Verbos Frasales Avanzados del Inglés

Trabajo y carrera

"take on"

to accept a responsibility or task

"She decided to take on the new project despite her busy schedule."

Trabajo y carrera

"hand over"

to transfer control or responsibility to someone

"He handed over the client files before going on leave."

Trabajo y carrera

"follow up on"

to check the progress of something after initial action

"I'll follow up on your application by the end of the week."

Trabajo y carrera

"phase out"

to gradually stop using or doing something

"The company decided to phase out the old software system."

Trabajo y carrera

"bring forward"

to move a meeting or event to an earlier time

"Can we bring forward the deadline to Thursday?"

Trabajo y carrera

"sign off on"

to give official approval to something

"The board needs to sign off on the annual budget."

Trabajo y carrera

"iron out"

to resolve minor problems or disagreements

"We still need to iron out a few details in the contract."

Trabajo y carrera

"scale up"

to increase the size or scope of an operation

"They plan to scale up production in the second quarter."

Pensamiento e ideas

"come up with"

to think of or produce an idea or solution

"She came up with a brilliant solution to the coding problem."

Pensamiento e ideas

"think through"

to consider all aspects of something carefully

"Let me think through the implications before we decide."

Pensamiento e ideas

"build on"

to use an existing idea as a foundation and develop it further

"His theory builds on earlier research in cognitive science."

Pensamiento e ideas

"draw on"

to use knowledge or experience as a resource

"The writer drew on her childhood memories for the novel."

Pensamiento e ideas

"figure out"

to understand or solve something by thinking about it

"It took hours to figure out why the program was crashing."

Pensamiento e ideas

"weigh up"

to compare options and consider their pros and cons

"You should weigh up all the factors before committing."

Pensamiento e ideas

"narrow down"

to reduce a set of options or possibilities

"We've narrowed down the candidates to three finalists."

Pensamiento e ideas

"hit upon"

to discover or think of something unexpectedly

"He hit upon the perfect title while walking in the park."

Comunicación

"point out"

to draw attention to a fact or problem

"She pointed out several errors in the report."

Comunicación

"bring up"

to introduce a topic into a conversation

"He brought up the issue of overtime pay at the meeting."

Comunicación

"talk over"

to discuss something thoroughly with someone

"Let's talk over the proposal before sending it."

Comunicación

"get across"

to communicate an idea successfully so others understand

"She struggled to get her point across to the audience."

Comunicación

"open up"

to begin talking freely about personal feelings or thoughts

"It took months before he felt comfortable opening up to the therapist."

Comunicación

"back up"

to support a claim or person with evidence or action

"Can you back up that statement with data?"

Comunicación

"gloss over"

to mention something briefly to avoid detailed discussion

"He glossed over the financial losses in his presentation."

Comunicación

"spell out"

to explain something in a very clear and detailed way

"The manager had to spell out the new policy for the whole team."

Cambio y progreso

"move on"

to progress to the next stage or leave something behind

"After the setback, the team decided to move on and try a new approach."

Cambio y progreso

"break through"

to achieve success after overcoming obstacles

"The scientist finally broke through after years of failed experiments."

Cambio y progreso

"set back"

to delay or hinder progress

"The pandemic set back the construction project by two years."

Cambio y progreso

"fall behind"

to fail to keep up with a required pace or standard

"Students who miss classes often fall behind the rest of the group."

Cambio y progreso

"build up"

to increase or accumulate gradually over time

"Tension built up over weeks before the conflict finally erupted."

Cambio y progreso

"turn around"

to improve after a difficult period

"The new CEO managed to turn around the failing company in just a year."

Cambio y progreso

"give way to"

to be replaced by something else

"Traditional retail is slowly giving way to e-commerce."

Cambio y progreso

"catch up with"

to reach the same level as someone ahead of you

"She studied hard to catch up with her classmates after being ill."

Problemas y soluciones

"deal with"

to take action in order to handle a problem or situation

"We need to deal with the customer complaints immediately."

Problemas y soluciones

"sort out"

to find a solution or organize something successfully

"Call the bank to sort out the billing error."

Problemas y soluciones

"come up against"

to encounter an unexpected obstacle or opposition

"The researchers came up against resistance from the ethics board."

Problemas y soluciones

"get around"

to find a way to avoid or overcome a problem

"There are ways to get around the strict import regulations."

Problemas y soluciones

"put off"

to delay or postpone something

"Don't put off dealing with stress — it only gets worse."

Problemas y soluciones

"fall through"

to fail to happen as planned

"The deal fell through at the last minute due to financing issues."

Problemas y soluciones

"run into"

to unexpectedly encounter a problem or person

"We ran into some technical difficulties during the launch."

Problemas y soluciones

"work around"

to find an alternative method to avoid a difficulty

"The developer worked around the bug by rewriting the module."

Académico y formal

"account for"

to explain or give a reason for something

"The report fails to account for regional variations in the data."

Académico y formal

"bear out"

to confirm or support a theory or claim

"The new evidence bears out the original hypothesis."

Académico y formal

"set out"

to explain, describe, or present ideas in an organized way

"The paper sets out a new framework for understanding climate migration."

Académico y formal

"stand for"

to represent or symbolize something; to tolerate

"GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product."

Académico y formal

"give rise to"

to cause or produce something

"The industrial revolution gave rise to significant social inequality."

Académico y formal

"stem from"

to originate from or be caused by something

"Many modern anxieties stem from economic uncertainty."

Académico y formal

"hold up"

to remain valid or withstand scrutiny

"His argument does not hold up under close examination."

Académico y formal

"carry out"

to conduct or perform a task, experiment, or plan

"The study was carried out over a period of three years."