*Most common phrasal verbs* Show up = Appear Find out = Discover Set off = Start a trip Make up = invent a story an idea an excuse Stand for = Mean Go through = have an experience Take up = to begin a new activity (lesson, course, sport … ) Set up = build, a tent, a club, a house …… Write down = fill in (remplir) 10 Grow up = become old 11 Log on = enter your name in a computer 12 Put on = weight or clothes (try on a jacket) 13 Turn down = refuse 14 Look after = children, animals (take care of) 15 Give up = stop 16 Pick up = take or gain something 17 Put up with = tolerate , bare, have mutual understanding with someone 18 come back = return 19 calm down = relax 20 look up for = find a word in a dictionary 21 apply for = make a request for a job 22 take place = happen 23 take off = clothes or plane 24 hand out = give out distribute papers to students 25 hand in = take papers from students 26 look forward to + to + verb + ing 27 bring about = make something better 28 let down = don’t help someone in need , let someone alone 29 break down = end a relation 30 get off = leave a vehicle (get off the bus) 31 turn on / turn off 32 try out = test something 33 come across = meet someone suddenly or find something by chance