Phrasal Verbs: Definitions and Examples
Common Phrasal Verbs
Phrasal verbs are combinations of verbs and prepositions or adverbs. Understanding them is crucial for fluency in English. Here’s a list of common phrasal verbs and their meanings:
- Look up: Admire
- Come across: Find
- Find out: Discover
- Grow up: Get bigger or taller
- Do without: No need
- Catch up with: Capture
- Get out of: Escape
- Help out: Give a hand
- Take up: Continue with something
- Get ahead: Advance
- Try out: Make an attempt
- Open up: Reveal
- Move on: Advance
- Keep something to oneself: Not tell
Object Descriptions and Mechanics Vocabulary
Describing an Object
Key vocabulary:
- Thickness: grosor
- Depth: profundo
- Height: altura
- Width: ancho
- Steel: acero
- Wood: madera
- Rubber: goma
- Copper (solid): macizo
- Iron: hierro
Examples:
- A solid wooden block has a height of 5cm, a length of 10cm, and a width of 4cm.
- A hollow aluminum block is 0.72cm long, 0.2cm thick, and 0.32cm wide.
Mechanical Actions
Block B rests on a slope. A string is attached to one end of the block and passes over a pulley at the top of the slope. A weight (W) is suspended from the end of
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Essential Vocabulary
Unit 1: Technology
- Charging a mobile phone
- Uploading photos
- Checking messages
- Designing software
- Using a landline phone
- Accessing the internet
- Search engine
- Social networking site
- Mobile network
- Power
- Crashes
- Social media
- Post updates
- Account
- Post comments
- Tweets
- Wireless technology
- Develop
- Delete
- Out-of-date
- Gadget
- User-friendly
- Save
- Up-to-date
- Device
- Store information
- Do a search
- Go viral
- Download apps
- Solve a problem
- Go online
- Laptop
- Screen
- Digital camera
- Webcam
- Headphones
- Keyboard
- Scanner
- Printer
- Tablet
Unit 2:
Read MorePhrases for Informal Letters and Emails
Starting an Informal Letter or Email
- I’m sorry I haven’t written / haven’t been in touch for such a long time.
- It’s ages since I’ve heard from you. I hope you’re well / you and your family are well.
- How are things? / How are you? / How’s it going?
Other Useful Phrases
Referring to News
- Great news about… Glad to hear that… Sorry to hear about…
Giving News
- Listen, did I tell you about…? You’ll never believe what…
- Oh, and another thing… This is just to let you know that…
- I thought you
Maritime English Phrases for Seafarers: Essential Communication
Essential Maritime English Phrases for Seafarers
- Where do you work?
- I work onboard, but I do not work on deck. I work in the engine room.
- The galley boy cleans the cabins.
- The captain speaks Spanish (Español).
- A foot is twelve inches.
- Do you want to come to the office?
- Be careful, those fathoms and charts are in feet, not meters.
- This small ship does not go to South Africa; she always goes to Argentina.
- Ashore
- Do you work?
- The oilers do not wash the holds.
- The speed is now twelve knots.
- What does the cook do
Personal Growth and English Vocabulary
Unit 3: Take the Initiative
Take the initiative, live your own life (vive tu propia vida), play it safe (estar a salvo), take the easy option, rise to challenges (desafiar), overcome setbacks (superar obstaculos). Take charge of your own life; don’t just sit back (mirarlo de lejos); it’s up to you (tu decides). Are you cynical (cínico), optimistic, realistic, generous, pessimistic, selfish, kind, proactive (active), sensible (sensato), mean (tacaño), rash (impulsivo), sensitive (sensible), nasty
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