Ingles

PHRASAL VERBS
* break away from somebody = leave somebody who is holding you.
She broke away from her father and now lives by herself.
* break down = stop working.
Oh, no! The computer broke down again!
* break down = be unable to stop yourself crying.
She broke down and started crying.
* break something down = break down something = remove something.
Police had to break downthe door to enter the building.
* break something down = break down something = separate something into smaller parts so that it is easier to do.
The teacher broke down the lesson to help us understand it.
* break in = break into = enter a building by using force, to steal something.
The thief broke in and stole the new TV.
* break off = suddenly stop talking.
He started to speakbut then broke off to answer the phone.
* break something off = break off something = end a relationship.
They broke off their engagement after four years.
* break out = start.
I was in Berlin when the war broke out.
* break out of something = escape from a place.
Two prisoners have managed to break out of the jail.
* break up = break into a lot of small pieces.
The plane brokeup in the air.
* break something up = break up something = separate something into smaller parts.
They want to break the company up into smaller companies.
* break something up = break up something = make people leave a place where they have been meeting.
Police arrived and they broke up the demonstration.
* break up with somebody = separate, not live with somebody any more.
Lisabroke up with Thomas last month.
* give something away = give away something = give something because you do not want or need it.
She gave her old clothes away when she moved.
* give something away = give away something = tell something secret.
He doesn't want to give away how the system works.
* give somebody away = show where somebody is or what they are doing, when they are tryingto keep this a secret.
Peter looked down, but his voice gave him away.
* give in = accept that you are defeated, surrender.
The enemy was forced to give in.
* give something in = give in something = give something to someone in authority = hand in.
Students must give in their assignments next week.
* give off something = produce a smell, heat, sound, etc.
The walls gave off a smellof paint for a week.
* give onto something = lead to a place.
The balcony gives onto the swimming pool.
* give out = stop working properly, become weaker.
After running for one hour, her legs finally gave out.
* give something out = give out something = give something to each person in a group = hand out.
Please give the copies out.
* give out something = produce a light, heator a signal, emit.
The lamp gave out a yellowish light.
* give over = stop doing something that is annoying other people.
Come on, give over complaining!
* give something over to somebody = give responsibility for something to somebody.
The organisation of the meeting was given over to the secretary.
* give up = stop trying to do something, surrender.
I give up. What's the answer?* give up something = give something up = stop doing something.
Laura has decided to give up her piano lessons.
* give up something = give something up = give something that is yours to somebody else.
The kid gave up his seat to the old lady.
* give somebody up = allow somebody to be caught by the police.
As he noticed that he was surrounded, he thief gave himself up.
* givesomebody up = give up somebody = end a romantic relationship with somebody.
After five years together, she eventually gave him up.
* make for something = go towards a place = head for.
We made for home after dinner.
* make something/somebody into something = change something's purpose or somebody's character.
That film made him into a Hollywood star.
* make off = leave quickly,...