PHRASAL VERBS
This isn't my car, it belongs to my mom. (Este no es mi coche, es de mi madre.)
- John has been a member of the Nautical Club for ten years. (John es socio del Club Náutico desde hace diez años.)
- break down (to stop working/functioning)
- break down (to end negotiations unsuccessfully)
- break down (to remove/dismount)
- break down (to start crying)
Our car broke down while we were driving to the supermarket. (Nuestro coche se estropeó mientras íbamos al supermercado.)
- After days of negotiations, the talks broke down. (Después de varios días de negociaciones, el diálogo se rompió.)
- The firemen had to break down the door to get into the house. (Los bomberos tuvieron que derribar la puerta para entrar en la casa.)
- It was the most stressful week. By Friday I broke down and cried. (Fue la semana más estresante. El viernes me vine abajo y rompí a llorar.)
I was brought up by my grandmother. (Fui criada por mi abuela.)
- I hate him. Don't ever bring his name up again! (Le odio. ¡Nunca vuelvas a mencionar su nombre!)
call (ring) back (return a phone call)
He was busy when I called (rang), but he said he would call (ring) me back tonight. (Estaba ocupado cuando le llamé pero me dijo que me llamaría esta noche.)
call off (to cancel)
Did you hear? Brenda called off the wedding! (¿Has oido? ¡Brenda canceló la boda!)
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- ask for (to request)
- ask for (to seek/provoke something negative)
- Can I ask you for a favor? (¿Puedo pedirte un favor?)
- If you date him, you're asking for trouble. (Si sales con él, te vas a buscar problemas.)
- blow up (to explode)
- blow up (to inflate)
- blow up (to enlarge)
- They blew up a building, but luckily nobody was hurt. (Demolieron un edificio pero por suerte nadie resultó herido.)
- I have to blow up the tires on my bike if I want to ride it. (Tengo que hinchar las ruedas de mi bicicleta si quiero montarla.)
- Can you blow up the photo so we can see it better? (¿Puedes ampliar la foto para que podamos verla mejor?)
- break down (to stop working/functioning)
- break down (to end negotiations unsuccessfully)
- break down (to remove/dismount)
- break down (to start crying)
- Our car broke down while we were driving to the supermarket. (Nuestro coche se estropeó mientras íbamos al supermercado.)
- After days of negotiations, the talks broke down. (Después de varios días de negociaciones, el diálogo se rompió.)
- The firemen had to break down the door to get into the house. (Los bomberos tuvieron que derribar la puerta para entrar en la casa.)
- It was the most stressful week. By Friday I broke down and cried. (Fue la semana más estresante. El viernes me vine abajo y rompí a llorar.)
- bring up (to raise a child)
- bring up (to mention)
- I was brought up by my grandmother. (Fui criada por mi abuela.)
- I hate him. Don't ever bring his name up again! (Le odio. ¡Nunca vuelvas a mencionar su nombre!)
