PHRASAL VERBS

Em inglês é muito comum um verbo mudar completamente seu significado com o aparecimento ou não de preposições junto dele. São os chamados phrasal verbs. Veja alguns exemplos:

SUCK

TO SUCK: Chupar, sugar, mamar - "The baby sucked on the mother's breasts"


TO SUCK AT: Ser péssimo em alguma coisa.  "I suck at swimming"


TO SUCK IN: Enganar, burlar, tirar vantagem. "She was sucked in by that guy"


TO SUCK UP TO: "Puxar o saco" de alguém. "He's totally sucking up to his boss!"




LOOK
TO LOOK AT: Olhar (para) - "Look at the sky!"


TO LOOK FOR: Procurar (por) - "I was looking for my keys. Have you seen them?"


TO LOOK UP TO: Admirar, espelhar-se - "I've always looked up to my father"


TO LOOK: Parecer, Ter a aparência de - "She looks tired"


TO LOOK AFTER: Tomar conta de - "He looks after his little brother"


TO LOOK OUT: Tomar cuidado - "Look out! There's a hole on the floor"




GET
TO GET: obter, conseguir - "I'm trying to get my driver's license"


TO GET DOWN: Abaixar-se - "Get down! He might see you!"


TO GET UP: Levantar-se (da cama) - "I get up at 6 a.m. every day"


TO GET IN: Entrar - "Hi teacher. Can I get in?"


TO GET OUT: Sair de um ambiente fechado. - "I need some air. I have to get out of here"


TO GET BACK: Retornar, voltar. "She got back home yesterday"


TO GET ALONG WITH: Se dar bem com alguém, ser simpático. "We've got along immediately"




BREAK
TO BREAK - Quebrar - "She broke her arm"


TO BREAK UP - Terminar um relacionamento - "I'm going to break up with her"


TO BREAK IN - Interromper - "The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death."




HANG
TO HANG - Pendurar - "She has to hang the picture on the wall"


TO HANG OUT - Andar com, passar um tempo com - "I usually hang out with my friends on weekends"


TO HANG UP - Desligar o telefone - "I need to hang up, I have to sleep!"


TO HANG ON - Esperar - "Can you hang on for a minute?"




RUN

TO RUN - Correr - "I love running in the morning."

TO RUN - Administrar um negócio - "She runs one restaurant and two snack bars"

TO RUN OUT OF - Ficar sem - "I'm running out of gas"

TO RUN OVER - Atropelar - "Unfortunately, she ran over the poor man"