Phrasal verbs Die down Die for Die offout Dig up Do with Do without Draw back Draw out Meaning Decrease or become quieter Want something a lot Become extinct or disappear Make a hole in a road, the ground, etc. Remove something from the ground Find something that is supposed to be secret. Wish for or ask for (usually after can or could) Manage without something Retreat, move backwards. Make something continue longer than needed Make a shy person more outgoing Example It was on the front pages of all the papers for a few days, but the interest gradually DIED DOWN. Im DYING FOR the weekend this weeks been so hard. Some scientists say that the dinosaurs DIED OUT when a comet hit the earth and caused a nuclear winter. The council have DUG the road UP. The police DUG UP a body. The reporters eventually DUG UP the truth about the affair. I could DO WITH a cold beer about now. Theres no sugar, so youll have to DO WITHOUT. He DREW BACK when the dog barked. The director DREW the meeting OUT with a lengthy speech. He was so quiet at first, but the teacher managed to DRAW him OUT
Trang 1Phrasal verbs
Die down
Die for
Die off/out
Dig up
Do with
Do without
Draw back
Draw out
Meaning
Decrease or become quieter
Want something a lot
Become extinct or disappear
- Make a hole in a road, the ground, etc
- Remove something from the ground
- Find something that is supposed to be secret
Wish for or ask for (usually after can
or could) Manage without something
Retreat, move backwards
- Make something continue longer than needed
- Make a shy person more outgoing
Example
It was on the front pages of all the papers for a few days, but the interest gradually DIED DOWN
I'm DYING FOR the weekend- this week's been so hard
Some scientists say that the dinosaurs DIED OUT when a comet hit the earth and caused a nuclear winter
- The council have DUG the road UP
- The police DUG UP a body
- The reporters eventually DUG UP the truth about the affair
I could DO WITH a cold beer about now
There's no sugar, so you'll have to DO WITHOUT
He DREW BACK when the dog barked
- The director DREW the meeting OUT with a lengthy speech
- He was so quiet at first, but the teacher managed to DRAW him OUT
PHRASAL VERBS
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Giáo viên: Nguyễn Thanh Hương
Trang 2Dress up
Drive someone out
Drop by/over
Drop in
Drop off
Duck out of
Eat in/out
Eat up
Egg on
Dress very smartly
Force someone to leave a place
Pay a brief visit
Visit without having made arrangements
Take something or someone to a place and leave it or them there
Avoid doing something
Eat at home / Eat in a restaurant
- Consume
- Eat all of something
Encourage
and get him to participate
It's an informal party so there's no need to DRESS UP
The soldiers DROVE them OUT of their homes
- He DROPPED BY on his way home from work
- I'll DROP OVER on my way back
I was in the area so I DROPPED IN at the office to see her
I DROPPED the kids OFF at school
on my way to work
He DUCKED OUT OF helping us last night
- We didn't feel like going to a restaurant so we ATE IN
- We couldn't be bothered to cook so
we ATE OUT last night
- This car EATS UP petrol
- If you don't EAT UP your greens, you won't get any dessert
The other students EGGED him ON when he started arguing with the
Trang 3End up
End up with
Fall apart
Fall back
Fall back on
Fall behind
Fall for
Fall out (with)
Fall under
Feed off
Become or do something unplanned
Get as a result of something
Break into pieces
Retreat
Be able to use in an emergency
Make less progress
Be attracted to somebody, fall in love
Argue and be on bad terms with someone
Become controlled
Eat a food as part of an animal’s diet
teacher
We couldn't get tickets for Egypt so
we ENDED UP going to Turkey instead
He tried hard but ENDED UP WITH
a poor grade
The box FELL APART when I picked
it up
The army FELL BACK after losing the battle
It was good to have some money in the bank to FALL BACK ON when I lost my job
I was ill for a week and FELL BEHIND with my work
He FELL FOR her the moment their eyes met
They FELL OUT over the decision and hardly speak to each other anymore
At first he was independent, but then
he FELL UNDER their influence
The gecko FEEDS OFF mosquitoes and other insects
Trang 4Feed on
Fed up with
Feel up to
Fight back
Fight it out
Fight off
Consume in an animal's diet
Feel sth bored
Feel capable of doing sth
Defend yourself, resist an attack
Struggle to see who wins, both by arguing or fighting
Resist an illness or emotion
The bats FEED ON insects
I’m fed up with phrasal verbs
I'm so tired I don't think I FEEL UP
TO going out tonight
The army attacked the town and the
fiercely
Their FIGHTING IT OUT to see who will become the next CEO
I'm FIGHTING OFF a cold
Fill in for
Fill in on
Fish for
Fit in
Substitute
Give someone information
Try to get some information or to get someone to say something
- Get on in a group of people
I was away for a few days, so they had
to get someone to FILL IN FOR me
I'm sorry I missed the meeting; could you FILL me IN ON what happened
compliments
- I didn't FIT IN with the other people working there so I left and found another job
Trang 5Fly by
Fly into
Follow through
Follow up
Get about
Get across
Get across to
Get after
Get at
- Have enough time or space for something
- When time appears to move quickly
Change emotion quickly
- Do something to check or improve an earlier action
- Find out about a problem and act
Visit many places
- Go from one side to the other
- Communicate successfully
Be convincing or make a good impression
Chase
Mean
- I didn't have time to FIT IN another appointment
- As I get older, the years just FLY
BY
- He FLEW INTO a rage
The project went wrong when the staff failed to FOLLOW THROUGH
- He FOLLOWED UP the meeting with a report
- The police didn't FOLLOW UP the allegations
I GET ABOUT a lot with my job- last years I visited eleven countries
- It's impossible to GET ACROSS the road with all this traffic
- I just couldn't GET my message ACROSS at the meeting
How can I GET ACROSS TO my audience?
GET AFTER her and give her the message before she leaves the building
What do you think she's GETTING AT? I've no idea what she wants
Trang 6Get along
Get away with
Get by
Get down
Get down to
Get into
Get on
Have a good relationship
Not get caught, criticized or punished for doing something wrong
Have just enough money to live on
- Make someone depressed, unhappy, exhausted, etc…
- Write, record
- Manage to swallow
- Descend, leave a vehicle
- Reduce
Start working seriously
- Start a habit or way of acting or behaving
- Become involved or interested
- Enter a bus, train, plane, etc…
- Be late or near an arranged time
Why don't you two GET ALONG? You're always arguing
Thieves GOT AWAY WITH two Picassos, which were never found
They're finding it increasingly difficult to GET BY since their daughter was born
- The miserable weather in winter really GETS me DOWN
- I couldn't GET DOWN everything
he said
- The medicine tasted horrible and it was difficult to GET it DOWN
- The trained pulled in and we GOT DOWN
- The doctor says I my GET my cholesterol levels DOWN
I find it extremely difficult to GET DOWN TO doing any revision for examinations
- It took me ages to GET INTO driving on the left
- She's been GETTING INTO dance music recently
- We GOT ON the train at Plymouth and went up to London
- I must get home now; it's GETTING
ON
Trang 7Get over
Get around to
Get through to
Give in
Give in to
Give up
Give up on
Give off
- Wear, fit
- Leave
Recover from something, feel better
Finally manage to do something
- Make someone understand
- Contact, especially by phone
Surrender, accept defeat
- Agree to something you don't like
- Allow a feeling or desire to control you
Stop doing something
Lose faith in or stop believing in something or someone
Behave in a way that makes people think of you in a certain way
- I have put so much weight on that I couldn't GET my old suits ON
- I must be GETTING ON; I have other things to do this evening
It took me ages to GET OVER the bout of flu
It always takes me ages to GET ROUND to writing letters (In American English 'around' is used)
I explained it carefully, but I just couldn't GET THROUGH TO him
I rang but couldn't GET THROUGH
TO her
They GAVE IN when the police surrounded the building
- The government says it will not GIVE IN TO terrorists
- Eventually, I GAVE IN TO my anger and screamed at them
I have GIVEN UP trying to help them
I GAVE UP ON them when I heard what they were saying about me behind my back
She GIVES OFF an air of nobility
Trang 8Go about
Go ahead
Go back
Go down
Go down with
Go for
Go off
Go on
Go over
Deal with something
Feel free to do something
- Return to, start doing something again
- Have a long history
- Become recorded as or known as
- Be eaten or swallowed
- Stop working, especially computers
Fall ill
Try to get
Explode (bomb), start ringing (alarm)
- Continue
- Happen
- Start working (electric/electronic equipment)
- Repeat or explain
How should I GO ABOUT telling her the bad news?
Can I turn on turn on the air-condition? Go ahead
- We WENT BACK to work after the break
- He and I GO BACK a long way- we were at school together
- It WENT DOWN as the worst day
in the history of the company
- The medicine WENT DOWN easily
- The computer system WENT DOWN for an hour last night
She WENT DOWN WITH a virus
The player WENT FOR the ball but missed
The fire alarm WENT OFF because someone was smoking in the toilets
- He WENT ON and ON talking and
I was so bored
- There are loads of people out in the street; what's GOING ON?
- The alarm GOES ON when you close the front door
- Could you GO OVER that point again, please?
Trang 9Hand back
Hand over
Hand down
Hand in
Hand out
Hang on
Hang onto
Hate on
Head for
- Look at something, revise
Return
Give
Pass on to the next generation
Submit work for appraisal
Distribute
Wait
Keep
Be jealous
Move or travel towards
- We WENT OVER our notes before the exam
The police officer checked my license, then HANDED it BACK
The robbers told the clerk to HAND OVER all the money
The jewelry has been HANDED DOWN in my family for generations
I HANDED my homework IN late as usual
The teacher HANDED OUT the worksheet to the class
Could you HANG ON for a moment till
I HUNG ONTO my old records even though I never played them
She HATES ON people who disagree with her ideas
It's getting late - I'm HEADING FOR home
Trang 10Head off
Head out
Hit on
Hit out at
Hold on
Hold out
Hold up
Hunt out
Iron out
Jump at
Leave somewhere to go to another place
Leave somewhere to go to another place
Talk to someone to try to attract them sexually
Respond angrily to criticism
Wait
Resist
Keep silent
Search until you find something
Remove small problems or irregularities
Accept eagerly
After work, we all HEADED OFF to the pub
We're HEADING OUT at seven, so don't be late
She HIT ON him at the party and they went back to her house
The government HIT OUT AT the media for their negativity
Could you HOLD ON for a minute
When the enemy attacked, they HELD OUT for six weeks
Hold up! My parent is calling
It took me ages to HUNT OUT the photos
The management team IRONED OUT the tax problems
I'd JUMP AT the chance to go and live in Japan
Trang 11Jump in
Keep to
Keep up with
Kick around
Kick back
Kick in
Kick off
Knock off
Lay off
Enter a conversation
Go on the right lane
Stay up to date
Discuss
Relax
To begin to take effect
Start the even
Reduce the price of something
Make an employee redundant
He JUMPED IN and told them exactly what he thought
Keep to the right lane
It's hard to KEEP UP WITH all the
breakthroughs in technology nowadays
We KICKED the idea AROUND
Rather than go out tonight, we plan to KICK BACK and watch television
Reforms will kick in later this year
The match KICKS OFF at three o'clock
They KNOCKED ten pounds OFF when I asked for a discount
The hotel LAID OFF twenty staff because tourist numbers were down
Trang 12Leave on
Leave out
Let out
Listen out for
Live off
Live up to
Look after
Look up to
Look forward to
Look on
Not turn off
Not include
Sigh
Listen for a particular noise or sound
Be financially supported
Meet expectations or standards
Take care
Respect
Wait for or anticipate something pleasant
Watch something like a crime without helping
LEAVE the TV ON; I want to hear the football results
He was LEFT OUT of the side because he hasn't been playing too well later
He LET OUT a huge sigh of relief when he heard the results
They put their coats on and LISTENED OUT FOR the minicab
He’s 40 and he still LIVES OFF his parents
The concert didn't LIVE UP TO my expectations
Their auntie LOOKED AFTER them while their mother was in hospital
She's LOOKS UP TO her mother
I'm LOOKING FORWARD TO meeting you
The crowd just LOOKED ON as the old lady was mugged
Trang 13Look up
Make out
Pass out
Pull over
Put down
Put off
Put up with
Find, trace an old friend
- To write down the required information
- To understand something; to see the reasons for something
- To become unconscious
- To give something, such as books or papers, to everyone in a group (pass sth out)
- To move a vehicle to the side of the road and stop
- To stop holding something and place
it on a table, shelf, etc
- To write something; to make a note
of something
- To cancel a meeting or an arrangement that you have made with somebody
- To make somebody lose interest in or enthusiasm for something/somebody
To accept somebody/something that is annoying, unpleasant, etc without complaining
I LOOKED him UP when I went back
to Cambridge
- The doctor made out a prescription for me
- I can't make out what she wants
- Lisa was so tired, she got home and passed out on the sofa
- I passed out leaflets with information on our course
- She saw the ambulance coming up behind her and pulled over
- It's a great book I couldn't put it down
- The meeting's on the 22nd Put it down in your diary
- It's too late to put them off now
- He was put off science by bad teaching
I'm not going to put up with their smoking any longer
Trang 14Turn up
Watch out
- To be found, especially by chance, after being lost
- To arrive
- To happen, especially by chance
Used to warn somebody about something dangerous
- Don't worry about the letter—I'm sure it'll turn up
- We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never turned up
- He's still hoping something will turn
up
Watch out! There's a car coming!
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