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Phrasal verbs game: do you know what give up really means?
Give up, run out of, figure out. Read ten everyday English phrasal verbs in real sentences and guess what each one means.
What does the phrasal verb mean in this sentence?
Stop doing something
Feel excited about something coming
Have none left
Recover from
Delay until later
Refuse an offer
Finally understand
Find by chance
A phrasal verb is a verb followed by a small word like up, out, off or over, and together they often mean something quite different from the verb alone. Native speakers use them constantly, especially when they speak.
Learn each phrasal verb with a whole example sentence rather than on its own. Many have more than one meaning, so notice what the rest of the sentence tells you.
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