Фразовые глаголы (phrasal verbs) - это конструкции, возникающие при сочетании глагола с предлогом, частицей или и тем, и другими. Они добавляют новый смысл и выражают конкретные действия или состояния.
Фразовые глаголы очень часто используют носители английского каждый день в своей речи.
Значения фразового глагола work out:
work out phrasal verb
1 PLAN work something ↔ out to think carefully about how you are going to do something and plan a good way of doing it
UN negotiators have worked out a set of compromise proposals.
work out what/where/how etc
We need to work out how we’re going to get there.
I had it all worked out (=had made very careful plans).
2 CALCULATE work something ↔ out to calculate an answer, amount, price etc
See if you can work this bill out.
work out how much/how many etc
We’ll have to work out how much food we’ll need for the party.
3 UNDERSTAND work something ↔ outespecially British English to think about something and manage to understand it
The plot is very complicated - it’ll take you a while to work it out.
work something out for yourself
I’m sure you can work it out for yourself.
4 COST if a cost or amount works out at a particular figure, it is found to be that much when you calculate it
work out at/to £10/$500 etc
The bill works out at £15 each.
work out expensive/cheap etc (=be expensive or cheap)
If we go by taxi, it’s going to work out very expensive.
5 GET BETTER if a problem or complicatedsituation works out, it gradually gets better or gets solved
Things will work out, you’ll see.
I hope it all works out for Gina and Andy.
work itself out
I’m sure everything will work itself out.
6 HAPPEN if a situation works out in a particular way, it happens in that way SYN turn out
work out well/badly
Financially, things have worked out well for us.
7 EXERCISE to make your body fit and strong by doing exercises
He works out with weights twice a week.
→ workout
8 I can’t work somebody out British Englishspoken used to say that you cannot understand what someone is really like or why they behave in the way they do
I couldn’t work her out at all.
9 be worked out if a mine is worked out, all the coal, gold etc has been removed from it