Lesson
VerbDefinition
Example
Figure out
Find the solution to a problem.
I figured out the answer.
Hand in
Give homework, papers, etc., to a teacher.
We handed in our homework.
Hand out
Give something to person, then to the person, then to another person, etc.
The teacher handed out the test papers.
Look up
Look for information in a dictionary, a telephone directory, an encyclopedia, etc.
I looked a word up in the dictionary.
Make up
Invent ( a story)
Children like to make up stories.
Pick up
Lift
Abdullah picked up stories.
Put down
Stop holding or carrying
I put down the heavy packages.
Put off
Postpone
We put off our trip until next summer.
Put on
Place clothes on one's body
I put on my coat before I left.
Take off
Remove clothes from one's body
I took off my coat when I arrived.
Throw away & Throw out
Put in the trash, discard
I threw away my old notebooks.
I threw out my old notebooks.
Turn off
Stop a machine or a light
I turned off the lights and went to bed.
Turn on
Start a machine or a light
I turned on the lights and went to bed.
Wake up
Stop sleeping
My wife woke me up at six.
Write down
Write a note on a piece o paper
I wrote his phone number down
Call on
Ask ( someone ) to speak in class
The teacher called on Mohammad
Come from
Originate
Where do these bananas come from?
Get over
Recover from illness or a shock
Ahmad got over her cold and returned to work.
Get off
Leave a bus/airplane/train/subway
I got off the bus at Makkah Street.
Get on
Enter a bus/airplane/train/subway
I got on the bus at Makkah Street.
Get in
Enter a car, taxi
I got in the taxi at the airport.
Get out of
Leave a car, taxi
I got out of the taxi at the hotel.
Look into
Investigate
Someone needs to look into this problem.
Run into
Meet by chance
I ran into Ali at the Market.
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