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cheer someone up

làm ai đó vui lên

go overboard

đi quá đà

endorse

quảng bá

I could kick myself

I regret something I did

Don’t fall for that

Don’t believe what they said

That’s just a wishful thinking

You are hoping that it’s true, but it isn’t

You’re comparing apple and juice

These two things are completely different

That’s debatable

There is more than one opinion

There are no two ways about it

There’s only one correct opinion about that

Tell you what

I’m going to suggest something to you

We’ll call it even

You won’t owe me anything

I owe you one

It’s my turn to do something nice for you

browse

take one’s time looking at things without necessarily wanting to buy anything (verb)

bargain hunt

look around for things one can buy cheaply for less than their usual price

comparison shop

look at the prices of the same or similar items in order to decide which to buy

window shop

look at things in store windows without going inside or intending to buy them

obnoxious

đáng ghét

get on someone’s nerves

to annoy somone a lot

terrified

kinh hoàng

crack (someone) up

to suddenly laugh a lot, or to make someone suddenly laugh a lot

billboard

bảng quảng cáo

statistic

thống kê

it blows me away

It amazes me

It chokes me up

It makes me feel like crying