TOEFL Sınavına girmeden önce öğrenmeniz gereken Phrasal Verbs Listesini çalışalım.
1. Account for
Meaning: To explain the reason for
Type: Inseparable
Example: Increased pollution may account for climate change.
2. Adhere to
Meaning: Obey
Type: Inseparable
Example: You must adhere to the terms of the contract.
3. Allude to
Meaning: Mention in an indirect way
Type: Inseparable
Example: She kept alluding to our agreement, but she didn’t want to reveal it.
4. Bring on
Meaning: To cause something bad to happen, especially illness
Type: Separable
Example: His heart condition was brought on by his diet.
5. Bring up
Meaning: To start discussing a subject
Type: Separable
Example: She brought the matter up very late so they didn’t have time to discuss it properly.
6. Come about
Meaning: To happen, especially by chance
Type: Inseparable
Example: Increased unemployment has come about through automated production.
7. Cut back
Meaning: To reduce
Type: Inseparable
Example: They are cutting back expenses.
8. Do without
Meaning: To succeed in living or working without
Type: Inseparable
Example: We can do without help from you.
9. Embark on
Meaning: To start a new project or activity, usually one that will be difficult or take time
Type: Inseparable
Example: After graduating from university, she embarked on a career in banking.
10. Follow through
Meaning: To continue doing something until it has been completed
Type: Inseparable
Example: You will need to follow through with some reading if you want to master the subject.
11. Frown upon
Meaning: To not approve of something
Type: Inseparable
Example: Failure to attend classes is frowned upon.
12. Get across
Meaning: To make people understand something
Type: Separable
Example: The teacher managed to get across how important it was to attend lectures.
13. Get around
Meaning: To be heard by a lot of people
Type: Inseparable
Example: News of his promotion got around very fast.
14. Get at
Meaning: To try to suggest something without saying it directly
Type: Inseparable
Example: What are you getting at? Was my presentation too long?
15. Get back
Meaning: To start doing something again after not doing it for a period of time.
Type: Inseparable.
Example: Let’s get back to discussing how this happened.
16. Look forward to
Meaning: To feel happy about something that is going to happen
Type: Inseparable
Example: I’m looking forward to meeting you later.
17. Look into
Meaning: To try to discover facts about something
Type: Inseparable
Example: After several customers complained about late deliveries, they decided to look into the matter.
18. Make of
Meaning: To understand someone or something in a certain way
Type: Inseparable
Example: What do you make of the teacher’s decision to shorten this course?
19. Map out
Meaning: To plan in detail how something will happen
Type: Separable
Example: Her career was mapped out for her when she decided to take that job.
20. Meet up
Meaning: To come together with someone
Type: Inseparable
Example: Let’s meet up and discuss how we are going to go about this project.
21. Narrow down
Meaning: To reduce the number of possibilities
Type: Separable
Example: The detectives narrowed down the list of suspects to just two.
22. Put forward
Meaning: To suggest an idea, opinion so that it can be discussed
Type: Separable
Example: The proposals were put forward last week, but the committee didn’t have time to discuss them.
23. Put off
Meaning: To delay doing something especially when you don’t want to do it
Type: Separable
Example: Are you putting off writing that essay because you can’t concentrate right now?
24. Resort to
Meaning: To do something unpleasant in order to solve a problem
Type: Inseparable
Example: We must resort to legal action of they don’t offer compensation.
25. Rule out
Meaning: To stop considering something as a possibility
Type: Separable
Example: The CEO said that yearly bonuses can be ruled out in light of the financial crisis.
26. Run by
Meaning: To tell someone your ideas so they can give you their opinion
Type: Separable
Example: I have a few ideas for tomorrow’s meeting. Can I run them by you?
27. Talk out of
Meaning: To persuade someone not to do something
Type: Separable
Example: Her parents talked her out of living in a rented flat.
28. Think over
Meaning: To consider a problem carefully
Type: Separable
Example: You should think it over before handing in your resignation.
29. Turn out
Meaning: To develop in a particular way
Type: Inseparable
Example: The presentation turned out well, considering how little you prepared for it.
30. Verge on
Meaning: To almost be in a particular state
Type: Inseparable
Example: His speech was so good, it was verging on genius.