English phrasal verbs in use

Contents

Learning about phrasal verbs

1 Phrasal verbs: what are they and how are they used? 6 2 Grammar of phrasal verbs 8 3 Phrasal nouns 10 4 Phrasal adjectives 12

Interesting aspects of phrasal verbs

5 Collocation and phrasal verbs 14 6 Register 16 7 Meaning and metaphor 18 8 Idioms using phrasal verbs 20

Key particles

9 Around and about 22 10 Down 24 11 In 26 12 Off 28 13 On 30 14 Out 32 15 Up 34

Concepts

16 Time 36 17 Cause and effect 38 18 Memory 40 19 Making progress 42 20 Conflict and violence 44 21 Sound 46

Functions

22 Supporting and opposing people or views 48 23 Agreeing 50 24 Understanding and having ideas 52 25 Arranging things 54 26 Talking about size and number 56 27 Talking about success and failure 58 28 Discussing problems 60 29 Deciding and influencing 62 30 Exclamations and warnings 64

Work, study and finance

31 Work 66 32 Study 68 33 Lectures and seminars 70 34 Writing essays 72 35 Business 74 36 Money 76

Personal life

37 At home 78 38 Clothing and appearance 80 39 Relationships 82 40 Character and personal qualities 84 41 Feelings 86 42 Social life 88 43 Health and symptoms 90 44 The body 92 45 How people speak 94 46 How people move 96

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The world around us

47 Nature 98 48 Weather 100 49 Places 102 50 Transport 104 51 The news 106 52 Secrets and lies 108 53 Rules and laws 110 54 Technology 112 55 Food and drink 114

Key verbs

56 Come 116 57 Get 118 58 Go 120 59 Keep 122 60 Take 124

Key 126

Mini dictionary 162

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Why was this book written?

It was written to help you take your knowledge of phrasal verbs to a more advanced level. It is intended for students who already have at least an upper intermediate level of English. Many of you will have already worked with English Phrasal Verbs in Use Intermediate and this book builds on the work done there. However, it does not matter if you have gained your knowledge of phrasal verbs in a different way. We do not assume that you have used English Phrasal Verbs in Use Intermediate, although we do present and practise either different phrasal verbs in this book or, occasionally, more advanced uses of verbs that were presented in the lower level book.

How were the phrasal verbs in this book selected?

The approximately 1,000 phrasal verbs and related nouns and adjectives which are presented in this book were mainly selected from those identified as significant by the CANCODE corpus of spoken English developed at the University of Nottingham in association with Cambridge University Press, and the Cambridge International Corpus (now known as the Cambridge English Corpus) of written and spoken English. The phrasal verbs selected are accordingly also to be found in the Cambridge Dictionary online by going to the following website: http://dictionary.cambridge.org

How is the book organised?

The book has 60 two-page units. The left-hand page explains the phrasal verbs that are presented in the unit. You will usually find an explanation of the meaning of the phrasal verb, an example of it in use and, where appropriate, some comments on when and how it is used. The exercises on the right-hand page check that you have understood the information on the left-hand page and give you practice in using the material presented.

The units are organised into different sections.

First we start with important information about phrasal verbs in general (Units 1–4): what they are, how their grammar works and so on. We strongly recommend that you do these units first.

The next section looks at some interesting aspects of more advanced phrasal verbs, dealing with such important issues as collocation, register and metaphor. As these are themes that are returned to throughout the book, it is a good idea to work through these units before progressing to other more specific units.

After these two introductory sections, there is a section dealing with some of the …