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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. వీటిని దైనందిన జీవితంలో చాలా విరివిగా వాడతాం. Verb ఒకటే ఉంటుంది కానీ, ఒక్కో preposition తో ఒక్కో అర్థం వస్తుంది. ఇవి వేల సంఖ్యలో ఉంటాయి. వీటికి ప్రత్యేకంగా dictionaries కూడా ఉన్నాయి. కొన్ని ముఖ్యమైనవి నేర్చుకుంటే చాలు.
Let's see how several meanings can be derived from one verb, but by changing the preposition:
look:
for (search)
Eg. He is looking for a job.
after (take care of)
Eg. Parents look after their children.
into (examine)
Eg. The minister assured to look into the matter.
through (can get the intention)
Eg. The judge could look through the false evidence.
up (refer to)
Eg. Please look up a dictionary.
on (see dazedly)
Eg. He kept looking on the beautiful poster.
out (be careful)
Eg. Police are on the look out for the chain snatchers.
upon (seek as a role model)
Eg. Normally, children look upon their teachers for any doubt.
Forward (eagerly wait)
Eg. We are looking forward to meeting him.
blow:
out (to clean up with wind)
Eg. The heat caused the car tyre to blow out.
into (erupt)
Eg.The small issue blew into a large scale riot.
up (destroy completely)
Eg. Trouble seems to be blowing in Iran.
back:
out (withdraw) Eg. He assured his investment. But in the end he backed out.
up (support) Eg. Police vehicles always have back up of other vehicles.
off (move backward in fear)
Eg. He backed off when he saw the police.
put:
up (stay temporarily or present) Eg. Where are you put up? Please put up the papers.
into (examine) Eg. I don't want to go into the details. Tell me just the outline!
through (connect) Eg. You may put through the call.
off (shocked) Eg. We were put off by his rude conduct.
on (add, wear). Eg. He put on weight. She put on a dazzling dress.
by (save) Eg. We should put by some money for the rainy day. (difficult times)
go:
for (search) Eg. The Indian army decided to go for the terrorist camps.
after (chase) Eg. They went after the thieves and nabbed them.
into (examine) Eg. Please go into the matter and find out the truth.
through (examine) Eg. He went through the papers to ascertain the truth.
on (continue) Eg. Please go on, I'm listening.
off (leave) Eg. He went off the field as a protest.
forward (proceed) Eg. Let's go forward with the proposal.
call:
out (shout) Eg. The teacher called out the names of the students.
off (to suspend something) Eg. The match was called off due to rain.
for(order) Eg. The Secretary called for the file.
upon (appeal) Eg. The PM called upon the citizens to follow Swatch Bharat.
Through (connect) Eg. Please put my call through.
in (to pay a short visit) Eg. Since we had time, we called in our friends before we boarded the train.
Replace the underlined words in the sentences by a phrasal verb from the given choices
1. He dropped into our house yesterday.
(he visited us/not visited us)
2. The teacher overlooked the spelling errors. (ignored/forgot)
3. The instructor oversaw the work. (ignored/supervised)
4. He deals in diamonds.
(does business/cuts, polishes)
5. Yesterday evening I ran into an old classmate of mine. (dashed/met accidentally)
6. On hearing the news, she broke down.
(fell down/cried)
7. Because of good diet, he put on weight. (lifted/increased)
8. He became impatient and gave up his job. (got promoted/left)
9. The match was called off. (announced/postponed)
10. The doctor sternly told my boss to give up smoking; other face dire consequences. (stop/increase)
Let's see how several meanings can be derived from one verb, but by changing the preposition:
look:
for (search)
Eg. He is looking for a job.
after (take care of)
Eg. Parents look after their children.
into (examine)
Eg. The minister assured to look into the matter.
through (can get the intention)
Eg. The judge could look through the false evidence.
up (refer to)
Eg. Please look up a dictionary.
on (see dazedly)
Eg. He kept looking on the beautiful poster.
out (be careful)
Eg. Police are on the look out for the chain snatchers.
upon (seek as a role model)
Eg. Normally, children look upon their teachers for any doubt.
Forward (eagerly wait)
Eg. We are looking forward to meeting him.
blow:
out (to clean up with wind)
Eg. The heat caused the car tyre to blow out.
into (erupt)
Eg.The small issue blew into a large scale riot.
up (destroy completely)
Eg. Trouble seems to be blowing in Iran.
back:
out (withdraw) Eg. He assured his investment. But in the end he backed out.
up (support) Eg. Police vehicles always have back up of other vehicles.
off (move backward in fear)
Eg. He backed off when he saw the police.
put:
up (stay temporarily or present) Eg. Where are you put up? Please put up the papers.
into (examine) Eg. I don't want to go into the details. Tell me just the outline!
through (connect) Eg. You may put through the call.
off (shocked) Eg. We were put off by his rude conduct.
on (add, wear). Eg. He put on weight. She put on a dazzling dress.
by (save) Eg. We should put by some money for the rainy day. (difficult times)
go:
for (search) Eg. The Indian army decided to go for the terrorist camps.
after (chase) Eg. They went after the thieves and nabbed them.
into (examine) Eg. Please go into the matter and find out the truth.
through (examine) Eg. He went through the papers to ascertain the truth.
on (continue) Eg. Please go on, I'm listening.
off (leave) Eg. He went off the field as a protest.
forward (proceed) Eg. Let's go forward with the proposal.
call:
out (shout) Eg. The teacher called out the names of the students.
off (to suspend something) Eg. The match was called off due to rain.
for(order) Eg. The Secretary called for the file.
upon (appeal) Eg. The PM called upon the citizens to follow Swatch Bharat.
Through (connect) Eg. Please put my call through.
in (to pay a short visit) Eg. Since we had time, we called in our friends before we boarded the train.
Replace the underlined words in the sentences by a phrasal verb from the given choices
1. He dropped into our house yesterday.
(he visited us/not visited us)
2. The teacher overlooked the spelling errors. (ignored/forgot)
3. The instructor oversaw the work. (ignored/supervised)
4. He deals in diamonds.
(does business/cuts, polishes)
5. Yesterday evening I ran into an old classmate of mine. (dashed/met accidentally)
6. On hearing the news, she broke down.
(fell down/cried)
7. Because of good diet, he put on weight. (lifted/increased)
8. He became impatient and gave up his job. (got promoted/left)
9. The match was called off. (announced/postponed)
10. The doctor sternly told my boss to give up smoking; other face dire consequences. (stop/increase)
Key
1) visited 2 ) ignored 3) supervised 4) does business 5) met accidentally
6) cried 7 ) increased 8) left 9) postponed 10) stop
We will have more and more Phrasal Verbs in the forthcoming issues.
Eg. People feel that violence will break out in Srinagar.
break into - Eg. On hearing the news she broke into tears. Also means forceful entry.
Eg. On reaching home, they realized that someone broke into the house.
break up-
Eg. The couple broke up in spite of passionate counsel of their parents.
break away - to become separate. Eg. The break away action of 17 MLAs in Karnataka Assembly, led to the collapse of the serving CM's governament.
break through - (a) to go higher than a certain or expected level IT officials are happy that the tax collection this year broke through their targets.
(b) to appear from behind something Chandrayan-2 rocket broke through earth's gravitation and entered its orbit in just 16 seconds.
break down - (a) To stop working (usually referring to a machine or vehicle)
Eg. Our bus broke down, while we were on our way to Vijayawada.
(b) to become weak or collapse (often due to exertion) (అలసట) Eg. His work was so stressful that he had a break down and had to be moved to the hospital.
(c) to cause something to be destroyed
I will have to break down this door if you can't find the key!
Published date : 11 Jul 2019 05:08PM
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