Wednesday, November 28, 2012

GRAMMAR FOUS:


Phrasal verbs:
To pick on: to criticize, annoy, or punish someone repeatedly and unfairly:He gets picked on because he’s small.
To run into: to meet someone by chance.
To dress down: to wear more informal clothes to work than you usually do:Staff have been told that they can dress down on Fridays.
To give in: to decide to do what someone else wants.
To bear down: on someone or sth. to move toward someone or something in a way that is threatening
To tee off: to make someone very angry: It really tees me off when she won’t listen to me.
To load up on sth: to gather a large amount of something:The tourists started loading up on perfume and cosmetics.
To sit in for: to fulfill a responsibility for another person:The vice president will sit in for the president at today’s meeting.

Sentences with phrasal verbs:
We haven’t ruled out the possibility of a cure. (to stop considering something as a possibility )
The competition judges picked out he best display. ( to choose, find, or recognize something or someone in a group )
The little boy’s ears stuck out from under his school cap. ( to reach beyond the surface or edge of something )
Tracy’s boyfriend took her out to the disco
The steam train pulled slowly out of the station. ( to leave )
The royal servants laid out the banquet in the palace. ( to arrange in a pattern or design; to plan something by showing how its parts fit together )
The farmer found it hard to keep the foxes out of the chicken shed.( to prevent something or someone from entering a place )
I can’t quite make out Marcella’s handwriting. ( to see, hear, or understand something or someone with difficulty )
When my favourite sweater wore out, I bought another one just like it.
Just as we set out, there was a clap of thunder. ( to begin to carry out a plan of action )


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