When talking to native speakers, you might come across idiomatic phrases consisting of a verb and an adverb or another verb. Such idiomatic phrases are called phrasal verbs. Here are some of them and their meanings.

FALL

• fall apart – break up, come apart, or disintegrate
• fall down – fall to the ground
• fall out -(of hair, teeth) become loose and unattached
• fall off – become smaller or lower

PUT

• put somebody down – insult, make somebody feel stupid
• put something out- extinguish
• put off – postpone
• put something together – assemble
• put somebody on – to try to persuade someone that something is true when it is not, usually as a joke

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