complete phrasal verb list

abide by

Tuân thủ, chấp hành, chấp nhận (luật, thóa thuận,..)
Eg: The prerequisite is that citizens shoud ______ the traffic rules.

account for

to explain, giải thích về cái gì
Eg: She cannot ___________ the sand mark on her shoes.

ache for = be dying to do sth

want sth or someone a lot
Eg: Me and my parents are __________ the university’s response.

act on/upon

• To take action because of something like information received, bắt đầu hành động (vì đã có chỉ thị, thông tin cần thiết,..)
  Eg: The police were _______ after the court’s permission

• Affect, có ảnh hưởng, tác dụng
  Eg: The medicine started to _________ after being injected into the patient’s body for five minutes

act out

• diễn (sân khấu), sân khấu hóa, cử động, cử chỉ, perform, biểu diễn, ra dấu, Perform something with actions and gestures..
  Eg: They _______ the story on stages

• Express an emotion in your behaviour., làm cgi với thái độ ntn
  Eg: The rebellious party _______ in a frustrating state.

act up

dở chứng, behave badly/strongly
Eg: The children was told to not _______ during the party

add on

Include in a calculation., cộng thêm
Eg: You should ______ the tax __ to the price they give

add up

• cộng dồn, cộng tổng, tính tổng
  Eg: We _____ the bill to chech whether it was correct or not

• Be a satisfactory explanantion for something., (giải thích) thỏa đáng, make sense
  Eg: She made some excuses for the slowdown, but her story didn’t _______

add up to

• dẫn tới, cộng dồn vào → dẫn tới một cái kết quả chắc chắn, có liên quan ở cuối
  Eg: all the red tapes ________ the disruption of work flow in the end.

• lên tới, lên đến, chạm tới một mốc số liệu, lượng gi đó
  Eg: the total sugar amount __________ 10 pounds after all.

agree with

Affect- usually used in the negative to show that something has had a negative effect, especially is it makes you feel bad, không hợp → có ảnh hưởng xấu tới nhau
Eg: I’ve got such a serious allergy. The seafood did not ________ my stomach

aim at

• target, hướng tới, dự định làm gì, muốn đạt được gì
  Eg: The TV shows _______ the children
  The company __________ boosting their sales by 50% in the concluding quarter of the year

allow for

• Include something in a plan or calculation, dự trù, cho cgi vào plan
  Eg: You should __________ the airplane’s delays when planning a journey

allow of

cho phép, làm cho cgi có thể xảy ra

Eg: The rukes don’t _______ any exceptions

angle for

Try to get something indirectly, by hinting or suggesting., ám chỉ cái gì
Eg: Despite being gracefully rejected, he has always been ___________ promotion from his boss

answer back

trả treo, cãi lại
Eg: The children __________ during the class have now been punished by the rules.