Thẻ ghi nhớ: Phrasal verb của OLYMPIC 2021 | Quizlet

smarten so/sth up

To make someone or something look more clean, tidy, and stylish.

Định nghĩa tiếng Việt: Làm cho sạch sẽ, gọn gàng, bảnh bao, hoặc tân trang, đổi mới (diện mạo của một khu vực/ngôi nhà).

We need to smarten up the living room before the guests arrive.

You should smarten yourself up a bit for the job interview.

to begin working more effectively:

Poor performers need to smarten up quickly if they want to keep their jobs.

The industry needs to smarten up its act in relation to advertising and promotion.

put something on

operate, pretend, prepare, produce,get hevier, cover body

----------to make a device operate, or to cause a device to play something, such as a CD or DVD, by pressing a switch:

I put the radio on while I prepared the meal.

I put the oven on to heat up while I prepared the mixture.

---------to cover part of the body with clothes, shoes, make-up, or something similar:

Put your shoes on - we're going out.

He put on his jacket.

---------------to pretend to have a particular feeling or way of behaving that is not real or natural to you:

Why are you putting on that silly voice?

There's no need to put on that injured expression - you know you're in the wrong.

I can't tell whether he's really upset, or if he's just putting it on.

------------to produce or provide something, especially for the good of other people or for a special purpose:

She put on a wonderful meal for us.

They've put on a late-night bus service for students.

put someone on

----------Trêu chọc, nói đùa, nói xạo với ai đó (để xem họ có tin không). thường dùng thì tiếp diễn

Are you serious, or are you just putting me on?

put on something

to do an activity, esp. one that others can watch:

The second graders want to put a play on.

The experience of putting on a campaign was exciting.

hinge on/upon something

To depend entirely on something to happen or be successful.

Everything hinges on the outcome of tomorrow's meeting.

disarm

tước vũ khí

hold sb/sth back

----------to prevent somebody/something from moving forward or crossing something

The police were unable to hold back the crowd.

The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.

-----------to prevent the progress or development of somebody/something

Do you think that mixed-ability classes hold back the better students?

We are determined that nothing should hold back the peace talks.

hold something back

---------to not tell somebody something they want or need to know

to hold back information

I think he's holding something back. I'm sure he knows more than he admits.

-----------to stop yourself from expressing how you really feel

She just managed to hold back her anger.

He bravely held back his tears.

hold sb back from doing sth

-------------hold back (from doing something) | hold somebody back (from doing something)

to hesitate or to make somebody hesitate to act or speak

She held back, not knowing how to break the terrible news.

I wanted to tell him the truth, but something held me back.

hold out on somebody

to refuse to tell or give somebody something

Don't hold out on me - I need to know who did it.

hold out

(nội động từ) Còn đủ, cầm cự được, duy trì được (trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn

ex: We don't know how long our food supplies will hold out.

hold out something

hold something out

-----------Chìa tay, cánh tay hoặc đưa một đồ vật gì đó thẳng ra trước mặt (về phía người khác).

He held out his hand to greet the new partner.

(Anh ấy chìa tay ra để chào hỏi người đối tác mới.)

The little girl held her doll out for everyone to see.

(Cô bé đưa con búp bê ra trước mặt để mọi người cùng nhìn.)

-------to offer a chance, hope or possibility of something

Doctors hold out little hope of her recovering.

hold out for

nhất quyết phải có cho bằng được

To refuse to accept something less than you think you deserve.

Định nghĩa tiếng Việt: Kiên quyết từ chối để đợi bằng được một mức giá tốt hơn, hoặc một thỏa thuận cao hơn.

Ví dụ (Example):

The workers are holding out for a 10% pay rise.

The union negotiators are holding out for a more generous pay settlement.

hold something - over

hold something over [usually passive]

to not deal with something immediately; to leave something

to be dealt with later

The matter was held over until the next meeting.

Keep on at sb about sth/sb

especially British English) to speak to somebody often and in an annoying way about somebody/something

ex;I'll do it—just don't keep on at me about it!

keep on

to continue

The rain kept on all night.

Keep on until you get to the church.

keep somebody - on

to continue to employ somebody

keep something on

to continue to rent a house, flat, etc.

We're planning to keep the house on over the summer.

lay off sb/sth

---------used to tell somebody to stop doing something

Lay off me will you—it's nothing to do with me.

lay off doing something Lay off bullying Jack.

lay off something

dừng sử dụng cái gì đó

(informal) to stop using something

I think you'd better lay off fatty foods for a while.

lay somebody -off

to stop employing somebody because there is not enough work for them to do

200 workers at the factory have been laid off.

tick somebody - off

khiển trách, mắng mỏ hoặc nhắc nhở, cảnh cáo ai đó vì họ đã làm sai điều gì

=to speak angrily to somebody, especially a child, because they have done something wrong

synonym tell somebody off

I was always being ticked off for messy work.

tell somebody off (for something/for doing something)

to speak angrily to somebody for doing something wrongsynonym scold

I told the boys off for making so much noise.

Did you get told off?

throw something off

----------If you throw off your clothes, you take them off quickly and carelessly:

They threw off their clothes and jumped in the sea.

----------to stop suffering from a cold or other illness that is not serious:

I can't seem to throw off this cold.

throw off something/someone

------làm xáo trộn, làm lệch lạc số liệu hoặc làm ai đó mất tập trung và bối rối.

They left very rich people out of the study so their spending would not throw off the results.

A busy morning can throw off my entire daily schedule.

throw something/someone off

to escape from something or someone following you:

They threw the police off the scent by travelling on false passports.

put something back

-------------to return an object to where it was before it was moved:

Will you put the books back when you've finished with them?

---------------to delay a planned event:

We had to put the meeting back a week.

put up with

tha thứ, chịu đựng

• I don't know how she puts up with him.

• I'm not going to put up with their nonsense any longer.

put sth in/into sth

to spend a lot of time or effort doing something:

If I put in some extra hours today, I can have some time off tomorrow.

We've put a lot of time into redesigning the packaging.

put in for

--------(especially British English) to officially ask for something

Are you going to put in for that job?

----------put yourself/somebody/something in for something

to enter yourself/somebody/something for a competition

set something off

-Khởi hành, bắt đầu một chuyến đi (To start a journey)

ex: We set off for the airport at 5 AM to avoid the traffic.

----------Kích hoạt, làm nổ bom hoặc làm chuông báo động reo (To trigger an alarm / explode a bomb)

Ví dụ: Smoke from the kitchen set off the fire alarm.

-------Gây ra một sự việc, hành động hoặc phản ứng đột ngột (To cause a situation / reaction)

Ví dụ: The panic buying set off a wave of inflation.

--------Làm nổi bật, tôn dáng hoặc làm đẹp thêm (To make something look attractive)

That blue dress really sets off the color of her eyes.

set somebody off (doing something)

to make somebody start doing something such as laughing, crying or talking

Every time I think about it, it sets me off laughing.

She's finally stopped crying - don't set her off again.

put something down to something

to think that a problem or situation is caused by a particular thing:

I put the children's bad behaviour down to the fact that they were tired.

set off/out

to start a journey:

set off/out for What time will we have to set off for Grandma's house tomorrow?

Jenny set off down the road on her new bike.

set off on They've just set off on a round-the-world cruise.

set something - up

--------------Cài đặt, cấu hình, sắp xếp hoặc bố trí không gian/thiết bị để sẵn sàng sử dụng.

Example:

English: I need to set up my new laptop before the meeting.

--------Thành lập, thiết lập hoặc tạo dựng một doanh nghiệp/tổ chức.

Example:

English: She plans to set up her own clothing brand next year.

----------Thu xếp, lên lịch hoặc tổ chức một cuộc gặp gỡ/buổi hẹn.

Example:

English: Can we set up a call for tomorrow morning?