Phrasal verbs 4 60

Phrasal verbs or multi-word verbs are verbs that are combined with one or two particles (a preposition or adverb), for example, 'after' to make verbs with new meanings. For example, look means to use your eyes to see something (She looked at the photograph and smiled) but look after means to care for someone (The doctor said that Michal's dad had to look after himself more).

Here are some phrasal verbs you can use when talking about family relationships:

Phrasal verbs - family relationships

bring someone up:
take care of a child. =to care for a child until it is an adult, often giving it particular beliefs:

...She was brought up by her grandparents after her parents died.
...They brought their children up to be polite and to respect older people.
...She was brought up by her grandmother.
...They brought her up (as/to be) a Catholic.
...[+ to infinitive] David was brought up to respect authority.


take after someone: to look like someone in your family. =to be similar to an older member of your family in appearance or character.

...Her dad's really short but her mum's really tall. With those long legs, she certainly takes after her mother.
...All the children take after their dad – he's really musical – and all of them can play an instrument.
...He takes after his mother/his mother's side of the family.
...Peter's very tall - he takes after his father.
...Erika takes after her mother with her bad temper
...Most of my children take after my husband


look up to someone: to respect or admire someone [hormat]

...When she was young she looked up to her parents. They were very good role models for her.
...Footballers have a lot of responsibility because so many children look up to them.
...He'd always looked up to his uncle.
...Kate has always looked up to her father.


grow up: to become more adult, the process of changing from a child to an adult

...I grew up in Glasgow but moved to London after I graduated from University.
...He grew up on a farm but always wanted to live in a big city.
...I grew up in Scotland (= I lived in Scotland when I was young).
...Taking responsibility for yourself is part of the process of growing up.

get on with someone: be friends with someone

...When I was young I didn't get on with my sister but now we're very good friends.
...I tried to get on with him but he was rude I found it impossible to be friends with him.


fall out with someone: have an argument or disagreement with someone and stop being friends with him or her

...She fell out with me after all these years over an invite to a party!
...They were best friends for years but they fell out and now they don't even talk to each other.
...He left home after falling out with his parents.
...She'd fallen out with her boyfriend over his ex-girlfriend.
..Rachel and Fi have had a falling-out and they're not speaking to each other.
...I haven't seen Karen since we fell out last month.
...He left home after falling out with his parents. [often + with]
...It's stupid to fall out over (= because of) such a small thing. [sometimes + over]
...Clare and Richard had a falling-out last week and they're still not speaking to one another.


live up to: reach an expected standard =to be as good as something:[seperti/menjadi setaraf- dgnsetanding/mengikut-berpegang]

...His mother was a famous politician so he had a lot to live up to.Everyone expected that he would have a successful career in politics too. ...Because all my sisters did so well at high school, I had a lot to live up to from the first day I went there.
...Did the trip live up to your expectations?
...He's striving to live up to his reputation as a world-class athlete.
...We expected a lot of her, and her performance lived up to our expectations


stand up to someone: refuse to accept unfair treatment or behaviour [melawan]

...After years of being treated badly by her husband, she finally stood up to him and made him change his ways.
...If you don't stand up to her, she'll just treat you like dirt.
...He wasn't afraid to stand up to bullies.
...He was not afraid to stand up to his superiors if they had a difference of opinion.
...She has been criticized for failing to stand up to the powerful right-wing of the party.


look back on something: remember something that happened in the past = to think about or remember something that happened in the past [kenang kembali-ingat balik]

...When I look back on my childhood, I remember lots of laughter and a few tears too.
...When you look back on your life, what is your happiest memory?
...When I look back, I'm amazed that I coped so well after his death.
...It wasn't such a bad experience when I look back on it. [often + on]


tell someone off: talk to someone severely for doing something wrong [memahari]

...The boss really told me off for being late for the second time this week.
...Her parents told her off for doing so badly in her exams this year.
...She told him off for not doing his homework.
...You always get told off in Mr Warren's lesson.
...The nurse gave me a good telling-off.
...She got a telling-off from her teacher for forgetting her book. [often + from]
...The teacher told me off for swearing.
...He gave me a good telling-off for forgetting the meeting.

Vocabulary:

a heart attack:
a sudden serious medical condition when someone's heart stops working in its usual way

...John had a heart attack three years ago.
...He'd survived two heart attacks and was very careful about what he ate.


to count on someone: to be able to rely on someone or expect someone to behave in a particular way. [mengharap]

...You can always count on Michael in a crisis.
...[+ to infinitive] I can count on my parents to help me.