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Phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs are phrases that consist of a
verb used together with a particle. Phrasal
verbs are very common in Legal English
and play a large role
role, and are often used in
a quasi-technical sense.
Examples:
parties
ti enter
t iinto
t contracts;
t t
put down deposits;
serve documents upon
p
other p
parties;
write off debts, etc.

adverb

put down
verb

put down
stop
p holding
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pp g
gently)
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Example: PUT the gun DOWN slowly and
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keep
your hands
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them.
put down a deposit guarantee
Example:
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put down a deposit
p
on an
apartment..
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enter
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verb
b

to become party to (a contract):

Example:
The nations entered into a trade agreement
agreement.
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adv + prep
adv+prep

put up with
verb

to endure without complaint:

Example: We had to put up with the inconvenience
inconvenience.

Phrasal verbs can cause particular

problems for non-native speakers of
English because the verbs used have
ordinary meanings when used without the
adverb or preposition, but form an idiom
when
h used
d with
ith as adverb
d b or preposition.
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In such cases the literal meaning of the
words differs from real meaning.

Example:
brush up
p on p
practice or study
y something
g
in order to get back the skill or knowledge
you had in the past but have not used for
some time.
I must brush up on my French before
visiting Paris.

Practice 1 Lets try

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Use the most appropriate phrasal verb from
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the
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l t the
th sentences.
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Check the verb tense
laid off
wrote off
adhere to

entered into
wrap up
object to

deals with
carry out

to cancel from
accounts as a loss
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wrote off
a) The corporation ___________________
about
b t $10,000
$10 000 iin unpaid
id d
debts
bt llastt year.
b) A number of members of staff had to be
laid off
________________________
due to
the sudden downturn in the companys
profitability.
profitability
.

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destroy a car in an accident
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Example:
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He WROTE th
the car OFF in
i an accident
id t on
the motorway.

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Practice 2
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Common
verbs
b uncommon meaning
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Part A - Match the following phrasal verbs

with the correct definition
definition. If necessary
use a dictionary.
set out
rule out
go under
carry out
turn up

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a) To exclude, eliminate or make

rule out
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impossible_____________________
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b)) To g
give the details of something
g or to explain
it, especially in writing, in a clear, organised
set out
way _______________________

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Practice 3 - Organizing
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Put the sentences below in the correct
order.
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Check
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Practice 4 Matching
g
The sentences in below have been taken
from the article Labor Legislation in Brazil.
Match Column A to the correct part in
Column B.

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Practice 5 Vocabulary
Complete the chart.
verb
promulgate

noun
promulgation

movement
p
protect
change
employ
consolidate
declaration
guarantee
investments
grant
g
respond
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Employment
t Law
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in
i the
th UK
Employment law usually involves a
mixture
i t
off contractual
t
t l provisions
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and
d
g
regulating
g
g the relationship
p
legislations
between employer and employee, and
governing labour relations between
employers
p y
and trade unions,, for example
p
with regard to collective agreements
and collective bargaining about
conditions of work.
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Developments in case law and changes in

l i l ti
legislation,
ffor example
l ffrom th
the
implementation of the European
Community directives, affect employers
and
d employees
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alike.
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ti off
living
g and working
g in different jjurisdictions
mean that lawyers also have to refer to
international conventions to establish
legal
g requirements.
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The main statutory rights of employees include entitlement to:

a national minimum wage;
g
equal pay for like work, that is, broadly similar work;
a written statement of employment
p y
p
particulars;;
an itemised pay statement;
time off and holidays;
statutory sick pay;
a healthy and safe working environment;
family and parental leave;
protected rights on transfer of business to another employee
(the Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment
g
, 2006);
)
Regulation
notice of termination of employment;
not to have unlawful deductions from wages;
g ;
not to be discriminated against on grounds of sex, race,
sexual orientation, disability,
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g
age,
g p
part-time or fixedterm employment, or trade union membership.
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Practice 6 Word combination

Part A: Make word combinations use
words from Colum A and Column B,
B and
write the words in Column C.
Part B: Then use the word combinations to
complete the definitions below
below.

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a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h

Column A
Column B
fixed
relations
collective
union
labour
off
employment pay
a term
trade
employment particulars
time
bargaining
sick
tribunal

Column C
fixed-term

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a) ________________________________ salary paid when an employee cannot work

because of illness
fixed term
b) _______________
- restricted period of
employment set out in contract
c) ________________________________organi
sation which represents the workers
workers, who are
its members, in discussion o p
pay
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g
conditions with their employer

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 BrE: labour; trade union

AmE: labor; labor union

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