have a blast doing to have a very fun or exciting The kids are having a blast

something time doing something running around the beach all

day.

to be on cloud nine to be extremely happy and Was Helen pleased about

excited: getting that job?
- Pleased? She was on
cloud nine!

stubborn as a donkey persistent and dogged. Ah, she's as stubborn as

a donkey
consolation something that I didn't know what to
makes someone who say - I just offered a few
is sad or words of consolation.
disappointed feel
better
To study(work) your butt/ass EN: To study really really To convince his mum to buy
off hard him a brand new IPad, he
VN: Học lòi c** had to study his butt off last
semester to get an A+

Make sb blush like a tomato EN: An awkward way of P1: You look so gorgeous!
(Sb blush as red as a saying you’re blushing P2: Thank you so much, you
tomato) VN: Đỏ mặt just make me blush like a
/blʌʃ/ tomato =)))

Sneak out EN: To get out of a place She had to wait until
/sniːk/ /aʊt/ secretly everyone was asleep before
VN: Lẻn ra ngoài she could sneak out to meet
her boyfriend

Be obsessed with sth/sb EN: unable to stop thinking; Why are people so
/əbˈsest/ too interested or worried obsessed with money?
about sth
VN: ám ảnh

look down on sb EN: to think that you are She thinks they look down
better than someone on her because she doesn't
VN: coi thường have a job

take sb by surprise EN: The storm took the

+ happen fishermen completely by
unexpectedly surprise.
+ to attack or capture
sb/st unexpectedly The police took the burglars
VN: by surprise.
+ điều gì đó xảy ra
ngoài dự đoán
+ bất ngờ tấn công
hoặc bắt giữ ai đó
Out of touch EN: to no longer
communicate with
somebody
VN: mất liên lạc với sb
Do st on purpose EN: do sth intentionally
VN: cố ý làm gì
>< by chance
>< tình cờ, vô ý
St fishy EN: seeming dishonest or
false
VN: khả nghi, mờ ám
Know plenty about st EN: know a lot about
something
VN: biết lằm biết lốn
Run away with sth EN:
● to steal something,
or to borrow
something without
asking
● to win a competition
or prize very easily
Run away with someone: EN: to secretly leave a
place with someone so that
you can live together
Burst into EN: to suddenly begin to
song/tears/laughter sing/cry/laugh
VN: bỗng dưng muốn hát/
khóc/ cười.
Passion for st EN: a very powerful feeling,
/ˈpæʃ.ən/ for example of sexual
attraction, love, hate, anger,
or other emotion
VN: đam mê
Nosy EN: too interested in what
/ˈnəʊ.zi/ other people are doing and
wanting to discover too
much about them
VN: tọc mạch, lắm chuyện
I and my ex girlfriend had
been out of touch for 3
years.
He talked about me behind
my back on purpose,
knowing it would hurt me.
There's something fishy
going on here
Your story sounds fishy to
me.
Hùng knows plenty about
chicken nugget and dieting
● A stranger broke into
my house and ran
away with my laptop
● Brazil were running
away with the game
in the first half.
● She ran away with
her boyfriend when
she was only
sixteen.
She keeps bursting into
tears.
She left her job to pursue
her lifelong passion for
painting.
Nosy neighbors