Phrasal verbs with give

phrasal verb

meaning / use

example

1) give away

• To give smb. a present/ prize; give smth. to smb. because you don’t want it , дарить, отдавать, раздавать

• To tell a secret выдавать кого-либо, что-либо; выдать какую-то информацию / чувства/ происхождение и т.п.

• Is he really going to give away all his money?

• Promise not to give my secrets away.

• Why don’t you give away that racket since you never use it now?

• Please don’t give away the ending- we’re seeing the film tomorrow.

• He pretended to be English, but his faint Greek accent gave him away.

2) give back

• To give smth. to smb. who had it before you, возвратить что-то

• Don’t forget to give me the keys back.

• Please give me back my dictionary.

3) give in (to)

• To agree to smth but not because you want to, cдаться, пойти на уступки, перестать сопротивляться

• They give in to the strikes demands.

• You mustn’t give in to your children all the time.

4) give out

• To give smth. to each of several people, раздавать

• to come to an end, истощиться, иссякнуть (о терпении, запаса)

• испустить, издать (о звуке)

• to stop working, выйти из строя, сломаться, отказывать (о механизме)

• Julia will give out the books.

• His patience gave out and he slapped the child hard.

• The water supply at last gave out.

• Suddenly she gave out a loud scream.

• The motor gave out suddenly.

5) give up

• to stop doing smth. прекращать, бросать какое-либо дело, завязать (бросить привычку)

• to admit that you don’t know, сдаваться, уступать, признать поражение

• to stop trying to cure or find smb., поставить крест на ком-либо (не верить в выздоровление)

• Did you give up smoking?

• I can’t guess. I give up.

• I don’t know the answer- I give up.

• Johnny was given up by the doctors after the accident, but he made a remarkable recovery.

phrasal verb

meaning / use

example

1) go after

• to try to catch smb., преследовать кого-то

• I saw the dog going after him toward the school.

2) go ahead

• to move in front, go forward, идти, двигаться вперёд

• to improve, advance, прогрессировать

• Go straight ahead and you’ll see the railway station.

• Can you go ahead with this case?

• Is your translation going ahead?

3) go back

• to return, возвращаться на прежнее место

• I went back to the office and found my wallet.

4) go back on

• to fail to fulfil ( a promise / agreement), обмануть, подвести, нарушить своё слово (обещание)

• He always goes back on his promises.

• You should never go back on your promise to a child.

5) go by

• to pass, move past smth/ smb., проходить, проезжать мимо, заглянуть

• Did any cars go by?

• If he goes by, I’ll tell him everything.

6) go down

• to move to a lower place, change to a lower amount, price, etc. , снижать, падать (о ценах, температуре, уровне)

• to be received with approval, быть принятым, одобренным

• We expect the price of oil to go down.

• The sun went down behind the clouds.

• Do taxes ever go down?.

• How did your speech go down?

• Jim went down well with Mary’s parents on his first visit.

7) go down with

• to become ill with a particular disease, заболеть

• People often go down with the flu this time of year.

8) go off

• to burst into pieces and cause damage, взрываться, выстрелить, сработать (о будильнике, бомбе)

• to become bad, портиться, протухать, скисать

• to leave smth., уходить, уезжать, убегать, сбегать

• Fortunately the bomb didn’t go off.

• I’m afraid it’s gone off. Don’t eat it.

• He always goes off without saying good-bye.

• Five days a week Sally’s alarm goes off at 7 a.m.

9) go on

• (= carry on ) to continue doing smth., продолжать

• to happen, происходить, случаться

• If you go on doing nothing, you will fail your exam.

• What’s going on here?

10) go out

11) go out with

• to leave a place ( with smb.), , выходить, сходить куда-нибудь развлечься

• to have smb. as your girlfriend/ boyfriend, бывать в обществе кого-то, гулять с кем-то проводить время с кем-то, встречаться

• I don’t think you should go out with that bad cold.

• Let’s go out tonight; there’s a good film showing at the local cinema.

• Are you going out with anyone at the moment?

• Lisa’s mother doesn’t let her go out with Tom

12) go over

• to examine smth. to see that it is good / correct, обсуждать детали, проверить, повторить

• They haven’t gone over their plan yet.

• Let’s go over this scene again until you’re sure you know it.

13) go through

• to pass through smth., suffer, пережить, выдержать что-либо, пройти через что-либо

• to repeat, practice smth., ( =run through) просматривать, повторять какой-либо материал

• He wouldn’t like to go through such difficult training again.

• Have your parents gone through your grade book yet?

• Go through your story again from the beginning.

14) go up

• to move to a higher place, increase, повышаться ( о стандартах, уровне, ценах)

• to travel to a university or important place, ехать из провинции в город

• (=blow up) , to be destroyed by explosion, взорваться, сгореть, пойти насмарку, свестись к нулю

• Can you go up (the stairs)?

• Prices have gone up again.

• Apples have gone up.

• We are going up to Murmansk tomorrow.

• The house went up in flames.

• All you did has gone up.