olympic 11-2023 đề 001

temporarily unable to act because you are waiting for something to happen or be decided

in a holding pattern

We're in a holding pattern while we wait for City Council approval.

The games were in a holding pattern because of the bad weather.

I want to expand the business but I fear the economic situation is going to put everything in a holding pattern for a while.

một cơ hội khác để gỡ gạc

another/a second bite at/of the cherry

an official ceremony or informal activity that marks an important stage or occasion in a person's life, especially becoming an adult

rite of passage

đánh mất cơ hội do lỡ lời hay lỡ làm j đó k hay

overplay your hand

chuyện thường tình

par for the course

The school budget is going to be cut again this year, but then that’s par for the course.

sạch sẽ

spick and span

la hét,mắng nhiếc

rant and rave

she was ranting and raving about terrible service

nhiều

thick on the ground

Female engineers are not too thick on the ground.

người đang lo lắng,bồn chồn

nervous wreck

after the exam,i was a total nervous wreck

tuân thủ nghiêm ngặt các quy tắc

toe the line

bản năng thứ hai ( do đã làm điều j đó quá nhiều lần )

second nature

toàn quyền,tự do hđ

free rein

→give sb free rein

extremely

blindingly

It's blindingly obvious that she's not happy at school.

not giving attention to a risk

heedless

Journalists had insisted on getting to the front line of the battle, heedless of the risks.

có khả năng

in with chance

You're definitely in with a chance of getting the job.

làm chứng

bear testimony/witness + to

I could bear witness to his innocence.

The numerous awards on the walls bear witness to his great success.

ko thể thỏa mản

insatiable

trầm tính

taciturn

tầm thg,k có j đặc biệt

banal

expressed too often to be interesting or seem sincere

trite

I know it will sound trite, but I've loved being part of this club.

His lyrics about love and peace are too trite for me to take them seriously.

liên quan/gắn liền

germane

Her remarks could not have been more germane to the discussion.

…… water is salty, dirty, and unpleasant.

brackish

công khai

overt

→over criticism

opps covert

có thể trụ đc

tenable

His theory is no longer tenable in the light of the recent discoveries.

cận thị

unable to understand a situation

myopic

Their myopic refusal to act now will undoubtedly cause problems in the future.

truyền vào,thấm

infuse

→infuse someone/something with something

The pulling down of the Berlin Wall infused the world with optimism.

→infuse something into something

The arrival of a group of friends on Saturday infused new life into the weekend.

giải thoát

extricate

→extricate something from something

It took hours to extricate the car from the sand.

→extricate yourself from something

I tried to extricate myself from the situation.

khuếch tán

diffuse

a break

respite

their vacation was a welcome respite from stress

bình thg,ko có j ấn tượng

run-off-the-mill

=mediocre

tiên tiến

state-of-the-art

mối qh máu mủ

kinship

this picture reminds me of the priceless kinship that was the anchor of my peaceful childhood

kéo co

tug-of-war

đi đến đường cùng

reach an impasse

trung bình,dễ đc chấp nhận nhưng k nổi bật

middle-of-the-road

người phóng khoáng,thik sự tự nhiên,không kế hoạch gò bó

happy-go-lucky (A)

theo đánh giá của nhiều người

by/from all accounts

By all accounts, San Francisco is a city that's easy to fall in love with.

hiểu rõ

get the hang of

annoy or worry sb

bug (V)

cơn đau nhói chạy dọc cơ thể

shooting pains

she experienced shooting pains in her lower back every time she bent over to pick sth up

mua chuộc

buy sth off

đến nỗi dư thừa

to a fault

gặp khó khăn

run up against sth

The plans for the new bridge ran up against strong local opposition.

bắt đầu làm j đó nghiêm túc hơn

get down to sth

I've got a lot of work to do, but I can't seem to get down to it.

cái hộp đựng

canister

phỏng tỏa,chặn ,ko cho người ra vào

seal off

nỗi đau đáu

a sore point

đi thẳng,đi cắt ngang qua

cut across sth

đường vòng

devious path

lo lắng,bồn chồn

on tenterhooks

kỳ vọng nhiều về

pin your hopes on sb/sth

chưa làm j đó

have yet to do sth

có nhiều thứ j đó

aboud with

The coast here abounds with rare plants.

good at your job

worth your salt (IDM)

Any accountant worth their salt should be aware of the latest changes in taxation.

likely to happen

in the cards

Marriage isn't in the cards for me right now

unusual

unwonted

He sprang to the phone with unwonted eagerness.

If something comes to a head or someone brings something to a head, a situation reaches a point where something must be done about it

come to a head

sb bring sth to a head

Things hadn't been good between us for a while and this incident just brought it to a head.

ở tlai

down the road/line

Lots of things will have changed a few years down the road

extremely angry

fit to be tied

một mũi khâu kịp thời cứu chín mũi

a stitch in time saves nine

thời điểm khó khăn cần những biện pháp quyết liệt

drastic times call for drastic measures

những người tài năng nhất cuối cùng cũng vươn lên đỉnh cao

the cream always rise to the top

trong mọi th khó khắn luôn có những khía cạnh tích cực

every cloud has a silver lining

cãi vã vì k đồng tình với đối phương

at loggerheads with sb

sa mạc hóa

desertification

tổng hợp,gom lại

amalgamate

The different offices will be amalgamated as/into employment advice centres.

có thể trồng trọt đc(farming land)

arable

=cultivable

opps non-arable

ko có nhiều năng lượng,nỗ lực

lacklustre

Britain's number-one tennis player gave a disappointingly lacklustre performance.

condition thuận lợi

conducive

hạn sử dụng của sp

shelf life

Fresh fruit has a very short shelf life.

chủ động take responsibility to do sth

take it upon yourself to do sth

between members of family

interfamilial

the interfamilial transmission of disease

hối lỗi

rueful

lquan đề trời,outside this world

celestial

→celestial body :thiên thể

The moon is the brightest celestial body in the night sky.

mang tính phỏng đoán

conjectural(A)

→conjecture (V)

khuyến khích

embolden

=hearten

opps dishearten

k bị trừng phạt ( illegal action)

uncalled

The would-be penalty went uncalled by the officials.

wanting or trying to be

would-be

quyền để làm j đó

free hand

→give sb a free hand

tiên tiến

space-modern

space-age technology

to explain something more than necessary

belabour

belabour the same point over and over again

There's no need to belabour the point.

trạng thái tự do, phóng khoáng, không bị ràng buộc bởi trách nhiệm, công việc

Footloose and fancy-free

Before I got married, I was completely footloose and fancy-free.

direct or directly

head-on

We should have sat down and addressed the issues head-on.

→head-on accident=tại nạn liên hoàn

a vehicle that does not produce any emissions

zero-emission vehicle (ZEV)

→zero-emission building (ZEB)

máy điều nhiệt

thermostat

đi đầu hoặc nổi bật trong 1 lĩnh vực

at/in the forefront of

→at the forefront of

His team is at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines.

→in the forefront of

She was one of the politicians in the forefront of the campaign to free the prisoners.

There are many exciting environmental projects going on locally and we are at the forefront.

đạt kết quả/trở thành hiện thực

come to fruition

đến nơi

make it to swh

Helen greatly regretted that she couldnt make it to susan’s birthday

sát nút

by a hair’s breadth

it was by a stroke of luck that we won the championship by a hair’s breadth

cắt giảm chi phí/ngân sách hoặc nhân sự đến mức tối thiểu

pare sth (down) to the bone

theres no way

theres no question of

theres no question of him canceing the trip so near the departure date

bắt đầu học tập/làm việc chăm chỉ

knuckle down

You're going to have to really knuckle down to your work if you want to pass your final exams.

k đi đúng theo kế hoạch

fall short of plan

cause

bring on

bring my headache on

nỗ lực tranh cãi,thuyết phục ai đó là vô ích

until you are blue in the face

an occasion when permission is given for someone to start doing something or for an event or activity to happen

go-ahead

→give the go-ahead

The government has given the go-ahead for a multi-billion pound road-building project.

→get the go-ahead

We're ready to start but we're still waiting to get the go-ahead from our head office.

arrogant

full of yourself

công ty/người bán bánh kẹo

confectioner

gay gắt

acrimonious

acrimonious dispute

→acrimony