75 PHRASAL VERBS NÊN BIẾT

1. Run up bills: tích lại, dồn lại (hoá đơn)

EX: Her husband said that she must pay for things at once and not run up bills
2. Lead up to: chuẩn bị cách để làm gì, giới thiệu (một cách bóng bẩy), mở lời
EX: He wanted to borrow my binoculars, but he didn't say so at once. He lead up to it by talking
about bird watching.
3. Run up against difficulties/opposition: đối mặt với (khó khăn, sự cản trở)
EX: If he tries to change the rules of the club, he will run up against opposition
4. Put forward/on clocks and watches: vặn trước đồng hồ
EX: In March, people in England put their clocks forward/on an hour. When summertime ends,
they put them back an hour.
5. Settle down : trở nên quen và hài lòng với cái gì (địa điểm mới, công việc mới…)
EX: He soon settled down in his new school.
6. Get a handle on : nắm bắt, hiểu được
EX: This new computer program is very difficult. I still haven’t gotten a handle on it.
7. Stabbed someone in (the back) : phản bội , đâm sau lưng ai đó
EX: I have been working for him for 10 years, but he stabbed me in the back.
8. Grow out of : từ bỏ thói quen xấu khi còn nhỏ (khi lớn)
EX: He used to tell a lot of lies as a young boy, but he grew out of that later on
9. Getting away with murder : làm sai hỏng nhưng không bị làm sao
EX: The boss’s son comes in late every day, but we can’t complain. He’s getting away with
murder
10. Look someone up and down : nhìn từ đầu tới chân
EX: The policeman looked the drunk man up and down very deliberately before replying to his
question
11. Pose something to something: gây ra
EX: Local police on Tuesday launched a campaign to crack down on these old motorbikes that
they say can pose risks to traffic safety.
12. Keep correspondence with : liên lạc thư từ
EX: On the newest ‘Running Man’ Contributors keep up a correspondence with Fanatics Whilst
Gambling Games
13. Cook up a story: bịa đặt ra 1 câu chuyện
EX: Between them, they cooked up a story to tell their parents.
14. Make room for : dọn chỗ
EX: It is likely that older houses were removed to make room for these churches
15. Play an influence over : có ảnh hưởng
EX: Recent research has shown that media like the Internet and TV play an influence over
people's lives than politicians.
16. Narrow down: cắt giảm, thu hẹp
EX: We have narrowed down the list to four candidates.
17. Back away : lùi ra phía sau (vì sợ hãi hay không thích)
EX: When he took a gun out, everyone backed away nervously.
18. Make allowance for : chiếu cố , xem xét, tính đến cái gì
EX: Management should make allowance for diversity and difference
19. Back out : thất hứa
EX: He agreed to help but backed out when he found how difficult it was.
20. Back somebody up : hỗ trợ hay khuyến khích về tinh thần hay bằng lời
EX: He never backed his younger sister up.
21. Order somebody about: sai bảo ai (bất kể cảm nhận của họ)
EX: He is a retired admiral and still has the habit of ordering people about
22. Clear away : giải tán, phân tán
EX: The clouds soon cleared away, and it became quite warm.
23. Clear up : trở nên tốt hơn, đẹp hơn
EX: The sky looks a bit cloudy now, but I think it will clear up
24. Come down with : mắc phải, bị (bệnh)
EX : I think I'm coming down with flu.
25. Do away with : bãi bỏ, huỷ bỏ
26. Draw up : chuẩn bị bản kế hoạch hay hợp đồng
EX: My solicitor drew up the lease, and we both signed it.
27. Lay up : để dành, dự trữ cho khi cần
EX: Before he went to Brazil for a year, he laid up his car, as he didn't want to sell it.
28. Be laid up : nằm liệt giường
EX: She was laid up for weeks with a slipped disk
29. Block up : bị tắc, làm tắc (mũi)
EX : My nose was blocked up due to flower allergy.
30. Swell up : sưng lên
EX : It was obvious she had broken her toe because it immediately started to swell up.
31. Throw up : nôn mửa (ói)
EX : He threw up his breakfast all over the back seat of the car.
32. Get away with : thoát khỏi sự trừng phạt
EX: He robbed a bank and got away with it.
33. React to sth = respond to sth : phản ứng với điều gì
EX: How did they respond to the news?
34. Be run down : yếu đi, quá sức
EX: He is still run down after his illness and unfit for work.
35. Run into : va chạm (phương tiện đi lại)
EX: The car skidded and ran into a lamp-post
36. Run over/through : xem lại, kiểm tra lướt qua
EX: We 've got a few minutes before the train goes, so I'll just run through your instructions
again.
37. Run through : tiêu hoang, phung phí (dùng cho nguồn dự trữ hoặc tiền) EX: He inherited a
fortune and ran through it in a year.
38. Let out : nới rộng ra (quần áo)
EX: That boy is getting fatter. You'll have to let out his clothes
39. Be sent down : bị đuổi học
EX: He behaved so badly in college that he was sent down and never got his degree.
40. Send for : gọi, triệu tập
EX: One of our water pipes has burst. We must send for the plumber.
41. Send in : gửi, nộp, đăng (người nhận không cần được nhắc tới vì người được nói đã biết)
EX: You must send in your application before Friday, (send it to the authority concerned)
42. Send on : gửi tới địa chỉ mới
EX: I want to send all letters on while I’m on business.
43. Put in a claim : đòi hỏi, yêu cầu
EX: He put in a claim for compensation because he had lost his luggage in the train crash.
44. Live down : làm quên đi, làm xoá đi (danh tiếng, tiếng tăm)
EX: He has never quite been able to live down a reputation for drinking too much which he got
when he was a young man
45. Sit back : ngồi yên, nghỉ ngơi
EX: I have worked hard all my life, and now I'm going to sit back and watch other people
working
46. Make up for sth : đền bù (compensate)
EX: Her enthusiasm makes up for her lack of experience
47. Move on or up : tiến bộ, đi lên
EX: Normally in schools pupils move up every year.
48. Mix up : nhầm lẫn
EX: He mixed up the addresses so that no one got the right letters
49. Come up with : nghĩ ra, sinh ra cái gì.
EX: She comes up with a new idea for increasing sales.
50. Sympathize with sb : đồng cảm với ai
EX: I find it very hard to sympathize with him.
51. Shout down : la ó buộc ai đó thôi nói
EX: Tom tried to make a speech defending himself, but the crowd would not listen to his
explanation and shouted him down.
52. Put a person off : làm nhụt chí
EX: I wanted to see the exhibition, but the queue put me off.
53. Throw up : từ bỏ đột ngột (công việc, kế hoạch nào đó)
EX: He suddenly got tired of the job and threw it up
54. Tie someone up : trói chặt ai đó
EX: The thieves tied up the night watchman before opening the safe
55. Pull down : phá huỷ, xoá bỏ (dùng cho các toà nhà)
EX: Everywhere elegant old buildings are being pulled down, and mediocre modern erections
are being put up.
56. Crop up : xuất hiện hay xảy ra một cách bất ngờ không mong muốn
EX: At first all sorts of difficulties cropped up and delayed us. Later we learnt how to anticipate
these.
57. Take in : lừa gạt
EX: At first, he took us in by his stories, and we tried to help him, but later we learnt that his
stories were all lies.
58. Dress up: ăn mặc đẹp
EX: She never dresses up, even when she goes to the Opera.
59. Hang about/around : thơ thẩn, la cà
EX: He hung about/around the entrance all day, hoping for a chance to speak to the director.
60. Hang back : lưỡng lự, do dự
EX: Everyone approved of the scheme, but when we asked for volunteers, they all hung back
61. Pay someone back/out
EX: I'll pay you back for this
62. Round up : gom lại, gộp lại (người, động vật)
EX: The sheepdog rounded up the sheep
63. Account for : giải thích cho điều gì.
EX: He was unable to account for the error.
64. Account for + % : chiếm bao nhiêu phần trăm.
EX: The Japanese market accounts for 35% of the company’s revenue.
65. Ask someone out : mời ai đó đi chơi hoặc đi ăn (thường là ở nơi công cộng)
EX: She had a lot of friends and was usually asked out in the evenings, so she seldom spent an
evening at home.
66. Work out : tìm ra, tính toán, giải quyết, hiểu
EX: He used his calculator to work out the cost
67. Die out : tuyệt chủng, biến mất hoàn toàn (phong tục, chủng tộc, loài động vật…)
EX: Elephants would die out if men could shoot as many as they wished.
68. Wind up : kết thúc (thường dùng cho bài nói, hoạt động kinh doanh)
EX: The headmaster wound up (the meeting) by thanking the parents.
69. Wear off : dần biến mất
EX: These glasses may seem uncomfortable at first but that feeling will soon wear off.
70. Show off : khoe khoang
EX: He's just showing off because that girl he likes is here.
71. Stand up for : bênh vực
EX: His father blamed him, but his mother stood up for him and said that he had acted sensibly
72. Step up : gia tăng tỉ lệ, tốc độ (thường ý nói tới sản xuất công nghiệp)
EX: This new machine will step up production
73. Take down : ghi lại (thường là đọc cho viết)
EX: He read out the names, and his secretary took them down
74. Back somebody up : hỗ trợ hay khuyến khích về tinh thần hay bằng lời
EX: He never backed his younger sister.
75. Walk out : đình công
EX: Some people were so disgusted with the play that they walked out in the middle of the first
act.