Người bản xứ sử dụng IDIOMS mọi lúc mọi nơi, nên nếu bạn muốn theo kịp cuộc hội thoại với họ thì hãy học càng nhiều IDIOMS càng tốt. Những cụm IDIOMS thú vị sẽ làm nổi bật bài Speaking cũng như bài Writing của mình hơn thay vì dùng những từ ngữ thông thường gây nhàm chán. Các giám khảo chấm thi IELTS sẽ rất ấn tượng nếu bạn biết sử dụng linh hoạt các cụm IDIOMS đấy nhé! Cùng nhau khám phá thôi nào!
Thử xem các bạn đã biết bao nhiêu trong số các IDIOMS dưới đây.
IDIOMS | Meaning | Example |
Catch sight of | Bắt gặp | She caught sight of her father entering a large building. |
Give place to | Nhường chỗ cho | When he came back home, his old village had given place to a new city. |
Give way to | Nhường chỗ cho, nhường đường, nhượng bộ | All other vehicles on the street gave way to the ambulance. |
Keep pace with | Bắt kịp, đuổi kịp | We couldn’t keep pace with the team, so we asked them to slow down. |
Keep track of | Theo dõi thông tin về | The company always keeps track of the changes in the market. |
Lose sight of | Mất dấu, không nhìn thấy nữa | He lost sight of the strange girl when she turned right. |
Lose touch with | Mất liên lạc | I have lost touch with some of my friends since we finished high school. |
Lose track of | Mất dấu vết về, mất thông tin về | The army have lost track of what the enemies are doing. |
Make allowance for | Xem xét, tính đến, chiếu cố | They finally made allowance for her lack of experience. |
Make fun of | Trêu đùa, trêu chọc, biến thành trò hề | Her classmates made fun of her new skirt. |
Make a fuss over/ about | Làm om sòm, làm ầm ĩ về việc gì | The students are making a fuss about the increase in school fees. |
Make room for | Tạo chỗ cho, tạo không gian cho | We should move this table to make room for the party. |
Make use of | Tận dụng | How can we make use of our time effectively. |
Pay attention to | Chú ý đến | The climbers paid no attention to the warnings and went on their climbing. |
Pay a visit to | Đến thăm | The Prime Minister paid a visit to some poor ares in the countryside. |
Put a stop to/ put an end to | Kết thúc, chấm dứt | A lot of efforts have been made to put a stop to school violence. |
Set fire to | Đốt cháy | The naughty boys set fire to the hut in the forest. |
Take account of | Xem xét ,tính đến | The compensation took account of the degree of damage each victim had received in the accident. |
Take advantage of | Tận dụng cái gì, lợi dụng ai | The prisoners took advantage of the fog and escaped successfully. |
Take care of | Quan tâm, chăm sóc | I can take care of myself. |
Take note of | Ghi chú, (ghi lại ) để nhớ | You should take notes of what Mrs Ha says in her lesson. |
Take notice of | Chú ý đến | Did you take notice of the lecture? |
1. The police are trying to find out who _____ the villa last week.
2. “Have you heard from Jimmy recently?” “No, I have _____ him since he moved to the city.”
3. The girl _____ her boyfriend at the intersection downtown and followed him.
4. “Who will _____ your son while you go on business?” “We have hired a babysitter.”
5. The teacher punished the student who had _____ the new student in the class.
6. Some chairs in the living-room should be moved to _____ the new table.
7. The farmers _____ the sunshine in the morning to dry the hay.
8. The government has brought in some new laws to _____ poaching in the high forests.
9. The mayor are _____ some families whose houses were destroyed in the storm and gave them some money.
10. They _____ the flow of the river to build some irrigation channels.
(Nguồn tham khảo: Sách "Chinh phục từ vựng tiếng Anh" của Ths.Tạ Thị Thanh Hiền, Ths Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà, Hoàng Việt Hưng)
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