BÀI 7: CỤM ĐỘNG TỪ - PHRASAL VERBS - PHẦN 1 (A and B)

 Dưới đây là những phrasal verbs thường gặp:

1. Add up to: tương đương với, góp phần tạo nên

Ví dụ: These new measures do not add up to genuine reform.

2. Add up to: tổng cộng lên tới

Ví dụ: His business expenses add up to around $4000 a year.

3. Answer back: cải lại

Ví dụ: I got into trouble for answering the teacher back.

4. Ask out: rủ đi chơi

Ví dụ: Fred asked Vanessa to go out with him but she said no.

5. Back down: rút lại ý kiến

Ví dụ: I'm not going to pass down just because a few people disagree with me.

6. Back up: Ủng hộ

Ví dụ: I didn't believe Simon's story until Janice backed him up.

7. Black out: làm đen kịt, tối om

Ví dụ: The whole city was backed out for nights on end during the war.

8. Black out: ngất lịm

Ví dụ: He had blacked out as his car hit the tree.

9. Blend in: hòa nhập

Ví dụ: The building doesn't really blend in very well with the others around it.

10. Blurt out: thốt ra

Ví dụ: She blurted out his name, then gasped as she realized what she'd done.

11. Board up: bịt kín

Ví dụ: We boarded the house up because we knew a bad storm was coming.

12. Break down: chia nhỏ

Ví dụ: The amount doesn't seem quite so bad when you break it down into monthly payments.

13. Break up: đập bể

Ví dụ: Break that old wardrobe up, then I can put it on the fire.

14. Break up: kết thúc

Ví dụ: The meeting finally broke up after three hours

15. Break up: chia tay

Ví dụ: When did Diana and James break up?

16. Brighten up: trở nên tốt hơn

Ví dụ: It's brightening up at last.

17. Brighten up: trở nên rạng rỡ hơn

Ví dụ: Sarah brightened up considerably as she thought of Emily's words.

18. Brighten up: trở nên đẹp hơn

Ví dụ: You could brighten up that skirt with a red blouse.

19. Bring about: gây ra, đem lại

Ví dụ: It's not something we can bring about overnight.

20. Bring out: làm nổi bật

Ví dụ: This dress really brings out the green in your eyes.

21. Bring out: phát hành

Ví dụ: They've brought out a new 3D video camera.

22. Bring together: làm gần nhau hơn

Ví dụ: The attack on the city really brought people together.

23. Brush up on: trau đồi, ôn lại

Ví dụ: I took a class to brush up on my German before the trip.

24. Build up: gây dựng, phát triển

Ví dụ: Many popular writers built up their reputations during the war.

25. Build up: tăng lên

Ví dụ: The food industry needs to build up consumer confidence again.

26. Build up: lớn lên, phát triển

Ví dụ: You need lots of fruit to help build you up.

27. Build up: tạo dựng hình ảnh

Ví dụ: They've built him up to be something that he isn't.

28. Bump into: va phải

Ví dụ: It was dark and I bumped into the table.

29. Bump into: tình cờ gặp 

Ví dụ: Guess who I bumped into in town?

30. Buy off: đút lót

Ví dụ: Efforts to buy her off have failed.

31. Buy out: mua lại

Ví dụ: The other directors have offered to buy me out.

32. Buy up: mua hết, mua sạch

Ví dụ: Developers have been buying up old theaters and converting them into cinemas.

* Nguồn:  Destination C1 & C2 By Malcolm Mann, Steve Taylore-Knowles