English Phrasal Verbs: Work & Study Flashcards

47 phrasal verbs for work, school and exams (carry out, deal with, hand in, look into…), with definitions, example sentences, Vietnamese meanings and audio.

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Phrasal Verbs: Work & Study word list – part 1 of 1

# Picture Word Part of speech Meaning Tiếng Việt
1 carry out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To do a task, a test or a plan tiến hành, thực hiện “They carried out a survey.”
tiến hành, thực hiện
2 deal with phrasal verb phrasal verb
To handle a problem, task or person giải quyết, xử lý “I'll deal with the complaint.”
giải quyết, xử lý
3 take over phrasal verb phrasal verb
To take control of something tiếp quản “A new manager took over the team.”
tiếp quản
4 take on phrasal verb phrasal verb
To accept work or responsibility; to employ đảm nhận; tuyển dụng “We're taking on new staff.”
đảm nhận; tuyển dụng
5 hand in phrasal verb phrasal verb
To give work to a teacher or boss nộp (bài) “Hand in your essays on Friday.”
nộp (bài)
6 point out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To tell someone about a fact or mistake chỉ ra “She pointed out a mistake in the report.”
chỉ ra
7 sort out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To organise; to solve a problem sắp xếp; giải quyết “Can you sort out these files?”
sắp xếp; giải quyết
8 follow up phrasal verb phrasal verb
To take further action on something theo dõi, tiếp tục xử lý “I'll follow up with an email.”
theo dõi, tiếp tục xử lý
9 back up phrasal verb phrasal verb
To support someone; to copy computer data ủng hộ; sao lưu “Back up your files every day.”
ủng hộ; sao lưu
10 bring forward phrasal verb phrasal verb
To move an event to an earlier time dời lên sớm hơn “The meeting was brought forward to Monday.”
dời lên sớm hơn
11 call off phrasal verb phrasal verb
To cancel hủy bỏ “They called off the meeting.”
hủy bỏ
12 put forward phrasal verb phrasal verb
To suggest an idea or plan đề xuất “He put forward a new plan.”
đề xuất
13 come up phrasal verb phrasal verb
To appear or happen unexpectedly; to be mentioned nảy sinh, xuất hiện “Something urgent came up.”
nảy sinh, xuất hiện
14 draw up phrasal verb phrasal verb
To prepare a written document soạn thảo “The lawyer drew up a contract.”
soạn thảo
15 lay off phrasal verb phrasal verb
To stop employing workers because there is not enough work sa thải (do cắt giảm) “The factory laid off 200 workers.”
sa thải (do cắt giảm)
16 step down phrasal verb phrasal verb
To leave an important job or position từ chức “The CEO stepped down last year.”
từ chức
17 fill in for phrasal verb phrasal verb
To do someone's job for a short time làm thay “Can you fill in for me tomorrow?”
làm thay
18 catch up phrasal verb phrasal verb
To reach the same level as others; to do work you are late with bắt kịp “I need to catch up on my emails.”
bắt kịp
19 keep up with phrasal verb phrasal verb
To stay at the same level or speed theo kịp “It's hard to keep up with the class.”
theo kịp
20 fall behind phrasal verb phrasal verb
To fail to keep up tụt lại phía sau “Don't fall behind with your work.”
tụt lại phía sau
21 read up on phrasal verb phrasal verb
To learn about a subject by reading đọc tìm hiểu “Read up on the company before the interview.”
đọc tìm hiểu
22 brush up on phrasal verb phrasal verb
To improve a skill you had before ôn lại, trau dồi “I need to brush up on my French.”
ôn lại, trau dồi
23 write down phrasal verb phrasal verb
To write something on paper ghi lại “Write down the address.”
ghi lại
24 note down phrasal verb phrasal verb
To write a short note ghi chú lại “Note down the main points.”
ghi chú lại
25 look into phrasal verb phrasal verb
To investigate or examine xem xét, điều tra “We'll look into the problem.”
xem xét, điều tra
26 look over phrasal verb phrasal verb
To check something quickly xem qua “Can you look over my CV?”
xem qua
27 go through phrasal verb phrasal verb
To examine carefully; to experience something difficult xem xét kỹ; trải qua “Let's go through the report together.”
xem xét kỹ; trải qua
28 run through phrasal verb phrasal verb
To practise or review quickly duyệt qua nhanh “Let's run through the presentation.”
duyệt qua nhanh
29 think over phrasal verb phrasal verb
To consider something carefully cân nhắc kỹ “Think it over before you decide.”
cân nhắc kỹ
30 turn out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To happen in a particular way; to be discovered hóa ra “It turned out to be easy.”
hóa ra
31 work on phrasal verb phrasal verb
To spend time improving or making something làm, cải thiện “I'm working on my pronunciation.”
làm, cải thiện
32 set out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To explain clearly in writing; to start with a goal trình bày; bắt đầu “The report sets out the main ideas.”
trình bày; bắt đầu
33 come down to phrasal verb phrasal verb
To depend on one main thing rốt cuộc là do “In the end, it comes down to money.”
rốt cuộc là do
34 narrow down phrasal verb phrasal verb
To reduce the number of choices thu hẹp (lựa chọn) “We narrowed it down to three candidates.”
thu hẹp (lựa chọn)
35 rule out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To decide that something is not possible loại trừ “We can't rule out a delay.”
loại trừ
36 account for phrasal verb phrasal verb
To explain; to form a part of a total giải thích; chiếm “Students account for 40% of users.”
giải thích; chiếm
37 stand for phrasal verb phrasal verb
To be a short form of; to support an idea viết tắt của; ủng hộ “"UN" stands for United Nations.”
viết tắt của; ủng hộ
38 make out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To see, hear or understand with difficulty nhận ra, đọc ra “I can't make out his handwriting.”
nhận ra, đọc ra
39 put up with phrasal verb phrasal verb
To accept something unpleasant without complaining chịu đựng “I can't put up with the noise.”
chịu đựng
40 get across phrasal verb phrasal verb
To make people understand an idea truyền đạt “She got her message across clearly.”
truyền đạt
41 sum up phrasal verb phrasal verb
To give a short summary tóm lại “To sum up, the project was a success.”
tóm lại
42 hold on phrasal verb phrasal verb
To wait for a short time chờ một chút “Hold on, I'll check.”
chờ một chút
43 get back to phrasal verb phrasal verb
To reply to someone later phản hồi lại sau “I'll get back to you tomorrow.”
phản hồi lại sau
44 pull out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To stop being involved in something rút lui “The sponsor pulled out of the deal.”
rút lui
45 run by phrasal verb phrasal verb
To tell someone an idea to get their opinion hỏi ý kiến “Let me run this by my manager.”
hỏi ý kiến
46 cross out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To draw a line through writing gạch bỏ “Cross out the wrong answers.”
gạch bỏ
47 drop out phrasal verb phrasal verb
To leave a school or course before finishing bỏ học “He dropped out of university.”
bỏ học

Source: Word frequency: google-10000-english (Google Web Trillion Word Corpus). Definitions: Princeton WordNet 3.0 (WordNet License). Exam word lists: TSL, BSL, NAWL – Browne & Culligan, newgeneralservicelist.com (CC BY-SA 4.0) (opens in a new tab)