give verb

Please give me the pen
Please give the pen to me.

He turned to us and gave a big smile
She stretched her arms and gave a yawn.
 I'll give you a ring.
You've given me your cold.

give in

The army were forced to give in.
I gave in and accepted his plan 

give something  away

He gave away most of his money to charity. 
The teacher gave away the prizes to her students

give off 散发 气味 热气等

The flowers gave off a sweet smell
The fire doesn't give off much heat

give out

 The lamp gave out a dim light. 
 The car's engine gave out on the way back home.

give up
 She doesn't give up easily.
Don't give up. You  are almost there.

give somebody up
 They have searched him for 3 days but still don't want to give him up 
 You should give up smoking.

give back
Can you give me back my pen?
Can you give me my pen back?

The food and rest gave me back my strength.

raise sth/raise sth up

He raised a hand. (put up a hand)

She raised her eyes up from her book. (she looked up from her book)

Steam rose from the boiling kettle.  

My cake hasn't risen      

As  the cost of the store rises, the owner raised the prices of many products.

因为商店成本增加了，所以店主把很多产品的价格涨了

How can we raise standards in schools?

Don't tell her about the job until you know for sure—we don't want to raise her hopes (= make her hope too much).

I've never heard him even raise his voice (= speak louder ).

His voice rose because he was very angry

 Prices are still rising.

a rise in price

pay rise （ US：pay raise）

She has risen to a high position  职位地位的提升

rise and fall 一个人的沉浮

The wind is rising—I think there's a storm coming.

We are raising money for buying books for poor children

You raise some interesting/important questions/points

She raised five children on her own.

Farmers cleared the land in order to raise cattle.

raise the bar

The factory has raised the bar on quality.

Look at the blackboard

Where were you？I waslooking for you.

Look at the time. We aregoing to be late.

The photo looks nice

Youlook great

Helooks like his brother

Thatlooks like a funny movie.

lookafter

Who's going to look after your sister tomorrow?

I'm looking after his house while he's in hospital.

Don't worry about me—I can look after myself 

lookat

I haven't hadtime to look at (= read) the ppt yet.

The company is looking at ways to recycle the waste

lookdown on

She looks down on people who haven't been to college.

lookforward to

I'm looking forward to the weekend.

We're really looking forward to seeing you soon

look in (on somebody)

She looks in on her grandparents every Saturday

lookout

Look out! There's a car coming.

lookover

We had looked over the watch before we bought it

lookup

Look up the trains to Shanghai in the timetable.

look up (from something)

She looked up from her book as I started to speak

She looked up at me surprisingly when I said that

refuse verb

She refused to gowith her friend. 

She refused toanswer the question 

He refuse to leave

They offered me ajob that I couldn't refuse. (I couldn't refuse the job)

I politely refusedtheir invitation.

I politely turn down their invitation

Why didshe turn down your invitation?

Why didshe refuse to accept your invitation?

The carrefused to start.

The big clock refused to welcome the New Year

 reject verb

The manager rejectedhis plan. The manager refused to accept his plan

He rejected the application. The application was rejected.  

rejection

the rejection letter

refuse noun  /ˈrefjuːs/

refusal noun

 the refusal of a request/an invitation/an offer

He put down hisschoolbag.

Please put somesugar into the coffee

He put the basketout of the house.

Put simply,... 简单来讲

Put it inshort,... 长话短说

Put it inChinese,...中文可以讲。。。

You should put the story in your article. (你应该把这个故事写进你的文章）

Don’t putyourself in danger. 别把自己置于危险的境地

put something in

We're having a new washing machine put in. 我们有洗衣机正在安装

Could I put in a word? 我可以插播一句吗

put something into something

She's putting a lot of time into playing guita

Do you have anyinput？

put sth out

Firefighters soon put the fire out.

In Chinese New Year, we usually put out all kindsfruits and snacks for guests.

The factory puts out 500 new cars a week

The output of the car factory is 500 per week.

put on and putoff 

Put your coat on/off

Do you mind if I put some music on?

I have put on some weight.

Put sb off

I don't want to meet her but I haveno exuse to put her off. 我不想见她，但是没有借口可以放她的鸽子

I will put off our meeting till next week.我把我们的会延期到下周了

The teacher's voiceis high. I can hear.

The teacher's voiceis high enough for me to hear

The teacher's voiceis very low. I can't hear

The teacher's voiceis too low for me to hear

The milk is cold.She doesn't want to drink.

 The milk is too cold for her to drink.

The milk was hot.She couldn't drink

The milk was too hotfor her to drink.

The milk was warm.She wanted to drink.

The milk was warmenough for her to drink.

The shop is very farfrom home. I can't get there in one hour.

The shop is too farfrom home to get to in one hour.

(解释一下为啥有to 和没to）

The shopis not very far from home. I  can getthere in 10 min,

The shopis close enough for me to get to in 10 min.

It is cold outside.My dog doesn't want to go out.

It is too cold formy dog to go out.

It becomes verywarm. My dog wants to go out.

It becomes warmenough for my dog to go out.

How's the business going?  

He is running family grocery business.  

softwarebusiness | hardware business | carbusiness 

Business is good. Business isbad. 

tough business  

Business is growing。

private meeting

business meeting

I will be on business trip next week.

 It's none of your business. 

He has some business to do. 

Keep your nose out  of business！

Mind your own business!

Stop talking. Roll up your sleeves, let's get down to business. 

cacao seeds 可可豆

“Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous asthe heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.” ― JoanneHarris   幸福，简单如一杯巧克力，或是曲折的心思，苦涩甜蜜 活生活香

Forrest Gump: My momma always said,“Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know whatyou're gonna get.” “阿甘正传”： 生活就像一盒巧克力，你永远不知道你会拿到哪一颗