ESTUDE A LISTA DE "PHRASAL VERBS"

Uma tendência natural dos falantes nativos do inglês

Em inglês, para se referir à combinação de um verbo principal com preposições ou advérbios, utiliza-se a denominação genérica de phrasal verb. Entre os falantes nativos desse idioma, existe uma tendência a utilizar os phrasal verbs em lugar dos chamados single-word-verbs, isto é, os verbos propriamente ditos.

Para falar inglês de modo menos formal e mais próximo do cotidiano dos falantes dessa língua, é fundamental conhecer os phrasal verbs. O quadro abaixo apresenta 25 exemplos de uso muito freqüente.

Ask for		Pedir	The police officer is asking for some information.
Back up		Fazer cópia de segurança	Don’t forget to back up your files every day.
Be out of		Não ter; estar sem	She was out of ideas about what to do.
Break down		Pifar; quebrar	The car has broken down – again!
Call off		Cancelar	Please call off my appointments for the rest of the day.
Clean up		Arrumar; organizar	Why haven’t you cleaned up your room yet?
Come back		Voltar de algum lugar	I’ll come back home later tonight, mom.
Come into		Herdar	Sam will come into a million dollars when his wife dies.
Count on		Confiar em	Jerry can always count on his brothers.
Cut down		Reduzir quantidades	OK, I understand you can’t quit smoking – but can’t you try to cut it down?
Deal with		Lidar com pessoa, situação, problema	Don’t count on anybody about this – you must deal with the problem on your own.
Dress up		Vestir-se bem; arrumar-se	It’s an informal dinner – we don’t need to dress up.
Figure out		Entender algo ou alguém	As a matter of fact, this is a mystery to me: I can’t figure it out.
Fill in		Preencher formulário	If you want the job, you’ll need to fill in this application form.
Get over		Sarar; recuperar-se	In order to get over the cold, Elisabeth stayed at home and rested for a week.
Give back		Devolver	Give the book back to him when you’ve finished reading it.
Give up		Parar de fazer alguma coisa; largar	It’s very hard to give up smoking.
Go away		Sair; ir embora	Go away – I don’t want to talk to you now!
Go on		Acontecer	What’s going on here, kids?
Heat up		Esquentar comida	I’ll heat up some soup.
Hold on		Esperar	Hold on, she will be back soon.
Keep on		Continuar	I’ll keep on studying till I pass the exam.
Let down		Decepcionar alguém	We trusted him, but he let us down.
Lie down		Deitar-se	Please lie down – you must rest!
Light up		Iluminar	It’s very dark – would you please light up the way?
Log off	Sair do computador			You must read this article in our website before you log off.
Log on	Entrar no computador			How can I log on if I’ve just forgotten my password?!
Look forward to	Aguardar ansiosamente			I’m looking forward to some rest after so many weeks of hard work.
Look like	Parecer-se com			My son looks just like me.
Make up	Inventar história; criar pretexto			Melvin is always making up excuses to avoid doing his homework.
Pay back	Reembolsar; pagar			I’ll pay you back as soon as I cash the check.
Point out	Apontar; assinalar			Would you be able to point out the boy that stole your purse?
Put away	Guardar no devido lugar			Children never put their toys away after playing.
Put on	Vestir roupa; calçar sapato			Put on your shoes – we must go!
Run away	Escapar			The burglar managed to run away with all our jewels.
Rush in/into	Precipitar-se			Read the contract carefully – you should never rush into signing anything.
Set up	Instalar; montar			Follow the instructions to set up the software on your computer.
Show around	Mostrar algum lugar para alguém			My cousin lived here and showed me around the city.
Shut up	Calar a boca			Shut up – I’m still trying to fix this mess!
Slow down	Desacelerar; ir mais devagar			Please slow down – you’re driving too fast.
Speak up	Falar mais alto			She’s a little deaf, so you must speak up.
Speed up	Acelerar; ir mais rápido			When I was almost reaching him, he speeded the car up.
Stand by	Ficar de prontidão, de reserva			Please stand by in case we need your assistance.
Take away	Levar embora			I ordered two pizzas to take away.
Take back	Devolver; levar de volta			Don’t forget to take these books back to the library.
Take off	Tirar roupas, óculos etc.			Take your sunglasses off – I want see your eyes.
Throw away	Jogar fora			The children cleaned their room up and threw away a lot of old things.
Turn into	Transformar-se em			According to legend, vampires can turn into wolves and bats.
Wake up	Acordar			Wake up – it’s nine o’clock!
Watch out	Tomar cuidado			Watch out! This track is very dangerous!

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