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BRING
Bring on: Traer como consecuencia. Diets often bring on serious consequences for health
Bring up: Criar. My grandparents brought me up after my parents’ death
CATCH
Catch up with : Ponerse al día. I was ill for two weeks, so now I have to catch up with work
CARRY
Carry on: Continuar (=Keep on, go on) Don’t give up! Carry on working hard!
Carry out: Realizar, llevar a cabo. The experiment was carried out by experienced and skilled scientists
COME
Come across: Encontrarse por casualidad con alguien o algo. I came across this interesting article while I was reading
the newspaper / I was walking in the street when I came across Susan
Come (a)round: Visitar a alguien. When are you coming round? I miss you so much!
Come back: Volver (=go back) Be careful and come back soon!
Come in/into: Entrar/Entrar en. May I come in? She came into the room.
Come up with: Encontrar una solución, una respuesta. After months of research, he came up with the answer to the
mystery
FIND
Find out: Averiguar, descubrir. Paul found out his wife was cheating on him
GET
Get along (with): Llevarse bien (con) They didn’t get along when they were kids.
Get in/Get out:Entrar /Salir Can you please get in/out the car?
Get on/off: Subirse a/bajarse de We got on the bus at St. Louise’ Avenue and got off at Parker
Street
Get over: Recuperarse de(una enfermedad), superar She was seriously injured in the accident but she got over
very quickly
GIVE
Give in: ceder, rendirse I am very stubborn. I will never give in
Give up: abandonar un hábito/objetivo, tirar la toalla, dejar de, renunciar a My dad gave up smoking two years ago. /
She tried hard to convince me but finally she gave up.
GO
Go back: volver, regresar Paula left home and never went back
Go on: continuar(=keep on, carry on) Jason went on studying after finishing university
Go out /in: Salir /entrar After knocking on the door, I went in. / The teacher asked me to go out for a couple of
minutes
Go through: Pasar por (dificultad) The little girl grew stronger after all she went through
Go up/down: Subir /bajar I went up/down the stairs to see the rest of the house
HANG
Hang on: Mantenerse a la espera (al tlf) May I speak to Mr. Suk, please? Hang on a minute, I’ll put you through
Hang up: Colgar (el teléfono) Please, hang on a minute. Don’t hang up.
Hang out: Pasar tiempo con los amigos I love hanging out with my friends
HOLD
Hold on: aguantar, resistir Please, hold on till I get there. Don’t give up!
KEEP
Keep on: continuar, seguir (=go on, carry on) He kept on talking about himself all the afternoon.
LOOK
Look at: Mirar Look at me while I’m talking to you
Look after: cuidar I used to look after two twins in order to pay for my studies
Look for: Buscar Have you found what you were looking for?
Look into: Investigar The police are looking into the case and they will let us know when they find something
interesting.
Look out: Tener precaución Look out! You’re driving too dangerously
Look up: Buscar (en diccionario) If you don’t know this word, look it up!
Look up to: Admirar I look up to all those people who give up their lives to save others’
MAKE
Make up: maquillarse, inventarse He made up the whole story to make his parents believe he was right./ I always
make up
PICK
Pick up: recoger (algo o a alguien) Could you please pick me up at the airport?
POINT
Point out: señalar, indicar, observer He pointed out that the project had been very hard to carry out.
PUT
Put on: Ponerse (ropa) It’s freezing! Put on your coats
Put off: Posponer Due to the rain, they had to put off the tennis match
Put out: Apagar, extinguir The fire brigade found it hard to put out the fire
Put up with: soportar,tolerar, aguantar I won’t put up with your rude behaviour any more!
STAND
Stand by: Quedarse al lado de alguien, apoyar I’ll always stand by you. I’m your friend
Stand for: Significar (siglas) What does FBI stand for ? Federal Bureau of Investigation
Stand up: Levantarse Students used to stand up when the teacher came in
SHOW
Show off: Presumir He’s got a lot of money and he’s always showing off
Show up: Aparecer, presentarse en un sitio We agreed to meet in the park, but he didn’t show up
TAKE
Take off: Quitarse (ropa), despegar (un avión) Our plan took off at 6 as expected
Take over: Hacerse con el control When my husband died, I took over the business
THROW
Throw away: Tirar a la basura We threw away all those things which were useless
TURN
Turn around: Darse la vuelta, girarse When he turned around, he saw his beautiful daughter running towards him
Turn into: convertirse en As years passed, she turned into a beautiful young lady
Turn on/off: Encender/apagar Could you please turn on /off the lights?
Turn up/down: Subir /bajar el volumen I can’t concentrate. Please turn down the music. You can turn it up when I
finish
Turn down: Rechazar He made me a great offer but I turned it down
Turn over: Dar la vuelta a algo Turn over the page and you will find the information
WORK
Work out: Ejercitarse I work out at the gym twice a week
Funcionar (plan, solución) Even though we tried hard, our plan didn’t work out