Some phrasal verbs with meaning in Arabic

Phrasal Verbs

What are phrasal verbs
The term phrasal verb refers to a verb and preposition which together have a special meaning. For example, call off means cancel." Phrasal verbs are also known as two-word verbs or three-word verbs

Phrasal verbs هي كلمة تطلق على أفعال يضاف إليها أحرف جر مما يؤدي إلى تغيير معنى الفعل كلياً.
مثلاً، الفعل call يعني ينادي و لكن عندما أضفنا حرف الجر off للفعل call أصبحت عبارة call off تعني يلغي.
phrasal verbs يطلق عليها أيضا إسم two-word verbs أو three-word verbs

You will find the most commonly used phrasal verbs ogether with their meanings and an example on each phrasal verb
هذه أكثر أفعال phrasal verbs استعمالا طبعا مع شرح معانيها و بأمثلة أيضاً.

1) ask out
ask someone to go on a date: يطلب من شخص موعدا للخروج سويا
We've been asked out to dinner twice this week

2) act up
behave badly: يتصرف بطريقة غير لائقة
Sophie got bored and started acting up

3) add up
to calculate the total of two or more numbers يجمع أو يحسب
If you add those four figures up, it comes to over £500. She added the bill up
I'm not very good at adding up

4) add up to
to become a particular amount يبلغ كمية او حد معين
The various building programmes add up to several thousand new homes
We thought we'd bought lots of food, but it didn't add up to much when we'd spread it out on the table

5) ask in
to invite someone to come into a building or room, especially your home يدعو شخص للدخول الى مبنى، غرفة او منزل
I'd ask you in for a coffee but I have to get up early for work in the morning

6) ask after
to ask for information about someone, especially about their health يستعلم عن شخص ما و خاصة عن صحته
Tell your father I was asking after him

7) ask around
to ask a lot of different people in order to get information or help يسأل الكثير من الاشخاص للحصول على معلومات اولمساعدة
Our babysitter's just moved away, so we're asking around for a replacement

8) bring about, bring on
cause يسبب، يؤدى
Land reform brought about a great change in the lives of the common people
This incident will surely bring on a crisis.

9) bring up
rear children (a يربي أولاد
Every mother has to bring up her children properly
mention or introduce a topic (b يفتح أو يبدأ موضوع (للحديث)
The students brought up the question of racial discrimination in class

10) bring off
to accomplish ينجز
The manager brought off a big business deal

back away
to move backwards away from something or someone, usually because you are frightened يرجع الى الخلف بسبب الخوف خاصة
She saw that he had a gun and backed away