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push st around

bắt nạt ai, đối xử tệ với ai

Ví dụ

  • If you think you can push me around like that, you're mistaken.

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pay sb back

rả thù

Ví dụ

  • He swore he'd pay her back for all she'd done to him.

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pull up

kéo lên, nhổ lên, lôi lên, tạm đỗ lại

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Own up to

thừa nhận điều gì sai lầm, đáng xấu hổ, xấu xa.

Ví dụ

Both China and the WHO must own up to their own actions

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patch something up

nối lại quan hệ; sửa chữa mối quan hệ

Ví dụ

  • I tried to patch things up after the argument, but they wouldn't speak to me.

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potter about

đi lang thang, đi loanh quanh, làm việc vặt

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part with

cho ai cái gì đó

Ví dụ

  • I found it very hard to part with my old CDs when I digitized my collection.

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phone in

gọi đến nơi làm việc để nói với sếp/cấp trên điều gì

Ví dụ

  • She phoned in sick this morning.

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pass st off as st

giả vờ cái gì là cái gì khi thực chất là không phải

Ví dụ

  • The dealer was trying to pass fakes off as valuable antiques.

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impersonate

đóng giả; thủ vai

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pass up

bỏ qua

Ví dụ

  • Imagine passing up an offer like that!

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pick on sb

chỉ trích, phạt, không đối xử công bằng với ai đó

Ví dụ

  • He gets picked on by the other boys because he's so small.

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pick up

học hỏi

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play down st

giảm thiểu; nói tránh đi; xem nhẹ, hạ thấp

Ví dụ

  • Military spokespeople tried to play down the seriousness of the disaster.

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push to

đóng cửa

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pull off

thành công làm việc gì khó khăn hoặc không mong muốn

Ví dụ

  • The central bank has pulled off one of the biggest financial rescues of recent years.

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pull someone together

bình tĩnh lại

Ví dụ

  • I know you're stressed out, but you need to pull yourself together and get this report done!

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ply someone with something

liên tục cho ai cái gì, đặc biệt là đồ ăn hoặc đồ uống

Ví dụ

  • John's been plying me with drinks all evening.

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narrow st down

thu gọn lại

Ví dụ

  • We narrowed the choices down to five categories.

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notch up

đạt đc

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opt out

từ chối tham gia, từ chối liên quan tới

Ví dụ

  • Employees can choose to opt out of the pension scheme.

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nose around/about (for st)

tìm kiếm cái gì, đặc biệt là thông tin về ai đó

Ví dụ

  • We found a man nosing around in our backyard.

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sink in

từ từ hiểu được, từ từ thấm nhuần, vào đầu

Ví dụ

  • How many times do I have to tell you something before it sinks in?

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rustle st up

làm cái gì đó một cách nhanh chóng, thường là bữa ăn từ thực phẩm có sẵn

Ví dụ

  • Give me a minute and I'll rustle something up for supper.

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show up

xuất hiện, đến để tham gia vào nhóm, thường nói đến việc đến muộn hoặc không như dự kiến

Ví dụ

  • He showed up at the party.

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stick to/at st

tiếp tục làm gì dù khó khăn, tuân thủ nghiêm ngặt

Ví dụ

  • You will lose weight if you stick to the diet.

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snuff st out

thổi tắt (nến)

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scrape through st

vượt qua, thành công dù gặp nhiều khó khăn

Ví dụ

  • He succeeds in scraping through his final exams.

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slip up

mắc lỗi

Ví dụ

  • These figures don't make sense - have we slipped up somewhere?

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shake off something

khỏi bệnh, thoát khỏi ai đó/cái gì đang theo dõi bạn, đánh bại; thoát khỏi cái gì hạn chế bạn

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stick by

tiếp tục hỗ trợ, ủng hộ ai/cái gì, nhất là trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn

Ví dụ

  • No one stuck by him when the scandal became public.

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stuck for

bí ý tưởng

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show someone out

tiễn khách

Ví dụ

  • We showed the guests out and said goodbye.

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sit through sth

ở lại đến cuối (sự kiện hoặc trải nghiệm không thú vị)

Ví dụ

  • We had to sit through nearly two hours of speeches.

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slip off

bí mật và nhẹ nhàng rời đi

Ví dụ

  • They slipped off and no one saw them leave.

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scrape by/along

xoay sở để sống khi bạn không có đủ tiền và những thứ cần thiết khác

Ví dụ

  • He lost his job, so the family had to scrape by on one small salary.

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stick to/at something

tiếp tục làm gì dù khó khăn, tuân thủ nghiêm ngặt

Ví dụ

  • You will lose weight if you stick to the diet.

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throw out

buộc ai phải rời khỏi nơi nào

Ví dụ

  • It is cheaper to throw out shoddy products than to lose customers.

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tone down something

làm cho dịu bớt, làm cho bớt gay gắt

Ví dụ

  • The Minister tried to tone down what she had said when the press started attacking her.

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turn sb away

không cho phép ai đi vào

Ví dụ

  • They turned us away at the entrance because we didn't have tickets.

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tag along

bám theo, đi theo

Ví dụ

  • You're off to the cinema; can we tag along?

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wear off

(cảm giác; tác dụng) nhạt đi; phai dần đi; biến mất dần

Ví dụ

  • Most of my make-up wore off before I got to the party.

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touch on something

đề cập đến, nhắc qua về

Ví dụ

  • The talk touched on the issue, but didn't give any new information.

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trot something out

đi lại vết xe đổ

Ví dụ

  • You trot out that argument whenever I try to discuss this with you.

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toy with something

nghịch, chơi đùa

Ví dụ

  • The boy wasn't at all hungry, and could only toy with the food on his plate.

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whip up something

khích lệ, cổ vũ; làm ai rất muốn làm gì

Ví dụ

  • The boss tried to whip up some support for her new policies.

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trigger off

xảy ra

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turn to

xin giúp đỡ, hỗ trợ

Ví dụ

  • Without someone to turn to for advice, making the most appropriate choice can be difficult.

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weigh up

cân nhắc

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