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Phrasal Verbs Are “Multi-word Verbs”. These Verbs Consist of a Basic Verb + Another Word Or Words. the Other Word (S) Can Be Prepositions And/Or Adverbs that Modify Or Change Their Meaning.

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Phrasal verbs are “multi-word verbs”. These verbs consist of a basic verb + another word or words. The other word (s) can be prepositions and/or adverbs that modify or change their meaning. For example ‘give up’ is a phrasal verb that means ‘stop doing’ something, which is very different from ‘give’. In the article that you have just read there are a few phrasal verbs like :

  • pull off : Manage to do something difficult or tricky/to steer or turn a vehicle off the road
  • roll down : roll down (something) or roll (something) down : to move (something) down especially by turning handle
  • head for : to go or cause to go (towards)
  • woke up : arose from sleep/realized

Now look through the unit of Health and Medicine, figure out the phrasal verbs that you come across and list them.

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Some more phrasal verbs from the Unit are given below : 

* Article on 'Sleep ' cut down goes on 

* Fundamentals of Laughter Yoga fall into bothering about

* The Muddlehead went about settled down looked out 

* on Ashok Kumar came up cooled down moved back paly off went on 

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Chapter 1.1: Do Indians Get Enough Sleep? - Do Indians Get Enough Sleep? [Page 7]

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Chapter 1.1 Do Indians Get Enough Sleep?
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