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English Phrasal Verbs. What is a Phrasal Verb? Phrasal verbs (also called multi-word verbs) are idiomatic expressions, combining verbs and prepositions to make new verbs whose meaning is often not obvious from the dictionary definitions of the individual words. They are widely used in both written and spoken English, and new ones are formed all the time as they are a flexible way of creating new terms.
A phrasal verb consists of a verb and a preposition or adverb that modifies or changes the meaning; 'give up' is a phrasal verb that means 'stop doing' something, which is very different from 'give'. The word or words that modify a verb in this manner can also go under the name particle. Phrasal verbs can be divided into groups: Intransitive verbs These don't take an object Example: They had an argument, but they've made up now. Inseparable verbs The object must come after the particle. Example: They are looking after their grandchildren. Separable verbs In our phrasal verb list, we classify these as Separable [optional] THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY - by AMBROSE BIERCE. ABASEMENT, n. A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth of power. Peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer.
ABATIS, n. Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside. ABDICATION, n. An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne. Poor Isabella's Dead, whose abdication Set all tongues wagging in the Spanish nation. ABDOMEN, n. ABILITY, n. ABNORMAL, adj. ABORIGINIES, n. By Abracadabra we signify An infinite number of things. Jamrach Holobom ABRIDGE, v.t. When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for people to abridge their king, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. Oliver Cromwell ABRUPT, adj.
ABSCOND, v.i. Spring beckons! Phela Orm ABSENT, adj. To men a man is but a mind. Jogo Tyree ABSENTEE, n. ABSOLUTE, adj. ABSTAINER, n. ABSURDITY, n. ACADEME, n. ACADEMY, n. P.S.