SESSION 1 on PHRASAL VERBS : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
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Understanding Phrasal Verbs : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Understanding Phrasal Verbs Verb + Prepositions (from, to, with, after…)
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Verb + Adverb (out, up, about, away…)
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Verb + Preposition+ Adverb
Look After, Look Around, Look Up To
Come About : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come About to happen, especially in a way that is not planned
e.g. The opportunity to get into computing came about quite by accident.
e.g. I have to organize the school fair again this year, I am not quite sure how that came about.
Come Across : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come Across 1. Come Across Somebody/Something: to meet, find, or discover someone or something by chance: e.g. I came across an old diary in her desk. I've never come across anyone quite like her before.
2. If an Idea Comes Across Well, it is easy for people to understand: e.g. Your point really came across at the meeting.
3. If someone comes across in a particular way, they seem to have particular qualities come across as e.g. He comes across as a very intelligent, sensitive man.
4. Come across with something: to provide money or information when it is needed: e.g. the judge hopes that the boy comes across with a few important facts related to the case.
Come After Somebody : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come After Somebody to look for someone in order to hurt them, punish them, or get something from them:
e.g. You started the fight. Now you should not be afraid if he comes after you.
Come Along : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come Along 1 be coming along: to be developing or making progress [= progress: e.g. He opened the microwave door to see how the cake was coming along.
2 to appear or arrive: e.g. Get ready, the guests should come along any minute now. E.g. Take any job opportunity that comes along.
3 a) to go to a place with someone: e.g. We're going to the market - do you want to come along?
b) to go somewhere after someone: e.g. You go on ahead - I'll come along later.
4 come along!
a) used to tell someone to hurry up [= come on]:
Come along! We're all waiting for you!
b) used to encourage someone to try harder [= come on]:
Come along! Don't give up yet!
Come Apart : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come Apart 1 to split or fall into different pieces:
e.g. It’s not my fault. I picked the magazine up and it came apart in my hands.
2 to begin to fail:
e.g. You have noticed it now but the others knew that the project had started coming apart from January itself.
Come Around/ Come Round : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come Around/ Come Round 1 To come to someone's home or the place where they work in order to visit them : e.g. I'll come a/round today evening and discuss the matter in detail. E.g. Why don't you come a/round for dinner?
2 to change your opinion so that you now agree with someone or are no longer angry with them: e.g. It took me a while to come around to the idea.
3 If a regular event comes around, it happens as usual: e.g. By the time Christmas came around, our school had declared a long break.
4 To become conscious again after you have been unconscious: e.g. A nurse was with me when I came a/round after the operation.
Come back : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come back to return to a particular place or person [= return]: e.g. I had to come back because I missed my hometown.
to become fashionable or popular again [↪ comeback]:
e.g. High heels are coming back into fashion.
3 to appear or start to affect someone or something again [= return]: e.g. The pain in her left arm came back again.
4 if something comes back to you, you remember it or remember how to do it: e.g. As I walked the school corridors, the memories came flooding back to me.
5 to reply to someone quickly, often in an angry or unkind way [↪ comeback]: come back at e.g. She came back at me immediately, accusing me of being a liar.
Come down : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come down 1(a) if a price, level etc comes down, it gets lower: e.g. It looks as if petrol prices will come down again this month.
b) to accept a lower price : come down to e.g. He has quoted $50, but he may be willing to come down to $45.
2 if someone comes down to a place, they travel south to the place where you are: e.g. I am sure you enjoy staying in the hills but you must come down for the weekend sometime.
3 to fall to the ground: e.g. A lot of green apples came down due to the storm.
4 come down on the side/ favor of somebody/something to decide to support someone or something: e.g. The committee came down in favour of making the information public.
5 to start to feel normal again after you have been feeling very happy and excited: e.g. He was on a real high all last week and he's only just come down.
Come down on somebody : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come down on somebody to punish someone or criticize them severely:
e.g. We need to come down hard on students who break discipline.
Come down to : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come down to If a complicated situation or problem comes down to something, that is the single most important thing:
E.g. It all comes down to money in the end.
Or Depend mostly upon or be influenced most by
E.g. I have to go either today or tomorrow. I guess in the end the decision will come down to what happens during the meeting
if something old has come down to you, it has been passed between people over a long period of time until you have it: e.g. As a family tradition, the necklace came down to the new daughter-in-law of the house.
Come from : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come from 1 if you come from a place, you were born there or lived there when you were young: e.g. I come from India originally.
2 to be obtained from a place, thing, or person, or to start or be made somewhere: e.g. My information comes from a very reputable source.
3 to happen as the result of doing something come from doing something: e.g. Most of her problems come from the stress she takes.
4 coming from him/her/you etc someone should not criticize another person for doing something, because they have done the same thing themselves: e.g. You think I'm too selfish? That's strange coming from you!
5 where somebody is coming from: the basic attitude or opinion someone has, which influences what they think, say, or do: e.g. I see where you're coming from now.
Come in : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come in 1 if a train, bus, plane, or ship comes in, it arrives at a place: e.g. What time does the bus come in?
2 if money or information comes in, you receive it: e.g.
The company hasn’t got enough money coming in.
3 to be involved in a plan, deal etc: e.g. You all need to improve your English that's where I come in.
4 to join in a conversation or discussion: e.g. Can I come in here and add something to what you're saying?
5 to become fashionable or popular: e.g. Long dresses really became popular in the 1990s, when synthetic linen came in.
6 to finish a race: e.g. His horse came in second.
7 if the tide comes in, the sea moves towards the land and covers the edge of it.
Come into something : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come into something 1. to receive money, land, or property from someone after they have died: e.g. The lawyer knew she'll come into quite a lot of money when her father dies.
2. to be involved in something: e.g. Priya doesn't come into all this. This fight is between you and me.
3. come into view/sight you begin to see it: e.g. The mountains were just coming into view.
4. not come into it something is not important: e.g. Money doesn't really come into it. It’s more about my ethics.
6 come into your own to become very good, useful, or important in a particular situation: e.g. When you need to cook meals fast, a really comes into its own.
Come out : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come out 1 if something comes out, it is removed from a place: e.g. Let your shirt soak overnight and the stain will probably come out.
2 if information comes out, people learn about it, especially after it has been kept secret: e.g. If the story about the Prime Minister comes out, he’ll have to resign.
3 if a photograph comes out, it shows a clear picture: E.g. The wedding photos have come out really well.
if a book, record etc comes out, it becomes publicly available: e.g. I am eagerly waiting for this author’s next book to come out.
if something comes out in a particular way, that is what it is like after it has been made or produced or said: e.g. I've made a cake, but it hasn't come out very well.
e.g. I tried to explain everything to her, but it came out all wrong (=not in the way I intended).
Come out (cont.) : namrata_arora@rediffmail.com
namrataaro@gmail.com Come out (cont.) 6 if someone comes out in a particular way, that is the situation they are in at the end of an event or series of events: e.g. She came out of the divorce quite well.
7 to be easy to notice: e.g. His strong opinion on terrorism came out in the later part of his speech.
8. to say publicly that you strongly support or oppose a plan, belief etc. come out in favor of e.g. The Board of Directors has come out in favor of a merger. come out against e.g. Teachers have come out against the proposed changes.
9. if the sun, moon, or stars come out, they appear in the sky: e.g. The sky cleared and the sun came out.
10 if a flower comes out, it opens: e.g. The roses were just starting to come out.
11 to refuse to work, as a protest: e.g. We decided to come out on strike.