1. Be a breeze: very easy----> This assignment was a breeze to Tra.

She only needed 10 minutes to

finish it.( qúa là ngầu)
2. A bottomless pit: without end or limit---> I ate too much that my mother thinks my stomach is a
bottomless pit.
3. Be thunder in the night: very loud---> The boom of fireworks was thunder in the night. It could
be heard a mile away.
4. Be night and day---> Eventhough Spood and Spood’ are twins, their personalities are night and
day.
5. Porter: someone whose job it is to carry bags or other loads
6. Against the time: rushed and short on time----> He worked against the time and finally finish his
thesis on time.
7. Out on the limb: put yourself in a tough position to support someone---> She is going out on the
I limb to give me second chance. How lucky I am.
8. Be on pins and needles: be nervous---> When I was waiting my test result, I was on pins and
needles.
9.
1. Alight: to get down from, to step down from---> She hurried to alight from the small
airplane.
2. To no avail: without success---> I tried to discuss the issue camly, but to no avail.
3. Be cut out for sth: được sinh ra để làm gì----> Sometimes I bore the thought of not being cut
out for marrying Tra.
4. Send chill down one’s spine: make someone very frightened/scared---> Going out alone at
night really send chill down my spine. I am afraid of being kitnapped by Tra
5. Capture one’s attention: thu hút sự chú ý của ai---> His sense of humor and politeness
capture Tra attention.
6. Pick on someone: bắt nạt ai= bully----> She was picked on for a long time and no one
realized that.
7. Be imprinted on one’s mind: được khắc ghi trong tâm trí của ai---> Everything you said had
imprinted on my mind.

8. Hazy:

9. Mishap

10. Blemish

11. Blunt

12. Spurt

13. Endow

14. Endowment

15. Motify: to hurt one’s feeling deeply

1. sense of achievement: feeling of having succeeded--->I have a great sense of achievement at
having reached the last unit of the book.
2. sense of purpose: having a clear aim----> An has always had a very strong sense of purpose in
winning a lottery and marrying Tra.
3. sigh of relief: happy feeling that something bad has not happened---->She heaved a sigh of relief
as she saw he step off the plane.
4. shiver down her spine: feeling very excited---> I have shrivel down my spine when I hear Tra will
return to Vietnam.
5. a surge of adrenalin: a sudden feeling of nervousness---> When realized that I had coughed and
had sore throat, I had a surge of adrenaline.
6. a state of euphoria: a feeling of excited happiness= sheer blish
7. dead keen: very keen: I’m dead keen teasing Tra hihi
8. work to one advantage: of benefit to one---> Do you think staying up late works to Tra
advantage, @
9. take delight in: My mom take delight in every stories I tell her, even stupid and trivial ones, luv
my mom
10. derive pleasure from: find great enjoyment in---> Some people derive pleasure from eating and
sleeping.
11.
1. Nasty shock: really shock
2. a fit of jealousy---> She hit her brother a fit of jealousy
3. I feel sick with worry / I’m worried sick when hearing her have a extreme headache
4. Shatter one’s confidence: made SO lose all their confidence--->His teacher’s unkind
remarks have shattered Tom’s confidence
5. Take exception to: objected to, was annoyed by----> I took exception to the noise from
my neighborhood
6. fills me with dread: makes me feel very upset and worried about something in the
future----> The thought of having tons of deadlines after coming back home fills me with
dread
7. admit defeat: accept that I would not success: I tried to pursuade her to hit the hay
early, but in the end I had to admit defeat.
1. mean any harm: intend to do sth harm to SO---->You’re being a bit hard on him. I’m
sure he didn’t mean any harm.
2. Are you up for: would you like to---> are you up for drinking a cup of warm milk with
meee?
3. Be on the go: be busy---> sis Alex always is on the go with her wonderful deadlines.
4. glad to see the back of: happy when seeing so leave--> Tra is so much glad to the
back of me huhu.
5. to be brutally honest, I wanna go home.
6. pin your hopes on: rely on---> So if you have a desperate desire to succeed, don’t
just pin your hopes on good luck, come to Tra.
7. an uphill struggle: a lot of effort with no certainty of success---> It’ll be an uphill
struggle persuading my mom to make the changes I want.