View Single Post
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 30-Oct-2006, 07:48
tangelatm tangelatm is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Country: Romania
Posts: 49
Current Location: Timisoara
First Language: romanian
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
tangelatm is on a distinguished road
Question Troubling phrasal verbs and idioms

Hi out there!
Could you please tell me whether the following underlined verbs are phrasal verbs:
1. He waited for his wife to come.(to wait for?
2. Suddenly, the stranger stepped up to him.(to step up?)
3. Lou went away without saying a word.(to go away?)
4. Barbara walked away without making an excuse.(to walk away?)
5. He got the moon back where it belonged.(to get sth. back?)
6. Nassredin looked into the well.(to look into)
7. She looked up into the sky.(to look up?)
8. The boy ran into the house.(to run into?)
9. The boys walked out across the fields.(to walk out?)
10. The costumer came forward to attend the old man.(to come forward?)
11. The father turned to his daughter and showed her the letter.(to turn to sb.?)
12. I don’t know where my face stops unless I keep my hat on.(to keep sth. on?)
Are the following idioms:
13. He was making his way very carefully.(to make one's way?)
14. The hook came loose. (to come loose?)
15. He found himself adrift in the middle of the ocean.(to find oneself somewhere/ +prep.?)
I found the verbs in 1-12 in the Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, but according to most definitions of phrasal verbs they don’t seem to be phrasal verbs proper.
Thanks,
Angela
Reply With Quote