19 июня 2013

Three Word Phrasal Verbs

Cколько в английском языке three word phrasal verbs? Конечно, их меньше, чем two word, и всё же моя попытка составить о них некое представление провалилась, когда я дошла до глагола get — одного из самых употребительных английских фразовых глаголов. Их слишком много.

То, на что у меня хватило терпения, представляю в виде таблицы. Глаголы от A до D. Отобраны по алфавиту, не по частоте употребления.

№	Phrasal Verb	Meaning	Example	Notes
1	Break out of	Escape	Three dangerous Category A prisoners BROKE OUT OF Wandsworth Prison last night.	Inseparable
2	Break out in	Sweat heavily, develop skin sores or irritation	The measles caused me to BREAK OUT IN a rash.	Inseparable
3	Come down with	Fall ill	She CAME DOWN WITH a virus.	Inseparable
4	Add up to	Have a certain result	Trains delays are getting worse and with the high fares, it all ADDS UP TO misery for the commuters.	Inseparable
5	Add up to	Come to a certain amount or figure	The total costs ADD UP TO several million euros.	Inseparable
6	Back out of	Fail to keep an agreement, arrangement	She BACKED OUT OF the agreement at the last minute	Inseparable
7	Back out of	Exit a parking area in reverse gear	She BACKED the Rolls OUT OF its parking space
8	Bang on about	Keep talking about something	He’s always BANGING ON ABOUT football.	Inseparable
9	Be cut out for	Be suitable, have the necessary qualities	She’s not CUT OUT FOR this kind of work	Inseparable
10	Bear down on	Move towards	She spotted him on the other side of the room and BORE DOWN ON him.	Inseparable
11	Bear up under	Cope with something difficult or stressful	He’s BEARING UP UNDER the pressure.	Inseparable
12	Beaver away at	Work hard doing something	I have to BEAVER AWAY AT it or else I will fail the course.	Inseparable
13	Bend over backwards	Do a lot to try to help or please someone	I BENT OVER BACKWARDS for them and they didn’t even thank me.	Intransitive
14	Boil down to	Amount to	It all BOILS DOWN TO money at the end of the day.	Inseparable
15	Bone up on	Study hard for a goal or reason	I need to BONE UP ON my French grammar for the test.	Inseparable
16	Break out in	Sweat heavily, develop skin sores or irritation.	The measles caused me to BREAK OUT IN a rash.	Inseparable
17	Break out of	Escape	Three dangerous Category A prisoners BROKE OUT OF Wandsworth Prison last night.	Inseparable
18	Bring out in	Cause a health problem or reaction	It was the lobster that BROUGHT me OUT in this rash all over my body.	Separable [obligatory]
19	Carry on with	Have an affair	He’s been CARRYING ON WITH someone at work for years.	Inseparable
20	Cash in on	Benefit or make money on something, especially if done unfairly	The opposition party are CASHING IN ON the government’s unpopularity.	Inseparable
21	Cast about for	Try to find something	They’re CASTING ABOUT FOR support.	Inseparable
22	Cast around for	Try to find something	She was CASTING AROUND FOR people to help her.	Inseparable
23	Cast round for	Try to find something	He CAST ROUND FOR any sign of his things.	Inseparable
24	Catch up in	Become involved, often against one’s will	The tourists were CAUGHT UP IN the violence of the revolution.	Inseparable
25	Catch up on	Do something that should have been done earlier	I’m going home to CATCH UP ON my sleep.	Inseparable
26	Catch up on	Reminisce with an old friend after not seeing them for a while	I hadn’t seen her for years, so we spent the afternoon CATCHING UP ON old times.	Inseparable
27	Catch up with	Do something that should have been done earlier	I’m going home to CATCH UP WITH my sleep.	Inseparable
28	Catch up with	Meet someone after a period of time and find out what they have been doing	I CAUGHT UP WITH her at the conference.	Inseparable
29	Chalk up to	Explain the reason for a problem	They CHALKED the poor sales UP TO the lower numbers of tourists visiting this year.	Separable [obligatory]
30	Cheat out of	Get money from someone under false pretences	I hate him- he CHEATED me OUT OF ?100.	Separable [obligatory]
31	Check out of	Settle up and pay before leaving a hotel	Guests have to CHECK OUT OF the hotel before midday.	Inseparable
32	Chip away at	Gradually reduce something to make it less powerful, effective, etc	They have been CHIPPING AWAY AT his reputation ever since he took office.	Inseparable
33	Chow down on	Eat something	We’re going to CHOW DOWN ON that barbecued pork.	Inseparable
34	Clamp down on	Restrict or try to stop something	The government are CLAMPING DOWN ON antisocial behaviour.	Inseparable
35	Cling on to	Try to keep something	They CLUNG ON TO power despite the protests.	Inseparable
36	Close in on	Get near someone	The police were CLOSING IN ON the gang.	Inseparable
37	Close in upon	Get near someone	The police were CLOSING IN UPON the gang.	Inseparable
38	Come down on	Criticise heavily	The management really CAME DOWN ON him for losing the contract.	Inseparable
39	Come down to	Amount to, be the most important aspect	It all COMES DOWN TO a question of who tries hardest.	Inseparable
40	Come down upon	Criticise, reprimand severely	They will COME DOWN UPON us if we are late.	Inseparable
41	Come down with	Fall ill	She CAME DOWN WITH a virus.	Inseparable
42	Come forth with	Provide information	None of the witnesses CAME FORTH WITH an accurate description of the gang.	Inseparable
43	Come into use	Start being used	The computerised system CAME INTO USE at the end of last year.	Intransitive
44	Come off it	I don’t believe what you’re saying; used as an imperative	COME OFF IT; tell me the truth for goodness’ sake.	Inseparable
45	Come out in	Have a rash or similar skin problem	She CAME OUT IN a nasty rash after touching the poisonous plant by mistake.	Inseparable
46	Come out of	Recover consciousness	After three years, he CAME OUT OF the coma.	Inseparable
47	Come out with	Make something available	They have just COME OUT WITH a new version.	Inseparable
48	Come through with	Provide something needed	He didn’t COME THROUGH WITH the money and they went bust.	Inseparable
49	Come through with	Provide something needed	He didn’t COME THROUGH WITH the money and they went bust.	Inseparable
50	Come up against	Encounter problems or difficulties	They CAME UP AGAINST a lot of opposition to their plans for an out-of-town supermarket development.	Inseparable
51	Come up with	Think of a solution, excuse, etc.	Nobody could COME UP WITH a satisfactory explanation for the accident.	Inseparable
52	Contract out of	Formally leave and agreement	I CONTRACTED OUT OF the deal years ago.	Inseparable
53	Crack down on	Use more authority than usual	The police always CRACK DOWN ON drink-driving offences over the Christmas period.	Inseparable
54	Creep out on	To do the same activity for a very long time	He’s been CREEPING OUT ON that computer game all day.	Inseparable
55	Cut back on	Reduce expenditure	The government has decided to CUT BACK ON spending on the armed forces.	Inseparable
56	Cut down on	Reduce	Doctors advised her to CUT DOWN ON the amount of saturated fats in her diet.	Inseparable
57	Cut it out	Stop your unfair or unreasonable behaviour	Will you two idiots CUT IT OUT and keep quiet.	Separable [obligatory]
58	Cut out on	Let down, snub	Although he’d promised to help, the star CUT OUT ON the charity when offered more money.	Inseparable
59	Dine out on	Tell a story repeatedly that is well received	I’ve DINED OUT ON the story of his accident.	Inseparable
60	Do away with	Abolish, get rid of	The United Kingdom DID AWAY WITH the death penalty in 1965.	Inseparable
61	Double up as	Have a second function or purpose	The display screen DOUBLES UP AS a solar panel.	Inseparable
62	Drill down through	Get to the bottom of something, get detailed data	They DRILLED DOWN THROUGH the information to find the truth.	Inseparable
63	Duck out of	Avoid doing something	He DUCKED OUT OF helping us last night.	Inseparable
64	End up with	Get as a result of something	He tried hard but ENDED UP WITH a poor grade.	Inseparable
65	Face up to	Accept an unpleasant truth	Many people find it hard to FACE UP TO the fact that they are getting old.	Inseparable
66	Fall back on	Be able to use in an emergency	It was good to have some money in the bank to FALL BACK ON when I lost my job.	Inseparable
67	Feel up to	Feel capable of doing something	I’m so tired. I don’t think I FEEL UP TO going out tonight.	Inseparable
68	Fill in for	Substitute	I was away for a few days, so they had to get someone to FILL IN FOR me.	Inseparable
69	Fill in on	Give someone information	I’m sorry I missed the meeting; could you FILL me IN ON what happened.	Separable [obligatory]
70	Finish up with	Have or do something at the end or as the last of something	We attended some workshops and FINISHED UP WITH the keynote speaker.	Inseparable
71	Fit in with	Occur or happen in a way that shows that plans or ideas have not changed	His rudeness yesterday FITS IN WITH what I have always thought of his behaviour.	Inseparable
72	Fit out with	Provide someone with necessary equipment	They didn’t FIT the troops OUT WITH the necessary protective gear.	Separable [optional]
73	Fob off on	Make or persuade someone to accept something you don’t want	I FOBBED the work ON the others.	Separable [obligatory]
74	Fob off onto	Make or persuade someone to accept something you don’t want	I FOBBED the fake note ONTO a shopkeeper.	Separable [obligatory]
75	Fob off with	Make or persuade someone to accept something of lower quality than they wanted	He FOBBED her OFF WITH some fake gold.	Separable [optional]
76	Fob off with	Make or persuade someone to accept something of lower quality than they wanted	He FOBBED her OFF WITH some fake gold.	Separable [optional]
77	Follow on from	Be the part of something	The film FOLLOWS ON from the original.	Inseparable
78	Gang up against	Harass, bully (in a group)	They GANGED UP AGAINST me because I wouldn’t accept their ideas.	Inseparable
79	Get across to	Be convincing or make a good impression	How can I GET ACROSS TO my audience?	Inseparable
80	Get ahead of	Move in front of	I work at home in the evening to GET AHEAD OF schedule.	Inseparable
81	Get along in	Progress	How are you GETTING ALONG IN the company.	Inseparable