Bảo politely explained to protect his misunderstood classmate.
stand up for
I stood up for my friend when someone blamed her unfairly.
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I stood up for my friend when someone blamed her unfairly.
Good friends stand up for each other.
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Good friends stand up for each other.
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Speak up to protect someone
stand up for someone / something
Protect by appropriate words or actions; don't just stand up in terms of posture. The past “stood”.
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The examples were written for this course. Usage was checked against Matt Errey’s book, pages 43, 10, 127, 86, 121. A2–B1 is the course’s intended level.
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Bảo and his friend were angry at each other because they disagreed about the turn of the game.
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Bảo listened to his friend's explanation and agreed not to continue to insist on his old opinion.
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Bảo apologized to his friend and retracted the bad comment he just said.
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Bảo and his friend shook hands and happily reconciled after talking.
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A conversation in context
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Mai
Did you fall out over the group project?
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Did you fall out over the group project?
Alex
Yes, but I want to take back what I said.
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Yes, but I want to take back what I said.
Mai
That may help you make up and work together again.
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That may help you make up and work together again.
Compare the uses
fall out / make up
“Fall out” means become unfriendly after disagreement; here “make up” means become friendly again. This differs from inventing a story.
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A situation to apply what you have learned
Two volunteers argue about a rota. One wants to withdraw a hurtful comment and become friendly again.
Describe the conflict.
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The volunteers have fallen out over the rota.
The argument about the rota has damaged their friendship: “fallen out over the rota”.
Correct: I want to take back it.
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I want to take it back.
“It” replaces the comment being withdrawn, so say “take it back”, not “take back it”.
Write a direct reconciliation message.
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I take back that comment and hope we can make up.
“Take back that comment” withdraws the hurtful remark; “make up” expresses the wish to reconcile afterwards.
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