PHRASAL VERBS
ABIDE BY : uymak,itaat etmek.She will abide by her promise. ASK FOR : istemek She asked me for money. BACK UP : desteklemek
I hope you will back me up in this argument. BE ABOUT TO :üzere olmak
The match is about to start.
BE OFF : ayrılmak ,izinde olmak He is off today.He will come tomorrow. BE OVER :bitmek
The exam is over.Please stop writing. BREAK DOWN :bozulmak My car has broken down.
BREAK INTO :müdahale etmek
She broke into the conversation with urgent news. BREAK INTO :girmek(hırsız,eve)
BREAK OFF:kesmek
They have broken off the negotiations.
BREAK OUT :başlamak,patlamak(tartışma ...) Fighting broke out among students.
BREAK UP :kopmak,sona ermek The meeting broke up at nine o’clock. BREAK UP :kirmak
The naughty child broke up a lot plates. BRING ABOUT:sebep olmak
The earthquake brought about considerable damage in the town. BRING DOWN : azaltmak
They must bring down the prices because no one can buy anything. BRING UP :yetiştirmek
It is difficult to bring up children. BRING UP: gündeme getirmek
He wanted to bring up the matter at the meeting but he decided not to do that later. BURST OUT : patlamak,birdenbire başlamak
To my amazement,he burst out laughing. CALL AT:uğramak
I called at the post office on my way to school. CALL OFF:iptal etmek
The meeting was called off because the chairman was ill. CALL FOR :gerektirmek
The situation calls for rapid action . CALL FOR:almak
I’ll call for you at about two o’clock. CALL ON:ziyaret etmek
He called on all the doctors in the district with medical samples. CALL ON:istemek,rica etmek
The congress has called on the president to answer these charges. CALL UP:aramak(telefonla)
CARRY OUT:yapmak,yerine getirmek He carried out the plan without difficulty. CARRY ON:devam etmek
The crew carried on without the captain. CATCH UP WITH:ulaşmak
You must catch up with your friends. CHEER UP:neşelenmek
Cheer up!Things can’t be that bad!
COME ABOUT:olmak
How did this problem come about?
COME ACROSS:tesadüfen karşılaşmak
He came across his old medicalbooks in the cupboard. COME BY:elde etmek
I do not know how he came by his money. COME OUT: yok olmak
I put my skirt in cold water and the stains came out. COME OUT:ortaya çıkmak
The truth will come out,you can’t conceal it. COME UP AGAINST:karşılaşmak(zorluk)
Everyone comes up against discrimination sooner or later. CUT OFF:kesmek
The electricity was cut off last night. CUT DOWN (ON):azaltmak
The doctor told me to cut down on smoking. COUNT ON:güvenmek
You can count on me. CROSS OUT:silmek
Cross his name out .He does not want to join.
DO AWAY WITH: kaldırmak(yürürlükten) The government did away with free school meals. FIGURE OUT: hesaplamak,anlamak
FILL IN:doldurmak(form... )
John filled in the entire form incorrectly. FIND OUT:öğrenmek
We must find out who he is. GET ACROSS:aktarmak
I’m not very good at getting my ideas across. GET AWAY WITH:cezasız kalmak
Too many criminals get away with their crimes. GET AHEAD:ilerlemek
He’s a very bright boy,he’s sure to get ahead in his job. GET ALONG:uyumlu olmak
I get along with my brother quite well. GET AT:ima etmek
What are you getting at ?
GET AWAY:kaçmak,uzaklaşmak We need to get away for a vacation. GET BACK:geri dönmek
I think I had better get back home before it’s late. GET OFF:inmek
She is getting off the bus now. GET ON:binmek
David gets on the busevery day at 7:30. GET ON:ilerlemek
How is Mrs. Brown getting on?She was very ill last week. GET OVER:iyileşmek
He got over his illness.
GET RID OF:baştan atmak,kurtulmak He’s gone and,I’m glad toget rid of him.
GET THROUGH:bitirmek(ayrıca;ulaşmak,geçmek(sınav)) He had so much work that he thought he would never get through it. GIVE AWAY:yaymak
GIVE AWAY:dağıtmak I gave away a lot of money.
GIVE IN:teslim olmak,boyun eğmek I just gave in to his demand.
GIVE UP:bırakmak
He gave up smoking on his doctor’s advice. GIVE UP:teslim olmak
The escaped prisoner gave himself up to the police. GIVE UP:bırakmak
We gave up the project because of a lack of financial means. GO BACK ON:ihanet etmek
Don’t trust him,he always goes back on his word. GO ON:olmak
Whatever’s going on here? GO ON :devam etmek
Don’t stop.Go on with your story. GO OVER:kontrol etmek
They went over the accounts with great care. GO THROUGH:kontrol etmek
We’ll go through the questions again and you can see where you went wrong. GO THROUGH: muzdarip olmak,acı çekmek
She has gone through a lot of suffering. GO UP:artmak
Prices are going up rapidly this year. GO UP:patlamak
The whole building went up in flames. HOLD ON :beklemek
Hold on a minute please.
HOLD UP:engellemek
Road-works on the motorway are holding up the traffic. JOT DOWN:not almak
KEEP ON:devam etmek We just have to keep on trying. KEEP UP:devam etmek
Keep up the good work.
KEEP UP WITH:ayak uydurmak We must keep up with the times. LAY OFF:işten kovmak He was laid off on Friday.
LET DOWN:hayal kırıklığına uğratmak Don’t worry.I won’t let you down.
LIVE UP TO:karşılamak,yerine getirmek The film did not live up to my expectations. LOOK AFTER:bakmak,göz kulak olmak
The woman asked her neighbour to look after her flowers while she was gone. LOOK FOR:aramak
I’m still looking for my book.
LOOK DOWN ON:küçük görmek He looks down on his poor neighbors. LOOK INTO:araştırmak
The police are looking into the matter. LOOK OVER:kontrol etmek
People look things over carefully before buying them. LOOK UP:aramak(sözlükle kelime)
Look up that word in the dictionary.
LOOK UP TO:hayran olmak I really look up to him.
MAKE OF :anlamak What do you make of it all? MAKE OUT:tanımak
The fog was very thick and I couldn’t make out what was coming towards me. MAKE OUT:anlamak
MAKE OUT:yazmak
The doctor made me out a prescription. MAKE UP:oluşturmak
Farming and mining make up most of the country’s industry. MAKE UP:icat etmek
He’s a terrible liar,He’s always making up stories. MAKE UP:makyaj yapmak
Most girls make up their faces nowadays. MAKE UP SB’S MIND:karar vermek
You must make up your mind if you want to be a doctor or not. MAKE UP:barışmak
The lovers made up after their fight. MAKE UP FOR:telaffi etmek
You’re very late, now we’ll have to work hard to make up for lost time. MIX UP:karıştırmak
I always get those twins mixed up. PASS AWAY:ölmek
The woman passed away at age 103. PASS OUT:bayılmak
He passed out upon seeing blood. PICK OUT:teşhis etmek
The victim picked out the criminal from the line-up. POINT OUT:betirtmek
Let me point out to you that this is very crucial. PULL OUT:çekmek
I had my tooth pulled out. PUT ACROSS:açıklamak
He put the point across very well,and everybody agreed with him. PUT DOWN:bastırmak
The rebellion was put down by the Army. PUT DOWN:yazmak
PUT FORWARD:öne sürmek
He put forward a very controversial idea which had little chance of being accepted. PUT OFF:ertelemek
The meeting has been put off until next week. PUT OUT:söndürnek
If they had put the light out, there wouldn’t have been a fire which needed putting out. PUT THROUGH:bağlamak
The telephone operator put me through almost immediately. PUT UP WITH:tahammul etmek
The hospital was near a main road so the patients had to put up with a lot of noise. RULE OUT:hariç bırakmak,gözardı etmek
That possibility cannot be ruled out. RUN AFTER:takip etmek The thief ran after the victim.
RUN INTO:karşılaşmak(umulmadık anda) I ran into one of my old friends yesterday. RUN OUT OF:bitirmek
We have just run out of money. SET OFF:yola çıkmak
They set off search of the lost child. SET ABOUT:başlamak
The sooner we set about it the sooner we’ll finish it. SET ABOUT:ilgilenmek
He set about this job in completely the wrong way. SEND FOR:çağırmak
They sent for the doctor. SET UP:kurmak
Two big parties set up a coalition government. STAND BY:desteklemek
If they try to make you resign, we’ll stand by you. STAND FOR:temsil etmek
STEP UP:arttırmak
The guerrillas stepped up their attacks on the government forces. STEP DOWN:istifa etmek
The minister accused of involvement in a financial scandal refused to step down. TAKE ABACK:şaşırtmak
When the chief surgeon suddenly announced he was going to leave, we were all taken
aback.
TAKE AFTER:benzemek,çekmek The girl takes after her mother.
TAKE FOR:karıştırmak What do you take me for,a fool? TAKE IN:anlamak
The nurse wasn’t listening very attentively and suddenly realized she hadn’t taken in what the doctor said.
TAKE IN:aldatmak
He was very plausible.I was completely taken in by his lies. TAKE IN:küçültmek
Her dress was too wide on the waist so she took it in. TAKE OFF:havalanmak
The aeroplane took off smoothly. TAKE ON:üslenmek
She has taken on too many responsibilities. TAKE OVER:üslenmek
When his father died he took over the family business. TAKE UP:işkal etmek
Most of a doctor’s time is taken up talking to patients. TRY ON:denemek
I tried on three suits today and none fit. TRY OUT:test etmek
Let’s try out this rocket fuel today. TURN DOWN:reddetmek
They turned down my request for a raise. TURN DOWN:kısmak
She turned the radio down before answering the phone. TURN OFF:kapatmak
Turn off the lights before you go to bed.
TURN OFF:çıkmak,ayrılmak
To reach Boston you should turn off at the next exit. TURN ON:açmak
Turn on the water please .
TURN OUT:çıkmak,olmak The party turned out a success. TURN OUT:sonuçlanmak Things have turned out well: TURN UP:
If he doesn’t turn up soon,we shall have to go without him. WEAR OFF:varmak
The medicine wore off after about three hours. WEAR OUT:yormak
Those children are wearing me out. WEAR OUT:eskimek
Those thin shoes will wear out quickly. WIPE OUT:tamamen yok etmek
Whole villages were wiped out in the bombing raids. WIPE OUT:silmek
This year’s losses have wiped out last year’s profits. WORK OUT:başarılı olmak
The plan worked out. WORK OUT: bulmak
If you can work out a way of saving the company, you’re welcome to go ahead and try. WORK OUT:geliştirmek
We are always hopeful that a more practical solution can be worked out. WORK OUT:anlamak
