Cụm động từ · Phần 8: up (2) (Phrasal verbs with up (2))

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Phần hai của up gồm: ý tưởng và câu chuyện (bring up, come up, come up with, make up); cảm xúc, tiền bạc, thời tiết (cheer up, save up, clear up); nổ, xé, đánh (blow up, tear up, beat up); và nhóm đa dạng (break up, split up, do up, look up, put up with, hold up, mix up).

Cụm động từ với up (2)

bring up, come up, come up with, make up

bring up a topic = đưa ra trong cuộc nói chuyện: I don’t want to hear any more about this. Please don’t bring it up again. come up = được nhắc đến trong cuộc nói chuyện: Some interesting things came up in our discussion yesterday. come up with an idea / a suggestion = nghĩ ra: Sarah is very creative. She’s always coming up with new ideas. make something up = bịa ra điều không có thật: What Kevin told you about himself wasn’t true. He made it all up.

• Please don’t bring it up again. — Làm ơn đừng nhắc lại chuyện đó nữa.
• She’s always coming up with new ideas. — Cô ấy lúc nào cũng nghĩ ra ý mới.
• He made it all up. — Anh ta bịa hết.

cheer up, save up, clear up

cheer up = vui lên; cheer somebody up = làm ai vui lên: You look so sad! Cheer up! Helen is depressed. What can we do to cheer her up? save up for something / to do something = để dành tiền mua: Dan is saving up for a trip to New Zealand. clear up (thời tiết) = trở nên quang đãng: It was raining when I got up, but it cleared up later.

• You look so sad! Cheer up! — Trông bạn buồn thế! Vui lên nào!
• Dan is saving up for a trip to New Zealand. — Dan đang để dành tiền cho chuyến đi New Zealand.
• It was raining, but it cleared up later. — Trời mưa nhưng sau đó quang đãng.

blow up, tear up, beat up

blow up = nổ; blow something up = phá huỷ bằng bom…: The engine caught fire and blew up. The bridge was blown up during the war. tear something up = xé nát: I didn’t read the letter. I just tore it up and threw it away. beat somebody up = đánh liên tục khiến họ bị thương nặng: A friend of mine was attacked and beaten up. He had to go to hospital.

• The engine caught fire and blew up. — Động cơ bốc cháy rồi nổ tung.
• I just tore it up and threw it away. — Tôi chỉ xé nát nó rồi vứt đi.
• A friend of mine was attacked and beaten up. — Bạn tôi bị tấn công và bị đánh trọng thương.

break up, do up, look up, put up with, hold up, mix up

break up / split up (with somebody) = chia tay: I’m surprised to hear that Kate and Paul have split up. do up a coat, shoelaces, buttons = cài, buộc: It’s quite cold. Do up your coat before you go out. do up a building, a room = sửa sang cho đẹp hơn: The kitchen looks great now that it has been done up. look something up = tra trong từ điển: If you don’t know the meaning of a word, you can look it up (in a dictionary). put up with something = chịu đựng: We live on a busy road, so we have to put up with a lot of noise from the traffic. hold up a person, a plan = làm chậm trễ: Don’t wait for me. I don’t want to hold you up. Plans to build a new factory have been held up because of financial problems. mix up people / things, get people / things mixed up = nhầm cái này với cái kia: The two brothers look very similar. People often mix them up. (hoặc People often get them mixed up.)

• Kate and Paul have split up. — Kate và Paul đã chia tay.
• Do up your coat before you go out. — Cài áo khoác lại trước khi ra ngoài.
• We have to put up with a lot of noise. — Chúng tôi phải chịu đựng rất nhiều tiếng ồn.
• Plans to build a new factory have been held up. — Kế hoạch xây nhà máy mới bị đình trệ.
• People often mix them up. — Người ta hay nhầm hai người họ.

Lưu ý

• Mẹo: do up có hai nghĩa — cài, buộc (do up your coat) và sửa sang (do up a house). come up with = nghĩ ra, còn put up with = chịu đựng: cả hai đều là cụm ba từ, không tách.