Unit 26 - Phrasal Verbs

Front 1

Centre around

Back 1

if smth centres around smth/smn, or if you centre smth around them, they are its main subject of attention/interest

Hint 1

The book centres around a woman who becomes an astronaut.

Front 2

Get into

Back 2

1) start enjoying smth or get enthusiastic about it

2) if a 🚆, plane, etc gets into a place, it arrives there

3) become involved in a bad situation

Hint 2

1) It took me a while to get into this CD, but now I listen to it all the time.

2) What time do we get into Norwich?

3) Craig started to get into crime while he was still at school.

Front 3

Go in for

Back 3

1) enjoy a particular thing or activity

2) choose smth as a subject of study or as your career

Hint 3

1) My dad doesn't really go in for parties.

2) I'm going to go in for dentistry.

Front 4

Go off

Back 4

1) stop liking smn/smth

2) explode or be fired

3) leave a place, especially for a particular purpose

4) if food or drink goes off, it is no longer fresh

Hint 4

1) I've gone off peanuts, for some reason.

2) A bomb has gone off in the shopping mall.

3) Pete has just gone off to get some chewing gum.

4) Does this milk smell it's gone off to you?

Front 5

Grow on

Back 5

if smth/smn grows on you, you start to like them more

Hint 5

I didn't like the painting at first, but it's growing on me.

Front 6

Hang out

Back 6

1) spend time in a particular place or with particular people

2) lean out of a window so that the top part of your body is outside

Hint 6

1) We often just hang out at each other's 🏠-s.

2) Don't hang out of the window or you'll fall!

Front 7

Keep up

Back 7

1) continue to do smth

2) move at the same speed as smn/smth

Hint 7

1) I don't think I can afford to keep up my piano lessons.

2) Dan walks do fast that it's not easy to keep up with him.

Front 8

Laze around

Back 8

relax and enjoy yourself, doing no work

Hint 8

I'm just planning to laze around this weekend.

Front 9

Mess about/around

Back 9

1) spend time doing things in a relaxed way

2) behave in a silly way

Hint 9

1) There's nothing I like better than messing around in the garden.

2) Mrs Evans asked the children to stop messing around.

Front 10

Pick up

Back 10

1) learn a new skill or start a habit without intending to

2) go and meet smn/smth that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle

Hint 10

1) I picked up Chinese when I was living there.

2) I'll pick you up at twelve.

Front 11

Put in

Back 11

spend a particular amount of time doing smth, or make a particular amount of effort in order to do smth

Hint 11

Bob has put in a lot of hard work on this project.

Front 12

Seek out

Back 12

find smn/smth by looking for them in a determined way

Hint 12

The dogs are trained to seek out drugs.

Front 13

Take in

Back 13

include something

Hint 13

The tour takes in some incredible scenery.

Front 14

Take off

Back 14

1) have a particular amount of time away from work

2) become successful or popular very fast

Hint 14

1) Can I take next Friday off?

2) The new design took off immediately.

Front 15

Take out

Back 15

take someone to a place like a cinema or a restaurant and usually pay for them

Hint 15

On my birthday, I took everyone out bowling.

Front 16

Warm up

Back 16

prepare for a sport or activity by doing gentle exercises or practising just before it starts

Hint 16

It's very important to warm up before you exercise.