word patterns b1 p3

jealous of

wanting what someone else has (ghen tị với)

a joke about

a funny story about something (trò đùa về)

keen on

liking something very much (thích)

kind to

being nice to someone (tốt bụng với)

a kind of

a type of something (một loại)

know about

having knowledge of something (biết về)

late for

not arriving on time for (trễ)

laugh at

to make fun of or find amusing (cười nhạo)

learn about

to gain knowledge about (tìm hiểu về)

lend sth to

to give something temporarily to someone (cho mượn)

a letter (from sb) about

a written message about something (lá thư về)

listen to

to pay attention to sounds (lắng nghe)

look at

to direct your eyes towards (nhìn vào)

married to

having someone as a husband or wife (kết hôn với)

nervous about

worried about something (lo lắng về)

a number of

several; many (một số)

an opinion about/of

a belief or view about something (ý kiến về)

take part in

to participate in (tham gia vào)

pay for

to give money for something (trả tiền cho)

a picture of

an image showing something (bức ảnh về)

pleased with

happy or satisfied with (hài lòng với)

popular with

liked by many people (được ưa chuộng bởi)

prepare for

to get ready for (chuẩn bị cho)

prevent sb from

to stop someone from doing something (ngăn ai khỏi)

proud of

feeling pleasure because of (tự hào về)

provide sb with

to give someone something they need (cung cấp cho ai)

punish sb for

to make someone suffer for doing wrong (phạt ai vì)

a question about

something asked about a topic (câu hỏi về)

ready for

prepared for something (sẵn sàng cho)

a reason for

the cause of something (lý do cho)

receive sth from

to get something from someone (nhận từ)

a recipe for

instructions for making food (công thức cho)

recover from

to become well again after illness/injury (hồi phục sau)

refer to

to mention or talk about (đề cập đến)

a relationship with

a connection between people (mối quan hệ với)

rely on

to depend on (dựa vào)

remind sb of

to make someone remember (gợi nhớ về)

remove sth from

to take something away from (loại bỏ khỏi)

reply to

to answer someone or something (trả lời)

responsible for

having a duty for something (chịu trách nhiệm về)

result in

to cause something to happen (dẫn đến)

save sth from

to protect something from danger (cứu khỏi)

scared of

afraid of (sợ)

send sth to sb

to mail or give something to someone (gửi cho ai)

serious about

showing strong interest in (nghiêm túc về)

share sth with

to use or have something together (chia sẻ với)

short of

not having enough of something (thiếu)

similar to

almost the same as (tương tự với)

smell of

to have the smell of something (có mùi)

smile at

to smile towards someone (mỉm cười với)

a solution to

an answer to a problem (giải pháp cho)

sorry about/for

feeling regret about something (xin lỗi về)