ngan hang cau truc tieng anh 1657

cac cau truc thuong dung trong tieng anh

To be a bit cracky: [ (thông tuc) gan, d h i]̣ ̀ ở ơ

To be a bit groggy about the legs, to feel groggy

['gr gi]ɔ

To be a burden to sb:

To be a church-goer:

To be a comfort to sb:

To be a connoisseur of antiques: [æn'ti:k]

To be a cup too low:

To be a dab (hand) at sth{[dæb](long)tay c /thao}́ ừ ̣

To be a dead ringer for sb:

To be a demon for work:

To be a dog in the manger:

To be a drug on the market:

to lead a gentleman's life:

To be a good judge of wine:

To be a good puller

To be a good walker:

To be a good whip:

To be a good, bad writer:

To be a hiding place to nothing:

To be a law unto oneself:

To be a lump of selfishness:

To be a man in irons:

To be a mere machine: {[mi ] (adj) chi la}ə ̉ ̀

       {merely ['mi li] (adv) chi, ə ̉ đơn thuân}̀

To be a swine to sb [swain](n) {con l n;(thông tuc) ợ ̣

người (vât)  ang ghet/ghê t m}̣ đ ́ ́ ở

To be a tax on sb:

To be a terror to :

To be a testimony to sth:

{['testim ni](n) s / l i ch ng nhân, l i khaiə ự ờ ứ ̣ ờ

in testimony of:  ê lam ch ng cho}đ ̉ ̀ ứ

To be a thrall to one's passions:

[ r :l] (n) ngθ ɔ ười nô lê ( en & bong)̣ đ ́

To be abhorrent to, from sth: [ b'h r nt] (adj) ə ɔ ə

(+ from) trai/mâu thuân v i, không h p v í ̃ ớ ợ ớ

To be able to do sth:

To be able to react to nuances of meaning

['nju: :ns] (n) s c thaiɑ ắ ́

To be ablush with shame

{[ 'bl ] (adj & adv) then  o m t}ə ʌ∫ ̣ đ ̉ ặ

To be abominated by sb

[ 'b mineit] (v) ə ɔ

To be about sth:

To be about to (do):

To be above (all) suspicion

To be abreast with, (of) the times:

To be absolutely right:

To be absolutely wrong:

To be acclaimed Emperor/King

To be accommodated in the hotel:

To be accomplice in a crime [ 'k mplis; 'k mplis](n) ə ɔ ə ʌ

To be accountable for a sum of money:

To be accountable for one's action:

To be accountable to sb:

To be accused of plagiarism:

To be acquainted with facts of the case:

To be acquainted with sb:

To be acquitted one's crime: [ 'kwit]ə

To be addicted to drink: ['ædikt] (n)

To be admitted to the Academy:

To be admitted to the exhibition gratis:

To be adroit in: [ 'dr it] (adj)ə ɔ

To be adverse to a policy:

To be affected by fever:

To be affected in one's manners:

To be affected to a service:

To be affected with a disease:

To be affianced to sb: [ 'fai ns] (v)  inh/h a hônə ə đ ́ ứ

To be afflicted by a piece of news:

To be afield:

To be alive to one's interests:

To be alive to the importance of

To be all mixed up:

To be all of a dither, to have the dithers:

To be all of a dither:

To be all of a glow:

To be all of a tremble, all in a tremble

To be all the same to:

To be all the world to:

To be all tongue:

To be always after a petticoat:

To be always harping on the same string

(on the same note):

To be always on the move:

To be always ready for a row:

To be always to the fore in a fight:

To be always willing to oblige:

To be at a loss for money:

To be at a loss what to do, what to say:

To be at the end of one's resources:

To be at the end of one's tether:

To be at the front:

To be at the helm:

To be at the last shift:

To be at the pain of doing sth:

To be at the top of the tree:

To be at the top the of the form:

To be at the wheel:

To be at the zenith of glory:

to be at variance with someone:

To be at work:

To be awake to one's own interests:

To be aware of sth a long way off:

To be behind prison bars:

To be behindhand in one's circumstances:

To be behindhand with his payment:

To be beholden to sb:

To be beneath contempt:

To be bent on quarrelling:

To be bent on:

To be bent with age:

To be bereaved of one's parents:

To be bereft of speech:

To be beside oneself with joy:

To be besieged with questions:

To be betrayed to the enemy:

To be better off:

To be between the devil and the deep sea:

To be bewildered by the crowd and traffic:

To be beyond one's ken:

To be bitten with a desire to do sth:

To be born of the purple:

To be born on the wrong side of the blanket:

To be born under a lucky star:

To be born under an unclucky star:

To be bound apprentice to a tailor:

To be bursting with a secret;

to be bursting to tell a secret

To be bursting with pride:

To be bushwhacked:

To be busy as a bee:

To be called away:

To be called to the bar:

To be called up for the active service:

To be capacitated to do sth:

To be careful to do sth:

To be carried away by that bad news:

To be cast away on the desert island:

To be caught in the net:

To be caught with chaff:

To be caught with one's hand in the till:

To be condemned to the stake:

To be confident of the future:

To be confidential (with sb):

To be confined to barracks:

To be confined:

To be confronted with (by) a difficulty:

To be connected with a family:

To be connected with sb, sth:

To be conscious of sth:

To be conspicuous (in a crowd ):

To be consumed with hunger:

To be consumed with jealousy:

To be contaminated by bad companions:

To be content to do sth:

To be continued in our next:

To be convicted of felony:

To be convulsed with laughter:

To be convulsed with pain:

To be cool towards sb:

To be correspondent to (with) sth:

To be counted as a member:

To be counted out:

To be cramped for room:

To be crazy (over, about) sb:

To be cross with sb:

To be crowned with glory:

To be cut out for sth:

To be dainty:

To be dead against sth:

To be dead keen on sb:

To be dead-set on doing sth:

To be debarred from voting in the eletion:

To be declared guilty of murder:

To be disloyal to one's country:

To be dismissed from the service:

To be displaced by :

To be displeased at (with)sth:

To be dissatisfied with (at)sth:

To be distinctly superior:

To be divorced from reality:

To be dotty on one's legs:

To be double the length of sth:

To be doubtful of sth:

To be down in (at) heath:

To be down in the mouth:

To be dressed in black, in silk:

To be elated with joy:

To be elbowed into a corner:

To be eliminated in the first heat:

To be embarrassed by lack of money.:

To be employed in doing sth:

To be empowered to :

To be enamoured of sb:

To be encumbered with a large family:

To be endued with many virtues:

To be engaged in politics, business:

To be enraged at (by) sb's stupidity:

To be enraptured with sth:

To be enthralled by a woman's beauty:

To be enthralled by an exciting story:

To be equal to one's responsibility:

To be equal to the occasion:

To be estopped from doing sth:

To be faced with a difficulty:

To be faint with hunger:

To be faithful in the performance of one's duties:

To be familiar with sth:

To be famished:

To be far from all friends:

To be far gone with child:

To be fastidious:

To be feel sleepy:

To be filled with amazement:

To be filled with astonishment:

To be filled with concern:

To be firm fleshed:

To be five meters in depth:

To be five years old:

To be flayed alive:

To be fleeced by dishonest men:

To be flooded with light:

To be found guilty of blackmail:

To be found guilty of espionage:

To be gammy for anything:

To be gasping for liberty:

To be generous with one's money:

To be getting chronic:

To be gibbeted in the press:

To be ginned down by a fallen tree:

To be given over to evil courses:

To be given over to gambling:

565 To be in (secret) communication with the enemy:

To be governed by the opinions of others:

To be hail-fellow (well-met) with everyone:

To be hale and hearty:

To be hand in (and) glove with:

To be handicapped by ill health:

To be hanged for a pirate:

To be heavy on (in) hand:

To be heavy with sleep:

To be in form, out of form:

To be in front of the church:

To be in good, bad odour:

To be in good, bad repute:

To be in great form:

To be in great want:

To be in the enjoyment of good health:

To be in the first flight:

To be in the flower of one's age:

To be in the front line:

To be in the full flush of health:

To be in the habit of doing sth:

To be in the humour to do sth:

To be in the know:

To be in the late forties:

To be in the late twenties:

To be in the utmost poverty:

To be incapacitated from voting:

To be indiscriminate in making friends:

To be indulgent towards one's children's faults;

to look on one's children with an indulgent eye:

To be intent on one's work:

To be into the red:

To be intoxicated with success:

To be intrigued by the suddenness of an event:

To be kept in quarantine for six months:

To be killed on the spot:

To be lavish in spending the money:

To be lax in (carrying out)one's duties:

To be learned in the law:

To be lured into the trap:

To be mad (at) missing the train:

To be mad about (after, on) sth:

To be made in several sizes:

To be misled by bad companions:

To be mistaken about sb's intentions:

To be mistrusful of one's ability to make

the right decision

To be mixed up in an affair:

To be more exact :

To be much addicted to opium:

To be much cut up by a piece of news:

To be mulcted of one's money:

To be mured up in a small room all day:

To be mutually assistant:

To be near of kin:

To be near one's end:

To be near one's last:

To be neat with one's hands:

To be off one's base:

To be off one's chump:

To be off one's food:

To be off one's guard:

To be off one's nut:

To be off one's rocker:

To be off the hinges:

To be offended at, with, by sth:

To be on the downward path:

To be on the firm ground:

To be on the tip-toe with curiosity:

to be on the verge of forty:

To be on the waggon: (Lóng)

To be on the wallaby (track):

To be on the watch for sb:

To be on the watch for:

To be on the wrong side of forty:

To be on the wrong side of forty:

To be on the wrong side of the door:

to be on visiting terms with;

to have a visiting acquaintance with:

To be on watch:

To be one's own enemy:

To be one's own man:

To be one's own trumpeter:

To be out of one's depth:

To be out of one's element:

To be out of one's mind:

To be out of patience:

To be out of sorts:

To be out of the question:

To be out of the red:

To be out of the straight:

To be paid a good screw:

To be paid by the quarter:

To be paid montly:

To be parched with thirst:

To be partial to music:

To be partial to sb:

To be particular about one's food:

To be past master in a subject:

To be past one's prime:

To be perfect in one's service:

To be perished with cold:

To be persuaded that:

To be pervious to the right words:

To be pinched with cold/ poverty:

To be pinched with cold:

To be pinched with hunger:

To be pitchforked into an office:

To be present in great strength:

To be prey to sth; to fall prey to:

To be privy to sth:

To be proficient in Latin:

To be profuse in one's praises:

To be promoted (to be) captain:

To be promoted by seniority:

To be promoted to the rank of :

To be prone to sth:

To be prostrated by the heat:

To be prostrated with grief:

To be proud of having done sth:

To be public knowledge:

To be pumped by running:

To be pushed for money:

To be put in the stocks:

To be put into (reduced to)a dilemma:

To be put off eggs:

To be put to fire and sword:

To be qualified for a post:

To be quarrelsome in one's cup:

To be queer:

To be quick at accounts:

To be quick of apprehension:

To be quick of hearing,

to have a keen sense of hearing

To be quick on one's pin:

To be quick on the draw:

To be quick on the trigger:

To be quick to sympathize:

To be quit of sb:

To be quite frank with sb:

To be quite innocent of English grammar:

To be raised to the bench:

To be raised to the purple:

To be rather puffed:

To be ravenous:

To be ready for any eventualities:

To be red with shame:

To be reduced by illness:

To be reduced to extremes:

To be reduced to the last extremity:

To be regardful of the common aim:

To be related to :

To be relentless in doing:

To be reliant on sb to do sth:

To be reluctant to do sth:

To be remanded for a week:

To be resigned to one's fate:

To be resolute in one's demands for peace:

To be rubbed out by the gangsters:

To be rude to sb, to say rude things to sb:

To be secure from attack:

To be seething with hatred:

To be seized by panic:

To be seized with apoplexy:

To be seized with compunction:

To be self-conscious in doing sth:

To be sensible of one's defects:

To be sent on a mission:

To be sent to the block:

To be sentenced to ten years' hard-labour:

To be sick for home:

To be sick for love:

To be sick of a fever:

To be sick of the whole business:

To be sickening for an illness:

To be slightly elevated:

To be slightly stimulated:

To be slightly tipsy:

To be slow of apprehension:

To be smitten down with the plague:

To be smitten with remorse:

To be sprung from a noble race:

To be staked through the body:

To be steady in one's principles:

To be stigmatized as a coward and a liar:

To be still active:

To be still in one's nonage:

To be strong in one's resolve:

To be struck all of a heap:

To be struck on sb:

To be struggling with adversity:

To be stumped for an answer:

To be submerged by paperwork:

To be subsidized by the State:

To be successful in doing sth:

To be suited to, for sth:

To be superior in numbers to the enemy:

To be tardy for school:

To be ten meters deep:

To be ten years old:

To be the anchorage of sb's hope:

To be the chattel of :

To be the focal point of one's thinking:

To be the gainer by:

To be the glory of the age:

To be the heart and soul of:

To be the last to come:

To be the loser of a battle:

To be the making of:

To be the pits:

To be the same flesh and blood:

To be the slave of (a slave to) a passion:

To be the staff of sb:

To be the stay of sb's old age:

To be the twelfth in one's class:

To be there in full strength:

To be thirsty for blood:

To be thoroughly mixed up:

To be thoroughly up in sth:

To be thrilled with joy:

To be thrown into transports of delight:

To be thrown out of the saddle:

To be thunderstruck:

To be tied (to be pinned) to

one's wife's apron-strings

To be tied to one's mother's apron-strings:

To be tied up with:

To be tin-hats:

To be tired of:

To be to blame:

To be transfixed with terror:

To be transported with joy:

To be transported with rage:

To be treated as a plaything:

To be treed:

To be tried by court-martial:

To be troubled about sb:

To be troubled with wind:

To be turned out of house and home:

To be twenty years of age:

To be twice the man/woman (that sb is):

To be unable to make head or tail of:

To be unalarmed about sth:

To be unapprehensive of danger:

To be unapprehensive of danger:

To be unaware of sth:

To be under the conduct of sb:

To be under the control of sb:

To be under the harrow:

To be under the heels of the invader:

To be under the knife:

To be under the leadership of sb:

To be under the necessity of doing sth:

To be under the tutelage of a master craftsman:

To be under the weather:

To be up to the chin, chin-deep in water:

To be up to the elbow in work:

To be up to the eyes in:

To be very humble towards one's superiors:

To be very intimate with sb:

To be very mean with money:

To be very much annoyed (at, about, sth):

To be very much in the public eye:

To be very open-hearted:

To be very sore about one's defeat:

To be very talkative:

to be visited by (with) a disease:

To be voted into the chair:

To be wary of sth:

To be watchful of one's appearance:

To be waylaid:

To be wearing all one's orders:

To be welcome guest everywhere:

To be well (badly)groomed:

To be well fixed:

To be well on the way to recovery:

To be well primed (with liquor):

To be well shaken before taking:

To be with the Saints:

To be within an ace of death:

To be worth (one's) while:

To be worth a mint of money:

To be worthy of death:

To be wrecked:

To do (say) the correct thing:

To do (sb's) job; to do the job for (sb):

To do everything in, with, due measure:

To do everything that is humanly possible:

To do gymnastics:

To do one's best:

To do one's bit:

To do one's daily stint:

To do one's duty (to)sb:

To do one's hair before the glass:

To do one's level best:

To do one's needs:

To do one's nut:

To do one's packing:

To do one's stuff:

To do sth according to one's light:

To do sth all by one's lonesome:

To do sth of one's free will:

To do sth of one's own accord:

To do sth of one's own choice:

To do sth on one's own hook:

To do sth slap-dash, In a slap-dash manner:

To do sth through the instrumentality of sb:

To do sth to the best of one's ability:

to use expedition in doing sth

To do sth with a good grace:

To do sth with a will:

To do sth with all speed, at speed:

To do sth with dispatch:

To do sth with grace:

To do sth with great care:

To do sth with great caution:

To do sth with great ease:

To do sth with great facility:

To do sth with minute detail:

To do sth with no preparation,

without any preparation

To do sth with one's whole heart:

To do sth without respect to the results:

To do sthwith great dexterity:

To eat (drink) one's fill:

To eat a hearty breakfast:

To eat and drink in moderation:

To eat crow:

To eat dirt:

To eat like a pig:

To eat muck:

To eat one's heart out:

To eat one's words:

To eat quickly:

To eat some fruit:

To eat the bread of idleness:

To eat the leek:

To eat to satiety:

To eat up one's food:

To eat with avidity:

To eat, drink, to excess:

To get sth to eat:

To have breakfast, to eat one's breakfast:

To have nothing to eat:

To tempt a child to eat:

To go about one's lawful occasion:

To go about one's usual work:

To go about to do sth:

To go across a bridge:

To go against the current:

To go against the tide:

To go at the foot's pace:

To go away for a fortnight:

To go away for ever:

To go away with a flea in one's ear:

To go away with sth:

To go away with sth:

To go back into one's room:

To go back into the army:

To go back on one's word:

To go back the same way:

To go back to a subject:

To go back to one's native land:

To go back to the beginning:

To go back to the past:

To go back two paces:

To go backwards:

To go bad:

To go bail (to put in bail) for sb:

To go beyond all bounds, to pass all bounds:

To go beyond one's authority:

To go down (fall, drop) on one's knees:

To go down (from the university):

To go down before an opponent:

To go down in an exam:

To go down into the tomb:

To go down the hill:

To go down the river:

To go down to the country:

To go down to the South:

To go for a good round:

To go for a horse ride on the beach:

To go for a quick pee:

To go for a ramble:

To go for a ride, to take a ride:

To go for a row on the river:

To go for a trip round the lake:

To go for a trip round the world:

To go for a walk:

To go for nothing:

To go for sb in the papers:

To go from bad to worse:

To go from hence into the other world:

To go into rhapsodies over:

To go into the church:

To go into the dock:

To go into the first gear:

To go into the melting-pot:

To go off the boil:

To go off the hooks:

To go one's own way:

To go out (on strike):

To go out of one's mind:

To go out of one's way (to do sth):

To go out of the subject:

to go out of view:

To go out poaching on a farmer's land:

To go out to dinner:

To go out unobserved:

To go out with a gun:

To go out, walk out:

To go overboard:

To go round the globe:

To go round with the hat;to make the hat go round; to pass

round the hat, to send round the hat:

To go through a terrible ordeal:

To go through all the money:

To go through fire and water:

To go through one's facing:

To go through the roof:

To go through thick and thin for sb:

To go to a better world:

To go to a place:

To go to and fro:

To go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark:

To go to bed; to go to bye bye

To go to Cap.St (Cap Saint Jacques)

Jacques for a sniff of the briny:

To go to clink, to be put in clink:

To go to communion:

To go to confession:

To go to earth:

To go to England via Gibraltar:

To go to extremes, to run to an extreme:

To go to town to do some shopping:

To go to wrack and ruin:

To go to, to mount, the scaffold:

To go with the stream:

To go with wind in one's face:

To go with young:

To go within:

To go, come out on strike:

To have a bare competency:

To have a bath:

To have a bee in one's bonnet:

To have a bias against sb:

To have a bit of a scrap with sb:

To have a bit of a snog:

To have a bone in one's last legs:

To have a bone in one's throat:

To have a bone to pick with sb.:

To have a broad back:

To have a browse in a bookshop:

To have a cast in one's eyes:

to have a catholic taste in literature:

To have a chat with sb:

To have a chew at sth:

To have a chin-wag with sb:

To have a chip on one's shoulder:

To have a cinch on a thing:

To have a claim to sth:

To have a clear utterance:

To have a clear-out:

To have a close shave of it:

To have a cobweb in one's throat:

To have a cock-shot at sb:

To have a cold:

To have a comical face:

To have a concern in business:

To have a connection with :

To have a contempt for sth:

To have a corner in sb's heart:

To have a deep horror of cruelty:

To have a delicate palate:

To have a dig at sb:

To have a dip in the sea:

To have a disposition to be jealous:

To have a distant relation with sb:

To have a distant view of sth:

To have a drop in one's eye:

To have a dust-up with sb:

To have a far-reaching influence:

To have a fast hold of sth:

To have a favourable result:

To have a feeling for music:

To have a fine set of teeth:

To have a fine turn of speed:

To have a fling of stone at the bird:

To have a flirtation with sb:

To have a flushed face:

To have a fresh colour:

To have a frightful headache:

To have a fringe of curls on the forehead:

To have a full order-book:

To have a gathered finger:

To have a genius for business:

To have a genius for doing sth:

To have a genius for mathematics:

To have a German accent:

To have a gift for mathematics:

To have a glass together:

To have a glib tongue:

To have a good acquaintance with sth:

To have a good bedside manner:

To have a good clear conscience:

To have a good feed:

To have a good grip of a subject:

To have a good heart:

To have a good memory:

To have a good nose:

To have a good slack:

To have a good supper:

To have a good tuck-in:

To have a great faculty for doing sth:

to have a great vogue:

To have a grouch on:

To have a grudge against sb:

To have a handle to one's name:

To have a headache:

To have a heart attack:

To have a heavy cold:

To have a heavy in the play:

To have a high opinion of sb:

To have a high sense of duty,

a delicate sense of humour

To have a hitch to London:

To have a hobble in one's gait:

To have a holy terror of sth:

To have a horse vetted:

To have a house-warming:

To have a hump:

To have a hunch that:

To have a hungry look:

To have a jealous streak:

To have a joke with sb:

To have a joke with sb:

To have a large household:

To have a lead of ten meters:

To have a leaning toward socialism:

To have a liability to catch cold:

To have a light foot:

To have a liking for:

To have a limp, to walk with a limp:

To have a little money in reserve:

To have a long arm:

To have a long face:

To have a long tongue:

To have a look at sth:

To have a loose tongue:

To have a maggot in one's head:

To have a mania for football:

To have a mash on sb:

To have a memory like a sieve:

To have a miraculous escape:

To have a monkey on one's back:

To have a motion:

To have a narrow squeak:

To have a nasal voice:

To have a nasty spill:

To have a natural wave in one's hair:

To have a near touch:

To have a nibble at the cake:

To have a nice ear for music:

To have a northern aspect:

To have a pash for sb:

To have a pass degree:

To have a passage at arms with sb:

To have a passion for doing sth:

To have a period:

To have a poor head for figures:

To have a pull of beer:

To have a quaver in one's voice:

To have a quick bang:

To have a quick slash:

To have a quiet think:

To have a ready wit:

To have a reputation for courage:

To have a restless night:

To have a rinse of beer:

To have a roll on the grass:

To have a rorty time:

To have a roving eye:

To have a rumpus with sb:

To have a run in the country:

To have a scrap:

To have a sensation of discomfort:

To have a shave:

To have a shot at the goal:

To have a shot at:

To have a shy doing sth:

To have a silver tongue:

To have a sing-song round the camp fire:

To have a slate loose:

To have a sleepless night:

To have a slide on the ice:

To have a smattering of Germany:

To have a smooth tongue:

To have a sneaking sympathy for sb:

To have a sore throat:

To have a spanking brain:

To have a spite against sb:

To have a steady seat:

To have a stiff neck:

To have a stranglehold on sb:

To have a strong grasp:

To have a strong grip:

To have a such at one's pipe:

To have a suck at a sweet:

To have a sufficiency:

To have a swollen face:

To have barely enough time to catch the train:

To have bats in one's belfry:

To have breakfast, to eat one's breakfast:

To have buried a relative:

To have but a poor chance of success:

To have but a tincture of science:

To have capabilities:

To have capacity to act:

To have carnal knowledge of sb:

To have cause for dissatisfaction:

To have circles round the eyes:

To have clean hands in the matter:

To have cognizance of sth:

To have commerce with sb:

To have compassion on sb:

To have dealings with sb:

To have difficulty in breathing:

To have done with half-measures: