Can you back your hard drive up? Or must you back up your hard drive? Can you calm yourself down? Or must you calm down yourself? Can you blow balloons up? Or must you blow up balloons? Can you hang ...

Learn the most common English phrasal verbs to improve your fluency! Examples include 'wake up,' 'sleep in,' 'go off,' and more. Perfect for daily life conversations.

"Turn off the TV" is an example of a phrasal verb, which is a verb that has a base verb and one or two particles. Credit: MikeSleigh/Getty Images A ‘phrasal verb’ is a verb that has a base verb and ...

I have a friend who uses “hark back” a lot in conversation. She harks back to past news events. She harks back to old times. She harks back to something I told her last month or last year. My first ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Phrasal verbs present numerous challenges to second language learners of English, who often view verb + particle combinations as random (Side, ...