200 cụm động từ phổ biến trong tiếng Anh giao tiếp (P.1)
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200 cụm động từ phổ biến trong tiếng Anh giao tiếp[/caption]
Dưới đây là 200 cụm động từ (phrasal verbs) phổ biến với nghĩa và ví dụ đi kèm.
| phrasal verb | meaning | example sentence | |
|---|---|---|---|
ask someone out |
invite on a date | Brian askedJudy out to dinner and a movie. | |
ask around |
ask many people the same question | I asked aroundbut nobody has seen my wallet. | |
add up to something |
equal | Your purchases add up to$205.32. | |
back something up |
reverse | You’ll have to back up your car so that I can get out. | |
back someone up |
support | My wife backedme up over my decision to quit my job. | |
blow up |
explode | The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. | |
blow something up |
add air | We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party. | |
break down |
stop functioning (vehicle, machine) | Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm. | |
break down |
get upset | The woman broke downwhen the police told her that her son had died. | |
break somethingdown |
divide into smaller parts | Our teacher broke the final project downinto three separate parts. | |
break in |
force entry to a building | Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo. | |
break into something |
enter forcibly | The firemen had to break intothe room to rescue the children. | |
break something in |
wear something a few times so that it doesn’t look/feel new | I need to breakthese shoes inbefore we run next week. | |
break in |
interrupt | The TV station broke in to report the news of the president’s death. | |
break up |
end a relationship | My boyfriend and I broke upbefore I moved to America. | |
break up |
start laughing (informal) | The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking. | |
break out |
escape | The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren’t looking. | |
break out insomething |
develop a skin condition | I broke out in a rash after our camping trip. | |
bring someone down |
make unhappy | This sad music is bringing me down. | |
bring someone up |
raise a child | My grandparents brought me upafter my parents died. | |
bring something up |
start talking about a subject | My mother walks out of the room when my father brings upsports. | |
bring something up |
vomit | He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet. | |
call around |
phone many different places/people | We called around but we weren’t able to find the car part we needed. | |
call someone back |
return a phone call | I called the company backbut the offices were closed for the weekend. | |
call something off |
cancel | Jason called the wedding offbecause he wasn’t in love with his fiancé. | |
call on someone |
ask for an answer or opinion | The professor called on me for question 1. | |
call on someone |
visit someone | We called onyou last night but you weren’t home. | |
call someone up |
phone | Give me your phone number and I will callyou up when we are in town. | |
calm down |
relax after being angry | You are still mad. You need to calm downbefore you drive the car. | |
not care forsomeone/something |
not like (formal) | I don’t care forhis behaviour. | |
catch up |
get to the same point as someone else | You’ll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty. | |
check in |
arrive and register at a hotel or airport | We will get the hotel keys when we check in. | |
check out |
leave a hotel | You have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM. | |
checksomeone/somethingout |
look at carefully, investigate | The company checks out all new employees. | |
check outsomeone/something |
look at (informal) | Check out the crazy hair on that guy! | |
cheer up |
become happier | She cheered upwhen she heard the good news. | |
cheer someone up |
make happier | I brought you some flowers to cheer you up. | |
chip in |
help | If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon. | |
clean something up |
tidy, clean | Please clean upyour bedroom before you go outside. | |
come acrosssomething |
find unexpectedly | I came acrossthese old photos when I was tidying the closet. | |
come apart |
separate | The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough. | |
come down withsomething |
become sick | My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend. | |
come forward |
volunteer for a task or to give evidence | The woman came forwardwith her husband’s finger prints. | |
come fromsomewhere |
originate in | The art of origami comes from Asia. | |
count onsomeone/something |
rely on | I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out. | |
cross something out |
draw a line through | Please cross out your old address and write your new one. | |
cut back onsomething |
consume less | My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods. | |
cut something down |
make something fall to the ground | We had to cutthe old tree in our yard downafter the storm. | |
cut in |
interrupt | Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle. | |
cut in |
pull in too closely in front of another vehicle | The bus driver got angry when that car cut in. | |
cut in |
start operating (of an engine or electrical device) | The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22°C. | |
cut something off |
remove with something sharp | The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured. | |
cut something off |
stop providing | The phone company cut offour phone because we didn’t pay the bill. | |
cut someone off |
take out of a will | My grandparents cut my father off when he remarried. | |
cut something out |
remove part of something (usually with scissors and paper) | I cut this ad outof the newspaper. | |
dosomeone/somethingover |
beat up, ransack (BrE, informal) | He’s lucky to be alive. His shop was done overby a street gang. | |
do something over |
do again (AmE) | My teacher wants me to domy essay overbecause she doesn’t like my topic. | |
do away withsomething |
discard | It’s time to do away with all of these old tax records. | |
do something up |
fasten, close | Do your coat upbefore you go outside. It’s snowing! | |
dress up |
wear nice clothing | It’s a fancy restaurant so we have to dress up. | |
drop back |
move back in a position/group | Andrea dropped back to third place when she fell off her bike. | |
drop in/by/over |
come without an appointment | I might drop in/by/over for tea sometime this week. | |
dropsomeone/somethingoff |
take someone/something somewhere and leave them/it there | I have to dropmy sister off at work before I come over. | |
drop out |
quit a class, school etc | I dropped outof Science because it was too difficult. | |
eat out |
eat at a restaurant | I don’t feel like cooking tonight. Let’s eat out. | |
end up |
eventually reach/do/decide | We ended uprenting a movie instead of going to the theatre. | |
fall apart |
break into pieces | My new dress fell apart in the washing machine. | |
fall down |
fall to the ground | The picture that you hung up last night fell downthis morning. | |
fall out |
separate from an interior | The money must have fallen outof my pocket. | |
fall out |
(of hair, teeth) become loose and unattached | His hair started to fall out when he was only 35. | |
figure something out |
understand, find the answer | I need to figure out how to fit the piano and the bookshelf in this room. | |
fill something in |
to write information in blanks, as on a form (BrE) | Please fill in the form with your name, address, and phone number. | |
fill something out |
to write information in blanks, as on a form (AmE) | The form must be filled out in capital letters. | |
fill something up |
fill to the top | I always fill the water jug upwhen it is empty. | |
find out |
discover | We don’t know where he lives. How can we find out? | |
find something out |
discover | We tried to keep the time of the party a secret, but Samantha found it out. | |