bring something about: gây ra

to cause something to happen:

He brought about his company's collapse by his reckless spending.
Harold’s working to bring about changes in the industry.

bring something off: làm j thành công

to succeed in doing something difficult:
It was an important event, and she's managed to bring it off wonderfully.

bring something up: thảo luận

to start to talk about a particular subject:
She's always bringing up her health problems.

bring something out

to produce something to sell to the public:
They keep bringing out smaller phones.

carry something off

to succeed in doing or achieving something difficult:
I thought he carried off the part of Hamlet with great skill.
She was nervous about giving a talk to her colleagues, but she carried it off very
well.
carry something out: tiến hành làm j
to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or
that you have been told to do:
Dr Carter is carrying out research on early Christian art.
The hospital is carrying out tests to find out what's wrong with her.
Our soldiers carried out a successful attack last night.

Carry over
Tiếp diễn, kéo dài
to use or do something at a later time than planned:
- The results indicated that pilots believed performance was impaired when home
stress carried over to the work environment.
The performance has had to be carried over to/till next week because
the repairs to the theatre aren't finished yet.
I try not to let my problems at work carry over into my private life.\

carry something through

to complete something successfully:
It is doubtful whether it will be possible to carry through the education reforms.
We are determined to carry our plans through to completion.

carry on
to behave in an uncontrolled, excited,
or anxious (= worried and nervous) way:
The children have been carrying on all day.
Catch at
Bắt lấy, nắm lấy (phrasal verb) to touch something or get hold of
something, especially as it goes past
- Twigs caught at her hair as she pushed through the bushes.u từ
- She caught at my sleeve as I was leaving.

get at something: có ý j
When someone is getting at something, they mean it or
are trying to express it:
I'm not sure what you're getting at - don't you think I should come tonight?
What do you think the poet is getting at in these lines?

get off
to leave a place, usually in order to start a journey:
If we can get off by seven o'clock, the roads will be clearer.
Get off with: đi khỏi và kèm theo
Ex: instead of being given a ticket, the driver got off with the warning

Get about
Đi lại loanh quanh, Đi lại, đi đây đó (phrasal verb) to move from
place to place or from person to person
- She gets about with the help of a stick.
- News soon got about that he had resigned.
Get on
Tiến bộ, thành công, xoay sở (PhrV) used to talk or ask about how
well somebody is doing in a particular situation
- Parents are always anxious for their children to get on.
get something off: chuyển phát
to send a letter or parcel to someone:
I got that letter off this morning.

get something across: truyền tải, truyền đạt

to manage to make someone understand or believe something:

We tried to get our point across, but he just wouldn't listen.
He has no trouble getting his point across.
We have yet to clearly get across the message that we've got this
indepth set of products.

get through: tiến lại

I've been trying to get through for ages but the line is always engaged.

get someone down: Làm ai phát chán

If something gets you down, it makes
you feel unhappy or depressed.:
The chaos in his house was starting to get him down.
I know it's frustrating, but don't let it get you down.
get ahead: tiến bộ
to be successful in the work that you do:
It's tough for a woman to get ahead in politics.

Get on
Hoà hợp, hoà thuận, ăn ý (phrasal verb) to have a friendly
relationship with somebody
- They're getting on much better now that they don't live together.

Get away with: trốn thoát (ko bị phạt)Lư to steal something and
escape with it u từ
- The thief got away with computer equipment worth $30 000.

Get by
(+on/in/with sth) Xoay sở
to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by
having just enough of something you need, such as money:
How can he get by on so little money?
We can get by with four computers at the moment, but we'll need
a couple more when the new staff arrive.

Get Out Of
Thoát, tránh (nhiệm vụ, nghĩa vụ) (phrase) to avoid a responsibility
or duty
- We promised we'd go—we can't get out of it now.
- get out of doing something I wish I could get out of going to that
meeting.
- The agent wasn't sure if the executives could get out of their prior
arrangement.

get (a)round (somewhere): lan truyền

If news or information gets round, a lot of people hear about it:
News of her pregnancy soon got round (the office).

Get round
Thuyết phục (ai đó) (phrasal verb)
- She knows how to get round her mom.
get over something/someone
to get better after an illness, or feel better after something or
someone has made you unhappy:
She was only just getting over the flu when she got a stomach bug.
It took him years to get over the shock of his wife dying.
It took her months to get over Michael when he ended the relationship.

Get up to: có ý định, âm mưu, Làm gì đó (Thường là ngạc nhiên

hoặc gây khó chịu)
to do something, often something that
other people would disapprove of:
She's been getting up to all sorts of mischief lately.
I wonder what those two got up to yesterday?
get around to something: mãi mới có tg làm j
to do something that you have intended to do for a long time:
I still haven't got around to fixing that tap.
give something off Tỏa ra, phát ra, bốc lên (mùi)
to produce heat, light, a smell, or a gas:
That tiny radiator doesn't give off much heat.

give yourself up
to allow the police or an enemy to take you as a prisoner:
The gunman gave himself up to the police.

Give away
Tiết lộ (phrasal verb) to tell people something secret, often
without intending to:
The party was meant to be a surprise, but Sharon gave it away.

give something in: nộp

to give a piece of written work or a document to someone
to read, judge, or deal with:
Have you given that essay in yet?

Give in
Đầu hàng, Bỏ cuộc, chịu thua, nhượng bộ (phrasal verb) to agree to
do something that you do not want to do
- The rebels were forced to give in.
give out

hỏng: If a machine or part of your body gives out, it stops working:

At the end of the race his legs gave out and he collapsed on
the ground.
The batteries are likely to give out soon.
Công bố: If you give out information, you make it known to people.
He wouldn't give out any information...

Call at
Tạt qua, Dừng trong thời gian ngắn, ghé (phrasal verb)
to stop at a place for a short timeLưu từ
- This train calls at this city.

Call back: gọi quay về

Call for
Đòi hỏi, phải có: to need something
Lưu từ
- The situation calls for prompt action.

call someone in : tham vấn

to ask someone to come to help in a difficult situation:
A new team of detectives were called in to conduct a fresh inquiry.
call someone up
to order someone to join a military organization or to ask someone
to join an official, especially national, team:
He was called up when the war began.
Lucie Saint was called up for the final against Brazil.
Call out: gọi ai đi đình công
to order or advise workers to stop work as a protest
Ex: The union has called out its member to try to get better pay

Clear off
Trốn mất, Chạy đi (PhrV) to go or run away
- You've no right to be here. Clear off!từ
- They cleared off when they heard the police siren.

clear something out: dọn sạch

to tidy a place by getting rid of things that you do not want:
If we clear out the spare room, you can use it as a study.
clear up: trở nên quang đãng hơn
If the weather clears up, the cloud and rain disappear:
I hope it clears up in time for the picnic.
clear something away: dọn gọn
to make a place tidy by removing things from it or putting them where
they should be:
I want you to clear all these toys away before bedtime.
Tobe cleared of: tuyên bố vô tội
lost cause: điều vô vọng
someone or something that has no chance of succeeding:
I used to try to get him to do some exercise but then decided he was
a lost cause.

show one's true colors: lộ bản chất thật

: to show what one is really like : to reveal one's real nature or character
He seemed nice at first, but he showed his true colors during the crisis.

have the cheek to (do something): có gan làm j

To be so brazen as to do something insolent.

If you have the cheek to sass your teacher in the middle of class, then
you'll have no problem staying
after school for detention.I can't believe Tom had the cheek to disrupt
the board meeting with his baseless claims.
keep your chin up
to remain calm or cheerful in a difficult or unpleasant situation
Richards was keeping his chin up yesterday despite the continued
setbacks.

call someone names

If a person, especially a child, calls someone names,
they address that person with a name that is intended to
be offensive:
Tom's worried that if he wears glasses at school the
other children will call him names.
At school, bullying takes many forms, including whispering about peo
ple and calling them names.
Chair a meeting: chủ trì một cuộc họp
She was also not sufficiently qualified to chair the meeting, which
lasted only 20 minutes.
close shave
a situation in which you come very close to a dangerous situation:
I had a close shave this morning - some idiot almost knocked me off
my bike.
red-letter day
a special, happy, and important day that you will always remember:
The day I first set foot in America was a red-letter day for me.
wild-goose chase một sự đeo đuổi viển vông, một sự tìm tòi vô hy vọng.
a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.
After two hours spent wandering in the snow, I realized we
were on a wild goose chase.
get something off your chest
to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or
making you feel guilty for a long time:
I had spent two months worrying about it and I was glad to get it off
my chest.
crocodile tears
tears that you cry when you are not really sad or sorry
It is not enough for us to weep crocodile tears over this affair.
go to the dogs
If a country or organization is going to the dogs, it is becoming very
much less successful than it was in the past.
"the country is going to the dogs"
catch someone red-handed bắt quả tang
to discover someone while they are doing something bad or illegal:
He was caught red-handed taking money from the till.
The police caught the thief red-handed.

down the drain

If work or money is or goes down the drain, it is spoiled or wasted:
If the factory closes, that will be a
million dollars' worth of investment down the drain
wasted or lost:
I can’t believe it’s broken already – well, there’s seventy bucks down
the drain.

on the dole
unemployed and receiving money from the government:
He spent eighteen months on the dole.
keep oneself to oneself
to tell others very little about oneself, and not to be
very friendly or sociable
sống tách rời
He likes to keep himself to himself.
She was a shy girl who kept herself to herself.
a pretty/fine kettle of fish
a very difficult and annoying situation
Japan's festival industry is stuck in a fine kettle of fish.
Make a killing

to earn a lot of money in a short time and with little effort:

They made a killing with the sale of their London house.
have kittens

to be very worried, upset, or angry about something:

My mother nearly had kittens when I said I was going
to buy a motorbike .
bring someone/something to their knees
to destroy or defeat someone or something:
The strikes had brought the economy to its knees.

be in the know: biết rõ sự việc

to have knowledge about something that most people do not have:
This resort is considered by those who are in the know to have
the best downhill skiing in Europe.

keep your fingers crossed

to hope strongly that something will happen:
We’re keeping our fingers crossed that he’ll be healthy again
very soon.
pull someone's leg
to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as
a joke:
Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg?

make -earn one’s living

: to earn the money one needs to pay for housing, food, etc.
He made a living by working as a cook.
sleep like a log
infml to sleep very well, without being woken by any noises:
I slept like a log – I didn't even hear the thunderstorm.
the lion's share
the largest part or most of something:
Reputable charities spend the lion's share of donations on aid and
a tiny fraction on administration.
turn over a new leaf
to change your behavior in a positive way:
She turned over a new leaf and began getting to work on time.
at large
generally:
This group is not representative of the population at large.
A person who is at large is not in prison:
The escaped prisoners are still at large.
be on the level
to be acting or speaking honestly:
It seems too good to be true. Are you sure this guy's on the level?
go to any lengths
to do anything, no matter how extreme, dishonest, wicked etc,
to achieve a particular aim
sẵn sàng làm bất cứ điều gì
She’d go to any lengths to get herself promoted.

shed light on sth

to provide information about something or to make
something easier to understand:
Tracking technologies have shed light on the birds' social nature.
He was never able to shed light on how
an average kid from upstate New York came
to commit the worst act of domestic terrorism in history.
make light of something
to act as if something is not serious, esp. when it is serious:
They've both had knee injuries, but the
two friends make light of their weaknesses.
bury/have your head in the sand
to refuse to think about unpleasant facts, although they will have
an influence on your situation:
You've got to face facts here - you can't just bury your head in
the sand.
come to a head
If something comes to a head or someone brings something to
a head, a situation reaches a point where something must be done
about it:
Things hadn't been good between us for a while and
this incident just brought it to a head.