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m Contacting people 10A p78 E Phrasal verbs (3): meanings
10C p82
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get hold of sb contact somebody, often with difficulty: Did
you manage to get hold of Mrs Edwards? •
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let sb know sth tell somebody some information: Let me know get out of sth avoid doing something you don't want to do:
I tried to get out of the whole thing.
when you get there. •
• get over sth feel better after you have been unhappy or ill:
be in touch /tAtJ/ with sb communicate regularly with
Olivia got over her last three divorces quite quickly.
somebody by phone, email, letter, etc.: Are you still in touch . .
go up increase or rise: The number of divorces in the UK is still
with any of your old school friends?
• going up .
lose touch with sb not be in touch with somebody any more, •
look sth up find some information in a book or on a computer:
usually because they have moved house, changed job, etc.: I looked some figures up.
I lost touch with Tim after he moved to Australia. •
point sth out tell someone some information you think that they
keep in to•uch with sb or stay in to·uch with sb not lose touch don't know or have forgotten: I didn't like to point this out to her.
with somebody: I hope we keep in touch while you're in the USA. •
put sth off decide or arrange to do something at a later time:
get in to•uch with sb contact somebody by writing, emailing
or phoning them: /'m trying to get in touch with somebody from She should put the wedding off.
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fall out (with sb) argue with somebody and stop being friendly
the office.
with them: You two have never fallen out .
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come up with sth think of an idea or a solution to a problem:
TIPS• We can say be/keep/lose/get in touch with somebody
I couldn't come up with a good enough excuse.
or be/keep/lose/get in contact with somebody: I'm still in •
split up (with sb) end a marriage or relationship: I wondered
touch/contact with my old boss. how long it would be before Olivia and Tony split up .
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• We can also say get back in touch with somebody, which come across sth find something by accident: I came across
a newspaper report.
means 'communicate with somebody again after a long time'.
E Describing people 108 p80 & Phrasal verbs (3): grammar
APPEARANCE 10C p83
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• Phrasal verbs have two or three words: wake up, look after,
get on with, etc. Look at the differences between the four
types of phrasal verbs.

TYPE 1 phrasal verbs don't have an object (fall out, split up,
go up, etc.):
dyed hair sho·ulder- straight hair curly hair wavy hair
You two have never fallen out.
length hair
TYPE 2 phrasal verbs always have an object (get over sth,
come across sth, etc.). The object is always after the
phrasal verb:
Olivia got over her divorces quickly.
Olivia got over them quickly.
her hair up a ponytail going bald a dark blue a light blue TYPE 3 phrasal verbs always have an object (look sth up,
/ b:>:ld/ jacket jacket put sth off, point sth out, etc.). If the object is a noun, you
can put it in the middle or after the phrasal verb:
I looked some figures up.
I looked up some figures.

If the object is a pronoun, you must put it in the middle of
the phrasal verb:

a striped a flowery a plain shirt glasses jewellery I looked them up. not / !ooked up ttwffl.
tie dress /d3u:dlri:/ TYPE 4 phrasal verbs have three words and always have an
object (get out of sth, come up with sth, etc.). The object is
AGE always after the phrasal verb:
• We often use in his/her teens/early twenties/mid-thirties/ I tried to get out of the whole thing.
late forties, etc. to talk about someone's approximate age. I tried to get out of it.

TIP• We use The person/man/woman/one with ... + (red) hair, TIP • We can sometimes add a preposition to some type 1
glasses, a beard, etc., but The person/man/woman/one in ... phrasal verbs to make them type 4 phrasal verbs: I've never
+ clothes: She's the woman with long wavy hair and glasses. fallen out with my brother. Georgina has just split up with
He's the one in a blue suit. her boyfriend .
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