Be custommade custombuilt tailormade: để chỉ cái gì đó được làm theo số đo VD: It seems to me that you’re tailor made for the job Be made built to last: có khả năng chống chịu tốt VD: This Roland piano is really made to last with such high quality material. Be rough and ready: chất lượng tầm thấp VD: He doesn’t have a lot of time to look for accomodation. He just stays in that rough and ready flat near his office. Give the credit when it’s due: khen khi ai đó đáng được khen VD: You haven’t done anything admirable yet. I’ll give the credit when it’s due instead of praising you so soon. It’s no less than you deserve: Bạn xứng đáng nhận được điều đó VD: You have worked to hard to become a manager. It’s no less than you deserve. Way to go Rất tốt VD: What? You win the singing contest? Way to go buddy There’s room for improvement: Vẫn còn có cái để cải thiện The system is still defective. There’s room for improvement here That’s not good enough: Chưa tốt lắm
Trang 1CỤM TỪ TIẾNG ANH NÓI VỀ CHẤT LƯỢNG, KHEN CHÊ
-Be custom-made / custom-built /tailor-made: để chỉ cái
gì đó được làm theo số đo
VD: It seems to me that you’re tailor made for the job
Be made / built to last: có khả năng chống chịu tốt
VD: This Roland piano is really made to last with such high quality material
Be rough and ready: chất lượng tầm thấp
VD: He doesn’t have a lot of time to look for
accomodation He just stays in that rough and ready flat near his office
Give the credit when it’s due: khen khi ai đó đáng được khen
VD: You haven’t done anything admirable yet I’ll give the credit when it’s due instead of praising you so soon
It’s no less than you deserve: Bạn xứng đáng nhận
được điều đó
VD: You have worked to hard to become a manager It’s
no less than you deserve
Way to go! Rất tốt!
VD: What? You win the singing contest? Way to go
buddy!
There’s room for improvement: Vẫn còn có cái để cải thiện
The system is still defective There’s room for
improvement here
That’s not good enough: Chưa tốt lắm
What a load of crap: Toàn thứ linh tinh!
Trang 2In all likelihood: Cái chắc chắn nhất là
VD: In all likelihood, he will go regardless of your
decision
It stands to reason: Điều lô-gic là
VD: It stands to reason why he doesn’t lose weight He never exercises
Just in case: để đề phòng
VD : It hasn’t rained yet, but I’ll take the umbrella just
in case
The odds are: Điều chắc chắn là
VD : The odds are your house will be broken in if you don’t lock the door
It’s a dead certain: cái này chắc chắn rồi (UK)
VD : She’s dead cert for the job, for all the experience she got
The odds-on favourite: là thứ có khả năng cao nhất
VD : The odds-on favourite to win this tennis game is Daniel
I/sb saw it coming: Tôi đã thấy nó đến
VD : No one expects the factory to close But I saw it coming
It comes as no surprise to sb: Không có gì là bất ngờ cả
VD : It comes as no surprise to me as she became such
a famous singer She has such a wonderful voice
No surprise there: Không có gì là bất ngờ cả
VD : She failed the test No surprise there because she didn’t study anything at all
Not by a long shot: Không có khả năng xảy ra
VD : You think I’m going to lend you money again?
Think again! I’m not doing thí by a long shot
Trang 3Be bound to happen / be set to happen: Sẽ sảy ra
VD : The weather suddenly turns cool and windy A
storm is bound to happen
Be a forgone conclusion: 1 điều đã được kết luận trước
VD : She has been delaying paying the rent for 2
months now Her being forced out of the room is only a foregone conclusion
Cut it fine: chỉ có thời gian vừa đủ để làm gì đó
VD : She arrived only 5 minutes before the test She just cut it fine!
Jump the gun: quá vội vàng
VD : We’re just met Don’t you think you are jumping the gun to be talking about marriage now?
Time’s up!: Đã hết thời gian
All time in the world: Có thừa thời gian
VD : She always seems to have all time in the world Such a lazy person!
For long as it takes/ take your time: làm đến bao lâu cũng được
VD : Take your time using the computer I don’t need it now
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