G A TAN

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