Business English Vocabulary Challenge: phrasal verbs 'broke up,' 'put up,' 'gave up,' or 'bumped up.'

Welcome to the Business English Vocabulary Challenge! Today, we're learning four common Business English phrasal verbs.

Today's Challenge:

Choose the correct option and listen to the sentence.

Did you get it right?

BREAK UP (broke up)

phrasal verb

to end a relationship, to separate

Mira and Fabio broke up after five years together.

The band broke up because the members wanted to go solo.

The fight broke up when the teacher arrived.

PUT UP + with something (put up)

phrasal verb

to tolerate or accept something difficult or annoying

I can’t put up with this noise anymore!

He won’t put up with rude customers.

I don’t know how you put up with that job.

GIVE UP (gave up)

phrasal verb

to stop doing something

After two hours, we gave up looking for the lost keys.

He gave up on his dream of becoming a singer.

I gave up and asked for help.

BUMP UP (bumped up)

phrasal verb

to increase something (a price or level)

The company bumped up salaries this year.

They bumped up the price of gas again.

The airline bumped me up to first class.

So, the correct answer is d) bumped up.

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