Unit 2: MAKE EXPRESSIONS (Page 22)

No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example

1 Make head or Hiểu đầu đuôi cái gì We couldn’t make heads or tails of your
tail of sth Understand something directions.
2 Make a meal Phức tạp hóa vấn đề I only asked for a summary of the main
Exaggerate, spend too
of points but she's making a real meal out of
much time or effort on
it.
3 Make amends Do something for Sửa, đền bù She tried to make amends by inviting him
somebody to show that out to dinner.
you are sorry for what
you have done
4 Make Be prepared for Chuẩn bị dự phòng He hasn't made any provision for his
provision for retirement yet
5 Make ends Keep money under Kiếm đủ sống It’s not easy to make ends meet with a big
meet control/have enough family, but somehow we manage.
money to live on
6 Make up for Not waste any more time/ Không lãng phí thời I didn't travel much in my twenties but I'm
lost time compensate for lost time gian/ Bù đắp lại khoảng certainly making up for lost time now.
thời gian đã mất
7 Make light of Not treat sth as seriously Xem nhẹ việc gì It is easy to make light of other people's
as you should problems
8 Make Consider Cân nhắc You should make allowances for him -
allowances for he's been quite ill recently.
9 Make the Use to the best advantage Tận dụng hết We’re only in Paris for a day, so let’s
most of make the most of it.
10 Make do (with Manage with sth that is Cố gắng xoay sở Can you make do with $5 for now and I’ll
sth) not really satisfactory give you the rest tomorrow?
11 Make sense of Understand sth that is Hiểu I cannot make sense of the last paragraph.
sth difficult or has no clear
meaning
12 Make a to earn or lose more Kiếm lời, bị lỗ The company said it had made a profit of
profit/loss (of) money than you spend: about £1.4bn.
13 Make a/any to have an important Tạo ra sự khác biệt He's much happier now – his new school
difference (to) effect or influence on seems to have made a big difference.
something or someone

14 Make a good to cause someone to Tạo ấn tượng tốt Susie made a very good impression on
impression notice and admire you Bruno when they first met.
(on)
15 Make a(n) apologize/ remark Xin lỗi/ Nhận xét I quickly made my apologies and left.
apology/
 remark
16 Make a(n) to give a reason for doing Xin lỗi/ Phàn nàn You're always making excuses for not
excuse/ something you shouldn't helping me
do, or for not doing
complaint
something you should do/
complaint
17 Make a Recover/ earn money Hồi phục/ Kiếm sống She is expected to make a full recovery
recovery/
living
18 Make a(n) do something you find Nỗ lực/ Lựa chọn I wish you’d make the effort to get on
effort/choice difficult/decide with her.
19 Make a Perform a speech in front Đọc diễn văn/ Coi trọng You made that silly speech the other night
speech/point of an audience/ to always điều gì and I'm still not buying.
do something or to take
particular care to do
something
21 Make (a) Refer to/ mention Nhắc đến việc gì She made (a) reference to our agreement.
reference to
22 Make a(n) Offer/commit an error Đề nghị/ Mắc lỗi They made an offer on our house.
offer/mistake
Đề nghị (Mua)
 Unit 2: (BE) IN EXPRESSIONS (Page 23)

1 In awe of Kính nể (Có sợ hãi) As children we were rather in awe

Feeling respect
of our grandfather.
2 In the Vì lợi ích của It is vital that we reform the system
interests of For the sake of sth in the interests of fairness to
everyone.
3 In turmoil In a confused state Cực kỳ bối rối The country was in turmoil.
4 In deep debt Owing a lot of money Nợ rất nhiều tiền How did you manage to get so deep
in debt?
5 In league with Making secret plans with Lên kế hoạch bí mật với He is in league with the devil.
sb ai
6 In the course During Trong khi The insurance covers you if you are
of injured in the course of your
employment.
7 In (a) deep Be sleeping heavily Ngủ mê My elder brother is in a deep sleep.
sleep
8 In (a) deep Be in serious trouble Gặp rắc rối to You will be in deep trouble with
trouble Dad if you don't tell him the truth
now.
9 In (a) deep Be in trouble, difficulty Gặp khó khan The Democrats are in deep water
water(s) over their plans for tax increases.
10 In (a) deep Concentrating on what Đang tập trung suy nghĩ She is in a deep thought.
thought one is thinking about
11 In reply to As a reply to Trả lời I am writing in reply to your letter
dated May 12.
12 In place of In stead of Thay vào đó In place of our advertised
programme, we will have live
coverage of the special memorial
service.
13 In time for Not late for Vào đúng lúc (Làm gì) I came back in time for Molly's
party.
14 In vain Without hope of success Vô vọng They waited in vain for a response.
15 In character Typical of a person Về tính cách For Tom to shout that way wasn't at
all in character. He's usually quite
pleasant. It was quite in character
for Sally to walk away angry.
16 In excess of More than (a limit) Nhiều hơn I was almost at the end when she
headed back down the street, well
in excess of the speed limit.
17 In accordance In agreement with Đồng tình với In accordance with your request, I
with am sending a copy of my book
 18 In the absence Without Không có In the absence of glass, the
of traditional material was rice paper
glued to a fine grille of wood.
19 In the balance Not knowing whether the Lưỡng lự His survival hung in the balance
result is going to be good for days.
or bad
20 In sympathy Showing support or Đồng cảm với The data clearly shows that rates of
with approval depression rise in sympathy with
rates of unemployment.
21 In proportion Having a correct relation Tương xứng với, tỉ lệ Each region was represented in
to to sth else với proportion to its population.

Unit 2: BODY PARTS II (Page 24)

No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example

1 Be an old Có kinh nghiệm We should be able to trust Silva to
hand at Be experienced at negotiate a good deal for us - he's an old
hand at the game.
2 Get out of Vượt tầm kiểm soát He went to see his doctor because he felt
Get out of control
hand his drinking was getting out of hand.
3 Give sb a big Applaud sb a lot Tán dương, khen ngợi ai Let's give our special guest a big hand!
hand
4 At the hands Experience (usually Có sự nhúng tay của Tests he would undergo at the hands of a
of unpleasant) treatment senior neurologist
from sb
5 With a heavy Sadly Buồn rầu With a heavy heart, she turned to wave
heart goodbye.
6 Take sth to Be upset/influenced by Suy nghĩ về điều gì, để Don't take it to heart - he was only
heart tâm joking about your hair.
7 Set one’s Desire strongly/ be Rất muốn cái gì, quyết She had her heart set on going to
heart on determined to định chắc chắn college
8 Win the Win the support of, Được đón nhận, lấy The president must try to win the hearts
hearts and become very popular lòng and minds of the voters.
minds of with
9 Bring matters Brings matter to a climax Đưa tình huống tới đỉnh The issues that you're trying to ignore in
to a head điểm your relationship will be brought to a
head eventually, so you might as well
deal with them now.
10 Be over one’s Be difficult to understand Khó hiểu My jokes always seem to go over
head Stephanie's head, so I'm glad you think
 I'm funny at least.
11 Keep/lose Remain calm/panic Giữ/ Mất bình tĩnh I'm sorry, I lost my head out there.
one’s head There's no excuse for what I said.
12 Get sth Begin/stop believing sth, Bắt đầu/ Ngừng tin vào I can’t get the pictures of those starving
into/out of remember/forget sth việc gì children out of my head.
one’s head
13 See eye to eye Agree Đồng quan điểm My sisters don't see eye to eye with me
about the arrangements.
14 Catch sb’s eye Catch sb’s attention Thu hút sự chú ý của ai A sudden movement caught my eye.
15 Keep an eye Watch, look after Trông chừng cái gì Keep an eye on your brother while I’m
on sb/sth out, please.
16 (never) set Never see before/see Để mắt đến ai, nhìn thấy Everyone keeps talking about Patrick, but
eyes on sb/sth (emphatic) ai lần đầu tiên I've never set eyes on the man.
 Unit 2: CONFUSING/RELATED WORDS (Page 26)
SPEAK– SPEECH – REMARK -SAY-TALK– CHATTER – WORD-GOSSIP-PHRASE-
RUMOUR
SPEAK
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Speak for sb to express the opinions or Đại diện phát biểu ý I cannot speak for the others.
wishes of someone kiến

2 Speak for Be clear and needs no Không cần giải thích The school's excellent record speaks for
itself further explanation itself.
3 Speak well of Praise Khen ngợi I can speak well of Ted, I've known him
for years.
4 Nothing to Not much, nothing worth Không còn gì để nói There was nothing to speak of this
speak of mentioning winter.

SPEECH
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Impaired Nói kém His impaired speech led to great
speech a difficulty in speaking difficulty in comprehending his meanings
clearly, such as a lisp or and many of his words were transcribed
stammer phonetically.
2 Figure of a word or phrase used in Hình thái tu từ "Break a leg" is a figure of speech,
speech a non-literal sense for meaning "good luck".
rhetorical or vivid effect.
3 Maiden the first speech that he or Lời phát biểu đầu của She was terrified of making her maiden
speech she makes in parliament thành viên speech.
after becoming a member
of it.

REMARK
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Make a Remark Đưa ra ý kiến/ nhận xét The children made rude remarks about the
remark old man.
 SAY (v/n)
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Say to oneself to have something in Nói với chính mình He said to himself that he would never
your mind, especially let himself get duped like that again.
something that you are
trying to make yourself
believe is true
‘This is the real t
2 Have your say to get the chance to say Có cơ hội để nói I’m speaking now. You can have your
what you think about say later!
something

3 You don’t say used to express Dùng để bày tỏ sự ngạc He's lost his job." "You don't say!"
amazement or disbelief. nhiên hoặc không tin .
“Cậu đang nghiêm túc
á?”
4 Have a say in to be involved in making Có tiếng nói trong việc The employees had little/no say in the
sth a decision about gì restructuring of the company.
something
5 You can say used to show that you (Bày tỏ sự đồng ý) "It's hot!" "You can say that again
that again completely agree with
what someone has said

TALK (v/n)
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Talk sense to speak in a reasonable Nói 1 cách khôn ngoan/ It's good to hear someone finally talking
way hợp lý sense on this issue.
2 Talk (sb) out of to persuade someone not Thuyết phục ai đó Her parents tried to talk her out of
to do something không làm gì getting engaged.
3 Small talk conversation about Cuộc nói chuyện xã I don't enjoy parties where I have to make
things that are not giao, không quan trọng small talk with complete strangers.
important, often between
people who do not know
each other well

CHATTER
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Chatter of The action of your teeth Tiếng lập cập của răng He’s so cold that I can hear the chatter of
teeth knocking together teeth.
repeatedly because you
are very cold or
frightened
2 Incessant A continuous Nói luyên thuyên không I can’t concentrate with her incessant
chatter conversation about ngừng (gây bực mình) chatter.
things that are not
important…
3 Chatterbox a person who talks at Người hay nói luyên Your sister's a real chatterbox!
length about trivial thuyên, người ba hoa
matters.

WORD
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Have a word speak briefly to Có đôi lời với ai I'll just have a word with him.
with someone.
2 Words of a Lyrics Lời bài hát It is hard to understand words of this
song song.
3 Word of information about Lời cảnh báo She gave me words of warning: when
warning possible danger or you arrive in Hye-on-Wye beware of the
trouble second-hand bookshops.
4 Give your Promise Hứa He gave his word that he would marry
word her and she had no cause to doubt him.
5 Eat your words retract what one has said, Thừa nhận mình sai Sam said it would never sell, but when he
especially in a sees these sales figures he'll have to eat
humiliated way. his words.

GOSSIP
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Spread gossip to spread rumours Lan truyền tin đồn He had been spreading gossip about his
(v) coworkers.
2 Gossip-monger a person who habitually Người hay ngồi lê đôi Players are gossipmongers, constantly
passes on confidential mách seeking information about the inner-
information or spreads workings of other franchises.
rumors.

PHRASE
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 Turn of phrase a manner of expression Phong cách diễn đạt She has an awkward turn of phrase.
2 Phrase sth Paraphrase Diễn giải lại bằng cách The director phrases that film
differently khác differently.
 RUMOUR
No Vocabulary English meaning Vietnamese meaning Example
1 To be To be said to be Được đồn là It is rumoured to be attacked on the way
rumoured to home.
verb
2 Spread Spread a story or piece Lan rộng tin đồn False rumours spread about the city
rumours of information that may being placed under martial law.
or may not be true,
3 Rumour has it the information or story Có lời đồn rằng Rumour has it that the neighbors are
that is going around is moving next month.