Vocabulary

Pharal verb

Collocation

Compound

Idiom

Reading  kiến thức nền national geographic

Listening  cuộc hội thoại về cuộc sống của du học sinh (xin việc, bài giảng) bbc english 2 bài 3 tháng,
basic ielts listening,

Writing  đánh giá quan điểm/ thể hiện quan điểm + thuật lại số liệu

Speaking  kỹ năng phản xạ fluency, vocab, gram, pronun (rõ ràng và không sai)

collocation
We say We do not meaning Example
say/ we
should not
say
Fast cars Quick cars This is a fast car, it can run 200 km per
Fast food Quick food hour
I rarely eat fast food because it does
harm for my health
A quick glance A fast A quick I have had a quick glance through the
A quick meal glance glance: take a book, which certainly seems very
A fast meal quick look at interesting.
sth A sandwich is a quick meal as it only
A quick meal: takes 2 minutes to prepare.
A meal that is
quick to
prepare and
quick to eat.
Take a photo  fixed collo Do you want to take a photo with bts?
Keep to/ stick to the rules He is a reponsible man, and sticks to the
 open collo rules of his company.
Make an effort Do an effort Try hard to do You must make an effort and study for
sth your exams
Watch TV Look at TV Xem TV Many students spend their most of time
on watching TV
Powerful engine Strong Động cơ tốt, My car has a powerful engine so that it
engine đầy năng can do 200 km an hour
lượng
Ancient monuments Antique Di tích cổ One of the ancient monuments of VN is
monument monument of king Ly Thai To
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I make a few mistakes I do a few Làm gì có lỗi I made a few mistakes when choosing
mistakes major so right now I am really regret
Car park, post office, Pass the buck: This is her responsibility but she is
narrow-mided, shoelaces, blame always trying to pas the buck and I am
teapot  compounds (từ someone or sick of it
ghép), có thể hiểu nghĩa make them
bằng cách phân tách từ responsible
for a problem
Pass the buck  idioms, that you
khó hiểu kể cả khi phân
should deal
tách từ
with
Strictly forbidden  collo Strongly Cực kì bị cấm Bullying is strictly forbidden in any
give you natural way to say forbidden đoán school

Bitterly cold Very cold The weather in Antarctica is bitterly cold

Pitch dark Very dark This tunnel is so pitch dark that I can
 collo give you not see anything
alternative way of saying
Breed crime = cause crime Poverty is one of the bad things that
Substantial meal = big breeds crime
meal The findings show a substantial
 coll improve your style difference between the opinions of
in writing men and women.
Phân biệt: Checkpoint: Some go to venues to hear live music,
Collocation: live music, trạm kiểm mostly common music concerts.
make a mistake, heavy soát phương They were late for the meeting because
snow, valid passport, tiện giao of heavy snow/ snow fell heavily
bitterly disappointed thông I can't go abroad because my passport
Key ring: vòng is not valid= invalid
Compound: teapot, để giữ chìa I was bitterly disappointed with my
checkpoint, key ring
khóa listening results
A storm in a The soldier stopped the motorist at a
Idiom: a storm in a tea cup,
pull sb’s leg teacup: roadside checkpoint
chuyện bé xé I put my keys on key ring to keep them
ra to together
Pull my leg: This matter is a storm in a teacup; it is
thuyết phục an argument about nothing.
tôi tin vào một Is it really your car or are you pulling
điều không có my leg? You are really poor.
thật, như một
trò đùa
Leave university When I left university I made a decision
Make a decision to do sth to take up a profession in which I could
Take up a profession in be creative. I could play the guitar, but
Play the I’d never written any songs.
guitar/piano/music Nonetheless, I decided to become a
Write a song singer-songwriter. I made some
 Make a recording recordings but I had a rather heavy cold,
Heavy cold so they didn’t sound good. I made
Become famous some more, and sent them to a record
Get a job company and waited for them to reply.
So, while I was waiting to become
famous, I got a job in a fast- food
restaurant. That was five years ago. I’m
still doing the same job.

New housing development

If you look at the south entrance at the bottom of the map, there is a road from there that goes right up
through the development. The school will be on that road, at the corner of the second turning to the
left (ở góc ngoặt thứ hai bên trái của con đường).  lối đi, con đường, vị trí

A large sports centre will be on the western side of the development, just below the road that
branches off from London road.  lối vào, vị trí, con đường

There will be a clinic. Can you see the lake towards the top of the map? The clinic will be just below this,
to the right of the street of houses (dưới cái hồ, ở bên phải của một dãy nhà).  địa danh, vị trí

There will also be a community centre for people of all ages. On the northeast side of the development,
there will be a row of specially designed houses specifically for residents over 65, and the community
centre will be adjoining this (gắn chặt với tòa nhà được thiết kế dành riêng cho người già).  hướng,
địa danh, vị trí

There will be a supermarket between the two entrances to the development. We are planning to leave
the three large trees near London road, and it will be just to the south of these (ở phía nam của ba cái
cây sắp bị rời đi gần đường London).  địa danh, vị trí

It is planned to have a playground. If you look at the road that goes up from the sounth entrance (đi
thẳng lên từ lối vào phía nam), you will see it curves round to the left at the top (nó uốn cong sang bên
trái ở phía trên), and the playground will be in that curve (nằm trên đường uốn cong của con đường đi
thẳng lên từ lối vào phái nam), with nice view of the lake.  lối đi, con đường, vị trí, địa danh