IELTS Speaking Part 1 · bộ 10/10

Bài 46–50 · Morning routines, Weather, Food and cooking, Reading, Family

40 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.

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• hit the snooze buttoncollocation/ˌhɪt ðə ˈsnuːz ˌbʌtn/
  bấm nút báo thức lại, ngủ nướng thêm vài phút

  I mean, I usually hit the snooze button once before I finally drag myself out of bed.

• drag oneself out of bedphrase/ˌdræɡ wʌnˈself ˌaʊt əv ˈbed/
  lê mình ra khỏi giường

  I mean, I usually hit the snooze button once before I finally drag myself out of bed.

• on an empty stomachphrase/ɒn ən ˈempti ˈstʌmək/
  khi bụng đói, chưa ăn gì

  The thing is, I find it hard to concentrate on an empty stomach.

• tide someone overphr v/ˌtaɪd ˌsʌmwʌn ˈəʊvə/
  giúp cầm cự, đỡ đói cho tới bữa sau

  It's just egg and a bit of chilli sauce, you know, nothing fancy, but it tides me over until lunch.

• run like clockworkidiom/ˌrʌn laɪk ˈklɒkwɜːk/
  diễn ra răm rắp, trơn tru đúng giờ

  Basically, my weekday mornings run like clockwork.

• tick something offphr v/ˌtɪk ˌsʌmθɪŋ ˈɒf/
  đánh dấu việc đã làm xong trong danh sách

  Having said that, I still love ticking things off.

• a morning personcollocation/ə ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˌpɜːsn/
  người hợp dậy sớm, tỉnh táo vào buổi sáng

  So I'd say I'm a morning person.

• wake up to the sound of somethingphrase/ˌweɪk ʌp tə ðə ˈsaʊnd əv ˌsʌmθɪŋ/
  thức dậy vì nghe tiếng (cái gì đó)

  I wake up to the sound of my parents rolling up the shop shutter before six.

• beat downphr v/ˌbiːt ˈdaʊn/
  (nắng) chiếu gay gắt

  By lunchtime in summer the sun is beating down, and the seat of my motorbike gets burning hot.

• a welcome break from somethingcollocation/ə ˈwelkəm ˈbreɪk frəm ˌsʌmθɪŋ/
  một sự thay đổi dễ chịu, được tạm thoát khỏi (cái nóng, sự đơn điệu…)

  It's a welcome break from the heat.

• make the most of somethingphrase/ˌmeɪk ðə ˈməʊst əv ˌsʌmθɪŋ/
  tận dụng tối đa điều gì

  I make the most of it and take the long way home along the beach.

• be shrouded in fogcollocation/bi ˈʃraʊdɪd ɪn ˈfɒɡ/
  bị sương mù phủ kín

  It was sunny in the city, but the mountain top was shrouded in fog, so we couldn't see a thing.

• put a damper on somethingidiom/ˌpʊt ə ˈdæmpər ɒn ˌsʌmθɪŋ/
  làm mất vui, làm cụt hứng

  It put a real damper on the day.

• be full of beansidiom/bi ˌfʊl əv ˈbiːnz/
  tràn đầy năng lượng, hăng hái, phấn chấn

  On a bright morning I'm full of beans, and my colleagues hear all about my weekend.

• get someone downphr v/ˌɡet ˌsʌmwʌn ˈdaʊn/
  làm ai chán nản, buồn bã

  It really gets me down, and they can tell something's up when I go quiet.

• by trial and errorphrase/baɪ ˌtraɪəl ənd ˈerə/
  bằng cách thử đi thử lại, vừa làm vừa rút kinh nghiệm

  So I learned mostly by trial and error, and, I mean, my first dishes tasted different every time.

• come down with somethingphr v/ˌkʌm ˈdaʊn wɪð ˌsʌmθɪŋ/
  bị ốm, mắc bệnh (cảm, cúm)

  But when I was about fourteen, she came down with the flu, so I made her some rice porridge.

• mean wellexpr/ˌmiːn ˈwel/
  có ý tốt (dù kết quả không như ý)

  I guess she knew I meant well.

• be packed with flavourcollocation/bi ˌpækt wɪð ˈfleɪvə/
  đậm đà hương vị

  It's a local noodle dish with just a little broth, but it's packed with flavour.

• get a craving for somethingcollocation/ˌɡet ə ˈkreɪvɪŋ fə ˌsʌmθɪŋ/
  thèm (món gì) da diết

  If a week goes by without a bowl, I get a real craving for it.

• beat the rushcollocation/ˌbiːt ðə ˈrʌʃ/
  đi sớm để tránh lúc đông nhất

  We leave a bit before half past eleven to beat the rush.

• can't be bothered to do somethingexpr/ˌkɑːnt bi ˈbɒðəd tə ˈduː ˌsʌmθɪŋ/
  lười, chẳng buồn làm gì

  In the evening, though, I can't be bothered to go out again.

• wolf something downphr v/ˌwʊlf ˌsʌmθɪŋ ˈdaʊn/
  ăn ngấu nghiến

  We wolfed it down at our desks, and I must say, it really hit the spot.

• hit the spotidiom/ˌhɪt ðə ˈspɒt/
  đúng món đang thèm, ăn rất đã

  We wolfed it down at our desks, and I must say, it really hit the spot.

• a late bloomerexpr/ə ˌleɪt ˈbluːmə/
  người nở muộn, mãi sau mới giỏi hoặc mới đam mê việc gì

  I do now, but I'm something of a late bloomer, I suppose.

• from cover to coverphrase/frəm ˌkʌvə tə ˈkʌvə/
  (đọc) từ đầu đến cuối, hết cả cuốn

  Then a classmate lent me one about habits, and I read it from cover to cover in two evenings.

• an eye-openerexpr/ən ˈaɪ ˌəʊpənə/
  điều khiến mình vỡ lẽ, mở mang hiểu biết

  The best one so far, I'd say, was about introverts, and it was an eye-opener.

• scribble in the margincollocation/ˌskrɪbl ɪn ðə ˈmɑːdʒɪn/
  viết vội ghi chú ở lề sách

  The thing is, I like underlining sentences in pencil and scribbling in the margins.

• devour somethingphrase/dɪˈvaʊə ˌsʌmθɪŋ/
  đọc ngấu nghiến

  Not proper books, no, but I devoured comics.

• painfully slowcollocation/ˌpeɪnfəli ˈsləʊ/
  chậm kinh khủng, chậm đến sốt ruột

  On weekdays I can only manage a few pages between classes, so my progress is painfully slow.

• treat oneself to somethingphrase/ˈtriːt wʌnˈself tə ˌsʌmθɪŋ/
  tự thưởng cho mình điều gì

  At the weekend, though, once I've finished tutoring, I treat myself to a whole hour with a book.

• extended familycollocation/ɪkˌstendɪd ˈfæməli/
  đại gia đình, cả họ hàng (cô, chú, bác, anh chị em họ)

  Well, I'd say it's pretty big if you count the extended family.

• on someone's side of the familyphrase/ɒn ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈsaɪd əv ðə ˈfæməli/
  bên họ hàng của ai (bên nội hoặc bên ngoại)

  My dad is one of five children, so on his side of the family I've got more cousins than I can count.

• pick up the billcollocation/ˌpɪk ʌp ðə ˈbɪl/
  trả tiền hóa đơn (mời cả bàn)

  I mean, we only really argue about one thing, which is who picks up the bill at a restaurant.

• sneak offphr v/ˌsniːk ˈɒf/
  lẻn đi, lặng lẽ rời chỗ

  I once tried to sneak off first, but he was already there with his wallet out.

• turn to someonephr v/ˈtɜːn tə ˌsʌmwʌn/
  tìm đến ai để nhờ giúp hoặc xin lời khuyên

  Whenever I have a big decision to make, he's the first person I turn to.

• tell it like it isidiom/ˌtel ɪt ˌlaɪk ɪt ˈɪz/
  nói thẳng nói thật

  He tells it like it is, which can be annoying.

• a family get-togethercollocation/ə ˈfæməli ˈɡet təˌɡeðə/
  buổi họp mặt gia đình, họ hàng

  The biggest family get-together, though, is my grandfather's death anniversary.

• drop hintscollocation/ˌdrɒp ˈhɪnts/
  nói bóng gió, gợi ý xa xôi

  They keep dropping hints about when I'm going to settle down, usually while they're piling food into my bowl.

• settle downphr v/ˌsetl ˈdaʊn/
  ổn định cuộc sống, lập gia đình

  They keep dropping hints about when I'm going to settle down, usually while they're piling food into my bowl.

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