3 Expressions with ‘put’

A Here are some of the many phrasal verbs with put.

He put his own name forward to the committee. [propose]

He's good at putting his ideas across. [communicate to others]

Please put away all your toys at once. [tidy]

He is always putting her down. [make someone look small]

We had central heating put in last year. [install]

I'm going to put in an application for that job. [submit]

Every now and then she would put in a remark. [interject]

They've put off making their decision for another week. [postpone]

Her sniffing really puts me off my dinner. [discourage]

The school is putting Hamlet on next year. [present]

He's good at putting on all sorts of accents. [pretend to have]

The fireman quickly put out the fire. [extinguish]

Please don't let me put you out. [inconvenience]

You're not allowed to put up posters here. [fix]

I can put you up for the weekend. [give accommodation to]

The government is sure to put up taxes soon. [raise]

How do you put up with such rudeness? [tolerate]

Ex. 1. Complete the responses to the following statements or questions using any appropriate phrasal verb above.

1 How should we publicise our play?

2 This room is in a terrible mess.

3 Any chance of a bed on your floor this weekend?

4 Why have you suddenly lost interest in the project?

B Notice also the following common expressions with put.

to put your foot down: to be firm about something

to put all your eggs in one basket: to risk all you have on a single venture

to put your mind to: to direct all your thoughts towards

to put two and two together: to draw an obvious conclusion

to put something in a nutshell: to state something accurately and in a few words only

to put someone's back up: to irritate someone

a put-up job: something arranged to give a false impression

Ex.2. Using the expressions above, reword the following sentences without changing their meaning.

1. He's bound to draw the obvious conclusion if you keep on behaving like that.

2. I find her terribly irritating.

3. It's sound business advice not to risk everything at once.

4. Please concentrate on the problem in hand.

5. She's very good at stating things succinctly.

6 You really should be firm with him or there'll be trouble later.

Ex.3. Write down three nouns which could follow each of the verbs. Remember that their meanings might be different depending on the noun which follows.

Example: put in money / a comment / a telephone system

1 put out 3 put off 5 put up 7 put away

2 put forward 4 put across 6 put on 8 put up with

Ex.4. Translate into English.

1. Мама не пустит его гулять с друзьями, пока он не уберет в комнате.

2. Она постоянно сует свой нос в чужие дела и в любом разговоре вставляет свои пять копеек.

3. Цена этого кресла отбила у меня все желание его купить.

4. Как только он выходит на люди, он мгновенно надевает маску храбреца.

5. Здесь нельзя расклеивать объявления.

6. Местные власти собираются снова поднять цены на хлеб, сахар и масло.

7. Извините меня за доставленные вам неудобства.

8. Я не собираюсь больше мириться с его дурным характером.

9. На твоем месте я не стал бы рисковать и ставить все на кон.

10. Она не глупа и легко сможет сообразить, куда ветер дует.

11. Короче говоря, его уволили в конце концов.

12. Ты раздражаешь меня своими дурацкими вопросами.

13. Займи твердую позицию и скажи ему наконец-то, что ты подаешь на развод.

14. Полиция быстро сообразила, что все это фальсификация чистой воды.