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Phrasal Verbs 8 – Gramática inglesa

Hoy veremos como cambia el verbo to cut cuando se convierte en Phrasal Verb.

1- to cut down a tree (to cut it so that it falls down): “cortar, talar”.

Ejemplo:

- What has been the main effect of the refugee presence?

- The Rwandans have cut down all the trees so that the local people do not have any firewood any more.

2- to be cut off (to be separated, isolated): “estar aislado”.

Ejemplo:

- I suppose winters must be very hard in such an isolated mountain village.
- Yes, when it snows the road is impassable. We are usualy cut off from November to March.

3- Cut it out!  (stop it! – an order to sb who is being nasty): “Basta ya!”.

Ejemplo:

- Jane, you´re very ugly girl! Yuck, you´re ugly! You´re so ugly! What a plain Jane you are!
- Cut it out! Stop being so cruel. Leave the poor girl alone!