To make allowance for smt/ doing smt 7.. To make room for doing smt 10.. To take notice of doing smt/ smt 17.. To give up doing smt = to stop doing smt _ To have trouble doing smt = To h
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Idiomatic Expressions
* The form
Verb + Noun (Phrase ) + Preposition
The usual idiomatic forms
1 To catch sight of smt / doing smt:
2 To give place to smb
3 To give way to smt /smt
4 To keep pace / up with smb
5 To lose sight of smt / smb
6 To make allowance for smt/ doing smt
7 To make fun of smt
8 To make a fuss over / about smt
9 To make room for doing smt
10 To make use of smt
11 To lose touch with smt/ smb
12 To lose track of smt
13 To put a stop to doing smt
14 To take account of smt / smb
15 To take care of smb / smt
16 To take notice of doing smt/ smt
17 To pay attention to smt
18 To put an end to smt
19 To set fire to smt
20 To take advantage of smt
21 To take note of smt
22 To take leave of smt
23 To give birth to smb
24 To make a contribution to smb
25 To keep correspondence with smb
26 To show affection for smb
27 To feel pity for
To take (have ) pity on smt / smb
28 To feel regret for smt / doing smt
29 To feel sympathy for smb
30 To make a decision on
To make up one’s mind
31 To make complaint to smb about smt
32 To feel shame at smb
33 To have a look at smt
34 To get victory over
: bắt gặp
: nhờng chỗ
: nhợng bộ
:sánh kịp, bắt kịp : mất hút
: chiếu cố đến
: chế nhạo : làm rối tung lên, làm om sòm : dọn chỗ, tạo khoảng trống
: dùng , sử dụng
: mất liên lạc : mất dấu : làm ngừng lại
: để ý đến, lu tâm
= to look after : = to listen to : the same as : kết thúc/ to end / to come to an end : làm cháy, thiêu
: lợi dụng : để ý , ghi chép
: từ biệt : sinh con
: góp phần : liên lạc th từ : có cảm tình : thơng xót
: To regret
: To be sorry for / to feel sorry for : To decide to do smt
: To complain (to smb )(about smt) : To be ashamed of
: To look at
:To win/lose (by three goals to nil)
Trang 235 To play / have an influence over/ on
36 To have faith in smt /smb
37 To take/ show interest in smt
: ảnh hởng : To believe in : To be interested in doing/smt
* How adj / adv + Subject + be / verb !
Ex : How dirty the room is ! How fast Nam speaks Chinese !
* What + a/ an + adj + Noun ! ( Subject + Verb )
Ex :
* How adj + be + Subject ?
= What + be + noun ?
Ex : long = length ; wide = width
How long is Kalong river ? What is the length of Kalong River ?
But : How tall is Tom ? ( not what is the height of Tom) What is Tom’s height ?
To prefer / would rather
To prefer smt / noun to smt / noun prefer to do smt rather than do smt
To would prefer smb / Object( not) to do smt
= To would rather Subject did ( not ) smt (now )
- had ( not ) done smt ( past tense )
To be im/possible for smb to do smt
= To can / not do smt
* as / so long as ; provided ( that ) ; providing ( that ) : Miễn là + Clause , clause
* Having + P 2 , clause : chỉ hành động xảy trớc hành động khác
- V_ing + O , clause : chỉ nguyên nhân ( Not + V_ing
Class 10
To take over : có trách nhiệm / in : hiểu / on : chấp nhận
+ During + noun ( to say when smt happens not how long ?
+ while + Subject + verb
* to / in (not) order to / so as (not) to + Verb + clause
* So that / in order that + Subject + can(not) / could(not) will/ would
* Adj + to
( S + be + adj + to do smt )
Ex : It’s easy to understand her
She is easy to undersatnd To understand her is easy
( happy / difficult / impossible/ dangerous/ safe / sad / pleased / glad / hard
_ on arrival = arriving
To be sure / certain of smt
To give up doing smt = to stop doing smt
_ To have trouble doing smt = To have difficulty (in) doing smt
To arrange to do smt : cbị để làm gì
_ To be at a loss: bối rối for words Ex: He is
Trang 3* To make fun of smt : Đùa cợt , chế nhạo
- To be friendly to / with smb
- To disapprove of smt / doing smt : ủng hộ( không )
* To remind smb (not) to do smt / To remind smb of smt/ doing smt To be supposed to do smt = to be said to ngời ta cho rằng
To be about to do smt = to be on the point of doing smt = to be going to do smt In order for smb to do smt - Ex : He bought that pen in order for me to write To deal with smt : To solve smt To play a ( adj ) part in smt : To participate in : tham gia vào / đóng vai trò To keep / lose one s temper = giữ / mất bình tĩnh’ To be in a ( good , bad ) mood : tâm trạng
To specialise in : chuyên gia Ex : To respect smb for smt : kính trọng ai vì : Ex :
To have an influence on smt = To affect smt/smb : ảnh hởng đến To know smb from smb : phân biệt Ex :
To be popular with : to catch on with Ex:
To have had enough of smt / smb : Chán ngấy ai /
For fear of doing smt = in case
Adj / adv – as as (though) subject – as verb , clause = Although
by no means : không tí nào EX: He is by no means clever Due to = owing to = thanks to = because of + phrase / noun/ v_ing
Ex : So great was her new that I could not forget Such = so great / much To fit in with smt Ex
To be / go on (off duty : đến phiên / hết phiên
To live up to smt : sống nh /theo Ex: he lived up to our expectation To look up to smb = to respect for smt To be in favour of smt : ủng hộ ai To take after smb : giống ai
To sell out of smt : bán hết On account of smt = because of
On the whole ; xét toàn bộ To jump(come ) to conclusions : ( the conclusion )(draw not to)vội đi tới quyết định To come as a (no) surprise (shock) to smb (to do smt ) that, clause = To cause smb to be surprised / shocked Ex : It came as no surprise to me that he failed the exams To stand out for : trì hoãn To stand for smt / smb : thay thế To get out of the habit of doing smt : từ bỏ thói quen
To be / get in to / fall into / in the habit of doing smt : The day after tomorrow two days after / the day before yesterday
To pride oneself on smt / doing smt = to be proud of smt / smb / doing smt
To admit to smt / doing smt thừa nhận / thú nhận or (to admit to doing st )
Ex : He would never admit to being wrong
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Cũng có thể : It is now admitted to have been a mistake ( chuyện đó ngày nay đc thừa nhận là
Rather than(propo) do smt , clause : thay cho việc ,
Ex :
body language (n) ngôn ngữ cử chỉ
To be typical of smb/ smt to do smt : ai đó có đặc trng / vật ) làm gì
Ex: It is typical of Lan to come late
To suspect smb of smt / doing smt : nghi ngờ
Sure/ certain / likely / bound
Ex : she is likely to buy it = It is likely that she will (probably) buy it
Contrary to (prepo) smt / noun , clause
Ex : Contrary to my hope , you don t remember what I said ’
To account for = to explain / on account for = because of
To be dependent on smt / smb : phụ thuộc vào
To be independent of smt / smb : không phụ thuộc
To be ashamed of smt: xấu hổ / to be jealous of smt (smb) :ghen tỵ với
To be angry / furious / annoyed with smb for doing smt
about smt
To get on well with smb = to get along with = to have a (good )relationship with
To end in smt : có kết cục là Ex: the argument ended in tears
To be crazy about smb / smt / doing smt : đam mê , hào hứng
Ex : She is crazy about singing
To bear a resemblance to smt/ smb ( giống với ) = to remind smb of smb / smt.
Ex : He bears a resemblace to her father = He reminded her of her father
To sentence smb to (time of imprisonment ) bỏ tù ai dó bao lâu.
= to be jailed for ( time ) : ai bị bỏ tù
To occur to smb ( to do smt ) that clause = an idea has to smb : chợt loé ra
Ex : It occurred to me that you wouldn t come’ = to cross one s mind (that) ’
To get by : = to manage to do smt
To result in smt : dẫn đến, đa đến ( resulting in smt )
Ex : Our efforts resulted in success / failure
To have command of smt / doing smt : thành thạo làm gì
Ex: My close-friend has (a) good of English language
To exchange smt for smt .with smb : Ex:
To be (get) married / engaged to smb
To be short of smt = there is a shortage of smt
To hope for smt / to do smt / to long for smb / smt
Ex : they are longing a holiday to see her
To provide smb with smt / to provide smt to smb : Ex / to supply smb with smt
To quarrel with smb : cãi nhau với ai Ex :
To drop by / in / over : tạt vào thăm ai
Regardless of smt (smb): không chú ý đến cái gì / không đếm xỉa
Ex :Regardless of my advice, he went out in the rain
By means of smt : bằng cách , nhờ cái gì
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In common with smb / smt : cùng với / giống ai
Ex : In common with other, she applied for his job
Fancy + v_ing : sự sửng sốt Ex : Fancy seeing her here.
As for smb / smt : còn nh , về phần
Much to smt , clause Ex : Much to her surprise , he came back late.
Cô ấy rất ngạc nhiên ,
To criticise smt / smb for smt : chỉ trích ai / cái gì vì
To take part in smt : tham gia
To put up with : chịu đựng ai do
To come across / over : tình cờ gặp
To be suspiciuos of smt / smb : nghi ngờ ai /
To despise smt / smb for smt = to look down on smb / smt :coi thờng ai /
To take smb by surprise = to surprise smb by happenning unexpectedly
A great deal of uncountable
A great number of countable noun : chép phần còn lại
Almost (trớc dt, tt, phótừ ) (adv) gần nh
Mostly (adv) hầu hết
To bring about = to cause :
To cease doing smt = to stop
By far : hơn xa ( sau các tt hoặc trgtừ / trớc hoặc sau so sánh hoặc cao nhất + the / a Ex : she is by far the best student ( )
To have no idea = to don t know ’
yet: là từ nối, liên từ : song , tuy nhiên
To die of smt
To keep doing smt / to persuade smb to do smt : thuyết phục ai
To take to smt / doing smt = to love doing smt
To be pregant (adj) = to have a pregnancy
To neglect to do smt : thờ ơ Ex :
To aim at smt / smb : nhằm / ngắm vào
To be under the impression that + cluase : nghĩ rằng, có cảm tởng rằng
Ex : I am under the impression that he doesn’t pass the exam
To collide with smb = to run into smb
To be on good terms with smb = to get on well with
To make friends with smb : Ex:
To fall out with smt : cãi nhau với ai
To be in)capable of doing smt / smt
To enable smb to do smt :là cho ai có khả năng làm gì : Ex : Your words
To be hopeless at doing smt ( good / bad/ excelent )
But for + noun / V_ing , clause : nếu không có
To be considered to be
= To be regarded as smt : đợc coi nh là
To be dressed in smt : mặc cái gì
Trang 6In short : tóm lại for short: viết tắt Ex: Ben is usually short for Bejamin
Ex: he is called Ben for short
Fine wine will improve with age ( càng để càng ngon )
immigration (n) (to/into) : sự nhập c ( vào một nớc )
immigrant : ngời nhập c
>< emigrate (v) di c ( from to ) To migrate: di trú
Invaluable (adj) - priceless (adj) Valuable >< valuelss – as worthless
To go into detail (for smt ) nói/ viết mọi chi tiết về (cái gì ) On occasion:dịp
Therefore : tuy nhiên ( chỉ hệ quả ) Ex:
In the event of smt , clause : trong trờng hợp mà
To have (got) no business to do smt /(doing smt ) khômg có quyền làm gì
To be concerned about (for) smt /smb : lo lắng
Other than to do smt , clause : trừ , ngoài
Ex: other than to ask you for money , I don t know what to do now’
To keep company with smt : / ở lại với
To be guilty of doing smt : mắc lỗi làm gì
According to smt , clause : : theo cái gì
To spend / waste time doing smt / to spend money on smt
There s no point in doing smt ’
It s (not) worth ’ / to have difficulty in / to be a waste of time (money) V_ing
Dole = unemployment benefit : trợ cấp thất nghiệp
By the time ( perfect tense)
To would rather do smt than do smt
To play a/an ( adj ) part / role in đóng vai trò ( ) trong
To throw smt to smb ( ném để ai đó bắt )
To throw smt at smb/ smt ( ném ai )= hit them
To shout at smb to be angry > < to shout to smb ( thét để gọi )
To think about smt / smb : xem xét , suy nghĩ
To think of (doing smt ) smb : nhớ lại / nghĩ lại
( about /of : the same )
To dream about smb / smt ( mơ về ) To dream of doing smt ( tởng tợng ).
To be sorry about smt : xin lỗi về việc đã gây ra
also for doing smt :
To be sorry for smb /smt : chia sẻ chuyện buồn với ai
To be familiar with smt : / to be accustomed to doing smt ( smt ) /
To have the fun of doing smt / to have the pleasure of
Ex: there was no precedent for the King s resignation ’
Never before had any Kings resigned
( Kings had never resigned before)
There are more people out of work in this country than before.
Never have there been more people in this country
Nothing but + clause : Ex: nothing but a big cake would satisfy him
To have a row with smt : cãi nhau với ai
To owe smt to smb : chịu ơn ai , nhờ ai
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To somebody s liking : làm cho ai vừa lòng, vừa ý ai ( ’ đây là danh từ )
Ex : I d really hate to play tennis.’
Playing tennis is not to my liking / a big cake is to her liking
Passive voice ( câu bị động dạng cầu kiến )
To have (smt + P2 ) / smb + V_ 0 / to get smt done : but smb to do smt
Or so : khoảng ấy : he is twenty or so
To object to doing smt = to have an (no) objection to doing smt
To be in / out of favour with smb : đợc/ (không) ai yêu mến
To be in (out of ) favour of smt / smb ( ủng hộ ai )
To have no choice but to do smt (to be force to do smt )
Ex : he has no choice but to go out ( anh ta không con sự lựa chọn ngoài việc đi)
Ex : not many people attended the meeting (turn out /n) số ngời dự – assố ít
there was a poor turn-out for the meeting
Ex : he is 2 metres high ( but) he is 2 metres in height )
To rob smb of smt / to steal smt from smb :
To be for sale : để bán to be on sale : có bán
To regard smt / smb as smb/smt : coi ai = to be considered sb to be
To doubt whether / if + clause
To try in vain to do smt Ex:
To be nervous of doing smt = to be afraid of
To feed smb / smt on smt ( to smb )
To deal with smt = to solve smt / to have a solution to smt
To call off / to put off Verb_ing = to stop
In all probability + clause : rất có thể
Ex : in all probablity , he has already left
To be on the go = to be busy
To be on ( adj ) terms ( with smb ) : = to get on well with smb
Other than (prepo) to do smt / smt (smb ) + clause ngoài , trừ
Có lẽ = apart from ( except for )
In the first / second place : một là , hai là
To make head or tail of smt = to understand smt : hiểu từ đầu đến đuôi
To be foolish to do smt ( doing smt ) = it (be ) foolish of smb to do smt
Ex : we had never been so happy before
We were unhappy before
happier than we had ever been
to raise to rise (
to blame smb / smt FOR smt
To blame smt ON smt / smb ( She is to blame for smt )
To be hungry for smt hold – asup (n) kẹt, vụ cớp
Lest ( conj) vì sợ rằng Ex : he ran away LEST he should be late
To make a (much/ no difference to smt / smb = it matter to smb _ clause
ảnh hởng đến ai Ex :
To resemble = to take after / to arrive = to turn up
Trang 8To respect = to look up to [ to One s knowledge + clause : theo ng’ ời ta đc biết
Ex : To my knowledge , you are lazy
To be likely to to smt = there is any likelihood of smt
To charge smb with smt : buộc tội to
To be in charge of smb : to look after smb
FOR THE SAKE OF = BECAUSE OF / without fail : chắc chắn
To accept to smt / smb ; chấp nhận to play a joke / trick on smb : lừa
Out of the question (adj) : không thể
To make a good impression on smb ; tạo ấn tợng
To be / get in touch with smb : liên lạc với
In all likelihood + clause ( có lẽ , )
60 divided by 5 is (makes ) 6 ( multiplied by ).
Another other others
Adjectives Pronouns
Singular another another
Plural other Others : đại từ thay cho danh từ (some +n ) vật/ ngời khác Ex: One pupil called me, another (pupil)
Some books are interesting Other books ( others ) are
Others are
The( my, his ) other : cái thứ hai trong hai cái : kia
Ex : my left hand is dirty I may use the other to open the door
The others : Những cái/ vật còn lại
Ex : In my class I went swimming while the other went fishing
Other than (pre) to do smt ngoài, trừ
Ex: other than to ask me for money, he doesn’t care for me
Note : còn nhiều thiếu xót , mong thông cảm có gì bổ sung sau:
Take care of yourselves, my pupils à.