to abandon, renounce, forsake, leave, give up, desert, get off of; renunciation ☊ 
bỏ từ bỏ 
abandon like: từ bỏ → →
verzichten auf ☊ 
từ bỏ ☊ 
放弃 ☊ fàng qì verzichten ☊ từ bỏ ☊ 放弃 ☊ fàng qì verzichten auf ☊ từ bỏ ☊ ☊ verzichten ☊ từ bỏ ☊ ☊ Ich werde darauf verzichten, tagsüber zu telefonieren. ☊ Tôi sẽ từ bỏ việc điện thoại ban ngày. ☊ (Lektion 59, Nr. 838) I'd give up work if I could afford it. ☊ afford ☊
She borrowed £2 000 from her parents. ☊ borrow ☊
We lost him in the narrow streets and had to give up the chase (= stop chasing him). ☊ chase ☊
The painting comes from his private collection. ☊ collection ☊
She gave up German in order to concentrate on her French. ☊ concentrate on sth ☊
He emerged from the shadows. ☊ emerge ☊
With a little encouragement from his parents he should do well. ☊ encouragement ☊
Voluntary work was particularly important in view of the fact that women were often forced to give up paid work on marriage. ☊ fact ☊
She had mixed feelings about giving up her job. ☊ feeling ☊
He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former. ☊ former ☊
We'd given up hope of ever having children. ☊ give sth up ☊
a line from the film 'Casablanca' ☊ line ☊
love sth: 'Cigarette?' 'I'd love one, but I've just given up.' ☊ love ☊
It would be a great pity if you gave up now. ☊ pity ☊
to resign (from) a post ☊ post ☊
He was proud of himself for not giving up. ☊ proud ☊
quit as sth: He has decided to quit as manager of the team. ☊ quit ☊
He gave up teaching in 2009, much to the regret of his students. ☊ regret ☊
He announced his retirement from football. ☊ retirement ☊
spend itself: The storm had finally spent itself. ☊ spend ☊
It's a big step giving up your job and moving halfway across the world. ☊ step ☊
She will not give up her children without a struggle. ☊ struggle ☊
There comes a point where you give up. ☊ there ☊
He comes from Boula, wherever that may be (= I don't know where it is). ☊ wherever ☊
She gave up teaching three years ago. ☊ year ☊