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To offer sb st : mời ai cái gì
To offer to do st for sb : xung phong làm gì cho ai

To offer sb st : mời ai cái gì
To offer to do st for sb : xung phong làm gì cho ai

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Chiều nay tranh thủ post tiếp "R",
To recommend st/sb : giới thiệu/ tiến cử
To refuse to do st : từ chối ai làm gì
To regret doing st/ not doing st : hối hận vì đã làm gì/ đã không làm gì
To rely on st/sb : đưa vào
To remember to do st : nhớ làm gì
To remember doing st : nhớ rằng đã làm gì
To remind sb of st : nhắc cho ai nhớ lại
To remind sb to do st : nhắc cho ai làm gì
To right away : rất sớm, tức thì = at once
To ring up : gọi điện
To rule out sb/st : loại trừ, bác bỏ ai cái gì, ngăn chặn
To run across : = come across
To run after : đuổi theo
To run out : hết cạn
To run out of : dốc hết, cạn kiệt (đồ dự trữ)
To run away : bỏ chạy, chạy trốn
To run into : ngẫu nhiên, tình cờ gặp; đâm vào, va vào (= to bump into)
Thui, muộn rồi mình về đi bơi đây
Chúc mọi người tối đi chơi vui vẻ nhé

Chiều nay tranh thủ post tiếp "R",
To recommend st/sb : giới thiệu/ tiến cử
To refuse to do st : từ chối ai làm gì
To regret doing st/ not doing st : hối hận vì đã làm gì/ đã không làm gì
To rely on st/sb : đưa vào
To remember to do st : nhớ làm gì
To remember doing st : nhớ rằng đã làm gì
To remind sb of st : nhắc cho ai nhớ lại
To remind sb to do st : nhắc cho ai làm gì
To right away : rất sớm, tức thì = at once
To ring up : gọi điện
To rule out sb/st : loại trừ, bác bỏ ai cái gì, ngăn chặn
To run across : = come across
To run after : đuổi theo
To run out : hết cạn
To run out of : dốc hết, cạn kiệt (đồ dự trữ)
To run away : bỏ chạy, chạy trốn
To run into : ngẫu nhiên, tình cờ gặp; đâm vào, va vào (= to bump into)
Thui, muộn rồi mình về đi bơi đây
Chúc mọi người tối đi chơi vui vẻ nhé

Để các bạ tiện theo dõi, hôm nay mình post tiếp "S",
To save one''s breath : khỏi phí lời thuyết phục ai
To say st to sb : nói cái gì với ai
To say to sb about st : nói với ai về
To say (to sb) + that + clause : nói với ai rằng
To screw up : làm cho rối rắm, làm cho lộn xộn
To see about : quan tâm đến (= to attend to, to see to)
To see off : tiến lên đường
To see eye to eye : đồng ý, tán thành
To see off : tiễn, chào tạm biệt ai bắt đầu đi tàu, xe buýt, máy bay...(= to sent off)
To see out : đi cùng ai, hộ tống ai
To sell out : bán hết sạch, sang nhượng 1 công ty hoặc 1 doanh nghiệp
To send st to sb : gửi cho ai cái gì
To send for sb : mời gọi ai đến
To send out : đuổi theo
To send for : gọi ai, mời ai tới
To send st/sb to smw : gửi cái gì/ cử ai tới đâu
To sentence sb to years''s imprisonment : kết án ai 5 năm tù
To serve sb night : nhận một hình phạt, một lời quở trách, đáng đời
To serve (the/ one''s) purpose : hữu dụng, phù hợp với nhu cầu, đòi hỏi của ai đó
To set off : khởi hành
To set up : bắt đầu (kinh doanh), thiết lập, tạo lập
To set out : bắt đầu lên đường (= to set off, to head out), sắp đặt, trưng bày (= to lay out)
To set out to : việc làm có mục đích
To shake hands : bắt tay
To show sb st/ st to sb : chỉ cho ai xem cái gì
To show up : xuất hiện, hiện diện, đến; được nhìn thấy, được tìm thấy (= to turn up)
To show off : khoe tài, khoe khoang, bày tỏ, công khai
To shut up : đóng cửa 1 thời gian, im ắng, ngừng nói
To sit down : ngồi xuống (= to take a seat)
To slow down : đi chậm lại,làm chậm lại (= to slow up)
To speak to sb : nói chuyện với ai
To speak about st/sb : nói về
To stand up : đứng lên
To stand up for : ủng hộ, hỗ trợ
To stand for : thay thế, đại diện cho, chịu đựng
To stand out : dễ nhìn thấy, dễ nhận ra; nổi bật (= to stick out)
To stand up for : nài nỉ, đòi hỏi; bênh vực, ủng hộ
To stand up : chịu đựng được (vật liệu); cho leo cây (chờ đợi)
To stand a chance : có cơ hội, khả năng đạt được cái gì
To stand up : đứng dậy, đứng lên (= to get up)
To stay up : thức, không đi ngủ
To stay in : ở nhà
To step in : can thiệp vào, bước vào (= to step into)
To step down : nghỉ hưu hoặc từ chức
To step on : nghiêm khắc, áp dụng kỷ luật
To stick up : cướp đoạt
To stick to : giữ lời hứa, tuân theo, tuân thủ quy định
To stick it to : lừa đảo (= to rip off, the ripoff)
To stick around : chờ đợi, ở nguyên chỗ cũ
To stir up : chọc giận, chọc tức, gây phiền phức
To stop to do st : dừng lại để làm gì
To stop doing st : dừng việc đang làm
To stopst/sb from st/doing st : = prevent
To stop by : đến thăm nhà ai một lát, ghé thăm
To suggest doing st : gợi ý cùng nhau làm gì
To suggest + that + S + do/should do st : gợi ý, khuyên ai nên làm gì
uh, dài quá

Để các bạ tiện theo dõi, hôm nay mình post tiếp "S",
To save one''s breath : khỏi phí lời thuyết phục ai
To say st to sb : nói cái gì với ai
To say to sb about st : nói với ai về
To say (to sb) + that + clause : nói với ai rằng
To screw up : làm cho rối rắm, làm cho lộn xộn
To see about : quan tâm đến (= to attend to, to see to)
To see off : tiến lên đường
To see eye to eye : đồng ý, tán thành
To see off : tiễn, chào tạm biệt ai bắt đầu đi tàu, xe buýt, máy bay...(= to sent off)
To see out : đi cùng ai, hộ tống ai
To sell out : bán hết sạch, sang nhượng 1 công ty hoặc 1 doanh nghiệp
To send st to sb : gửi cho ai cái gì
To send for sb : mời gọi ai đến
To send out : đuổi theo
To send for : gọi ai, mời ai tới
To send st/sb to smw : gửi cái gì/ cử ai tới đâu
To sentence sb to years''s imprisonment : kết án ai 5 năm tù
To serve sb night : nhận một hình phạt, một lời quở trách, đáng đời
To serve (the/ one''s) purpose : hữu dụng, phù hợp với nhu cầu, đòi hỏi của ai đó
To set off : khởi hành
To set up : bắt đầu (kinh doanh), thiết lập, tạo lập
To set out : bắt đầu lên đường (= to set off, to head out), sắp đặt, trưng bày (= to lay out)
To set out to : việc làm có mục đích
To shake hands : bắt tay
To show sb st/ st to sb : chỉ cho ai xem cái gì
To show up : xuất hiện, hiện diện, đến; được nhìn thấy, được tìm thấy (= to turn up)
To show off : khoe tài, khoe khoang, bày tỏ, công khai
To shut up : đóng cửa 1 thời gian, im ắng, ngừng nói
To sit down : ngồi xuống (= to take a seat)
To slow down : đi chậm lại,làm chậm lại (= to slow up)
To speak to sb : nói chuyện với ai
To speak about st/sb : nói về
To stand up : đứng lên
To stand up for : ủng hộ, hỗ trợ
To stand for : thay thế, đại diện cho, chịu đựng
To stand out : dễ nhìn thấy, dễ nhận ra; nổi bật (= to stick out)
To stand up for : nài nỉ, đòi hỏi; bênh vực, ủng hộ
To stand up : chịu đựng được (vật liệu); cho leo cây (chờ đợi)
To stand a chance : có cơ hội, khả năng đạt được cái gì
To stand up : đứng dậy, đứng lên (= to get up)
To stay up : thức, không đi ngủ
To stay in : ở nhà
To step in : can thiệp vào, bước vào (= to step into)
To step down : nghỉ hưu hoặc từ chức
To step on : nghiêm khắc, áp dụng kỷ luật
To stick up : cướp đoạt
To stick to : giữ lời hứa, tuân theo, tuân thủ quy định
To stick it to : lừa đảo (= to rip off, the ripoff)
To stick around : chờ đợi, ở nguyên chỗ cũ
To stir up : chọc giận, chọc tức, gây phiền phức
To stop to do st : dừng lại để làm gì
To stop doing st : dừng việc đang làm
To stopst/sb from st/doing st : = prevent
To stop by : đến thăm nhà ai một lát, ghé thăm
To suggest doing st : gợi ý cùng nhau làm gì
To suggest + that + S + do/should do st : gợi ý, khuyên ai nên làm gì
uh, dài quá

An idiom is an expression peculiar to a language and not
readily understandable from its grammatical construction or from
the meaning of its parts. For example, the American English idiom
"put up with," in a sentence such as "I put up with a lot from
him," means tolerate or endure. Idiom study is an important part
of vocabulary development because much of the living language of
any country is idiomatic.
Often, American English idioms are created by adding various
prepositions to a basic verb, changing the verb''s meaning in many
different ways. For example, the verb "to drop" means to let
something fall. But the idiom "drop in" means visit someone
without having received an invitation. And the idiom "drop out"
means to stop doing what one usually does. You will find that many
idioms have more than one meaning. For example, "turn in" means to
give something to someone, as in "I turned in my test paper to the
instructor," and it also means to go to sleep, as in "Because it
was late, I decided to turn in for the night."
Sometimes a difference in syntax or word order of an idiom
will result in different meanings. The meaning of the idiom "turn
on," for example, depends a lot on how it is combined with other
words.
He turned on me. (He betrayed me; he attacked me.)
He turned me on. (He excited me.)
Because idiom usage, like English spelling, is quite
irregular, it can be learned more efficiently by memorization and
frequent practice than by learning rules.
The following lists will help you master a variety of American
English idioms. Each list presents one verb with several idioms
that have been derived by adding a preposition or other words to
the verb.
IDIOMS USING "BREAK"
1. break down
Meaning: stop working
Example: I was late to school because my car broke down.
2. break even
Meaning: neither gain nor lose
Example: I was lucky to break even at the casino last weekend.
3. break in
Meaning: initiate, train
Example: The cowboy worked long and hard to break in the new horse.
4. break off
Meaning: end abruptly
Example: She broke off the conversation by hanging up the
telephone.
5. break out
Meaning: escape
Example: Three prisoners broke out of jail.
Meaning: happen suddenly
Example: A huge fire broke out on the fifth floor.
6. break through
Meaning: penetrate
Example: The explorer broke through the underbrush to find the
temple.
7. break up
Meaning: end a relationship
Example: Mary broke up with Joe more than a year ago.
IDIOMS USING "BRING"
1. bring about
Meaning: cause
Example: She hopes to bring about a change in his attitude.
2. bring in
Meaning: yield, earn
Example: His investments bring in a profit, and his wife brings in
fifty thousand dollars a year.
3. bring on
Meaning: cause
Example: The assassination brought on the first world war.
Meaning: cause to come forth, produce
Example: Bring on the wine!
4. bring [something] on [oneself]
Meaning: cause problems for oneself
Example: By refusing to listen to his teacher, he brought the
failure on himself.
5. bring out
Meaning: emphasize
Example: That blue shirt brings out the color of your eyes.
Meaning: inspire
Example: That teacher is able to bring out the best in her
students.
6. bring to mind
Meaning: remind someone of
Example: The smell of baking bread brings my mother''s kitchen to
mind.
7. bring up
Meaning: raise, rear
Example: After my parents died, I was brought up by my
grandmother.
Meaning: introduce
Example: She brought up the subject of having children.
8. bring down
Meaning: cause to fail
Example: The war brought down the government.
IDIOMS USING "CALL"
1. call it a day
Meaning: stop an activity
Example: The ballet master told the dancers that it was time to call
it a day.
2. call [something] off
Meaning: cancel [something]
Example: The picnic was called off because of the rain.
3. call on
Meaning: visit
Example: We plan to call on the Smith family when we visit Arizona.
Meaning: select
Example: The teacher called on Juan for an answer to her question.
4. call it quits
Meaning: stop an activity, end a relationship
Example: Brenda and Eddie called it quits before their second
anniversary.
5. call up
Meaning: telephone
Example: A salesman called me up this morning.
Meaning: induct, summon
Example: The army called up twenty men from my home town.
6. call the roll
Meaning: take attendance
Example: The professor stopped calling the roll after two weeks of
class.
7. call out
Meaning: speak loudly
Example: Call out your name when I point at you.
Meaning: challenge
Example: He called her out on her racist remark.
IDIOMS USING "COME"
1. come about
Meaning: happen
Example: The event you were waiting for has come about.
2. come across
Meaning: find unexpectedly
Example: Reading a book I came across a photo of my hometown.
Meaning: provide services on demand
Example: She pressured her manager, but he didn''t come across with
her raise.
3. come across as
Meaning: give the impression of
Example: He comes across as a reasonable man, but in fact, he is
crazy.
4. come down with [an illness]
Meaning: get [an illness]
Example: I don''t feel well; I think I''m coming down with the flu.
5. come in handy
Meaning: prove useful
Example: I kept batteries in my flashlight because I know it could
come in
handy in an emergency.
6. come out
Meaning: be published, appear
Example: The new issue of the magazine came out last week.
Meaning: reveal one''s homo***uality
Example: His parents were shocked when he came out.
Meaning: emerge
Example: From our discussion it came out that we all disagreed on
every point.
7. come through
Meaning: survive
Example: She came through her illness at last.
8. come through for
Meaning: support through difficulty
Example: He really came through for me when my daughter was in the
hospital.
9. come up
Meaning: be mentioned
Example: We were talking about students, and your name came up.
Meaning: happen
Example: I didn''t know what to do because the situation had never
come up before.
IDIOMS USING "DO"
1. do away with
Meaning: dispose of, eliminate, abolish
Example: To do away with social injustice was her goal.
Meaning: kill
Example: The villain decided to do away with his mother.
2. do over
Meaning: repeat
Example: The only way to correct the mistakes was to do the
assignment over.
Meaning: redecorate, refurbish
Example: It was very frustrating to wait six months to do my
apartment over.
3. do without
Meaning: give up, forego
Example: When my father lost his job, we had to do without many
luxuries.
4. have nothing to do with
Meaning: shun, avoid
Example: The new neighbors are so unfriendly that they will have
nothing to do with us.
5. do in
Meaning: tire, exhaust
Example: After running five miles without stopping, I was done in.
Meaning: kill
Example: I was so angry that I wanted to do him in, but I didn''t.
IDIOMS USING "GET"
1. get ahead
Meaning: advance, prosper, succeed
Example: He studied hard in order to get ahead.
2. get over
Meaning: overcome, recover
Example: She got over her cold after two weeks.
3. get around
Meaning: travel widely, frequently
Example: They get around a lot.
Meaning: avoid, evade
Example: They got around the high prices at the market by growing
their own vegetables.
4. get hold of (get ahold of)
Meaning: contact
Example: I got hold of him by telephone.
5. get out of
Meaning: remove from
Example: Get him out of here.
6. get up
Meaning: arise from a sitting or lying position
Example: I get up every day at seven.
7. get after
Meaning: criticize
Example: He will get after you if you don''t do your work well.
8. get by
Meaning: pass
Example: She was so pregnant that I couldn''t get by her in the hall.
Meaning: survive
Example: Times are hard, but we will get by somehow.
IDIOMS USING "GIVE"
1. give and take
Meaning: compromise
Example: We hope there will be some give and take at the
conference table.
2. give in
Meaning: yield, accept a position or viewpoint one had opposed
Example: We expected the other side to give in.
3. give out
Meaning: cease functioning because of age or deterioration
Example: We were afraid that our tires would give out during the
trip.
4. give way
Meaning: collapse
Example: The town was flooded when the dam gave way.
Meaning: yield
Example: The boss refused to give way to the workers.
5. give up
Meaning: surrender
Example: The soldiers gave up when they knew they were beaten.
Meaning: stop
Example: The dancers would not give up practicing even though they
were exhausted.
6. given to
Meaning: in the habit of
Example: Because he was given to fast driving, his license was
soon suspended.
IDIOMS USING "KEEP"
1. keep house
Meaning: manage a home
Example: He found it hard to keep house when his wife left him.
2. keep out of
Meaning: stay away from
Example: Last year he was warned several times to keep out of
trouble.
3. keep [one''s] word
Meaning: fulfill a promise
Example: John has lied to me so often that I will never trust him to
keep his word.
4. keep track of
Meaning: stay in touch with, find the whereabouts of
Example: Unfortunately, I can never keep track of my glasses.
5. keep up
Meaning: maintain, preserve
Example: We can no longer afford to keep up the stables and the
formal garden.
6. keep up with
Meaning: stay abreast of
Example: The third runner kept up with the second one.
7. keep still
Meaning: be quiet
Example: He told his little girl to keep still during the
performance.
IDIOMS USING "LET"
1. let alone
Meaning: stop disturbing
Example: Tell Charles to let that boy alone.
2. let down
Meaning: disappoint, fail
Example: Mrs. Smith is so reliable that I know she will never let me
down.
3. let go
Meaning: release
Example: The police told the terrorist to let the hostages go.
4. let off
Meaning: permit to leave
Example: Ask the bus driver to let you off at Fifth Avenue.
Meaning: to excuse
Example: They caught me with the stolen items, but the judge let me
off.
5. let pass
Meaning: overlook, disregard
Example: I will let your remarks pass.
6. let up
Meaning: pause, decrease in intensity
Example: The storm did not let up until the following day.
7. let out
Meaning: lengthen, expand
Example: He had gotten taller and fatter, so I had to let out his
pants.
IDIOMS USING "LOOK"
1. look after
Meaning: take care of
Example: Someone has to look after the children while we are away.
2. look forward to
Meaning: anticipate with pleasure
Example: I am really looking forward to meeting you!
3. look into
Meaning: investigate
Example: Do you want to ask the police to look into the
disappearance of your jewelry?
4. look like
Meaning: resemble
Example: My dog looks like Lassie.
Meaning: seem possible or probable
Example: It looks like we won''t be going on vacation this year.
5. look out for
Meaning: be careful of
Example: When you go on the hike, look out for bears.
Meaning: be responsible for, tend
Example: Her big brother looked out for her when she started
school.
6. look up to
Meaning: admire
Example: Her students really look up to her.
7. look over
Meaning: examine, inspect
Example: Look over the papers before you sign them.
IDIOMS USING "MAKE"
1. make up
Meaning: invent
Example: We believed his story, but it turned out that he had made
the whole thing up.
Meaning: reconcile
Example: A week later, he tried to make up with his girlfriend by
buying her flowers.
2. make a living
Meaning: earn money, support oneself
Example: While I was a student, I made a living by babysitting.
3. make headway
Meaning: progress
Example: There is less traffic in the evenings, so we should make
better headway later.
4. make up one''s mind
Meaning: decide
Example: I like both choices, so I can''t make up my mind.
5. make room for
Meaning: clear a space for
Example: By pushing our chairs closer together, we were able
to make room for another person at our table.
6. make sure
Meaning: ascertain
Example: Make sure you have your books with you before you leave.
7. make good
Meaning: succeed
Example: When the movie star was still a little girl, she told her
parents that she would make good someday.
8. make good time
Meaning: get somewhere quickly
Example: The trip only took us an hour because we made good time.
9. make out
Meaning: succeed
Example: I made out pretty well on that test.
Meaning: perceive, read
Example: I can''t make out the signature on this document.
Meaning: engage in kissing and caressing
Example: The teenagers were making out in the bushes during the
party.
10. make do with [something]
Meaning: accept a substitute
Example: I wanted steak, but I had to make do with peanut butter.

An idiom is an expression peculiar to a language and not
readily understandable from its grammatical construction or from
the meaning of its parts. For example, the American English idiom
"put up with," in a sentence such as "I put up with a lot from
him," means tolerate or endure. Idiom study is an important part
of vocabulary development because much of the living language of
any country is idiomatic.
Often, American English idioms are created by adding various
prepositions to a basic verb, changing the verb''s meaning in many
different ways. For example, the verb "to drop" means to let
something fall. But the idiom "drop in" means visit someone
without having received an invitation. And the idiom "drop out"
means to stop doing what one usually does. You will find that many
idioms have more than one meaning. For example, "turn in" means to
give something to someone, as in "I turned in my test paper to the
instructor," and it also means to go to sleep, as in "Because it
was late, I decided to turn in for the night."
Sometimes a difference in syntax or word order of an idiom
will result in different meanings. The meaning of the idiom "turn
on," for example, depends a lot on how it is combined with other
words.
He turned on me. (He betrayed me; he attacked me.)
He turned me on. (He excited me.)
Because idiom usage, like English spelling, is quite
irregular, it can be learned more efficiently by memorization and
frequent practice than by learning rules.
The following lists will help you master a variety of American
English idioms. Each list presents one verb with several idioms
that have been derived by adding a preposition or other words to
the verb.
IDIOMS USING "BREAK"
1. break down
Meaning: stop working
Example: I was late to school because my car broke down.
2. break even
Meaning: neither gain nor lose
Example: I was lucky to break even at the casino last weekend.
3. break in
Meaning: initiate, train
Example: The cowboy worked long and hard to break in the new horse.
4. break off
Meaning: end abruptly
Example: She broke off the conversation by hanging up the
telephone.
5. break out
Meaning: escape
Example: Three prisoners broke out of jail.
Meaning: happen suddenly
Example: A huge fire broke out on the fifth floor.
6. break through
Meaning: penetrate
Example: The explorer broke through the underbrush to find the
temple.
7. break up
Meaning: end a relationship
Example: Mary broke up with Joe more than a year ago.
IDIOMS USING "BRING"
1. bring about
Meaning: cause
Example: She hopes to bring about a change in his attitude.
2. bring in
Meaning: yield, earn
Example: His investments bring in a profit, and his wife brings in
fifty thousand dollars a year.
3. bring on
Meaning: cause
Example: The assassination brought on the first world war.
Meaning: cause to come forth, produce
Example: Bring on the wine!
4. bring [something] on [oneself]
Meaning: cause problems for oneself
Example: By refusing to listen to his teacher, he brought the
failure on himself.
5. bring out
Meaning: emphasize
Example: That blue shirt brings out the color of your eyes.
Meaning: inspire
Example: That teacher is able to bring out the best in her
students.
6. bring to mind
Meaning: remind someone of
Example: The smell of baking bread brings my mother''s kitchen to
mind.
7. bring up
Meaning: raise, rear
Example: After my parents died, I was brought up by my
grandmother.
Meaning: introduce
Example: She brought up the subject of having children.
8. bring down
Meaning: cause to fail
Example: The war brought down the government.
IDIOMS USING "CALL"
1. call it a day
Meaning: stop an activity
Example: The ballet master told the dancers that it was time to call
it a day.
2. call [something] off
Meaning: cancel [something]
Example: The picnic was called off because of the rain.
3. call on
Meaning: visit
Example: We plan to call on the Smith family when we visit Arizona.
Meaning: select
Example: The teacher called on Juan for an answer to her question.
4. call it quits
Meaning: stop an activity, end a relationship
Example: Brenda and Eddie called it quits before their second
anniversary.
5. call up
Meaning: telephone
Example: A salesman called me up this morning.
Meaning: induct, summon
Example: The army called up twenty men from my home town.
6. call the roll
Meaning: take attendance
Example: The professor stopped calling the roll after two weeks of
class.
7. call out
Meaning: speak loudly
Example: Call out your name when I point at you.
Meaning: challenge
Example: He called her out on her racist remark.
IDIOMS USING "COME"
1. come about
Meaning: happen
Example: The event you were waiting for has come about.
2. come across
Meaning: find unexpectedly
Example: Reading a book I came across a photo of my hometown.
Meaning: provide services on demand
Example: She pressured her manager, but he didn''t come across with
her raise.
3. come across as
Meaning: give the impression of
Example: He comes across as a reasonable man, but in fact, he is
crazy.
4. come down with [an illness]
Meaning: get [an illness]
Example: I don''t feel well; I think I''m coming down with the flu.
5. come in handy
Meaning: prove useful
Example: I kept batteries in my flashlight because I know it could
come in
handy in an emergency.
6. come out
Meaning: be published, appear
Example: The new issue of the magazine came out last week.
Meaning: reveal one''s homo***uality
Example: His parents were shocked when he came out.
Meaning: emerge
Example: From our discussion it came out that we all disagreed on
every point.
7. come through
Meaning: survive
Example: She came through her illness at last.
8. come through for
Meaning: support through difficulty
Example: He really came through for me when my daughter was in the
hospital.
9. come up
Meaning: be mentioned
Example: We were talking about students, and your name came up.
Meaning: happen
Example: I didn''t know what to do because the situation had never
come up before.
IDIOMS USING "DO"
1. do away with
Meaning: dispose of, eliminate, abolish
Example: To do away with social injustice was her goal.
Meaning: kill
Example: The villain decided to do away with his mother.
2. do over
Meaning: repeat
Example: The only way to correct the mistakes was to do the
assignment over.
Meaning: redecorate, refurbish
Example: It was very frustrating to wait six months to do my
apartment over.
3. do without
Meaning: give up, forego
Example: When my father lost his job, we had to do without many
luxuries.
4. have nothing to do with
Meaning: shun, avoid
Example: The new neighbors are so unfriendly that they will have
nothing to do with us.
5. do in
Meaning: tire, exhaust
Example: After running five miles without stopping, I was done in.
Meaning: kill
Example: I was so angry that I wanted to do him in, but I didn''t.
IDIOMS USING "GET"
1. get ahead
Meaning: advance, prosper, succeed
Example: He studied hard in order to get ahead.
2. get over
Meaning: overcome, recover
Example: She got over her cold after two weeks.
3. get around
Meaning: travel widely, frequently
Example: They get around a lot.
Meaning: avoid, evade
Example: They got around the high prices at the market by growing
their own vegetables.
4. get hold of (get ahold of)
Meaning: contact
Example: I got hold of him by telephone.
5. get out of
Meaning: remove from
Example: Get him out of here.
6. get up
Meaning: arise from a sitting or lying position
Example: I get up every day at seven.
7. get after
Meaning: criticize
Example: He will get after you if you don''t do your work well.
8. get by
Meaning: pass
Example: She was so pregnant that I couldn''t get by her in the hall.
Meaning: survive
Example: Times are hard, but we will get by somehow.
IDIOMS USING "GIVE"
1. give and take
Meaning: compromise
Example: We hope there will be some give and take at the
conference table.
2. give in
Meaning: yield, accept a position or viewpoint one had opposed
Example: We expected the other side to give in.
3. give out
Meaning: cease functioning because of age or deterioration
Example: We were afraid that our tires would give out during the
trip.
4. give way
Meaning: collapse
Example: The town was flooded when the dam gave way.
Meaning: yield
Example: The boss refused to give way to the workers.
5. give up
Meaning: surrender
Example: The soldiers gave up when they knew they were beaten.
Meaning: stop
Example: The dancers would not give up practicing even though they
were exhausted.
6. given to
Meaning: in the habit of
Example: Because he was given to fast driving, his license was
soon suspended.
IDIOMS USING "KEEP"
1. keep house
Meaning: manage a home
Example: He found it hard to keep house when his wife left him.
2. keep out of
Meaning: stay away from
Example: Last year he was warned several times to keep out of
trouble.
3. keep [one''s] word
Meaning: fulfill a promise
Example: John has lied to me so often that I will never trust him to
keep his word.
4. keep track of
Meaning: stay in touch with, find the whereabouts of
Example: Unfortunately, I can never keep track of my glasses.
5. keep up
Meaning: maintain, preserve
Example: We can no longer afford to keep up the stables and the
formal garden.
6. keep up with
Meaning: stay abreast of
Example: The third runner kept up with the second one.
7. keep still
Meaning: be quiet
Example: He told his little girl to keep still during the
performance.
IDIOMS USING "LET"
1. let alone
Meaning: stop disturbing
Example: Tell Charles to let that boy alone.
2. let down
Meaning: disappoint, fail
Example: Mrs. Smith is so reliable that I know she will never let me
down.
3. let go
Meaning: release
Example: The police told the terrorist to let the hostages go.
4. let off
Meaning: permit to leave
Example: Ask the bus driver to let you off at Fifth Avenue.
Meaning: to excuse
Example: They caught me with the stolen items, but the judge let me
off.
5. let pass
Meaning: overlook, disregard
Example: I will let your remarks pass.
6. let up
Meaning: pause, decrease in intensity
Example: The storm did not let up until the following day.
7. let out
Meaning: lengthen, expand
Example: He had gotten taller and fatter, so I had to let out his
pants.
IDIOMS USING "LOOK"
1. look after
Meaning: take care of
Example: Someone has to look after the children while we are away.
2. look forward to
Meaning: anticipate with pleasure
Example: I am really looking forward to meeting you!
3. look into
Meaning: investigate
Example: Do you want to ask the police to look into the
disappearance of your jewelry?
4. look like
Meaning: resemble
Example: My dog looks like Lassie.
Meaning: seem possible or probable
Example: It looks like we won''t be going on vacation this year.
5. look out for
Meaning: be careful of
Example: When you go on the hike, look out for bears.
Meaning: be responsible for, tend
Example: Her big brother looked out for her when she started
school.
6. look up to
Meaning: admire
Example: Her students really look up to her.
7. look over
Meaning: examine, inspect
Example: Look over the papers before you sign them.
IDIOMS USING "MAKE"
1. make up
Meaning: invent
Example: We believed his story, but it turned out that he had made
the whole thing up.
Meaning: reconcile
Example: A week later, he tried to make up with his girlfriend by
buying her flowers.
2. make a living
Meaning: earn money, support oneself
Example: While I was a student, I made a living by babysitting.
3. make headway
Meaning: progress
Example: There is less traffic in the evenings, so we should make
better headway later.
4. make up one''s mind
Meaning: decide
Example: I like both choices, so I can''t make up my mind.
5. make room for
Meaning: clear a space for
Example: By pushing our chairs closer together, we were able
to make room for another person at our table.
6. make sure
Meaning: ascertain
Example: Make sure you have your books with you before you leave.
7. make good
Meaning: succeed
Example: When the movie star was still a little girl, she told her
parents that she would make good someday.
8. make good time
Meaning: get somewhere quickly
Example: The trip only took us an hour because we made good time.
9. make out
Meaning: succeed
Example: I made out pretty well on that test.
Meaning: perceive, read
Example: I can''t make out the signature on this document.
Meaning: engage in kissing and caressing
Example: The teenagers were making out in the bushes during the
party.
10. make do with [something]
Meaning: accept a substitute
Example: I wanted steak, but I had to make do with peanut butter.