Unit 4- Phrasal Verbs

Question 1

pick at:

Answer 1

eat little at a time (picotear sin apetito)

Question 2

whip up

Answer 2

prepare quickly (improvisar)

Question 3

eat away at

Answer 3

destroy gradually (comer, destruir)

Question 4

cook up

Answer 4

: think of (tramar)

Question 5

wolf down

Answer 5

: eat very quickly, hungrily or greedily (engullir)

Question 6

polish sth off

Answer 6

eat sth off (liquidar/acabar)

Question 7

build up your muscles

Answer 7

: develop (desarrollar/entrenar)

Question 8

scrape through:

Answer 8

barely succeed (aprobar raspado)

Question 9

butter sb up:

Answer 9

to be nice in the hope of getting sth in return

hacer la pelota

Question 10

Water down

Answer 10

make lesss strong or extreme (suavizar)