PHRSAL VERB 2

make do with

dùng tạm

Ví dụ: There were no chairs to sit on so we had to make do with a pile of boxes.

make for

đi về hướng nào đó

Ví dụ: Let’s make for the exit before the crowd starts to leave.

make fun of

cười cợt, chế giễu ai

Ví dụ: The old lady dresses so strangely that the children make fun of her.

make off with

trộm mất rồi tẩu thoát

Ví dụ: A young man made off with my briefcase while I was checking the timetable.

make out

hiểu, đọc được, nghe được

Ví dụ: I need glasses! I can’t make out what’s written on the board.

make up

trang điểm, bịa chuyện, làm hòa, làm bạn trở lại

Ví dụ: Some employees make up excuses when they arrive late for work.

make up for

bù đắp, bồi thường

Ví dụ: If I work longer the next few days I can make up for the time I was absent.

put away

cất đi

Ví dụ: Please put away the dictionary when you’ve finished using it.

put aside

bỏ qua, tiết kiệm, dành ra

Ví dụ: I put aside half an hour every day to write my diary.

put back

đặt lại vào vị trí cũ

Ví dụ: Please put the dictionary back on the shelf beside the others.

put down

đặt xuống

Ví dụ: The book was so interesting that I couldn’t put it down.

put forward

đề xuất, gợi ý

Ví dụ: The chairman put forward a proposal to move to bigger offices.

put off

hoãn lại

Ví dụ: The meeting has been put off until next week because of the strike.

put on

mặc quần áo

Ví dụ: You’d better put on your coat - it’s cold outside today.

put out

dập lửa

Ví dụ: It took the fire fighters a long time to put out the fire.

put through

nối máy

Ví dụ: Just a moment please. I’ll put you through to Mr. Brown.

put up

xây dựng, dựng lên

Ví dụ: Danny put up a tent in the garden to keep the children happy.

put someone up

cho ai đó ngủ nhờ

Ví dụ: We can put you up if you’d like to come for the week-end.

put up with

chịu đựng

Ví dụ: I don’t know how you can put up with the noise of all that traffic.

run away

bỏ chạy, trốn thoát

Ví dụ: He ran away from home at the age of fourteen.

run across

tình cờ gặp

Ví dụ: I ran across several old friends when I went back to my hometown.

run after

đuổi theo

Ví dụ: Tom threw the ball along the beach and the boy ran after it.

run down

dừng hoạt động, cạn sạch

Ví dụ: The battery has run down.

run into

tình cờ gặp

Ví dụ: Sophie ran into Maria at the shopping centre.

run off with

bỏ đi với người khác, tẩu thoát

Ví dụ: He ran off with the next-door neighbour.

run on

tiếp tục, liên tục không ngắt quãng

Ví dụ: We didn’t expect the chairman’s speech to run on for so long.

run out / run out of

hết, cạn kiệt

Ví dụ: What a nuisance! We’ve run out of coffee.

run over

cán vào ai (xe cộ)

Ví dụ: Two children were run over and killed.

run through

thảo luận, đọc nhanh qua

Ví dụ: He ran through the names on the list.

run up against

gặp phải khó khăn

Ví dụ: The property developer ran up against strong local opposition.

set off

khởi hành

Ví dụ: Early Saturday morning we set off for the ski slopes.

set up

thành lập

Ví dụ: Victoria set up her own company 10 years ago.

set aside

tiết kiệm, để dành

Ví dụ: She tries to set aside some money every month.

set about

bắt đầu làm gì

Ví dụ: We need to set about finding a solution.

set down

ghi xuống, in

Ví dụ: The rules of the club are set down in the members’ handbook.

set out

bắt đầu với một mục tiêu cụ thể

Ví dụ: She set out to break the world record.

take aback

làm ai bất ngờ, sững sờ

Ví dụ: He was taken aback by my behaviour.

take after

giống về ngoại hình

Ví dụ: Jamie really takes after his father.

take apart

đánh bại dễ dàng

Ví dụ: We were simply taken apart by the other team.

take away

làm biến mất, mua mang về

Ví dụ: Two beef curries to take away please.

take back

rút lại (lời đã nói), làm nhớ lại

Ví dụ: Take back what I said about cheating. I didn’t mean it.

take care of

chăm sóc

Ví dụ: I’ll take care of your plants while you’re away.

take off

cất cánh, cởi bỏ, thành công

Ví dụ: Her singing career took off when she launched her latest album.

take in

hiểu

Ví dụ: The man immediately took in the scene and called the police.

take on

thuê nhân viên, chịu trách nhiệm làm gì

Ví dụ: Business is good so the company is taking on extra staff.

take out

lấy ra

Ví dụ: How many teeth did the dentist take out?

take to

có cảm tình, bắt đầu thói quen mới

Ví dụ: My parents took to James immediately.

take up

bắt đầu một thói quen, chiếm

Ví dụ: My father took up golf when he retired.

turn away

từ chối, không cho ai vào

Ví dụ: Hundreds of fans were turned away from the football stadium.

turn down

vặn nhỏ, từ chối

Ví dụ: It would be silly to turn down a generous offer like that!

turn off

tắt đi

Ví dụ: Please remember to turn off the lights before you leave.

turn up

xuất hiện, vặn to

Ví dụ: Her train was delayed so she turned up an hour late at the meeting.

turn in

đi ngủ

Ví dụ: I usually turn in at about midnight.

turn on

bật lên

Ví dụ: I’ll turn the television on.

turn into

biến thành, trở thành

Ví dụ: Our dream holiday turned into a nightmare.

turn out

hóa ra là

Ví dụ: It turned out that he was my friend’s husband.

account for

giải thích, chiếm

Ví dụ: The poor weather may have accounted for the small crowd.

adhere to

tuân theo

Ví dụ: All contestants must adhere to the rules.

appeal to

yêu cầu, hấp dẫn

Ví dụ: The idea of camping in the woods doesn’t appeal to me at all.

ask out

rủ ai đi chơi

Ví dụ: John has asked Mary out several times.

back up

hỗ trợ, ủng hộ

Ví dụ: If I tell the boss we’ve got too much work, will you back me up?

blow up

nổ tung

Ví dụ: A police officer was killed when his car blew up.

blow off

chối bỏ trách nhiệm cần làm

Ví dụ: He looks for any excuse he can to blow off work.

brush up

mài rũa

Ví dụ: I must brush up on my Chinese before I go to Shanghai.

build up

tích dần, tích tụ

Ví dụ: All the pressure built up and he was off work for weeks with stress.

bump into

tình cờ thấy

Ví dụ: I bumped into Simon this morning.

bank on

trông cậy

Ví dụ: I’m banking on you to help me.

butt in

ngắt lời, xen ngang

Ví dụ: How can I explain if you keep butting in?

calm down

bình tĩnh lại

Ví dụ: He was angry at first, but he eventually calmed down.

carry off

thành công

Ví dụ: I thought he carried off the part of Hamlet with great skill.

carry on

tiếp tục

Ví dụ: Charlie carried on gardening in spite of the rain.

carry out

tiến hành

Ví dụ: They carried out some research to have a better understanding of the virus.

carry through

hoàn thành, vượt qua

Ví dụ: It’s a difficult job but she’s the person to carry it through.

catch on

phổ biến

Ví dụ: The song really caught on.

catch up with

bắt kịp, theo kịp

Ví dụ: I’ve missed some classes so I’ll have to work hard to catch up with the others.

check in

đăng ký vào (khách sạn, sân bay…)

Ví dụ: We’ve checked in at the hotel.

check out

trả phòng (khách sạn)

Ví dụ: Is Mr. Brown still at the hotel? No, he checked out this morning.

check up on

kiểm tra

Ví dụ: My parents are always checking up on me.

cheer up

làm ai đó vui lên

Ví dụ: I told her a joke to try and cheer her up.

cook up

bịa đặt

Ví dụ: She cooked up a story about her trip to Australia.

count on

dựa vào, tin tưởng

Ví dụ: I’m counting on the taxi driver to find the theatre.

count out

loại trừ, loại bỏ

Ví dụ: If you’re going out tonight you’ll have to count me out.

cut across

ảnh hưởng đến

Ví dụ: Opinion on this issue cuts across traditional political boundaries.

cut down

chặt, đốn hạ

Ví dụ: A number of trees were cut down before the construction work started.

cut down on

cắt giảm

Ví dụ: The doctor told him to cut down on cigarettes.

cut up

đánh, cắt

Ví dụ: He was very badly cut up in the fight.

deal with

xử lý, đối phó

Ví dụ: The manager is good at dealing with difficult customers.

die out

tuyệt chủng

Ví dụ: This species has nearly died out because its habitat is being destroyed.

die down

giảm dần, tắt dần

Ví dụ: When the applause had died down, she began her speech.

depend on / depend upon

tin cậy, phụ thuộc

Ví dụ: He was the sort of person you could depend on.

do without

làm mà không có thứ gì

Ví dụ: The shops are closed so I’m afraid we’ll have to do without sugar.

derive from

bắt nguồn từ

Ví dụ: The word is derived from a Chinese word.

die away

dịu dần, nhạt dần

Ví dụ: The sound of their laughter died away.

dig up

đào ra, phát hiện ra

Ví dụ: An old Roman vase was dug up here last month.

do away with

xóa bỏ, bãi bỏ

Ví dụ: I think it’s time we did away with private schools.

do over

dọn dẹp, trang trí lại

Ví dụ: The paintwork will need doing over soon.

do down

chỉ trích nặng về

Ví dụ: He’s always doing his wife down.

do for

phá hủy, có ảnh hưởng xấu

Ví dụ: Without that contract, we’re done for.

do in

mệt mỏi

Ví dụ: You look done in. What’s wrong with you?

do up

tân trang, trang hoàng

Ví dụ: He had his old house done up last year.