look at nhìn vào Look at the board, please.
look for tìm kiếm I'm looking for my phone.
look after chăm sóc She looks after her baby carefully.
tra cứu (thông tin) / cải thiện
look up Look up the word in the dictionary.
(tình hình)
look out coi chừng, cẩn thận Look out! There's a car coming!
look into điều tra, xem xét The police are looking into the case.
look forward to +
mong đợi, trông chờ I look forward to meeting you.
V-ing
look down on coi thường Don’t look down on poor people.
look up to ngưỡng mộ, kính trọng I really look up to my teacher.
look over xem xét lại, kiểm tra I’ll look over your report tonight.
look around nhìn quanh / tham quan We looked around the city all day.
look back (on) hồi tưởng, nhìn lại quá khứ She looked back on her school days.
I looked through the magazine. (Tôi xem
look through đọc lướt, xem qua kỹ
qua tạp chí.)
look ahead nghĩ về tương lai We need to look ahead and plan carefully.
The children looked to the teacher for
look to sb trông chờ ai đó (giúp đỡ/hỗ trợ)
help.
He looks like his father. (Cậu ấy trông giống
look like trông giống
bố.)
look as if / as He looks as if he’s tired. (Anh ấy trông có
trông như thể là
though vẻ mệt.)
get up thức dậy I usually get up at 6 a.m.
get on (with) hòa hợp / tiếp tục I get on well with my classmates.
get off xuống xe Get off the bus at the next stop.
get in vào trong (xe, nhà...) She got in the car and drove off.
get over vượt qua (khó khăn, bệnh) He got over his illness quickly.
get out ra ngoài Get out of the room!
get along hòa thuận They get along very well.
take off cởi ra / máy bay cất cánh The plane took off on time.
take up bắt đầu một sở thích He took up painting last year.
take after giống ai (về ngoại hình/tính cách) She takes after her mother.
take in hiểu / tiếp thu I couldn’t take in what he said.
take out lấy ra / mời ai đi chơi He took her out for dinner.
put on mặc vào Put on your coat. It’s cold.
put off hoãn lại The meeting was put off until Friday.
put out dập tắt (lửa) Firefighters put out the fire quickly.
put up with chịu đựng I can’t put up with the noise anymore.
put away cất đi Please put your toys away.
come in đi vào Please come in and take a seat.
come out xuất hiện, lộ ra The sun came out after the rain.
come up with nghĩ ra, nảy ra (ý tưởng) He came up with a brilliant idea.
come across tình cờ gặp I came across an old friend yesterday.
come back trở lại She came back from Japan last week.
come over ghé thăm Why don’t you come over for dinner?
go on tiếp tục Go on with your story.
go out đi ra ngoài / tắt (lửa, đèn) The lights went out suddenly.
go over xem lại, ôn lại Let’s go over the lesson again.
go up tăng lên Prices have gone up recently.
go down giảm, đi xuống The temperature is going down.
go away đi chỗ khác Go away and leave me alone!
run into tình cờ gặp I ran into my teacher at the mall.
run out of hết, cạn kiệt We ran out of milk this morning.
run away chạy trốn The thief ran away quickly.
run over cán qua The car ran over a cat.
Turn on bật (thiết bị) Please turn on the light.
Turn off tắt (thiết bị) Don’t forget to turn off the TV.
Turn up xuất hiện / vặn to He didn’t turn up at the meeting. Turn up the volume, please.
Turn down từ chối / vặn nhỏ She turned down the job offer. Can you turn down the music?
turn into biến thành The frog turned into a prince.
turn around quay lại, đổi chiều Turn the car around, we’re going the wrong way!
break down hỏng / suy sụp The car broke down on the way.
break into đột nhập Thieves broke into the house.
break up chia tay, tan rã They broke up last month.
break out bùng nổ (chiến tranh, dịch bệnh) A fire broke out in the forest.
nuôi dưỡng / nêu She was brought up by her grandmother. He brought up an
bring up
ra important point.
bring about gây ra, dẫn đến The new policy brought about many changes.
gợi nhớ / mang trở
bring back This song brings back old memories.
lại
đưa vào (luật,
bring in The new law was brought in last year.
tiền)
bring
dời lên sớm hơn They brought the meeting forward to Monday.
forward
xuất bản / làm nổi
bring out The publisher will bring out his new book.
bật
Call off hủy bỏ The meeting was called off.
Call back gọi lại I’ll call you back later.
Call on ghé thăm / yêu cầu ai đó nói The teacher called on me to answer.
fall down ngã xuống She fell down the stairs.
fall apart tan vỡ (vật, cảm xúc) His plan fell apart.
fall behind tụt lại, chậm trễ Don’t fall behind in your studies.
Give up từ bỏ He gave up smoking last year.
Give in nhượng bộ, đầu hàng I won’t give in to pressure.
Give
cho, tặng / tiết lộ She gave away all her old clothes. Don’t give away the secret.
away
Give back trả lại Give me back my pen, please!
hold on chờ một chút Hold on, I’ll be right back.
trì hoãn / cướp có vũ The traffic was held up for hours. Two men held up the
hold up
trang bank.
hold out kéo dài / cầm cự They held out for another week.
set up thành lập, dựng lên They set up a new company.
set off khởi hành We set off early in the morning.
set out bắt đầu làm gì He set out to build a robot.
set aside để dành / gạt sang bên Set aside some money for emergencies.
carry out thực hiện They carried out the plan successfully.
carry on tiếp tục Carry on with your work.
carry away cuốn đi (bởi cảm xúc) She was carried away by the music.
keep on tiếp tục He kept on talking.
keep up with theo kịp I can’t keep up with the news.
keep out không cho vào Keep out of the room!
bịa chuyện / làm hòa / trang She made up a story. They made up after the
make up
điểm fight.
make out hiểu được I couldn’t make out what he said.
make up for bù đắp He made up for being late.
pull over tấp xe vào lề The police told him to pull over.
pull out rút khỏi, rời khỏi The company pulled out of the deal.
pull through hồi phục, vượt qua She pulled through after the surgery.
pull down phá hủy (tòa nhà) They pulled down the old house.
catch up
bắt kịp Hurry up! I can't catch up with you!
(with)
trở nên phổ biến / The new fashion caught on quickly. He didn’t catch on at
catch on
hiểu first.
catch out bắt quả tang The teacher caught him out cheating.
fill in điền vào (mẫu đơn) Fill in the form, please.
fill out điền đầy đủ You must fill out all the information.
fill up làm đầy He filled up the tank with gas.
hand in nộp bài, nộp đơn Please hand in your homework.
hand out phát, phân phát The teacher handed out the test papers.
hand over giao nộp, bàn giao He handed over the keys to the new owner.
đăng ký (khách sạn, sân
check in We checked in at 2 p.m.
bay)
They checked out this morning. I’ll check out that
check out trả phòng / kiểm tra
website.
check up on kiểm tra, theo dõi The doctor checked up on the patient.
deal with giải quyết, xử lý I have to deal with a lot of emails.
pay back trả lại tiền I’ll pay you back tomorrow.
pay off trả hết nợ / thành công He finally paid off his loan. All the hard work paid off.
stand up đứng dậy Please stand up when the teacher enters.
stand for đại diện, viết tắt "UNESCO" stands for United Nations Educational...
stand out nổi bật Her red dress made her stand out.
stand by ủng hộ / sẵn sàng I’ll stand by you no matter what. The rescue team is standing by.
