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find out

= discover; ascertain, determine

cookery (n)

the skill or activity of preparing ang cooking food

get to know

= get to like/understand; becoming acquainted with; be familiar with

suppose

= believe = persume (think that sth is likely to be true)

be supposed to do/be sth

= be expected or required to do/be sth

deal in

to buy or sell a particular product

deal out

= distribute sth to/among/between sb/sth

deal with

= handle; to do business with a person, a company

a great/good deal (of)

= a large quantity of sth

deal sb/sth a blow; deal a blow to sb/sth

= to shock sb/sth very much; to be very harmful to sb/sth

get a rough/raw deal

= unfair treatment

make a big deal (out) of sth / make sth into a big deal

= treat sth as very important and __too important__

get a good deal

= buy sth at a good price

a deal goes through/ ahead

= its happens as arranged

a deal falls through

= does not happen as arranged

client (n)

a customer or sb who receives services

a major/ new/ important client

= an important one

advise a client

tư vấn khách hàng

act for/ on behalf of/ represent a client

đại diện cho khách hàng

discount (n) + (for/on/off)

= reduction ( giảm giá) → to get/ offer a discount

at a discount

at reduced prices

discount sth by 55%/ a quarter

= a 55% discount

ask for a discount

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be entitled to a discount

= have the right to get a discount

a discount store/ retailer/ shop

= one that regularly sells goods at reduces prices)

concentrate on

→ concentrate your efforts/ attention/ energy/ mind on sth

= focus on

specialist (n)

= expert

specialist in sth

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diet (n)

a way of eating in which you only eat certain foods to lose weight or improve your health

be on a diet

= only eat certain foods to lose weight

go on a diet

= start eating less or only some types of food

a low-calorie diet

= a low-fat diet

a diet high/rich in sth

= which contains a lot of sth

dietary (adj)

=nutritional

particularly

= especially

not particularly

only a little, not very or not very much

→ he is not particularly good at math

serve the needs

= to provide things that sb or sth needs

the bare bones ( of sth )

= the basic facts

to the bone

= affecting you very strongly

→ his threats chilled her to the bone ( lời đe dọa của anh ấy làm cô ấy ớn lạnh __đến tận xương__ )

in actual fact

= **used for saying what is really true, when this is surprising or different from what people think**

by reputation

= not directly, by hearing what other people say

→ the two men know each other only by reputation.

have a reputation as / for (doing) sth

= that a lot of people say that about you

have a good/bad reputation

the film has an exellent reputation

get a reputation

= gain/acquire a reputation

deserve a reputation

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→ france deserves its reputation for good food.

live up to its reputaion

= be as good as people say it is

→ new york certainly lived up to its reputation as an exciting city

establish a reputation

= make people accept that you are good at doing sth

→ picasso was establishing his reputation as an artist

enhance sb’s reputation

= make it better

damage sb’s reputation

she wouldn’t do anything to damage her family’s reputation.

tarnish sb’s reputation

= make it worse

ruin sb’s reputation

destroy sb’s reputation

a bit (of) sth

= a little

enquiry (n) = __**inquiry**__ = query

inquiry about/from

điều tra, sự thẩm tra; sự thẩm vấn

make an inquiry (about/into)

the police are making the inquiry to discover the causes of the accident.

answer an inquiry

= respond to an inquiry

quotation = quote

→ quotation from sth; give …quotation

postcode

= zipcode

generally

= broadly; widely; usually

customer satisfaction

→ a customer satisfaction index/rating/score

→ achieve/ increase customer satisfaction

→ a customer satisfaction survey

a measure of how happy customers feel when they do business with a company

on a day trip

→ day trip to

→ day-tripper (n)

a visit when you go there and come back the same day

day off

→ take/have a day off

→ book a day off

→ sb’s day off

a day when you do not have to work

assume = presume

→ it seems/ is reasonable to assume that

→ assume sb/sth to be/have sth

→ it is assumed ( that)…

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assumption (n) (that/about)

→ make an assumption

→ be based o/ rest on an assumption

work on an assumption

= act according to sth that may not be true

→ the police seemed to be working on the assumption that he was guilty

return ticket

= round-trip ticket

railcard

a card that allows sb to travel by train at a reduced price.

be out of order

= not working correctly; not arranged correctly or neatly(= out of line)

→ the phone is out of order

→ I checked the files, and some of the papers were out of order.

on time

→ right/ bang/ dead on time (= at exactly the right time)

reliable (adj)

→ reliably (adv)

→ reliability (n)

= dependable

reliant on/upon

→ rely on/upon sb/sth

= dependent on sb/sth

→ depend on sb/sth

upgrade (v/n) = downgrade (v/n)

* to make a machine, computer system, etc. more powerful and efficient; to start using a new and better version of a machine, system

→ upgrade (from sth) (to sth)

→ upgrade sh
* a piece of software or equipment that improves the quality or usefulness of a computer or machine

→*a hardware upgrade; the upgrade to version 5.0 costs $395*

properly = correctly = right

→ parents should teach their children to behave properly in public.

properly speaking

= really

→ it isn’t, properly speaking, a real science

rightly/quite/ very/ perfectly properly

= used to say that someone is right to do sth

→ people are, quite properly, proud of their homes

frustrate

→ frustration

to make sb angry

self-satisfied (adj)

→ self-satisfaction

→ satisfied with

too pleased with yourself and what you have done

= proud

completely/ fully/ totally/ entirely satisfied

→ if you’re not completely satisfied, you can get your money back.

situated

→ in a particular situation

= located

be situated in/on/near sth

→ be well/badly/ideally situated to do sth

= be located in/near sth

a whole range/ series/ variety (of sth)

= used to emphasize that there are a lot of things of a similar type.

→ there are a whole range of sizes to choose from.

sail (v)

→ sail across/into/out of

→ set sail (for/from) - to begin a journey by boat or ship

to travel on or across an area of water in a boat or ship.

sail against the wind

to be typing to achieve sth that is unlikely to succeed because most people would oppose it.

sail close to the wind

to do or say sth that is nearly wrong, illegal, or dishonest.

conceive

* to imagine sth

→ conceive of sb/sth (as sth)

→ conceive (that)

→ conceive what/how
* to become pregrant

→ conceive sb → she conceived their first child on their wedding night.

the architect of sth

the person who originally thought of an important and successful idea.

→ tinoco was one of the architects of the goverment’s economic reforms

illuminated (a)

= lit up by lights = brightened with light

illuminate (v)

to light sth and make it brighter

→ the streets were illuminated with strings of coloured lights

venue (n)

→ sporting/ conference/ concert venue

→ book/pay venues

→ venue for

the place where a public event or meeting happens

→ the stadium has been specifically designed as a venue for world cup matches.

configuration (n) → configure (v)

→ configuration of sth

→ in a configuration

=layout: the shape or arrangement of the parts of sth

remarkable (a)

→ remarkable feat/achievement/accomplishment

→ it is remarkable that

→ remarkable for

used for emphasizing how surprising or unusual sth is

remark (v)

→ remarkably = surprisingly

comment

remark on sth

= notice sth = make a remark about it

make a remark

= give your comment = adress your remarks to sb

→ i’m sorry, i shouldn’t have made that remark

in excess of

= more than a particular amount

→ the car reached speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour.

annually

= per annum = yearly = annual

(once every yeat; each year)

get on with sth

to start or continue doing sth, especially work

→ they were busily getting on with the painting

in charge (of sth/sb)

= responsible for (sth/sb) = put…in charge of = take charge of = take control of

be in/under sb’s charge

= in the care of someone

→ She always worried a lot about the young children in her charge.

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