Phrasal Verb

Question 1

Turn up

-don’t worry about it - something will turn up, you’ll see.

Answer 1

Xuất hiện, đến

-don’t worry about it - something will turn up, you’ll see.

Question 2

Turn down (sth/sb)
-the former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman has turned down the job.

Answer 2

Từ chối

-the former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman has turned down the job.

Question 3

Turn back

-We’re lost - we’ll have to turn back.

Answer 3

trở lại, quay lại

-We’re lost - we’ll have to turn back.

Question 4

Turn on >< turn off

Answer 4

bật lên >< tắt đi

• Turn on the TV please, I am so boring.
• No, I just have turned it off.

Question 5

Get on (well) with

Answer 5

có mối quan hệ tốt với

-She’s never really got on with her sister.

Question 6

Get around

Answer 6

đi xung quanh
–She gets around with the help of a stick.
(British English also: get about)

Question 7

Get over

Answer 7

vượt qua

-She can’t get over her shyness.

Question 8

Get along with

Answer 8

hòa hợp với

-I don’t really get along with my sister’s husband.

Question 9

Set off

Answer 9

khởi hành, bắt đầu chuyến đi

-What time do we set off tomorrow?

Question 10

Close down

-

Answer 10

đóng cửa, ngừng hoạt động

The partial government close-down is now in a record 20th day.

Question 11

Pass down

Answer 11

truyền lại (cho thế hệ sau…)

-This is the job my grandfather passed down to me.

Question 12

Face up to

Answer 12

đối mặt, giải quyết

-She had to face up to the fact that she would never walk again.

Question 13

Set (st) up

Answer 13

thành lập, tạo dựng

-A fund will be set up for the dead men’s families.

Question 14

Take over (from sb) l take sth <> over (from sb)

Answer 14

tiếp quản, kế nhiệm, nối nghiệp

-Paul’s daughter took over the job in 2017.

Question 15

Live on (sth)

Answer 15

sống bằng, sống dựa vào

• We lived on very little when we first got married.
• I more or less live on pasta.

Question 16

grow up

Answer 16

lớn lên, trưởng thành

-I grew up in Scotland (= I lived there when I was young).

Question 17

pass on / pass (st) on <> to sb

Answer 17

truyền lại, kể lại

-pass the book on to me when you’ve finished with it.

Question 18

narrow (sth) down

Answer 18

cắt giảm

• We narrowed the choices down to five categories.
• We narrowed the list of candidates down from ten to three.

Question 19

erode away

Answer 19

mòn đi

• (?) just have erode.
• erode: to rub or be rubbed away gradually

Question 20

get by in (a language)

Answer 20

Biết sơ sơ 1 ngôn ngữ/cố gắng học 1 nn

-N/A—NO ANSWER

Question 21

pick up (a language)

Answer 21

học lỏm

-N/A

Question 22

take (sth) into account

Answer 22

cân nhắc kĩ

-I hope my teacher will take into account the fact that I was ill just before the exams when she marks my paper.

Question 23

rely on (sb/sth)

Answer 23

phụ thuộc

-The charity relies solely on donations from the public

Question 24

go along with sth/sb

Answer 24

Ủng hộ, tán thành với ý kiến của ai đó/ đồng hành

-Kate’s already agreed, but it’s going to be harder persuading Mike to go along with it.

Question 25

take after sb

Answer 25

giống ai đó

-your daughter doesn’t take after you at all.

Question 26

keep up with st

Answer 26

thep kịp

-to learn about or be aware of the news, current events, etc.