Vocabulary
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Continue(inseparable)
“She WENT ON the pill when she met him.”
Improve(separable)
“Sales PICKED UP a bit during the Christmas period.”
Return
“I left work and CAME BACK home early.”
Appear
“I'll be late home tonight because something's COME UP at work has to be ready for tomorrow morning.”
Have a long history(inseparable)
“He and I GO BACK a long way- we were at school together.”
Discover information(separable)
“I went to the library to FIND OUT all I could about the life and work of Joe Meek.”
A secret is revealed
“The details of the scandal CAME OUT in the press and she had to resign.”
Stop burning, be extinguished
“The candle WENT OUT and left us in darkness.To leave home for a social activity.”
Make someone aware of something(separable)
“He POINTED OUT that I only had two weeks to get the whole thing finished.”
Mature, become adult
“The industry GREW UP very quickly. a place or for a reason (city, town, etc)”
Prepare equipment, software, etc., for use(separable)
“The technician SET UP the computer network perfectly.”
Produce(separable)
“The factory TURNS OUT three thousand units a day.”
Leave the house to visit place and socialise(separable)
“The truth GOT OUT despite the injunction on reporting the case.”
Arrive or land (for flights)
“The plane CAME IN at two-thirty in the morning.Place or ranking in a competition, etc.”
Allow passengers on a ship or plane(separable)
“The plane stopped at Zurich to TAKE ON some passengers.Assume a responsibility or accept a challenge.”
Stop doing something that has been a habit(separable)
“She GAVE UP all her school friends when she went to university.”
Stop being angry with someone(separable)
“They are always arguing, but they MAKE UP again very quickly.”
Become or do something unplanned(inseparable)
“We couldn't get tickets for Egypt so we ENDED UP going to Turkey instead.”
Return to a place(separable)
“The train was held up so we didn't GET BACK home until midnight.”
Consult a reference (search engine, dictionary, etc.) for a specific piece of information.(separable)
“I didn't know the correct spelling so I had to LOOK it UP in the dictionary.”
Find the answer to a problem(separable)
“The police couldn't FIGURE OUT how the burglars had got into the warehouse.”
Take a seat. Help someone to sit.(separable)
“a) I was feeling faint, so I had to SIT DOWN for a while to recover. b) The nurse SAT me DOWN in a chair.”
Get out of bed(separable)
“I GET UP at seven o'clock on weekdays, but lie in till noon at the weekend.”
Borrow a library book(separable)
“I TOOK OUT all the books I needed for my essay from the library.”
Encouragement
“COME ON; don't give up now when you're so close to finishing.”
Decrease, get smaller
“The price of scanners has GONE DOWN recently.”
Attend something or arrive somewhere(separable)
“Very few SHOWED UP at the meeting.”
Make great progress(separable)
“The software house really TOOK OFF when they produced the latest version of their DTP package.”
End nicely(separable)
“Things were going wrong for them but fortunately it all WORKED OUT in the end.”
Move from a sitting or lying down to a vertical position(separable)
“Everybody STOOD UP when the judge entered the court.”
Rain
“Just look at the rain COMING DOWN!”
Proceed
“The construction of the bypass WENT AHEAD despite the protests from environmentalists.”
Rise or climb
“The price of petrol has GONE UP sharply because of the increase in duty in the Government's budget.”
Think about the past
“Old people often LOOK BACK on over their lives.”
Stop sleeping(separable)
“I WOKE UP at half past six this morning.”
Perform a task(separable)
“The government is CARRYING OUT test on growing genetically modified crops.”
Assume control(separable)
“A Hong Kong bank TOOK OVER the bank to enter the British market.”
Delay(separable)
“I was HELD UP by the terrible traffic and arrived half an hour late for my appointment.”
Start moving (train)(separable)
“The train was PULLING OUT when I got there.”
Make something successful or profitable that has been doing badly(separable)
“They are hoping to TURN the company AROUND with the launch of the new products.”
Fill or occupy time or space(separable)
“An awful lot of my time at work is TAKEN UP with pointless bureaucracy nowadays.”
Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days(separable)
“She PUT me UP for the night because I'd missed the last bus and there were no night buses running.Increase prices, taxes, duties, etc.”
Cause someone to remember(separable)
“Visiting my old school BROUGHT BACK memories of when I was a pupil there.”
Mention. Raise a topic for discussion.(separable)
“They didn't BRING the subject UP at the meeting.”
Be careful
“LOOK OUT; you're going to drop that!”
Earn
“The job BRINGS IN two thousand dollars a month.”
Start to talk freely about something(separable)
“She hates to OPEN UP and discuss her feelings.”
Pay the bill when leaving a hotel(separable)
“She CHECKED OUT and took a cab to the airport.”
Change the subject or your job(separable)
“She MOVED ON to another company where the salary was considerably better.”
Broadcast(separable)
“Several charities PUT OUT an appeal on TV for money for the victims of the flooding in Mozambique.”
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