Phrasal verbs dictionary

biti jednako, (ukupno) iznositi Your purchases add up to $205.32.

pozvati (nekoga) na izlazak Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie.

-raspitati se I need a good real estate agent. Could you ask around and see if anyone knows one?

podržati (nekoga) My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. 

ići / voziti unazad You’ll have to back up your car so that I can get out. zakrčiti promet, stvoriti dugačak red (za vozila) The traffic began to back up because of the accident.  spremiti dodatnu kopiju podataka (u informatici) You’ll have to back up the hard drive. nakupiti se iza prepreke (za tekuću vodu) The water began to back up at the narrow …

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-if you are up against a situation, a person, or a group of people, they make it very difficult for you to achieve what you want to achieve He was up against fantastic odds – he never stood a chance of winning.

1 biti dorastao nečemu; biti dobar za nešto He’s not up to the job; get someone else. 2 raditi nešto potajno, krivo… What are those kids up to?

-uzrokovati da što eksplodira He blew up that car. -uvećati (fotografiju) He is blowing up your photo right now.

-eksplodirati The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. -planuti (za osobu) She blew up when I asked for my money. -početi se razvijati (praćeno vrjetrom) A storm had blown up while we were in the store. -pojaviti se, postati javan (za skandal ili razmiricu) A crisis blew up between the two countries. -napuhnuti, napuhavati His belly had blown up. -uvećati …

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-povratiti se nazad; oporaviti se John quickly bounced back after he lost his job.

-upoznati nekoga s novim radnim mjestom ili novom situcijom There was no time to break in a new foreign minister. (break in a horse) priviknuti konja na sedlo, žvale, uzde itd., te na jahanje I am the one who breaks in my dad’s horses.

-razdijeliti na manje dijelove Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts. 

-nošenjem ili korištenjem učiniti nešto udobnim /podatnim, razgaziti I need to break these shoes in before we run next week.