৩১তম BCS — Phrasal Verbs
This exam tested 1 question from this topic — 'put up with'.
Q34: While living in poverty, the poet had to ___ a great deal of sufferings.
Options: (a) see through • (b) put up with ✓ • (c) pass by • (d) fall back
Core meaning
Put up with = tolerate, endure (especially something unpleasant).
Why each option works/fails
| Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
Fits 'sufferings'? |
| Put up with |
Tolerate, endure |
✓ Perfect fit |
| See through |
Perceive the truth behind |
❌ Doesn't take 'sufferings' |
| Pass by |
Ignore, miss |
❌ Doesn't fit context |
| Fall back |
Retreat, lose ground |
❌ Doesn't fit |
BCS-favourite phrasal verbs — categorized
'Tolerate/Endure' family
| Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
| Put up with |
Tolerate (esp. unpleasant) |
| Bear with |
Be patient with someone |
| Stand for |
Tolerate (often in negative) |
| Go through |
Experience (often hardship) |
'Look' family
| Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
| Look after |
Take care of |
| Look for |
Search for |
| Look into |
Investigate |
| Look up |
Search information / Improve |
| Look up to |
Respect, admire |
| Look down on |
Despise, regard inferior |
| Look over |
Examine briefly |
| Look out |
Be careful |
| Look forward to |
Anticipate eagerly |
'Take' family
| Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
| Take after |
Resemble (family member) |
| Take off |
Remove / Depart (plane) |
| Take over |
Assume control |
| Take in |
Absorb, deceive |
| Take to |
Develop a liking for |
| Take up |
Start (hobby) |
'Put' family
| Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
| Put up with |
Tolerate |
| Put off |
Postpone |
| Put on |
Wear |
| Put down |
Insult / Stop a rebellion |
| Put through |
Connect (phone call) |
| Put forward |
Propose |
| Put away |
Store, save |
'Get' family
| Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
| Get over |
Recover from |
| Get along (with) |
Have good relations |
| Get away |
Escape |
| Get back |
Return |
| Get on |
Enter (bus); progress |
| Get off |
Leave (bus); stop |
| Get through |
Complete; reach by phone |
| Get up |
Wake up |
'Give' family
| Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
| Give up |
Quit, surrender |
| Give in |
Yield, surrender |
| Give out |
Distribute / Run out |
| Give away |
Donate; reveal a secret |
| Give back |
Return |
'Bring' family
| Phrasal verb |
Meaning |
| Bring up |
Raise (child); mention (topic) |
| Bring about |
Cause to happen |
| Bring down |
Reduce; overthrow |
| Bring forward |
Advance (date) |
Common BCS trap
Many phrasal verbs share the same particle but mean opposite things:
- 'Look up to' (respect) vs 'Look down on' (despise)
- 'Bring up' (raise) vs 'Bring down' (reduce)
- 'Take after' (resemble) vs 'Take off' (depart)
Exam shortcut
- Identify the context — is it positive or negative?
- Match the object — 'sufferings' fits 'tolerate' phrasals
- Eliminate by elimination: which phrasal verbs CAN'T take this object?
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