Phrasal Verbs:
2. The situation calls for immediate action: to call for = to ask or demand something
3. The director's retirement brought about the changes in the company: to bring about = to cause changes
4. Do carry on with your work while I'm away: to carry on = to continue
5. Heavy rain brought on the flood: to bring on = to cause something unpleasant to happen
6. John was completely carried away by the music and lost track of time: to be carried away = to loose control
7. The nurse brought the patient round by putting cold water on his face: to bring round = to convince someone to agree with you
8. They managed to carry the task through despite opposition: to carry through = to continue, to complete
9. This tune brings back memories of my childhood: to bring back = to be remembered
10. The sale of the paintings will bring in several thousand pounds: to bring in = to produce profit
11. We need to carry out some tests to find out what's wrong with you: to carry out = to execute a task
12. She was nervous about chairing the meeting, but she carried it off without any problems: to carry off = to manage successfully a task
13. Please don't bring up the subject of politics in class: to bring up = to introduce a discussion
14. The meeting was called off due to the President's sudden illness: to be called off = to be canceled
15. When fire broke out we called out the fire brigade: to break out = to start suddenly, to erupt
16. They tried to bring down the government by starting a revolution: to bring down = to overthrow.
Explicație:
The mixture of two or three words from different grammatical categories (verb + particle) that together form a single semantic unit is called phrasal verb.
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