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Phrasal Verbs
Unit 8.1 -
"Away" meaning "Leaving", "Separating", or "Removing"
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Guess the meanings of the
phrasal verbs from context:
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At the age of 18, Junko broke away
from her family in Okayama and moved to Tokyo.
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His bad temper
is
driving customers
away.
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We decided to
move to a small city to get away
from the noise and traffic.
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Are you
going away for the summer?
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If I were you,
I would
keep my daughter
away from that young man.
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Many people
moved away from the city after
the big earthquake.
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The barking of
the dog
scared away the thief.
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She
ran away from home when she was
10.
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Because you are
not obeying the rules of the club, I have to
take away your membership.
All
these
phrasal verbs have the meaning of "leaving", "separating", or
"removing". See Explanations
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Explanations:
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Break away
(inseparable) |
To
leave or escape from someone who is holding you
>>Two
police officers tried to restrain him, but he
broke away and ran into a
nearby house.
To remove
yourself from a group
>>A group of employees
broke away to set up a rival company. |
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Drive away
(separable) |
To
force a person or animal to leave
>>I used a fan to drive
the flies
away.
>>John's
eccentric personality is driving
even his family away.
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Get away
(inseparable)
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To
leave a place or person, often when the situation makes it difficult
for you to do this
>>What time did
you finally get away last
night?
>>We walked to
the next beach to get away
from the crowds.
To
escape
>>We ran after
them but they got away.
>>They
got away
in a stolen car.
>>Everyone's
saying they got away with
$500,000. |
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Go away
(inseparable)
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To
leave
>>Look, just
go away and leave me
alone, will you?
To
leave your home in order to spend time in a different place, usually
for a holiday
>>She usually
looks after the house when we go away
in the summer.
>>He
goes away
on business a lot.
To disappear
>>Sometimes the
symptoms go away on their
own without treatment.
>>I've got this bad feeling about the relationship
and it won't go away. |
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Keep away
(separable) |
Not to allow to get near something
>>There was a
notice warning people to keep away
from the edge of the cliff.
>>The
new campaign is aimed at keeping
young people
away from drugs. |
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Move away
(inseparable) |
To
leave the place where you live and go and live in another place
>>The village's population has fallen sharply in the
past ten years as young people have
moved away. |
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Run away
(inseparable) |
To leave somewhere by running
>>He turned and
ran away as fast as he
could.
To
secretly leave a place because you are unhappy there
>>I
was so unhappy at school, I even thought of
running away. |
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Scare away
(separable) |
To
make a person or animal so frightened that they go away
>>She managed
to scare away her
attacker by screaming loudly.
>>He
ran out into the garden clapping his hands to
scare the birds
away. |
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Take away
(separable) |
To
remove [an object]
>>A waiter came
to take our plates
away.
To
remove something from a person or organization
>>The new law
will take away the right
of workers to strike.
>>The
report claims that large supermarkets are
taking business
away from small shops. |
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