| 1. | The one exception is when the phrasal verb has a pronominal object.
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| 2. | The words of each phrasal verb construction are highlighted in orange.
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| 3. | A phrasal verb is used in an idiomatic, figurative or even metaphorical context.
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| 4. | Finally, many phrasal verbs are combined with both a preposition and a particle.
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| 5. | Phrasal verbs are represented in many languages by compound verbs.
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| 6. | Splitting is optional except when the phrasal verb has a pronoun as its object.
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| 7. | So it's odd to say that it's a phrasal verb.
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| 8. | Can't there be transitive phrasal verbs as well as intransitive?
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| 9. | So, besides being components of a phrasal verb, they are prepositions, for better or worse!
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| 10. | However, when to hold up means " to rob ", it is a phrasal verb.
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