Lista de verbos frasais 7

por **Pedro** Ter 17 Jun 2014, 8:25 pm

VERBO	SIGNIFICADO	TIPO	EXEMPLO
Shop around	Comparar a qualidade e/ou os preços	Inseparável	I want to shop around a little before buying my new car.
Show off	Exibir-se	Inseparável	He is showing off because the girl he likes is here.
Show sb/sth<->off	Mostrar, exibir algo ou alguém pelo qual se tem orgulho	Separável	She likes to show off how well she speaks French.
Show up	Aparecer, chegar a algum lugar.	Inseparável	She finally showed up.
Show sb<->up	Envergonhar alguém	Separável	He showed me up by snoring during the concert.
Sit down	Sentar	Inseparável	He sat down on the bed.
Sleep over	Dormir uma noite na casa de alguém	Inseparável	Can I sleep over at my friend's house?
Sort sth<->out	Organizar, resolver um problema	Separável	We have sorted out our problems and everything is fine now.
Speak up	Falar mais alto	Inseparável	Speak up! I can't hear a word you are saying!
Stand back	Afastar-se, recuar	Inseparável	The police ordered the crowd to stand back.
Stay up	Ficar acordado	Inseparável	I stayed up late yesterday.
Stick to sth	Continuar a fazer algo	Inseparável	She finds it's impossible to stick to a diet.
Sum up/Sum sth<->up	Resumir	Separável	Can I just sum up what we've agreed so far?
Switch sth<->off	Desligar, apagar algo	Separável	Please switch the lights off as you leave.
Switch sth<->on	Ligar, acender algo	Separável	We heard the news as soon as we switched on the car radio.
Take after sb	Parecer-se ou comportar-se com algum membro mais velho da família	Inseparável	I take after my mother. We are both impatient.
Take sth<->apart	Desmontar algo	Separável	He took the car brakes apart and found the problem.
Take sth<->back	Devolver algo (em alguma loja), retirar algo que se disse	Separável	I have to take our new TV back because it doesn't work. / OK, I take it all back.
Take off	Decolar	Inseparável	The plane took off two hours later.
Take sth<->off	Tirar algo (peça de roupa, sapato, joias, etc.)	Separável	Come in and take your shoes off.
Take sb<->out	Levar alguém para sair	Separável	My grandparents took us out for dinner and a movie.
Take sth<->out	Tirar algo	Separável	Can you take the garbage out for me?
Take sth<->over	Assumir o controle de algo, tomar conta de algo	Separável	A Swedish firm took over the company last year.
Take sth<->up	Aprender ou começar a fazer algo	Separável	She took up languages and now she speaks Chinese quite well.
Take up sth	Ocupar algo (espaço, tempo)	Inseparável	Looking for a place to live has been taking up all my time recently.
Talk sb into/out	Converncer alguém, persuadir	Separável	I didn't want to move abroad but my husband talked me into it.
Tear sth<->up	Destruir algo rasgando em pedaços	Separável	She tored up all the letter he had sent her.
Tell sb<->off	Dar bronca em alguém	Separável	The manager tells you off if you arrive late.
Think back (to sth)	Pensar em algo que aconteceu no passado	Inseparável	I keep thinking back to day I met him.
Think sth<->over	Refletir sobre algo, considerar algo	Separável	I'll have to think this job offer over before I make my final decision.
Throw sth<->away	Jogar algo fora	Separável	We threw away our old furniture when we won the lottery.