Particles & Their Meanings

AWAY

Distance: Go away, walk away, run away, drive away, send away.

BACK

Return: Go back, come back, give back, stay back, stand back, look back.

DOWN

1 – Destruction: burn down, drink down, cut down, fall down.

2 – Writing: put down, write down, copy down, take down, pay down.

3 – Downward direction: walk down, go down, climb down.

IN

1 – From the exterior into the interior: go in, walk in, stay in, climb in.

2 – Routine: send in, hand in, practice in, listen in.

OUT

1 – From the interior to the exterior: go out, move out, walk out, climb out.

2 – Clearness/loudness: call out, write out, read out, copy out, mark out.

3 – Sudden action: burst out, pop out, break out.

4 – Disappearance, vanishing: turn out, die out, rub out, clean out.

5 – Extension & projection: stick out, point out, stretch out, hang out.

OFF

1 – Detaching, disconnection, departure, disappearance: plug off, set off, take off, see off, wear off, drive off, run off, fly off.

2 – Down to the ground but no destruction: jump off, fall off, tumble off,  slip off.

ON

1 – Attachment (opposite to OFF): plug on, stick on, fasten on, sew on, nail on.

2 – Progression & continuation: read on, walk on, speak on, run on.

OVER

1 – From side to side: turn on, come over, walk over.

2 – Consideration, inspection: read over, go over, talk over, read over.

THROUGH

1 – Traverse (preposition): look through, pass through.

2 – Endurance or pain: go through, pull through, push through, be through.

UP

1 – Upward movement: go up, climb up, drive up, move up.

2 – Verbs of movement (approach): come up, run up.

3 – Completion: read up, finish up, listen up, save up, drink up.