Go about something: To begin to do something.

Ex: “How would I go about doing that?” (The IT Crowd, 2006)

Show around: To go with someone to all parts, or the main parts, of a place that they have
not visited before, so that they can see what it is like or learn about it.
Ex: “Show him around.” (Rio 2, 2014)
Frown upon: to disapprove of (something)
Ex: “Look, it is frowned upon. It is discouraged.” (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, 2018)
Cut out for: to be the right type of person for something.
Ex: “...I'm not cut out for investing.” (Seinfeld, 1989)
Get down to: begin to do or give serious attention to something.
Ex: “Let’s get down to business.” (Mulan, 1998)
Pan out: to happen in a particular way
Ex: Let’s just sit back and watch how things are going to pan out.
Laze around: to spend time doing nothing useful, to schlep around
Ex: “Look, as long as you’re not lazing around here…” - A Love Song for Bobby Long (2005)
Waltz through: to sail through, to easily succeed in doing something
Ex: “If you think you will waltz it through…” - Swimfan (2002)
Pine away: to become weak, less active because of missing someone who has died or gone
away
Ex: “I just hate to see you pining away.” - Strange Days (1995)
Lash out: to criticize angrily, or to hit somebody with violent movements
Ex: “When I’m in a bad mood, I tend to lash out.” - The Raid (2012)
Water sth down: to make a statement less powerful, forceful, or to dilute something by
adding more water
Ex: “She got caught watering down her parents’ brandy with iced tea.” - The Perks of Being
a Wallflower (2012)
Press on/ahead: to continue doing something in a determined way
Ex: “Yet we press on.” - Billions (2016)
Goof around: to laze around, to monkey around
Ex: “M.J., will you stop goofing around?” - Spider-man (2002)
Come between: to make people argue or feel angry with each other, especially when they
had been friends before
Ex: “Don’t let this come between you.” - The Proposal (2009)
Crack down (on sth): to become more strict in dealing a problem
Ex: “The government's cracking down on the workers.” - Food, Inc. (2008)
Crop up: to arise, happen suddenly
Ex: “If anything like this crops up again, I’ll certainly be in touch.” - Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
Crack sb up: to suddenly laugh hard or to make somebody laugh hard
Ex: I love Ali Wong and Trevor Noah. They crack me up all the time!
Pore over: To read or study a document thoroughly
Ex: I have to pore over the textbooks before the final exam.
To do away with sth - to get rid of or destroy something.
Ex: Once we do away with slavery, the Rebs'll quit fighting. Lincoln (2012)
Get/be carried away - to be so excited about something that you cannot control what you
say or do.
Ex: Sorry. Got a bit carried away. Steven Universe (2013)
To nose around - to search for something (such as private or hidden information) in usually
a quiet or secret way.
Ex: We'll nose around. The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Hold sth against sb - to like someone less because they have done something wrong or
behaved badly.
Ex: You know, try not to hold it against him. Breaking Bad (2008)
Knuckle down - to start studying or working hard, to apply oneself to a task
Ex: The second is to knuckle down and work together. The Rebel Flesh(2011)
Brush up (on): Improve one's previously good knowledge of or skill at a particular thing
Ex: “Brush up your Sunday Salaam.” - Aladdin (1992)
Piece together: To put the parts of something into place
To understand a story, situation, etc. by taking all the facts and details about it and putting
them together (Nghĩa phụ)
Ex: “He didn't even know he was in there, until I pieced him together.” - Avengers: Age of
Ultron (2015)
Size up something: To examine something in order to make a judgment or form an opinion
Ex: “We all started seeing things differently. Everywhere we went, we were sizing things up” -
Fight Club (1999)
Set out: To start an activity with a particular plan
Ex: “Dr. Grant, as I was saying, we laid on lunch for you before you set out into the park.” -
Jurassic Park (1993)
Wind up: To find yourself in an unexpected and usually unpleasant situation, especially as a
result of what you do
Ex: “You always wind up right in the middle of what's going on.” - Inception (2010)
Come across = Stumble upon = Bump into: tình cờ gặp / thấy
Ex: Linguini came across Remy making soup in the restaurant’s kitchen.
To catch up with somebody: Hàn huyên tâm sự (với ai)
Ex: Taki caught up with Mitsuha before they both forgot each other’s names.
To bring up something: Đề cập đến một vấn đề gì đó
Ex: Imelda brought up the subject of stop playing guitar, but her great grandchild Miguel
disagreed.
Go for something: Chọn cái gì đó
Ex: Satoshi would go for Pikachu as his main Pokémon in fierce battles.
Stand out from something: Nổi bật trong đám đông / nơi nào