BACK SOMEONE UP BE ABOUT TO BE OVER BREAK DOWN BREAK DOWN BREAK IN BREAK INTO SOMETHING BREAK OUT. BREAK UP. BRING SOMEONE UP BRING UP. BUMP INTO ‘CALL SOMEONE BACK ‘CALL SOMETHING OFF PHRASAL VERBS INTERMEDIATE LEVER a To invite on a date To be going to happen or do something very soon To end; finish To stop functioning (for lvehicles, machines, etc.) ‘To start crying (normally in public) To enter a place to steal something To enter a building by force, especially to steal things Something bad (such asa war, a fight, a fire, riots, a row, violence.....) starts To end a relationship To raise a child To feel sick and vomit To run into; meet someone unexpectedly To return a phone call To cancel EXAMPLE, Martin in ‘When I decided to set up my own business, Sharon backed me up ‘When we arrived, the film was about to start ‘When the show was over, everybody started clapping My car broke down in the middle of the road Emily broke down when she heard about the accident ‘Someone broke in last night and stole €6000 from the safe ‘Two houses in my street were broken into last night The fire must have broken out during the night / the war broke out after Christmas Pam and Tom broke up last month Paul was brought up by his grandparents He drank so much at the party that he brought up when he arrived home I bumped into your sister at the post office II call you back as soon as know what time the concert is The open air concert was called off because of the heavy rain