TURN

● Turn into: convertirse

● Turn up: aparecer, llegar
● Turn out: resultar ser, acabar siendo
● Turn on/off: encender y apagar
● Turn down: rechazar, declinar
● Turn over: dar la vuelta
● Turn to: acudir

LOOK

● Look up: buscar información específica

● Look for: buscar
● Look forward to: esperar con ganas, estar ansioso por algo
● Look on: mirar, observar, dar o estar encarado a (con vistas al mar, con vistas
a la calle principal…)
● Look after: cuidar (como take care of)
● Look into: investigar, analizar con detalle

TAKE

● Take up: empezar a hacer un actividad nueva, apuntarse a algo.

● Take away: para llevar
● Take down: desmontar, desmantelar
● Take in: interiorizar, asimilar
● Take in: tomar el pelo (fig)
● Take to: empezar a gustar, encariñarse
● Take over: reemplazaar, quedar al cargo de
● Take on: contratar = hire o employ
● Take after: parecerse
● Take off: despegar o quitarse ropa

CARRY

● Carry on: continuar

● Carry out: llevar a cabo

PICK

● Pick up: recoger

● Pick on: meterse con alguien, picar
RUN

● Run out of: quedarse sin algo

● Run into: tropezar, encontrarse con alguien
● Run away: huir, escapar
● Run down: desprestigiar (fig)
● Run down: atropellar

CUT

● Cut down on: reducir el consumo de algo …

● Cut across: tomar un atajo
● Cut across: pasarse de la raya (fig)
● Cut out: sacar, extraer
● Cut off: amputar (med)
● Cut off: cortar (cortar la luz, el agua…)

CALL

● Call off: anular, cancelar una cita o una reunión

● Call in: hacer entrar, llamar, avisar
● Call in on (sb): dejarse caer por, hacer una visita
● Call on: recurrir a, apelar a

KEEP

● Keep up with: mantener el ritmo

● Keep away: mantener alejado
● Keep back: mantenerse alejado
● Keep down: mantener algo bajo o contenerse, reprimirse
● Keep off: no pisar, prohibido pisar

KNOCK

● Knock down: tirar abajo, derriibar

● Knock over: atropellar (pedestrian)
● Knock out: noquear, dejar inconsciente

COME

● Come across: encontrarse con algo

● Come along: progresar
● Come along: acompañar, ir con alguien.
● Come down with: contraer una enfermedad
 ● Come off: dar resultado, resultar (informal)
● Come out: aparecer, salir
● Come round: llegar a estar de acuerdo
● Come to: llegar, alcanzar un punto

PLAN

● Plan ahead: planear con antelación

PUT

● Put on: engordar o ponerse algo de ropa

● Put aside: dejar a un lado
● Put (money) aside: ahorrar
● Put down: hablar mal de alguien (informal)
● Put off: posponer
● Put off: disuadir
● Put out: apagar un fuego
● Put through: hacer pasar por (algo difícil)
● Put up with: soportar, tolerar
● Put someone up: hospedar

BRING

● Bring up: sacar un tema o criar, educar

● Bring out: suscitar, provocar

SET

● Set up: fundar o crear una empresa

● Set off: partir, ponerse en marcha
● Set back; complicar, retrasar, obstaculizar

GIVE

● Give up: rendirse

● Give in: ceder
● Give away: donar
● Give off: emanar, desprender, salir (calor, olor, ruido)

FIGURE – FIND

● Figure out: averiguar

● Find out: averiguar
CLOSE

● Close down: cerrar (quiebra)

● Close off: bloquear o cerrar un sitio o un acceso
● Close up: cerrar o unirse en un mismo punto

WORK

● Work out: hacer deporte, entrenar

● Work out: averiguar, solucionar
● Work on (something): trabajar en algo…

GET

● Get by: ir tirando, apañarselas

● Get across: hacer entender
● Get at: querer llegar, querer decir
● Get away: salirse de rositas
● Get down to: ir al grano
● Get on with: llevarse bien con
● Get together: juntarse, reunirse,
● Get round to: hacer tiempo para algo
● Get off: bajar del transporte público (del coche get out)
● Get on with: llevarse bien
● Get rid of: deshacerse de

FALL

● Fall out with: discutir

● Fall through: venirse abajo, fracasar

GO

● Go down with: contraer una enfermedad, caer enfermo

● Go up: subir
● Go down: bajar
● Go off: estallar, explotar (bomba, un ruido)
● Go through: revisar algún documento o experimentar una situación

CATCH

● Catch on: ponerse a la moda

● Catch up: ponerse al día
 MAKE

● Make up: inventarse algo

● Make up for: compensar
● Make out: deducir
● Make into: transformar en algo

PASS

● Pass out: desmayarse

● Pass away: morir

SIGN/SHOW

● Sign in: iniciar sesión

● Sign up: apuntarse, registrarse
● Show off: fanfarronear

VERBS MEANING MEANING AND EXAMPLES

Be about something To explain , describe or give What is the story about?

facts

Be about to do To be ready to start to do I thought my boyfriend was about

something something to propose marriage but he broke-up with
me instead.

Be against someone To disagree or not support His parents were completely against the
or something someone idea.
Be up for be eager I might be up for going out later if you
fancy it.

Be into something Enjoy / like He is into football.

Be dying for to want something very much I’m dying to hear your news.

Be over To have finished When will the rain be over?

Be up ti To be doing something wrong What are the children up to at the

or bad momento? I can’t hear them.

Block off Obstract I’ll knock his block off if he tries anything
with me! 

Call on To visit someone as a routine , I had intended to callo n Jack. I’ll call on
ask someone to do something him tomorrow.

Call after Be named after somebody He is called after his gandfather.

Clear away To leave a plalce, remove or They had a long talk and were able to
tidy clear away all their misunderstandings.

Come across as To seem to be a particular kind

someone of person
Come down with To become ill with a particular I have come down with a bad viral fever.
something infection

Come through To survive a difficult event or We were worried she wouldn’t be able to
something period. handle it, but she came through in the
end.

Come up against To have to deal with difficulty  If you come up against difficulties, let me
something know and I’ll help out

Cut down on To use much les of something I’m trying to cut down on the amount of
sugar I eat.

Cut through To be able to deal with a  We need to cut through the political
problem or bureaucracy rhetoric and see what really lies behind
the policy.

Fall for someone To feel strong romantic I think Charlie has fallen for Jenny. He is
feelings always trying to find reasons to be with
her.

Fall out ( with ) ( To have quarrel and end a  She’d fallen out with her boyfriend over
over) relationship, go crazy his ex-girlfriend

Freak out Go crazy  I think our music freaks people out

sometimes
Get (something) To be successful explaining We tried to get our point across, but he
across ( to) your idea, plan, etc just wouldn’t listen.

Get round to doing To do something you have I meant to do the ironing but I didn’t get
something planned or wanted to do round to it.

Get away with To not be punished for doing If I thought I could get away with it, I
something something bad or wrong wouldn’t pay my taxes at all.

Get your own back To take a revenge I’ll get my own back on her one day
on someone

Get someone into a  To do something that makes Even an experienced climber can get into
trouble (with) yourself deserve punishment. trouble.

Go down with To start suffering from an Half of Valeria’s class has gone down with
something infectious disease flu.

Go off something or To stop liking or being I went off beefburgers after I got food
someone interested in something or poisoning from a takeaway
someone.

Go through with To do something unpleasant or He was always threatening to quit his job,
something difficult but I never thought he’d actually go
through with it
Hold back Prevent from progressing or He didn’t hold back about how he felt
moving forward about police harassment and fame.

Hold off Prevent someone from She decided to hold off on her vacation
attacking or beating you for a while longer

Hold onto Keep longer than necessary Hold on and don’t let go until I say so

Hold up Delay, especially when She got held up at work

travelling

Hold out for To wait for something better The workers are holding out for higher
something pay.

Jump on  Attack verbally, to criticise The teacher jumped on us for being late.
excessively

Keep at To continue with something The project was difficult, but we kept at it
difficult and eventually it was done.

Keep away from To deny Access to You should keep away from fried foods

Keep to oneself To be introverted One of my neighbors keeps to himself but

everyone else on our street is really
friendly.
Kick off Be overcome with anger When she called him a drunk, it was the
last straw. He just kicked off

Knuckle down concentrate on something If I were you , I’d knuckle down and get
some studying done before the end of the
day.

Lay off Fire and sack In the case of a layoff, the loss of
employment is usually through no fault of
the employee

Live down Get used to something  It will be difficult to live down this
shameful humiliation.

Live through Survive a difficult period or She can’t live through her daughter.
event

Let down Disappoint someone «You are coming to the party – you won’t
let me down, will you?

Look around Inspect an area I’m interested in buying that house. Can
we wlook aroung

Look ahead Consider the future We are trying to look ahead and see what
our options are. 
Look down on Regard someone with a The other children looked down on her
feeling of superiority because her parents were poor

Make away with Steal he smashed a glass case and made away
with a number of items of jewellery

Pass away Die His mother passed away last year

Pick up after Tidy a mess someone else has His mother still picks up after him
made

Pick up To begin to understand She managed to pick up with the content.

Put aside Ignore or intentionally They decided to put aside their

disregard differences

Put forward Propose a consideration I wasn’t convinced by any of the

arguments that he put forward.

Put up with Tolerate I’m not going to put up with their smoking
any longer.

Run someone down Criticize someone He last night denounced the British
‘genius for running ourselves down
Send away Dismiss from one’s presence  We send the children away to camp every
summer

Set off Beging a journey or trip What time will we have to set off for
Grandma’s house tomorrow?

Set up Establish a business He invested money in a business set up

to help young musicians.

Stand up for: Speak or act in support or «you need to have hard evidence that will
defense stand up in court

Spring up Appear suddenly She feels as if each time she solves one
problem, two more spring up to take its
place.

Take off Become more successful Her singing career had just begun to take
off. More examples.

Take pity Feel sorry He took pity on the street dog

Throw up Vomit  I spent all night throwing up as he had

eateaten too much the previous nitht

Think ahead Plan for a future situatio  I wish I had thought ahead and packed
some food to bring with us.
Think through Consider all the possible We have thought through the matter and
possibilities have come to a decision.

Walk away from Abandon She was strong and stubborn enough to
walk away from him

Work somebody out Understand her behaviour We have our disagreements, but we
always work them out.

Watch over Regard and protect I’ll watch over your brother tonight

Wear out exhaust I wore out the dog when I went for a run.

Wind up Annoy Instead of winding up your mother like

that, perhaps you should help her.