Phrasal verbs thi chuyên (4) 🍪🍬

live for

to consider something to be the most important

thing in your life (sống vì)

spit out

to force something out of your mouth (nhổ ra);

to say something angrily and forcefully (nói ra

một cách giận dữ)

creep up on

to approach someone quietly and slowly; to

happen or increase gradually (đến gần một cách

lén lút; tăng dần)

call out somebody

to criticize someone publicly; to ask someone to

come and help (chỉ trích công khai; kêu gọi sự

giúp đỡ)

make up for

to compensate for something (đền bù, bù đắp

cho)

suss out

to figure out or understand something (tìm ra,

hiểu ra)

pull through

to successfully survive a difficult situation or

illness (vượt qua khó khăn, qua khỏi)

hold over

to postpone something (hoãn lại)

lead to

to cause something to happen (dẫn đến)

water down

to dilute a liquid; to make an idea, opinion, or

statement less forceful (pha loãng; làm giảm

tính chất)

set aside

to save something for a special purpose; to

disregard something (để dành; gạt bỏ)

leave out

to not include someone or something (bỏ quên,

không bao gồm)

have somebody on

to tease or trick someone (trêu chọc, lừa ai đó)

bring about

to cause something to happen (mang lại, gây ra)

associate something with

something

to connect someone or something in your mind

with someone or else (liên tưởng, liên kết)

come between somebody

to damage a relationship between people (làm

rạn nứt mối quan hệ)

clean off

to remove something from a surface (lau sạch,

làm sạch)

hanker after

to have a strong desire for something (khao

khát, thèm muốn)

be riddled with

to be full of something, especially something

bad (đầy rẫy, nhiều lỗi)

pan out

to develop in a particular way; to be successful

(diễn ra; thành công)

polish something up

to improve a skill by practicing it; to make

something clean and shiny (trau dồi; đánh bóng)

sail through

to succeed in something easily (vượt qua dễ

dàng)

soldier on

to continue doing something despite difficulties

(kiên trì tiếp tục)

warm up

to prepare for physical exercise; to become more

friendly (khởi động; trở nên thân thiện hơn)

fizzle out

to gradually end in a disappointing way (kết

thúc một cách nhạt nhẽo)

show up

to arrive; to become visible (xuất hiện)

send out for

to order food to be delivered (đặt đồ ăn giao tới)

dwell upon

to think or talk for too long about something,

especially something unpleasant (suy nghĩ, nói

dai dẳng)

go along with

to agree with or support someone (đồng ý, ủng

hộ)

beat somebody down

to persuade someone to reduce a price (mặc cả,

thương lượng giảm giá)

double up as something

to have a second function or purpose (kiêm

luôn, có thêm chức năng)

bombard somebody with

to direct a large number of things at someone

simultaneously (bắn phá, dồn dập)

fall through

to fail to happen (hỏng, thất bại)

paper over

to hide a problem or disagreement instead of

resolving it (che giấu, trám trổ)

deprive somebody of something

to take something important away from

someone (tước đoạt)

think through

to consider the facts about something in an

organized and thorough way (suy nghĩ thấu đáo)

wind up

to finally be in a particular place or situation

(cuối cùng thì); to end an activity (kết thúc)

set somebody/something apart

to make someone or something different from

and usually better than others (làm nổi bật)

jumble up

to mix things together in a confused or untidy

way (trộn lẫn, làm lộn xộn)

tip somebody off

to give someone secret information or a warning

(mách nước, báo tin)