Chinh phục cụm động từ Tiếng Anh - Phần 1 những cụm động từ Tiếng Anh thông dụng - Trang Anh

PHẦN 1: NHỮNG CỤM ĐỘNG TỪ TIẾNG ANH THÔNG DỤNG

STT Cụm động từ tiếng Anh Nghĩa Ví dụ

ACCOUNT

1 Account for:

- form the total of st

- to explain

- chiếm bao nhiêu

%/tổng

- giải thích

- The Japanese market accounts

for 35% of the company’s

revenue.

- The poor weather may have

accounted for the small crowd.

Exercise 1:

1. Recent pressure at work may ______ his strange behavior.

A. look for B. account for C. ask for D. come in for

2. High-tech companies ______ 32% of the total value of the payrolls in the area.

A. go in for B. ask for C. look for D. account for

ACT

Act as st:

- do a particular job

- have a particular effect

- làm một công việc

cụ thể

- có tác dụng/vai trò

nhất định

- He was asked to act as an

adviser on the project.

- The launch of the new

investment trust will act as a

support for this market.

Act for sb/st = on behalf of

sb/st

- đại diện cho ai/ cái

gì

- The Council of Mortgage

Lenders claims to act for 98% of

lenders.

2

Act on/upon st = do st

following (advice/

instructions, ect.)

- làm việc gì theo chỉ

dẫn/lời khuyên của ai

đó

- The Board of Directors will act

on the findings in the report.

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Act up:

- behave badly/ wrongly

- not perform as well as it

should

- cư xử tệ, phá đám

- không hoạt động tốt

- Sophie got bored and started

acting up.

- My car always acts up in cold

weather.

Act out = behave badly

because of unhappiness

Act st out

- role-play

- express one’s negative

feelings

- quấy, nhiễu

- đóng kịch

- bộc lộ cảm xúc

(thường là tiêu cực)

- These kids act out because their

lives are a mess.

- Jennifer did a superb job acting

out the role of Auntie Marne in

the play.

- I got tired of Mark constantly

acting his anger out on me, so I

ended our relationship.

Exercise 2:

3. My son is always so happy at home, so I can’t understand why he’s suddenly ______ at

school.

A. acting out B. acted on C. acting as D. acted for

4. Abraham was able to act ______ interpreter and interlocutor for our group.

A. out B. up C. for D. as

5. “Don’t act your aggressions ______ on me! , she cried.

A. upon B. out C. for D. up

6. Some people say that capital punishment ______ a deterrent.

A. acts for B. has acted on C. acts as D. is acting out

7. She was authorized by the Commission to act ______ its behalf.

A. out B. on C. for D. as

8. There are few exceptions to the rule that a solicitor may not act ______ both seller and buyer.

A. out B. on C. for D. as

9. There have been concerns as to why the Board didn’t act ______ a recommended pay raise.

A. out B. on C. for D. as

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10. Children’s negative feelings often get ______ in bad behavior.

A. acted out B. act upon C. acting up D. acted as

11. The children were acting ______ the story of the birth of Jesus.

A. out B. on C. for D. as

AGREE

Agree on/upon st:

- discuss and come to the same

decision about st

- have the same opinion

- đồng ý sau khi thảo

luận

- có cùng ý kiến với

người khác

- We couldn’t agree on

what to buy.

- My father and I don’t

agree on very much.

Agree to st = accept st - chấp nhận điều gì

đó

- I should never have

agreed to her

appointment.

Agree with st = think that something

is morally acceptable

Agree with sb = be good for health

- tán thành cái gì

(xét về góc độ đạo

đức)

- có lợi cho sức khỏe

của

- I don’t agree with

hunting.

- You look well - the

mountain air must agree

with you.

Agree with sb about/ on st - đồng tình với ai về

vấn đề gì

- He agreed with them

about the need for change.

3

Agree to do st - đồng ý làm gì - He agreed to help us.

Exercise 3:

12. They are unlikely to agree ______ these plans unless the cost is reduced.

A. to B. on C. with D. about

13. After discussion, we all agree ______ that point.

A. to B. on C. with D. about

14. In settling the dispute, he agreed ______ $60,000 in damages.

A. to pay B. to paying C. paying D. pay

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