quinta-feira, 23 de setembro de 2010

M - O

*make (something) up*
Definition: to prepare something so that it is ready for someone to use it or have it.(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)E.g.1: You can’t go to bed yet – I haven’t made the bed up.
E.g.2: He made some beds up in the lounge so that his friends could spend the night in his house.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 1 & 2)

*move in*
Definition: to start living in a new house / flat / place
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g. 1) I’m really happy. Last week, I found a new flat and yesterday I moved in.
E.g. 2) When Peter lost his job and could not pay his rent, he moved in with his brother.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated

*move out (of)*
Definition: to stop living in a particular place and start living somewhere else.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: He used to share a flat with Bill but they argued a lot so he moved out.
E.g.2: She lost contact with her childhood friends when she moved out of the area.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

*nod off*
Definition: (informal) to go to sleep, usually unintentionally, while sitting down.E.g.1: After dinner he nodded off in the armchair.
E.g.2: The lesson was so boring that one of the students nodded off.
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

*note (something) down*
Definition: to write important information on paper so that you can remember it or refer to it later.
E.g.1: She noted the answers down so that she could try the exercise again later in the week.
E.g.2: The teacher noted down their mistakes to help him prepare for the next lesson.
This phrasal verb can be separated. (E.g. 1)

*open up*
Definition: to begin to reveal what you really think or feel about something or someone.
(This phrasal Verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: I knew she was unhappy but she wouldn’t tell me about it. However, after we had drunk a few glasses of wine she opened up and told me why she was feeling depressed
E.g.2: Don’t be so defensive – if you can’t open up to your best friend, who can you open up to?
This phrasal verb cannot be separated.

*own up (something)
Definition: to admit that you have done something wrong.
E.g.1: What you did was wrong, but because you owned up to it I won’t punish you.
E.g.2: After 3 days in the police station he finally owned up and admitted that he had committed the crime.
This phrasal verb can’t be separated.

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