Phrasal verbs represent a practically limitless group of verbs that can be combined with short adverbs or prepositions to produce new meanings. Here are some examples: Phrasal verbs are ubiquitous in ...

Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because it is related to the main verb. Look at this example again. Shall we give away all the old books in the office? The meaning is clearly ...

The preposition, ‘on’, features in a good number of phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb consists of a verb with a preposition or adverb (or both at times), with a meaning different from those of its ...

When I was young I didn't get on with my sister but now we're very good friends. I tried to get on with him but he was rude I found it impossible to be friends with him. His mother was a famous ...