SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION 9-10 Flashcards by Khánh Đào Mai

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Stand in one’s path

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Stop sb from doing sth : ngăn cản ai

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Flatter (v)

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Xu nịnh, tâng bốc, khen ngợi

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Pay sb a compliment

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Khen ngợi ai

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Shipwreck (v)

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Đắm tàu

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Be washed up on the shore

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Be cast ashore : bị quăng/ trôi dạt vào bờ

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Has the monopoly on sth

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Độc quyền với cái gì

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Be poles apart

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Be widely separated : hoàn toàn tách biệt, khác biệt

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Pep (n)

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Energy and enthusiasm : tinh thần hăng hái, nhiệt tình, sôi nổi

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Commence (v)

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Start = Begin : Bắt đầu

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Be neck and neck

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Be exactly equal : như nhau

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Come in for

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Receive sth unpleasant : hứng chịu/nhận

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A good many

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A lot of

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A good few

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Many : một số kha khá, một số khá nhiều

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Time will tell

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Thời gian sẽ trả lời cho

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Keep/ have an open mind (n)

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Giữ/có đầu óc-suy nghĩ tỉnh táo/cởi mở

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Without precedent

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Chưa từng có tiền lệ

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A school of thought

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A set of ideas/opinions

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At stake in sth

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Depending on the success of sth

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Have a craving for sth

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Long to do sth : mong muốn làm gì

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Work around the clock

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Làm việc liên tục

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Immaterial (to sth)

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Irrelevant = not important

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Forever

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For keeps

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Not the same

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There is a world of difference

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Be in good hands

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Be well take care of

Deal with

Were presented with

Fall back on sth

Return to sth

Prompt (of an action)

Done quickly and without delay

Have a diference of opinion about sth

Bất đồng quan điểm về vấn đề gì

Leave sb sth in one's will

Để lại cái gì cho ai trong bản di chúc

Inherit sth from sb

Thừa kế cái gì từ ai

Come out with sth

Say sth

Stand a chance

Có cơ hội

Live beyond one's means

Spending more than earning

Be exempt from doing sth

Được miễn (trách nhiệm) làm gì

Now and again

From time to time = sometimes : thỉnh thoảng

Up and about

Out of bed and do things again after an illness

(St) mean nothing to sb

Không quen thuộc với ai

Be better off doing sth

Phù hợp hơn với cái gì

Take the rough with the smooth

Accept the bad and good things

Enter into financial agreement with sb

Có thỏa thuận tài chính với ai

Put sth in practice

Áp dụng/đưa cái gì vào thực tiễn = use sth in real life

Leave sb (feeling) adj

Khiến ai cảm thấy ntn

Cryptic

Khó hiểu

Fun to me

My idea of fun

Have wide knowledge of sth

Có kiến thức sâu rộng về