30 Daily Used Phrasal Verbs explained in Khmer with prace and key

Why do we need to learn Phrasal Verbs? 

As an ESL learner, learning phrasal verbs is essentially important to be able to communicate more effectively and confidently. Phrasal verbs are used widely by the native speakers. They are also used in movies, books, and on social media so learning phrasal verbs help us to better understand the contents of those things. In this lesson we are going to learn 30 phrasal verbs that are used in our daily life with easy English explanation plus Khmer translation. 

What is a Phrasal verb?

Phrasal Verbs is the combination of a verb and its particle. Phrasal has different meaning from its individual verb. 

Example : I gave up because I have tried so hard and it didn't work.

So, the phrasal verb in the example above is " give up" which means stop.

• Verb : give
• Particle : up

 30 Commonly used phrasal verbs

Now, let's learn 30 phrasal verbs that are commonly used in our daily life like in movies, news and social media with easy English explanation plus Khmer translations.

1. Give up : stop, quit ឈប់
Example : Don't give up too soon, success comes after many failures. 

2. Give in : to agree, to stop resisting ចុះចាញ់ ចុះចូល
Example: He finally gave in to his enemy. 

3. Give away : to give something for free to someone, donate អោយ
Example : We should give away what we don't use to the poor.

4. Give back : to return something back to the person we borrowed សង
Example : Please lend me your your bike, I'll give it back to you tomorrow.

5. Give off : to release, to let something out បញ្ចេញ
Example : Sun gives off radiation that can be harmful for our skin.

6. Look after : to take care of something or somebody មើលថែ
Example : I look after my kids.

7. Look back : think about he past រំលឹកអតីកាល
Example : Sometimes I look back on my childhood.

8. Look down on : to have a low opinion of somebody or something, don’t value other people. មើលងាយ
Example : We should never look down on others. 

9. Look for : to find, to explore ស្វែងរក
Example : I am looking for a rent house.

10. Look forward to : wait for something pleasant ទន្ទឹងរង់ចាំដោយក្តីសង្ឃឹម
Example : I am looking forward to meeting you. 

11. Look out : to be careful ប្រយ័ត្ន
Example : Look out! The floor is still very wet and slippery. 

12. Look into : to examine, to check, to figure out, to investigate ស៊ើបអង្កេត,
Example : We are looking into that problem and it will get fixed soon. 

13. Keep on : continue to do something បន្ត
Example : I always keep on publishing more contents on this website.

14. break down : stop functioning, stop working ខូច
Example : My car broke down while I was driving yesterday.

15. Break up : to end a relationship with someone បែកបាក់គ្នា
Example : ROZA broke up with her husband yesterday.

16. Bring about : to make something happens, to occur, to be in existence ធ្វើអោយកើតឡើង
Example: We have to do everything possible to bring about he change to our laws.

17.Brign up : to raise a kid, to raise a topic or a problem for discussion លើកមកនិយាយ ឬចិញ្ចឹម
Example 1: The world leader meeting will bring up global warming and solutions.

Example 2 : She is bringing up 3 kids and old parents.

18. Call off : to cancel a plan or a meeting លុបចោល
Example: Let’s call off our trip this week since everyone is busy.

19. Calm down : to hold our temper, to be patient, stop being angry or excited ធ្វើចិត្តអោយត្រជាក់
Example : Sometimes I can’t calm down when someone is smoking near me.

20. Carry on : continue doing something បន្ត
Example : Carry on doing your good job.

21. Pick up : get something from the floor or get somebody from a place រើស ឬទៅយកនរណាម្នាក់
Example 1 : Look! There is a pen on the floor, please pick it up.

Example 2 : Tomorrow a 9.am., I will pick up you at your home. Please get ready.

22. Drop off : take someone somewhere and leave them there. ដាក់នរម្នាក់ចុះនៅកន្លែងណាមួយ
Example : Please drop me off near the supermarket.

23. Come across : find or meet something or somebody unexpectedly. ជួបដោយចៃដន្យ
Example : I came across my old friend while I was shopping yesterday.

24. Come apart : break into pieces បែក
Example : The vase came apart when I dropped it on the floor.

25. Come up with : to think of, to have or to produce an idea, a solution or a plan មានគំនិត មានយោបល មានដំណើស្រាយ
Example : Finally we came up with a new way to fix that problem.

26. Cut down : to reduce the amount of something កាត់បន្ថយ
Example : I try to cut down the amount of coffee I drink every day but I can’t.

27. Cut off : to disconnect, to stop something or to interrupt កាត់បន្ថយ
Example: If we don’t pay electricity bill on time, the electricity will be cut off.

28. Do over : to do something from the beginning again since we did it badly. ធ្វើឡើងវិញ
Example : Please read the instruction carefully or you'll have to do it over. 

29.Dress up : to wear smartly specifically when joining a formal event. ស្លៀកពាក់ផ្លូវកា
Example : We normally dress up when we join a wedding. 

30. Drop by : to have a quick or short visit to a particular place ចូលលេងមួយភ្លេត
Example : I'll drop by your shop tomorrow. 

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30 Phrasal Verbs Multiple Choice Quiz

1. I tried many times but finally decided to ______.

Give up Look after Pick up Dress up

2. After a long argument, he finally ______.

Give in Give away Come apart Drop by

3. I usually ______ my old clothes to charity.

Give away Cut down Look into Break down

4. Please ______ my book next week.

Give back Give off Carry on Call off

5. Old vehicles ______ harmful gases.

Give off Pick up Keep on Come across

6. My grandmother ______ me when my parents work.

Looks after Looks for Gives up Cuts off

7. Sometimes I ______ on my school days.

Look back Look into Break up Drop off

8. We should never ______ others.

Look down on Look after Come up with Keep on

9. What are you ______?

Looking for Looking after Looking back Looking out

10. I am ______ meeting my friends next week.

Looking forward to Looking down on Breaking down Giving away

11. ______! There's a car coming.

Look out Give back Keep on Do over

12. The police will ______ the case.

Look into Bring up Drop by Break up

13. ______ practicing and you'll improve.

Keep on Cut off Come apart Give in

14. My car ______ on the highway yesterday.

Broke down Dropped by Looked after Picked up

15. They decided to ______ after five years together.

Break up Bring about Look back Call off

16. New technology can ______ major changes.

Bring about Cut off Do over Look for

17. The teacher ______ an important topic.

Brought up Gave up Dropped off Looked out

18. We had to ______ the picnic because of rain.

Call off Pick up Bring up Keep on

19. Please ______ and listen carefully.

Calm down Break down Give away Come apart

20. ______ doing your excellent work.

Carry on Cut down Look back Dress up

21. There is a coin on the floor. Please ______.

Pick it up Give it away Cut it off Call it off

22. Please ______ at the station.

Drop me off Pick me up Look into me Bring me about

23. I ______ an old friend at the mall.

Came across Came apart Cut off Gave back

24. The toy ______ after I dropped it.

Came apart Came across Kept on Brought up

25. We need to ______ a new solution.

Come up with Break down Give in Drop by

26. I need to ______ sugar in my diet.

Cut down Look after Give back Calm down

27. The internet was ______ during the storm.

Cut off Cut down Brought up Dressed up

28. My teacher told me to ______ because of mistakes.

Do it over Drop by Look for it Give it off

29. I need to ______ for the wedding.

Dress up Calm down Break up Look back

30. I'll ______ your house on my way home.

Drop by Drop off Give in Pick up