Phrasal verbs em conversação
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Put off
'Put off' primarily means to delay an action or event until a later time. It also means to cause someone to lose interest, enthusiasm, or appetite. In a secondary sense, it can mean to distract someone while they are trying to concentrate.
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Put behind
When you put a difficulty behind you, you accept that an unpleasant event occurred, and you choose to focus your energy on what comes next. The phrase describes gaining emotional distance, not pretending the event never happened.
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Pull out
Pull out describes leaving an agreement or group project, removing a person or item from a situation, or moving a vehicle away from the curb into traffic.
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Pick up
Pick up can mean collect or lift someone or something, learn through experience, become stronger or better, or continue something that stopped. The situation tells you which meaning fits.
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Phase out
Phase out means to stop producing, using, or providing something gradually through planned stages until it is completely gone.
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Pay off
Pay off has two primary definitions. Without an object, it means that an action, strategy, or period of effort yields positive results. With an object representing borrowed money, it means that you finish repaying a financial balance so that nothing further is owed.
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Narrow Down 3
Narrow down means to reduce the number or range of possibilities by removing options that are less suitable, practical, or likely. It applies to choices such as courses, hotels, and job candidates, as well as searches and possible causes.
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Measure up
Measure up means to reach a necessary level or standard. It shows that something or someone is good enough for a specific purpose, although it does not mean being perfect or better than everything else.
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Vídeo · 7 min Make up
Make up means to invent an explanation or story, to become friendly again after an argument, to form a whole from smaller parts, or to complete missed work or time later.
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Look up to
'Look up to' means to admire and respect someone. It describes holding high regard for a person's character, abilities, or values.
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Look into
'Look into' means to investigate, examine, or check facts about a problem, situation, or possibility before deciding what to do.
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Look forward to
Look forward to means to experience pleasure or excitement in the present while thinking about an expected future event or activity.
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Lock out
Lock out means to prevent someone from entering a place or accessing a digital account, device, or system. The barrier may be a physical lock, an automatic latch, or a security rule that stops sign-in attempts.
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Vídeo · 9 min Live with
'Live with' has two primary meanings in everyday communication. First, it describes sharing a home or living space with another person. Second, it expresses accepting an inconvenient reality, flaw, or limitation and moving forward without trying to eliminate it.
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Live up to
The phrase 'live up to' means to reach an expected level of quality, standard, or behavior. When an event or item is as good as people said it would be, it lives up to that standard. It does not mean to exceed expectations, but rather to match them.
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Let off
'Let off' has two primary meanings. First, it means choosing not to punish someone for breaking a rule, or giving them a milder penalty than standard regulations require. Second, it means causing fireworks, an explosive device, or a weapon to explode or discharge.
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Leave out
Leave out means not including someone or something, either by deliberate choice or through an accidental oversight.
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Keep up
Keep up means moving or progressing at the same speed as someone or something else so that you do not fall behind. When you add with, it connects your pace to another person, incoming information, or a continuous schedule of tasks. In a separate maintenance pattern, keep something up means continuing an action, standard, or effort over time.
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