ExampleAnswer back ==> répondre de façon impertinente
Ask after/for ==> demander des nouvelles de quelqu’un
Bring up ==> élever (des enfants) ; mentionner, soulever (une question…)
Carry on ==> continuer, poursuivre
Catch up (with) ==> rattrapper
Cut down ==> réduire
Fill in/up ==> remplir (un formulaire…)
Get away with ==> s’en tirer
Get on ==> aller,marcher
Get on with ==> s’entendre avec quelqu’un
Give back ==> redonner, rendre quelque chose (à son propriétair
Give up ==> renoncer à
Go ahead ==> continuer
Go away ==> partir
Go on ==> poursuivre
Go out ==> sortir ; disparaître ; s’éteindre (des lumières)
Go through ==> souffrir, endurer
Keep off ==> se tenir à l’écart de
Keep on ==> continuer
Knock out ==> assommer quelqu’un
Lock up ==> fermer toutes les portes ; enfermer (quelqu’un ou quelque chose)
Look after ==> s’occuper de
Look for ==> chercher
Look forward to ==> attendre avec impatience
Look up ==> chercher dans un dictionnaire, un annuaire…
Make up ==> inventer, affabuler
Pay back ==> rembourser
Pick out ==> choisir, distinguer
Pick up ==> ramasser, relever ; passer prendre, emmener quelqu’un
Point out ==> indiquer, montrer
Put up with ==> supporter, endurer
Run after ==> poursuivre, courir après
Run away ==> s’enfuir
Send for ==> envoyer chercher, faire venir
Set in ==> commencer
Set out ==> se mettre en route
Stand for ==> représenter
Stand up for ==> défendre (par le discours)
Take off ==> enlever (ses vêtements) ; décoller (avion)
Try on ==> essayer (un vêtement)
Turn down ==> refuser, rejetter (une offre, une demande)
Turn into ==> changer en, transformer en
Turn on/off ==> allumer/éteindres:
Our neighbour’s daughter is excellent at all subjects. Her mother is proud of her.
My sister is really keen on playing the piano.
“Is there anything you’re allergic to?” The doctor asked the patient.
Most people living in rural areas are pessimistic about the future. They feel the situation is getting worse.
Jack was accused of stabbing his wife to death.
The pilot was held responsible for the aircraft crash. He insisted on landing in bad weather conditions.
When will you sit for the entrance examination to the faculty of medicine?
Sara is suffering from insomnia. She’d better see a doctor.
Some Japanese are used to eating raw fish.
Moroccan cuisine is famous for its delicious dishes.
The student apologized for coming late.
Nabil was angry with his sister because she damaged his camcorder.
Although the exam questions were a bit difficult, Ali succeeded in answering all of them.
Examples:
. How are you getting on with your new neighbours? I hope they are as nice as the previous ones.
. The price of petrol has been put up several times over the last two years.
. We can’t have lunch at home. We’ve run out of gas. We’d rather go to a restaurant and have lunch there.
. I’m really thinking of moving to the country. I can’t put up with the city noise any longer.
. Put on your coat. It’s cold outside!
. I’m sorry to be nuisance, but could we put off our meeting until next week?
. The manager is off sick, so we need to call off all his appointments today.
. If you’d like to keep fit, cut down on fatty food and exercise three times a week.
“All country women who are willing to set up their own businesses can now get loans from the bank.” said
the social affaires minister in a recent interview.
. On international flights, passengers need to check in about two hours before departure.
. I’ve put on five kilos since last January. I ought to go on diet.
. I miss you a lot. I’m really looking forward to seeing you soon.
. You needn’t stay at a hotel. We can put you up for a few days. We’ve got a spare room.
. Mr and Mrs Jones, our next door neighbours , are making too much noise. I wonder what’s going on over
there. Perhaps they’re arguing again.
. “You’ll have to give up smoking, otherwise your cough will get worse.” said the doctor to the patient.
. Take off your coat and hang it up in the wardrobe.
. I was rearranging my home library books when I came across an old school report of mine.
. My brother is determined to emigrate somewhere. However, he hasn’t made up his mind which country to
go to.
. Look at these abbreviations, Jacky. Do you know what they stand for?
. Pick up that banana skin from the stairs and put it in the dustbin; somebody might slip on it.
. The aircraft was refused permission to take off because of lack of visibility due to thick fog.
. Look! There’s a job advertisement in this newspaper. Why don’t you apply for it?
. I’ve been waiting here since 4 o’clock. Now it’s round 5 now and he hasn’t turned up yet.
. Sorry, I can’t make out the doctor’s prescription. His handwriting is so terrible.
. Will you please try on these new shoes? I’ve just bought them for you.
. My car engine didn’t start yesterday morning. The battery might have died out.
. Most of NGO’s in Morocco rely on benevolent donations only. They receive no financial support from the government.
. Slow down, will you? Speed limit is limited here. It’s only 40 km.
. “I hope the USA will not carry out its threats to impose new sanctions on our country.” said the Iranian diplomat to a journalist.
. Turn off the tap, will you? You’re wasting too much water these days.
.“Don’t worry! Cheer up! Your son’s all right. He’s out of danger.” The doctor said to Jim’s mother.
. Love between married couples does not last long. It fades away with time.
. Look out! You almost knocked out that old lady. How many times do I have to tell you to drive slowly and
carefully?
. Tommy knew he was in big trouble; so he made up a fabulous alibi to make the police believe he was
innocent.
. One of our classmates is mentally-retarded. He finds it difficult to keep up with the class.
. My parents object to my moving homes and changing jobs now and again. They’d really like me to get
married and settle down once for all.
. When I got back home from work yesterday evening, I was surprised to find out that I had left the front
door unlocked. How careless of me!
. How’s your mother? Has she got over from her illness or is she still in bed?
. It took the fire fighters hours and hours to put out the fire in the forest.
. Let’s get the work done today. I hate putting off thinks to a later time.
. The plane took off on time but landed 20 minutes late due to some technical problems.
. “Could I add an other idea here?” “Sure. Go ahead.”
. I’ll ring you up in case I need you.
. The song you’re listening to dates back to the 70’s. It’s a very nice one.
. Kate has thrown away every single letter her ex-fiancé wrote to her. She hasn’t kept one.
. Although they set off / out early in the morning, they didn’t get to their destination until past midnight.
. “I wonder if you could possibly look after my child while I’m away on holiday?” Mrs Jefferson said to her
aunt.
. I don’t have the company’s phone number. I must look it up in the directory.
. As soon as he finished the telephone conversation, he took off his pyjamas, put on his suit and rushed out.
. The city council is pulling down the old houses and in the city center and converting them into buildings
and shopping centres.
. If you try to open that safe door, the alarm will certainly go off.
Prepositions:
Adjective + preposition combinations:
pleased with certain about good at satisfied with clever at serious about optimistic about fed up with | hopeless at useless at bad at famous for impressed by late for ready for nervous about | capable of covered in frustrated with interested in lacking in skilled at responsible for frightened of | sorry for worried about afraid of fond of proud of different from dependent of terrified of
| keen on astonished at accustomed to allergic to guilty of angry with compatible with etc. |
Verb + preposition combinations:
apologize for complain about deal with congratulate on wait for hear of / from | apply for object to succeed in approve of abide by insist on | suffer from agree with disagree with comply with concentrate on be / get used to | protect (sb.) from warn (sb.) against / about arrest sb. For attribute sth. to etc. |
