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From: jody@techunix.technion.ac.il (Jody Underwood)
Subject: Verbal phrases = one word in your language?
Organization: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 11:22:33 GMT
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In English there are prepositional phrases, also called verbal
phrases.  In trying to teach these phrases I realized, and I don't
know how true it is, that there is one "complicated" word that is
equivalent to the phrase.  For example:

turn off  = deactivate
turn on   = activate
turn up   = increase (volume)
look for  = search
come back = return
go off    = leave
go off    = explode
go on     = continue

Notice that in different contexts one phrase may have more than one
equivalent word.  This happens a lot in English, though it is not
important with regard to my question.

My question is this: Do other languages have verbal phrases?  Please
provide an example or two.

Thanks,
Jody Underwood
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