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Phrasal Verbs

come

	meanings	examples
come across	to seem, to be considered, to be perceived to find, especially in an unexpected way	Nathan comes across as rude, but he's really just shy.
come along	to accompany	You can aome along.
come around	to visit or frequent a place to change one's mind or attitude in a possitive or favorable way	Ever since Josh broke up with Mary, he doesn't come around anymore. Greg will come around soon enough and agree with you.
come back	to return
come by	to visit for a short time to receive, to get s.th.,usually of value	How did you come by that expensive car?
come down	to decrease, such as price to visit an area lower or further south	The price on that house has come down a lot.
come down on	to punish severely (used with hard)	When her parent caught jessica smoking, they really come down hard on her.
come in	to enter, to be receive as a signal, as in a TV, radio or cell phone	I love this station, but it doesn't come in very well outside the city.
come into	to receive s.th. valuable, especially inherited money.	Kevin came into some money, so he paid off all of his debts.
come on
come out	to divulge s.th. about oneself or one's idemtity
come through	to help or perform s.th. according to expectation	I wasn't sure if he'd be able to lend me the money, but Jack really came through for me.
come to	to arrive at, to awaken after having been unconscious	When Mary came to, she discovered that s.o. had moved her to the sofa.
come up	to visit an area higher or further north to rise socially, economically, or professionally	Bob's really come up since he became the president of the company.
come up with	to get an idea (used with idea, solution, proposal)

Turn

	meanings	examples
turn around	to go back in the opposite direction
turn down	to lower the power of s.th, such as light or volume, to enter a road leading to a lower place (<=>turn up) to refuse	You need to turn down this road and continue to the bottom of the hill. It was agreat job offer, but I had to turn it down because it was too much work.
turn in	to leave a street ot highway and enter a drivewaym parking lot to go to a bed to give an assignment or paperwork to a boss or a teacher to report s.o. to the police
turn into	to become	Jason got a promothion and turned into a real jerk
turn off	to stop an electronic device, to exit a road or freeway, to be unappealing (<=> turn on)	This music is horrible! It really turn me off.
turn on	to start an electronic device, to drive onto a street, highway, to be appealing or exciting.   (<=> turn off)	Dancing really turns me on and puts me in a great mood.
turn over	to reverse the position of s.th. from right-side to upside down
turn up	to appear s.where, to be found to increase the power of s.th, such as light or volume, to enter a road leading to a higher place (<=>turn down)	Don't worry, your earring's not gone forever; it'll turn up.

pick

	meanings	examples
pick up	to take s.th up off of a surface, to buy s.th.
pick out	to select, to separate from	If you break a wine glass, make sure you pick all of the glass out of the carpet.
pick over	to take the best of s.th. and leave what is not so good.	Yhe shirts have been on sale so long that they're realy been picked over.
pick on	to tease	My sisters and brothers always picked on me because I was the youngest.
pick from	to choose from a group of s.th.	Mrs.Stefanson picked a new assistant from the group of applicants for the job.
pick at	to take only very small amounts of food, to scratch or irritate s.th., such as a cut or scrape.	Don't pick at that cut Let it heal.
pick up on	to understand s.th, especially s.th that isn't intended to be understood.	Thery spoke in Spanish in front of Dorothy, so she didn't pick up on what they were talking about.

Feelings~how do you feel now?

Happy	optimistic	inspired
		open
	intimate	playful
		sensitive
	peaceful	hopeful
		loving
	powerful	provocative	intended to make people angry or upset, or to cause a lot of discussion
		courageous	brave
	accepted	fulfilled
		respected
	proud	confident
		important
	interested	inquisitive	interested in a lot of different things and wanting to find out more about them
		amused
	joyful	ecstatic	feeling extremely happy and excited
		liberated	free to behave in the way you want
surprise	excited	energetic
		eager
	amuazed	awe
		astonished
	confused	perplexed	confused and worried by something that you do not understand  =puzzled
		disillusioned	disappointed because you have lost your belief that someone is good, or that an idea is right
	startled	dismayed	worried, disappointed, and upset when something unpleasant happens
		shocked
fear	scared	terrified
		frightened
	anxious	overwhelmed
		worried
	insecure	inadequate	not good enough, big enough, skilled enough etc
		inferior
	submissive	worthless
		insignificant
	rejected	inadequate
		alienated	someone unfriendly or unwilling to support you
	humiliated	disrespected
		ridiculed
anger	hurt	embarassed
		devastated
	threatened	insecure
		jealous
	hateful	resentful	feeling angry and upset about something that you think is unfair
		violated
	mad	furious
		enraged	to make someone very angry
	aggressive	provoked
		hostile
	frustrated	infuriated
		irritated
	distant	withdrawn	very shy and quiet, and concerned only about your own thoughts
		suspicious
disgust	disapproval	judgemental
		loathing	a very strong feeling of hatred
	disappointed	repugnant	very unpleasant and offensive = repellent
		revolted
	awful	revulsion	a strong feeling of shock and very strong dislike
		detestable	very bad, and deserving to be criticized or hated
	avoidance	aversion	a strong dislike of something or someone = hatred
		hesitant
sad	guilty	remoresful
		ashamed
	abandoned	ignored
		victimized
	despair	powerless
		vulnerable
	depressed	inferior
		empty
	lonely	abandoned
		isolated
	bored	apathetic
		indifferent

Movement

	meanings	examples
drift	to move slowly on water or in the air	White clowds drifted across the sky.
flutter	to make small gentle movements in the air	The flag fluttered in the wind.
stir	to move slightly or to make something move slightly	The leaves stirred in the light breeze.
sway	to move slowly from one side to another	The trees swayed back and forth.
swerve	to make a sudden sideways movement while moving forwards, usually in order to avoid hitting something	The car swerved to avoid a dog which had run into the road.

Texture-how something feels when you touch it

adjective	meanings	typical examples	image
smooth	.	paper	.
polished	.	varnished wood/a shiny metal surface	.
silky	soft, smooth, and shiny like silk	silk/fine, expensive tights	.
sleek	a smooth attractive shape sleek hair or fur is straight, shiny, and healthy-looking	highly polished, streamlined new car bodywork
downy	covered in or filled with soft fine hair or feathers	new-born baby's hair/ towel
slippery	difficult to hold, walk on etc because it is wet	a fish just out of the water	.
furry	covered with fur or short threads	a sheepskin rug/ stuffed animal	.
rough	.	bark of a tree	.
coarse	having a rough surface that feels slightly hard	sand
jagged	having a rough or pointed edge or surface	sharp, irregular edges of broken glass or metal/mountain/edge
prickly	covered with thin sharp points	thorns on rose/cuctus
gnarled	rough and twisted with hard lumps	twisted, dead wood from an old tree
glossy	shiny and smooth	photopaper/display

What animals do?

Animal	baby	movement	make noise	♪
cat	kitten	.	mew	MEOW
dog	puppy	.	bark, growl	WOOF
sheep	lamb	skip	bleat	BAA
lion	cub	.	roar	.
bear	cub	.	.	.
horse	foal	trot, gallop	neigh	.
pig	piglet	.	grunt	OINK
cow	calve	.	moo	MOO
duck	duckling	.	quack	.
cock	chick	.	crow	.
hen	chick	.	cluck	COCKADOODLEDOO
owl	.	.	hoot	TOOWIT TOOWOO
kangaroo	.	hop	.	.
snake	.	slither	.	.
Frog	tadpole	.	croak	.
butterfly	caterpillar	flutter		.

作成日　2009年1月30日