Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs (Intermediate to Advanced) (B2) - Lesson 1: Literal vs. Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs

Vocab: Phrasal Verbs B2

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Double Meanings

អត្ថន័យទ្វេដងនៃ Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs often have two faces: a Literal (physical) meaning, and an Idiomatic (hidden) meaning!

កិរិយាសព្ទផ្សំ (Phrasal verbs) ច្រើនតែមានអត្ថន័យពីរយ៉ាង៖ ន័យត្រង់ (តាមសកម្មភាពផ្ទាល់) និងន័យធៀប (អត្ថន័យបង្កប់)!

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Literal Meanings directions_run

ន័យត្រង់ (តាមសកម្មភាពជាក់ស្តែង)

Pick up To lift something from the floor. រើសឡើង / លើកឡើង

Take off To remove clothing. ដោះចេញ (សម្លៀកបំពាក់)

Put down To place something on a surface. ដាក់ចុះ

Turn around To rotate physically to face backward. ងាកក្រោយ / បង្វិលខ្លួន

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Idiomatic Meanings psychology

ន័យធៀប (អត្ថន័យប្រៀបធៀប)

Pick up To learn a skill quickly without much effort. រៀនចេះយ៉ាងលឿនដោយមិនបាច់ប្រឹង

Take off To suddenly become very successful. ទទួលបានជោគជ័យយ៉ាងឆាប់រហ័ស

Put down To insult or criticize someone. មើលងាយ / បន្ទាបបន្ថោក

Turn around To change a bad situation into a good one. កែប្រែស្ថានការណ៍ពីអាក្រក់ទៅល្អ

balance

Side-by-Side balance

ការប្រៀបធៀបន័យទាំងពីរក្នុងពេលតែមួយ

Blow up (Literal) To explode (like a bomb). ផ្ទុះ

Blow up (Idiom) To suddenly get very angry. ខឹងខ្លាំង (ផ្ទុះកំហឹង)

Look up (Literal) To look towards the sky. ងើបមើលលើ

Look up (Idiom) To search for info (in a book/online). ស្វែងរកព័ត៌មាន

warning The Word-for-Word Trap!

Do not translate Idioms word-for-word!

(កុំបកប្រែពាក្យន័យធៀបតាមពាក្យមួយៗ! អ្នកនឹងមិនយល់ន័យវាទេ!)

Put up with ≠ ដាក់ឡើងជាមួយ
"Put" + "up" + "with" completely changes meaning!

Put up with = To Tolerate
(អត់ធ្មត់ / ទ្រាំទ្រនឹងរឿងអ្វីមួយ)

bolt

Quick Check bolt

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យរហ័ស

Concept Check

An idiomatic phrasal verb means its meaning is...

(Phrasal verb ដែលមានន័យធៀប មានន័យថា...)

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Fill in the blank

The plane is going to ___ off in 5 minutes.

(យន្តហោះនឹងហោះហើរឡើងក្នុងរយៈពេល ៥ នាទីទៀត។)

close TRAP QUESTION!

I can't ___ his bad behavior anymore!

(ខ្ញុំមិនអាចទ្រាំទ្រនឹងអាកប្បកិរិយាអាក្រក់របស់គាត់បានទៀតទេ!)

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Meaning Check

When she moved to Spain, she ___ up the language very quickly.

(នៅពេលនាងរើទៅប្រទេសអេស្ប៉ាញ នាងរៀនចេះភាសានេះយ៉ាងលឿន។)

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Meaning Match

"My boss blew up at me today." This means the boss...

(ប្រធានរបស់ខ្ញុំបានផ្ទុះកំហឹងដាក់ខ្ញុំថ្ងៃនេះ។ នេះមានន័យថាគាត់...)

menu_book

Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Dictionary Dig menu_book (បើកវចនានុក្រម ហើយរកមើលអត្ថន័យន័យត្រង់និងន័យធៀបរបស់ពាក្យ "Make up"។)

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Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Write it down edit (សរសេរប្រយោគ ២ ដោយប្រើពាក្យ "Take off" ក្នុងន័យត្រង់មួយ និងន័យធៀបមួយ។)

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Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Teach a friend front_hand (ពន្យល់មិត្តភក្តិរបស់អ្នកពីន័យធៀបរបស់ពាក្យ "Pick up"!)

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Mission track_changes

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Voice Note mic (ថតសំឡេងខ្លួនឯងនិយាយអំពីអ្វីមួយដែលអ្នកកំពុង "Put up with" (អត់ធ្មត់ទ្រាំទ្រ) នៅពេលនេះ រយៈពេល ៣០ វិនាទី។)

Video Lesson movie

មេរៀនជាវីដេអូ

Ask a Question front_hand

តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

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Recent Questions

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Chan 2 hours ago

How do I know if a phrasal verb is literal or idiomatic?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Context is everything! If I say "Look up at the sky", I am talking about a physical direction. If I say "Look up the word in a dictionary", I am talking about an action that isn't related to the direction "up". You have to look at the whole sentence! search

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Veasna 5 hours ago

Can one phrasal verb have three or four meanings?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Yes! Think of the word "Make up". It can mean: 1. Invent a story (He made up a lie). 2. Forgive each other (They kissed and made up). 3. Cosmetics (She put on make up). face_retouching_natural That is why phrasal verbs are so important for B2!

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Kolab 8 hours ago

Are phrasal verbs formal or informal? Should I use them in my essays?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 7 hours ago

Excellent question. Most phrasal verbs are considered INFORMAL. In speaking, native speakers use them all the time. But in academic essays, you should use single verbs (e.g., instead of "put up with", write "tolerate"). edit_document