DỊCH NGHĨA VÀ GIẢI THÍCH PHRASES, PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS DESTINATION C1&2 UNIT 10

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TÀI LIỆU DỊCH NGHĨA, GIẢI THÍCH CHO DESTINATION C1&C2 - PHRASES, PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS - UNIT 10

TALK talk someone into / out of

(doing) something

to persuade someone to do something or not to do

something - thuyết phục ai

đó làm/không làm gì

I talked her into going to London with me.

His father talked him out of moving out.

talk your way into / out of

something to persuade someone to letyou do or avoid something

-thuyết phục ai đó để cho mình làm/không làm gì

She eventually talked her way into a part in a film

talk (some) sense into

someone to persuade someone to actin a sensible way - giúp ai

đó suy nghĩ thấu đáo, hành động khôn ngoan

He had already tried to talk sense into Lisa.

speak / talk the same

language

to have the same ideas and attitudes as someone else

-có cùng tư tưởng, quan điểm, thái độ với ai

We have to be sure we’re speaking the same language.

have a talk with sb a conversation with someone

- có cuộc trò chuyện với ai We had a nice talk yesterday.

be all/just talk the activity of talking,

especially when you think it does not achieve anything

-chỉ là nói suông mà không thực hiện được

She appears to be an expert

on men, but it’s all talk!

talk is cheap used for saying that you do

not believe that someone will

in fact do what they are

saying they will do - chỉ nói không thì chả có giá trị

You keep saying you're going

to start eating better and getting in shape, but talk is cheap.

the talk of something if something is the talk of a

place, people there talk a lot

about it - là vấn đề bàn tán của

a fashion display that was the talk of London society

The couple had suddenly become the talk of the town.

SAY have your say to get the chance to say what

you think about something I’m speaking now You can have your say later!

có cơ hội nói lên suy nghĩ

have the final say

nói vài lời kết thúc ( một cuộc thảo luận)

go without saying that to be completely obvious or

true It goes without saying that I’m

sorry.

hoàn toàn hiển nhiên/đúng rằng

(just) say the word used for telling someone that

you are ready to do something for them as soon

as they ask

We can go whenever you like Just say the word.

You only have to say the word, and I'll come and help.

cứ nói

can’t say fairer than that used for saying that an offer

is the best that can be expected

Look, I won’t charge you for delivery; you can’t say fairer than that.

(một sự dàn xếp) không thể nào tuyệt vời hơn được nữa

say your piece to say what you really think

about something

Right, I’ve said my piece, so now you know what I think.

nói thẳng ra bạn muốn gì

c thing to say thật là một điều khủng khiếp/ngu ngốc/ để nói when it comes to John’s car accident.

PRINT print on to produce words, numbers,

pictures etc on paper, using a printer or printing press

You can print on both sides of the paper.

in lên trên

print in colour/black and

white/bold type etc

The advanced technology will enable the newspaper to print

in colour.

in màu/ trắng đen/…

in print a book, magazine etc that is

in print is still available to buy from its publisher

Is that old grammar book still

in print?

còn xuất bản

out of print a book, magazine etc that is

out of print is no longer being published

that old grammar boo k has been out of print for years

ngừng xuất bản

WRITE write for a magazine literally used John is a journalist, he writes

for a local magazine to make

a living.

Viết bài cho 1 tạp chí

Have sth/be written all

over your face Disappointment was written all over her face.

trên mặt viết rõ ràng rồi (cảm xúc và suy nghĩ bộc

lộ hết)

nothing / not anything to

write home about

not very good The acting was very good but

the music was nothing to write home about.

The restaurant was all right but nothing to write home about.

bình thường, không có gì nổi bật

writer's block a problem that writers have

when they cannot start or continue with a piece of writing because they have no more ideas

sự bí ý tưởng của các nhà văn khi sáng tác

READ read someone’s mind to know what someone else is

thinking Yes, I’d love a coffee; you must’ve read my mind.

hiểu được suy nghĩ của ai

đó, đọc vị ai đó

read between the lines to guess something that is not

expressed directly

I’m reading between the lines, but I think they’re both unhappy.

đoán cái gì đó mà không được biểu hiện ra ngoài

read someone’s lips used for telling someone

strongly that something has definitely been decided and will not be changed

Read my lips: you are not going to an all-night party.

nghe rõ này (dùng trong văn nói)

read someone like a

book to be able to understand easilywhat someone is thinking or

feeling

I know what you’re thinking – I can read you like a book.

hiểu rõ suy nghĩ và cảm giác của ai đó

take something as read to accept that something is

true without needing any more information or proof

You can take it as read that he’ll say no.

ngộ nhận

a good / exciting etc read something that is

enjoyable / exciting etc to read

Stephen King's terrifying novel named IT is a exciting read

cái gì đó thú vị/gây hứng

thú để đọc

NOTICE bring something to

someone’s notice

to tell someone about something Their working conditions

were only brought to public notice last year.

I’ll bring the situation to his notice at the first

opportunity.

nói với ai đó về cái gì, chú ý với ai đó về cái gì

come to someone’s

notice (that) to find out about something It has come to our notice

that some cash is missing.

He first came to my notice when I saw him on stage.

rơi vào tầm chú ý của ai đó

escape someone’s

notice

if a fact, situation etc escapes your notice, you are not conscious of it

It may have escaped your notice, but some of us are trying to work.

thoát khỏi sự chú ý, lọt ra ngoài sự chú ý của ai

take notice of to pay attention to something Take no notice of him – he

always behaves like that.

Please take notice of the nearest emergency exit.

để ý đến cái gì, chú ý đến

At short/ a moment’s/ a

few hours’ notice

without being given much warning before something happens

I can't cancel my plans at such short notice

một lúc, một khắc

until further notice until someone announces that

a situation has changed or no longer exists The road is closed to traffic until further notice.

Because the wind is picking

up outside, citizens are advised to stay at home, schools are closed until further notice!

cho đến khi có thông báo mới

PEN put pen to paper to start writing something He was inspired to put pen

to paper and compose a poem.

i was just assigned an essay need completing by friday, so i need to put pen

to paper now

bắt đầu viết cái gì

the pen is mightier than

the sword

used for saying that what someone writes can have more effect than violent action

It's a common knowledge that the pen is mightier than the sword

suy nghĩ và lời văn ảnh hưởng tới con người hơn là bạo lực

pen-pusher someone who has a boring

job in an office

i don't want to be a pen-pusher any longer, as a result, i quit that job and i feel free now

người có công việc văn phòng nhàm chán/tẻ nhạt

pen friend/pal someone who you regularly

write friendly letters to but have never met

I have a circle of pen friends who I have never

met in person!

bạn qua thư, bạn qua thư tín ~ chưa gặp mặt ngoài đời bao giờ

a piece/sheet of paper literal sense (nghĩa đen) Do you need paper, let me

take out a sheet of paper and pass you.

1 mảnh/tờ giấy

present an intensive paper

on biology

viết một bài luận về chủ đề

put sth on paper in writing I woke up early and began

to put down some of my ideas on paper.

viết ra giấy

paper over the cracks to try to hide a problem or

disagreement instead of finding a satisfactory solution

to it

Fundamental problems were papered over, not resolved.

che đậy những thiếu sót/sai phạm/… thay vì tìm cách giải quyết thỏa đáng

not worth the paper it is

written / printed on

used for saying that a written agreement is not worth having because the person who signed it is not likely to

do what they said they would do

We signed a year’s lease on this place, but it’s not worth the paper it’s written on.

không có giá trị/hiệu lực để

mà lập (hợp đồng)

paper round the job of delivering

newspapers to a group of homes, or the group of homes that someone has to deliver newspapers to

when i was at university, i take a part-time job involving delivering papers

to local house it's called paper round

nghề giao báo/ nhóm nhà

mà người giao báo phải giao tới

paper qualifications academic qualifications This

phrase usually shows that you think that practical experience is more important

I’ve got a lot of experience

in accounts, but I haven’t got any paper qualifications.

bằng cấp giấy hay bằng cấp học thuật (dùng để chế giễu khi chỉ có bằng cấp giấy mà không có kinh nghiệm thực

paperwork the part of a job that involves

producing reports, keeping records, and writing letters

The new system is designed to reduce the amount of paperwork we have to do.

công việc giấy tờ ở văn phòng (làm báo cáo, lưu giữ sổ sách, viết thư, )

RECORD keep/maintain/compile a

record try to keep a record of everything you eat this

week.

lưu giữ bản ghi chép của

set / put the record

straight to tell the truth aboutsomething after someone

else has not told the truth about it

She's decided to write her memoirs to set the record straight once and for all.

nói rõ sự thật về cái gì

on record

được ghi lại (thông tin, âm thanh, hình ảnh)

on the record used for stating that you are

saying something officially or publicly

The minister has gone on record as saying the law should be changed.

chính thức thường theo cụm go on record

off the record used for saying that a remark

is not official or not intended

to be made public

Off the record, many Conservatives admit they cannot win the election.

không chính thức, không công khai

speak well/highly of

sb/sth

literal sense He always speaks highly of

his girlfriend but i don't see that

nói tốt/khen ngợi ai/cái gì

speak badly/ill of literal sense My friend speaks ill of this

restaurant

nói không tốt/không đánh

SPEAK giá cao về ai/cái gì

speak for yourself used for telling someone that

your opinion about something

is different from theirs

No one wants pizza again tonight.’ ‘Speak for yourself! I do!’

đấy là về phần bạn (trong văn nói)

speak your mind to say honestly what you

think, even if it upsets or offends someone

She was an assertive woman who always spoke her mind.

nói lên những suy nghĩ của bạn

speak out of turn to say something that you

should not say because you have no right to say it or because it upsets someone

I hope I’m not speaking out

of turn, but I preferred the original version.

nói những điều không phải làm khó chịu người khác

not sth to speak of used for saying that

something is so unimportant

or so small that it is not worth mentioning

She has no money to speak of.

không quan trọng, nhỏ nhặt, không đáng để đề cập/bàn đến/nói về

so to speak used for showing that you

have expressed something in

an unusual way

Members of Parliament were back in school today, so to speak.

để mà nói (văn nói)

SPEAKING broadly/generally

speaking used for showing that whatyou are saying is usually true,

but not in every instance

Generally speaking, pet owners are law-abiding citizens.

nói chung/ nhìn chung mà nói (văn nói)

on speaking terms feeling friendly towards

someone, not angry with them

He isn’t on speaking terms with half of the family.

thân thiết, nói chuyện với nhau (not on speaking terms nghĩa là nghỉ chơi với nhau, không còn nói chuyện với nhau nữa ~ bạn bè)

speaking of used for introducing

something new that you are going to say relating to a subject that someone has just mentioned

Speaking of money, have we paid our credit card bills yet?

nói về … (văn nói)

speaking as sb used for saying that an

opinion you are going to express is a result of who you are, what you do, or your relationship with other people

Speaking as a mother, I would tell him to give up football.

nói chuyện như là (nghề nghiệp, danh phận) (văn nói)

TELL tell the truth/ a lie literal sense she keep telling lies to us

nói sự thật >< nói dối

tell yourself that to make yourself consider

something in order to understand it correctly or to persuade yourself that it is true

I kept telling myself that it would all be over soon.

tự nhủ với bản thân rằng

tell the difference between sth literal sense How do you tell the difference between the

kittens?

chỉ ra sự khác biệt giữa

tell the time literal sense

The children are learning to tell the time.

nói giờ cho ai đó biết/ đọc giờ

tell it like it is to give the real facts about

something, even if they are unpleasant You can always rely on Jane to tell it like it is.

nói đúng sự thật về cái gì

there's no telling it is impossible to know / say

etc what is true or what will happen next

There’s no telling how much she overheard.

thật khó để biết được

you're telling me used for saying that you

agree with someone ‘This is so boring.’ – ‘You’re

telling me.’

tôi đồng ý với bạn

that would be telling used for saying that you

cannot give someone a piece

of information because it is a secret

‘How old is he?’ ‘That would

be telling.’

đó là bí mật

WORD put in a good word for

sb

to tell someone about the good qualities that a particular person has, usually

in order to get an advantage for that person

He promised to put in a word for me with the boss.

nói tốt về ai đó (phẩm chất)

have a word with sb to speak to someone in an

informal way about a problem Maybe I should have a quiet word with Tom’s teacher?

nói chuyện với ai đó bàn

về cái gì

spread the word to tell a lot of people about

an idea that you believe in They are spreading the word on the need for healthy

eating.

truyền một thông điệp cho nhiều người

from the word go from the time when

something starts = from the start

We expected business would start slowly, but from the word go we were really busy.

từ lúc bắt đầu

put words in someone’s

mouth

o claim that someone has said a particular thing, although they have not said

it, or they did not mean what you say they meant

He accused the interviewer

of putting words into his mouth.

vu cáo, vu khống ai đó

give/say the word to give someone an order to

do something All you have to do is say the

word, and I’ll leave.

When I give the word, start the machine.

We're ready to begin writing the report whenever you are, so just give us the word, and we'll get

going.

ra lệnh ai đó làm gì

word of mouth communication that consists

of comments that people make to each other in an informal way, not formal communication such as news reports and advertisements

The book became a worldwide best-seller, largely by word of mouth Most of our customers hear about us by word of mouth.

truyền miệng, bằng lời nói

in other words used for introducing another

way of saying or explaining something, especially a more These were people who fought for money –

simple way mercenaries, in other

words.

nói cách khác

UNDERST

- ANDING

come to/reach an understanding

come to an agreement which

is made in an informal way

or not expressed in words

He was glad he and Betty had come to an

understanding.

đi đến thỏa thuận với ai đó (thân mật)

have an understanding with sb

We have an understanding with them that we won’t compete directly.

đồng cảm, thấu hiểu ai đó

an understanding of sth knowledge about a particular

subject, process, or situation The course will help you

develop a deeper understanding of yourself.

If you are using this software, it’s helpful to have some understanding of basic design principles.

hiểu biết/kiến thức về cái gì

on the understanding that

used for saying that you will

do something only if someone else agrees to do something else

We gave them the information on the understanding that it would not be made public.

dựa trên thỏa thuận rằng (bạn chỉ làm điều gì khi ai

đó đồng ý làm gì đó)

ANSWER answer to sb give sb an answer she answered to us in an

angry way

trả lời ai đó

answer charges/criticisms

the chairman is determined

to answer all the charges

trả lời các cáo buộc, chỉ trích answer a need to provide what is needed,

wanted, or asked for, especially in order to deal with a bad situation

The estate was built to answer a need for low-cost housing.