Phrasal verbs
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Meaning in spanish
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Example
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Put about
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Diseminar, hacer
correr/ dar a entender que..., hacer creer que..., hacer correr el rumor de
que.../ hacer virar/ virar, cambiar de bordada,.
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Dean's trying to put his ideas across, but I can't
understand them.
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Put across
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Comunicar/ hacer
entender/ hacer aceptar/ presentar/ cerrar/ engañar a uno, embaucar a uno/
dar una paliza a uno/ impresionar con su personalidad/ presentarse de manera
eficaz/ comunicar eficazmente lo que uno quiere decir.
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Dean's trying to put his ideas
across, but I can't understand them.
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Put apart
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Separar a alguien de
otras personas.
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Put aside
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Rechazar, desechar,
dejar, poner a un lado/ dejar de lado, poner a parte/ guardar, poner aparte,
ahorrar/ devolver a su lugar/ poner en el garaje/ envainar/ guardar/
desechar/ descartar, repudiar/ encarcelar, recluir en un manicomio/ alojar/
zamparse.
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Put the books you need aside, I'll
take the rest to Bob.
Haz a un lado los
libros que necesites, el resto se los llevaré a Bob
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Put back
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Devolver a su lugar/
restituir, volver a poner/ guardar/ volver/ restituir/ dejar/ retrasar/
aplazar/ beberse/ volver a puerto.
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You can take the book, but then put it back on the
shelf.
Puedes tomar el libro,
pero luego ponlo de nuevo en el estante.
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Put by
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ahorrar, tener dinero
ahorrado
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Peter has been putting money by so
he can come to Brazil with us.
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Put down
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poner en tierra/ poner
en el suelo/ depositar/ bajar/ soltar/ dejar/ dejar apearse/ déjalo/
suéltalo/ poner en tierra/ cerrar/ pagar como desembolso inicial/ poner en
cava/ suprimir/ sofocar/ dominar/ hacer callar/ dejar sin réplica posible,
humillar/ apuntar, poner por escrito/ degradar, pasar a una división
inferior/ atribuir/ considerar/ sacrificar.
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The teacher asked us to put our names down on
another list.
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Put forth
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alargar/ tender/
extender/ echar/ emplear, desplegar.
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The little girl put her hand forth
and gave her brother a balloon.
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Put forward
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nombrar, presentar,
proponer/ hacer/ presentar, proponer, exponer/adelantar/ ofrecerse con poca
modestia, ponerse en evidencia, llamar la atención sobre sí.
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Joey put his theory forward in class, but it was not
accepted.
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Put in
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meter, introducir/
insertar/ interponer/ presentar, aducir/ votar a, elegir/ dedicar, instalar,
conectar/ plantar, sembrar/ entrar a puerto, hacer escala en un puerto/
presentarse a un puesto, solicitar un puesto.
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I had a new CD-ROM drive put in in
my computer last week
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Get about
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moverse, desplazarse,
salir/ viajar/ difundirse.
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It got about that Charlie has proposed to Angela.
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Get across
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cruzar/ atravesar/
hacer comprender, hacer entender/ hacerse entender.
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That door gets across my room and
Jonathan's room.
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Get ahead
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adelantar, progresar.
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Sally's really getting ahead in the investigation.
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Get along
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arreglárselas,
apañárselas/ marcharse, irse.
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Sid doesn't want Bob to come, he
doesn't get along with him
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Get along with
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llevarse (bien) con/
marchar, ir con.
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I don't get along with my sister- we have nothing in
common.
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Get around
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moverse, desplazarse/
viajar/ difundirse/ evitar, sortear.
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I'd love to get around more, I
always stay here for my holidays.
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Get around to
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encontrar tiempo para.
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I'd appreciate it if you don't get around that I
broke up with John.
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Get at
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alcanzar, llegar a/
insinuar/ criticar/ meterse con.
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Martha has changed her statement.
I think she has been got at.
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Get away
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escaparse, irse/
alejar, quitar, sacar.
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Her boss told her to get away for a couple of days
and rest
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Get away with
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salir impune de.
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The kids weren't allowed to go
outside, but they managed to get away.
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Have on
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llevar puesto,-a/ tomar
el pelo a.
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Look at Martha... She has Jenny's dress on.
Mira a Martha, lleva
puesto el vestido de Jenny
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Have out
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sacarse/ operarse de.
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I should have it out with Dan, he
could explain his odd behaviour to me.
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Have against
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estar en desacuerdo con
alguien o algo por una razón en particular,
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I have nothing against Joey, but I don't like his
manners.
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Have around / round
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tener cerca, contar con
, invitar a
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We could have Sarah and George
around for Christmas, don't you think?
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Have down as
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creer que alguien es
cierta clase de persona, especialmente cuando no lo es
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I didn't know Paul was a singer, in fact, I had him
down as a writer.
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Have in
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invitar a alguien a tu
casa o trabajo
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We should have somebody in to fix
the leak in the kitchen.
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Have off
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tomarse un tiempo fuera
del trabajo
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Call your sister! I'll have a week off so we could
visit her.
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Have over
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tener visitas en casa
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You won't believe it, but I had
Stephanie over last night.
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Have up
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llevar a alguien a
juicio
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Harry has been had up for briberies in the company.
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turn against
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poner en contra,
ponerse en contra
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I won't be turned against my
husband, no matter what you tell me!
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Turn around
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volverse
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Ann was so beautiful that all the men turned around
to look at her
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Turn away
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(a) no dejar entrar (b)
volver la espalda o la mirada
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Please turn away all the new visitors,
there's no more room.
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Turn back
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volverse, hacer regresar, devolver
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We'll have to turn back to the house. I forgot my
bag on the table.
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Turn down
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(a) rechazar (b) bajar,
reducir
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Al turned down a great job offer
because he had to move to Rome.
Al rechazó una gran
oferta de trabajo porque tenía que mudarse a Roma.
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Turn in
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acostarse
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If you are so tired, why don't you turn in?
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Turn inside out
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dar vuelta
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Let's turn his drawers inside out
to see if we find the money you lost.
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Turn into
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convertirse
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It's so naive of you to think that Tony will turn
into a faithful man.
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Turn off
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apagar, desenchufar, desconectar
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Did you remember to turn the oven
off before leaving?
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Save up
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ahorrar
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Michael is saving up money to buy Eliza a beautiful
bunch of roses.
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Saw up
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cortar con serrucho
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You should ask Geoffrey to saw up
the branch.
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Scale down
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reducir
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We're wasting too much money, we should scale down
some expenses.
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Scrape along
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arreglárselas más allá
de las dificultades
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After losing her job, Kate scraped
along selling handicrafts
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Scrape off
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quitar grasa, pintura, etc
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I will scrape the paint off before somebody slides.
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martes, 22 de octubre de 2013
phrasal verbs
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