UNIT 20

Topic vocabulary in contrast

smog

mist

smoke

fog

sương, khói

sương muối

sương (đốt)

sương mù

litter

rubbish

rác công cộng

rác thải sh

clean

clear

sạch

trong suốt

pour

drizzle

shower

mưa như trút nước

mưa phùn

mưa rào

reservoir

puddle

pond

hồ (đập thủy điện)

vũng nước

ao

thunder

lightning

âm thanh (chớp)

as (chớp)

plain

đồng bằng

call off

cancel

clear up

become brighter and better (for weather) quang đảng

cut off

make a place difficult or impossible to enter leave or communicate with; disconnect ngắt nguồn cung cấp

die down

become less noisy, powerful or active dịu đi

do up

repair, paint or improve

face up to

accept sth and try to deal with it đối mặt

get (sb) down

make sb feel sad or lose hope

put down to

suggest that sth is the result of

put out

make sth stop burning

set in

start and be likely to continue for a while (for rain, winter, an economic depression, etc)

stand for

represent (for abbreviations and symbols) put up with viết tắt

tear down

destroy or remove (for buildings, statues, etc)

take effect

phát huy tác dụng

make a fuss

cause a fuss (about sth/doing)

la om xòm

gây ra sự phiền phức

(for) as long as

long for sth (to do)

miễn là

khao khát

a rain shower

a light/heavy shower of rain

mưa rào

mưa rào nhỏ/lớn

catch/lose sight of sth/sb

in sight of sth

at first sight

nhìn thoáng/mất dấu

trong tầm nhìn

cái nhìn đầu tiên

under the weather

bệnh

all over the world

around the world

throughout the world

the whole world

in the world

world record

toàn thế giới

từ cuối: kỷ lục thế giới

aware of sth

aware that

aware

covered in/with sth

covered

disappointed with/by sth/in sb

disappointed

expect sth/sb (to do)

expect that

expect

familiar with sth

familiar to sb

familiar

famous for sth/doing

famous

glance at sth/sb

glance

hard to do

hard doing

hard

short of sth

short on sth

short

warn sb about/against sth/doing

warn sb of sth

warn sb not to do

warn (sb) that

warn

accurate

accurately

inaccurate(ly)

(in)accuracy

accurate

extreme

extremely

extremity

extremist

extreme

freeze

froze

frozen

freezing

freezer

freeze

great

greatly

greatness

great

harm

harmful(ly)

harmless

(un)harmed

harm

likely

unlikely

likelihood

likely

sun

sunny

sunshine

sun