Phrasal verbs or multi-word verbs are verbs that are combined with one or two particles (a preposition or adverb), for example, 'out' to make verbs with new meanings. For example, drop means to let slip (She dropped the vase and it broke) but drop out means to leave university or college without graduating (After only 3 months of college, he dropped out and got a job).
Phrasal Verbs – out
Pour out something/Pour something out: Talk about emotions or feelings
You can pour out your troubles to me. I won't tell anyone.
She really poured her heart out to her mum after she failed her exams.
Find out (something): Learn something (by reading or hearing it)
I only found out last week that she's getting married. She kept that one a secret!
When she found out he was having an affair, she divorced him.
Go out (with someone): Have a romantic or sexualrelationship with someone
They've been going out for 5 years and he still hasn't asked her to marry him.
He asked her to go out with him but she didn't fancy him so she said "No."
Point out something/Point something out: Inform or tell
We had a great tour guide in Paris . She pointed out lots of secret places we'd never heard of before. When I make a mistake I hate the way he always points it out .
Fall out (with someone): Have an argument or disagreement with someone and stop being friends with him or her
She fell out with me after all these years over an invite to a party!
They were best friends for years but they fell out and now they don't even talk to each other.
Run out (of something): Not have anything left of something
This pen has run out . Can I borrow yours?
Our car ran out of petrol and we had to walk 10 miles to a garage to buy some more.
Figure something out/Figure out something: Think about something until you discover the answer
He figured out how his new DVD player worked after he read the instruction manual.
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n.(阅)读；朗读；读物 (初中英语单词)
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