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Family Business

Education

Travelling

Time

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topic family

topic

family

Eg.

My mom - as a housewife, she does all the household chores,

while my dad - as an officer, works outside and brings home

some-thing; to earn money for your

family to live on

“ Bring home

the bacon ”

topic

familyEg.

You might need to bend

over backwards to win a

key client from a competitor

topic

familyEg.My mom takes care of our

home very well She thinks

that cleanliness is next to

godliness.

VI

Làm người phải sạch sẽ, gọn gàng

ENG

A phrase that strongly

encourages and promotes

neatness and personal

hygiene

“ Cleanliness is

next to godliness ”

topic

familyEg.Look at him, he reminds me

much of his father He’s a

chip off the old block of

A person who is very similar

to their mother or father in the

way that they look or behave

topic

familyEg. The twins are as like as

two peas in a pod, I can’t

tell them apart though I meet them every day in class

as his father You know that

the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

VI

Con nhà tông, không giống lông cũng giống cánh

ENG

Someone is displaying traits

or behaving in the same way

as their relatives (especially

parents)

“ The apple doesn’t

fall far from the tree ”

topic

familyEg.My dad and my brother are

like father like son, they

match each other in every aspect

topic

family

Eg.

My 2-year old little brother is the apple of my parent’s eyes,

he takes after my father a lot

topic

family

Eg.

“Men make houses,

wom-en make homes”, she said,

“and I want you to have a home as nice as the one you grew up in.”

VI

Đàn ông xây nhà, đàn bà xây

tổ ấm

ENG

It’s often the men who build

or acquire houses for their

families;

but it’s usually women who

provide the things that make

a house into home

“ Men make houses,

women make homes ”

topic

familyEg.My mother said that, though

anything came hell or high

water, she promised to wait

for me to come back

topic

busi-ness

topic

busi-nessEg.I always wanted to work for

that company but it took me

two years to get a foot in

the door.

VI

Bước vào một lĩnh vực, một môi trường mới, mà có thể mang lại thành công

ENG

To manage to enter an

organization, a field of

business, etc that could

bring you success

“ Get a foot

in the door ”

One has the responsibility

for further action, especially

after someone else previously

held responsibility

“ The ball is in

(one’s) court ”

topic

busi-nessEg.In a TV interview, the politician

set the record straight

about his experiences in the military

“ Set the record

straight ”

VI

Báo cáo chính xác các sự việc, đính chính một sự hiểu lầm

ENG

To make the true facts of

something clear, especially

when they have been

previ-ously mistaken,

misunder-stood, or misrepresented

đủ người để tiến hành công việc đó.

ENG

Describe a situation in which

there are too many people

telling other people what to

do, and not enough people to

do the work

“ Too many chiefs,

not enough Indians ”

topic

busi-nessEg.

George is an eager

bea-ver and is certain to succeed

An enthusiastic person who

works very hard

“ Eager

beaver ”

A share of something such as

money, profits, etc

topic

busi-nessEg.

When Tom left the company,

he was given a golden

A large sum of money that is

given to somebody when they

leave their job, or to persuade

them to leave their job

topic

busi-nessEg.

While the boss is out of the

office, I’ll have to hold the

ENG

To have the responsibility for

something or care of

some-body while other people are

away or out

topic

busi-nessEg.

The new product became the

company’s cash cow.

VI

Nguồn lực, bộ phận luôn đem lại lợi nhuận cho doanh nghiệp và cung cấp nguồn vốn cho các bộ phận khác

ENG

The part of a business that

always makes a profit and

that provides money for the

rest of the business

“ Cash cow ”

topic

cation

If we all put our thinking

caps on, I’m sure we can

come up with a way to earn enough money to go to the baseball game this weekend

VI

Suy nghĩ nghiêm túc

ENG

To begin thinking or

con-sidering very carefully and

seriously (about something),

often to solve a problem

“ Put/get your

thinking cap on ”

I asked him about his plans for Christmas, but I just drew a

blank He didn’t seem to understand what I was asking him.

VI

Không nhận được câu trả lời

ENG

To be unable to find

some-thing (especially the answer)

“ Draw a blank ”

To review a large amount of

information or discuss many

topics

She dropped out of

school at the age of 14 to

help her sick grandmother at home, but now she runs her own successful nursing home for the elderly

VI

Dừng việc học

ENG

A person who leaves school,

college, or university before

completing a qualification

“ Drop out

of school ”

topic

edu-cationEg. John is of the old school

- he still believes in the effectiveness of corporalpunishment

“ Of the old

school ”

VI

Người có xu hướng chống lại

sự thay đổi hoặc cách thức mới để làm gì đó (bảo thủ)

ENG

The one who is resistant to

change or new ways of

doing things

topic

edu-cationEg.I wasn’t able to go to college,

but I learnt a lot in the school

of hard knocks, it taught

me a lot about life

VI

Học từ thực tế cuộc sống

ENG

Real and practical experiences

of life (as opposed to formal

education)

“ The school of

hard knocks ”

topic

edu-cationEg.

I come from the school of

thought that believes

peo-ple should always be polite

Jeremy tries so hard to show me how the computer works, but

he doesn’t understand that you can’t teach an old dog new

tricks.

VI

Dùng để chỉ rằng rất khó để dạy bảo ai đó hoặc thay đổi thói quen, tính cách của ai đó

ENG

Said to mean that it is

very difficult to teach

some-one new skills or to change

one’s habits or character

“ You can’t teach an

old dog new tricks ”

I often tried to kiss up to the

teachers at the beginning of the year I would tell my teach-ers how young they looked, and sometimes I would bring them little presents

VI

Khen ngợi hoặc lấy lòng ai

đó một cách quá mức để đạt được mục đích của mình

ENG

To praise or flatter someone

excessively in order to gain his

or her favor

“ A kiss-up/

to kiss up ”

topic travel-

ling

Don’t worry about those thugs, buddy I’ll watch your back if

they ever come to bother you again

VI

Bảo vệ bản thân (hoặc người khác) lại nguy cơ từ những điều không mong đợi

ENG

Protect yourself (or

some-one else) against danger

from an unexpected quarter

“ Watch

(some-one’s) back ”

topic

travel-ling Eg.

It’s time to call it a day We

have enough for today

VI

Kết thúc một ngày làm việc hoặc nhiệm vụ đặc biệt để nghỉ ngơi

ENG

To stop working, either at

one’s job or on a particular

task, for the rest of the day

“ Call it

a day ”

My mother always told us that when in Rome, do as the

Romans do That is how today we are able to get along with

any kind of people

VI

Nhập gia, tuỳ tục

ENG

To copy popular culture in

order to blend in

“ When in Rome, do

as the Romans do ”

topic

travel-ling Eg.

It’s time to hit the road I’ll

see you soon

topic

travel-ling Eg.

Hearing the train whistle at

night gives me itchy feet.

A: Ugh, I just need to get away from it all.

B: Let’s go to the beach this weekend

VI

Đi đến nơi nào đó để thoát khỏi những vấn đề và cuộc sống thường nhật, điển hình

là thực hiện một chuyến du lịch

ENG

To escape one’s everyday

life and problems, typically

by taking a vacation

“ Get away

from it all ”

To stay very briefly in several

places, with only the

belong-ings in your suitcase

“ Live out of

a suitcase ”

An overnight flight that arrives

at its destination very early in

the morning

“ Red eye

flight ”

Someone who is lively &

attractive, in a clean, fresh

way

“ Fresh as

a daisy ”

topic

time

topic

time Eg.

She has arrived to class in

the nick of time before the

beginning of the exam

VI

Vừa kịp lúc Hoàn thành điều

gì đó vào những giây phút cuối cùng

ENG

Just in time Finishing

some-thing at the last possible

moment

“ In the nick

of time ”

topic

time Eg.

Claire hopes to turn back

the hands of time to change

the decision that she made

Time will give us the truth or

idea in the future

“ Only time

will tell ”

topic

time Eg.We left later than we were

supposed to, so it was a

race against the clock to

get to the airport on time

topic

time Eg.If she keeps working so

hard, she will have her

day in the sun and be

promoted

VI

Thời gian khi ai đó gây sự chú

ý và được đánh giá cao

ENG

A time when someone gets

attention and is appreciated

“ Someone’s day

in the sun ”

topic

time Eg.

Our school has had the same,

ugly uniform since time

immemorial.

VI

Đã từ rất lâu rồi

ENG

From a time long before one

would be able to remember

“ Since time

immemorial ”

topic

time

Eg.

The director was making

changes to the script at the

eleventh hour - I mean, the

audience was already in the hall!

topic

time Eg. “Well, hello John Better late

than never, huh? The class

started half an hour ago.” - said the teacher

VI

Chậm còn hơn không

ENG

Doing something late is better

than not doing at all It can be

used sarcastically if someone

is very late

“ Better late

than never ”

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