NEW GUIDE TO PHRASAL VERBS

Ito ask around
to ask around invitar a casa.
/ asked them around for a meal, los
invite a comer.
to ask back invitar a casa.
/ asked her back for a coffee, la invite
a casa a tomar un cafe.
to ask for pedir, preguntar por.
/ asked for another book, pedi otro
libro.
how much are they asking for the
house?, <Lcuanto piden por la casa?
she asked her brother for the key, le
pidio la Have a su hermano.
ask in invitar a entrar, hacer pasar.
we were all asked in, nos invitaron a
pasar a todos.
to ask out invitar a salir.
have you asked her out yet?, <Lya la
has invitado a salir?
it was the first time he asked her out, era
la primera vez que la invitaba a salir.
ask round invitar.
she asked me round to dinner, me
invito a cenar.
• arrange arreglar, ordenar, organizar,
disponer, fijar, senalar, decidir, planear,
adaptar, tomar medidas, concertar.
arrange for asegurarse que sucede,
hacer que algo suceda, pedir.
he arranged for a car to meet her at
the station, hizo que la esperara un
coche en la estacion.
you can arrange for a telephone in
your room, puede pedir que le instalen
un telefono en su habitacion.
I arranged for a taxi to pick them up,
pedf un taxi para que los recogiera.
• attend asistir.
attend to atender, verse las caras,
ocuparse de.
she is attending to a customer, esta
atendiendo a un cliente.
I'll attend to you later, luego nos
veremos las caras.
a nurse attended to the wounded, una
enfermera atendia a los heridos.
attend on/upon servir, estar al servicio
de.
the waiter is attending on/upon that
table, el camarero esta sirviendo esa
mesa.
/ must get this tooth attended to,
tengo que hacerme ver esta
muela.
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I must just attend to the cooking,
tengo que ocuparme de la comida.
• average out salir a una media de.
the expenses averaged out at twenty
pounds a day, el promedio de gastos
fue de veinte libras diarias.
our speed averaged out at about 60 mph,
hicimos una media de 60 millas por hora.
they average out to the same figure,
dan de promedio la misma cifra.
it all averages out in the end, al final,
una cosa compensa la otra.
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• back apoyar, respaldar, defender,
favorecer.
back away dar un paso hacia atras.
they backed away afraid, retrocedieron
asustados.
he backed away from the dog,
retrocedio, apartandose del perro.
back down rajarse, echarse atras,
volverse atras.
they backed down, se rajaron.
she never backs down, even when it's
obvious she's wrong, nunca cede, aun
cuando es evidente que esta equivocada.
back off dar marcha atras, retirarse,
dejar en paz.
back off, will you?, <Lquieres dejarme
en paz?
they backed off, se retiraron.
back on to dar a.
my house backs on to the park, mi
casa da al parque.
the hotel backs on to the river, la parte
de atras del hotel da al no.
back out salir marcha atras; retirarse,
volverse atras.
he backed his car out of the garage,
salio del garaje marcha atras.
it's too late to back out now, ya es
demasiado tarde para volverse
atras.
all his partners backed out, todos sus
socios se retiraron.
* back up dar marcha atras; respaldar
defender; retrasar, demorar.
you can back up another two yards,
puedes retroceder otras dos yardas.
there is nobody backing us up, no nos
respalda nadie.
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