2,452 phrasal verbs
Ranked by frequency, with meanings, transitivity and examples.
BrowseWhat is it?
Ampersand Lab is a British English reference and teaching platform for adult learners. It began as a free reference site for phrasal verbs, idioms, prepositions and conditionals, and now also carries private online lessons taught by Aaron.
Everything in the reference section is free to use and needs no account.
What is in it
1,235 idioms
Everyday British English idioms with definitions and examples.
Browse5 prepositions
Core prepositions explained with spatial diagrams.
Browse5 conditionals
Zero to third conditional, with structure and use.
Browse260 exercise sets
1,299 questions with instant answer checking.
PractiseReference books
The phrasal verbs and idioms collections as free PDFs.
DownloadWhere the content comes from
- Frequency rankings
- Phrasal verb rankings follow the PHaVE List, an academic frequency ordering. A lower rank means a more common verb.
- British English
- Spelling, idiom and usage are British throughout. Where usage differs from American English, the British form is given.
- Curated
- Definitions and examples are written and reviewed for teaching use rather than scraped from a dictionary.
How it is built
The platform is self-hosted and built entirely from free and open source software: Astro for the site, Directus as the content store, PostgreSQL, Meilisearch for search, and LiveKit for online classrooms. The source is licensed underAGPL-3.0.
There is no advertising, and no third-party analytics or tracking of any kind. See GDPR compliance for exactly what is and is not collected.
Lessons with Aaron
Private online English lessons for adults, taught one to one.