English idioms commonly used

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Ngày tải lên: 27/05/2014, 16:50

... (money) amuse (v) /ə'mju:z/ làm cho vui, thích, làm buồn cười amusing (adj) /ə'mju:ziɳ/ vui thích amused (adj) /ə'mju:zd/ vui thích analyse (BrE) (NAmE analyze) (v) /'ænəlaiz/ phân tích analysis (n) ... /kə'miti/ ủy ban common (adj) /'kɔmən/ công, công cộng, thông thường, phổ biến in common chung, chung commonly (adv) /´kɔmənli/ thông thường, bình thường communicate (v) /kə'mju:nikeit/ truy...

Ngày tải lên: 26/06/2014, 09:50

... caused many problems against one's will - to be without a person's consent or agreement The police took the man to jail against his will against the clock - to hurry to something before a particular ... right - okay, satisfactory I think that it will be all right for me to bring my friend to the party 10 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com ... laundry/linen in public - to make public something embarrassi...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... total something, to result in something The small amounts of time later amounted to much time 12 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com amount to (something) - to become successful The boy will never amount to anything ... young girls walked arm in arm to school armed and dangerous - to have a weapon that may be used (usually used for a criminal) The criminal was armed and dangerous when the police arre...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... sea (about something) - to be confused about something, to be lost Most members of the class were at sea when the teacher tried to explain the difficult theory 23 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com at sixes ... went to meet the lawyer at the appointed time at the bottom of the hour - at the half hour - 10 :30 , 11 :30 etc (like the bottom of a clock) The weather forecast is on the radio at the bottom of...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... game - to be ready for action or agreeable to participate in something All of the students were game to go to the science exhibition 34 Mr_doody20 04@ yahoo.com be into (something) - to be interested ... this year we will things differently." 35 Mr_doody20 04@ yahoo.com be the death of (someone) - to be the ruin/downfall/death of someone (often used for some kind of problem) The woman said...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... the point We are not talking about salary now." best/better part of (something) - to be almost all of something We spent the best part of a day trying to fix the vacuum cleaner 42 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com ... one's depth - to be beyond one's ability, to be in deep water The apartment manager was beyond her depth in her effort to manage the apartment beyond one's means - to be more than one...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... something We must break down these figures for further study break down (something) - to divide into parts, to separate into simpler substances We tried to break down the sentence for further study ... (something) - to escape from something Several prisoners tried to break out of prison last month 56 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com break (someone's) fall - to lessen the impact of a falling person The...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... on (something) - to review something that one has already learned I am going to brush up on my English before my trip to New York a brush with the law - a brief encounter or experience with the ... meeting last week bump into (someone) - to meet someone by chance I bumped into my friend at the department store yesterday 64 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com bump off (someone) - to kill someone The crim...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... with her daughter 78 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com can`t see the forest for the trees - to be unable to understand the whole picture of something because you are only looking at small parts of it He has ... continue, to keep doing something as before We were permitted to carry on with the party after we talked to the apartment manager carry out (something) - to something, to put something (a plan)...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... and alarmed about something The soccer player caused a stir when he began to criticize the referee cause eyebrows to raise - to shock people I caused eyebrows to raise when I decided not to accept ... cause tongues to wag - to give people something to gossip about My sister caused tongues to wag when she came to the party without her husband cave in - to weaken and be forced to give something...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... students close ranks - to come together for fighting, to unite and work together The political parties closed ranks and stopped arguing among themselves close the books (on someone or something) ... cock-and-bull story about the tire marks in front of our house cog in the machine - a small and unimportant part of a large organization The employees felt like they were only cogs in the machin...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... members of our class came of age everyone started to vote come off - to be successful, to happen The party came off without any problems so everyone was very happy come on! - please, hurry, go faster ... finally come to grips with her husband`s gambling come to life - to become alive or lively The party came to life when the host and hostess entered the room come to light - to be discovered,...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20

... already quit his job control the purse strings - to be in charge of the money My mother always used to control the purse strings in our family cook one`s goose - to ruin one`s chances The girl ... plot something I not know what kind of plan she is cooking up but it should be quite interesting 112 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com cook the books - to cheat in bookkeeping The accountant was fired when...

Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 12:20