Mastering English Phrasal Verbs: A Comprehensive List

Mastering English Phrasal Verbs

Understanding Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are an essential part of the English language. They are idiomatic expressions that combine a verb with a preposition or an adverb, creating a new meaning that is often different from the original verb. Mastering phrasal verbs can significantly improve your fluency and understanding of English.

Common Phrasal Verbs

Add

  • Add up: To make sense; to seem reasonable.

Be

  • Be over: To be finished.

Bite

  • Bite off: To accept more responsibility
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Uncle Bin Flores: A Baghdad Storyteller’s Adventures

Uncle Bin Flores: A Baghdad Storyteller’s Adventures

Florentino’s uncle took a great blow to the head. He will put on a turban bandage like a doctor, and from then on, he asks his three children, Tomaxito, Inazio, and Love, to call him Uncle Bin Flores. All three are converted. Uncle Bin Flores tells them a part of the story each day, surprising the audience. In fact, Uncle Bin Flores, with his turban, will be included in a paper about Baghdad storytelling.

And the story of how once there was a Caliph

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English Vocabulary and Grammar: A Comprehensive Resource

Vocabulary Unit 1: World War I

  • Invaded (to invade): binnenvallen
  • Allies (an ally): een bondgenoot
  • Trenches (a trench): een loopgraaf
  • (An) enemy: een vijand
  • No-man’s-land: niemandsland
  • Shells (a shell): een granaat
  • Casualties (a casualty): een (oorlogs)slachtoffer
  • A ceasefire: een staakt-het-vuren
  • Battles (a battle): een gevecht, een strijd
  • To withdraw: zich terugtrekken
  • Negotiated (to negotiate): onderhandelen
  • A peace treaty: een vredesverdrag
  • Gave in (to give in to): toegeven aan
  • Handed in (to hand in): inleveren
  • Took
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Mastering Irregular Verbs in English: A Full List

Mastering Irregular Verbs in English

What are Irregular Verbs?

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the standard pattern of adding -ed or -d to form their past simple and past participle forms. Mastering these verbs is crucial for achieving fluency in English.

Why are Irregular Verbs Important?

Understanding and correctly using irregular verbs is essential for clear communication. They are frequently used in everyday conversations, writing, and various forms of media.

List of Common Irregular

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Applications

BORDIEU’S SOCIAL THEORY. Define and explain the concepts of symbolic capital, habitus and bodily lexis. The metaphor of symbolic capital establishes a similarity between financial capital and symbolic resources. Bordieu argues that both are unequally divided over groups within a particular population. Symbolic capital, like financial capital, is subject to laws of supply and demand. Certain groups in society posses more symbolic capital, and thus it is easier for them to invest it in a profitable

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Mastering Compound Adjectives, Make vs. Do, Phrasal Verbs

Compound Adjectives

  • Badly-dressed / Well-dressed
  • Cold-hearted / Warm-hearted
  • Quick-tempered: Gets angry very quickly
  • Two-faced: Hypocritical
  • Down-hearted: A person who feels sad
  • Right-handed / Left-handed
  • Thick-skinned: Doesn’t get upset when somebody criticizes him
  • Badly-paid / Well-paid
  • Short-sighted / Long-sighted
  • Fair-haired / Dark-haired
  • Good-natured / Bad-natured
  • Narrow-minded / Broad-minded
  • Well-written
  • Well-behaved / Badly-behaved
  • Quick-tempered / Bad-tempered
  • Best-selling
  • Cool-headed (Serene) / Hot-headed
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