| Verb (Verbo) | Meaning (significado) | Example (ejemplo) | 
		
			| ask someone out | invite on a date invitar a salir
 | Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie. | 
		
			| ask around | ask many people the same question preguntar a mucho la misma cuestión
 | I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet. | 
		
			| add up to something | equal ascender a
 | Your purchases add up to $205.32. | 
		
			| back something up | reverse revertir, tirar hacia atrás
 | You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out. | 
		
			| back someone up | support apoyar
 | My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my 
			job. | 
		
			| blow up | explode explotar
 | The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. | 
		
			| blow something up | add air hinchar
 | We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party. | 
		
			| break down | stop functioning (vehicle, machine) averiarse
 | Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the 
			snowstorm. | 
		
			| break down | get upset enfadarse
 | The woman broke down when the police told her that her 
			son had died. | 
		
			| break something down | divide into smaller parts dividir en partes más pequeñas
 | Our teacher broke the final project down into 
			three separate parts. | 
		
			| break in | force entry to a building forzar la entrada a un edificio
 | Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo. | 
		
			| break into something | enter forcibly entrar a la fuerza
 | The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the 
			children. | 
		
			| break something in | wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new amoldar
 | I need to break these shoes in before we run next 
			week. | 
		
			| break in | interrupt interrumpir
 | The TV station broke in to report the news of the 
			president's death. | 
		
			| break up | end a relationship cortar una relación
 | My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America. | 
		
			| break up | start laughing (informal) empezar a reír
 | The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started 
			talking. | 
		
			| break out | escape escapar
 | The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren't 
			looking. | 
		
			| break out in something | develop a skin condition salir granos/manchas (etc) en la piel
 | I broke out in a rash after our camping trip. | 
		
			| bring someone down | make unhappy hacer infeliz, entristecer
 | This sad music is bringing me down. | 
		
			| bring someone up | raise a child educar a un niño
 | My grandparents brought me up after my parents 
			died. | 
		
			| bring something up | start talking about a subject sacar un tema para conversación
 | My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up 
			sports. | 
		
			| bring something up | vomit vomitar
 | He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in 
			the toilet. | 
		
			| call around | phone many different places/people llamar a diferentes personas/lugares
 | We called around but we weren't able to find the car part 
			we needed. | 
		
			| call someone back | return a phone call devolver una llamada
 | I called the company back but the offices were 
			closed for the weekend. | 
		
			| call something off | cancel cancelar
 | Jason called the wedding off because he wasn't in 
			love with his fiancé. | 
		
			| call on someone | ask for an answer or opinion recurrir, apelar a
 | The professor called on me for question. | 
		
			| call on someone | visit someone visitar a alguien
 | We called on you last night but you weren't home. | 
		
			| call someone up | phone llamar por teléfono
 | Give me your phone number and I will call you up 
			when we are in town. | 
		
			| calm down | relax after being angry calmarse
 | You are still mad. You need to calm down before you drive 
			the car. | 
		
			| not care for someone/something | not like (formal) no gustar
 | I don't care for his behaviour. | 
		
			| catch up | get to the same point as someone else alcanzar, ponerse a la misma altura o nivel
 | You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up 
			with Marty. | 
		
			| check in | arrive and register at a hotel or airport registrarse en un hotel
 | We will get the hotel keys when we check in. | 
		
			| check out | leave a hotel dejar un hotel / habitación
 | You have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM. | 
		
			| check someone/something out | look at carefully, investigate comprobar, investigar
 | The company checks out all new employees. | 
		
			| check out someone/something | look at (informal) revisar, mirar
 | Check out the crazy hair on that guy! | 
		
			| cheer up | become happier alegrarse
 | She cheered up when she heard the good news. | 
		
			| cheer someone up | make happier hacer más feliz
 | I brought you some flowers to cheer you up. | 
		
			| chip in | help ayudar
 | If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by 
			noon. | 
		
			| clean something up | tidy, clean ordenar, limpiar
 | Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside. | 
		
			| come across something | find unexpectedly encontrar por casualidad
 | I came across these old photos when I was tidying the 
			closet. | 
		
			| come apart | separate separar
 | The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough. | 
		
			| come down with something | become sick enfermar
 | My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend. | 
		
			| come forward | volunteer for a task or to give evidence presentarse/ponerse a disposición de la policía
 | The woman came forward with her husband's finger prints. | 
		
			| come from somewhere | originate in originarse en
 | The art of origami comes from Asia. | 
		
			| count on someone/something | rely on confiar en
 | I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out. | 
		
			| cross something out | draw a line through tachar (texto)
 | Please cross out your old address and write your new one. | 
		
			| cut back on something | consume less reducir el consumo
 | My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods. | 
		
			| cut something down | make something fall to the ground hacer que algo caiga el suelo cortándolo
 | We had to cut the old tree in our yard down after 
			the storm. | 
		
			| cut in | interrupt interrumpir
 | Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle. | 
		
			| cut in | pull in too closely in front of another vehicle adelantarse, colarse, interponerse
 | The bus driver got angry when that car cut in. | 
		
			| cut in | start operating (of an engine or electrical device) | The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 
			22°C. | 
		
			| cut something off | remove with something sharp quitar/eliminar con algo cortante, amputar
 | The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely 
			injured. | 
		
			| cut something off | stop providing dejar de proveer
 | The phone company cut off our phone because we didn't pay 
			the bill. | 
		
			| cut someone off | take out of a will repudiar/distanciarse de algo
 | My grandparents cut my father off when he 
			remarried. | 
		
			| cut something out | remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper) eliminar una parte de algo (generalmente se usa para papel
 y tijeras)
 | I cut this ad out of the newspaper. |