{"id":2103,"date":"2015-03-12T18:03:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T18:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T22:30:56","slug":"phrasal-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=2103","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2022\u2192 Frequently used Phrasal Verbs<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/h6>\n

Many words evoke spontaneous images<\/strong> in the minds of native speakers.\u00a0This is particularly true of words which refer to physical, spacial events or relationships, e.g. go, jump, up, round. We are in direct contact with the physical world through our senses : seeing, feeling, hearing, tasting, smelling. When words evoke images in our minds of the physical world we have a direct feeling of their meaning without needing to use intellectual analysis or translate through another language.<\/p>\n

To describe non-physical, non-spacial events and relationships (time, emotion, economics, for example) all languages use metaphors<\/strong> taken from the physical world. This is particularly true in the case of phrasal verbs which often have both a physical and a metaphorical or derived meaning, sometimes even several metaphorical meanings depending on the context in which they are used. (e.g. He made up a story. She made up her face) In nearly all cases, being able to evoke the physical image helps to find the metaphorical or derived meaning.<\/p>\n