VERBO | SIGNIFICADO | TIPO | EXEMPLO |
Hand (…) back | Devolver | Separável | I handed the book back to her. |
Hand (…) down (to) | Deixar algo para alguém mais novo | Separável | I handed my old comic books down to my little cousin. |
Hand (…) in (to) | Entregar algo a alguém | Separável | You must all hand your assignments in by the end of next week. |
Hand (…) out | Distribuir | Separável | Could you hand these books out, please? |
Hang in | Persistir, ser positivo | Inseparável | Hang in there. I’m sure you’ll find an apartment very soon. |
Hang on | Esperar por pouco tempo | Inseparável | Hang on a minute. Hang on tight! |
Hang out | Passar tempo com pessoas | Inseparável | Their children hang out at the mall. |
Hang up | Desligar o telefone | Inseparável | I said goodbye and hung up the phone. |
Have on / Have got on | Vestir, usar | Separável | She didn’t have any lipstick on, which was unusual. |
Hold (…) back | Conter | Separável | The police were unable to hold back the crowd. |
Hold (…) back | Esconder algo de alguém | Separável | He held his tears back at his father’s funeral. |
Hold on | Aguardar, interromper | Inseparável | Hold on a minute. I’ll be right back. Hold on! This isn’t the right street. |
Hold onto | Segurar firmemente | Inseparável | Hold onto your hat because it’s too windy outside. |
Hold (…) up | Atrasar; usar como exemplo | Separável | An accident is holding up traffic. She’s always holding up her children as models of good behavior. |
Hurry up (with) | Apressar-se | Inseparável | Hurry up with the pen. I need it. |
Join in |
Participar | Inseparável | She listens but she never joins in. |
Keep on | Continuar | Inseparável | I can’t keep on doing the same thing every day. |
Keep from | Não falar | Separável | We kept our relation from our parents for one year. |
Keep up (with) Keep (…) up |
Manter-se | Separável | If you keep those results up you will get into a great college. |
Leave out | Deixar de fora | Separável | Can you check the guest list for me? I don’t want to leave anyone out. She left out the ‘m’ in his name. |
Let (…) down | Decepcionar | Separável | He won’t let you down. |
Log in/on | Iniciar a sessão | Inseparável | You need a password to log on. |
Log off/out | Encerrar a sessão | Inseparável | Don’t forget to log off when you’ve finished using the computer. |
Look after | Cuidar de si mesmo | Inseparável | I can look after myself. |
Look down on | Desprezar | Inseparável | She looks down on people who haven’t been to college. |
Look forward to | Estar ansioso | Inseparável | I’m looking forward to the next costume party. |
Look into | Examinar, investigar | Inseparável | The police looked into the disturbance. |
Look out for | Ter cuidado | Inseparável | Look out! There’s a car coming. |
Look (…) over | Checar | Separável | We looked the house over once again before we decided we would rent it. |
Look (…) up | Procurar em lista | Separável | I looked the word up in the dictionary but I couldn’t find it. |
Look up to | Admirar, respeitar | Inseparável | My husband has always looked up to me. |
Look through | Ler rapidamente | Inseparável | She looked through her notes before the exam. |
Make up / Make (…) up |
Maquiar | Separável | She went to the bathroom to make her face up. |
Make (…) up | Criar; inventar | Separável | Richard was late for class so he made up an excuse. |
Make up (with) | Fazer as pazes | Inseparável | Why don’t you make up with me? |
Mess around Mess about |
Ficar à toa | Inseparável | Will you stop messing around and get on with some work? |
Mix up | Confundir | Inseparável | I think you must be mixing up with someone else. |
Move in/Move into | Mudar-se | Inseparável | Our neighbors moved in yesterday. |
Own up (to) | Admitir, confessar | Inseparável | Don’t be afraid to own up yor mistakes. |