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Word Power: Phrasal Verbs and Compounds

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Frontmatter I
Table of contents XI
Introduction: Words and the World 1
1. OUT is leaving a container 14
2. INis entering or being inside a container 48
3. INTO is entering a container 69
4. UPis positive verticality 75
5. DOWN is negative verticality 104
6. OFF is breaking contact 121
7. AWAY is disappearing 139
8. ON is contact 149
9. OVER is higher than and close to 160
10. BACK is returning 173
11. ABOUT is dispersion 180
12. (A)ROUND is vicinity or circular motion 184
13. ABOUT/(A)ROUND is dispersion vs. circular motion 187
14. ACROSS is motion to opposite side 193
15. THROUGH is crossing a container 195
16. BY is vicinity or path 200
17. ALONG is parallel path or entity 204

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Table of contents XI
Introduction: Words and the World 1
1. OUT is leaving a container 14
2. INis entering or being inside a container 48
3. INTO is entering a container 69
4. UPis positive verticality 75
5. DOWN is negative verticality 104
6. OFF is breaking contact 121
7. AWAY is disappearing 139
8. ON is contact 149
9. OVER is higher than and close to 160
10. BACK is returning 173
11. ABOUT is dispersion 180
12. (A)ROUND is vicinity or circular motion 184
13. ABOUT/(A)ROUND is dispersion vs. circular motion 187
14. ACROSS is motion to opposite side 193
15. THROUGH is crossing a container 195
16. BY is vicinity or path 200
17. ALONG is parallel path or entity 204

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