English phrasal verbs with meaning -Alphabet: Learn the
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| English phrasal verbs in use with meaning -Alphabet A |
Regular and irregular verbs in use – Alphabet A
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Account
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To consider as being; deem.
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Ache
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To feel, suffer, or be the source of a continuous
dull pain
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Act
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To play the part of; assume the dramatic role of
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Add
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To join or unite so as to increase in size,
quantity, quality, or scope
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Agree
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To come into or be in accord, as of opinion
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Aim
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To direct toward or intend for a particular goal or
group
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Allow
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To let do or happen; permit
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Angle
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To fish with a hook and line / To try to get
something by indirect or artful means
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Answer
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To speak, write, or act as a return, as to a
question.
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Argue
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To persuade or influence (another), as by presenting
reasons
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Ask
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-To put a question to
-To seek an answer to
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Regular and irregular phrasal verbs in use – Alphabet A
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Account for
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-To constitute the governing or primary factor in
-To explain
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Ache for
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Want something or someone a lot
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Act on
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-To take action because of something like
information received
-Affect
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Act out
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-Perform something with actions and gestures.
- Express an emotion in your behaviour
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Act up
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Behave badly or strangely
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Act upon
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-To take action because of something like
information received
- Affect
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Add on
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Include in a calculation
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Add up
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- To make a mathematical total
- Be a satisfactory explanantion for something
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Add up to
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-Have a certain result
- Come to a certain amount or figure
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Agree with
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- Affect
-usually used in the negative to show that something
has had a negative effect, especially is it makes you feel
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Aim at
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- To target
- Intend to achieve
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Allow for
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Include something in a plan or calculation
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Allow of
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Make possible, permit
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Angle for
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Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or
suggesting
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Answer back
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To reply rudely to someone in authority
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Answer for
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-Be held responsible for a problem
- Speak on behalf of someone or from knowing them
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Argue down
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- Beat someone in a debate, discussion or argument
- Persuade someone to drop the price of something
they're selling
- Try to persuade people not to accept a
proposition, motion..
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Argue out
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Argue about a problem to find a solution
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Ask about
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Ask how someone is doing, especially professionally
and in terms of health
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Ask after
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Enquire about someone's health, how life is going
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Ask around
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-Ask a number of people for information of help
- Invite someone
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Ask for
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- To provoke a negative reaction
- Request to have or be given
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Ask in
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To invite somebody into your house
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Ask out
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To invite someone for a date
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Ask over
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Invite
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Ask round
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Invite someone
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Auction off
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Sell something in an auction
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