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would you answer my english question?
hi
I'm learning English and I've studied many books. I try to study material which are used in real life not formal vocabularies etc.
these days I\m studying a book about phrasal verbs but I'm not sure whether they are used in real situations or not. so I decided to write some of them here a a way to measure how much these vers are practical. please let me know if they are used and if not, sugget the synonyms (the real ones)
some examples:
1-seal up:
he sealed up the envelope and wrote the adress on it
2-see to sb/sth
we must get that door seen to.
i'll see to the kids
3-scrounge somthing up
4-screen something off
5-keel over
I'm so tired i want to keel over and sleep for a week
6-heal up
7-hold sth back
they couldnt hold back their laughter
thank you in advance
3 Answers
- 7 years ago
1- Seal up is often used. Sometimes we just drop the 'up' and say sealed. For example, "I sealed the leak in the pipe"
2- Not used often. We might just say, "We need to get that door fixed"
3 - Not used. I'm not even sure what that means haha
4 - I haven't heard that before. We might say 'separated' instead. For example, I separated the new bananas from the old ones
5- Yes, we use this often. It's usually used when talking about feeling sick.. For example, "I feel like I'm going to keel over and die"
6- Yep, we use this. For example, "I'm staying home from work while my leg heals up".
7- Yep, we use this very often too. We often use it when talking about holding back laughter, but we occasionally use it for other emotions. For example: "I held back tears". Or "I tried to hold back my excitement and stay calm"
Source(s): I live in the the midwestern US and have spoken English for my entire life. - 7 years ago
Sealed up...yes can used often ... probably used more often depending on your line of work. Could also mean any task being "sealed up" meaning done.
Seen to...I am in the southern USA, which is probably used more on the south but anything that might need a professional may need to be"seen to"
Screen something off....never used or heard it used
Keel over...Used in normal conversation...such as "dead tired" example..." I am so dead tired I could keel over"
Heal up....yes can be used often depending on the situation .....example " the doctor said my leg will heal up nicely" Something my older southern famoly used to say is "doctored up"
there is also a "leg up" which means someone has an advantage over you ....example "Your advice gave me a leg up in the competition, therefore I won!"
Scrounge something up...usually used when talking about food or money. "Lets see what I can scrounge up for dinner" A phrase a lot I have
Screen something off...never used or heard it used.
Source(s): Self/Southern USA, English 1st & only language - grannyLv 77 years ago
Yes, we use all of these.
keel over= collapse from been tired
See to it that you mail the letter.
see to it= make sure
scrounge something up= gather...
I'll scrounge some money up from the guys. I'll get (ask/borrow, find, etc.) some money from my friends.
They couldn't (hold back) stop laughing
