Thursday, February 16, 2006

Lesson (16): Combination with Preposition (b)

This
Combination with preposition has a new idiomatic meaning



In
this combination we cannot guess the meaning, but there are two kinds :


1.    Non-separable
preposition


      Prep. : for, of, on, at, to, into, from, under, round, etc.


2.    Separable
preposition ; in this case prep. can be called a particle (adv).


      Prep. : down, away, out, back, over, on, up, in, backward
(s), downward (s), forward (s),
etc.


      Also, phrasal verb can be added by a preposition. e.g. get out
of, get through with, look forward to.




Example
:


a.    call
on                : ask to speak in class;
visit            catch up (with)   : reach the same position or level


check in             : register at a hotel                          check into          : investigate


check out/ of     : leave 
a hotel                                 come
across      : meet by chance


drop by/in (on)   : visit informally                               drop out (of)       : stop going to school, class, etc


get along (with)  : exist satisfactorily                         get in/into           :
enter a car, arrive


get off                : leave an plane, a bus, a
train, etc get on                 : enter a plane, a bus, a train, etc


get out of           : leave a car, avoid activity             get over              : recover from an illness


get through        : finish                                              get
up                 : arise from bed, a
chair


go over              : review or check carefully             grow up (in)        : become an adult


keep up (with)    : stay at the same position or level look after            :
take care of


look into             : get information in, investigate       : look out (for)    : be careful


pas away           : die                                                 put
up with         : tolerate


run into/across   : meet by chance                            run out (of)         : finish a supply of sth


show up             : appear, come                                take after           : resemble


Also : all of A 1 & etc.





b.    ask
out               : ask sb to go on a date
                  bring about/on    : cause


bring up              : rear children ; introduce a topic    call back            :
return a telephone call


call in                 : ask to come a specific place        call of                 :
cancel


call up                : call on the telephone                     check out           : take book from library ;investigate


cheer up            : make (sb) feel happier                  clean up             : make clean and orderly


cross out            : draw a line through                       cut out                : stop an annoying activity


do over              : do again                                        drop off              : leave sb/sth at a place


figure out           : find the answer by reasoning        fill out                 :
complete; write completely


find out               : discover information                     get back (from)  : return from a place; receive again


give back           : return                                             give out              : distribute


give up               : stop trying                                     hand in               : submit


hand up              : conclude a telephone
conversation; put clothes on a hanger or a hook.


have on              : wear                                              hand out             : distribute


keep out (of)      : not enter                                        kick out (of)       : force sb to leave


leave out            : omit                                               look over            : examine


look up               : look for information in a book       make up             :
invent; do past work


name after/for   : give a baby the name of sb else   pass out             :
distribute; lose consciousness


pick out              : select                                             pick up               : go to get sb; take in one’s
hand


point out             : call attention to                              put away            : remove to a proper lace


put back             : return to original place                  put off                : postpone


put on                 : put clothes on one’s body             put out                : extinguish


put up                 : build, manage                               shut off               : stop a machine, light


switch over        : move channel                               take off              : remove clothing; leave on a trip


take out              : take sb on a dat                            take over            : take control


take up               : begin a new activity or topic         talk over             : discuss


tear down           : demolish; reduce to nothing          tear up                : tear into many little pieces


think over           : consider carefully                         throw away/ out : discard/ get rid of


throw up             : vomit; regurgitate food                  try on                  : put on clothes to see if it proper


turn down           : decrease volume or intensity        turn in                 :
submit assignment; go to bed


turn off               : stop a machine, light, faucet         turn on                :
begin a machine’ light, faucet


turn out              : extinguish a light                           turn up                : increase volume or intensity


wake up             : make sb aware from sleep           write down         : make a note of


…….etc.

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