Fórum de Inglês - English Experts

[Alessandro]

Todos os verbos marcados com asterisco (*) são não-separáveis, por exemplo: “I called on Dan” é o correto e não “I called Dan on”. Os demais verbos podem ser usados juntos ou separados: “I brought the children up” OU “I brought up the children”, as duas formas podem ser usados. Para facilitar, tenha em mente que a maioria pode ser separado.

* Ask out: ask someone to go on a date
* Bring about: cause
* Bring up: 1) rear children 2) mention or introduce a topic
* Call back: return a telephone call
* Call in: ask to come to an official place for a special reason
* CALL OFF: cancel
* Call on*: 1) visit 2) ask a student a question in class
* Call up: call on the telephone
* CATCH UP (WITH)*: reach the same position or level as someone
* Check in*: register at a hotel
* Check into*: investigate
* Check out: 1) borrow a book from a library 2) investigate
* Cheer up: make (someone) feel happier
* Clean up: make clean and orderly
* Come across*: find by chance
* Cross out: draw a line through
* Cut out: stop an annoying activity
* Do over: repeat
* DROP BY*: visit informally
* Drop in (on)*: visit informally
* Drop off: leave something/someone somewhere
* Drop out (of)*: stop going to school or class
* Figure out: find the answer by logic
* Fill out: complete a form
* Find out: discover information
* Get along (with)*: to have a good relationship with
* Get back (from): 1) return from somewhere 2) receive again
* Get in, get into*: 1) enter a car 2) arrive
* Get off*: leave any vehicle
* Get on*: enter any vehicle
* Get out of*: 1) leave a car 2) avoid some unpleasant activity
* Get over*: recover from an illness
* Get through*: finish
* Get up*: arise from bed, a chair etc.
* Give back: return something to someone
* Give up: stop doing something
* Go over*: review or check
* Grow up*: become an adult
* HAND IN: submit an assignment
* Hang up: 1) stop a telephone conversation 2) put up clothes on a line or a hook
* Have on: wear
* Keep out (of): not enter
* Keep up (with)*: stay at the same position or level
* Kick out (of): force (someone) to leave
* Look after*: take care of
* LOOK INTO*: investigate
* Look out (for)*: be careful
* Look over: review or check
* Look up: look for information in a reference book
* Make up: 1) invent 2) do past work
* Name after: give a baby the name of someone else
* Pass away*: die
* Pass out: 1) distribute 2) lose consciousness
* Pick out: select
* Pick up: 1) go to get someone 2) take in one’s hand
* Point out: call someone’s attention to
* Put away: remove to an appropriate place
* Put back: return to original position
* Put off: postpone
* Put on: dress
* Put out: extinguish a cigarette, fire
* Put up with*: tolerate
* Run into: meet by chance
* Run across: find by chance
* Run out (of): finish a supply of something
* Show up*: appear, come to
* Shut off: stop a machine, equipment, light etc.
* Take after*: resemble
* Take off: 1) remove clothing 2) leave on a trip 3) leave the ground (aeroplane)
* Take out: 1) take someone on a date 2) remove
* Take over: take control
* Take up: begin a new activity
* TEAR DOWN: demolish, reduce to nothing
* Tear up: tear into many little pieces
* Think over: consider
* Throw away: discard; get rid of
* Throw out: discard; get rid of
* Throw up: vomit
* Try on: put on clothing to see if it fits
* Turn down: decrease volume
* Turn in: 1) submit classwork 2) go to bed
* Turn off: stop a machine, equipment, light etc.
* Turn on: start a machine, equipment, light etc.
* Turn out: extinguish a light
* Turn up: increase volume or intensity

Fonte: http://www.inglespraque.com/2006/12/19/ ... is-usados/

[donay mendonça]

Hello Alessandro,

Great tip!