Phrasal Verb

1. List 1: Transitive 2 or 3 word Verbs:

Need a direct object.
To brush up on:      hoc lai, on bai
To call up:              goi dien thoai
To catch up with:   theo kip (catch,caught,caught)
To check over:        xem lai
To clean up:            quet sach
To come across;     tinh co gap (come,came,came)
To cut off:               ngat dien thoai
To do without (+ gerund):      khong can den (do,did,done)
To drop in on:         tham vieng
To feel like (+ gerund):           cam thay thich (feel, fefl, felt)
To find out:             tim ra
   _ She's promised to find out the name of that new hotel.
To give away:          cho, tang, phan phat (give,gave,gaven)
To go for/thich
To go on (+gerund):     tiep tuc (go,went,gone)
To hand in/to turn in:   nop (homwework)
To have … on:         mac tren nguoi (have,had,had)
To head for:             di ve phia
To keep on (+gerund):    tiep tuc (keep,kept,kept)
To keep up with:             theo kip
To look over:            xem xet lai, on lai
To make … up:        lam bu
To pay for:               tra tien cho ai (pay,paid,paid)
To pick out:             chon
To pick up:               nhac, don dua
To plug in:               cam dien vao
To put off (+gerund):     doi lai
To put together:        ghep lai, lam tu lai
To run into:               tinh co gap (run,ran,run)
To stand for:             co nghia la (stand,stood,stood)
To use up:                 dung het

2. List 2 – Intransitive Verbs:
Do not need a direct object:
To dress up:              an mac chinh te
To faill behind:         duoi  suc, rot lai dang sau.
To give up:               dau hang, bo cuoc
   _ I persuaded my wife to give up smoking.
To run down:            hu, het chay
To set out:                 khoi hanh

a. With intransitive 2-3 word verbs, we pronounce the post position a little more strongly.
   My sister dresses up.
   My friend falls behind.
   Those men give up.
   My computer runs down.
   My father sets out early.

b. With transitive non-separable verbs, we pronounce the first word a little more strongly.
   I come across my ex-boyfriend.
   I feel like dancing.
   I go for music.
   OLS stand for Outerspace Language School.
   I pay for my sister.

c. With 3 word verbs, we pronounce the first position most strongly
   I brush up on the lesson.
   I catch up with my classmates
   I keep up with that man

d. The underlined verbs of the list are separable (co the tach duoc)
   I check over my homework/I check my homework over/I check it over
   I give away my book/I give my book away/I give it away.
   I find out the truth/I find the truth out/I find it out.

The students hand in their homework
The teacher check over the lesson
We use up the money
Our teacher plugs in the recorder
We clean up the floor
She cuts off the telephone

Other phrasal verb:
To put on (v) mặc, đeo
   _ You should put on a sweater and trousers.
   _ You'll have to put my glasses on.
To turn on/off (v) bật/tắt
   _ Turn on the heat/the light.
To take off (v) cởi ra
   _ He took off his uniform.
To look after (v) chăm sóc = take care of
   _ Would you look after the children?
   _ Who is going to look after (take care of) the children when she goes into hospital?
To go up = ỉncrease
   _ The price of petrol may go up again next week.
To fell over = fell to the ground
   _ He fell over when he was running for the bus
To get on with = have a good relationship with)
   _ He doesn't get on with his parents.
To carry on = continue
   _ He told me to carry on as far as the traffic lights.
   _ We can carry on until the teacher tells us to stop.
To get over = get better/ recover from
   _ It took her a long time to get over her illness.
To carry on = continue
   _ He told me to carry on as far as the traffic lights.
To run out of = is finished/all used
   _ I can't make any sandwiches because we've run out of bread.
   _ I'm afraid this photocopier has ran out of paper,but you can use the other one in my office.
To put out (v) = extinguish/stop (dap tat) (I had to extinguish my cigarette).
   _ In the end my next-door neighbour had to come and put out the fire.
To grow up = getting older and more mature.
   _ The children are growing up
To lie down
   _ The doctor told me to lie down on the bed.
To come in = enter
   _ Don;t wait out there, please come in.
To stay in = stay at home
  _ I'm going to stay in this evening
To make up (v) = invent (phat minh)/create from our imagination.
   _ We had to make up a story.
To get by (v) (= manage)
   _ I can usually get by on about 200 USD a week
To leave out (v) = omit
   _ You can leave out question 7.
To sort it out (v) = resolve it/find a solution
   _ They've got a problem and they asked me to sort it out.
To wake up (v)
   _ I always wake up early, even at weekends.
To break down (v) go wrong/stop working
   _ The car broke down on the motorway.
To break into (v) = entered by force illegally
   _ Thieves broke into the house and took money, credit cards and all my jewellery.

3. Multiple meaning
To take off (v)
   _ It was hot so I decided to take off (= remove) my jacket.
   _ I am always nervous when the plane takes off (= leaves the ground.)
   _ The plane couldn't take off because of bad weather.
To get through (v)
   _ I don't think I'll get through (= finish) this report before five o'clock.
   _ I think she'll get through (= pass) the exam.
To picked up (v)
   _ I picked up the rubbish (rat, vat bo di) (= took it from the ground or a low place) and put it in the bin.
   _ I had to go to the stop to pick up (= collect) my photos.
To go off (v)
   _ My alarm clock didn't go off (= ring) this morining.
   _ Why didn't your alarm clock go off this morning?
   _ The bomb could go off (= explode) at any time.
   _ The fish will go off (= go bad) if you don't put it in the fridge.