A phrasal verb is a phrase that’s made up of a verb and another word or two, usually a preposition but sometimes an adverb. So before we can talk about English phrasal verbs, it’s important to understand what verbs, prepositions and adverbs are. A verb is an action word. It describes something happening (e.g. hearing, seeing), a state of ...
Example: Look up to, keep up with, bring up
- Shy: easily frightened, bashful; retiring. See more. scant; short of a full amount or number:
Example: Still a few dollars shy of our goal.
An inch shy of being six feet.
Example: This was no time to get shy on him.
Tammy half skipped and hopped down the hall, throwing a shy smile over her shoulder at Lisa before disappearing into a doorway.
- Strict: stringent in requirement or control
Example: He was raised in very strict conditions. " " I am telling you this in strict confidentiality. " (confidentiality)
" He has strict control over his students. " (control) " She has a strict curfew of eleven o'clock. " (curfew) " He is under a strict deadline. " (deadline ...
- lenient: not strict; "an easy teacher"; "easy standards"; "lenient rules"; "an easy penalty". undemanding - requiring little if any patience or effort or skill; "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss".
Example: I would ask you, dearest, to be very generous with him always, and very lenient on his faults when he is not by.
However, if they feel that our service is too lenient a sentence, they will impose additional sentencing upon us.
Bring up : to bring (a person) to maturity through nurturing care and education
Drop out: to not do something that you were going to do, or to stop doing something before you have completely finished: 2. If a student drops out, they stop going to classes before they have finished their course.
Grow up: to become too large or mature for; outgrow: He has grown out of all his clothes. to originate in; develop from: The plan grew out of a casual conversation.
Set up: the way in which things are organized or arranged: 2. a situation in which someone is tricked into doing something or is made to seem guilty of something they did not do: 3. to start a new business: .
Talk over: . speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion Familiarity information
Turn out: to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one: 2. to be known or discovered finally and surprisingly: 3. If people turn out for an event, they go to be there or to watch: .
Got to love" It's a way of saying that your actions are slightly funny/strange but in a familiar way or manner unique to you the person they are friends with.
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