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USF Posted 14 years ago
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away and aside in phrasal verbs
Well I checked many verbs, but it was a little confusing. "away" individually means out of reach, far distance and so on. But aside bears the meaning of next to sth. Despite that, when I see different general meanings from "* away" and "* aside". Please check it.
I give you example to make my point more clear.
* away :
• Away for to another place: Chase away
• Away for avoiding, preventing or not taking part: Back away
• Away for disappearing: Clear away - it mostly has the meaning of gradually not suddenly, right?
• Away for continuous activity: Chat away
• Away for out of sight or in a safe place: Put away
* aside
• Aside for rejection: Brush aside
• Aside for postponing: Lay sth aside
• Aside for yielding: Step aside
• Aside for isolation: Set sth aside
As I can understand, when we use away in a phrasal verb, it gives the verb meaning of some real places or positions, (mostly! not always). From place A to B. What I am saying is that the position or place is important, mostly is in a clear way, you can imagine the performing of the job, not very vague, usually. It is about something that is performing not like a switch - on or off.
Whereas, when "aside" is used in a phrasal verbs, it is like a decision that you cannot picture the subject doing that job, while you can imagine what is happening. For instance, when someone says: "I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house."
He/she did not actually grab money and put it somewhere, it means he/she is storing money, where? you don't know. But when you use away-phrasal verbs you are actually doing that thing. I hope I could put it in the right way.
I give you example to make my point more clear.
* away :
• Away for to another place: Chase away
• Away for avoiding, preventing or not taking part: Back away
• Away for disappearing: Clear away - it mostly has the meaning of gradually not suddenly, right?
• Away for continuous activity: Chat away
• Away for out of sight or in a safe place: Put away
* aside
• Aside for rejection: Brush aside
• Aside for postponing: Lay sth aside
• Aside for yielding: Step aside
• Aside for isolation: Set sth aside
As I can understand, when we use away in a phrasal verb, it gives the verb meaning of some real places or positions, (mostly! not always). From place A to B. What I am saying is that the position or place is important, mostly is in a clear way, you can imagine the performing of the job, not very vague, usually. It is about something that is performing not like a switch - on or off.
Whereas, when "aside" is used in a phrasal verbs, it is like a decision that you cannot picture the subject doing that job, while you can imagine what is happening. For instance, when someone says: "I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house."
He/she did not actually grab money and put it somewhere, it means he/she is storing money, where? you don't know. But when you use away-phrasal verbs you are actually doing that thing. I hope I could put it in the right way.
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" Where did you put it? You put it in a safe place like a box buried in your garden, a bank account (if you trust the banks), or in a locked strong box. The important point is that you did not spend the money.
- " Where did you put it?
- You put it in a safe place like a box buried in your garden, a bank account (if you trust the banks), or in a locked strong box.
- The important point is that you did not spend the money.
- aside - a= away; side - not in front.
- Aside literally means away from the main path .
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"I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house."
Where did you put it? You put it in a safe place like a box buried in your garden, a bank account (if you trust the banks), or in a locked strong box. The important point is that you did not spend the money.
aside - a= away; side - not in front. Aside literally means away from the main path.
Where did you put it? You put it in a safe place like a box buried in your garden, a bank account (if you trust the banks), or in a locked strong box. The important point is that you did not spend the money.
aside - a= away; side - not in front. Aside literally means away from the main path.
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Hi AlpheccaStars ,
Thanks, and yes I mentioned that at the first of the post, however, what about in a phrasal verb? I sense that it has different meanings that I described it in my post. Do you agree with my point?
And no I don't trust bank, but everything forced me to have some bank accounts.
Thanks, and yes I mentioned that at the first of the post, however, what about in a phrasal verb? I sense that it has different meanings that I described it in my post. Do you agree with my point?
And no I don't trust bank, but everything forced me to have some bank accounts.
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Phrasal verbs can have an idiomatic ( non-intuitive ) meaning, but I believe you could apply this general rule of thumb: The less common the particle, the more faithful it will be to its meaning as a preposition.
Particles like in, out, and up are far more common than away, across and aside and thus their meanings are much more variable. (less intuitive and guessable) in phr
Particles like in, out, and up are far more common than away, across and aside and thus their meanings are much more variable. (less intuitive and guessable) in phr
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Oh! That is gold! 
so you are telling me that phrasal verbs with "in, out ,and up" arefar more common than away, acro
so you are telling me that phrasal verbs with "in, out ,and up" arefar more common than away, acro00
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Mini-skirts were in during the 1960s.
This is not a phrasal verb, but it means : Mini-skirts were fashionable during the 1960s. Or lots of other idiomatic usage of these preposition like out, in, up, down. Why would you think they have such meanings. Do you have any explanation, or just I should learn?
This is not a phrasal verb, but it means : Mini-skirts were fashionable during the 1960s. Or lots of other idiomatic usage of these preposition like out, in, up, down. Why would you think they have such meanings. Do you have any explanation, or just I should learn?
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youzouOh! That is gold! so you are telling me that phrasal verbs with "in, out ,and up" arefar more common than away, across and aside. That is very very helpful.No, I was only saying that the proposition "in" is much more frequently used in general language than "away."
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youzouMini-skirts were in during the 1960s.In here is shorthand for "in style"
The dictionary gives 34 meanings (including idioms) for "in".
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/in?s=t
New meanings come over time:
The meaning "in" as
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