| ask sby out | Mengundang untuk kencan | Brian asked Judy out to dinner and a movie. |
| ask around | Bertanya banyak orang dengan pertanyaan yang sama | I asked around but nobody has seen my wallet. |
| add up to sthg | Sama dengan | Your purchases add up to $205.32. |
| back sthg up | mengembalikan | You'll have to back up your car so that I can get out. |
| back sby up | mendukung | My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job. |
| blow up | meledak | The racing car blew up after it crashed into the fence. |
| blow sthg up | Memberikan udara | We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party. |
| break down | rusak | Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm. |
| break down | marah | The woman broke down when the police told her that her son had died. |
| break sthg down | Membagi menjadi bagian kecil | Our teacher broke the final project down into three separate parts. |
| break in | Memaksa masuk sebuah bangunan | Somebody broke in last night and stole our stereo. |
| break into sthg | Memaksa masuk | The firemen had to break into the room to rescue the children. |
| break sthg in | Memakai sesuatu beberapa kali agar tidak terlihat baru | I need to break these shoes in before we run next week. |
| break in | interupsi | The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death. |
| break up | Mengakhiri hubungan | My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved to America. |
| break up | Mulai tertawa | The kids just broke up as soon as the clown started talking. |
| break out | Melepaskan diri | The prisoners broke out of jail when the guards weren't looking. |
| break out insthg | Menjadikan kondisi kulit | I broke out in a rash after our camping trip. |
| bring sbydown | Membuat sedih | This sad music is bringing me down. |
| bring sby up | Merawat, menumbuhkan | My grandparents brought me up after my parents died. |
| bring sthg up | Mulai berbicara mengenai sebuah masalah | My mother walks out of the room when my father brings up sports. |
| bring sthg up | Muntah | He drank so much that he brought his dinner up in the toilet. |
| call around | Menelepon banyak orang | We called around but we weren't able to find the car part we needed. |
| call sby back | Menelepon kembali | I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend. |
| call sthg off | Menunda | Jason called the wedding off because he wasn't in love with his fiancé. |
| call on sby | Meminta jawaban atau opini | The professor called on me for question 1. |
| call on sby | Mengujungi seseorang | We called on you last night but you weren't home. |
| call sby up | Menelepon | Give me your phone number and I will callyou up when we are in town. |
| calm down | Relaks setelah marah | You are still mad. You need to calm downbefore you drive the car. |
| not care for sby/ sthg | Tidak sama | I don't care for his behaviour. |
| catch up | Sama pendapat dengan orang lain | You'll have to run faster than that if you want to catch up with Marty. |
| check in | Dating dan mendaftar di hotel | We will get the hotel keys when we check in. |
| check out | Meninggalkan hotel | You have to check out of the hotel before 11:00 AM. |
| check sby/ sthgout | Menginvestigasi | The company checks out all new employees. |
| check out sby/ sthg | Melihat | Check out the crazy hair on that guy! |
| cheer up | Menjadi bahagia | She cheered up when she heard the good news. |
| cheer sby up | Membahagiakan | I brought you some flowers to cheer you up. |
| chip in | Menolong | If everyone chips in we can get the kitchen painted by noon. |
| clean sthg up | Bersih, rapi | Please clean up your bedroom before you go outside. |
| come across sthg | Menemukan secara tidak sengaja | I came across these old photos when I was tidying the closet. |
| come apart | Berpisah | The top and bottom come apart if you pull hard enough. |
| come down with sthg | Menjadi sakit | My nephew came down with chicken pox this weekend. |
| come forward | Sukarelawan untuk tugas | The woman came forward with her husband's finger prints. |
| come fromsome place | Berasal dari | The art of origami comes from Asia. |
| count on sby/ sthg | Mengandalkan | I am counting on you to make dinner while I am out. |
| cross sthg out | Mencoret | Please cross out your old address and write your new one. |
| cut back on sthg | Mengurangi konsumsi | My doctor wants me to cut back on sweets and fatty foods. |
| cut sthg down | Membuat sesuatu jatuh ke tanah | We had to cut the old tree in our yard downafter the storm. |
| cut in | Menginterupsi | Your father cut in while I was dancing with your uncle. |
| cut in | Terlalu dekat dengan kendaraan | The bus driver got angry when that car cut in. |
| cut in | Mulai beroperasi | The air conditioner cuts in when the temperature gets to 22°C. |
| cut sthg off | Memotong | The doctors cut off his leg because it was severely injured. |
| cut sthg off | Berhenti memberi | The phone company cut off our phone because we didn't pay the bill. |
| cut sby off | tidak memberi wasiat | My grandparents cut my father off when he remarried. |
| cut sthg out | Memindahkan, memotong | I cut this ad out of the newspaper. |
