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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “IN” IN PHRASAL VERBS: FIFTH

Publicat el 21 de maig de 2015 per ealonso

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Example:- She felt as if the walls were closing in on her

– Main verb meaning: to move something (a door for example) so that an opening is covered or obstructed

– Phrasal verb meaning: If something close in on someone, it moves closer to them, especially in order to surround them  and stop them them from escaping

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Example:  Farmers were gathering in their crops

– Main verb meaning: to accumulate something gradually

– Phrasal veerb meaning: to collect crops from the fields when they are ready

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Example:  Hand in your homework before you leave

– Main verb meaning: if you hand something to someone you give it

– Phrasal verb meaning: to give something to a person in authority

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “IN” IN PHRASAL VERBS: FOURTH

Publicat el 17 de maig de 2015 per ealonso

4.- KEEPING INSIDE , PREVENTING FROM LEAVING

 

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 EXAMPLE

20150517_174635Example: Someone parked behind me and blocked me in

– Main verb meaning: to stop or obstruct the passage or a  movement through

– Phrasal verbs verb: to have the car in such a way, that someone’s else car does not have enough room to move

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Example: They locked all the prisoners in at night

– Main verb meaning: to fasten the lock of something

– Phrasal verb meaning: to put someone in a room and lock the door so they can leave

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20150517_174727Example:- You knew he couldn’t hold in his anger much longer

– Main verb meaning: to have and keep in one´s grasp

– Phrasal verb meaning: not to allow your feeling to show

 

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “IN” IN PHRASAL VERBS: THIRD

Publicat el 11 de maig de 2015 per ealonso

3.- INSIDE, NOT OUTSIDE



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Exemple: it was raining so the kids had to stay in for breakfast

– Main verb meaning:  to remain

– Phrasal verb meaning: to stay at home,  to stay indoors instead of going out

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Exemple:  We usually just eat in

– Main verb meaning: to take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absortion

– Phrasal verb meaning: to have a meal at home instead of in a restaurant

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The nanny lives in

– Main verb meaning: to reside, dwell

– Phrasal verb meaning: to live at the place where you work or study

 

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “IN” IN PHRASAL VERBS: SECOND

Publicat el 9 de maig de 2015 per ealonso

20150504_1831092.- PUTTING SOMETHING INTO A SPACE

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Example : Wendy has been putting more hours in the office recently

– Main verb meaning: to place in a specified location

– Phrasal verb meaning: to spend a particular amount of time doing something

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– Main verb meaning: to fill a hole with or as if with a plug

– Phrasal verb meaning: to connect a piece of equipment to an electricity supply

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Example:  Fill in the blanks with the correct answers

Main verb meaning: to put into a container as much as can be held

– Phrasal verb meaning: add information such as your name or address in the empty spaces on a document

 

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “IN” IN PHRASAL VERBS: FIRST

Publicat el 5 de maig de 2015 per ealonso

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THE PARTICLE “IN” HAS FIVE MAIN MEANINGS:

1.- ENTERING A PLACE OR A SPACE

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– Main verb meaning: to advance toward the speaker or a specified place

– Phrasal verb meaning: to enter a room,  building or other place

 

 

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– Main verb meaning: to arrive at, reach

– Phrasal verb meaning: to go/come into a place

 

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– Main verb meaning: to give permission or opportunity; allow

– Phrasal verb meaning: to allow someone to enter a house, a room

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “DOWN” IN PHRASAL VERBS : SECOND

 LA SEGONA PARTICULA DELS PHRASAL VERBS: DOWN

2.-PLACING SOMETHING ON A SURFACE

 


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20150301_164102Main verb meaning: When you put something in a particular place or position  you move it into that place or position

Phrasal verb meaning:-  to put something we are holding onto a surface, especially the floor

 


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Main verb meaning::  when you write something,  you use a pen to produce words or numbers onto a surface

Phrasal verb meaning:- to write something on a piece of paper

 

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Main verb meaning:- if you keep something in a particular state, place or position, you remain in that state, place or position

Phrasal verb meaning- :to control something and prevent it from increasing in size or number.

 

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “DOWN” IN PHRASAL VERBS: FIRST

Publicat el 3 de març de 2015 per ealonso

 LA SEGONA PARTICULA DELS PHRASAL VERBS: DOWN

1.– MOVING IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION

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20150226_164148Main verb meaning:  If something falls, it moves downwards onto or towards the ground

Phrasal verb meaning;  (always progressive) If a building is falling down, it is in a very bad condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Main verb meaning:: when a particular time or event happens

Phrasal verb meaning: to move down to the ground or to a

lower level

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Main verb meaning:  when an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces.

Phrasal verb meaning: If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “UP” IN PHRASAL VERBS: FIFTH

5.-MOVING CLOSER TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING

 

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Main verb meaning: If you sign a document, you put your signature on it

Phrasal verb meaning: To join  a course or organization

 

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Main verb meaning:  If you step on something, you put your foot on it

Phrasal verb meaning:  To increase something

 

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20150217_212035 Main verb meaning: to cause sb or sth to remain in a particular position

Phrasal verb: To progress/learn as fast as somebody or something

 

 

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “UP” IN PHRASAL VERBS: FOURTH

4-BEGINNING TO HAPPEN, EXIST OR APPEAR

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “UP” IN PHRASAL VERBS: THIRD

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Main verb meaning:  to stop the movement or progress of 

Phrasal verb meaning: to cause a delay

 

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Main verb meaning: to fasten or secure with a cord, rope or strap.

Phrasal verb meaning: to fasten several things together so that it keeps together.

 

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Main verb meaning :to fix something with a nail

Phrasal verb meaning: to fix something to a wall with a nail 

 

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MEANINGS OF PARTICLE “UP IN PHRASAL VERBS”: SECOND

2.- COMPLETION

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20150204_181412Main verb meaning: :  to come to a finish

Phrasal verb meaning:   to arrive , esp. by lengthy route or process.

 

 

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Main verb meaning: To take a liquid into the mouth and swallow it

Phrasal verb meaning: to drink all your drink

 

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Main verb meaning:  to separate into parts

Phrasal verb meaning: to separate something into smaller parts and share them between people

 

 

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MEANING OF PARTICLE “UP” IN PHRASAL VERBS : FIRST

THE PARTICLE “UP” HAS FIVE MAIN MEANINGS

1.- UPWARDS

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Main verb meaning: to engage in flight

Phrasal verb meaning:  to fly upwards

 

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Main verb meaning: to select

Phrasal verb meaning:  to lift something/someone

 

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Main verb meaning:  to release air or gas

Phrasal verb meaning: to explode

 

 

 

 

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ELS QUATRE PASSOS DE : THE ARROW WAY APPROACH: FIRST

Bon dia.

En aquest post, Mr. Phrasal Verb us presenta ELS QUATRE PASSOS de The Arrow Way Approach

1. Dibuixar, imaginar, visualitzar la imatge de la “PARTICLE” tal com mostrem a continuació:

 

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2. Consultar el significat del verb principal

3. Consultar el significat del Phrasal Verb

4. Consultar el significat de la “PARTICLE”.

 

EXEMPLE:

 

TO FLY UP

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Sparks flew up when the burning building collapsed.

2. Main verb meaning: to engage in flight.

3. Phrasal verb meaning: to fly upwards.

4. Particle meaning: literal. Move to a higher place or position.

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Mr. Phrasal Verb

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