Problems & Solutions

Phrasal verbs for challenges and fixes

はじめに

問題は避けられないもの——それを語る句動詞も同じです。問題が「come up（発生する）」し、計画が「fall through（失敗に終わる）」し、人生が投げてくるものに「deal with（対処する）」しなきゃいけない。でも良いニュースもあります。困難を「sort out（解決する）」し、つらい時期を「get through（乗り越える）」こともできるんです。

この章では、問題解決の句動詞を学びます。課題の発見、困難への対処、解決策の模索、そして挫折からの回復。

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この章の句動詞一覧（57）

• come up To arise or occur unexpectedly
• fall through To fail to happen as planned
• mess up To make a mistake or ruin something
• act up To behave badly or malfunction
• play up To cause problems or malfunction (British)
• screw up To make a serious mistake
• cock up To spoil something by doing it badly (British)
• run into To encounter problems unexpectedly
• back out To withdraw from a commitment
• pack in To stop working or break down; to quit
• turn out To have a particular result
• come apart To break into pieces; to fail
• give out To stop working; to distribute
• come undone To become unfastened; to fail or fall apart
• cave in To collapse; to yield under pressure
• slip up To make a small mistake
• backfire To have the opposite effect to what was intended
• break down To analyze into smaller parts
• paper over To hide problems without solving them
• wriggle out of To avoid responsibility through cunning
• work out To have a successful result
• sort itself out To resolve without intervention
• smooth over To make a problem seem less serious
• get out of To avoid a responsibility
• see to To deal with something
• get around To avoid or find a way past
• pin down To identify precisely
• stumble on To discover accidentally
• fall into To get into a bad situation
• get into To become involved in problems
• end up To finish in a situation
• deal with To handle a problem
• cope with To manage difficulties
• grapple with To struggle with a problem
• wrestle with To struggle with something difficult
• contend with To deal with difficulties
• live with To accept an ongoing problem
• talk through To discuss to resolve
• patch up To fix temporarily
• cover up To hide or conceal
• brush aside To dismiss concerns
• shrug off To dismiss casually
• write off To abandon as a loss
• pull back To retreat or withdraw
• string along To delay or deceive
• get by To manage with difficulty
• muddle through To manage somehow
• come through To succeed despite difficulty
• stick it out To persevere
• sit out To wait through something
• wait out To wait for something to pass
• push through To succeed despite obstacles
• nip in the bud To stop early
• root out To find and remove
• weed out To remove unwanted elements
• spiral out of control To become unmanageable
• blow over To pass without lasting effect