Work on your phrasal verbs 20: Business - Thẩm Tâm Vy

 Thẩm Tâm Vy, October 14th, 2018 WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 20 BUSINESS 
WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 20 ~ BUSINESS 
1. bring out. When a person or company brings out a new product, they produce it and sell it. 
 - The company is planning to bring out a new range of financial products later this year. 
 - The singer has now brought a second album out. 
2. build on [a] If an activity, organization, system or belief is built on something, it is developed 
from that thing. 
 - The relationship between a bank and its customer is built on trust. 
NOTE. You can also use build upon and base on. 
[b] If you build on the success of something, you take advantage of it to make further progress. 
 - We must try to build on the success of these industries. 
 - They are building on existing skills and traditions. 
3. come out of. If one thing comes out of something else, the first thing results from the second. 
 - If all you focus on is negative thinking, then nothing good can come out of it. 
4. hand over [a] If you hand something over, you give it to someone so that they have or own it. 
 - He handed the phone over to me. 
 - People have handed over large sums of money for work that was never done. 
[b] If you hand over to someone or hand something over, you give another person responsibility 
for dealing with something. 
 - The head teacher handed over to his deputy. 
 - He recently handed control of the company over to his son. 
5. keep down. If someone or something keeps the number, size, or amount of something down, 
they stop it increasing and keep it at a low level. 
 - They employ fewer staff to keep costs down. 
 - We need to keep down production costs. 
6. look into. If you look into something, you find out and examine the facts about a problem or 
situation. 
 - They hired a financial adviser to look into the firm's accounts. 
7. make up for. To make up for something means to replace something that has been lost or 
damaged or to provide something instead of it. 
 - There would have to be major cuts to make up for the loss of revenue. 
8. pull out 
[a] If you pull out, you decide not to continue with an activity or agreement. 
 - They pulled out of the deal at the last minute. 
NOTE.You can also use back out. 
[b] If you pull someone out, you decide not to continue with an activity or agreement. 
 - The singer's new manager pulled her out of the book deal. 
9. send off. If you send something off, you send it somewhere by post, email, or text message. 
 - I sent off letters of enquiry to all the big firms. 
 - It's a good idea to re-read your emails before you send them off. 
10. send out. If you send something out, you send copies of something to a lot of people. 
 - The company sent out questionnaires to 34,000 doctors. 
 - We send regular newsletters out to our customers. 
11. start up. If you start something up, or if you start up, you start a new business or project; if a 
business starts up, it begins. 
 - She wanted to start up her own business. 
 - There are a lot of additional costs when you are starting up. 
NOTE.You can also use set up. 
12. take off. If something takes off, it becomes very successful or popular. 
 - If the product takes off, you could make your money back within a year. 
13. take over 
To take over a business means to gain control of it by buying it or buying a majority of its shares. 
 - The BambooPanda Ltd. was taken over by the Pillow Paper Group. 
 - He's made a great success of the restaurant since he took it over. 
NOTE.You can also use buy out. 
14. team up. If two or more people or organizations team up, they join together in order to do 
something. 
 - That year, NBC teamed up with Microsoft to launch the news channel MSNBC. 
15. try out. If you try out something or try something out, you test it or use it for the first time in 
order to find out how useful or effective it is. 
 - The company is trying out a new idea to help working parents. 
 - First they tried it out on a small group of people. 
16. turn around. If something such as a plan, project, or business that is failing turns around or if 
you turn it around, it starts to become successful or profitable. 
 - The project is not going well, but I'm confident I can turn it around. 
 - He believes he can turn around last year's losses and make a profit. 
NOTE. You can also use turn round. This is mainly British. 
PRACTICE 
I. Match the verbs with the particles to make phrasal verbs from this unit. 
out | off | up | over | on | down 
1. base/build......... 4. set / start / team........ 
2. back / bring / buy / pull / send / try....... 5. keep......... 
3. send/take.......... 6. hand /take......... 
II. Complete the sentences. Choose the correct particles. 
1. The manager would like us to team together / out / up to do the next task. 
2. The sales in Africa will make down / up / out for the loss of sales in Europe. 
3. His first business idea really took off / away / up and he now runs a very successful company. 
4. I wish they'd would bring around / off / out a product that could charge all electronic devices 
with one single charger! 
5. Remember to send the package over / up / off by airmail, in order to get it there on time. 
6. We're downsizing in order to keep costs out / down / off. 
III. Match phrasal verbs 1-8 with definitions A-H. 
1. This is a bad situation. Nothing good can come out of it. 
2. The manager said she would look into the matter and then contact us. 
3. The extra sales we made this month will make up for our losses last month. 
4. The new director has really turned the company around. 
5. Next year the company plans to bring out a new version of the i-Phone. 
6. We want to build on our strong brand identity. 
7. We didn't have much money when we first started up. 
8. Costs should be kept down at a reasonable level. 
A. find out the facts about something 
B. produce and sell something 
C. provide something as a replacement 
D. result from something 
 Thẩm Tâm Vy, October 14th, 2018 WORK ON YOUR PHRASAL VERBS 20 BUSINESS 
E. start a new business or project 
F. make something become successful or profitable 
G. stop something increasing and keep at a low level 
H. take advantage of something to make progress 
IV. Complete the news headlines with the particles in the list below. 
UP | UP | OVER | OVER | OFF | AROUND 
1. D&Z SET TO TAKE..........SMALLER COMPANY 
2. GERBERTO TEAM...........WITH HUANG 
3. NEW PRODUCT LINE TAKES........... 
4. DANIELS TO HAND...........CONTROL OF BUSINESS 
5. MORE BUSINESSES TO START..........IN NORTH EAST 
6. CONSULTANTTURNS COMPANY............ 
V. Replace the underlined verbs with a phrasal verb from the box with the same meaning, 
turn...around - taken over - starting up - pull out - look into - built on 
1. Our business is built upon creative thinking. 
2. North Canon has said it might back out of negotiations with Zweisse Corp. 
3. Banh Bao has always dreamed of setting up her own production company. 
4. The firm could be bought out as early as next month. 
5. We'll need to turn things round if we want to survive in this market. 
6. Management will investigate the causes of these incidents. 
VI. Make these sentences sound less formal. Replace the underlined verbs with the phrasal 
verbs in the list below. 
trying out to - pull out of - take over - turn around - look into it - send out 
1. If anyone can make a success of a business, it will be him. 
2. How often do you post promotional material? 
3. The company decided not to go ahead with investing in Europe. 
4. I don't know the answer just yet, but I'll do some research and find out. 
5. She's a bossy person, who always tries to control meetings. 
6. We're testing a new service on some volunteers at the moment. 
VII. Read Jonathan's comments about his business. Underline all the phrasal verbs, then 
answer the questions. 
 I started up my own business three years ago. At first things really took off - I was making lots 
of money and the customers were happy with my products. I tried hard to build on my good 
relationship with customers. But the economy is weak now, so people are less willing to hand 
over money. We'll need to keep our costs down for the business to survive another year. I really 
hope the economy turns around soon. 
1. When did Jonathan start his business? 
2. Was it successful in the first year? 
3. What did Jonathan try to take advantage of? 
4. Why don't people want to spend money now? 
5. What must he keep at a low level? 
6. What does he hope will improve? 
VIII. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box. 
team up - come out of - make up for – hand over - send out – try out 
1. We lost a lot of money, but hopefully we'll..............it next year. 
2. She asked her assistant to.............the email to everyone in the company. 
3. The company is.............the new product on a small test group at the moment. 
4. It was a difficult year, but I have...............it a better and stronger person. 
5. Never..............money in advance to a trader you know nothing about. 
6. The company has............with a Korean electronics firm to produce the MP3 players. 
ANSWER KEY 
I. 1 on 3 off 5 down 2 out 4 up 6 over 
II. 1 up 3 off 5 off 2 up 4 out 6 down 
III. 1 D 4 F 7 E 2 A 5 B 8 G 3 C 6 H 
IV. 1 OVER 2 UP 3 OFF 4 OVER 5 UP 6 AROUND 
V. 1 built on 2 pull out 3 starting up 4 taken over 5 turn (things) around 6 look into 
VI. 1 turn around 2 send out 3 to pull out of 4 look into it 5 take over 6 trying out 
VII. I started up my own business three years ago. At first things really took off - I was making 
lots of money and the customers were happy with my products. I tried hard to build on my good 
relationship with customers. But the economy is weak now, so people are less willing to hand over 
money. We'll need to keep our costs down for the business to survive another year. I really hope 
the economy turns around soon. 
1. Fie started his business three years ago. 
2. Yes, it was. 
3. Fie tried to take advantage of his good relationship with customers 
4. They don't want to spend money now because the economy is weak.