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Grammar

10: 句動詞
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1. back up 

  • back up ~ 
    • 	
reverse
You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out.


  • back ~ up 
    • 	
support
My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.

    blow

    1. blow up 

  • blow up  
    • 
explode
The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence.


  • blow ~ up 
    • 	
add air
We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party.

    break

    1. break down 

    

  •  break down  
    • 
stop functioning (vehicle, machine)
Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm.


get upset
The woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died.


  •  break ~ down  
    • 
divide into smaller parts
Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts.

    2. break in 

    

  •  break in  
    • 

force entry to a building
Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo.


interrupt
The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death.




  •  break ~ in  
    • 

wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new
I need to break these shoes in before we run next week.



  • break into ~ 
    • 
enter forcibly
The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children.

    3. break up 

    

  •  break up  
    • 

end a relationship
My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America.


start laughing (informal)
The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking.

    4. break out 

    

  •  break out  
    • 
escape
The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren't looking.



  • break out in ~ 
    • 
develop a skin condition
I broke out in a rash after our camping trip.

    bring

    1. bring down 

    	

  • bring ~ down
    • 
make unhappy
This sad music is bringing me down.

    2. bring up 

    	

  • bring ~ up
    • 


raise a child
My grandparents brought me up after my parents died.

vomit
He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet.


  • bring up ~ 
    • 

start talking about a subject
My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports.