50 collocation thường gặp trong đề thi THPT

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STT Collocation Dịch nghĩa Ví dụ
1 Break a record phá vỡ kỷ lục With the tenth gold medal of the
Olympics, she broke the record set
in 1972 by James.
2 Break the news báo tin His mother collapsed when the
doctor broke the news to her.
3 Break a habit (of doing bỏ thói quen làm gì He has attempted to break the habit
something) of biting his nails for the thousandth
time.
4 Break the ice phá vỡ sự ngượng She was friendly enough to be the
ngùng lúc mới gặp để one who broke the ice the first time
bắt chuyện và làm quen we met.
5 Break a law/rule phá luật, không theo Don’t ever attempt to break the
luật rules.
6 come to a standstill đi đến sự bế tắc Their negotiation has come to a
standstill.
7 come to an agreement đi đến thỏa thuận They have not yet come to an
agreement despite having discussed
for 3 hours.
8 come to terms with dần dần chấp nhận một She finally came to terms with the
sự thật đau buồn death of her husband
(thường là về sự ra đi
của người mà bạn yêu
thương)
9 Commit a crime (murder, phạm tội (giết người, He was arrested for committing a
thief,…) trộm cắp,…) crime.
10 Commit to a relationship gắn bó với một mối She rarely dates for a long time as
quan hệ she is afraid of committing to a
serious relationship.
11 Do justice to làm cho mọi người thấy Those picture did not do justice to
somebody/something rõ được sự tốt đẹp của her beauty.
ai/cái gì
12 Do somebody a favor giúp đỡ ai Can you do me a favor, please?
13 Do somebody good/harm có lợi/hại cho ai The scandal did his reputation a lot
of harm.
14 Do no good/harm không có tác dụng, The medicine seems to do no good
không có ảnh hưởng against his illness.
tích cực/không gây hại
15 Do more harm than good hại nhiều hơn lợi I think social media these days tend
to do more harm than good.
16 Do/Carry out/Conduct tiến hành một nghiên As a college students about to
research cứu graduate, I’ve had to done multiple
research for my dissertation.
17 Do/Carry out/Conduct survey tiến hành một khảo sát She has conducted numerous
surveys to collect information.
18 Get married to somebody cưới ai They got married to different
people after 9 years together.
19 Get cold (trời) trở lạnh It’s getting cold. Don’t forget to put
on a coat when you’re going
outside.
20 Get something out of one’s bỏ cái gì ra khỏi tâm trí I need to buy that dress to get it out
system of my system.
21 Have an có ảnh hưởng, tác động The weather has had an adverse
influence/impact/effect on lên ai/cái gì impact on the crop.
somebody/something
22 Have nothing to do with không liên quan đến My depression has nothing to do
somebody/something ai/cái gì with my ex. I almost forgot his
name. It’s the stupidly insane
amount of work that stresses me
out.
23 Have something/nothing in (không) có điểm tương Despite being siblings, we have
common đồng nothing in common.
24 Make a decision đưa ra quyết định The situation requires them to make
a snap decision.
25 Make a living kiếm sống He had to work multiple jobs to
make a living.
26 Make an impression (on tạo ấn tượng đối với ai He tried his best to make a good
somebody) impression on her family.
27 Make a mistake phạm lỗi Making the same mistake twice and
you’ll be fired.
28 Make a purchase mua hàng The car is the most expensive
purchase that she ever makes.
29 Make/Earn money kiếm tiền She has made a lot of money as a
digital creator since she was in high
school.
30 Make use of something tận dụng cái gì We can make use of this empty
room for holding the party.
31 Meet/Fulfill the đáp ứng được cái gì We’re sorry to inform you that
demand(s)/requirements because you did not meet the
requirements, your application was
rejected.
32 Pay a visit to thăm ai/cái gì They pay a visit to their
somebody/something grandparents twice a week so that
they won’t feel lonely.
33 Pay a compliment khen ngợi ai/cái gì I would love to pay you the most
sincere compliment for your
stunning performance.
34 Pay attention to chú ý đến ai/cái gì I know you are busy with work, but
somebody/something please pay more attention to your
mental health.
35 Pay one’s (last) respects to đến thăm ai để thể hiện Our family came to pay our last
somebody sự trân trọng đối với họ respects to Mr. John.
(có thể là lần cuối)
36 Pose a threat/danger/problem gây mối đe dọa/nguy Social media addiction can possibly
to somebody/something hiểm/vấn đề pose a serious threat to users’
physical and mental well-being.
37 Put an end to something đặt dấu chấm hết cho It’s time to put an end to gender
cái gì inequality.
38 Put somebody/something in đặt ai/cái gì vào nguy Her careless driving once put her
danger hiểm and her friends in danger.
39 Put somebody/something at đặt ai/cái gì vào nguy He hasn’t been able to quit smoking
risk hiểm even though this detrimental habit
has put his health at risk multiple
times.
40 Realize one’s ambition/dream hiện thực hóa được Finally, he was able to realize his
hoài bão/ước mơ của ai ambition to travel the world.
41 Run a điều hành một doanh Running a business is extremely
business/factory/company nghiệp/nhà máy/công difficult, but he managed to do it
ty successfully.
42 Run/Do errands chạy việc vặt I often run errands for my mother
after school.
43 Take a rest nghỉ ngơi Take a rest or you will not collapse
while deal with that enormous
amount of work.
44 Take a course tham gia khóa học I took that course on the spur of the
moment and regretted it
immediately.
45 Take/Sit for an exam tham gia kì thi I will be taking the entrance exam
on this day next month.
46 Take action(s) hành động They should take action before
everything is too late.
47 Take/Adopt a measure hành động, tiến hành Some measures should be taken to
giải pháp prevent the loss of natural habitat.
48 Take advantage of lợi dụng ai (nghĩa tiêu I could not believe that he took
 somebody/something cực), tận dụng cái gì advantage of my love and kindness
so that he could have a roof over his
head and then cheated on me with
his girl best friend.
49 Tell a lie nói dối Among thousands of options, you
chose to tell a lie.
50 Tell the truth nói sự thật Now, tell me the truth, or I will
never forgive what you have done
to me.