Voici des petits verbes et adverbes qui sont utilise vraiment souvent, dans la campagne et les villes aussi.

CUT    - up      (1)                                CHOP – up (1) (utilise presque exactement que 'cut'

“           -down (2)                                “           - down  (cut down) (2)

“           - out     (3)                                “           - off  (3)

“           - into    (4)

“           - in       (5)

“           - off      (6)

 DIG     - up (unearth, decouvrir)           CARRY- out    (1)  (task)

“           - in                                             “           -away   (2)

                                                              “           - on  (continuer)

GET    - out     (1)                                HOP    - out     (1)

“           -  up     (2)                                “           - up      (2)

“           - down (3)                                “           - down (3)

“           - on      (4)                                “           - on      (4)

“           - off      (5)                                “           - off      (5) (comme 'get off')

JUMP – out    (1)

“           - up      (2)

“           - down (3)

“           - on      (4)

“           - off      (5) (= comme 'get off')

 MAKE- up (mind, decider)     (1)                   MARK   - up          (increase sales price – sales terms)

”           - up (cosmetics)    (2)                               -down      (reduce price, ie at a sale)

“           - up (invent, story)(3)

 MESS             - up                  (1)                    MUCK -  up          (meme que pour for “mess”  mais plus slang)

                         - around           (2)                                - around     (ie play around, fun,  not serious)

 PICK   – up                 (1)                                PASS   - in                   (1)

“           - out (choisir)   (2)                                   “           - over (miss a promotion) (2)

            -on    (tease sb)                                        “           - up    (miss, decline)   (3)

POP     - off      (1)                                               “           - under                         (4)

“           - out     (3)

“           - up      (4)

PULL  - up      (1)                                SWITCH        - on      (eg, allumer une lumiere)            (1)

“           - out     (2)                                “                       - off                  (2)

“           - over   (3) (eg arrete la voiture par la cote de la route)

TURN – out    (1)                               THROW         - away              (1)

“           - off      (2)                                “                       - up   (to be sick, vomir) (2)   

“           - up      (3)                                “           - in     (“throw in the towel” = give up) 3)
“           - into    (4)                                “                       - out  (4)

“           - around (5)

BREAK

“           - in      (1)

“           - up     (2)

“           - down(3)

            - out    (4)

CHUCK (utilise comme "throw" mais c'est plus slang)

“           something out  (throw away)

“           it in (throw something in, also to quit a job)

“           away    (throw away, or throw away from a distance)

DRAG

A: To pull something along the ground

B: “What a drag!” (quelle galere/hassle, an activity/action not being wanted to do at all)

HANG

“           on (ie the phone)                 (attendre sur la telephone)

“           up                                (accrocher telephone or clothing)

“           around/hang out            (loiter, doing nothing much)

HOLD

“           up        (armed robbery, same as “stick up”)                      (1)

“           out       (to offer, extend an object by hand)                     (2)

                        (to wait, ie “hold out for a better offer or deal”) (3)              

PUT

“           on        (ie to dress oneself – put on clothes)   (1)

“           up        (erect structure, ie tent)             (2)

“           down    (a: dismantle,  b: place down on sth, c: degrade a person) (3)

“           away    (to tidy away something into its correct place) (4)

“           out       (to be inconvenienced or “out of sorts”) (5)

RUN

“           into   (collision) (1a)     

“           into (encounter somebody known, ie down the street) (1b)

“           away    (fuir)    (2)

“           out       (outside, also a cricket term)       

“           out model (eg last year’s model of a particular car which is about to be updated) (4)

“           up (to amount/amass accounts or debts)  (5)

STICK

“           up        (armed robbery, ie bank)          (1a)
”           up        (affix, ie stick a poster with sticky tape to the wall )(1b)

“           out       (also protrude),  be quite noticeable, (at times can also use “stand out”  (2)

“           around -  stay around (hang around, remain present over a period of time) (3)

SINK

To sink:   (submerge in water, ie a ship)

To be sunk: (past tense, submerged)

“I’m sunk” (I’m finished, done for, in trouble)

SPOT

a spot               (ie a dirty spot/mark sur une chemise) (1)

to spot someone (glimpse, sight) (2)

a ‘top spot’                                (3)    or, eg: a 'good spot' for a picnic (3) (great place)

in a tight spot                (tight position, ie a tight park or a difficult position like 5) (4)

in a spot of bother                       (5)   (in a difficult situation, position – abstract)

LEFT

(1)               Directions – left and right

(2)               Ie “none left” (none/0 remaining)

(3)               Depart, went away: ie “the boy left school”

(4)               Political: left wing and right wing