Bài 31–35 · Teachers, Social media, Clothes, Films and cinema, Dreams and ambitions
33 từ và cụm từ, mỗi mục có nghĩa tiếng Việt, phiên âm và câu ví dụ. Học bằng thẻ có lịch ôn tự động, miễn phí.
Danh sách từ
- have a way with someonephrase/hæv ə weɪ wɪð ˈsʌmwʌn/có biệt tài cư xử, khéo với ai
I was a really quiet kid, and she had a way with shy children.
- look up to someonephr v/lʊk ʌp tə ˈsʌmwʌn/ngưỡng mộ, kính trọng ai
Honestly, I looked up to her so much that I even copied her handwriting.
- come out of one's shellidiom/kʌm aʊt əv wʌnz ʃel/bớt nhút nhát, cởi mở hơn
I mean, it sounds tiny, but I had to call out everyone's name, so I slowly came out of my shell.
- keep someone on their toesidiom/kiːp ˈsʌmwʌn ɒn ðeə təʊz/khiến ai luôn phải tỉnh táo, sẵn sàng
He was really strict, and he kept us on our toes by calling people up to the board without warning.
- mean the world to someoneidiom/miːn ðə wɜːld tə ˈsʌmwʌn/vô cùng quý giá, ý nghĩa với ai
I reckon it means the world to her.
- have the patience of a saintidiom/hæv ðə ˈpeɪʃns əv ə seɪnt/kiên nhẫn vô cùng
The thing is, I don't have the patience of a saint.
- follow the crowdidiom/ˈfɒləʊ ðə kraʊd/làm theo số đông
Then everybody in my class signed up at the same time, so I just followed the crowd.
- on the off chancephrase/ɒn ði ɒf tʃɑːns/phòng khi, biết đâu may ra
I asked on the off chance that an older student had a spare set.
- can't help doing somethingphrase/kɑːnt help ˈduːɪŋ ˈsʌmθɪŋ/không kìm được, không nhịn được việc gì
The thing is, I can't help picking up my phone whenever it lights up, even when I'm studying.
- a highlight reelphrase/ə ˈhaɪlaɪt riːl/chuỗi khoảnh khắc đẹp nhất được chọn lọc để khoe
Mostly they share bits of their daily life, but it's basically a highlight reel, you know, nice meals and trips.
- fish for complimentsidiom/fɪʃ fə ˈkɒmplɪmənts/cố tình nói, làm gì để được người khác khen
A few fish for compliments by posting a selfie and saying they look awful.
- bond over somethingphr v/bɒnd ˈəʊvə ˈsʌmθɪŋ/gắn kết với nhau nhờ điều gì
We've got a group chat that never really goes quiet, and we bond over silly videos more than anything else.
- a relaxed dress codecollocation/ə rɪˈlækst dres kəʊd/quy định trang phục thoải mái ở nơi làm việc
My company has a relaxed dress code, so I wear jeans and a casual shirt to work.
- smarten upphr v/ˈsmɑːtn ʌp/ăn mặc chỉn chu, tươm tất hơn
But for a wedding I'll happily smarten up, and a proper shirt makes me feel like a million dollars.
- feel like a million dollarsidiom/fiːl laɪk ə ˈmɪljən ˈdɒləz/thấy tự tin, phấn chấn vô cùng
But for a wedding I'll happily smarten up, and a proper shirt makes me feel like a million dollars.
- a wardrobe staplecollocation/ə ˈwɔːdrəʊb ˈsteɪpl/món đồ cơ bản luôn có trong tủ quần áo
A plain T-shirt is basically a wardrobe staple for me, because it goes with everything.
- a lucky charmcollocation/ə ˈlʌki tʃɑːm/bùa may mắn, vật cầu may
I reckon it's a sort of lucky charm.
- throw something onphr v/θrəʊ ˈsʌmθɪŋ ɒn/mặc vội, khoác đại món gì
Most of my T-shirts look pretty much the same, so I just throw one on.
- a feel-good filmcollocation/ə ˈfiːl ɡʊd fɪlm/phim nhẹ nhàng, xem xong thấy vui vẻ
I like a feel-good film after a long day.
- work on two levelscollocation/wɜːk ɒn tuː ˈlevlz/có hai tầng ý nghĩa, hợp với cả hai nhóm người xem
Oh, and a good animated film works on two levels, with one joke for the kids and another for the adults.
- in dribs and drabsidiom/ɪn ˈdrɪbz ən ˈdræbz/từng chút một, nhỏ giọt
During term, I watch in dribs and drabs, twenty minutes here and there before bed.
- a film marathoncollocation/ə fɪlm ˈmærəθən/buổi xem liền nhiều phim
Mind you, in the summer holidays I'll have a film marathon and watch four in a row.
- grow up on somethingphr v/ɡrəʊ ʌp ɒn ˈsʌmθɪŋ/lớn lên cùng thứ gì từ nhỏ
Basically, I grew up on cartoons, the ones on TV right after school.
- curl upphr v/kɜːl ʌp/nằm cuộn tròn thoải mái
I mean, I can pause it whenever I like, or just curl up in bed with my laptop.
- on the big screencollocation/ɒn ðə bɪɡ skriːn/trên màn ảnh rộng, ở rạp
That said, nothing beats seeing a film I've really been looking forward to on the big screen.
- pick something apartphr v/pɪk ˈsʌmθɪŋ əˈpɑːt/mổ xẻ từng chi tiết, soi từng điểm
It works much better if you go to a café afterwards and pick the plot apart together.
- a far cry from somethingidiom/ə fɑː kraɪ frəm ˈsʌmθɪŋ/khác xa, kém xa cái gì
Well, they were a far cry from real buildings, because nothing was ever the right size.
- a pipe dreamidiom/ə paɪp driːm/giấc mơ viển vông, khó thành hiện thực
I mean, it was probably always a pipe dream, but I loved it at the time.
- break something down into somethingphr v/breɪk ˈsʌmθɪŋ daʊn ˈɪntə ˈsʌmθɪŋ/chia nhỏ việc lớn thành từng phần
Big goals scare me a bit, so I break them down into small steps.
- be right up someone's streetidiom/bi raɪt ʌp ˈsʌmwʌnz striːt/đúng sở thích, sở trường của ai
I'm studying business and I love baking, so it'd be right up my street.
- learn the ropesidiom/lɜːn ðə rəʊps/học việc, nắm những điều cơ bản của một công việc
Having said that, I'd need a few years in an office job first to save up and learn the ropes.
- keep one's feet on the groundidiom/kiːp wʌnz fiːt ɒn ðə ɡraʊnd/sống thực tế, không viển vông
I don't talk much about my plans, and I try to keep my feet on the ground.
- set one's sights on somethingidiom/set wʌnz saɪts ɒn ˈsʌmθɪŋ/nhắm tới, đặt mục tiêu vào điều gì
But I've set my sights on an internship at a big international company next summer.
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