1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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live

through

My grandparents lived through some very difficult times, such as the

Great Depression and two World Wars.

live through sth

Living through difficult

times can make you a

stronger person.

✍  see also:^ come through,

go through

live up to
He wanted his son to be a top student, but the boy failed to live up to
his father’s expectations.

live up to sth

She came with a good
reputation and she’s lived
up to it. Her work’s great.

✍ ^

liven up
We should liven up the party. Why don’t you put on some funky dance
music?

liven up sth

liven sth up

Don’t you think we could
liven the show up? It’s
seems a bit dull to me.

✍  see also:^ brighten up^

lock away
If you lock away the documents in a safe deposit box at the bank, they’ll
be safe.

lock away sth

lock sth away

We advise our guests to
lock their valuables away
in their room safe.

✍  see also:^ put away^

lock in
I forgot to make sure the cat was outside and ended up locking her in
all day. She was glad to get out of the house when I got home.

lock sb/sth in

lock sb/sth in sth

On no! I’ve locked my
keys in the house and I
don’t have another set.

✍ ^

lock up
Don’t forget to lock the office up if you’re the last to leave. Whoever
leaves last always locks up.

lock up
lock sth up
lock up sth
I can’t believe I left my
laptop in the car and then
forgot to lock up the car.

✍ ^

log in / into
He can’t send emails at the moment because he can’t log into his email
account.

log in

log into sth

Use the new password
whenever you log into the
company network.

✍  see also:^ log on /onto^

log off
You should log off when you’ve finished checking the online accounts. log off^

Don’t forget to log off so
the server can keep
accurate user records.

✍  see also:^ log out^

log on /
onto

Julie can’t log on at the moment. Her account’s been suspended so she

can’t log onto the server.

log on

log onto sth

If you have trouble
logging on, let Joe know
and he’ll sort it out.

✍  see also:^ log in / into^

log out

After you’ve finished, you should log out of the database so our security

people will know what you’re doing.

log out

log out of sth

After logging out, I

disconnected and put the

computer to sleep.

✍  see also:^ log off^