W + S 2.4.26 (học anh KT)

(dream, experience) nó chẳng để lại ấn tượng gì cho tôi

It leaves no impression.
→ dream, experience, …

câu kết luận: đơn giản là tôi không nhớ được đâu:_)

I just simply can’t.

mệt mỏi?

exhausted from (the day work…)
fatigued

worn out

burnt out

knackered (có nghĩa khác là too old/broken to use)

cơn mệt mỏi ập đến

when the fatigue sets in.

slow movement after tiredness

sluggish

xảy ra với tôi trong tương lai

befall me in the future

khiến tôi sợ

give me frights

terrify me

petrify me

hợp lí hóa giấc mơ thành…

rationalize
→ We sometimes rationalize those terrible dreams by blaming them on stress or overwork.

tôi có thể nhớ cái cảm guasc đó khá rõ ràng

i can recall that feeling quite clearly.

giấc mơ mơ hồ/vô nghĩa

fragmented dream (rời rạc)

bizarre dream

Lacks any coherent storyline

→ I tried to figure out what it means/reflects, but it doesn’t appear to mean anything important.

giấc mơ kiểu báo mộng

Prophetic dreams

hạ nhục ai đó

belittle/degrade sb

không thích/mất dần hứng thú với cái gì

go off sth/sb

làm tôi (immediately) buồn cười/tức giận/…

• He had us all in fits (of laughter) with his jokes.f

khó khăn/gập ghềnh (chặng đường theo đuổi tri thức)

Treacherous (pursuit of knowledge)

một cú tát của hiện thực

The reality of impoverishment is a slap in the face to them.

sự thèm khát tri thức

aspiration for knowledge

không thể chiến thắng (thực tại, …những cái gì khó lay đổ)

cannot win the tides

làn sóng tội phạm đang tăng cao

the rising tide of crime

làm hòa với đứa trẻ bên trong/giải quyết mâu thuẫn nội tâm…

Reconcile with my inner self

giữ bình tĩnh trong nhwxg tình huống khó chịu

keep my cool

dễ phấ khích/tức giận

lose your cool

kìm nén cảm xúc (especially in a long time)

Bottle up (my negative thoughts/feelings/…)

supress bad feelings

to make somebody very shocked and angry

outrage sb

 /ˈaʊtreɪdʒ/

trái ngược lại

on the contrary

in contrast

conversely

essential + prep?

essential to

tức giận

(easily) get frustrated

không liên quan đến tôi

have nothing to do with me

none of my business

hit (your) stride(North American English)

(British English get into your stride)

• After a nervous start, he finally hit his stride in the second set.

• The team took time to hit stride.

• The show finally hit its stride in the second season.

something that you do very easily and naturally, because it is part of your character or you have done it so many times

(become) second nature (to somebody) (to do something)

đơn giản, dễ dàng

• Minus task 

• With no effort 

•  Without any difficulty 

• Without breaking a sweat (so sánh)

• Without trying/struggling 

​to consider an idea or a plan, but not very seriously and not for a long time

• I did briefly toy with the idea of living in France.

carefully planned to get what you want

Calculated