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29 phrasal verbs you should know

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  20 Phrasal Verbs  Common phrasal verbs you should know: 1.  give up   (darse por vencido/dejar de)  – put it on the top shelf (I’ve given up bread) 2.  grow up   (crecer)  – plants grow, people grow up – Where did you grow up? 3.  go on   (partir, salir)  – I’m going on holiday, on a (business) trip / Where are you going to? I’m going on a trip to Birmingham next month to go on a date – also ‘seguir’/’continuar – go on, what were you saying? – go on a diet 4.  go away   (irse fuera)  I’m going away for the weekend / Go away! (get lost!) ¡váyase! , ¡lárguese! 5.  go out  –  (salir)  – I’m going out for lunch/for a beer – Are you going out this weekend? 6.  look forward to   (tener muchas ganas de, esperar con ansia)  What are you looking forward to? 7.  look after   (cuidar de)  take care of Have you ever looked after anyone’s flat?and (house/flat/cat/dog sitting) 8.  look up  (buscar) look up to  (respetar, admirar)  Who do you look up to? 9.  put up with   (tolerar, aguantar)  I can