38 Phrasal-prepositional verbs Phrasal-prepositional verbs combinando complemento consumo farla franca insistenza mandare particella perdere preposizione sollevare termine tollerare I phrasal-prepositional verbs contengono sia una ....................................... avverbiale e sia una ....................................... che introduce un complemento e hanno la struttura: verbo + particella avverbiale + preposizione + ....................................... (nome, pronome o -ing form) I can t put up with it any more. She doesn t get on with her sister. Alcuni di questi verbi comunemente usati sono: be up to (star facendo/....................................... qualcosa) Paul is behaving in a strange way. He must be up to something. catch up on/with (raggiungere) come down to (risultare essere), come down with (ammalarsi), come up with (saltar fuori con qualcosa) cut down on (ridurre il .......................................) Kevin s a globetrotter but he has to cut down on his trips now because he s broke. date back to (risalire) get away with (trovare una scappatoia/.......................................), get back to (ritornare su), get on well with (andare d accordo con) give in to (cedere a), give oneself up to (dedicarsi a) go through with (portare a ......................................./mantenere un impegno) keep on at (chiedere con .......................................), keep up with (stare al passo con), keep away from (tenersi lontano da) Mandy kept on at him to tidy his room. live up to (essere all altezza di un aspettativa) look forward to (non vedere l ora), look up to (ammirare/rispettare) make up for (compensare per) miss out on (....................................... un opportunit ) Mr O Connell has just missed out on a very good job opportunity. put up with (sopportare/.......................................) run away from (scappare via da), run away with (scappare con), run out of (restare senza) send out for (....................................... a prendere) stand up for (difendere/prendere le parti di) take up on (....................................... un obiezione) turn away from (abbandonare) walk out on (abbandonare) 130 Phrasal-prepositional verbs