In my last post we saw the phrasal verb get back to. Today we are going to see another phrasal verb with get. This time is get back at somebody. It means se vingar. 

You can also say get somebody back.

There are a lot of phrasal verbs with the verb get and today we’re going to see one of them. Get back to means return a call (retornar uma ligação) or reply and email (responder um email).

Today’s phrasal verb is to talk somebody into something. It means to convince (convencer) or persuade (persuadir).

Today’s expression is turning point. It means a change in the course of events. In Portuguese we could translate as uma virada. Let’s see an example:

Today’s post is a phrasal verb that means dedurar alguém  or entregar alguém. When you tell on sombody, you give away (revela) information about someone.

Hey,

Let me ask you a question? When you borrow some money (pega dinheiro emprestado) from a friend. Do you pay him/her back?

Because that’s today’s topic. To pay somebody back is to return the money you borrowed from somebody else. We don’t have a different word for it in Portuguese. We just say pagar. Let’s see the example:

To pay somebody back also means se vingar or dar o troco.

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Today’s post is still about the word ‘up’, which has many meanings.  As you could see above, to be up to something means estar aprontando alguma or algo. Let’s see it in context.

In  English up means many different things depending on the context. The one I chose today means the opposite of sleeping. So, if you were up all night, it means you couldn’t sleep.

to be up also means estar acordado.

I’m up since 5 am.    Estou acordado desde as 5.

In English it’s common making some words short in conversation instead of saying the whole word, for example, saying info instead of information or vocab instead of vocabulary. It also applies for whole sentences, such as the topic of this post.

Instead of saying twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week,  some people say twenty-four seven (24/7). In Portuguese we just say vinte quatro horas por dia.

It’s like my new neighbor is drunk 24/7 (Parece que meu novo vizinho está sempre bêbado or bêbado vinte quatro horas por dia)

If something is within walking distance, it means it’s close and you can get there by walking.

The bakery is within walking distance from my house – Dá pra ir a pé da minha casa a padaria.