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EAL · Vocabulary
A phrasal verb = verb + preposition or adverb. The meaning is usually different from the verb alone. "Give up" doesn't mean "give" + "up" - it means stop trying. Arabic rarely uses this pattern, so phrasal verbs need memorisation.
Phrasal verbs come in two main types: (1) Separable - the object can go between or after ("turn off the light" / "turn the light off"). With pronouns, MUST go between ("turn it off" not "turn off it"). (2) Inseparable - the verb + preposition stay together ("look after the children" - not "look the children after"). High-frequency phrasal verbs for GCSE essays: come up with (think of), figure out (understand), look up to (admire), get over (recover from), give in (surrender), find out (discover), put off (postpone), make up (invent), turn down (reject), pick up (collect/learn). Use these in essays to lift your register.
Macbeth gives in to his ambition.
Macbeth يستسلم لطموحه.
"Give in" = surrender, yield.
Lady Macbeth cannot get over her guilt.
Lady Macbeth ما تقدر تتجاوز إحساسها بالذنب.
"Get over" = recover from.
I figured out the answer.
فهمت الإجابة.
"Figure out" = work out, understand.
She turned down the offer.
هي رفضت العرض.
"Turn down" = reject.
Wrong: I will look the children after.
Right: I will look after the children.
"Look after" is inseparable - keep the words together.
Wrong: Turn off it.
Right: Turn it off.
With pronouns, the object must go BETWEEN the verb and the preposition.
Wrong: I give up to study English.
Right: I gave up studying English.
"Give up" takes -ing form, not infinitive.
Question 1
Choose the correct phrasal verb.
Lady Macbeth cannot ___ her guilt.