Inglês

Phrasal verbs (1)

Uma tendência natural dos falantes nativos do inglês

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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-verbos, 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?