1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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rake in
(informal)

They’ve been raking in the money since their gambling website took off

and they’re rich now.

rake in sth

rake sth in

Our company has been
raking the money in, so
we’ll all get big bonuses.

✍ ^

rally round
(informal)

After the accident, Jane’s friends rallied round and helped her out with

the shopping and her housework.

rally round

rally round sb

After Carlos lost his job,
we all rallied round and
helped him find another.

✍ ^

reach out

Monkeys were reaching out of their cage to grab the bits of bread and

fruit the kids were feeding them.

reach out

reach out for sb/sth

reach out to sb/sth

David reached out to

shake hands with his fans,

and then drove off.

✍ 

read into
You’re reading too much into what she said. She doesn’t hate you, but
you might annoy her sometimes.

read sth into sth

A good salesman can read
a lot into what customers
say and do.

✍ 

read out
The students listened carefully as their teacher read out their test scores. read out sth^
read sth out

The courtroom was very
quiet as the judge read the
verdict out.

✍ ^

read up on
I’m going to read up on doing business in Asia before I go there. read up on sth^

Did she read up on
Japanese business culture
before she went there?

✍ ^

reflect on
When James turned forty, he reflected on what he’d done with his life
so far, and thought about what he could do with the time he had left.

reflect on sth

After her divorce, Sue
reflected on her marriage
and why it had failed.

✍  see also:^ think over^

rely on
Sayoko’s English is so good now that she doesn’t have to rely on an
interpreter when she’s in a meeting.

rely on sth/sb
rely on sth/sb to do
sth
Use the best distributors
as we’ll be relying on
them to maximise sales.

✍  see also:^ depend on^

remind of
His new receptionist reminds Ken of his first girlfriend. She looks a bit
like her and even sounds like her sometimes.

remind sb of sth/sb

The smell of incense
reminds her of going to
temples as a kid.

✍ ^

resort to
Bobby’s essay is due in tomorrow but he hasn’t finished it, so he’s
resorted to paying another student to help him get it done on time.

resort to sth

resort to doing sth

Unless he resorts to dirty
tricks, the president will
lose the next election.

✍  see also:^ turn to, fall back

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