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For example if you look at something, your eyes are focused on it, but if you look after something or someone, you take care of them. Phrasal verbs follow one of five different patterns.

Shut’ can be described as a fertile verb based on the number of phrasal verbs it procreated. Among such are shut down, shut out, shut in and shut up. Of the four, ‘shut up’ is usually derogatory when directed at a person.

Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a phrasal verb because it is related to the main verb. Look at this example again. Shall we give away all the old books in the office? The meaning is clearly ...