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Продвинутый English Advanced English Newsletter #179


A warm welcome to all subscribers! Здравствуйте, уважаемые подписчики!
Выпуск #180
 "ПРОДВИНУТЫЙ ENGLISH" 06/06/22
Электронные записки для изучающих английский язык
Dear subscribers!

Let's recall that a phrasal verb combines a normal verb with an adverb or a preposition to create an entirely different meaning, unrelated to the component words. There is often a single verb with the same meaning as the given phrasal verb, and those learning English by books may sometimes prefer to rely on those one-word verbs at an early stage of their learning journey. For example,

  • give in = accede: The government gave in (acceded) to the military pressure.
  • put out = extinguish: Too big to be put out (extinguished) at once, the forest fires at best could be contained.
  • give out = die: The engine gave out (died, broke down etc) on the way to town.

To complicate matters further, phrasal verbs often have multiple meanings. Regardless of your current level of English proficiency, if you look through more or less comprehensive lists of phrasal verbs readily available for English learners, there may always be something new, be it a new meaning of a well-known phrasal verb or a phrasal verb that you never came across before. And that's why I like glancing over such lists from time to time.

The list I used last time is this List of 390 Most Useful English Phrasal Verbs with Definitions| LOI English, which provides the most common meaning, the total number of all meanings, and examples of use for each of them.

Some of my highlights are:

  • to butt in = to interrupt a conversation or activity;
  • to chicken out = to refrain from doing something because of fear;
  • to feel up to = to have/don't have the energy and confidence to do something;
  • to get back at = to get revenge;
  • to lay off = to end a worker's employment.

There are many more places that I paused at while scanning the above collection of 390 phrasal verbs, but it's certainly best if you create your own list of phrasal verbs that you feel you did not use enough recently.

Best regards,
Andrey Kostenko

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