Phrasal verb BRING

Jimmy: You look fab! That hat you’re wearing brings out the color of your eyes.

Jimmy: Hey, guy! You’ve brought in a new fashion.

Jimmy: Hi, Mark! Are you OK? I have brought the party to the next week.

Mum: Jimmy! I’m home. I’ve brought pizza for dinner.

Jimmy: See you. I need to go.

You see that we used a phrasal verb “bring” quite a lot today.

As you might remember, phrasal verbs are very common in spoken and written English. So we need them to understand and speak natural English.

Phrasal verb is a verb followed by a preposition or an adverb; the combination creates a meaning different from the original verb.

The verbs with “bring” are very popular in English language. You should know them, as they are very common.

In its primary meaning the phrasal verb “bring” is translated as “приносить, привозить, приводить”.

But if it is used with any of these prepositions: about, down, back, around, forward, in, on, out, up it has a completely different meaning and some of them have more than one. So let’s consider all of them.

Bring about means to cause something to happen - вызывать, привести к чему-либо.

E.g. His behavior brought a storm about the teacher’s eаrs.

The internet has brought about big changes in the world.

Bring around

The first meaning is to persuade someone to change one’s mind – убедить кого-либо изменить мнение.

E.g. She didn’t want to marry him, but he managed to bring her around.

Another meaning is to restore consciousness – приводить в сознание.

E.g. He was quite ill, but good nursing brought him around.

Bring back

The first meaning is to return something – возвращать обратно.

E.g. You can borrow PlayStation if you promise to bring it back tomorrow.

Another meaning is to cause to remember – вызывать воспоминания.

E.g. The meeting with an old friend brought back good memories.

Bring down

The first meaning is to cause someone to lose power; to fall over – свергнуть, победить.

E.g. The footballer was brought down by a kick from his opponent.

Another meaning is to make someone unhappy – расстраивать, портить настроение.

E.g. She was in such a good mood. I couldn’t bear to bring her down.

One more meaning is to reduce price, numbers – снижать (цены, показатели).

E.g. We were asked to bring down the price.

Bring forward

The first meaning is to move a meeting or event to an earlier date or time - перенести на более раннее время.

E.g. The concert has been brought forward to 4.00 pm.

Another meaning is to propose a plan or idea for consideration – выдвигать (предложение, план).

E.g. He brought forward a proposal.

Bring in

The first meaning is to introduce something new, usually a product or a law - вводить в действие, выпускать.

E.g. Every year designers bring in a new fashion.

Another meaning is to earn or make money - приносить доход, зарабатывать.

E.g. The film has brought in millions of dollars.

Bring on means to make something happen – навлекать, вызывать (боль, болезнь).

E.g. Headaches are often brought on by stress.

The strong smell of flowers brought on sneezing from her. She’s allergic to them.

She nearly died of a heart attack brought on by fear.

Bring out

The first meaning is to make a particular quality or detail noticeable – подчёркивать, выявлять.

E.g. The new dress brought out her beauty.

He brought out all his public speaking skills.

Another meaning is to produce something to sell to the public – производить, выпускать.

E.g. They have just brought out a new, smaller phone.

Where does he take the money from? Does he bring it out?

Bring up

The first meaning is to raise a child – воспитывать, вырастить.

E.g. I was brought up to help the others.

It’s difficult to bring up children nowadays.

Another meaning is to introduce into discussion; mention – поднимать (вопрос, тему).

E.g. I’d like to bring up an important point at tomorrow’s meeting.

You shouldn’t have brought that matter up in front of everybody.

Bring off means to succeed at something, especially something difficult - преодолеть, добиться успеха

E.g. How did he manage to bring that off?

The young actor was able to bring off the part of Hamlet.

You took the first prize! I can’t believe you brought that off.

Bring over, bring round, bring around - to take someone or something with you – захватить с собой.

E.g. I’ll bring my holiday photos over when I come.

Did you bring around an umbrella?

Why don’t you bring around a video for us to watch?

Now it’s time to check up how well you’ve remembered the information of the lesson.

Look at the pictures and fill in the proper prepositions.

1. bring off

2. bring back

3. bring down

4. bring around

5. bring on

6. bring up

7. bring out

Hopefully the information of the lesson was useful to you, guys!

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