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keep in with

remain friendly with

keep away from

stay away

keep out of

stay away from (trouble), avoid being involved

keep on at

continue talking in an irritating way

keep up with

stay at the same point/level as

keep back

conceal

keep on

continue

keep off

to avoid

pick up where sb left off

start something again after an interruption

pick on

keep treating someone badly or unfairly

pick out

to choose, select

pick at

eat little bits of food

pick through

search something that is disordered for something

pick up

học lỏm

pick up on

to notice or become aware of something

pick sb up

to collect sb

abide by

Accept or follow a decision or rule

put by

save an amount of money for the future

drop by

visit informally

get by

manage to survive / live

pass by

to go past

stand by

to support

come by

get sth, especially sth that is hard to get

go by

làm theo...

grow out of

become too old for

go through

to examine (something)

keep up

to maintain

go over

review

join up

to join the army

hold up

delay // cướp có vũ trang

iron out

To resolve by discussion, eliminate differences

hold on

make oneself continue to do what you are doing or stay where you are although it is difficult or unpleasant

hand down

give something valuable to your children or grandchildren, usually when you die

hand out

to distribute

grow on

become more liked

count on

rely on, trust

come forward

offer help or information

come into

inherit

cut off

to disconnect, interrupt, or discontinue something or someone

come to

to regain consciousness

cover up

to hide

cry out for

urgently require

come up with

to think of; to produce.

an idea / a plan / a suggestion etc.

cut back on

to reduce

cut in

to interrupt

count out

to exclude

come off

to succeed

come out

to be published // be revealed

outlook for

Future prospects of

overrun with

full of

the heavens open

start to rain heavily

engaged to

going to marry

opposed to

against or not agreeing with

for sale

available to buy

on sale

reduced in price

for short

as a nickname

in a good mood

feeling happy

in a temper

be feeling angry

in addition to

as well as

in a hurry

vội

in a row

one after another without a break

in agony

extreme physical or mental suffering

in a mess

a condition in which things are dirty or not neat

in action

doing what something is designed to

in two minds

to not be certain about something, or to have difficulty in making a decision

in the news

be reported about

in the process of

trong quá trình

in use

being used

in the name of

on behalf of

in the right

morally or legally correct

bury the hatchet

agree to end a quarrel

of one's own making

caused by one's own actions

off and running

making a good start, progressing well

back and forth

moving from one place to another and back again

out and out

complete; total; thoroughgoing.

in thick and fast

happening quickly in large numbers

nice and easy

in a way that is slow, careful, gentle, or easy

cloak and dagger

involving secrecy and mystery

neck and neck

level with each other and equally likely to win

come and go

đến và đi

bumper to bumper

heavy traffic

nine to five

describing or relating to work that begins at nine o'clock in the morning and finishes at five, which are the hours worked in many offices from Monday to Friday

door to door

going to all the houses or buildings in an area one after another (house to house)

face to face

directly

day to day

happening every day

from dawn to dusk

from early morning until night

from start to finish

from beginning to end

one to one

one teacher and one pupil, not a group

hand in one's notice

to resign

give the sack

dismiss someone suddenly from a job

lay off

to stop employing (a worker), often for a short time because there is not enough work

on the dole

receiving money from the government because you are unemployed

give one's marching orders

ask sb to leave a job, usually because they have done something wrong

between jobs

temporarily unemployed

euphemism

An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant

the jobless

people without a job

make redundant

no longer employ someone because there is not enough work (~lay off)

play it by ear

to act without preparation

take the words out of one's mouth

to say something that another person was just about to say or was thinking

catch one's eye

to attract one's attention