phone through
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to give someone a particular piece of information using the phone
Just get the car’s registration number, and phone it through to the police.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
phone up
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
same as phone
He phoned up the editor and told her what he thought of her.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pick apart
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
criticise, find fault
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pick at
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
To criticize someone or something repeatedly, often about small or unimportant things.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
pick off
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to shoot people, animals, or aircraft one by one by aiming at them carefully from a distance
He had made a mistake in trying to pick off two targets at the same time. Long memories, yes, but they don't usually pick off unrelated targets. Seems out of character and a bit early in the day to pick off ministers who've only just taken office. `And if he hits the engine, there won't be anything left of us to pick off !
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pick on
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to keep treating someone badly or unfairly, especially by criticizing them used for telling someone to stop criticizing or attacking someone who is smaller or weaker than them
He said: 'I was picked on for many years and I learned to tone down my personality. I was only seven when some girls in my year started picking on me. Other kids picked on me until a couple of years ago. The'very shy' girl was taken out of school after years of being picked on. Why do you always pick on me?
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pick out
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to choose or recognize something from a group of things or people
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
pick over
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to examine a collection of things carefully so that you can decide which ones you want to talk about something in detail
Birds were picking over the rubbish washed up on the beach. She says'A courtroom is a barbaric venue in which to pick over the carcass of a failed marriage.' They spent ages picking over the flaws in his character.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pick through
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to search through a collection of things in order to find something
They are picking through the ruins, searching for survivors.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pick up
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to buy something casually or without much planning, usually while doing something else.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
pick up after
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to make a place clean and tidy, especially after someone else has used it
I’m fed up at having to pick up after you and your friends.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pick up on
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to correct someone who has made a mistake, or to criticize them for doing something wrong to notice something that is not very obvious to react to something that has happened or that you have noticed to talk in more detail about something that someone has mentioned
I’d just like to pick up on a couple of points that you made. She had expected Dan to pick up on her insult. She’s always picking me up on my grammar. This is something you would expect a skilled negotiator to pick up on.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pick yourself up
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
if something picks up speed, it starts to move faster if something such as the wind picks up, it becomes stronger to arrest someone and take them away in a car to buy something to earn money to get an illness to go and meet someone or something that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle to improve to learn a new skill or start a habit without intending to to lift someone or something up from a surface to lift something up and take it away to lift things up and put them in the place where they are kept in order to make a place tidy to make a place clean and tidy to notice a smell or sound, or to notice that someone or something is present to pay for something to receive an electronic signal on a radio or similar piece of equipment to recover from a fall or problem to return to a situation that existed before something went wrong to start something again, from the point where you stopped to start talking to someone because you want to have sex with them to take someone who is waiting by the road into your vehicle and take them somewhere to try to return to a normal life after a difficult experience to win something such as a prize
After the death of a partner, it can be difficult to pick up the threads of your life. He picked the phone up and dialled. He seems to think that we can get back together and just pick up where we left off. He walked out on his family, leaving his wife to pick up the pieces. He was picked up in the early hours of Thursday morning. Her father picks up the tab for her expensive lifestyle. I am constantly picking up the things the children leave lying around. I don’t think this thing can pick up foreign stations. I’ll pick up my luggage in the morning. I’ve already asked them to pick their toys up. Most tourists are worried that they’ll pick up a nasty stomach bug. Nobody knows if Jim will ever pick himself up after his wife left him. Pick up a leaflet from your doctor’s. She picked up a few German phrases while staying in Berlin. She rushed to pick up the baby as soon as it started to cry. She went home with some man she picked up in a bar. The dogs must have picked up his scent. The film is tipped to pick up at least three Oscars. They won’t let him out of hospital until his health has picked up quite a lot. We picked up a hitchhiker on the way. We’ll pick up this conversation when I come back. Will you pick me up after the party? a market where you can pick up some amazing bargains the huge salaries that footballers pick up these days
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
piddle around
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to spend time doing things that are not important
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
piddle away
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to waste time, energy, or money
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
piece together
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pig off
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to make someone feel very annoyed or upset
He admits the experience left him ‘thoroughly pigged off’.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pig out
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to eat much more food than you need, especially in a greedy way
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
pile in
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to enter a place in large numbers, especially in a way that is not organized
They opened the doors and all fifteen of us piled in.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
pile into
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to get into a place or something such as a car, especially in large numbers or in a way that is not organized
Four huge men piled into the back of the car.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs