PHRASAL VERBS UNIT 5

to not take advantage of an opportunity

understand smth after some time

prevenir

if a bad memory or feeling east away at smn, it makes them feel anxious or unhappy
The fear of failure ate away at her confidence before the exam.

to fail to take advantage of, experience

to be the intended recipient of an action, usually negative, like attack, criticism or blame

to make smn make feel ashamed

Le pusieron suero

to stop taking a medication or treatment

eat a great amount of smt

to continue doing smt

to explode

to have repetitive thoughts about smt, especially negative ones

feel sad or low, blue

to dismiss or ignore sth

to suppress or hide your emotions, long term, unhealthy emotional suppression

to lose enthusiasm and energy and to be forced to stop working bc you feel ill

to make smn extremely tired

eg: Looking after three toddlers all day really wears me out.

cause sth to happen

to cause to start of smth, especially an argument or a fight

make smn feel less enthusiastic

to improve your appearance or behavior

You’d better smarten up before the interview — you can’t go in looking like that!

get ready

to cause damage or suffering over time
Years of stress and long working hours finally took their toll on Sarah, and she had a nervous breakdown.

vomit

to be officially accepted into a hospital

to work hard to achieve smt

The company is striving for excellence in customer service.

to pull out ot quit stm

cause smt

remove smt from smw/ to go smw and do smt with smn/to arrange to get smt form a company

to make a progress

to accept or understand an unpleasant or sad situation

ir al punto

get straight to the main point

feel tense, nervous, anxious

to be very excited

give a particular importance

a development

stop trying, often due to lack of success

means to surrender to external pressure or influence nor voluntary choice.

The soldiers refused to give in despite the attack.

to be replaces by smt

to cause something

to cause an unpleasant emotion or problem to begin or grow

rain heavily

to keep from advising to the next stage, grade, level

to treat violently or roughly

The attacker ripped off her necklace and ran.

recover consciousness

die/faint

prepare for smth

betrayed

completely used up

stop doing smt

overlooks/dar a

send out a smell

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