What are phrasal verbs?

1. A phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition or adverb which creates a meaning different from the original verb.

Example:
I ran into my teacher at the movies last night. run + into = meet
He ran away when he was 15. run + away = leave home
2. Some phrasal verbs are intransitive. An intransitive verb cannot be followed by an object.

Example:
He suddenly showed up. "show up" cannot take an object
3. Some phrasal verbs are transitive. A transitive verb can be followed by an object.

Example:
I made up the story. "story" is the object of "make up"
4. Some transitive phrasal verbs are separable. The object is placed between the verb and the preposition. In this Phrasal Verb Dictionary, separable phrasal verbs are marked by placing a * between the verb and the preposition / adverb.

Example:
I talked my mother into letting me borrow the car.
She looked the phone number up.
5. Some transitive phrasal verbs are inseparable. The object is placed after the preposition. In this Phrasal Verb Dictionary, inseparable phrasal verbs are marked by placing a + after the preposition / adverb.

Example:
I ran into an old friend yesterday.
They are looking into the problem.
6. Some transitive phrasal verbs can take an object in both places. In this Phrasal Verb Dictionary, such phrasal verbs are marked with both * and + .

Example:
I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.
7. WARNING! Although many phrasal verbs can take an object in both places, you must put the object between the verb and the preposition if the object is a pronoun.

Example:
I looked the number up in the phone book.
I looked up the number in the phone book.
I looked it up in the phone book. correct
I looked up it in the phone book. incorrect

Slang of the Day

hack
British English

Meaning: a newspaper reporter
For example:

As he opened his morning newspaper, the prime minister thought, "What have those bloody hacks written about today, I wonder?"

England had a good football coach until British newspaper hacks wrote stories about his private life. He quit and left the country.

Note: Most reporters regard this as an offensive term, so be careful if you use it.

Variety: This slang term is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

That's not like you / him etc
We use this expression to say that we are surprised by someone acting differently from normal.


Written:
Yes
Spoken:
Yes
Formal:
No
Informal:
Yes

Example 1
Another drink?
No thanks. I've got to do some work.
That's not like you. You're usually the last person to leave the pub!

Example 2
I don't know what to get Sheila for her birthday.
That's not like you. You're normally full of ideas.

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