Phrasal Verbs

LOOK

LOOK AFTER = badare a (indivisibile)

The baby-sitter looks after the children

LOOK AROUND = guardarsi attorno (indivisibile)

The thief looks around himself

LOOK FOR = cercare (indivisibile)

The lady is looking for jewellery

LOOK IN ON = visitare (qualcuno) inaspettatamente (indivisibile)

The child looks in on his old grandmother

LOOK INTO = estrapolare, investigare (indivisibile)

The psycologist looked into my problems

LOOK OUT FOR = stare in guardia (indivisibile)

The sentinel looks out for the intruders

LOOK THROUGH = guardare attraverso, ispezionare (indivisibile)

The policeman looked through the lock to find the thief

LOOK UP TO = stimare (indivisibile)

I look up to Sergio

LOOK UP = consultare (divisibile)

The student looks up the encyclopedia

LOOK OVER = ispezionare (divisibile)

The general looks over his soldiers

TAKE

TAKE AFTER = somigliare (indivisibile)

Alice takes after her father

TAKE DOWN = scrivere (divisibile)

Alice takes down every word the teachers say (Religion too), so she's scandalous

TAKE OFF = decollare (indivisibile)

The plane took off at 7 p.m.

TAKE TO = infatuarsi (indivisibile)

Alice takes to Ridge in Beautiful

TAKE UP = intraprendere (indivisibile)

Alice took up volley ball when she was 10 (so on Sunday she never picks up)

TAKE AWAY = sottrarre (indivisibile)

Marco and Claudio took away Benetti from death for collapsing

TAKE BACK = restituire (indivisibile)

Marco took back some books to the library after 5 months

TAKE IN = imbrogliare (indivisibile)

Alice takes in all of us saying she's a woman

TAKE OVER = prendere il controllo (indivisibile)

Alice took over her father's company

TAKE ON = accettare una responsabilitą (indivisibile)

Anna doesn't take on Alessio Scabro as boyfriend

PUT

PUT IN FOR = fare domanda per un lavoro (indivisibile)

The girl put in for a job as secretary

PUT UP WITH = tollerare (indivisibile)

Some teachers put up with bad children

PUT OFF = lasciare / posticipare (divisibile)

The boy put off the appointment with his girlfriend

PUT ON = accendere / vestirsi (divisibile)

My mother put on her best dress

The scouts put on a fire

PUT THROUGH = telefonare (divisibile)

The secretary put through the telephone call

PUT OUT = togliere / spegnere (divisibile)

The fireman put out the fire

PUT UP = alzare il prezzo / erigere / proporre (divisibile)

The teacher put up her best student for a contest

ASK

ASK FOR = chiedere per ottenere (indivisibile)

The woman asked for a drink

ASK AFTER = chiedere informazioni riguardo ad una persona (indivisibile)

Viviana asks after Jessica's grandmother

RUB

RUB OUT = cancellare (indivisibile)

Peter accidentally rubbed out some important informations

get

GET ACROSS = far capire (divisibile)

Alice gets across to Massi that she's in love with him

Politicians nowadays can't get their message across the people

GET BACK = recuperare (divisibile)

The pirates got their treasure back

GET DOWN = annotare, demoralizzare

Alice gets down everything in her copy-book

GET ALONG = andare d'accordo

I get along with Paola

GET AWAY = scappare

Massy gets away from Alice

GET AWAY WITH = passarla liscia

Massy gets away with Alice's kisses

GET BY = cavarsela, sopravvivere

They got by on very little money

GET THROUGH = portare a termine

I promise to get through this work

GET OVER = riuscire a superare (una malattia

I hope to get over at the end of the school

GET ON WITH = continuare, proseguire il proprio lavoro

MAKE

MAKE OUT = compilare (un elenco, una lista)

The teacher made out a list of his students

MAKE UP = inventare / riappacificare

The students had to make up a story for homework

MAKE FOR = dirigersi

The plane was making for the North of the country

MAKE UP FOR = recuperare, riguadagnare

That man made up for his wallet

CUT

CUT OFF = disconnettere (telefono)

CUT OUT = ritagliare (forbici)

I cut out on article from the newspaper

CUT UP = tagliare (affettare, a pezzi)

The mum cut up the bread

CUT DOWN ON = ridurre

WEAR

WEAR OUT = consumare

They wore out all the water in the bottle

WEAR OFF = svanire (effetto di medicine, alcolici)

COME

COME ACROSS = incontrare per caso

While I was going to school I came across on old friend of mine

COME BY = passare vicino

To arrive to the church you have to come by the river

COME DOWN = ridurre di prezzo

COME FORWARD = presentarsi, apparire

COME OFF = avere successo

COME OUT = uscire (sole, fiori.)

The sun came out from the clouds

COME ROUND = visitare

COME UP AGAINST = scontrarsi, affrontare un problema

COME UP WITH = produrre, venir fuori con un'idea

BACK

BACK UP = sostenere, spalleggiare, dare conforto

Those two boys back up each other