lay away + | save for the future | Why don't you lay away your wedding outfit? |
lay down + | establish (laws, rules) | Lori lays down the law in her class. English only! |
lay in on + | scold or criticize severely | My mom really laid in on me when I got home at 4:00 in the morning last night. |
lay into + | scold or criticize severely | I saw Reto's mom lay into him when he came home late last night. |
lay * off + | suspend someone from a job (during a slow period) | The company was losing money, so they had to lay off 100 workers. |
lay * out + | arrange | Why don't we lay the pieces of the table out before we put it together. |
leave * out + | not include, omit | Why did your parents leave you out of their vacation plans? |
let * down | disappoint | I felt let down when I didn't receive a birthday card from my sister. |
let * down | lengthen (pants in sewing) | My uncle is a tailor, so he can let your pants down. |
let * out | release | I am happy my brother was let out of prison early. |
let * out | make bigger (in sewing) | I need to let out this skirt because I have gained weight. |
let up | weaken in intensity | I told her NO a thousand times, but she won't let up. |
lie down | rest, recline | I need to lie down before we go out tonight. |
lie down on + | rest, recline ( on a couch, bed) | I'm going to lie down on the sofa for a while. |
lie with + | be decided by | Whether or not you can go to the party lies with your father. |
light * up + | illuminate | Let's get some candles to light this room up. |
light up + | to smoke | Do you have to light up another cigarette? I thought you were trying to cut down. |
live * down + | live in a way that a shameful or embarrassing event is forgotten | Jose will never live down singing that song at the karaoke bar. |
live on + | survive from | I could live on bread and cheese. |
live up to + | keep a standard | It would be hard to live up to her parent's expectations. They are so demanding. |
look after + | take care of (a child, a house, a pet) | When my sister goes on vacation, I look after her dog. |
look back on + | to remember nostalgically | When I look back on my childhood, I often feel angry. |
look down on + | see as inferior | She's so conceited. She looks down on everybody else. |
look for + | to seek or search for | I'm looking for my keys. Have you seen them? |
look forward to + | anticipate with pleasure | I am looking forward to traveling to New York next year. |
look into + | investigate | The police are looking into the murder. |
look on | observe as a spectator | Everybody just looked on as the two men fought. |
look out | be careful, pay attention, heed a certain danger | Look out, there's a black widow spider on the wall. |
look * over + | examine, review | When I'm camping, I look my shoes over before I put them on. |
look * up + | search for (in a dictionary) | I takes time to look up new vocabulary words. |
look * up + | locate and visit | If you ever travel to California, you should look me up. |
look up to + | respect, admire someone | He looks up to his father. |
Monday 10 May 2010
Verb Phrase L
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