17. English Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced, Unit 17, Time

space out (1 Space your workouts two days apart to avoid sore muscles. Bean plants should be spaced three inches apart. 2 Say that again please. I spaced for a minute.)

(1) to arrange objects, events, activities etc so that they are a particular time or distance apart; (2) to not pay attention to someone or something because you are thinking, tired, bored etc (увеличивать промежутки)

set back (The spending cuts have set the research project back several years.)

(1) to delay the progress of someone or something;

pass by (1 Three buses passed by, but none of them was the right one. I was just passing by her house, so I thought I'd call in and see her. A car slowly passed by the front of the house. 2 Did you tell me about that? Sorry, it completely passed me by. 3 Sometimes I feel that life is just passing me by.)

(1) to go past; (2) if something (~) you (~), you do not notice it; (3) if something (~) you (~), you are not able to take advantage of the opportunities it offers (1 проходить мимо)

hold over (1 hold something over someone: She ran out with an umbrella and held it over my head. 3 One session was held over until this evening. They intend to hold the article over for the next edition. 4 The film was held over for another week. 5 The weather held us over in Denver for two days.)

(1) to hold something above someone or something; (2) to threaten to tell something that you know about someone in order to force them to do something; (3) to do something or deal with something at a later time or date; (4) to let a play or film continue for longer than was planned because it is so successful; (5) to delay someone from leaving:

slip away (1 He slipped away while we were all sleeping. 2 This last year seems to have slipped away! 2 Time was slipping away and she had to make a decision soon. 3 Political power was really in their hands and they let it slip away.)

(1) to leave secretly; (2) If a period of time (--), it passes quickly; (3) If someone's power or the possibility of someone winning or achieving something (--), it disappears

creep up on (I didn't notice him creeping up on me.)

(1) to move towards someone quietly and slowly; (2) If a feeling or state (~) you, you start to experience it so gradually that you do not realize it (подкрадываться)

put back (1 Can you put the book back when you've finished with it? 2 We've put the trip back until June now. a The fire has put back the opening of the theatre by several months. 3 The children put back all the clocks in the house so they could stay up later!)

(1) to put something in the place where it was before it was moved; (2) to change the time or date of an event so that it happens later than originally planned; (a) to make something happen later than it should happen; (3) to change the time of a clock or watch to an earlier time (отсрочивать, откладывать, переносить; задерживать, тормозить; передвигать назад /стрелки часов)

come round (1 Come round tonight and we'll watch a video. 2 He'll come round to my point of view, given a bit of time. Do you still dislike your office, or have you come round to thinking it's all right? 3 Christmas comes round so quickly! 4 She hasn't come round from the anaesthetic yet.)

(1) to visit someone in their home; (2) to change your opinion of something, often influenced by another person's opinion; (3) If an event that happens regularly (~), it happens at its usual time; (4) to become conscious again after an accident or operation

break up (1 Break the chocolate up into squares. [intransitive] if something breaks up, it breaks into smaller pieces The plane broke up in mid-air. 2 The marriage broke up just a few years later. There were suggestions that her involvement had broken up the partnership. 3 if a meeting or other event breaks up, or if you break it up, it ends and people leave The talks didn't break up until after midnight. Sorry to break up the party, but I have to go. 4 The police were called in to break up the rioters. 5 if the sound on a radio or mobile phone breaks up, you can no longer hear the person who is speaking on it I can't hear you, you're breaking up. 6 if schools break up, or if students or teachers break up, the students and teachers stop working at the end of term 7 I usually go for a walk around three o'clock to break up the afternoon.)

(1.) break something into pieces; (2.) when a relationship ends; (3.) when an event ends; (4.) make a fight end; (5.) about radios/phones; (6.) about schools/students; (7.) to divide a large area or a period of time into smaller parts so that it does not seem so big or long

come up (2 if something such as a job comes up, it becomes available She's hoping a vacancy will come up at the local college. 3 if a problem comes up, it happens and needs to be dealt with immediately I'm going to have to cancel our lunch - something's come up. /a/ A number of interesting points came up at today's meeting. /b/ We've got a busy period coming up in a couple of weeks. 4 My mother's coming up from England for the weekend. 5 Our flight hasn't come up yet. 7 The grass in the garden came up to her knees. 8 if the sun, moon, or stars come up, they start to appear in the sky. 9 if your ticket or name comes up in a lottery or similar game, it is chosen as a winner. 10 if a plant comes up, it starts to appear above the ground. 11 His case comes up next week.)

(1.) go to speak to someone; (2.) become available (3.) need to be dealt with; (a) to be mentioned and need to be considered; (b) [always progressive] to be about to happen soon; (4.) to travel to a place that is further north or is larger or more important than the place you are leaving; (5.) if information about something comes up on something such as a computer screen, it appears there; (6.) when someone is sick; if food that you have eaten comes up, your stomach forces it out through your mouth; (7.) to higher point/level (8.) appear in sky; (9.) win money with a ticket (10.) about plants (11.) to be judged in a court of law

lead up to (HAPPEN) (There's an awful lot to do leading up to the conference, The negotiations leading up to the contract were very tough.)

(HAPPEN) if events, problems, actions etc (~) an important event, they happen one after another in a way that makes it possible for the event to happen; preparing in the period before an event begins (на пути к)

lead up to (TALK) (He started telling me about a wonderful new restaurant he'd been to and I wondered what he was leading up to.)

(TALK) to prepare to talk about something by gradually mentioning the subject you want to talk about (наводить разговор на)

time's getting on a bit (Paul. Time's getting on a bit now. )

(mainly British and Australian informal) it's getting late

spin out (1. Right, I'm not going to spin this out. I tried to spin things out until you arrived.)

(transitive, adverb) (1.) to extend or protract (a story, etc) by including superfluous detail; prolong; (2.) to spend or pass (time); (3.) to contrive to cause (money, etc) to last as long as possible

be coming up (I can't believe that the conference is coming up again already.)

[always progressive] to be about to happen soon; will be happening soon (приближаться; скоро подходить)

fit (sth) in around (We felt that would be better than trying to fit revision in around sport commitments.)

do it between other activities

free up

make time or money available for a particular use by not using it another way

it breaks things up (Oh well, at least it breaks things up and makes life a bit more interesting, I suppose.)

makes a period of time more interesting by being different from what you are doing for the rest of the time

hurry along, hurry up (We'd better start hurrying those sales reports along.)

making someone do something more quickly, or to make something happen sooner

come up to, come up as far as (The grass in the garden came up to her knees.)

to be tall, deep, or long enough to reach a particular higher point or level

bring forward (The match has been brought forward to 1.00 pm. They brought the date of the wedding forward so her cousins could attend.)

to change the date or time of an event so that it happens earlier

set someone back something (Jim's new car must have set him back £30,000.)

to cost someone a particular amount of money, especially a large amount

pull your socks up (He's going to have to pull his socks up if he wants to stay in the team. You only have two weeks now till the exams start and you're going to have to pull your socks up if you want to pass.)

to make an effort to improve your work or behaviour because it is not good enough; used when you are telling someone that they are not doing a job well enough and that they must do better

drag out (Let's not drag this meeting out any more than we have already.)

to make something continue for longer than necessary

come up to (Strangers come up to him in the street and say how much they enjoy his books.)

to move towards someone, usually because you want to talk to them

eke out (There wasn't much food left, but we just managed to eke it out. He managed to eke out a living /= earn just enough to live on/ one summer by selling drinks on a beach)

to use something slowly or carefully because you only have a small amount of it (transitive, adverb) (1.) to make (a supply) last, esp by frugal use (⇒ they ~ what little food was left); (2.) to support (existence) with difficulty and effort; (3.) to add to (something insufficient), esp with effort (⇒ to ~ an income with evening work)

fritter away (transitive) (Over the next year he frittered away all his winnings. If I've got money in my pocket, I tend to fritter it away. She fritters so much money away on expensive make-up.)

to waste time or money on things that are not necessary or important

set apart (We're going to set apart the next fortnight just for revision.)

use time for one purpose and no other purpose