{"id":73214,"date":"2020-03-21T13:48:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T13:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73214"},"modified":"2020-03-21T13:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T13:48:26","slug":"phrasal-verbs-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-f\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs | F"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of phrasal verbs beginning with the letter\u00a0<b>F.<\/b>\u00a0Each phrasal verb is followed by its definition and example sentences.<\/p>\n<p><b>Face up to\u00a0<\/b>= acknowledge something embarrassing; accept an unpleasant reality<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He couldn\u2019t face up to the fact that he had been sacked.<\/li>\n<li>People often find it difficult to face up to the fact that they are getting old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fall back on<\/b>\u00a0= begin to use something held in reserve<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As the family had no savings to fall back on they found it difficult to get through the hard times.<\/li>\n<li>Susie has done an MBA in event management, so even if her acting career doesn\u2019t take off she will still have something to fall back on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fall behind<\/b>\u00a0= go slower than planned<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don\u2019t work hard, you will fall behind your colleagues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fall off\u00a0<\/b>= decrease<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold prices are unlikely to fall off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fall out with<\/b>\u00a0= have an argument with<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He fell out with his boss over something silly.<\/li>\n<li>They are constantly falling out with each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Feel up to<\/b>\u00a0= have the energy to do something<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes I just don\u2019t feel up to doing anything.<\/li>\n<li>She was unwell and didn\u2019t feel up to going out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Figure out<\/b>\u00a0(separable) = understand<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I can\u2019t figure out why she hates me.<\/li>\n<li>I just can\u2019t figure out her motives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fill in\u00a0<\/b>= complete<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please fill in this form.<\/li>\n<li>We will have to find someone to fill in for Jack. (= We will have to find someone to substitute for Jack.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Fill out\u00a0<\/b>(separable) = complete (an application)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please fill out this form and give it to the Secretary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Find out<\/b>\u00a0= discover<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It took me quite some time to find out his true intentions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of phrasal verbs beginning with the letter\u00a0F.\u00a0Each phrasal verb is followed by its definition and example sentences. Face up to\u00a0= acknowledge something embarrassing; accept an unpleasant reality He couldn\u2019t face&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2096,1928,3],"class_list":["post-73214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phrasal-verbs","tag-common-english-phrasal-verbs","tag-english-phrasal-verbs","tag-phrasal-verbs-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73215,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73214\/revisions\/73215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}