11 Academic Phrasal Verb

1. Account for (verb) : mempertimbangkan (mengikutsertakan sesuatu kedalam setiap

topik), untuk memperhitungkan sesuatu yang mungkin terjadi.
Contoh : dalam penghitungan anggaran. We must think about the budget for food, for
school, for going out and ect but don’t forget to account for emergency.
2. Take into account (noun)/consideration : mempertimbangkan (mengikutsertakan sesuatu
kedalam setiap topik), untuk memperhitungkan sesuatu yang mungkin terjadi.
Contoh : dalam penghitungan anggaran. We must think about the budget for food, for
school, for going out and ect but don’t forget to take into account emergency.
3. Carry out : melakukan/mewujudkan (do/make happen)
Contoh : you would carry out an experiment, if you have a plan for the weekend then you
have to carry out that plan
4. Look into : menyelidiki (investigate)
Find out : mencari informasi (get some information)
Contoh : the police have so many phone call, so they can’t look into everything or The
Police can’t find out if all of this complain….
5. Cut down : mengurangi (reduce)
Contoh : we want to reduce the expensive, maybe it has to let go some stuffs
6. Cut back on : mengurangi/ melakukan sesuatu dengan minimal (reduce/do less of
something)
Contoh : cut back on the company’s expensive (bukan mengurangi, tapi melakukannya
kembali dengan usaha yang lebih minim)
Cut backs : suatu kondisi dimana harus mengurangi sesuatu
Contoh : the company want to cut backs on expensive, so they will let go of few people
7. Do without : dapat bertahan tanpa melakukan suatu hal, dapat melewati semua tanpa
melakukan suatu hal
Contoh : this days, a young people learning science, math, and etc, but all of the bigger
companies are warning parents and young people, that in the future they wont be able to
do without some programing skills
8. Follow through : melengkapi (to complete), menepati janji
Contoh : if I have some projects, I will follow it through the end
I have to follow through to that promise
9. Frown upon : tidak menerima sesuatu (not accept something)/ berkebalikan
Contoh : recently, a politician can attack another politician, but in our country it is frown
upon
10. Resort to : melakukan pilihan terakhir (tidak ada pilihan lain)
Contoh : people resort to violence when they have nothing else they can’t do
11. Rule out : tidak akan terjadi/tidak mungkin (impossible)
Contoh : a lot of companies rule out the opportunity to pay more
Put off : mengubah jadwal, menunda sesuatu (melakukan sesuatu yang belum sempat
dilakukan)
Contoh :we will put off the meeting untill next week because of the terrible weather