Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dictionary

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Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dictionary
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The dictionary that helps you understand and use more than 6 000 British and American verbs
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I,bring sb 'up 1 to care for a child until he or she is grown up: She was brought up by her aunt, o I was brought up (- 1 grow up) on a farm. IHil children, family, daughter, son UZH) raise sb (AmE) CEm Bring up a child does not mean the same as look after a child. 2 to teach your child a particular way to behave, etc: They brought their children up very strictly, o We were brought up to be polite and do what we were told, o a well-brought-up child IM3 children, family, daughter, son HZE) raise sb (AmE) 3 (law) to make sb appear for... Tovább

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Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dictionary
for learners of English
The dictionary that helps you understand and use more than 6 000 British and American verbs
ZOOM INON PHRASAL VERBS
10 500 examples show how the verbs
are used in current English
Over 2 000 typical subjects I and objects help you use the verbs in the right context
I 200 synonynns and opposites
help you understand the verbs better
More than 900
notes give Information on grammar and usage
I,bring sb 'up 1 to care for a child until he or she is grown up: She was brought up by her aunt, o I was brought up (- 1 grow up) on a farm. IHil children, family, daughter, son UZH) raise sb (AmE) CEm Bring up a child does not mean the same as look after a child. 2 to teach your child a particular way to behave, etc: They brought their children up very strictly, o We were brought up to be polite and do what we were told, o a well-brought-up child IM3 children, family, daughter, son HZE) raise sb (AmE) 3 (law) to make sb appear for trial in a court of law DOB Bring sb up is often used in the passive.
V + n/pron + adv ¦ v + adv + n > 'upbringing n [sing.] [U] the way in which a child is "ared for and taught, especially by parents, while he nr she is growing up
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