PHRASAL VERB - SLOW DOWN

PHRASAL VERBS => SLOW DOWN
1. To reduce the speed of a vehicle
“Slow down. There are some bumps up ahead”, Patrick told his sister.
2. To make or become slower, esp. a person’s rhythm of work or business
“I think you should slow down. If you keep working this hard, you are going to end up stressed”, Paul’s friend told him.
Business slows down at this time of the year and only picks up again near Christmas.
3. To speak more slowly
“Hey! Slow down! I can’t understand a word you are saying!”, Bill told Mike.

Adjectives - Big or Small

Describing change - adjectives

When talk about changes, we often need to point out how big or rapid these changes have been. To do this, we need to use adjectives.

Phrasal Verbs =>OUT part 2

It's so interesting - Read about the PHRASAL VERB with OUT below:

When you finish your stay in a hotel, you have to check out at reception and pay your final bill.

· I need to check out of my hotel room by 11.

· You check us out whilst I order a taxi for the airport.

If you lock yourself out, you close a door without having the key to get back in.

· Richard managed to lock himself out of his hotel room stark naked.

· I've left the keys in the car and locked myself out.

If you pick something out, you choose it, often with some care.

· Harry has picked out all the cashew nuts and left only the peanuts for me.

· From the thirty candidates, we've picked out seven to interview.

If you reach out for something, you extend your arm to get it (sometimes metaphorically.)

· Drivers have to reach out a long way to insert the ticket in the machine.

· Our present customers are almost all over fifty. We need to reach out to a younger public.

If you rush out, you leave or send out very quickly.

· I wanted to speak to Jane but she rushed out as soon as the meeting was over.

· We rushed out the new catalogue and it is full of spelling errors.

If you throw something out, you get rid of it.

· We need to throw out the terrible printers we have and buy some new ones.

· You shouldn't throw out the baby with the bathwater.

If you warn somebody to look out, it means that there is danger.

· Look out! The boss is on the warpath.

· Look out! There's a radar camera just up ahead.

If you send something out you send it to a lot of people (for example, to a mailing list.)

· I'll be sending out the newsletter early next week.

· Have you sent out the invitations yet?

If someone or something stands out it is very noticeable or is better than similar people or things.

· One candidate stands out from the rest.

· He likes to stand out from the crowd.

If you pour out your (usually sad) feelings or your thoughts, you talk about them very honestly and without holding anything back.

· He poured his heart out to me about his recent divorce.

· Don't hold back. Let it all pour out. It will do you good.

Phrasal Verbs with OUT

If you ask someone out, you invite them out on a date (with the hope of romance between you.)

· I want to ask her out but I am too shy.

· He asked me out on Friday but I told him I had to wash my hair.

If you cut something out, you no longer do it/ eat it etc.

· My doctor told me to cut out dairy products.

· I cut out going to the gym because I did not have the time and now I am fat.

If you eat out, you go to a restaurant.

· He never cooks and always eats out or has a takeaway.

· For my birthday, I would like to eat out somewhere nice.

If you jump out, you come out quickly and suddenly.

· I was walking quietly down the street when this young man jumped out in front of me.

· Stop the car at the corner and I will jump out.

If you keep someone out, you prevent them from entering.

· There is extra security today to keep the protestors out.

· Please keep out of my office. I need some peace and quiet.

If you leave something out, you do not mention it.

· Did you leave anything out or is that the whole story?

· It is just a summary. I left out a lot of the details.

If something slips out, it escapes quickly and quietly.

· I have slipped out of the meeting for a few minutes but I must get back.

· I did not intend to tell him. It just slipped out.

If you squeeze something out , you get it out using force or pressure.

· I can never squeeze out that last bit of toothpaste from the tube.

· I managed to squeeze out of her that the job was offered to Alain.

If you stay out, you do not come home.

· I stayed out all night and I feel terrible.

· We stayed out celebrating until the early hours.

If you walk out , you leave as a sign of protest.

· When we heard their derisory offer, we walked out of the meeting.

· This presentation is dreadful. I have a good mind to walk out.

New Expressions

I WAS BELOW THE BELT.
Meaning=> An unfair, underhand tactic.

TO THROW IN THE TOWEL.

Meaning=> give up.

Marcia Drimus

Tongue Twister

MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOES ARE ROSES BUT MOSES SUPPOSES ERRONEOSLY.


BETTY BOUGHT A BIT OF BUTTER BUT THE BUTTER BETTY BOUGHT WAS BITTER.

PHRASAL VERBS PART 2 – “UP”

If you make a mess, you need to 'clear it up'.

• It was your party. You clear up the mess.
• Don't expect me to clear up after you.

If you need some support, you need somebody to 'back you up'.

• If you report it, I'll back you up.
• Nobody would back me up when I complained.

If there is none left, you have 'used it all up'.

• The ketchup bottle is empty. We must have used it all up.
• We must stop for petrol (or gas!) . We've used it all up.

On a special occasion, you put on fine clothes – you dress up.

• Do we need to dress up for the party?
• I like dressing up and going somewhere fancy.

If you fall behind in your studies, you need to 'catch up'.

• He was ill for two months and is struggling to catch up.
• I need to put in some work to catch up on what I missed.

If you go to bed late, you 'stay up'.

• My student daughter stays up until 3 every day.
• I cannot stay up late. I've got to start early tomorrow.

Perhaps my daughter's parents didn't 'bring her up' correctly.

• She was brought up very strictly.
• He's been very well brought up.

When it's time to finish drinking, you tell everybody to 'drink up'.

• Drink up. We have to leave now.
• It's time to go so drink up.

If you like vegetables as I do, you 'eat them all up' and don't leave any on your plate.

• If you eat up all your carrots, you can have some ice cream.
• I ate up all the chocolate that we had.

If you need some information, you should 'look it up' on Google.

• I looked up the name of the capital of Scotland. It is not Glasgow.