16 Come expressing an idea of movement or change of state (Ea example arriveat a place Not many people bought tickets forthe concertin advance, but quite afew came ‘along and bought tickets at the door. ‘come apart ‘separate into pieces The antique picture frame just came apart inmy hands. come aroundor | become conscious again “Anurse was with me when I ame round come round after the operation. ‘come out disappear or become less strong Let your shirt soak overnight and the stain {of dirt or colour on ciothing/material)_| will probably come out. ‘come out become public knowledge afterit has | Ifthis story comes out about the been kept secret (of the truth) Prime Minister, he'll have to resign. ‘come out be given to people (of results or When do your exam results come out? information) come out leave after a period ina place ‘Ava's coming out of hospital at the (othospital/prison) weekend. She's much better now. Come expressing an idea of happen | was planning to arrange a surprise holiday for her birthday, but I'm not sure it’s going to come off. [happen successfully or as planned] ve had to organise the school fair again this year - I'm not quite sure how that came about. [happened, especially something which is not planned] ‘Oscar Will you tell your boss about your plans to stand for the local council? Sophie Only if the subject comes up in conversation. | nearly told him at work this morning, but then something came up? and we had to deal with it straight away. Mind you, | don’t know if place on the council is going to come up? for a while yet, so perhaps Fl wait. 4 ismentioned or discussed 2 happened unexpectedly, usvally a problem or dificult situation 2 become available Other meanings of come am doing a research project for my degree on the psychology of ageing, but I've come up against? a few problems. | came across? someone who's done an almost identical study, so I've got to ‘come to? a decision: do | want to continue with it or not? | guess in the end my decision will come down tot what my professor recommends. + encountered or had to deal with (a dificult situation) 2 discovered (or met) by chance 3 make (a decision about something) + depend mostly on orbe influenced most by English Phrasal Verbs in Use IntermediteExercises 6.1 Complete these sentences with a particle from A opposite, 1 Do you have any glue? My shoe is COMINg smu .«and | want to stick it togeth 2 Ispilt some tomato juice on the tablecloth. Do you think it will come. the washing machine? 3 The last thing | remember was feeling very dizzy, The next thing I knew, | €aM@ on in hospital and a doctor was standing by my bed. 4. The government is going to release a report on traffic congestion. | wonder when it’s coming ‘We were just chatting at the corner when Sam Gore came hear Adam's operation was successful, When is he coming... Some very shocking facts have come... an investigation by a national newspaper. . ..of the clinic? sau 6.2 _ Use a phrasal verb from the opposite page to complete these dialogues. 1 Anna | lost the report | was writing and had to start all over again “Really? How did that wu Anna Oh, it was some computer virus. 2. Arthur David keeps saying he's going to sail around the world ivan Huh! Do you think it will ever. “Arthur Probably not. He’s such a dreamer. 3 ‘Louis We'll let you know what we decide, We'll phone you. Bella ‘Louis When do you think YOU" .nnnnnnn a decision? Probably at the meeting on Friday. 4 Maya Katie bi | thought you were coming to the party last night. Yes, | was intending to, but right at the last inute something Oh, I see. Well, you must come next time. 6.3 ed words in these emails giving advice, using phrasal verbs with come. Reply Forward put with his girlfriend. - about government corruption, thanks to | know that you are having to deal with a lot of problems at work every day at the moment, but don't worry, they're only temporary, and I've heard that a new job opportunity is going to arise, which could change things completely. Whenever your name is mentioned in conversation, everyone always speaks very highly of you. Reply Forward You think you have met someone by pure chance who seems to share the same world view as. you, but be careful, | don’t think she is what she seems to be. Don't forget that, in the end, true love is mainly about finding someone you can trust. English Phrasal Verbs in Use Intermediate 1718 Learning phrasal verbs in pairs associated with a context get together [If two or more people got together, they mect in| It'snice to get together with (often with) | ordertoo something or spend time together. | people you gat on with get on two oF more people get on, they tke each other {often + with) | andave friendly to each other get on continue doing something, especialy work Tmust get on with my work | got (often + with) behind because I spent too much \fyou get behind with work orwith payments, | benun ine get behind you have not done as much work or paid as (often with) | much as you should by a particular time. etsthoverwith | do and complete something dificult or Lets get this meeting over with, unpleasant that must be done orelse we'll never get away before the rush hour and itwill getaway leave a place or person, often when the situation | t34e ages to get home makes idifcutfor you todo s0 ‘can’t/couldn’t | be very surprised or shocked that somethinghas _ | lean’t get aver how she manages getoversth happened or that something is true toget away wth dengsolile It's obvious to everyone, but getaway with | succeed in not beingeritcised or punished for | Work Its ues We aries sth/éoing sth | something wrong that you have done More phrasal verbs with get Isaac How do you manage to survive without a job? Holly Lauren Juliet Yanis Ronan Poll Wan Ellie Rory Oh, | get by with a bit of help from my parents. (have just enough money to pay for the things I need, but nothing more] The problem is that the regulations don’t allow us to use next year’s budget. Oh, don’t worry. We'll get around/round it somehow. [find a way of dealing with or avoiding a problem] Have you rung the travel agent's yet to confirm our bookings? Sorry, | haven't got around/round to it yet, but Pl do it after lunch, | promise, Ido something that you have intended to do for a long time] | really think you ought to apologise to you-know.who about you-know-what. 'm sorry, 1 don’t know what you're getting at. Who? What? [If you ask someone what they are getting at, you are asking them what they mean, usually because they have sald something indirectly,] Do you think I can get away with not using any handouts in my talk? [do something successfully even though itis not the best way of doing it] Yes, people often just throw them away anyway. English Phrasal Verbs in Use intermediateTa 7.2 7.3 Exercises Choose the correct particle to complete these sentences, 1 Why don't you get your homework... +s With 50 you can enjoy the rest of the evening? a) around —b) over) by d) away 2 Assoon as Lydia and I met, we knew we were going tO get envisnmmnnnane All a) round b) atc) ond) up 3. Ijust can't come out with you tonight as I've got so. --~ With my work, a) up b) over) away —_d) behind 4. Why does Sara always get... smn With arriving late? It doesn't seem fair a) by b) away c) ond) over 5. I'm going to have to get... to filing in my tax form soon. a) round —b) over ¢) away) behi 6 I hope you'll be able to get... _on rom work at a reasonable time tonight. a) away b) behind) at_—d) over. 7 Your mother couldn't get.. the cost of restaurants in London. a) up b) round c) by) over Match each question on the left with the most likely response on the right. 1 How do you and Joseph get on? | manage somehow, though it isn't easy. 2 What exactly are you getting at? \ just wasn’t organised enough. 3. How do you get by ona student loan? Sure, that would be nice. 4 How did you get so behind? I certainly hope so. 5 When are you going to get round to it? Let me put it another way for you. 6 Shall we get together this evening? We're great friends. 7 Will you manage to get away soon? Soon, | promise, Rewrite the underlined parts of these sentences using a phrasal verb from the opposite page. Make any other necessary changes. 1 ['ve been planning to sort out my files but | haven’t found time to do it yet. 2 | can’t believe how much money they spent on their New Year's party. 3. Don't try to travel without paying your train fare ~ an inspector might come on and want to see your ticket. 4 The teachers in the school often meet after work on Fridays in a café near the school. 5. They avoided the problem of offending anyone and just invited all their friends to the wedding. 6 Jusually find it quite hard to understand what Professor Mactoft is trying to say in his lectures. 7 \hope no-one will mind if | don’t send any Christmas cards this year. 8 Emily has not done nearly as much work on her thesis as she should have done by now. Learning verbs in pairs associated with a particular context can help you remember them. Look egain atall the phrasal verbs on the opposite page. Try to make different pairs end write them in sentences putting them in context, as in section A. English Phrasal Verbs in Use Intermediate 19Amelia’s story ‘difficult time at work, so she decided to cheer herself up by gong in for? a competition. The prize was a luxury holiday in the Caribbean. Amelia has had to go without? a holiday for several years now, $0 she really wanted to win, The competition was to write a story beginning ‘Suddenly the lights went out*.,.". The problem ‘was that Amelia could not think of an idea for her story. | i ‘How can | go about’ getting a good idea’, she asked me. ‘It must be something special so that the judges go for® my story over all the others.” I suggested she went to the city library to go through” some books of short stories ~ she might get some ideas there, So she went off to see what she could find, : She soon found some great stories. She read one and then another and she went on? reading all day. Then she noticed a strange smell and suddenly the lights went out. The library was on fire! Of course, that gave her the idea for her story. I hope she wins. ‘Amelia has been going throi + experiencing an unpleasant or difficult situation § choose 2 doing or competing in 7 examine the contents of something, 3 not have something which you usually have carefully | * stopped giving light 8 lefta place to go to somewhere else 5 start to do or deal with something ® continued GERD) some more phrasal verbs with go ‘go along with support en idea, or agree with someone's _| Whatever you say, Lottie will go ‘sb/sth opinion along with you. goon happen | There's a police car outside the shop. Do you know what's going on? go through with | do something unpleasant or difficult which | | don’t want to do the exam now, but go together if two types of thing or people go together, Abad cough and a sore throat often | they are usually found with each other go together. Many of the very common English phrasal verbs, for example the ones in Units 6-12, have | several different meanings when combined with one particle. There are a few different meanings on this page for go on and go through; however, there are other possible meanings for both of these verb and particle combinations. Remember this if you meet a phrasal verb in 2 new or unusual context because it may have quite a different meaning there from one you are more familiar with, 20 English Phrasal Verbs in Use intermediate8.1 8.2 Peeters Exercises Complete the text below using the correct particles from the phrasal verbs in A opposite. [Was going senmnsninunnennn (1) some old letters the other day phen I {ound one from my friend Nancy, Acfler school she had gone « (2) to train as & doctor and eaded up in Africa, She had te go. « samnsne (8) gears of very havd study before she qualified, Life tn Afica tas wot As comfortable As iL gas ik ou hometown, and theve pore mang things he had €0.40 sonnninnnne (4) dich the vest of us think of a3 necessitins in ouv daily lives, “But despite all the havAthips, ShE WERE wrnnenemnnmnnnn (S) working and helping people less fortunate than hevsel{. | admire her so much. | anaiak hops | might go. (6) making contact pith her again, At ( have Ko idea phevt she i living Kom Rewrite these sentences using phrasal verbs with go so that they keep the same meaning. 1 'm thinking of competing in the New York Marathon next year, 2 There were some difficult times in my father’s lif Unemployment and high crime levels often exist side by side. He decided to undergo the operation even though there were risks. | refused to support their decision to close the youth club. | didn’t realise how late it was and | didn’t stop studying tll after midnight. We had to survive with no hot water for 24 hours while they were repairing the pipes. Do you think | should try the advanced level exam? it might be too difficult. She just left without saying goodbye. | wonder if l offended her? What was happening in the staffroom at lunchtime? | heard someone shouting. Bw x In these sentences, some of the phrasal verbs from the opposite page are used with new meanings. Choose the correct paraphrase. Use a dictionary if necessary. 1 We had to throw the fish away as it had gone off. a} Someone had switched off the oven. b) The fish had become bad because we keptit too long. ) The fish had fallen off the table onto the floor. 2. I wish you wouldn't go on about your problems all the time! Thave problems too, you know! a) Iwish you wouldn't think obsessively. b) I wish you wouldn't be very secretive. ¢) I wish you wouldn't talk constantly. 3 She's been going about her dally activities despite the tragic news. a) She's been avoiding her usual activities. Suddenly the light went out leaving b) She's been thinking of carrying on with her routine. George and Jasmine in complete c) She's been carrying on with her routine. darkness. 4 Ask her to dance with you. Go on! a) Continue doing what you're doing, b) Step onto the dance floor. ¢) Doit now, don't hesitate. ‘The verb go on has a noun and an adjective associated with it: goings-on (noun) and ongoing {adjective}. Look in a good dictionary to find out how they are used and make a sentence with each one in your vocabulary notebook. English Ptrasal Verbs in Use Intermediate 2Eee Look in a physical sense ith look. The idea of seeing, observing or noticing something is included in many phrasal verbs wit Tim Did you manage to read the report? Wvy Well, {looked at it, but | haven't read it properly. [read it quickly and not very carefully} Tim {'d like you to read itif you could, We need to look at the conclusions and make some decisions. [examine or consider something carefully in order to make a | decision about it} races ‘Amber How do | get to your village coming from the city? Noah When you're on the motorway, look out for a sign saying ‘willowsdear’. That's where you turn off. [carefully watch the things around you so that you will notice a particular thing] The bank robbers had a lookout standing at the street corner to warn them ifthe police came. [noun: a person who is watching for danger} wasn’t in the demonstration. | was just an ontooker. {noun: someone who watches an activity or event without becoming involved ; from the phrasal verb with the same ‘meaning look on] E2SaD Look in an abstract sense respect and admire them took up to sb Took down on sb/sth think that someone or something is less important than you, or that something is not good enough quality for you to use ook after sb/sth take care of someone or something by doing what is needed to keep someone or something well or in good condition look ahead think about what will happen in the future and plan for those events look around/round try to find something you want (e.g. a job) by asking different people or by looking indifferent places look forward to sth/doing sth _ | feel pleased and excited about something thatis going to happen _| 2 English Phrasal Verbs in Use Intermediote91 9.2 9.3 Exercises Choose the correct answer, 1 Ifyou are looking around for a new job, you are ... a) applying for anew job —_b) trying to find anew job ©) worried about your new job 2. Ifyou look out for someone who is picking you up in their car, you .. a) carefully avoid getting hit by their carb) watch the road and warn them of danger <) watch for their car so you will see them when they arrive 3. Ifyou look down on cheap restaurants, you ... a) consider them not good enough foryou _b) see them from the top windows of your house or flat _c) always consider them before going to a more expensive one 4. Ifyou look after someone's cat while they are away, you ... a) follow the cat everywhere —_b) search for it because it ©) careforit and give it what it needs 5 Ifyou look up to your English teacher, you... 2) stand up when you speak to him orher _b) admire and respect him or her ¢) raise your head because he or she is taller than you lost Complete these sentences with a suitable particle. 1 I'mrreally looking 2 She's looking .... she's following at the moment. She laves looking .. =» ¢hildren, so she has decided to train as a nanny. We have to look... ...to the time when our son will go to university, The new bossis a terrible snob. She looks... vn Of most other people. | didn’t have time to read the newspaper yesterday. | only looked .... - it very quickly. ---wet0 Seeing my cousins again next week. for a new English course. She’s not very satisfied with the one Complete the diagram using words from the opposite page. the end of the exams a eet) = on, without getting involved Ce for the police 4 while she steals the bike our plans for the future and Ss make a decision ACE 5 the veer 9.4. Here are some more phrasal verbs based on look. Read each sentence and try to guess the i enter) belie meaning of the phrasal verb. Use a dictionary if necessary. You could look up the new words in a dictionary. When I was in Boston on business last week | looked up an old friend. After a long recession the economic situation is looking up. Hooked over the report on the way to the meeting. looked through the report and scribbled down a few notes. Detectives are looking into the murder. ounwne English Phrasal Verbs in Use intermediate 23Make + the particles for, out and up Examples: Can you make out the words of this song? When we got to the park, the children made for the swings while | sat on 2 bench. Katie didn’t want to go to the concert, so she made up an excuse about being ill. The children loved Uncle Robert because he was so good at making up new games. Over 30% of the university population is made up of overseas students. Notice how make out with the following three meanings is usvally used with can or could in a negative sentence and is not usually used in the passive. Icouldn’t make out a word he was saying Jack is behaving very strangely at the moment, | just can’t make him out. lean’t make out why my computer wor’t let me save this document. You probably already know that the noun make-up can mean cosmetics, eg My sister never goes out without make-up on, but | only wear it for special occasions. However, make-up, from the verb make up, can also mean the combination of things which form something, eg. The class has an interesting make-up, with students from three continents and 12 different countries. HL) Moke + two particles 24 phrasalverb | meaning ene ‘make upforsth | provide something good in orderto_| The wonderful ood in the restaurant made make a bad situation better up for the rather uncomfortable seats, make ituptosb | do something good for someone who | I forgot Abigail's birthday yesterday, so youhave done something badtoin | have to take her somewhere nice the past, oF to someane who has make it up to her. dane something good for you 1 Verbs in Use Intermediate10.1 10.2 Exercises Read these comments by different people and then answer the questions below by writing the correct name in the box. Theo _|can’t make out what she's saying, can you? Martha | just can't make him out at all, can you? ~ [Lars I treated her a bit insensitively at the party 50 | gave her a present to make up forit. | Logan I made up a story about losing my wallet, so he paid the bill for me. Zara__ | loved the trip. The beautiful scenery made up for the awful roads. 1 Who invented something that was not true? 2. Who said something good had made a bad experience less bad? 3. Who has difficulty hearing something? 4 Who wanted to restore a damaged relationship? 5 Who can’t understand someone's behaviour? Correct the mistakes with the phrasal verbs in these sentences. 1 As soon as we had checked in at the hotel, we made straight at the beach. 2. She made out some story about the bus being late, but I'm sure she just overslept. 3. Why the camera was not working properly could not be made out 8 mT OF Seen by anybody. 4. Harry's very good at making The make-up of the new cabinet clearly reflected the over stories for the children; extreme wing of the party. they love his tales. 5 Can you make what that white thing on the horizon is out? 6 The report is made of three sections up. Over to Use a good dictionary or search the Cambridge University Press dictionary website at http:{/dictionary.cambridge.org to see how many more phrasal verbs with make you can find. Write down three that you particularly want to remember in example sentences. English Phrasal Verbs in Use Intermediate 25