Review: Phrasal Verbs Ex. 9-11

Review: Phrasal Verbs, Ex. 9-11

1. □ a. What does this word mean?   b. I don't know. Why don't you look it up in the dictionary?

    □ He forgot what her address was, so he looked it up in his address book.

    □ He forgot what her phone number was, so he looked it up in the phone book.

2. □ I can't pick you up today. I have to meet with a client. You'll have to take the bus home instead.

    □ Mom, can you pick me up at school at 4:00? I have to stay late, so I'll miss the bus.

    □ OK, we have arrived. You may get off the bus now. Remember, you will have two hours to visit the church and downtown area. The bus will pick you up right here in the same place at 3:00. Don't be late!

3. □ She took two tablets of Tylenol, and then she put the bottle back in the medicine cabinet and closed the door.

    □ He poured himself a glass of wine, and then he put the bottle back in the refrigerator.

    □ After he paid for his purchase, he put his credit card back in his wallet and stuck it in his coat pocket.

4. □ The physician said, "Take off your shirt, please."  Then she put her stethoscope (听诊器, estetoscopio, стетоско́п) on my back and told me to take a big breath (吸入, aspirar, вдыхать).

    □ Before he went to bed, he took off his shirt and pants and hung them up in the closet.

    □ She looked in the mirror. The dress she was wearing had a stain (污 迹, mancha, пятно́) in front, so she took it off, and she put on something else.

5. □ That's a lot of money you want us to spend!  We should all talk it over before we make such a big purchase (购买, la compra, поку́пка).

    □ a. Have you decided which person should get the promotion?  晋 级, ser ascendido, повышение   b. No. Before I make my decision, I would like to sit down with all the managers and talk it over.

    □ a. Is our company going to open a branch (分 支 机 构 , sucursal, филиал) in Beverly Hills?          b. It's possible. The boss is meeting with the department managers tomorrow to talk it over.

4. □ Don't throw away the receipt! We will need it if we want to return the items (=things) we bought.

    □ Don't throw away those old clothes! We can give them to a charity* that helps the homeless.
*慈 善 机 构, organización benéfica, благотворительная организация

    □ What are you doing? Don't throw away that paper! We can recycle it.

5. □ Could you turn down that music?!!! I have a terrible headache.

    □ Excuse me, honey. Could you turn down the TV? I'm trying to talk on the phone, and I can't hear.

    □ The room was too bright, so he used the dimmer switch (调光器, potenciómetro, регулятор освещённостиto) to turn down the lights. He wanted a more romantic atmosphere. (气 氛, ambiente, атмосфера)

6. □ You aren't going to turn down their offer, are you?! Lots of people would give their right arm for a job like that. It pays well, and it's secure*. *Safe. You don't need to worry about losing your job.

    □ I can't decide if I should accept the job offer or turn it down. I could learn a lot of new skills 
       (工作技能, habilidades, destrezas, на́вык) on the job, but the salary is low.

    □ They offered him the job, but he turned it down because he didn't want to have such a long commute.

7. □ If you churn (=mix) heavy cream for a long time, it will turn into butter.

    □ The witch waved her wand (魔杖,varita mágica, волше́бная па́лочка), and the handsome prince turned into a frog!

    □ Last year I went back to the little village where I grew up. I couldn't believe my eyes! Over the last twenty years*, it has turned into a big, modern city.  *in the time between 20 years ago and now

8. □ The two co-workers didn't get along with each other at all (和 睦 相 处, 与 某 人 相 处 融 洽, llevarse bien con, они́ ла́дят ме́жду собо́й), and it was causing problems in the office. Finally, the boss told them they needed to work out their problems. If they didn't, they might both get fired.

    □ He and his wife don't get along with each other (和 睦 相 处, 与 某 人 相 处 融 洽, llevarse bien con algn, они́ ла́дят ме́жду собо́й). In fact, they have been seeing a marriage counselor in order to work out their problems.

    □ Didn't you hear? They got divorced. They just couldn't work out their problems.

9. □ Do you have a pencil? I need to write down her phone number so I don't forget it.

    □ The sign in the window said for rent: 1-bedroom apt. $1,200/mo. I took out my pen, and I wrote down the phone number so I could call up and ask about it.

    □ It was a hit-and-run¹ accident. Fortunately, somebody wrote down the license plate² number and gave it to the police. ¹ 交通肇事后逃逸, que se da a la fuga tras atropellar a algn, водитель, который, сбив пешехода, уезжает с места происшествия  ² 车 牌 照,  matrícula/placa, номерной знак