1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context I i (1/2)

identify
with

Do you have any idea why so many young people identify with Harry

Potter?

identify with sb

Big John Daly is a popular
golfer. Many fans identify
with him and his ‘faults’.

✍ ^

impact on /
upon

The drought seriously impacted on every farmer in the district, and

some even had to sell off their land to pay off their debts.

impact on sth/sb

impact upon sth/sb

We aren’t sure exactly
how global warming will
impact upon our lives yet.

✍ ^

impose on
Ruth objects to the way some people try to impose their views or beliefs
on other people, especially when it comes to religious beliefs.

impose sth on sb

The government has
imposed stricter controls
on drug companies.

✍ 

improve on
/ upon

The coach said his team would have to improve on its defensive play in

order to win the championship.

improve on sth

improve upon sth

They suggested the design
of our packaging could be
improved upon.

✍ 

infer from
If you can infer the meaning of a phrasal verb from the context in which
you find it, you’ll remember it much more easily.

infer sth from sth

We inferred from what he
said about cutting costs
that jobs will be lost.

✍  see also:^ figure out

(from), work out (from)

insist on /
upon

We used to ship stock on credit, but after not being paid a few times we

now insist on payment in advance from most customers.

insist on/upon sth
insist on/upon doing
sth
We insist upon customers
insuring any shipments
we send on their behalf.

✍ ^

interest in
Soon after he walked into the showroom, the salesman said, ‘Can I
interest you in one of these fabulous new sports cars, sir?’

interest sb in sth

Companies advertise in
order to interest people in
their products.

✍ ^

invest in
More and more people are investing in the stock market, and the
smarter ones pay experts for advice on how to do so wisely.

invest in sth

After inventing this great
software, they’re looking
for people to invest in it.

✍ ^

invite in

Thanks for the lift home. I’d invite you in for a drink, but I have to get

up early in the morning, and I’m hopeless if I don’t get enough sleep.

invite sb in

Invite them in, offer them

some coffee, and tell them

I’ll be in to see them soon.

✍ ^

invite out
In Asia, businessmen often invite their customers out to entertainment
venues like bars and clubs.

invite sb out

(be) invited out

Her boss invited her out,
but she doesn’t want to
go. What should she say?

✍  see also:^ ask out^