Features Of The Macmillan Phrasal Verbs Plus

Features of the Macmillan Phrasal Verbs Plus
Definitions are written
Clear layout for ease
using uncomplicated
of use
Frequent collocations and fixed
language
phrases are shown in examples
Full coverage of British and American
Nouns, adjectives and verbs
English spelling and pronunciation
derived from phrasal verbs are
included at the end of entries
Phrases are clearly
highlighted
Collocation boxes provide
invaluable information about
the most natural-sounding
Stress patterns are shown
combinations
Entries describe the syntactic
behaviour of phrasal verbs
Helpful example sentences,
based on real-life spoken and
written English, show how and
‘Menus’ in longer entries help you
when the phrasal verb is used
find the meaning you need quickly
Guidance on register shows in what
context it is appropriate to use a
Regional labels show when a
phrasal verb, eg formal, humorous,
word is only used in British
impolite, informal, literary, offensive,
English or American English
old-fashioned and showing
disapproval
Over 100 2-colour cartoons
illustrate meaning
Cross-references to over 100 illustrated
phrasal verbs
Verb inflections are included to
Special boxes include extra information about
avoid common spelling errors
verb + particle combinations that are not
usually seen as phrasal verbs
The most frequently-used 1000 phrasal verbs
are shown in red and their frequency graded
Each meaning is
The general word selection is based
by stars
Numerous synonyms
numbered with the
on the 200 million word World
and opposites
most common sense
English Corpus.
shown first