Study the phrasal verbs. Lead-in.
Jack felt giddy and passed out.
“Did he pass away or just pass out?” the passers-by asked each other.
Mr. White: “Jimmy, could you please pass this book on to your father? It’s his.”
Jimmy: “Sure. Mr White, you could easily pass for/ off as Mr. President. You look alike!”
Jenny is at a loss.
If she pulls through the project, she’ll start pulling in lots of money. Unfortunately, she has no brilliant ideas now.
More phrasal verbs with PASS & PULL …
| pass away | die: Their father passed away shortly after their mother’s death. |
| pass by | go past: Yesterday Jake passed by my house and didn’t come over. |
| pass for/ off as sb/ sth | be taken for sb/ sth you are not in reality: Jake easily passed for Mr. Gray as the latter had never been to that place and no living soul had ever seen him. |
| pass off | happen, take place: The pageant passed off better than expected and had a lot of positive reviews. |
| pass on | (to sb) give sth to sb else: Could you please pass the newspaper on to your dad? I’ve already finished with it. |
| communicate information/ a message to sb: The manager asked me to pass this information on to my colleagues in the office. | |
| pass out | lose consciousness, faint: She passed out before the exam. |
| pass over | not give promotion in a job: Mike was passed over again for some junior colleague with less experience. |
| pull back | move back, withdraw: The French army had to pull back because of the severe cold of the Russian winter. |
| pull down | destroy or ruin a building so that it does not exist anymore: It was very short-sighted of the local government to pull down the historical building that dated back to the 10th century. |
| pull in | (inf) bring sb to a police department for an interrogation: Peter was pulled in yesterday evening to the police station but he refused to say anything without his lawyer. |
| (of trains) approach a place and stop: Look! Our train is pulling in, we must hurry. | |
| make or earn money: Kitty is pulling in big money. | |
| pull over | (of a vehicle) come to a halt/ stop: Meg couldn’t find the road map in the glove compartment, so she pulled over and continued searching. |
| pull through | recover after an illness or operation: We hope she’ll pull through after the open-heart surgery. |
| complete sth successfully despite difficulties: I’m sure we’ll pull through and win the award “The best project of the year”. | |
| pull up | (of a car) stop at your destination: The black car turned round the corner and pulled up. |
| criticize sb for what they are doing: Jim’s boss pulled Jim up on his being late for work recently. |