Phrasal Verbs

1.      Ask someone out: invite a person to do something. Ej. I was thinking in ask someone out to the movies.

2.      Ask around: get information from people close to you. Ej. My brother was asked adround for a lost arrow in the practice.

3.      Add up to something: support information or getting into something. Ej. In the tesis someone will need to add up to something that the tesis say.

4.      Back something up: support a work or something that you approve or get along. Ej. In the debate i was backing something up that the judged brought up.

5.      Back someone up: support a person in any situation. Ej. In the exams i was backing someone up for the studing.

6.      Blow up: to destroy or setting off. Ej. In the war the houses and veicles were blowing up all the time.

7.      Break down: get rid of something or something getting off. Ej. In my house yesterday was a light break down.

8.      Break in: getting into a place using force or similar methods. Ej. My cousin break in the house because he left the key in his job.

9.      Break into: a sudden interruption or getting in a conversation. Ej. When i was talking with someone, another friend break into our conversation.

10.  Break something in: to put into something or use of clothes. Ej. he break somethin in for the party.

11.  Break up: separation between two things or people. Ej. Two friends that have been dating, break up last month.

12.  Break out: escape or get away from a place. Ej. they break out from a prison in the ESA.

ask someone out- To invite (someone) to a social engagement.
He asked me out to tonight's ball. 

ask around-  to ask several people for information or advice.
I'm gonna ask around to see if someone knows how to get there.

add up to something- To amount to an expected total. 
You need to add up the milk in that account. 

back something up- To copy (computer data) on to a disk or tape.
He backed it up in the computer, so don't worry if you lost the paper. 

back someone up- To support or assist them.
I can back up her story. 

blow up- To explode. To lose one's temper.
The bombs blew up the minute they hit the ground. 

break down- The act or process of failing to function or continue. 
I broke down as soon as I heard the news. 

break in- To enter premises forcibly or illegally.
He was trying to break in, but the police got there soon enough so they stopped him.

break into- To interrupt. 
She broke into the conversation very abruptly.

break something in- To use or wear (new shoes or boots, etc) so that they lose their stiffness, etc.
I'm gonna break these boots in right now. 

break up- To separate or be separated into pieces.
We broke up last night.

break out- To develop suddenly and forcefully.
Its a show where they all break out into dancing. 

Once there was this girl, she was really nice, but she had a very hard time when it came to keeping secrets,  and everyone knew that, so no one trusted her. One day, this boy, who was her best friend wanted to tell her a secret, but he didn't knew if he could tell her, because it was a secret that involved other people, and if anyone else knew someone could get hurt, but the girl kept insisting him to tell her, she said: Come on, take a chance on me, i wont tell this time. After hours of begging, he finally told her, the secret was that he was having a relationship with a girl named ana, but nobody could now, because he had just broke up with his girlfriend two days ago, so if she found out, she was going to be very hurt. After a while, the girl just couldn't keep the secret anymore, so she told a few people, and in a matter of days, the news was all over school, and the ex-girlfriend heard it, and she was devastated. When the boy went to talk to his best friend he was really mad, and he told her that she was a terrible person, that shemade a mess of thing, and that she broke his ex-girlfriend heart, and that she should pay more attention to what she says. She was hurt with all that he was saying, but she knew it was true, and she could see him getting angrier, so she left. For a few days no one saw her, she went missing, no one could find her, and then, after a couple of days she called one of her friends, and told her that she was saving herself the trouble of apologizing, so she wasn't going to be at school for sometime, until everyone forgot what she did.

Fernanda Herrera

Collocations:

Last night, abroad a crazy, bald and blind boy went direct to see his grandmother. First he picks up his cousin and then they arrive to theirs Granma’s house so they can have diner early. This was the routine al Tuesdays. One time, the boy came home late so it was very dark and he didn´t saw a grate close. He didn´t had a cellphone so he couldn’t warn his cousin that he was late. He starts to despair.  He starts to walk and he found a public phone into view. When he get there, he start a call, pi pi pi… the phone didn´t work. He starts to cry and he thought that the night was just bankrupt, it was a bad night for him. 

Phrasal Verbs:

·      Ask someone out: invite someone on a date. EX: Pedro ask me out and I didn´t like him. 

·      Ask around: To enquire about something to different people. EX: I just ask around for a cinema in this town.

·      Add up to something: To join or unite so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope. EX: He just added up 12 inches to the deck

·      Back something up: prove something true. EX: She can back up the theft.

·      Back someone up: help, support for someone. EX: María always back up my brother when he is in trouble.

·      Blow up: explode: cause to burst with a violent release of energy. EX: We exploded the nuclear bomb.

·      Break down: make ineffective. EX: Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination.

·      Break in: enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act. EX: Someone broke in while I was on vacation.

·      Break into: express or utter spontaneously. EX: "break into a yodel"; "break into a song"; "break into tears".

·      Break something: to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments. EX: He broke a vase.

·      Break up: to end a romance or to separate. EX: Julia just break up with Pedro. I just break up my CD player.

·      Break out: erupt: start abruptly. EX: After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc.

Andrea Corral Zamacona

Phrasal Verbs. SLA

1.- Ask someone out-> Invite someone. Ej: I asked Maria out, so now we’re dating.

2.- Ask arround -> Investigate. Ej: My mom asked arround for a good restaurant near my house.

3.- Add up to something-> Add an ammount, result in something. Ej: I need to add up to the french group if I want to go to the party.

4.- Back something up-> prove something true. Ej: An investigation can back up your thesis.

5.- Back someone up-> support, prove right or help someone. Ej: I allways back my brother up when he needs help.

6.- Blow up-> to explote. Ej: A bomb blew up and killed many soldiers.

7.- Break down-> a failure in electricity, physical or mental collapse. Ej: After their divorse he had a serious break down.

8.- Break in-> forced entry. Ej: Some burglars broke in my aparment last night.

9.- Break into-> to interrupt, to enter, to beggin suddenly. Ej: My dad hates when i brake into his office.

10.- Break something in -> to use or wear. Ej: I break my new boots in for the party.

11.- Break up-> to separate. Ej: I broke up my guitar in a concert.

12.- Break out-> to escape. Ej: Only three prisoners were able to break out from Alkatraz.