What are phrasal verbs?
Phrasal verbs ( sometimes called multi- word verbs) are verbs that consist of two , or sometimes three, words.
The first word is a verb and it is followed by an adverb
( Jan turned down the chance to work abroad)
or a preposition
(Buying that new car has really eaten into my savings.)
or bothpp
( I don’t think I can put up with his behaviour much longer)
These adverbs or prepositions are sometimes called particles.
Meaning of phrasal verbs:
The meaning of some phrasal verbs is easy to guess because the verb and the particle keeps their usual meaning
( He sat down on the bed.
However, many phrasal verbs have idiomatic meanings that you need to learn:
( I can’t put up with the noise in this city much longer)
The separate meanings of put, up and with , do not add up to the meaning of
put up with = ( tolerate)
Thank you
Majed
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