fire back at
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to answer a question or remark quickly and in an angry way
The government has fired back at those who oppose their action.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fire off
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to quickly send a message or give instructions to shoot with a gun or other weapon
I sat down and fired off a letter to my MP. The British ship fired off a few warning shots.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fire up
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
To make someone feel excited, enthusiastic, or motivated.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
firm up
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
To make something stronger, more solid, or more certain.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
fish for
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to catch fish in a particular area of water to try to catch fish, for example using a net or a fishing rod to try to find something by feeling inside a bag, a box etc to try to make someone tell you something, without asking them directly to win an advantage from someone's difficult situation
Les goes fishing almost every weekend. Many boats fish these waters. Matthew started fishing around in a pile of papers. She stopped and fished for her door key. Stephen was fishing, but I didn’t tell him anything. The boys were fishing for trout. The powers are distributed differently between government bodies in different places and as a result there are ample opportunities for fishing in troubled waters. The ship was not permitted to fish in Canadian waters. When I said I was overweight, I wasn’t fishing for compliments. ‘Having trouble?’ he asked casually, fishing for information.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fish out
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to pull someone or something out of the water to pull something out of a bag or other container
A tourist jumped into the canal to fish the boy out. Exercising her willpower to the utmost, she didn't fish out the note until she returned to her bedchamber in the small hours of the morning. I didn't know she was going to fish out that bloody file, did I? She lifted the dead fish out on a spade and hurled it back onto the beach with a shudder. She reached into her bag and fished out a pen.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fit in
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to be suitable for or to match well with something
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
fit in with
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to be correct, suitable, or sensible in relation to something else
His explanation didn’t fit in with what I saw.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fit into
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
if clothes fit, they are the right size for you if someone or something fits somewhere, they are small enough or the right size and shape to go there if you can fit a person or thing somewhere, there is enough space for you to put them there to add a piece of equipment to something else to be suitable or right for something to be suitable or similar enough to belong to a group to be the truth, or to be the same as what someone describes or asks for to measure a person and then provide the correct size of clothing or piece of equipment to provide someone with the qualifications or qualities that they need for a job or a particular purpose to put something in a particular place or group because it belongs there
A dark wooden table wouldn’t fit with the decoration in here. But it just fit into place perfectly. Can we all fit around the table? Everything in his background fitted him for a diplomatic career. Everything seemed to fit into place. Finally, in the last pages, the immensely detailed background fits into place. He fits the description of a man seen running away from the scene. His writing did not fit into any traditional literary category. How do disabled people 's bodies fit into current notions of normality? I cannot make my son 's suicide fit into this passage. I couldn’t fit my head through the gap. I don’t think that box will fit. I like the suit, but the jacket doesn’t fit me. I redesigned the chart so that it fitted onto one page. It all seemed to fit into place for us. It is important that children’s shoes fit correctly. I’m taking the children to be fitted for new shoes. Mr Clayton was fitted with a hearing aid. None of the candidates fits our criteria. One problem is the planning system: retirement villages do not fit into a particular class of planning use. She can fit two more people into her car. She’s had a brace fitted (=to make her teeth straight). Some cars are fitted with hand controls for people with physical disabilities. Something in her story did not fit. The book is small enough to fit in your pocket. The cover fits neatly over the pipe. The dress fitted her like a glove. Their policies do not fit with the ideal of democratic government. Then that falsetto fitted into place. We need a name that fits our image. We were advised to fit a burglar alarm. What is odd is the disjointed way in which the review fits into the Government 's adult care reform plans. When you buy a new suit, you should be professionally fitted. You can fit a bike rack to the rear of your car. You can’t fit all types of human behaviour into a clear pattern.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fit out
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
To supply a person or thing with the equipment, clothing, or furniture they need for a specific purpose.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
fit out with
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
provide someone with necessary equipment
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fit together
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
if ideas or facts fit together, they can be joined to make a sensible story or explanation if things fit together, they are the right size or shape so that you can join them if you fit things together, you join them in the right way to make something
I’ve got all the pieces; now I just have to fit them together. The ends of the tube fit together. We have all the evidence but we don’t know yet how it fits together.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fit up
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to make it seem that someone is guilty of a crime when they are not to put equipment into a room or building so that it can be used for a particular purpose
An American Vietnam war veteran, if I remember correctly, who the police were trying to fit up with the murder of a little girl. He fitted up a laboratory in his house.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fix on
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
if you fix your eyes or your attention on someone or something, you look straight at them and at nothing else to choose someone or something after considering the situation to think about something so much, or to be so determined to do something, that you do not think about anything else
"F-18s got a fix on the SAM site when they lit up the F-16s. I kept my eyes fixed on the horizon. She fixed her gaze on Jeff. We’ve finally fixed on the Lake District for our summer holiday.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fix up
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
if you are fixed up to do something, you have arranged to do it to arrange for someone to have something that they need to arrange for something to happen to arrange for two people to meet so that they might begin a romantic relationship to clean, repair, or decorate something
After breakfast I need your help to fix up a few things in the museum. But if you can fix up to see Prudhoe this afternoon, I should be able to give you chapter and verse then. He’s fixed up to take someone out. I can fix you up with a place to live. I went to the bank to fix up a loan. If you need more equipment, Mark will fix you up. I’m going to fix up the house before my mother-in-law arrives. Jimmy wants to fix Joe up with his sister. Perhaps we can fix up a meeting for next week. Speaking of which, could you fix up the tavern keeper for me? The first significant request Lettie made of Luther was to let her fix up their room. They take old furniture and fix it up.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fix with
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
if you fix someone with your eyes, you look directly in their eyes so that they feel they cannot turn away
Mary fixed him with a cool gaze.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
fizzle out
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to slowly end, lose energy, or stop being interesting or effective.
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
flag down
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to wave your hand or use a signal to get the attention of a driver or vehicle and make them stop
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary
flag up
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to mention something so that people know about it
Hitler stood a flag up which had fallen over and began to talk about an SS panzer division, which was three weeks from the action. I am going to run a flag up the flagpole and see who salutes. Some of them had Post-it notes on the cover to flag up pages of interest. They’ve already flagged up several problems.
Source: WithEnglishWeCan/generated-english-phrasal-verbs
flake off
N/AChưa có nghĩa tiếng Việt.
to come off or break away from a surface in small, thin pieces
Source: tema4p/english-vocabulary