Page 175 - Perfect Phrases ESL Everyday Business

Grammar Notes

Drop off: leave a thing or person somewhere (I’m sorry I’m late;
I have to drop my son off at day care. I had to drop off my son at day
care.)
Fill out: complete a form (I didn’t fill out the application. I didn’t
fill the application out.)
Hand in: submit (Hand the report in. Hand in the report.)
Hang up: end a telephone conversation (Can you hang the phone
up? I need to talk to you. Can you hang up the phone? I need to talk
to you.)
Make something up: lie about something (He made up many
things on his résumé. He made many things up on his résumé.)
Pass out: distribute (Please pass out the checks. Please pass the
checks out.)
Put back: return something where it belongs (Put the files back.
Put back the files.)
Scale down: make smaller or less (We are scaling down our print-
ing expenses. We are scaling our printing expenses down.)
Slowed down: decrease the speed (The shipping department
slowed the process down. The shipping department slowed down
the process.)
Spill over: to overflow (He spilled the coffee over. He spilled over
the coffee.)
Throw away: discard (He threw the important papers away. He
threw away the important papers.)
Tie up: put together with string (You tied the package up beauti-
fully. You tied up the package beautifully.)

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