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deal in, deal out
So you can deal someone in, which means to include them, or the
opposite, deal them out, to exclude them.
We often extend this to deal
out
an idea or a project.
'What do think of going to Bournemouth this weekend?'
'I wouldn't deal it out.'
(I wouldn't reject it.)
Separable two-word verb
Be careful.
deal with
'How does Amaryllis deal with having three children and no husband?'
'A lot of hard work and plenty of patience.'
Which means 'How does Amaryllis do what is necessary with the cards
she has been dealt?'
Inseparable two-word verb
No problem.
die
(die, died, died)
The last thing we all do.
die away
Like
die down
, this refers to sound, but die away means music or noise
slowly disappearing to silence. Sometimes in music the effect is of the
music going far, far away - never to return. It can be sad. It can be
beautiful.
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
die down
We say that a noisy audience in the cinema is very 'lively'. But, gradually,
if the film is any good, the noise dies
down
. It subsides to only a few
whispers and sweets being unwrapped.
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
die off
Die is individual. Die off is collective, usually in huge numbers whose
individuals don't interest us, such as insects or plants. When there is an
ecological catastrophe, such as an oil spill or a forest fire, we always
speak of animals dying off in large quantities.
It is not as bad as
die out
. It does not mean the extinction of a species.
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
die out
To die is individual. To die out is collective. It is the
end
of a species.
There are no more of them out in the world. This is the end.
250 million years ago, 95% of the species on Earth died out.
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
do
(do, did, done)
DO is the most general action verb in the language. It has the basic
meaning of 'action' or 'work' (in distinction to
make
, which has the basic
meaning of 'create something new')
It is the only verb in the language that can stand for another verb (in the
same way as a pronoun stands for a noun that we mentioned before).
For example,
'I like Mr Dullman.'
'I don't.'
It is also an auxiliary verb. We use it for making questions, and for forming
negatives with all verbs except other auxiliary verbs.
'Do you smoke?'
'No, I don't.'
We also use it occasionally for emphasising a positive sentence.
In these cases, the 'do' is always emphasised. 'I do like her.'
do away with
Away
means you never see them again
To do away with somebody is an old sinister expression meaning to kill
them and dispose of (do away with) the body.
Three-word verb
. No problem.
do in
To do somebody in is a cheerful old expression meaning to kill them. You
will find it in books by Dickens and in Sherlock Holmes stories.
Separable two-word verb
Careful.
do up
This is
up
to a higher standard than before. (Like
make up
)
When you do up your house or a flat, you renovate it. You are doing work
on it, to take it up to a higher standard. You can also
fix up
your house.
Separable two-word verb
Careful
.
__________
Do up your jacket, your suitcase, or your shoes. This means to fasten
them.
Separable two-word verb
Careful.
do with
Usually a fixed expression. I could do with that, meaning I could use that.
'Did you hear about that man down the road who won the lottery?'
'How much did he get?'
'About ten million, they say.'
'I could do with that.'
Inseparable two-word verb
No problem.
do without
What do poor people do? They do without lots of the good things in life.
They do without.
'Mum! I want a motorbike, and I haven't got the money!'
'Hard luck, son! You'll just have to do without.'
go without
means exactly the same.
Inseparable two-word verb
, usually without an object. No problem.
dress
(dress, dressed, dressed)
To dress means to put your clothes on. The room that actors use before
they go on stage is the dressing room.
dress up
Up
as so often means to a higher standard. So you dress up when you go
to a wedding. You put on your best clothes. There was a song of many
years ago called All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go.
Inseparable two-word verb
, without an object. No problem.
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