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LA GUÍA DE BOLSILLO DE EF ENGLISHTOWN PARA: de tu inglés

Hablar como nativo

ÍNDICE
Index

03 Introducción

05 Relaciones

07 Trabajo

09 Viajes

11 Vida diaria

13 Deportes

15 Finanzas

17 Tu siguiente paso

18 Acerca de
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Introducción

Cómo hablar de
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 Introduction
INTRODUCCIÓN

Hablar inglés como un nativo es

un sueño alcanzable. Practicar la
pronunciación, gramática, escribir
mucho y ampliar vocabulario,
son solo algunas actividades que
ayudan a convertir tu sueño. Ahora
te presentamos una más de esas
piezas que necesitas para ser un
experto: Phrasal Verbs.

Aumenta tus habilidades con

esta Guía incluyendo los Phrasal
Verbs en tu vocabulario y
utilizándolos de manera natural.

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 Parte 1

Relaciones

Principales Phrasal Verbs

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Relaciones

PHRASAL VERB DEFINITION SIGNIFICADO EXAMPLE

ask out to invite someone to go invitar a alguien a salir He asked her out for a
out (for a romantic date) (para una cita romántica) movie

be better off to be in a better situation estar en una mejor My sister is better off now
than before situación que antes that she found new friends.
The old ones were mean
to her!

break up to separate, to put an end separarse,terminar, ponerle They were the perfect
to something fin a algo couple, I never though they
would break up!

chat (someone) up to talk to someone to try to ligar, hablarle a alguien At a bar, he always tries to
get their attention para tratar de llamar su chat up the girls around
atención him.

cheat on to betray, to have a secret traicionar, tener una She never cheated on him,
relationship with someone relación secreta con otra but he keeps lying to her.
else persona

fall for / fall in love with to become romantically enamorarse, interesarse He fell for her when he saw
interested in someone románticamente en alguien she was a soccer fan.

get along to develop in a positive llevarse bien, tener una My boyfriend and I get
way, have a good buena relación along very well.
relationship

go out with to have a romantic tener una relación Every week, she goes out
relationship with someone, romántica con alguien, no with a different guy!
not necessarily a serious necesariamente seria
one

settle down to begin living a steady life, empezar a tener una vida He is 35 and, now, he
to get settled with only one estable, establecerse con thinks it is time to find a girl
person una sola persona to settle down.

split up to separate, to end a separarse, terminar una They were always arguing,
relationship relación so they decided to split up.

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Trabajo

Cómo conseguir un sueldo

digno de tus habilidades

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Trabajo

PHRASAL VERB DEFINITION SIGNIFICADO EXAMPLE

account for (something) to give reason or dar razón o explicación de The boss could not
explanation for something algo account for all the
absences.

carry out to put something in action, poner aldo en acción, The marketing team
to accomplish llevar a cabo carried out several tests
before launching the
campaign.

come up with to have a new idea or tener una nueva idea o dar In every meeting, she
produce an answer una respuesta o solución always comes up with the
best solutions.

deal with to take action about tomar medidas acerca de We have to deal with
something, to take care of algo, lidiar con algo complaints from clients
it by facing it everyday.

go over (something) to review something, to revisar algo, examinar The accountant has to
examine carefully cuidadosamente go over the books every
month.

go through to discuss something, to discutir algo, repasar I have to go through the

go over something until algo hasta encontrar una report today.
you find a solution solución

pay off to yield a profit or result, to obtener un beneficio Spending to have a good
have a successful result o resultado, tener un team pays off.
resultado exitoso

point out to explain something explicar algo específico, They have to point out the
specific, to call attention to llamar la atención sobre benefits of the merger.
something algo

put out to make something, to hacer algo, producir y The producer puts out
produce and launch lanzar new CDs every week.

take over to take control of tomar el control de algo, Some companies

something hacerse cargo specialize in taking over
small ventures.

set up to start a company or a iniciar una compañía o una A group of journalists set
venture empresa, fundar up a new magazine.

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Viajes

Consejos importantes y
términos clave

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Viajes

PHRASAL VERB DEFINITION SIGNIFICADO EXAMPLE

be due in to be expected to arrive esperar la llegada The plane is due in at 5pm.

be off to go out to (somo place) ir (a un lugar), salir para I’m off to Paris now.

get back to to return to, go back to regresar a, volver a Traveling is great, but we
were tired when we got
back to town.

get in to arrive (a plane, for llegar (un avión por The plane gets in at 12
example) ejemplo) pm.

pull in to arrive (used for trains) llegar (utilizado para los The British trains always
trenes) pull in on time.

pull out to depart (used for trains) salir, irse, partir (utilizado When the train pulled out,
para los trenes) we were happy to finally
start our trip.

see (someone) off to accompany someone despedir a alguien cuando My parents saw me off at
as they depart se va de viaje the airport.

set off to leave on a trip or jouney salir de viaje, partir The family set off to the
beach really early.

stop over to make a brief pause in hacer una breve pausa en While going to the farm,
a trip, either to change un viaje, hacer escala ya we had to stop over to eat.
airplanes or to rest sea para cambiar aviones
o descansar

take off to leave flying (for planes) despegar (para aviones) International flights cannot
take off from local airports.

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Vida diaria

Consejos importantes y
términos clave

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Vida diaria

PHRASAL VERB DEFINITION SIGNIFICADO EXAMPLE

catch up to learn the newest facts enterarse de las noticias She called her friend to
más recientes catch up on the gossip.

get into to enter (a discussion, a entrar, meterse en (una I don’t like to get into
car) discusión o un carro) fights.

hold on to wait for a little while esperar por un momento Hold on, they have to pick
up the books first.

run out of to be without, to be with agotar, quedarse sin When the car ran out of
nothing left gas, he was in the middle
of nowhere.

bring up to rise a child criar a un niño I bring my son up with all

the love I possibly can.

come out to be presented in public, presentarse en público, He never cooks, but now
to become or result in convertirse o resultar en he ir baking a cake. I don’t
know how it will come out.

find out to discover, to learn a new descubrir, aprender un She spent hours in front
fact hecho nuevo of the computer trying
to find out her brother´s
password.

give up to quit, to abandon hope, desistir, perder la College is difficult, but you
to stop truing esperanza, dejar de can´t give up!
intentar

go on to continue, not to stop continuar, no detenerse The class was over, but
the teacher kept going on
and on about the life of the
germs.

look up to search for information, buscar información, Students have to look

to consult (a book, a consultar (un libro, una up new words in the
readable source) fuente legible) dictionary.

take back to cancel what one said, to retirar lo dicho, We told her she was awful,
“unsay” “desdecirse” but we regretted. So, we
took it back.

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Deportes

Consejos importantes y
términos clave

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Deportes

PHRASAL VERB DEFINITION SIGNIFICADO EXAMPLE

bulk up to gain weight or increase aumentar masa muscular, Some athletes use steroids
the size aumentar volumen to bulk up.

call off to cancel cancelar The match had to be

called off due to the rain.

come in to arrive (at a certain llegar en una determinada The Australian rider came
postion) posición, entrar in 2nd in the grand prix.

fall off to fall from something caerse (de algo) When skaters fall off, it
must hurt!

play off to play the last game in jugar el último partido de la When Cuba and Brazil play
competition to decide the competencia para decidir off, the volleyball court is
winner el ganador full of excitement.

warm up to briefly practice before practicar brevemente antes Players have to warm up
really starting an activity de empezar una actividad, before every game.
calentar

work out to excercise to keep hacer ejercicio para Working out is really good
in shape or to improve mantenerse en forma o for your health
physically para mejorar físicamente

cheer on to give support and animar, dar apoyo o The fans were cheering on
encouragement estímulo the basketball players.

keep up to accompany, to follow acompañar, seguir y tener I have trouble keeping up

and have the same pace el mismo ritmo with aerobics classes.

knock out to hit someone so hard golpear a alguien con tanta Mike Tyson knocked out
they pass out fuerzaa que se desmaya, many of his opponents.
noquear

take on to compete with, to fight competir con, luchar Real Madrid will take on
against contra, enfrentar River Plate and crush
them.

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Finanzas

Consejos importantes y
términos clave

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Finanzas

PHRASAL VERB DEFINITION SIGNIFICADO EXAMPLE

bail out to help someone out of a ayudar a alguien a salir de My friend did not have
financial issue un problema financiero, money for the rent, so, I
rescatar bailed him out.

cough up to give money unwillingly dar dinero de mala gana, Cough up for a better
soltar el dinero wedding present!

dip into to spend part of one’s gastar parte de los ahorros When the dad was fired,
savings they had to dip into the
kids funds.

get by to have just enough money tener dinero suficiente para With our wages, we can
for one’s needs, nothing las necesidades de uno, get by, but we don’t have
else nada más luxuries.

pay back to give money back to devolver dinero a alguien, The author paid back the
someone pagar lo que se debe loan for his book.

put aside to save money for a ahorrar con un propósito For college, I have to put a
purpose fortune aside.

splash out to spend to much on gastar demasiado en Trust fund kids like Paris
unnecessary things cosas innecesarias Hilton love splashing out.

tide over to help someone with ayudar a alguien con His aunt was kind to tide
money until they can get dinero hasta que pueda him over while he was
by salir adelante, sacar del unemployed.
apuro

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