quinta-feira, 27 de outubro de 2011

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.

Nenhum comentário: