Bring Phrasal Verbs
If you ‘bring something about’, you cause it to happen.
* How can we bring about change in this old-fashioned company?
* We need to bring about a change in attitude.
If you ‘bring someone along’ with you, they come with you.
* I want to bring along John to the meeting, if that is OK.
* Why not bring Simon along, if he’s interested?
If something ‘brings back’ memories, it reminds you of the past.
* That photo brings back memories of our visit to Thailand.
* Meeting him brought back memories of when we worked together.
If you ‘bring down’ a price, you reduce it.
* We need to bring down the price to something more affordable.
* They’re bringing down the price of all their cars.
If you ‘bring forward’ a meeting, you arrange it for an earlier time.
* I want to bring forward the meeting to Tuesday.
* Can we bring forward the meeting by an hour?
If you ‘bring someone in on’ a discussion, you ask them to join in with your discussion.
* I want to bring in John on this as he is an expert.
* We need to bring in an outside consultant.
If you ‘bring out’ a new product, you introduce it to the market.
* I hear they have brought out a new model.
* We’re bringing it out early next year.
If you ‘bring someone round’, you persuade them.
* He was against the idea but Sally brought him round.
* How can we bring him round?
If you ‘bring up’ a subject, you mention it.
* Mark brought up the problem with the heating.
* Any other problems that you want to bring up?
If you ‘bring on’ somebody, you train them to be better.
* Martin always brings on the trainees really well.
* We try to bring on people quickly and promote them.
Exercises:
http://www.business-english.com/bringphrasals/exercise1.html
http://www.business-english.com/bringphrasals/exercise2.html
http://www.business-english.com/bringphrasals/exercise3.html
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