hw8+ topic 5

see about

to deal with something

see about doing something

Well, we'll soon … that (= I will demand that he does help).

see in

to find somebody/something attractive or interesting

• I don't know what she … him.

see over

to visit and look at a place carefully

• We need to … the house before we can make you an offer.

see through

to realize the truth about somebody/something

• We … him from the start.

frighten sb away/off

frighten sb away/off

spring up

to start to exist suddenly:

Thousands of new businesses have … in the past couple of years.

turn in

to go to bed:

I usually …at about midnight.

turn sb in

to take a criminal to the police, or to go to them yourself to admit a crime:

turn yourself in to something

turn sth in

to return something to an organization or a person in authority

turn in

to produce results, usually good results

round up

to find and bring together a group of animals or people:

The cowboys … the cattle …

to increase a number to the nearest whole or simple number

bear out

to support the truth of something, or to support someone's statement or claim

wear off

If a feeling or the effect of something …, it gradually disappears

own up

to admit that you have done something wrong:

No one has …p to stealing the money.

well-off

means wealthy (good)

down and out

usually describes a person who is destitute or homeless, not a neighborhood.

bare/basic necessity

sư cần thiết cơ bản

If they are to be

expresses a necessary condition

have a chip on your shoulder

to seem angry all the time because you think you have been treated unfairly or feel you are not as good as other people

pull your weight

to work as hard as other people in a group:

The others had complained that Sarah wasn't ..

give over

to stop doing something, usually something annoying (/ +ving)/ show disbelief

pick on (sb)

to criticize, punish, or be unkind to the same person often and unfairly

heap (sth) on (sb)

to give someone a lot of praise, criticism, etc.:

He deals well with all the criticism …him.

Abolish

Hủy bỏ chế độ, hệ thống

The law abolishes/ sb abolish sth by law

Repeal

(V) bỏ luật

Annul

(V) tuyên bố cgi vô hiệu

Revoke

Thu hồi ( v) hủy bỏ ( bằng lái, contract

Recall

Triệu tập, gọi về ( ambassador)

Eradicate

(V) phá hủy tiêu diệt hoàn toàn (disease, problem)

Exterminate

(V) tiêu diệt, giết sạch, ( con ng , đv)

Annihilate

Tiêu diệt bằng vũ khí