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Phrasal Verb | Meaning(ความหมาย) |
Example |
save up | accumulate (money)(เก็บสะสม) | I hope I will be able to save up enough money to go to school. |
see about | arrange or consider something(จัดการกับ) | My dad said he was going to see about buying me a car. |
see someone off | say good-bye to someone at the beginning of their trip (at the airport, train station)(บอกลาก่อนไปเที่ยว) |
Did you see your sister off at the train station? |
see to | make sure something happens, arrange(จัดการกับ) | I'll see to it that Mr. Ramirez gets your message. |
see something through | finish something despite difficulties(ทำสำเร็จแม้จะยากยิ่ง) | Are you going to be able to see your studies through now that you have a baby? |
sell someone out | tell on someone(บอกใครสักคนไป) | My partner in crime sold me out for a reduced jail sentence. |
set someone up | arrange a relationship(สร้างความสัมพันธ์) | My mom set me up with her friend's son. |
set someone up | falsely incriminate a person(ใส่ร้าย) | I don't think he killed those men. Somebody set him up. |
set up | arrange (an appointment, a meeting,etc.)(จัดการ*ใช้กับ การนัดหมาย,ประชุม) | I set up an appointment with my doctor at 3:30 this afternoon. |
settle on | make a decision after a period of time(ตัดสินใจหลังคิดมาก่อน) | I settled on the job at the oil company. |
settle up | pay one's debts(จ่ายหนี้) | We need to settle up before you move. |
shop around | compare prices(เปรียบเทียบราคา) | I want to shop around a little before I decide on these boots. |
show off | show to everybody with a lot of pride(แสดงตัว) | He always shows off his new things. |
show off | boast, draw attention to oneself(ทำตัวเด่น) | Young boys show off in order to impress girls. |
show up | make someone seem inferior(ทำตัวเด่นให้คนอื่นกลัว) | He's always trying to show up his co-workers in order to get ahead. |
show up | arrive without previous notice(มาโดยไม่ได้นัด) | I hadn't seen my cousin for years, and all of a sudden, he showed up at my workplace yesterday! |
shut off | stop from functioning(หยุดให้บริการ) | If you don't pay your electric bill, your power is going to get shut off. |
shut someone up | make quiet(หุบปาก) | Would someone shut him up! He's talking so loudly that we're going to get in trouble. |
sleep over | stay somewhere for the night (informal)(อยู่ที่อื่นทั้งคืน) | You should sleep over tonight if the weather is too bad to drive home. |
slow something down | make move more slowly(ทำให้ช้าลง) | Because Mary's level in English is lower than the rest of the students, she slows the class down. |
slow something up | make move more slowly(ทำให้ช้าลง) | Because Mary's level in English is lower than the rest of the students, she slows the class up. |
spell something out | to explain something in a detailed way so that the meaning is clearly understood(อธิบายอย่างละเอียด) |
He's so stupid that you have to spell everything out for him. |
stand by | wait (รอ) | I need you to stand by and answer the phone when my broker calls. |
stand for | represent(แสดง) | SCUBA stands for "self contained underwater breathing apparatus." |
stand for | tolerate(อดทน) | I won't stand for people criticizing me. |
stand out | be very noticeable(เป็นที่สังเกต) | Soledad is so beautiful! She really stands out in a crowd. |
stand someone up | not arrive to a date or an appointment (inf.)(ไม่มาตามนัด) |
I arranged to meet Joe at the library at 8:00, but he stood me up. I hope he has a good excuse. |
stand up for |
defend (something one believes in)(ปกป้องในสื่งที่เชื่อ) | Every individual must stand up for what they believe in. |
stand up to | defend oneself against someone or something(ปกป้องจาก) | I think you should stand up to your older brother and tell him to stop pushing you around. |
stay over | spend the night at a person's house(ค้างคืน) | It takes you so long to take the bus home, so why don't you just stay over? |
stick it to | severely criticize a person (inf.)(วิพากษ์วิจารณ์อย่างโหดร้่าย) | My boss really stuck it to me when I arrived late to work for the third time this week. |
stick to | persevere, keep trying(พยายามจะ) | Even though English is a hard language to master, you must stick to it! |
stick up for | defend oneself or opinions(ปกป้อง) | Joseph joined the army because he believes he must stick up for his country. |
switch something off | stop the energy flow, turn off(ปิดไฟ) | The light's too bright. Could you switch it off. |
switch something on | start the energy flow, turn on(เปิดไฟ) | We heard the news as soon as we switched on the car radio. |
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