Learning about collocations

Question 1

fast/quick cars?

Answer 1

fast cars

Question 2

a quick/fast glance?

Answer 2

a quick glance

Question 3

a fast/quick meal?

Answer 3

a quick meal

Question 4

keep to/stick to the rules

Answer 4

If you keep to a rule, plan, or agreement, you do exactly what you are expected or supposed to do.

e.g.
- He had been unable to keep to his schedule.
- You’ve got to keep to the speed limit.

Question 5

rules are made to be broken

Answer 5

luật sinh ra là để láck

Question 6

strong/powerful engine?

Answer 6

have a powerful engine

Question 7

make a/an [adj] effort to do sth

what is the [adj]?

Answer 7

make a special effort to do sth

Question 8

make a few/little mistakes?

Answer 8

make a few mistakes

Question 9

pass the buck (idm)

Answer 9

to blame someone or make them responsible for a problem that you should deal with (đổ thừa cho ai đó)

Question 10

nghiêm cấm một cách nghiêm khắc, chặt chẽ

____ forbidden

Answer 10

strictly forbidden
/fəˈbɪdn/

Question 11

very cold = ?

Answer 11

bitterly cold

Question 12

very dark = ?

Answer 12

pitch dark

Question 13

poverty causes crime = ?

Answer 13

poverty breeds crime

Question 14

một bữa ăn lớn, thịnh soạn

____ meal

Answer 14

a substantial meal

Question 15

tuyết rơi nặng hạt

Answer 15

snow heavily / heavy snow

Question 16

hộ chiếu có hiệu lực, hợp lệ

____ passport

Answer 16

valid passport

Question 17

thất vọng nặng nề

_____ disappointed

Answer 17

bitterly disappointed

Question 18

pull sb’s leg (idm) (inf)

Answer 18

to try to persuade someone to believe something that is not true, as a joke

e.g. Is it really your car or are you pulling my leg?

Question 19

start a new career; chose a job in a certain skill set such as being a doctor or a teacher

= _____ a profession

Answer 19

take up a profession

e.g. “Susan took up the profession of teaching. Now she teaches young children”

Question 20

bị cảm lạnh nặng

____ cold

Answer 20

have a heavy cold

Question 21

có việc làm

____ a job

Answer 21

get a job

Question 22

cho ai đó quá giang, đi nhờ

give someone _____

Answer 22

give someone a lift

Question 23

make one’s way

Answer 23

1. make one’s way to/towards swh: to go
   e.g. They made their way towards the centre/center of the town.
2. to get on in the world (tiến bộ)
   e.g. Young people want to make their own way in the world.

Question 24

be very lucky in life

lead a ____ life

Answer 24

lead a charmed life
=> lead an exciting life

Question 25

cực kì ghen tị với ai đó ____ jealous of sb

Answer 25

desperately jealous of sb

Question 26

spend one's time to do/doing sth?

Answer 26

spend one's time doing sth

Question 27

li hôn ____ divorce (4)

Answer 27

get divorce, get a divorce, marriage ends in divorce => divorce on the grounds of

Question 28

if someone ____, they require you to do things which take a lot of time, energy, or money ____ demands ___ sb

Answer 28

make (huge) demands on sb e.g. I had no right to make demands on his time.

Question 29

gọi cho ai đó ____ a call/ring

Answer 29

give sb a call/ring

Question 30

turn on the tabs to fill a bathtub with water for bathing oneself (~ đi tắm) ____ bath

Answer 30

run oneself a bath

Question 31

đau nhói have a ____ pain

Answer 31

have a sharp pain in

Question 32

- giảm đau, giảm cơn đâu - kiểm soát cơn đau - chấm dứt cơn đau

Answer 32

- ease/relieve/alleviate the pain - control the pain - stop the pain

Question 33

chịu đựng cơn đau ____ pain

Answer 33

put up with the pain

Question 34

chỗ cua gấp _____ bend/turn

Answer 34

a sharp bend/turn

Question 35

sự đối lập/khác biệt rõ rệt a sharp ___/____/____

Answer 35

a sharp contrast/difference/distinction

Question 36

sự tăng/giảm đột ngột ____ rise/___/drop

Answer 36

a sharp rise/increase/drop

Question 37

Have access to

Answer 37

Có quyền truy cập, được biết cái gì

Question 38

Lời khuyên hữu ích _______ of advice

Answer 38

Useful piece of advice

Question 39

Find a way to do sth

Answer 39

Discover how to achieve or deal with sth

Question 40

Find one's way to swh

Answer 40

To look for and find where one needs to go in order to get swh

Question 41

Learn (sth) the hard way (that)

Answer 41

Discover what you need to know through experience or by making mistakes

Question 42

Get in one's way

Answer 42

in a position to obstruct, hinder, or interfere with someone or sth - obstruct = hinder: cản trở, gây trở ngại - interfere: can thiệp, cản trở

Question 43

Give way to sb/sth

Answer 43

Allow sb or sth to be or go first

Question 44

Try every possible way to do sth

Answer 44

Cố gắng, thử mọi cách để làm gì

Question 45

Tham gia một khóa học ____ a course

Answer 45

Enrol on a course

Question 46

Có một cuộc trò chuyện dàiii về cái gì have a ________ about sth

Answer 46

Have a long chat about sth

Question 47

Đáp ứng yêu cầu cho/của cái gì đó _____ requirements _____ sth

Answer 47

Meet the requirements for sth

Question 48

Đầu vào đại học University ______

Answer 48

University entry

Question 49

Enrol in, attend and work toward the completion of an academic course (in some topics) => theo đuổi một khóa/ngành học nào đó _____/_____ a course

Answer 49

Do/take a course

Question 50

Khởi nghiệp ______ one's own business

Answer 50

Set up one's own business

Question 51

Set sth up

Answer 51

To formally establish a new company, organisation, system, way of working, etc. e.g. set up a committee/a fund

Question 52

Làm bài kiểm tra, dự thi _____ an exam

Answer 52

Take an exam

Question 53

Diễn thuyết _____ a lecture

Answer 53

Give a lecture

Question 54

____ (____) progress: tiến bộ

Answer 54

Make (good) progress

Question 55

____ one's duty: to do, undertake, or accomplish which is expected or required from one

Answer 55

Do one's duty: đảm đương, gánh vác, hoàn thành trách nhiệm của ai đó

Question 56

___ a rest: nghỉ ngơii

Answer 56

Have a rest

Question 57

_____ (some) shopping: đi sópink

Answer 57

Do some shopping

Question 58

Make a _____ effort ____: dành 1 sự cố gắng đặc biệt cho cái gì

Answer 58

Make a special effort to do sth

Question 59

____/____ enjoy sth: gất là enjoy cái giè

Answer 59

Thoroughly/really enjoy sth

Question 60

____ an ____ to somewhere: dẫn dắt cuộc thám hiểm tới đâu

Answer 60

Lead an expidition to somewhere

Question 61

_____ a _____: chủ trì, dẫn dắt một cuộc thảo luận

Answer 61

Lead a discussion

Question 62

_____ an/the _____ into sth: phụ trách chính trong việc điều tra cái gì

Answer 62

Lead an/the inquiry into sth

Question 63

ốm nặng vkl ____ ill

Answer 63

desperately ill

Question 64

bận vãi thị loz ____ busy

Answer 64

desperately busy

Question 65

iu ai đó điên guồng nồng choáy ____ in love with sb

Answer 65

be desperately in love with sb

Question 66

1 sự đau đớn trầm trọng ____ pain

Answer 66

an acute pain

Question 67

1 xự đau đớn pất ngờ, đột ngột ____ pain

Answer 67

a sudden pain

Question 68

1 sự lựa chọn thông minh, sáng suốt a ____ decision/____

Answer 68

a wise decision/choice

Question 69

to be older and ____: thông minh, sáng suốt

Answer 69

to be older and wiser

Question 70

____ a business: vận hành, điều hành 1 công ty (operate, direct, oversee and manage a business)

Answer 70

run a business

Question 71

run ___: vận hành, hoạt động 1 cách trơn tru, suôn sỉe

Answer 71

run smoothly

Question 72

xe buýt đi tới bến và rời đi theo thời gian biểu buses run ____

Answer 72

buses run regularly

Question 73

to ____ for (___) ____: to campaign to be elected to an office (vận động tuyển cử cho cái gì)

Answer 73

to run for (political) office