A: 33 account for Fo If you account for something, you explain how it came to be the way it is. Account for sth: chiếm ( cái j đó chiếm bao nhiêu trong tổng số) act as to perform the same function as a particular person or thing act for If you act for someone, you represent them. act on If you act on somebody's advice, you do as they suggest. act out If you act out, you express your feelings through acts or words. act up Informal If a part of your body or a piece of equipment acts up, it doesn't work properly. add to If something adds to something, it makes it better, greater, stronger or more extreme in some way. add up to add two or more numbers in order to find the total amount add up to If two or more numbers add up to another number, this is the total you get if you add them together. adhere to Formal If you adhere to a law, a rule or a contract, you obey it or follow it. advise against Formal to suggest to someone that they should not do something they are thinking of doing advise of Formal If you advise someone of something, you tell them about it. agree with If a certain place or lifestyle agrees with you, it suits you and is good for you. aim at If you aim a product or a creative work at a particular group of people, you see those people as your market or your audience. allow for to consider something, or take it into account, when making plans or making a decision allude to Formal to mention or refer to something or someone in an indirect way amount to to be similar to, or to have the same effect as answer back to reply rudely to someone who is in a position of authority, such as a teacher, a parent or a coach answer for to be held responsible for something appeal for to ask for something, usually in order to help deal with a crisis or an emergency appeal to If something appeals to you, you like it. apply to If something applies to you, it is relevant to you or you are affected by it. arrive at to reach a result, a conclusion or a decision after considering relevant factors or details ask after If you ask after someone, you ask about them when you talk to someone who's seen them recently. ask sb for sth to let someone know that you'd like them to give you something ask out If you ask somebody out, you ask someone you like to go on a date with you. ask over If you ask some people over, you invite them to your house. associate with If you associate with someone, you regularly spend time with them. attach to to believe that something has importance or significance in relation to something else attend to to deal with something or someone attribute to to believe that something results directly from a certain event or fact auction off to sell something to the highest bidder at an auction average out at to come to a certain amount on average B : 64 back down to decide not to do something because of opposition, or because of pressure from authorities back out If you back out of something like an agreement or a deal, you decide not to follow through on it. back up (1) to make an extra copy of digital information on disc, flash drive, external hard drive, etc. in case the original data is lost back up (2) If you back up what you say, you use evidence or examples to show that it's true. bail out (1) to help out someone or something that's in serious trouble, especially financial trouble bail out (2) to give money to a court so that an accused person doesn't have to stay in jail until their trial begins bank on If you bank on something happening or someone doing something, you depend on it or count on it. base on (1) to use specific information, ideas or past experiences as a basis for making a decision base on (2) to use something as source material bear on to have relevance to, or influence on, something bear out to show that someone is correct or that something is true beat up to hurt someone by punching, kicking or hitting them with a hard object become of If you ask what has become of someone you haven't seen or heard from for a long time, you want to know what's happened to them. beef up to make something stronger or more powerful begin with If an activity or an event begins with something, that's the first thing that happens. believe in If you believe in something, you're sure that it's true or it really exists. belong to If something belongs to a person, it is owned by that person. bend down to move the upper part of your body forwards and downwards bet on to be sure that something will happen bite off to separate something from whatever it's attached to by biting it black out to lose consciousness blow away to surprise or amaze someone blow out If a flame blows out, it goes out because someone blows on it or because of the wind. blow up (1) If you blow up something, you use explosives to damage or destroy it. blow up (2) to fill with air or gas in order to inflate something blow up (3) to make a photograph larger border on If something like an action or an attitude borders on something more extreme, it is close to being that extreme. bow out to resign from a job, or to end a career, usually after a long time break down (1) If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working because of a mechanical problem. break down (2) If someone breaks down, they start crying. break into If someone breaks into a building or a vehicle, they force their way in, usually to steal something. break out to escape from somewhere like a jail or a detention centre break up If you break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend, you end your relationship with him or her. breathe in to fill your lungs with air by drawing it in through your nose or mouth breathe out to push air out from your lungs through your nose or mouth brighten up (1) to make a place or a thing look more cheerful and more lively brighten up (2) to become happier and feel more cheerful bring about If you bring about something, you cause it to happen or you make it happen. bring back (1) to bring something with you when you return from somewhere bring back (2) to make something from the past come back, such as a memory, a feeling, an idea, etc. bring down to cause a government or a leader to lose power bring forward to change the date or time of an event so that it happens earlier than originally planned bring off to succeed in doing something that's difficult bring on to cause something like an illness or a painful emotion bring out (1) to release a new product bring out (2) to make a quality in someone or something show itself bring up (1) If you bring somebody up, you raise them from childhood to young adulthood. bring up (2) to raise a new topic for discussion, or to mention a particular subject or issue in a conversation brush up to revise your knowledge of something that you learned in the past buckle up to fasten a seatbelt in a car or on a plane bugger off Informal If you tell someone to bugger off, you're telling them to go away in a very impolite and aggressive way. build on (1) to add to what you've already succeeded in doing build on (2) to add a new section to a house or a building build up (1) to work at something and make it get stronger or bigger build up (2) to gradually increase bump into to meet somebody by chance burn down If something like a building or a forest burns down, it's completely destroyed in a fire. burn out (1) If a fire burns out, it slowly dies down until it stops burning altogether. burn out (2) to work too hard and suffer from physical and mental exhaustion butt in to start talking when somebody else is already talking butt out Informal If you want to tell someone quite forcefully to mind their own business, you can tell them to butt out. butter up to say nice things to someone before asking them to do something for you or to give you something buy out to buy somebody's share of a company or a partnership in order to take control of it buy up to buy all or a lot of something that is in limited supply C : 89 call back If you call someone back, you return their telephone call. call for If a person or an organisation calls for something, they state in public that it's needed, or should be done. call off to cancel an event that was planned or scheduled call on to visit someone for a short time call out If you call out, you use a loud voice to tell something to someone who's far away, or tell something to a large group. calm down If a person who is excited or agitated calms down, they become calmer and less excited or agitated. care for (1) If you care for someone, you like them a lot and have a strong affection for them. care for (2) If you care for someone or something, you look after them and make sure they have what they need. care for (3) Formal If you ask someone if they would care for something, you want to know if they'd like to have something. carry on to continue doing something carry out If you carry out a task or a piece of work, you do whatever is needed to complete it. catch on (1) If something catches on, it becomes popular. catch on (2) If you catch on, you suddenly understand something that you couldn't understand at first. catch up (1) If you catch up with someone who is ahead of you, you go faster than them until you reach them. catch up (2) If two people meet again after a while and catch up, they tell each other what they've been doing. cater to to provide people with what they need change into to change from one state or form into another change over to stop using one thing or one system and start using another one instead charge with If someone is charged with a crime, they are officially accused of committing it.