COLLOCATIONS CHO THPT QG (PHẦN 2)

COLLOCATIONS CHO THPT QG (PHẦN 2)

stoop so low as to do (st): hạ mình làm (điều gì)

from time to time = occasionally

hardly ever = almost never

all year round: all year; at all times of the year
ex: I could tell my grandmother`s health all year round wasn`t very good because she felt cold all year round.

more often than not
ex: Businessmen drive cars to work more often than not.

depth of winter

get into = be able to concentrate on: có thể tập trung vào

provide the perfect conditions for

express oneself
ex: Although I play the music somebody else wrote, I can express myself through the piano, so each time I play it`s different..

from scratch: từ đầu, từ bàn tay trắng
ex: There were so many spelling mistakes, I had to write the letter out again from scratch.

come over: come to a place to visit for a short time (often used with the meaning of come to my/our house)
ex: Ever since my boy friend argued with my father, he`s been unwilling to come over to our house.



keep sb from doing st

go to plan = go according to plan = happen in the way you want

get to grips with = learn the basics of
ex: I found the guitar a little hard at first, but with patience and practice, I got to grips with it.

learn by trial and error

every other day: ngày có ngày không, cách ngày
ex: I go to the gym every other day.

be a burden to (someone): là gánh nặng (cho ai)

the grown up people

inspire sb to st: truyền cảm hứng (cho ai đó làm gì đó)

inspire sb with st = inspire st in sb : gây ra những ý nghĩ
ex: Our first sight of the dingy little hotel didn’t inspire us with much confidence / inspire much confidence in us (Cái khách sản nhỏ bẩn thỉu ấy mới trông thấy khiến chúng tôi không tin tưởng lắm)





a glance at: cái nhìn thoáng qua về
ex: A glance at the graph provided reveals some striking similarities between the Chinese and US birth rates.

great fertility of mind: đầu óc có sức sáng tạo phong phú

be in low spirits: buồn rầu, chán nản

be in low water: cạn tiền

at a low ebb: sa sút, xuống dốc

be low on (st): gần cạn kiệt (cái gì)

household chore: việc nhà, viêc vặt trong nhà

take the plunge: quyết tâm hành động, liều

exponential growth: sự tăng theo cấp số nhân

a vast amount of: một lượng lớn

plunge to a low of: sụt giảm đến mức thấp
ex: China’s birth rate then plunged to a low of just 5% in the 1940.

as though: dường như, như thể là
ex: He ran as though the devil were after him (Anh ta chạy như thể có ma đuổi).

rapid climb  = rapid growth = zoom

reach a peak of: đạt đến đỉnh cao
ex: That rate reached a peak of 20% in 1950

equally importantly: quan trọng không kém

by force of = by = owing to = thanks to : nhờ, bằng cách
ex: Disputes were sometimes settled by force of arms (Sự tranh chấp đôi khi được giải quyết bằng vũ lực).

subject to: tùy thuộc vào, với giả thuyết là ex: Subject to your consent (Tuỳ theo anh có đồng ý hay không).

far outweigh: vượt xa, lớn hơn nhiều so với ex: The benefits of the Internet far outweigh its drawbacks.

come up with (st) = think of an idea / a solution
ex: I’ve come up with a perfect plan for the weekend.

be subject to damage: dễ / khó tránh khỏi bị hư hại

the latter half of: nửa cuối của
ex: the latter half of the century

in isolation: một cách riêng biệt, một mình ex: examine each piece of evidence in isolation (xem xét riêng từng chứng cớ)

sustained decline: sự giảm liên tục

every so often = sometimes = not very often = every once in a while

object to = oppose = protest = raise objections : phản đối

about = approximately = somewhere in the vicinity of

come up = happen unexpectedly
ex: Something has come up and I must leave.

come out = be published /released for sale
ex: Their new album came out last month.

come on to (sb) = flirt with (sb) = seduce (sb)
ex: She tried to come on to