English Grammer in Use の Phrasal verbs な節、控えの続きです。

on/off (2)

Verb + on = continue doing something とのこと

• drive on / walk on / play on : continue driving/walking/playing etc.
• go on : continue
• go on / carry on doing something : continue doing something
• go on with / carry on with something : also
• keep on doing something : do it continuously or repeatedly

get on

• get on : progress
• get on with somebody : have a good relationship
• get on with something : continue doing something you have to do, usually after an interruption

Verb + off

• doze off / drop off / nod off : fall asleep
• finish something off : do the last part of something
• go off : explode
• go off : ring
• put somebody off doing something : cause somebody not to want something or to do something
• rip somebody off : cheat somebody (informal)
• show off : try to impress people with your ability, your knowledge etc.
• tell somebody off : speak angrily to somebody because they did something wrong

Compare up and down

• put something up (on a wall etc.)
  • take something down (from a wall etc.)
• pick something up
  • put something down
• stand up
  • sit down / bend down / lie down
• turn something up
  • turn something down

Knock down, cut down etc.

• knock down a building
• blow something down
• cut something down
• be knocked down (by a car etc.)
• burn down : be destroyed by fire

Down : getting less

• slow down : go more slowly
• calm (somebody) down : become calmer, make somebody calmer
• cut down (on something) : eat, drink or do something less often

Other verbs + down

• break down : stop working (for machines, cars, relationships etc.)
• close down / shut down : stop doing business
• let somebody down : disappoing them because you didn’t do what they hoped
• turn somebody/something down : refuse an application, an offer etc.
• write something down : write something on paper because you may need the information later