired.

• come along

  to develop or make progress

  intransitive

  His English is really coming along now that he's going to class.

• bring forward

  to change the time of a scheduled event so that it happens earlier

  transitive, separable

  Let's bring the meeting forward to Tuesday. OK?

• play up

  to behave badly (someone) or work incorrectly (something)

  intransitive

  My new phone keeps playing up. I'm going to return it.

• get together

  to meet in order to socialise etc.

  transitive/intransitive

  I like getting together with my friends at least once a month.

• turn down

  to reject an offer

  transitive, separable

  I asked her out on a date but she turned me down.

• bump into

  to meet someone by chance

  transitive

  I bumped into John in the supermarket yesterday.

• eat up

  to finish eating all of something

  transitive/intransitive, separable

  I bumped into John in the supermarket yesterday.

• open up

  to talk about what you feel and think

  intransitive

  After a while, she started opening up to him about her past.

• go ahead

  to proceed

  intransitive

  After months of planning, the building work will finally go ahead.

• get around to

  to eventually find the time to do something

  transitive

  I still haven't got around to reading that book you lent me.

• hand out

  to give something to each person in a group or place

  transitive, separable

  The teacher handed out the photocopies to her students.