| Verb (Verbo) | Meaning (significado) | Example (ejemplo) | 
		
			| run into someone/something | meet unexpectedly encontrar de forma inesperada
 | I ran into an old school-friend at the mall. | 
		
			| run over someone/something | drive a vehicle over a person or thing atropellar
 | I accidentally ran over your bicycle in the driveway. | 
		
			| run over/through something | rehearse, review revisar
 | Let's run over/through these lines one more time before 
			the show. | 
		
			| run away | leave unexpectedly, escape escapar, salir de forma inesperada
 | The child ran away from home and has been missing for 
			three days. | 
		
			| run out | have none left agotarse, quedarse sin algo
 | We ran out of shampoo so I had to wash my hair with soap. | 
		
			| send something back | return (usually by mail) devolver
 | My letter got sent back to me because I used the wrong 
			stamp. | 
		
			| set something up | arrange, organize organizar
 | Our boss set a meeting up with the president of 
			the company. | 
		
			| set someone up | trick, trap tender una trampa
 | The police set up the car thief by using a hidden camera. | 
		
			| shop around | compare prices comparar precios (de tiendas)
 | I want to shop around a little before I decide on these 
			boots. | 
		
			| show off | act extra special for people watching (usually boastfully) jactarse, fanfarronear
 | He always shows off on his skateboard | 
		
			| sleep over | stay somewhere for the night (informal) quedarse a dormir, pasar la noche fuera
 | You should sleep over tonight if the weather is too bad 
			to drive home. | 
		
			| sort something out | organize, resolve a problem organizar, resolver un problema
 | We need to sort the bills out before the first of 
			the month. | 
		
			| stick to something | continue doing something, limit yourself to one particular thing continuar haciendo algo, limitarse a hacer una cosa
 | You will lose weight if you stick to the diet. | 
		
			| switch something off | stop the energy flow, turn off apagar, desconectar
 | The light's too bright. Could you switch it off. | 
		
			| switch something on | start the energy flow, turn on encender, conectar
 | We heard the news as soon as we switched on the car 
			radio. | 
		
			| take after someone | resemble a family member parecerse a (miembro de la familia)
 | I take after my mother. We are both impatient. | 
		
			| take something apart | purposely break into pieces romper en pedazos
 | He took the car brakes apart and found the 
			problem. | 
		
			| take something back | return an item devolver algo
 | I have to take our new TV back because it doesn't 
			work. | 
		
			| take off | start to fly despegar
 | My plane takes off in five minutes. | 
		
			| take something off | remove something (usually clothing) quitarse (generalmente ropa)
 | Take off your socks and shoes and come in the lake! | 
		
			| take something out | remove from a place or thing quitar algo de algún sitio u objeto
 | Can you take the garbage out to the street for me? | 
		
			| take someone out | pay for someone to go somewhere with you llevar a alguien a un sitio (normalmente de pago)
 | My grandparents took us out for dinner and a 
			movie. | 
		
			| tear something up | rip into pieces romper, hacer pedazos
 | I tore up my ex-boyfriend's letters and gave them back to 
			him. | 
		
			| think back | remember (often + to, sometimes + on) pensar en el pasado, remoemorar
 | When I think back on my youth, I wish I had studied 
			harder. | 
		
			| think something over | consider considerar
 | I'll have to think this job offer over before I 
			make my final decision. | 
		
			| throw something away | dispose of tirar algo (que ya no sirve), deshacerse de algo
 | We threw our old furniture away when we won the 
			lottery. | 
		
			| turn something down | decrease the volume or strength (heat, light etc) bajar el volumen, cantidad (luz, calor)
 | Please turn the TV down while the guests are here. | 
		
			| turn something down | refuse rechazar
 | I turned the job down because I don't want to move. | 
		
			| turn something off | stop the energy flow, switch off apagar, desconectar
 | Your mother wants you to turn the TV off and come 
			for dinner. | 
		
			| turn something on | start the energy, switch on encender, conectar
 | It's too dark in here. Let's turn some lights on. | 
		
			| turn something up | increase the volume or strength (heat, light etc) incrementar, subir (volumen, temperatura)
 | Can you turn the music up? This is my favourite 
			song. | 
		
			| turn up | appear suddenly aparecer de forma repentina
 | Our cat turned up after we put posters up all over the 
			neighbourhood. | 
		
			| try something on | sample clothing probarse una prenda
 | I'm going to try these jeans on, but I don't think 
			they will fit. | 
		
			| try something out | test probar, hacer un test
 | I am going to try this new brand of detergent out. | 
		
			| use something up | finish the supply terminar, acabar (de usar algo), agotar
 | The kids used all of the toothpaste up so we need 
			to buy some more. | 
		
			| wake up | stop sleeping despertar
 | We have to wake up early for work on Monday. | 
		
			| warm someone/something up | increase the temperature incrementar la temperatura, calentar
 | You can warm your feet up in front of the 
			fireplace. | 
		
			| warm up | prepare body for exercise calentar
 | I always warm up by doing sit-ups before I go for a run. | 
		
			| wear off | fade away desaparecer
 | Most of my make-up wore off before I got to the party. | 
		
			| work out | exercise hacer ejercicio
 | I work out at the gym three times a week. | 
		
			| work out | be successful tener éxito
 | Our plan worked out fine. | 
		
			| work something out | make a calculation calcular
 | We have to work out the total cost before we buy the 
			house. |