Grammar 23. Phrasal Verbs 1

add up: make sense (có nghĩa)

His evidence just doesn't add up.

ask after: ask, inquire about (hỏi thăm)

Jim was asking after you.

back down: yield in an argument (nhượng bộ)

Sheila was right, so Paul had to back down.

bargain for: take into account (tính đến)

We hadn't bargained for there being so much traffic, and we missed the plane.

bear out: confirm the truth (chứng thực)

Helen's alibi was borne out by her sister.

break down: lose control of the emotions (vỡ oà, không kiềm chế được cảm xúc)

David broke down and wept when he heard the news.

break off: stop talking (dừng nói)

He broke off to answer the phone.

break up: come to an end (kết thúc)

The party finally broke up at 3.00 am

Bring about: cause to happen (gây ra, dẫn đến)

The crisis was brought about by Brenda's resignation.

bring off: succeed in doing sth (thành công trong việc làm gì)

The team tried for years to win the competition and they finally brought it off.

bring on: - cause the onset of an illness (gây ra bệnh)

- cause trouble to happen to oneself

(tự gây rắc rối cho mình)

- Sitting in the damp brought on his rheumatism.

- You have brought this on/ upon yourself.

bring round: influence someone to your point of view (thuyết phục ai theo quan điểm của mình)

After much discussion, I brought the committee round to my point of view.

Bring up: mention (đề cập)

I feel I ought to bring up another small matter.

call up: mobilise for military service (gọi nhập ngũ)

Mark was called up when the war broke out.

carry off: complete successfully, perhaps despite a problem (thành công)

Jane had a difficult role to play, but she carried it off.

carry out: complete a plan (tiến hành, hoàn thiện một kế hoạch)

The attack was successfully carried out.

catch on: become popular (được ưa chuộng, phổ biến)

This new hairstyle is beginning to catch on.

come about: happen (xảy ra)

Let me explain how the situation came about.

come down to: be in the end a matter of (cuối cùng, rút cuộc đó là vấn đề gì)

It all comes down to whether you are prepared to accept less money.

come in for: receive, esp. criticism, blame (nhận, hứng chịu)

The government has come in for a lot of criticism over the decision.

come off: take place successfully (diễn ra thành công)

I'm afraid that deal didn't come off after all.

come out: appear (xuất hiện)

- All the flowers have come out.

- When the news came out, everyone was shocked.

- My photos didn't come out very well.

come up: occur (xảy ra)

Look, something has come up, and I can't meet you.

come up against: meet a difficulty (gặp phải, đối mặt với)

We've come up against a bit of a problem.

come up to: equal, esp. expectations, standard (đạt được như)

The play didn't come up to expectations.

come up with: think of (nghĩ ra, nảy ra)

We still haven't come up with a solution to the problem.

count on: rely on (dựa vào)

Don't worry, you can count on me.

crop up: happen unexpectedly (xảy ra bất ngờ)

I can't come to your party, something has cropped up.

do away with: abolish (xoá bỏ, huỷ bỏ)

Dog licences have been done away with.

do up: decorate (trang hoàng, trang trí)

We are having our living room done up.

draw up: come to a stop (dừng lại (xe))

A white sports car drew up outside the door.

draw up: organise, esp. a document (soạn thảo một văn bản, thường liên quan luật)

The contract is being drawn up at the moment.

drop in/ drop in on sb: pay a visit (ghé thăm)

Drop in any time you're passing.

drop off: fall asleep (ngủ, ngủ gật)

The baby has just dropped off.

end up: finish in a certain way, or place (kết thúc theo cách nào hoặc ở địa điểm nào)

- We ended up staying there for lunch.

- The car ended up in a ditch.

face up to: have courage to deal with (có dũng cảm đương đầu với)

You have to face up to your responsibilities.

fall about: show amusement (cười không dừng lại được)

Everyone fell about when Jane told her joke.

fall back on: use as a last resort (dựa vào cái gì như là cách cuối cùng)

If the worst comes to the worst, we've got our savings to fall back on.

fall for: be deceived by, fall in love with (bị lừa, yêu)

- It was an unlikely story but he fell for it.

- I fell for you the moment I saw you.

fall out with: quarrel with (cãi nhau với)

Peter has fallen out with his boss.

fall through: fail to come to completion (hỏng, thất bại)

The plan fell through at the last minute.

feel up to: feel capable of doing sth (cảm thấy đủ khả năng làm gì (năng lượng))

Old Mr Smith didn't feel up to walking all that way.

follow up: act upon a suggestion, take more action (hành động dựa trên gợi ý, hành động tiếp)

- Thanks for the information about that book. I'll follow it up.

- We'll follow up this lesson next week.

get across: be understood (diễn đạt cái gì để ai hiểu được)

I had the feeling I wasn't getting the meaning across.

get at: imply - about personal matters (ám chỉ, muốn nói gì)

What are you getting at exactly?

get down to: begin to seriously deal with (bắt đầu làm gì một cách nghiêm túc)

It's time we got down to some real work.

get off with: avoid punishment ( thoát không bị phạt)

They were lucky to get off with such light sentences.

get on for: approach a certain time/ age/ number (đạt đến tuổi/ số/thời gian)

He must be getting on for seventy.

get on: make progress (tiến bộ)

She is getting on very well in her new job.

get over: be surprised (thường dùng trong phủ định: ngạc nhiên)

I couldn't get over how well she looked.

get over with: come to the end of sth, usually unpleasant (kết thúc cái gì, thường không thú vị)

I'll be glad to get this awful business over with.

get round to: find time to do (tìm kiếm thời gian làm gì)

Sorry, but I haven't got round to fixing the tap yet.

get up to: do something, usually bad when about children (làm gì, với trẻ con theo nghĩa tiêu cực)

- What have you been getting up to lately?

- The children are getting up to something in the garden.