BÀI TẬP NGỮ PHÁP TIẾNG ANH

VERBS
MEANING
EXAMPLE

ask someone out
invite on a date
mời ai đi đâu
Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie.

ask around
ask many people the same question
hỏi quanh ( hỏi nhiều người cùng một câu hỏi)
I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet.

add up to something
Equal
Tổng cộng là
Your purchases add up to $205.32.

back something up
Reverse
Lùi xe
You`ll have to back up your car so that I can get out.

back someone up
Support
ủng hộ
My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.Vợ tôi ũng hộ quyết định bỏ việc của tôi.

blow up
Explode
Nổ tung
The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. Chiếc xe đua nổ tung sau khi đụng vào hàng rào

blow something up
add air
thổi /bơm hơi cho phồng lên
We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party. Chúng tôi phải thổi 50 bong bóng để trang trí cho buổi tiệc.

break down
stop functioning (vehicle, machine)
hỏng, bị hư, bị banh
Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm. Ô chúng tôi bị hỏng trên xa lộ trong cơn bão tuyết.

break down
get upset
mất tinh thần, mất bình tĩnh
The woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died.

break something down
divide into smaller parts
phân bổ (tiền), chia thành nhiều phần nhỏ
Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts.

break in
force entry to a building
đột nhập vào nhà
Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo.

break into something
enter forcibly
xông vào
The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children. Cảnh sát phải xông vào phòng để cứu những đứa trẻ.

break something in
wear something a few times so that it doesn`t look/feel new
dùng một vài lần để không còn quá mới
I need to break these shoes in before we run next week.

break in
Interrupt
ngắt lời để nói xen vào

The TV station broke in to report the news of the president`s death. Đài truyền hình ngừng phát để đưa tin về cái chết của tổng thống.

break up (with sb)
end a relationship
tuyệt giao (với ai)
My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America.

break up
start laughing (informal)
bắt đầu cười
The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking.

break out
Escape
Trốn thoát
The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren`t looking. Nhiều tù nhân đã trốn thoát khỏi nhà tù khi lính canh lơ là.

break out in something
develop a skin condition
Bị bệnh ngoài da
I broke out in a rash after our camping trip. Tôi bị nổi ban sau khi đi trại về.

bring someone down
make unhappy
làm ai buồn
This sad music is bringing me down.

bring someone up
raise a child
nuôi dạy
My grandparents brought me up after my parents died.

bring something up
start talking about a subject
bắt đầu nói về một chủ đề
My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports.

bring something up
Vomit
nôn
He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet.

call around
phone many different places/people gọị điện thoại cho nghiều nơi/nhiều người
We called around but we weren`t able to find the car part we needed.

call someone back
return a phone call
gọi lại/ trả lời điện thoại
I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend.

call something off
Cancel
hoãn lại
Jason called the wedding off because he wasn`t in love with his fiancé.

call on someone
ask for an answer or opinion
hỏi
The professor called on me for question 1.

call on someone
visit someone
ghé thăm
We called on you last night but you weren`t home.

call someone up
Phone
gọi (điện thoại)
Give me your phone number and I will call you up when we are in town.

calm down
relax after being angry
bình tĩnh lại sau cơn giận
You are still mad. You need to calm down before you drive the car.

not care for someone/something
not like (formal)
không thích (cách nói trang trọng)
I don`t care for his behaviour.

catch up
get to the same point as someone else đuổi kịp, theo kịp
You`ll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty.


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