1000 câu bình boon 1

He has a bee in his bonnet about the dishonesty of lawyers

1. He has an obsession about the dishonesty of lawyers. (BEE)

• have a bee in sb’s bonnet about st: đặt nặng chuyện gì, chấp niệm với chuyện gì

I must have offended her because she is giving me a cold shoulder.

I must have offended her because she isn’t being friendly towards me. (SHOULDER)

• give sb a cold head: phớt lờ ai

You need to see the colour of his money before you sell him the car

You need to make sure that he has enough money to pay for the car before you sell it to him. (COLOR)

• see the colour of sb’s money: biết chắc rằng ai đó có đủ tiền để trả nợ

He made threats of violence against the officers

He threatened the officers with violence. (THREATS)

• make threats of: đe dọa

The students deserved severe punishment for their rebellious behaviours.

The students’ rebellious behaviours should have been severely punished. (DESERVED)

• deserve: xứng đáng

There’s no one available at such short notice to take her class

There's no one available in this moment to take her class. (NOTICE)

• at such notice: rất nhanh, không có thông báo trước kịp thời

Most people seem to think that I am next in the line for a promotion.

Most people seem to think that I will be next to be promoted. (LINE)

• be in the line: có khả năng

We’ve come to an agreement to share the cost.

We’ve agreed to share the cost. (AGREEMENT)

• come to an agreement: :đồng ý

What conclusions have you drawn from this experience?

What has this experience taught you? (DRAWN)

• draw conclusion: rút ra đc kết luận

Coming second was (of) no consolidation (to her) because winning was all that mattered to her

Coming second didn’t make her feel any better because she only wanted to win.(CONSOLIDATION)

consolidation : sự củng cố

 His analysis of the situation went right over my head

. His analysis of the situation was far too complex for me to grasp. (HEAD)

over one’s head: quả khó cho ai để hiều

The committee members pledged their loyalty to the chairman

. The committee members said that they would remain loyal to the chairman. (PLEDGED)

pledge /pledʒ/: hứa, cam kết

Retirement will free me up to spend more time with my grandchildren.

. I can spend more time with my grandchildren when I retire. (FREE)

free up : để trống, dành ra (thời gian, tiền bạc) để làm gì

She just went through the motions of welcoming him, then quickly left the waiting room

She just pretended to welcome him, then quickly left the waiting room. (MOTIONS)

go through the motions: giả bộ làm gì

Too much small talk means that is the reason why she gets bored quickly at parties

She gets bored quickly at parties because there is so much trivial conversation. (SMALL) =) too much

small talk: hội thoại ngắn, trò chuyện xã giao

I'm under the impression that my parents take everything I do in their stride

. I think that my parents cope calmly with everything I do. (STRIDE) =) I’m under

take st in sb’s stike: giải quyết vấn đề 1 cách điềm tĩnh

He gave every indication of going to any lengths to obtain the contract

. He indicated quite clearly that he would do anything to obtain the contract. (LENGTHS) =) he gave

gave to any/ great lengths (to v): rất cố gắng để đạt cái gì

Nowadays I don’t set/put/lay (nearly) as much store by casual friendships as I used to

Nowadays I consider casual friendships to be far less important than I used to. (STORE) =) Nowadays I

set great/little/etc. store by something: coi cái gì có tầm quan trọng/giá trị nhỏ/lớn...

I 'm afraid that there is no chance/ possibility whatsoever of negotiati ons for a settlement.

20. I'm afraid that negotiations for a settlement are completely impossible. (WHATSOEVER)=) I’m afraid that there

Sam was on tenterhooks, waiting to see if he had got a place in the cricket team.

Sam was really anxious, waiting to see if he had got a place in the cricket team. (TENTERHOOKS)

=) She was…

• be on the tenterhooks = be on the tenter: lo sốt vó

The heir to the family fortune was eventually exposed as an impostor.

. The heir to the family fortune was eventually found to be an impostor. (EXPOSED)

=) the heir…

• expose: để lộ, người giả mạo

He dismissed my point as irrelevant to the proceedings

. He claimed my point was not relevant to the proceedings. (DISMISSED) =) He….

• dismiss: xem nhẹ, gạt bỏ

Such was that secretary’s rank incompetence that we lost heaps of invoices

So completely incompetent was that secretary that we lost heaps of invoices. (RANK) =) Such ….

There are two million unemployed in the country, many of whom will probably never work again.

A lot of the country’s two million unemployed will probably never work again. (MANY)

=)There are

That her colleagues was (so) openly hostile towards her proposal was difficult to understand

. It was difficult to understand her colleagues overt hostility towards her proposal. (OPENLY)

=) that her colleagues…

Had the quirks of the antiques business not been beyond my ken, I could have given you some advice

. 1didn’t have the faintest idea about the quirks of the antiques business, so I couldn’t give you any advice. (KEN)

=) Had

• beyond sb’s ken: vượt ngoài khả năng

Having mulled it over for three weeks, his parents gave him the go-ahead to buy an iPhone X

His parents allowed him to buy an iPhone X after they had considered it for three weeks. (GO-AHEAD)=) Having mulled ….

• mull over: suy nghĩ kĩ

• give sb the go-head: cho phép ai làm gì

Notwithstanding their working-class background, the people here are the salt of the earth

Although the people here are of the working class, they are kindness and honesty personified. (SALT)

=) Notwithstanding their…

• the salt of the earth: người tốt, lương thiện

On account of having / her spoonerism, Tom is forever taking the mickey out of Daisy

Tom is forever teasing Daisy for having spoonerism. (MICKEY)

=) On account…

• take the mickey out of: lấy ai làm trò đùa

It was about time (that) I went over there and held out / offered / extended the olive branch to her

. It was about time I went over there and made up with her. (OLIVE) =) It was about time

• hold out an olive branch: thỏa hiệp để chấm dứt tranh chấp, bất đồng