Structure of English communication doc

1 NGÂN HÀNG CÁC C U TRÚC TI NG ANH THÔNG D NGẤ Ế Ụ TO BE 1 To be a bad fit: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 To be a bear for punishment: To be a believer in ghosts: To be a believer in sth: To be a bit cracky: [ (thông tuc) gan, d h i]̣ ̀ ở ơ To be a bit groggy about the legs, to feel groggy ['gr gi]ɔ To be a burden to sb: To be a church-goer: To be a comfort to sb: To be a connoisseur of antiques: [æn'ti:k] To be a cup too low: To be a dab (hand) at sth{[dæb](long)tay c /thao}́ ừ ̣ To be a dead ringer for sb: To be a demon for work: To be a dog in the manger: To be a drug on the market: To be a favourite of sb; to be sb's favourite: To be a fiasco [fi'æskou][(sn) ~s, ~es s thât bai]ự ́ ̣ To be a fiend at football: To be a fluent speaker: To be a foe to sth: To be a frequent caller at sb's house: To be a gentleman of leisure; to lead a gentleman's life: To be a good judge of wine: To be a good puller To be a good walker: To be a good whip: To be a good, bad writer: To be a hiding place to nothing: To be a law unto oneself: To be a lump of selfishness: To be a man in irons: To be a mere machine: {[mi ] (adj) chi la}ə ̉ ̀ {merely ['mi li] (adv) chi, n thuân}ə ̉ đơ ̀ To be a mess To be a mirror of the time To be a novice in, at sth to be a pendant to ['pend nt]ə (n) To be a poor situation: To be a retarder of progress: [ri'ta:d ] (n)ə To be a shark at maths: [ :k] (n)∫ɑ To be a sheet in the wind To be a shingle short: To be a slave to custom: [sleiv] (n) To be a spy on sb's conduct: To be a stickler over trifles: ['stikl ] (n)ə 2 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 To be under suspicion 66 67 68 69 To be absorbed in new thought/the study of sth 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 To be a swine to sb [swain](n) {con l n;(thông tuc) ợ ̣ ng i (vât) ang ghet/ghê t m}ườ ̣ đ ́ ́ ở To be a tax on sb: To be a terror to : To be a testimony to sth: {['testim ni](n) s / l i ch ng nhân, l i khaiə ự ờ ứ ̣ ờ in testimony of: ê lam ch ng cho}đ ̉ ̀ ứ To be a thrall to one's passions: [ r :l] (n) ng i nô lê ( en & bong)θ ɔ ườ ̣ đ ́ (v) b t lam nô lê/lê thuôc/phuc tungắ ̀ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̀ To be a tight fit To be a total abstainer (from alcohol) To be a tower of strength to sb: To be a transmitter of (sth): To be abashed: To be abhorrent to sb: To be abhorrent to, from sth: [ b'h r nt] (adj) ə ɔ ə (+ from) trai/mâu thuân v i, không h p v í ̃ ớ ợ ớ To be able to do sth: To be able to react to nuances of meaning ['nju: :ns] (n) s c thaiɑ ắ ́ To be ablush with shame {[ 'bl ] (adj & adv) then o m t}ə ʌ∫ ̣ đ ̉ ặ To be abominated by sb [ 'b mineit] (v) ə ɔ To be about sth: To be about to (do): To be above (all) suspicion To be abreast with, (of) the times: To be absolutely right: To be absolutely wrong: To be acclaimed Emperor/King To be accommodated in the hotel: To be accomplice in a crime [ 'k mplis; 'k mplis](n) ə ɔ ə ʌ To be accountable for a sum of money: To be accountable for one's action: To be accountable to sb: To be accused of plagiarism: To be acquainted with facts of the case: To be acquainted with sb: To be acquitted one's crime: [ 'kwit]ə To be addicted to drink: ['ædikt] (n) To be admitted to the Academy: To be admitted to the exhibition gratis: To be adroit in: [ 'dr it] (adj)ə ɔ To be adverse to a policy: To be affected by fever: To be affected in one's manners: To be affected to a service: To be affected with a disease: To be affianced to sb: [ 'fai ns] (v) inh/h a hônə ə đ ́ ứ To be afflicted by a piece of news: To be afield: 3 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 To be always merry and bright: 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 To be afloat: To be after sth: To be against: To be agog for sth: To be agreeable to sth: To be agreeable to the taste: To be ahead: To be akin to sth: To be alarmed at sth: To be alive to one's interests: To be alive to the importance of To be all abroad: To be all ears: To be all eyes: To be all in a fluster: To be all in a tumble: To be all legs: To be all mixed up: To be all of a dither, to have the dithers: To be all of a dither: To be all of a glow: To be all of a tremble, all in a tremble To be all the same to: To be all the world to: To be all tongue: To be always after a petticoat: To be always harping on the same string (on the same note): To be always on the move: To be always ready for a row: To be always to the fore in a fight: To be always willing to oblige: To be ambitious to do sth: To be ambushed: To be an abominator of sth: To be an early waker: To be an encumbrance to sb: To be an excessive drinker: To be an improvement on sb: To be an integral part of sth: To be an occasion of great festivity: To be an oldster: To be an onlooker at a football match: To be an umpire at a match: To be anticipative of sth: To be anxious for sth: To be applicable to sth: To be appreciative of music: To be apprehensive for sb: To be apprehensive of danger: To be apprised of a fact: To be apt for sth: To be as bright as a button: 4 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 To be at an end; to come to an end: 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 To be at the back of sb: 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 To be as brittle as glass: To be as drunk as a fish: To be as happy as a king, (as a bird on the tree) To be as hungry as a wolf: To be as mute as a fish: To be as slippery as an eel: To be as slippery as an eel: To be at a loss for money: To be at a loss what to do, what to say: To be at a loss: To be at a nonplus: To be at bat: To be at cross-purposes: To be at dinner: To be at enmity with sb.: To be at fault: To be at feud with sb: To be at grass: To be at grips with the enemy: To be at handgrips with sb: To be at issue on a question: To be at its height: To be at large: To be at loggerheads with sb: To be at odds with sb: To be at odds with sb: To be at one with sb: To be at one's best: To be at one's lowest ebb: To be at play: To be at puberty: To be at sb's beck and call: To be at sb's elbow: To be at sb's heels: To be at sb's service: To be at stake: To be at stand: To be at strife (with): To be at the end of one's resources: To be at the end of one's tether: To be at the front: To be at the helm: To be at the last shift: To be at the pain of doing sth: To be at the top of the tree: To be at the top the of the form: To be at the wheel: To be at the zenith of glory: to be at variance with someone: To be at work: 5 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 To be brought to an early grave: 249 To be athirst for sth: To be attached to: To be attacked by a disease: To be attacked from ambush: To be attacked: To be averse to (from) sth: To be awake to one's own interests: To be aware of sth a long way off: To be aware of sth: To be awkward with one's hands: To be badly off: To be balled up: To be bankrupt in (of) intelligence: To be bathed in perspiration: To be beaten out and out: To be beautifully gowned: To be beforehand with the world: To be beforehand with: To be behind prison bars: To be behindhand in one's circumstances: To be behindhand with his payment: To be beholden to sb: To be beneath contempt: To be bent on quarrelling: To be bent on: To be bent with age: To be bereaved of one's parents: To be bereft of speech: To be beside oneself with joy: To be besieged with questions: To be betrayed to the enemy: To be better off: To be between the devil and the deep sea: To be bewildered by the crowd and traffic: To be beyond one's ken: To be bitten with a desire to do sth: To be bitten with: To be blackmailed: To be blessed with good health.: To be bolshie about sth: To be bored to death: To be born blind: To be born of the purple: To be born on the wrong side of the blanket: To be born under a lucky star: To be born under an unclucky star: To be bound apprentice to a tailor: To be bowled over: To be bred (to be) a doctor: To be brilliant at: To be brought before the court: To be brought to bed: 6 250 251 252 253 To be bumptious: 254 255 256 257 To be burning to do sth: 258 259 260 261 262 To be bursting with delight: 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 To be called up: 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 To be caught by the police: 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 To be cognizant of sth: 297 298 299 300 301 To be compacted of : To be brought up in the spirit of duty: To be brown off: To be buffeted by the crowd: To be bunged up: To be burdened with debts: To be buried in thoughts: To be burnt alive: To be burried with militairy honours: To be bursting to do sth: To be bursting with a secret; to be bursting to tell a secret To be bursting with pride: To be bushwhacked: To be busy as a bee: To be called away: To be called to the bar: To be called up for the active service: To be capacitated to do sth: To be careful to do sth: To be carried away by that bad news: To be cast away on the desert island: To be cast away: To be cast down: To be caught in a machine: To be caught in a noose: To be caught in a snare: To be caught in a snare: To be caught in the net: To be caught with chaff: To be caught with one's hand in the till: To be cautioned by a judge: To be cautious in doing sth: To be censored: To be chippy: To be chucked (at an examination): To be churched: To be clamorous for sth: To be clear about sth: To be clever at drawing: To be close behind sb: To be close with one's money: To be closeted with sb: To be cold with sb: To be comfortable: To be comfortably off: To be commissioned to do sth: 7 302 303 304 305 306 307 To be confined (for space): 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 To be convulsed (to shake, to rock) with laughter 322 323 324 325 326 To be couched on the ground: 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 To be dark-complexioned: 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 To be defective in sth: 343 344 To be deliberate in speech: 345 346 347 348 To be dependent on sb: 349 350 351 352 353 To be compelled to do sth: To be concerned about sb: To be condemned to the stake: To be confident of the future: To be confidential (with sb): To be confined to barracks: To be confined: To be confronted with (by) a difficulty: To be connected with a family: To be connected with sb, sth: To be conscious of sth: To be conspicuous (in a crowd ): To be consumed with hunger: To be consumed with jealousy: To be contaminated by bad companions: To be content to do sth: To be continued in our next: To be convicted of felony: To be convulsed with laughter: To be convulsed with pain: To be cool towards sb: To be correspondent to (with) sth: To be counted as a member: To be counted out: To be cramped for room: To be crazy (over, about) sb: To be cross with sb: To be crowned with glory: To be cut out for sth: To be dainty: To be dead against sth: To be dead keen on sb: To be dead-set on doing sth: To be debarred from voting in the eletion: To be declared guilty of murder: To be deeply in debt: To be deferential to sb: To be delivered of a poem: To be delivered of: To be demented, to become demented: To be deranged: To be derelict (in one's duty): To be derived, (from): To be desirous of sth, of doing sth: To be destined for a place: 8 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 To be disrespectful to sb: 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 To be drafted into the army: 376 377 378 379 380 To be drowned in sleep: 381 382 To be due to: 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 To be eleven: 395 396 397 To be embarrassed for money: 398 399 400 To be enamoured of (with) sth: 401 402 403 404 405 To be engaged upon a novel: 406 407 To be destined for some purpose: To be different from: To be dight with (in) diamond: To be disabled: • To be disappointed in love: To be discomfited by questions: To be discontented with one's job: To be disinclined to: To be disloyal to one's country: To be dismissed from the service: To be displaced by : To be displeased at (with)sth: To be dissatisfied with (at)sth: To be distinctly superior: To be divorced from reality: To be dotty on one's legs: To be double the length of sth: To be doubtful of sth: To be down in (at) heath: To be down in the mouth: To be dressed in black, in silk: To be dressed in green: To be dressed up to the nines (to the knocker): To be driven ashore: To be drowned: To be dull of mind: To be dull of sight, of hearing: To be dying for sth: To be eager in the pursuit of science: To be eager to do sth: To be easily offended: To be eaten up with pride: To be economical with sth: To be elastic: To be elated with joy: To be elbowed into a corner: To be eliminated in the first heat: To be embarrassed by lack of money.: To be employed in doing sth: To be empowered to : To be enamoured of sb: To be encumbered with a large family: To be endued with many virtues: To be engaged in politics, business: To be enraged at (by) sb's stupidity: To be enraptured with sth: 9 408 409 To be entangled in the meshes of political intrigue 410 411 412 To be entirely at sb's service: 413 To be entitled to a seat on a committee or a board 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 To be fagged out: 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 To be favoured by circumstances: 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 To be ensnarled in a plot: To be enthralled by a woman's beauty: To be enthralled by an exciting story: To be entitled to do sth: To be envious of sb's succcess: To be enwrapped in slumber: To be enwrapped: To be equal to a task: To be equal to doing sth: To be equal to one's responsibility: To be equal to the occasion: To be estopped from doing sth: To be euchred: To be expectant of sth: To be expected: To be expecting a baby: To be expert in, at sth: To be expressly forbidden: To be extremely welcome: To be faced with a difficulty: To be faint with hunger: To be faithful in the performance of one's duties: To be familiar with sth: To be famished: To be far from all friends: To be far gone with child: To be fastidious: To be feel sleepy: To be filled with amazement: To be filled with astonishment: To be filled with concern: To be firm fleshed: To be five meters in depth: To be five years old: To be flayed alive: To be fleeced by dishonest men: To be flooded with light: To be flush with sth: To be flush: To be fond of bottle: To be fond of good fare: To be fond of music: To be fond of study: To be fond of the limelight: To be fond of travel: To be fooled into doing sth: To be for: 10 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 To be free with one's money: 473 474 475 476 477 To be frugal of one's time: 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 To be game: 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 To be forced to do sth: To be forced to the inescapable conclusion that he is a liar To be forewarned is to be forearmed: To be forgetful of one's duties: To be fortunate: To be forward in one's work: To be foully murdered: To be found guilty of blackmail: To be found guilty of espionage: To be found wanting: To be free in one's favours: To be free to confess: To be friendly with sb: To be frightened of doing sth: To be frightened to death: To be frozen to the marrow: To be full of beans: To be full of business: To be full of cares: To be full of conceit: To be full of hope: To be full of idle fancies: To be full of joy: To be full of life: To be full of mettle: To be full of oneself: To be full of years: To be fully satisfied: To be furtive in one's movements: To be fussy: To be gammy for anything: To be gasping for liberty: To be generous with one's money: To be getting chronic: To be gibbeted in the press: To be ginned down by a fallen tree: To be given over to evil courses: To be given over to gambling: To be glad to hear sth: To be glowing with health: To be going on for: To be going: To be gone on sb: To be good at dancing: To be good at games: To be good at housekeeping: To be good at numbers: To be good at repartee: To be good safe catch: To be goody-goody: [...]... 874 To be of humble birth: 875 To be of kinship with sb: 876 To be of limited understanding: 877 To be of noble birth: 878 To be of sb's mind, to be of a mind with sb: 879 To be of sterling gold: 880 To be of tender age: 881 To be of the last importance: 17 882 To be of the Roman Catholic persuasion: 883 To be of use for: 884 To be of value: 885 To be off (with) one's bargain: 886 To be off colour:... 1018 To be out of harmony: 1019 To be out of humour: 1020 To be out of measure: 1021 To be out of one's depth: 1022 To be out of one's element: 1023 To be out of one's mind: 1024 To be out of one's mind: 1025 To be out of one's wits, to have lost one's wits: 1026 To be out of patience: 1027 To be out of sorts: 1028 To be out of the question: 1029 To be out of the red: 1030 To be out of the straight:... one's bargain: 886 To be off colour: 887 To be off like a shot: 888 To be off one's base: 889 To be off one's chump: 890 To be off one's food: 891 To be off one's guard: 892 To be off one's nut: 893 To be off one's rocker: 894 To be off the hinges: 895 To be offended at, with, by sth: 896 To be offended with sb: 897 To be offensive to sb: 898 To be on a bed of thorns: 899 To be on a diet: 900 To be on... shorn of human right: 1180 To be short of cash: 1181 To be short of hand: 1182 To be short of sth: 1183 To be short of the stuff: 1184 To be short of work: 1185 To be short with sb: 1186 To be shut off from society: 1187 To be shy of (on) money: 1188 To be shy of doing sth: 1189 To be sick at heart: 1190 To be sick for home: 1191 To be sick for love: 1192 To be sick of a fever: 1193 To be sick of the... respecter of persons: 861 To be no skin of sb's back: 862 To be no slouch at sth: 863 To be not long for this world: 864 To be noticed to quit: 865 To be nutty (up) on sb: 866 To be nutty on sb: 867 To be of a cheerful disposition: 868 To be of a confiding nature: 869 To be of frequent occurrence: 870 To be of generous make-up: 871 To be of good cheer: 872 To be of good descent: 873 To be of good stock:... To be the anchorage of sb's hope: 1252 To be the architect of one's own fortunes: 1253 To be the chattel of : 24 1254 To be the child of : 1255 To be the craze: 1256 To be the focal point of one's thinking: 1257 To be the gainer by: 1258 To be the glory of the age: 1259 To be the heart and soul of: 1260 To be the last to come: 1261 To be the loser of a battle: 1262 To be the making of: 1263 To be the... the intervention of a third nation 1005 To be or not to be: 1006 To be ordained: 1007 To be out at elbow(s): 1008 To be out for seven seconds: 1009 To be out for sth: 1010 To be out in one's reckoning: 1011 To be out in one's reckoning: 1012 To be out of a job: 1013 To be out of a situation: 1014 To be out of alignment: 1015 To be out of business: 1016 To be out of cash: 1017 To be out of employment:... troubled with wind: 1298 To be turned out of house and home: 1299 To be twenty years of age: 1300 To be twice the man/woman (that sb is): 1301 To be two meters in length: 1302 To be unable to make head or tail of: 1303 To be unalarmed about sth: 1304 To be unapprehensive of danger: 1305 To be unapprehensive of danger: 1306 To be unashamed of doing sth: 1307 To be unaware of sth: 25 1308 To be unbreathable... wardship: 1329 To be under the conduct of sb: 1330 To be under the control of sb: 1331 To be under the harrow: 1332 To be under the heels of the invader: 1333 To be under the knife: 1334 To be under the leadership of sb: 1335 To be under the necessity of doing sth: 1336 To be under the tutelage of a master craftsman: 1337 To be under the weather: 1338 To be undesirous of doing sth: 1339 To be unentitled... into the church: 143 To go into the dock: 144 To go into the first gear: 145 To go into the melting-pot: 33 146 To go into the union house: 147 To go loose: 148 To go mad: 149 To go mushrooming: 150 To go must: 151 To go nesting: 152 To go north: 153 To go off at score: 154 To go off the boil: 155 To go off the hooks: 156 To go off with sth: 157 To go off, to be off: 158 To go on a bender: 159 To go . be of a confiding nature: To be of frequent occurrence: To be of generous make-up: To be of good cheer: To be of good descent: To be of good stock: To be of humble birth: To be of. be of the Roman Catholic persuasion: To be of use for: To be of value: To be off colour: To be off one's base: To be off one's chump: To be off one's food: To be off. To be out of a job: To be out of a situation: To be out of business: To be out of cash: To be out of employment: To be out of harmony: To be out of humour: To be out of measure: