Chủ điểm 2:

PHRASAL VERBS (CỤM ĐỘNG TỪ)

- blow out: dập tắt (lửa), thổi tắt
E.g: Somebody opened the door and the candle blew out.
- break down: (máy) hư hỏng, (cửa, tường,...) phá vỡ
E.g: The telephone system has broken down.
- break in / into: xông vào, đột nhập vào
E.g: We had our car broken into last week.
- breakout: bùng nổ, bùng phát
E.g: They had escaped to America shortly before war broke out in 1939.
- bring up = raise: nuôi nấng, dạy dỗ
E.g: He was brought up by his aunt.
- call for: ghé qua (để đón ai hoặc lấy cái gì)
E.g: I’ll call for you at 7 o'clock.
- call off = cancel: hủy bỏ
E.g: They have called off their engagement.
- call up = telephone: gọi điện thoại
- carry on = continue: tiếp tục
E.g: He carried on peeling the potatoes.
- carry out: tiến hành
E.g: to carry out an inquiry/an investigation/a survey
- catch up with: bắt kịp, theo kip
- dear up = tidy: dọn dẹp; (thời tiết) sáng sủa hơn; khỏi, lành (bệnh,...)
E.g: I hope it clears up this afternoon. It's time to clear up.
- come up: xảy ra, xuất hiện
E.g: We watched the sun come up.
- cut down (on sth) / back = reduce: giảm bớt
E.g: I won't have a cigarette, thanks - I'm trying to cut down.
- cut off: ngừng cung cấp (điện, nước,..), cắt đứt (mối quan hệ gia đình, bạn bè)
E.g: Our water supply has been cut off.
- drop in / on: ghé thăm, ghé qua (trong một khoảng thời gian ngắn)
E.g: I thought I'd drop in/on you while I was passing.
- fill in ~ fill out: điển vào
E.g: to fill in an application form
- get off: xuống (xe, tàu, máy bay), rời đi, khởi hành
- get on: lên (tàu, xe, máy bay)
- get over ~ overcome: vượt qua, khắc phục
E.g: She can't get over her shyness.
- get up: thức dậy
- give up = stop: từ bỏ
- go away = disappear: biến mất, tan đi
- go off: (chuông) reo, (súng, bom) nổ
E.g: The gun went off by accident.
- go on = continue: tiếp tục
E.g: She hesitated for a moment and then went on.
- grow up: lớn lên, trưởng thành
E.g: Their children have all grown up and left home now.
- hand in = summit: nộp, đệ trình
E.g: You must all hand in your projects by the end of next week.
- hold on = wait: đợi
E.g: Hold on a minute while I get my breath back.
- hold up = stop = delay: ngừng, hoãn lại, tắc nghẽn
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E.g: An accident is holding up traffic.
- keep on = continue: tiếp tục
E.g: The rain kept on all night.
- keep up (with): theo kịp, bắt kip
E.g: I can't keep up with all the changes.
- look after = take care of: chăm sóc
- look for = search for, seek: tìm kiếm
E.g: I am looking for a suitable Job.
- took forward to: mong đợi
E.g: I look forward to seeing you.
- look into = investigate: điều tra, khám xét
E.g: A working party has been set up to look into the problem.
- look out ~ watch out: coi chừng (dùng để cảnh báo)
E.g: Look out! There's a car coming.
- look up: tra cứu
E.g: I looked it up in the dictionary.
- make up: bịa đặt (câu chuyện, bài thơ), trang điểm
E.g: I told the kids a story, making it up as I went along.
- pick sb up: đón ai
E.g: I’ll pick you up at five.
- pull down = demolish: phá hủy, phá sập
- put off - postpone, delay: hoãn lại
E.g: He keeps putting off going to the dentist.
- put on: mặc (quần áo), mang (giày, dép), đội (mũ)
E.g: Hurry up! Put your coat on!
- put out = extinguish: dập tắt (lửa)
E.g: Firefighters soon put the fire out.
- run into: tình cờ gặp ai
E.g: Guess who I ran into today!
- run out (of): hết, cạn kiệt
E.g: We ran out of fuel.
- see off: tiễn ai
E.g: Yesterday I saw off my brother.
- set up = establish: thành lập, xây dựng
E.g: The police set up roadblocks on routes out of the city.
- show off: khoe khoang
E.g: She wanted to show off her new husband at the party.
- stand for = represent: đại diện cho, viết tắt của
E.g: 'The book's by T.C. Smith."What does the 'T.C: stand for?'
- take after = resemble: giống
E.g: I take after my father.
- take off: cởi (quấn áo, giày, mũ,...), (máy bay) cất cánh
E.g: The plane took off.
- take on: nhận, đảm nhận (công việc)
E.g: I can't take on any extra work.
- take over: đảm nhiệm, tiếp quản, tiếp tục
- throw away: ném đi, vứt đi
- try on: mặc thử (quẩn áo)
- turn down = refuse: từ chối
E.g: Why did she turn down your invitation?
- turn into: trở thành, biến thành
E.g: Our dream holiday turned into a nightmare.
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- turn off: tắt
E.g: You should turn off the computer now.
- turn on: mở
E.g: I'll turn the television on.
- turn up = show up, arrive / appear: đến, xuất hiện
E.g: We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never turned up.
- face up to: đối mặt với (điều gì khó khăn).
E.g: She had to face up to the fact that she would never walk again.
- break out in: bất ngờ trở nên bị bao bọc bởi
E.g: Her face broke out in a rash.
- come down with: mắc bệnh gì (không nghiêm trọng)
- check up on: kiểm tra, giám sát ai làm gì
E.g: My parents are always checking up on me.
- look down on # look up to: coi thường # tôn trọng, kính trọng
E.g: She looks down on people who haven't been to college.
- come up with: đưa ra, tìm ra (ý tưởng,...)
E.g: She came up with a new idea for increasing sales.
- wriggle out of: (informal, disapproving) thoái thác làm gì
E.g: He tried desperately to wriggle out of giving a clear answer.
- make off with: cuỗm đi thứ gì (ăn trộm được)
E.g: Thieves made off with over a million dollars in the robbery.
- go along with/ get on (well) with somebody: hòa hợp với ai
E.g: She and her sister have never really got on.
- live up to something: tốt/giỏi như người khác mong đợi ở bạn
E.g: He failed to live up to his parents' expectations.
- make sure of sth/ that: đảm bảo chắc chắn
E.g: They scored another goal and made sure of victory.
- feel up to: cảm thấy khỏe hay sẵn sàng làm gì
E.g: After the accident she didn't feel up to driving.
- jump out at: rất rõ ràng và dễ thấy
E.g: The mistake in the figures Jumped out at me.
- break in on: cắt ngang hoặc quấy rầy ai.
E.g: She wanted to break in on their conversation but didn't want to appear rude.
- add up to: tổng cộng (thành/lên đến)
E.g: The numbers add up to exactly wo.
- break up (with sb): chia tay với ai, chấm dứt mối quan hệ với.
E.g: She's just broken up with her boyfriend.
- make up for ~ compensate: bù đắp cho
E.g: Nothing can make up for the loss of a child.
- think back (to sth): nhớ lại điều gì.
E.g: I keep thinking back to the day I arrived here.
- tie in (with sth): khớp với
E.g: This evidence ties in closely with what we already know.
- get back at: trả đũa, trả thù ai.
E.g: I’ll find a way of getting back at him!
- get away with: thoát khỏi sự trừng phạt
E.g: Thieves got away with computer equipment worth $30000.
- get on to: liên lạc với ai đó
E.g: The heating isn't working; I'll get on to the landlord about it.
- go in for: làm điều gì vì bạn thích nó
E.g: I don't really go in for playing football.
- get round to = cần/ tìm thời gian để làm gì
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E.g: I meant to do the ironing but I didn't get round to it.
- go down with: bị ốm, mắc bệnh
E.g: Our youngest boy has gone down with chickenpox.
- put down to ~ attribute = do, quy cho là do
E.g: What do you put her success down to?
- put up with: chịu đựng
E.g: She always puts up with the noise.
- stand up for sb/ sth: ủng hộ, bênh vực, bảo vệ
E.g: You must stand up for your rights.
- get through with: hoàn thành, hoàn tất
E.g: I will get through with this project soon.
- do away with ~ abolish: loại bỏ, bài trừ
E.g: He thinks it's time we did away with the monarchy.
- drop out (of sth): bỏ học nửa chừng
E.g: She started a degree but dropped out after only a year.
- get down to: bắt đầu công việc một cách nghiêm túc
E.g: Let's get down to business.