UNIT 10 - COLLOCATIONS IN USE (intermediate)

close meetings/ discussions/ conferences

kết thúc cuộc họp/ thảo luận/ hội nghị

(The chairperson ___ at 4.30.)

Shut your mouth

câm miệng lại

(If you don't ___, I'll kick you out of the house.)

start my car

khởi động xe

(It was a cold morning, and I could not ___.)

the universe begin

vũ trụ bắt đầu

(Before ___, time and space did not exist.)

a big decision/ problem

quyết định/ vấn đề trọng đại

(That doesn't seem like ___.)

large size

kích thước lớn

(I wanted the ___, but they only had medium.)

The film ended with

bộ phim kết thúc với

(___ a shoot-out, which of course the hero won.)

end the relationship

chấm dứt mối quan hệ

(We propose to ___ with the garden centres where we currently sell.)

finish the homework

hoàn thành bài về nhà

(I have to ___ at midnight at the latest.)

old friend

bạn cũ

(I met an ___ the other day.)

old building

toà nhà cũ

(The ___ was an accident waiting to happen.)

ancient history

lịch sử cổ đại

(The Stone Age is the period of ___ when people made tools and weapons from stone.)

ancient time

thời xa xưa/ thời kỳ cổ đại

(Plumed helmets were commonly used by Greek Warriors in ___.)

antique furniture

đồ cổ

(The ___ is of doubtful provenance.)

antique jewellery

trang sức cổ

(Mary's always dripping with ___.)

elderly person

người già

(Even his closest friends had to accept the fact that it's almost impossible for an ___ to adopt a new routine.)

single parent

bố mẹ đơn thân

(Donna is a ___; it's difficult for her to work full time.)

lonely place/ spot

nơi đơn độc

(He lives in a very ___ up in the mountains.)

desperately lonely

cô đơn tuyệt vọng

(At first I felt ___ when I moved from London to the countryside.)

live alone

sống một mình

(Most of the old people ___.)

travel alone

đi du lịch một mình

(I will ___ through the roaring forties.)

solitary figure

hình bóng đơn độc

(There was just one ___ on the otherwise deserted beach in the winter.)

sole survivor

người duy nhất sống sót

(She was the ___ of the crash. Everyone else died.)

an only child

con một (trong gia đình)

(I am ___; I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have a brother or sister.)

unique occasion

dịp đặc biệt

(This is a ___, with three past Prime Ministers all together in one room.)

charge one's phone

sạc điện thoại

(Because the battery ran out, I need to ___.)

load the lorry

chất lên xe tải

(They ___ and drove away.)

injured people

người bị thương

(Three ___ were taken to hospital after the accident.)

damaged sofa

ghế sofa bị hỏng

(The shop tried to sell me a ___ but I noticed it just in time.)

grow crop

trồng trọt, phát triển vụ mùa

(Whole forests have been swept aside to ___ for western consumers.)

raise cattle

chăn nuôi gia súc

(They often plant rice and ___ for a living in my village.)