Spoken English: Flourish Your Language

II Phrasal Verbs^14311
Example: Most students have to eke out their income because they
have so little money to live on.
Embark on = start a project or venture
Example: Piere embarked on an MBA at Instead last autumn.
Embark upon = start a project or venture
Example: Fernando has just embarked upon a completely new di-
rection professionally.
End up = become or do something unplanned
Example: We couldn't get tickets for Egypt so we ended up going
to Turkey instead.
Enter for = join or enter a competition
Example: They entered for the national championship but weren't
good enough.
Eye up = look carefully at someone
Example: The guy eyed the other man up because he was behaving
suspiciously.
Face up to = accept an unpleasant truth
Example: Many people find it hard to face up to the fact tlUt they
are getting old.
Fall back = retreat
Example: The army fell back after losing the battle.
Fall down = fall on the ground
Example: I slipped on the ice andfell down.
Fall down = have a weak point
Example: The argument falls dmvn when you look at ho\' much
it'll cost.
Fall for = be attracted to somebody, fall in love