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Tema: Phrasal Verbs

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    Cool Phrasal Verbs

    REALLY HARD STUFF

    For millions of non-native speakers, one of the most difficult chapters of the English Grammar deals with what many scholars have called the "phrasal verbs".

    "A phrasal verb is a combination of two words with a single meaning. One word is a common verb and the other word is a preposition or one of the common adverbs such as UP, DOWN and ACROSS", etc. (Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary).

    Let's examine the following sentences :

    1. How did you END UP in Miami ?

    2. Would you please PUT me THROUGH TO Mrs. Brown ?

    3. I can't FIGURE OUT why he killed his wife.

    4. Bobby used to GET ALONG really well WITH his in-laws.

    5. Please, LAY OFF politics WITH us.

    Translate those sentences into Spanish.

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    Predeterminado Re: Phrasal Verbs

    A ver, amigos ...

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    Predeterminado Re: Phrasal Verbs

    1. How did you END UP in Miami ?

    Como llegaste a Miami? o Como terminaste aca en Miami?

    2. Would you please PUT me THROUGH TO Mrs. Brown ?
    HArias el favor de llevarme donde Mr. Brown?

    3. I can't FIGURE OUT why he killed his wife.
    No puedo imaginar por que mato a su esposa.

    4. Bobby used to GET ALONG really well WITH his in-laws.
    Bobby le agradaba estar solo con sus cuñados

    5. Please, LAY OFF politics WITH us.
    Por favor, comparte las politicas con nosotros.

    No estoy seguro de que sean buenas traducciones ya que no soy bueno traduciendo, de hechp pocas veces me apunto en la tarea de traducir textos para alguien.

    De todas maneras es interesante el ejercicio de Emeric ya que en la vida real, cuando conversas con personas de habla inglesa utilizan mucho estas formas gramaticales y uno suele confundirse.
    LA FELICIDAD ES UN PARADIGMA
    NADIE TE LA DA, NADIE TE LA QUITA
    ES DECISION. NO CONDICION
    ERES TU EN ACCION.
    :humble:

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    Wink Re: Phrasal Verbs

    1. How did you END UP in Miami ? Como fue que terminaste (viviendo) en Miami? (Aparentemente aqui se habla de "estadia")

    2. Would you please PUT me THROUGH TO Mrs. Brown ? Por favor, pasame a la senora Brown. (comunicacion telefonica o radio)

    3. I can't FIGURE OUT why he killed his wife. No puedo comprender porque mato a su esposa.

    4. Bobby used to GET ALONG really well WITH his in-laws. Bobby solia llevarse muy bien con la familia de su esposa.

    5. Please, LAY OFF politics WITH us. Por favor, No nos hables de politica. (Este es un slang; que tambien significa :"Dejame en paz" "no me hables de esas cosas" this is funny....)

    hehehe...what do you think my fellow? Did I pass the test? hehehe
    No *****

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    Predeterminado Re: Phrasal Verbs

    Oh, yes, you really did, Exo ! Great ! Congratulations !

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    Cita Iniciado por Emeric
    Oh, yes, you really did, Exo ! Great ! Congratulations !
    THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
    No *****

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    Talking Re: Phrasal Verbs

    I was listening to Fiddy Cents the rapper...Just his name is ghetto slang, hehe..It's Fifty and not Fiddy.

    Anyways in his song he says "RRRRRBody in tha club gettin' tips" which means "everybody in the club getting tipsy" hahaha...It's so funny.

    Later alligator!
    No *****

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    We all know what the verb "give" and the adverb "up" mean, don't we ? Now, what is really amazing with the English Language is that the combination of those two short words can produce a new meaning.

    To give up = to stop something you were doing ... Waoo !

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    What about "up" ?

    This one sounds so funny : "Come up down !" ...

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    Cita Iniciado por Emeric
    We all know what the verb "give" and the adverb "up" mean, don't we ? Now, what is really amazing with the English Language is that the combination of those two short words can produce a new meaning.

    To give up = to stop something you were doing ... Waoo !
    To quit, also.
    No *****

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