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36-bear down on sth/sbd There are so many people that are sunk because they bear down on one another 37-bear down on sth Vietnam is bearing down on social civil 38-bear on sth I don’t th

Phrasal verbs

1-abide by

If you join this club, you must(have to) abide by its rules

2-account for

His absence accounts for his not attending the course regularly 3- account for

He couldn’t account for the money he had spent

4-act like

Don’t act like a child

5-add on

The room is too small for us to add on any furniture

6-act up

He sometimes acted up and it annoyed us

7-add up

He has just added up the receipts and it totals $ 200 000

8-add up

They didn’t accept his idea because it didn’t add up

9-add up to

Her expense adds up to her daily income

10-allow for(make allowance for)

They didn’t allow for his age so they let him retire a year earlier 11-allow of

A course like that allows of an over 20% absence time

12-amount to (total)

Her daily income amounts to more than 400 000 Vndong

13-answer for(responsible)

His son will answer for his breaking the glass window

14-answer to for (responsible)

You will answer to your teacher for your mistakes

15-appertain to (mention about)

This book appertains to the new teaching methods

16-argue sbd into (persuade sbd to V)

You should argue your children into learning harder

17-arrive at

What will you do to arrive at your future success?

18-arrive in

When I arrive in HN, I will phone you

19-ask around

I tried my best but I couldn’t ask around any information from him 20-average out over

Average out over a day, there are ten people who die in accidents

21-awaken (sbd) to sth

The accidents have awakened the government to the bad traffic systems in VN 22-ask sbd out

He has never asked me out before

23-ask sbd over for

Why don’t you ask her over for dinner?

24-back away

We had to back away because Vietnamese army was so strong

25-back down

He has never backed down before

26-back down

He threatened to hit me but he backed down then

27-back off

They planned to go on a picnic but they backed it off because of the rain 28-back out

Because she hadn’t backed out, she bought the flat for the doubled price 29-back out of

Have you backed out of the price?

30-back up sbd/sth

I think that someone has backed up him so he did (has done) such a silly thing

31-back up

If you don’t back up a little, I can’t open the door

32-back sth up to

-Help me! I can’t back my car up to the garage

33-back up sth (save)

While you use your computer, you should back up your files often

34-back sth up (prove)

I think that he can’t back Mary’s story up

35-bawl sbd out for

he always bawl his students out for their noise

36-bear down on sth/sbd

There are so many people that are sunk because they bear down on one

another

37-bear down on sth

Vietnam is bearing down on social civil

38-bear on sth

I don’t think that two of the children have born on that robbery

39-bear up Adv

I can’t understand how he has born up so well in that situation

40-bear up under sth

I can’t bear up under the noise the children make.

41-bear with sbd = be patient

42-beat sbd up=hit sbd

When we came to the bar, the two men were beating each other up

43-beg off

She promised to come to our party but finally, she begged off

44-bend over to V

He had a pain in his back so he couldn’t bend over to pick the book up 45-black out=lose consciousness

The plane had an accident and the pilot blacked out

46-blaze up = be angry suddenly

I can’t understand why he has blazed up

47-blaze up=burst into blames

While the two children were in the house, it blazed up

48-blend in with

The new students can’t blend in with people around them

49-blow in sbd=visit sbd unexpectedly

I can’t understand the reason why he has blown in me

50-blow over =pass without a problem

I hope that your sadness will blow over

51-blow sth up= explode sth

Last month, the American army blew the bridge up

52-blow up (go off/explode)

Be careful! The car is about to blow up

53-blow up with =get angry

She always blows up with me

54-blow sth up=inflate sth

The children are interested in blowing balloons up

55-bone up on sth = study sth in a short time

They are boning up on the preposition before their examination

56-boss sbd around = ask sbd to do

repeatedly

He has bossed me around the dialogue

57-break down in tears

When she heard that news, she broke down in tears

58-break sth down = destroy sth

The storm swept the north of Vietnam and broke thousands of houses down 59-break sth down = separate sth

Nothing can break their feeling down

60-break (sbd) down =fail/ collapse

The information about the accident broke her down

61-break down =be broken-stop working properly

Her car broke down on the way to her school yesterday

Her car was broken

62-break down = be upset

She has broken down since her husband died

63-break in=not fit

The shoes are too small to break in my feet

64-break sbd in=train sbd

One of the manager’s duties is to break new staff in

65-break (sbd) in (to V ) = interrupt

When we were discussing that problem, he broke in to give his idea/opinion 66-break in = enter unlawfully

I can’t know how he broke in

67-break into swh = enter swh unlawfully

They looked after their house so carefully that we couldn’t break into it 68-break sth off =end sth

I don’t think that you will break your friendship with him off

69-break out

The disease broke out and killed hundreds of people

70-break out sth=use sth extravagant

He breaks out his money as if he were rich

71-break out of=escape from

They have broken out of VN since they were young

72-break sth up

The Vietnamese police have just broken a breaking-into-thought

73-break sth up

The police are breaking a crowd up at the end of the street

74-break up =end a relationship

Tom and Mary broke up again

75-break up with sbd

She intends to break up with her boyfriend

76-breathe into sth

We hope that our new manager will breathe into our company

77-bring about sth

Freedom has brought about great changes in the lives of people

78-bring sth back(to sbd)

When will you bring the book back to me?

79-bring sth off

I hope that you will bring your difficulties in your life off

80-bring sth on=cause sth

He seems very angry What has brought it on?

81-bring sth out=highlight sth

You can bring her goodness out

82-bring (sbd) to=revise one’s consciousness

They didn’t know how to bring her to after she had fainted

83-bring sth up = mention about sth

I don’t understand what he is bringing up

84-bring sbd up=raise sbd

He has brought me up since I was a child

85-bring forward sth=change

They intend to bring forward the weekly meeting from Saturday to Monday 86-bring sth forward =propose a subject

We were bringing children sending problem forward when he came in 87-bristle with sth=be full of

Whenever the summer comes, the beach bristles with the tourists

88-brush up on sth=practice sth

The children are brushing up on English in class

89-build sth into sth=change sth into sth

The duty of the young is to build their country into a great nation

90-burn sth down= destroy sth

The bomb burnt the house down

91-burn down

The house burnt down in the earthquake

92-burn up=be hot

The weather has burnt up for three days

93-burn up =consume by fire

All of his photos and pictures burnt up in the fire

94-burn sth up=get rid of sth

Before the police came in, he had burnt all the important files up

95-burn sbd up

His rudeness burnt his teacher up

96-burst into tears

When she knew that happy news, she burst into tears

97-bury oneself in sth=concentrate deeply on sth

These days, we have been burying ourselves in the phrasal verbs

98- bury oneself away in to V

Nguyen Trai buried himself away in ConSon

99- bust up sth =spoil sth

It is his drinking that busted up their marriage

100-butt into sth= interrupt sth

I don’t want you to butt into my business

101-butt in sth

She hurried up to butt in the queue in front of the super market

102-butt out = tell sbd to mind one’s own business

Butt out my family!

103-butter sbd up

He has always buttered the new manager up

104-buy out sth (share) They intend to buy out that company

105-buy up sth (food)

For two days, they have bought up the food from this grocery

106-call back=return a phone call

Can you call back her later, please?

107-call for sth=require sth

People in poor countries are calling for the help from the ones from rich countries

108-call forth =make O appear=cause

Lat month’s storm called forth widespread damage

109-call sth off= cancel sth

I hope that the weekly meeting will be called off

110-call sth off =stop sth

The AIDS is being called off

111-call on sbd =visit sbd

If I have time, I will call on you

112-call out for help

Many kinds of wild animals are calling out for human’s help

113-call sbd up= phone sbd

If you have a problem, please call me up

114-calculate on sbd=depend on=rely on

Your success calculates on your hardness

115-calm sbd down=help sbd become less upset

Poor her! Noone calmed her down at that time

116-cancel out sth

117-capitalize on sth

118-care for sth=want

119-care for sbd=take care of

120-carry on Ving=continue Ving

121-carry on about sth

122-carry on with sth =continue sth

123-carry out sth

124-catch on =be popular

125-catch on sth=gain understanding

126-catch up with =stop being behind sbd

127-catch up on sth= become up-to-date

128-check in =register

129-check into =investigate

130-check on sth =make sure sth

Last check

I-1-Learning a foreign language in a week is impossible

2-In spite of being old,

3-So tired was the man that he couldn’t say a word

4-Were he good at English, he could get the job

5-The film star avoided being recognized by wearing dark glasses

6-The older she gets, the less she wants to travel

7-She left the room without saying a word

8-It was such an expensive cupboard that I didn’t buy it

9-J B wrote this novel

10-Peter said that he worked for him in 1990

11-It was not until I met her again that she got married

12-If she ran the company better, her workers wouldn’t have gone away 13-At no time has she talked to him before

14-No sooner had I finished my letter than the electricity went out

15-If it hadn’t been for money,

16-Poeple who were there didn’t know about him

17-I’d rather he get a better job in the future

18-We were allowed to do so much homework

19-People are requested not to draw pictures on the walls

20-“I have been teaching here for years” Mary said

21-Thank you for your letter.

22-I am sorry that I have been unable to write to you for two weeks

23-I have to do my homework

24-My exam will be in four weeks

25-I haven’t spoken French well yet

26-I am glad to know that you are coming to Paris

27-Will you be able to come soon?

28-I want to show you everything there

29-I am looking forward to seeing you again

30-Write to me soon

31-Thank you for your letter in which you offered me a job

32-I am glad that you chose me

33-but I am afraid that I am unable to accept your offer

34-I will take up a similar position in another company

35-As payment conditions here are better than those there, I have decided to turn down your offer

36-Thank you for the time you gave to my application

37-I am sure that you will find a suitable applicant to fill the vacancy

38-Your company will be run better by him

39-I hope that you and your company will be on move

40-Thank you again for your offer

41Would you mind giving me a hand?

42If he didn’t speak so quickly, I could understand him

43In spite of taking a taxi, he arrived late for the concert

44-It is such a heavy suitcase that I can’t carry it

45-He is said to be an excellent footballer

46-Mike doesn’t cook as well as Barbara

47-She asked Tom how many Japanese students there were in his class 48-Julia started working for this company six years ago

49-Conservation means the safeguarding and preservation of the natural resources

50-When a woman and a man are introduced, shaking hands is up to the woman

51-The teacher asked me to sit down

52-Why don’t we go camping tomorrow?

53-The film was so boring that I fell asleep

54-She wondered what I was doing

55-Although cars cause pollution, people still want them

56-Would you mind not playing your music so loudly ?

57-I am used to getting up early in the morning

58-If Larry had had enough money, she would have bought the shirt

59-These keys were found in the hall

60-Rex carter, whose land I bought, is a farmer

61Unless T studies hard, he will fail the exams

62-The boy isn’t old enough to understand the problem

63-Ben doesn’t talk to people as politely as Lee

64-A factory will be built in this area

65-Jack is the fastest runner in my class

66-If Mai spoke English well, she could get the job

67-Where and when was I N born?

68-He was born in a small village of W E in1642

69-How old was he when his father died?

70-When he was fourteen

71-What was he fond of when he was a boy?

72-He was fond of poetry and Math

What did he do at the age of twenty two?

73-He began studying the theory of gravitation

74-When did he die?

75-He died in 1727

76-The children enjoyed walking in the rain

77-The living room is being painted now

78-His brother doesn’t drive as carefully as he does

79-It is not easy to learn Chinese

the questions were so difficult that we couldn’t answer all of them

80-If I knew her phone number, I could call her

81-Unless you water these plants, they will die

82-This job hasn’t been done

83-She is so old that she can’t have any more children

84-He didn’t succeed in winning the race

85-If he had been more careful, he wouldn’t have lost his money simply 86-He’d rather you paid him immediately

87-We are going to have our house painted

88-If I were you, I’d tell the police about the accident

89 Mary asked me if I had any free time the following week

90-A teenage boy is responsible for having stolen 6 cars from the car park 91-I felt so cold yesterday that I wore my winter coat

92-I am going to have my roof mended tomorrow

93-John, as well as his brothers will be questioned in two days

94-We can use the machine until it is repaired

95-Mr Ba worked as if he were a good worker

96-Your English will improve if you try harder

97-She’d rather you had met her yesterday

98-It is high time you came home.

99-It is the boys that are playing noisily in the room now

100-I was born in Haihau and I live there with my parents now

101-He always avoids meeting us at school

102-I’d rather she phone me next week

103-Why has this plan been carried out?

104-He’s used to being badly treated everyday

105-I think she should have worked harder for her last exam

106-The boy must have been ashamed when he told lies

107-He went to school late He might have broken his bike

108-The police are looking for two boys who broke the shop window yesterday

109-Is it important that the girl be sent to abroad?

110-She is the last person to be provided with scholarship

111-The man talking is the president

112-Nobody here knows what he is doing now

X-1-agree to V

with Ving

to sth with sbd 2-aid

3-aim sth at sbd

4-All Ns =Every one

5-allow sbd to V

-allow Ving

-be allowed to V

6- doesn’t always leave

-not always =never

-never leaves

7-The-A

-increase-increases

8-be angry with sbd

with sbd for sth

at sth 9-be annoyed with sbd

with sbd for sth

at sth 10-+ (v) answer sth

(n) answer to sth +(v) visit sbd