UNIT 1: TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT

TOPIC VOCABULARY IN CONTRAST

No Vocabulary English Vietnamese Example
meaning
meaning
1 Voyage (n) It is a long way from London to
A long journey, New York by sea, but the voyage
especially on a ship was quite relaxing.
2 Journey (n) An occasion when you We had a long journey ahead of
travel from one place to us.
another, especially over
a long distance
3 Trip (n) An occasion when you The whole family went on a trip
go to somewhere and to Nha Trang.
come back again
4 Travel (n) The activity of Foreign travel never really
travelling appealed to him until he retired.
5 Excursion (n) A short journey that My grandmother often talks
make you for pleasure about going on excursions to the
sea when she was a girl.

6 View (n) The things that you can We had a spectacular view of
see from a particular the mountains from our room.
place

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No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example

1 at a low ebb  ảm đạm, tẻ nhạt hơn bình Consumer confidence is curren
thường
worse than usual; depressed I was recently divorced and fee
 buồn chán
ebb.
2 at a loose end Rảnh rỗi, không có gì để If you find yourself at a loose e
having nothing to do
làm always clean the bathroom.
3 at one's disposal available for use có sẵn (để sử dụng) Do you have this information a
4 at loggerheads in disagreement cất hòa He was at loggerheads with ot
committee.
5 at ease completely relaxed thư giãn I did my best to make him feel
6 at one's wits' end not knowing what to do or vô phương kế I'm at my wits' end. I don't kno
say because one is very
worried
7 at a loss confused,uncertain bối rỗi, lúng túng I'm at a loss to know how I can
It was unlike him to be at a los
8 at a standstill not moving, stopped không tiến triễn, dậm chân Labour negotiations are almos
tại chỗ, lâm vào tình trạng
bế tắc
9 at odds with in disagreement không đồng tình, bất hòa, The two groups have long been
mẫu thuẫn other.
He was completely at odds [=h
disagreed] with the way the pr
handled
10 at the forefront leading position ở vị trí dẫn đầu The company has always been
science and technology.
11 at large escaped and still free thoát được và vẫn tự do The man who tried to have her
large.
12 at its/one's best in the best state or form trong trạng thái tốt nhất I am not a morning person, an
best until at least noon.
13 at a dead end a point at which one can vô phương kế, đường cùng Negotiators have reached a de
make no further progress attempts to find a peaceful solu
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1 mouth the words hát nhép Actors both sing and mouth th
pretend to sing familiar tunes.

2 thumb a lift cho đi nhờ, quá giang Ttwo or three cars passed me a
hitchhike
thumb a lift, but they didn't sto
3 face up to sth deal with đối mặt, giải quyết (vấn đề) She's going to have to face up
he's not going to marry her.
4 head for go đi đến… She headed for home
somewhere
5 toe the line obey vâng lời If you want to get ahead, you’d
toe the line.
6 foot the bill pay trả tiền, thanh toán His parents can’t afford to foo
college education.
7 nose into interfere làm phiền, xía mũi vào I don’t want them nosing into
8 elbow one's way push chen lấn trong đám đông We had to elbow our way thro
through the board the train on time.
crowd
9 shoulder the accept Gánh trách nhiệm It is women who mainly should
blame/responsibi for the care of elderly and disa
lity
Teachers cannot be expected to
blame for poor exam results.
10 hand it to sb praise khen ngợi ai You've got to hand it to Meliss
gets around.
11 hands of the pointers kim đồng hồ The 'hands of a clock' are wha
clock hour and the minute.
12 spine of a book narrow part of the cover gáy sách
13 leg of a journey stage of a trip 1 chặng của cuộc hành trình The first leg of the journey got
14 foot of a the lowest part Chân núi The village near the foot of a m
mountain a river
15 arm of a chair part at the side of a chair tay ghế He threw his jacket over the ar
16 at the head of at the end of the table phía đầu/cuối bàn Dad always sits at the head of
the table
17 in this neck of in this area/around here khu vực lân cận I’m surprised to see you in this
the woods woods.
18 in the back of at a distant/isolated place ở nơi xa xôi, hẻo lánh They live in some village in the
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19 have a lot of have cool mặt dày He had a lot of cheek to sugge
cheek confidence/impudence the one to apologize!
20 have the heart to be willing to do or say sth có đủ can đảm/ nhẫn tâm để She asked me to go with her an
unkind or unpleasant làm gì the heart to refuse.
21 with the heavy very unwillingly nặng lòng, không nỡ It was with a heavy heart that
heart goodbye.

Unit 1: CONFUSING/RELATED WORDS (Page 14)

CHARACTER/PERSONALITY – MOOD – TEMPER -VIEW-SCENERY – SCENE – SIGHT

No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example

1 change of Điều mới mẻ A change of scenery might do
scenery something new good.

2 (be) in a mood have a particular feeling Đang có tâm trạng (tốt/ He seemed to be in the mood t
(good/bad/strange/...) xấu/...)
3 lose one's temper get angry Nổi giận, phát cáu He lost his temper and shouted
4 strong a lot of character/personality Cá tính mạnh She had a strong personality a
character/person determined views.
ality
5 take the view believe Giữ quan điểm, tin rằng He takes the view that the econ
in the coming year.
6 make a scene cause trouble Gây rắc rối Robert made a scene in the sto
refused to refund him for the b
7 set one's sights decide which/what you want Quyết tâm làm gì Jenny has set her sights on win
on competition.

CHARACTER/PERSONALITY
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Clash of Mẫu thuẫn nhân cách There had been a clash of pers
personality a situation in which two the two leaders.
people disagree because they
 have very different
personalities
2 be a personality Nhân vật nổi tiếng Several television personalities
be a celebrity
ráie funds for charity.
3 in/out of Typical of/ unlike one’s usual Phù hợp/ không phù hợp với It was entirely in character for
character behaviour tính cách của baby first.
What else could make him beh
character?
main character Central person in a book, Nhân vật chính I think it would be very encour
film, play,etc more television programmes h
person as the main character.

MOOD
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Be in the mood Có hứng làm gì She was dressed up and in a m
to feel like doing or having
to
something
2 in no mood to to not want to do something, Không có hứng/tâm trạng I was in no mood for chatting/
do/ for st often because you are angry làm gì
3 set the mood to establish a particular mood Tạo cảm hứng, tạo tâm The governor's speech set the m
or character for something: trạng whole conference.

TEMPER
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 temper your Kiềm chế ngôn ngữ Perhaps you should temper yo
to lessen the force or effect of
language
language
2 have a temper have the potential of Dễ tức giận He had a temper and could be
becoming very angry
3 be in a temper in an angry state of mind đang giận dữ The boss is in a temper today s
avoid him.

VIEW
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 on view Trong tầm nhìn, được trưng Plans for the new design of the
placed where the public can
bày in the library this week.
see it/on public display
2 view sth with consider st/sb from a Nhìn cái gì/ ai bằng We view these latest developm
specified perspective concern/suspicion/satisfaction
3 in full view in a place that all the people
can see, especially when this
is embarrassing or shocking
4 take a dim view to disapprove of something
of
5 with a view to + with the aim of doing
(V-ING) something
SCENERY
No Vocabulary English meaning
1 part of the
part of the natural
scenery
surroundings, trees,etc of an
area
2 spectacular
awesome scenery
scenery
SCENE
No Vocabulary English meaning
1 behind the
If something happens behind
scenes
the scenes, it happens without
most people knowing about
it, especially when something
else is happening publicly
2 change of scene different environment
3 set the scene to describe a situation where
something is about to happen
SIGHT
No Vocabulary English meaning
1 catch sight of
to see something only for a
moment
2 in/out of sight in a place that you can/cannot
see from where you are
3 lose sight of - to forget about an important Quên mất điều gì đó quan
idea or fact because you are trọng
thinking too much about other
ở nơi mà hoàn toàn có thể The argument happened on sta
trông thấy the audience.
Không tán thành I take a very dim/poor view of
behaviour (= think that this typ
unacceptable).
Nhằm múc để để… These measures have been take
increasing the company's prof
Vietnamese meaning Example
Phần của phong cảnh She dreams of being part of th
sceneries she passes during he
can not because she is always
Phong cảnh đẹp ngoạn mục Our greatest tourist assets are
our spectacular scenery.
Vietnamese meaning Example
hậu trường/ bí mật A lot of hard work has been go
scenes.
môi trường khác I fancied a change of scene fro
Chuẩn bị cho, (dàn cảnh) First, let's set the scene - it wa
with a strong wind blowing.
Vietnamese meaning Example
Thoáng nhìn thấy I caught sight of someone with
knew it was you.
Trong/ngoài tầm nhìn They passed behind the hill an
Some members of the peace-ke
to have lost sight of the fact th
to help people.
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- no longer be able to see
4 know by sight to be familiar with the
appearance of without having
personal acquaintance
He seems to have lost sight of h
and is undecided about what to
Không còn nhìn thấy ai/ cái
gì
Biết mặt (nhưng không I know Mr Brown by sight but
quen) spoken