B2 (Unit 10) Flashcards
relationship
the way in which two people, groups or countries behave towards each other or deal with each other
(personal/working/master-servant/build/bilateral/ close/establish/long-term/romantic/have a/ examine/intimate/ inverse/symbiotic/bear no/ complex/significant/good/business relationship), relationship of trust
-relationship between A and B
- relationship with somebody
-relationship to something
-in relationship to something
connection
something that connects two facts, ideas, etc.
( direct/close/strong/establish/have/personal/make/ broadband/wireless/Wi-Fi/network/ internet /faulty/break/good/business/family/miss connection)
-connection between A and B
-connection with something
-connection to something
-in connection with
blame
the situation in which people say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening
(blame somebody/something for something, blame something on somebody/something )
-put/pin the blame for
- apportion blame
-take the blame
-have oneself to blame
-sb/sth be to blame for
-sb/sth be blamed for sth
(đổ lỗi, đổ tội cho ai đó về việc gì, chịu trách nhiệm, nhận lỗi)
fault
-the responsibility for something wrong that has happened or been done
(my fault, your own fault, through no fault of their own, for all her faults, double faults, fault line, electrical/design fault)
-fault for doing something
-fault in/with something
-without fault
-be the fault of sb
-the fault lies with sb
-at fault
-fault on
(dùng khi nói về trách nhiệm của 1 ai đó khi làm sai hoặc khi nói về những khuyết điểm thuộc về tính cách của 1 người nào đó)
-To a fault
-To fìnd fault with
-With on faults
old
something that is old has existed or been used for a long time
(be… years, months, etc. old, old enough, too old, How old, get/grow old, old before her time, look old, same old, old habits, the old days, old friend, old rival/face/favourite, good old, poor old, old age)
- Mang nghĩa là già, trái nghĩa với “young” – trẻ
– Mang nghĩa là cũ, trái nghĩa với “new” – mới
-live into old age: sống đến già
ancient
relating to a period of history a very long time ago
( ancient civilization/Greece/Egypt/Rome/city/tree/tradition/culture/art/right/law/ monuments/ruins/woodlands/times/modern)
-Mang nghĩa xưa, cổ đại, tồn tại từ rất lâu (các đồ vật của các thời đại, các nền văn hóa, thời kì lịch sử,…)
-Nói đến người hay vật từng tồn tại hay xuất hiện từ lâu lắm
crowd
a large number of people in the same place
(crowd had gathered, break up the crowd, crowds of, addressed the crowd, large/huge/capacity/before/among/attract/draw/avoid/whole/usual/theatrical crowd, crowd control/trouble, stand out from the crowd, one of the crowd, follow the crowd)
-crowd of somebody/something
audience
the people who watch or listen to a performance
(attract/reach/engage/address a wider audience, large/live/TV/television/wide/cinema/movie/broad/online/target/mass audience, audience of, Audience members/anticipation/participation/share, audience for sth)
enjoy
-to get pleasure from something
(thoroughly enjoyed, enjoying life, enjoy yourself, enjoy a high standard of living/good health/considerable autonomy/movie/book/concert/party/meal/scenery/weekend)
-enjoy doing something
-enjoy something
-enjoy oneself: have a good time
-get stuck in a traffic jam/traffic
please
-to make someone feel happy and satisfied
(please someone to, eager to please, be hard/easy/impossible etc to please)
-please/satisfy/gratify so with sth
support
to provide someone with the money, food, shelter or other things that they need in order to live
(fully/strongly actively/well/financial/gain/widespread support, support the war/people/customers/project/family/oneself/life/hypothesis/evidence/plan/multiple format/argument/theory/friends and colleagues/idea/software/objective/research/lifestyle/arts/engine)
-support for sb/sth
-in support of sth
-in support of sth
assist
-to help someone or something
(ably assisted, assist the police with their enquiries)
-assist in/with something
- assist somebody
-assist somebody in/with something
-assist somebody to do something
kind
-behaving in a way that shows you care about other people and want to help them
(kind of/to somebody, kind enough to/so kind as)
polite
-behaving towards other people in a pleasant way that follows all the usual rules of a society
(polite conversation/company/society/applause/smile)
-polite to somebody
sympathetic
-willing to understand someone’s problems and help them
(sympathetic listener/response/ear/character/hearing, highly/largely sympathetic audience)
-sympathetic to/towards somebody
-sympathetic about sth
likeable
-pleasant, friendly and easy to like
(likeable man/person/character)
nervous
feeling excited and worried or slightly afraid
(feel/get nervous, nervous laugh/glance/smile/wreck/person/type/ condition/disorder/disease/exhaustion/shock/energy, of a nervous disposition)
-nervous about/of/around doing something
bad-tempered
made annoyed or angry very easily
( bad-tempered silence)
sensitive
easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, or angry
(sensitive areas of the body, acutely sensitive, sensitive reading of the poem/portrait/ information/data/area/issue/subject/topic/matter/topic/instrument/indicator/document/email, highly/environmentally/ particularly/price sensitive)
-sensitive to/about something
sensible
able to make good judgements based on reason and experience rather than emotion; practical
(sensible idea/thing/approach/decision/solution/option/answer/compromise/person/ way/shoes/family car)
-sensible about something
-it is sensible for somebody to do something
company
the fact of being with somebody else and not alone
(somebody’s company, in the company of somebody, her own company, good company, for company, in company, in the company of, have company)
group
a number of people or things that are together in the same place or that are connected in some way
(a group of people/students/friends/islands/languages/accounts/sales/discussion/interview/assignment, in groups, as a group, ethnic/minority/age/blood/food/peer groups, form/join group, research/study/discussion/human rights/militant/rebel/terrorist/newspaper/rock/soul/television/banking/construction group, members of the group, in a group, into groups, group activities/members)
-group of somebody/something
popular
liked or enjoyed by a large number of people
(popular tourist destination/design/music/songs/culture/fiction/demand/support/uprising/vote/music/entertainment/culture/ opinion, extremely/immensely/wildly/increasingly/widely popular, prove popular)
-popular with/among somebody
-Contrary to popular belief
famous
known about by many people
(famous artist/actor/faces/lake/names/dress, made famous, become famous)
-famous for/as something
-known to sb
-known as sb/sth
-known for sth
typical
having the usual qualities or features of a particular type of person, thing or group
(typical example/tourist/day/enthusiasm)
-typical of/for somebody/something
usual
that happens or is done most of the time or in most cases
(usual self/practice/staff/seat/thing/excuse/place, as usual, the/my usual)
-usual for somebody/something
- it is usual to do something
-usual in somebody/something
(chỉ một thói quen thông thường
ordinary
normal or average, and not unusual or special
(ordinary sort of day, in the ordinary course of events, ordinary people/meeting/ neighbourhood, no ordinary)
-in the ordinary way
-out of the ordinary
(có thể dùng thay thế nhau trong hầu hết các trường hợp, chúng đều dùng để chỉ một điều gì đó bình thường, không có gì đặc biệt)
-Ordinary people chỉ những người có điều kiện kinh tế bình thường, không giàu không nghèo
-để miêu tả một vật thuộc sở hữu của ai đó, nó có thể mang nghĩa là tầm thường, không có gì đặc biệt, thường mang nghĩa hơi tiêu cực.
close
related to you directly, for example by being your parents, child, brother or sister
(close family/relatives/link/tie/bond/community/friend/attention/look/resemblance)
-close to/about/in
near
close to someone or something (next to, beside so/sth, adjacent to
(near to the time, near to tears/death, come near to, draw near, near to a place, near-disaster/near-hysterical)
unknown
if something is unknown, people do not know about it or do not know what it is
(previously unknown, for some unknown reason, remains unknown, unknown number/origin/actor, relatively/virtually/largely/ unknown)
-unknown to somebody/something
-unknown in
-it is unknown for somebody/something to do something
infamous
well known for something bad
(infamous concentration camp)
-infamous for
ask after sb
to say that you would like to know how somebody is, what they are doing, etc.
Ex: He always asks after you in his letters.
bring somebody up
to care for a child, teaching him or her how to behave, etc.
Ex: She brought up five children.
(well/badly brought up, bring somebody up to do/as something)
fall for
-to be strongly attracted to somebody; to fall in love with somebody
Ex: They fell for each other instantly.
-to be tricked into believing something that is not true
Ex: I’m surprised you fell for that trick.
fall out (with sb)
to have an argument with somebody so that you are no longer friendly with them
Ex: He left home after falling out with his parents.
get on (with) somebody | get on (together)/get along with somebody/be on good terms with
to have a friendly relationship with somebody
Ex: She’s never really got on with her sister.
grow up
to develop into an adult
Ex: He grew up to become a famous pianist.
look down on sb
to think that you are better than somebody
Ex: She looks down on people who haven’t been to college.
look up to sb
to admire or respect somebody
Ex: He’d always looked up to his uncle.
make up with sb
to forgive someone and be friendly with them again after an argument or disagreement:
Ex: We often quarrel but we always make it up soon after.
pass away/ pass on
to die
Ex: People say ‘pass away’ to avoid saying ‘die’.
His mother passed away last year.
pick (sb) on somebody/something
to treat somebody unfairly, by blaming, criticizing or punishing them
Ex: She was picked on by the other girls because of her size.
put sb down
to make someone feel silly or not important by criticizing them:
Ex: Why did you have to put me down in front of everybody like that?
settle down
-to become or make somebody become calm, less excited, etc.
Ex: It always takes the class a while to settle down at the start of the lesson.
-to start to have a quieter way of life, living in one place
Ex: When are you going to get married and settle down?
stand up for
to support or defend somebody/something
Ex: Always stand up for your friends.
take sb aback
to shock or surprise somebody very much
Ex: Brendan was taken aback by her sudden question.
Approval
-Show/give approval of/for something
Ex: She craves the approval of her classmates.
They required/received approval for the proposal from the shareholders.
-meet with somebody’s approval: to be acceptable to one, like something
Ex: I hope that these arrangements meet with your approval.
Argument (lập luận, lí luận)
-Have an argument with somebody about/over something/doing
Ex: We had an argument with the waiter about the bill.
-Win an argument
-Lose an argument
Care
-Take care of something/somebody
Ex: Don’t worry about me, I can take care of myself
Do you think you’re responsible enough to take care of a pet?
-Care for sth/sb: to look after someone or something, especially someone who is young, old, or sick:
Ex:The children are being cared for by a relative.
-Care about sth/sb
-Care for something: like something
Courage (encourage, enforce, enjoy, courageous, encouragement, discouragement)
-Have the courage to do something
Ex: They had the courage to stand up and fight for what they believed in.
-It takes courage to do something
Ex: It takes courage to sing in public.
-Summon up/pluck up courage: lấy hết can đảm làm việc gì
-Encourage somebody to do sth
-Encouraging (khích lệ)
-Encouraged (đc khích lệ)
-Discouragr sb from V.ing/N
-Discourage sb in
Disguise
-In disguise
Ex: They got in disguised as security guards.
-Wear a disguise
-Disguise yourself
Ex: The robbers disguised themselves in masks so that no one would recognize them when they committed the crime.
-Disguised as something/somebody
Ex: He sold cars, stole them back, disguised them as new ones, then sold them again.
Dream
-Have a dream about somebody/something/doing
Ex: I had a really weird dream last night.
-Daydream
Ex: She stared out of the window, lost in a daydream.
-Dream of/about something: to think about something that you want very much:
Ex: I dream of one day working for myself and not having a boss.
-Dream about: mơ thấy
-Dream of: có mong muốn làm điều gì đó
Family
-Have/start a family
-Nuclear family: a family that consists of father, mother and children, when it is thought of as a unit in society
Ex: Not everybody nowadays lives in the conventional nuclear family.
-Extended family: a family group with a close relationship among the members that includes not only parents and children but also uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc.
Ex: She grew up surrounded by a large extended family.
-Blended family: a family that consists of two adults, the child or children that they have had together, and one or more children that they have had with previous partners
Favour
-Do somebody a favour
Ex: Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?
-Owe someone a favour
Ex: I’ll ask Steve to take it. He owes me a favour.
-Be in favour of: if you are in favour of somebody/something, you support and agree with them/it
Ex: He argued in favour of a strike.
Friend
-Make friends with someone: to become someone’s friend
Ex: Sometimes it is hard for children to make new friends.
-Become friends with someone
-Be friends with somebody
-Stay friends with someone: to continue to be friends
Ex: They stayed friends throughout their lives.
-Best friend
Love
-Be/fall in love with somebody
Ex: She was in love with him.
They fell in love with each other.
-“Fall in love” là xiêu lòng một ai đó, nôm na ngôn ngữ trẻ bây giờ là “đổ” ai đó
-“in love” là một trạng thái tình cảm khi hai người còn say đắm nhau
Ex:
-They fell in love with each other many years ago
-They have loved each other for years.
-They have been in love with each other for years.
Mood
-In a good mood: happy
Ex: The boss is in a good mood today, so he might take news of the printing error well.
-In a bad mood: angry
Ex: Dad’s in a bad mood, so don’t ask for anything right now.
-In the right mood
Ex: It will put the actors in the right mood!
-In the wrong mood
-In the mood for something/to do something: to feel like doing or having something
Ex: I’m not really in the mood for shopping
-Be in a mood: sad
-In no(good) mood for N/To.V
Pity
-Pity somebody
Ex: I pity anyone who’s never been in love.
-Take pity on somebody
Ex: I took pity on her and lent her the money.
-Feel pity for somebody
Ex: I could only feel pity for what they were enduring.
-It’s a pity that
Ex: It’s a pity that you can’t stay longer.
-It’s a shame
Promise
-Promise to do
Ex: The college principal promised to look into the matter.
-Give/make sb a promise
-Break a/your promise
-Promise that
-Keep one’s promise/word
-Go back on one’s promise/word: to not do what one said one would definitely do
Agree
-Agree with something: believe that sth is true
Ex: Many experts agree wholeheartedly with this statement.
-Agree on/about something: có cùng ý kiến
Ex: You can’t expect them to agree on everything.
-Agree to something: say yes to something
Ex: The bank has agreed to lend me £5,000.
-Agree with somebody: If a situation or new conditions agree with you, they make you feel healthy and happy
Ex: You look well - the mountain air must agree with you.
-Agree to do
Ex: He reluctantly agreed to pay for the damage.
-Agree that
Ex: She agreed (that) I could go early.
Allow
-Allow somebody to do sth
Ex: The new technology allows users to choose exactly what they watch and when.
-Allow something
Ex: A ramp allows easy access for wheelchairs.
Approve
-Approve of something/doing: đồng ý
Ex: She doesn’t approve of me leaving school this year.
-Approve something: assess
Ex: The committee unanimously approved the plan.
Ask
-Ask sb sth (a question)
Ex: She asked the students their names.
-Ask sb to do something for you
Ex: Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.
-Ask about/for sth
Ex: He asked about her family.
Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
-Ask if/whether
Ex: I asked whether they could change my ticket.
Attack
-Attack sth
Ex: We have to attack these problems now and find some solutions.
-Attack sb for sth/doing
Ex: The report attacks the idea of exams for seven and eight-year-olds.
-Attack on sth/sb
Ex: Rebel forces launched an attack on civilian targets.
Ban
-Ban sb from sth/doing
Ex: She was banned from driving for two years.
-Ban sth
Ex: The law effectively bans smoking in all public places.
-Ban on sth
Convince
-Convince sb of sth
Ex: You’ll need to convince them of your enthusiasm for the job.
-Convince sb to do: to persuade somebody to do something
Ex: I’ve been trying to convince him to see a doctor.
-Convince sb that
Ex: The experience convinced him that Europe was on the brink of a revolution.
-Persuade someone into/Ving
Force
-Force somebody to do sth
Ex: You can’t force her to make a decision.
-Force somebody into sth/doing:
( To persuade, pressure, or compel someone or something to do something or enter into some arrangement or situation)
( To persuade or pressure someone or an animal to enter some space or thing.)
Ex: I couldn’t open the box properly, so I just used my thumbs to force the lid into it.
She was forced into marriage at a very young age.
Independent
-Independent from something (political)
Ex: The country became fully independent from France in 1960.
-Independent of something (financial)
Ex: Adams urged Congress to declare the American colonies independent of Britain.
-Independent + V.ing
-dependent on/upon
-dependency: a country, an area, etc. that is controlled by another country/ the state of being addicted to something (= unable to stop taking or using it)
Let
-Let somebody do sth: used for making requests or giving instructions/to allow somebody to do something or something to happen without trying to stop it/to give somebody permission to do something/to allow somebody/something to go somewhere
Ex: Let me have your report by Friday.
They won’t let him leave the country.
Object
-Object to sth/doing = be opposed to
Ex: He objects to the label “magician”.
Pretend
-Pretend to be
Ex: The book doesn’t pretend to be a great work of literature.
-Pretend to do
Ex: I pretended to be asleep.
-Pretend that
Ex: We pretended (that) nothing had happened.
Rely
-Rely on/upon something/somebody=depend on=bank on=count on
Ex: As babies, we rely entirely on others for food.
These days we rely heavily on computers to organize our work.
-reliable=dependable
Able
-Unable
-(In)ability: the fact of not being able to do something
-Disabled: physically/developmentally/intellectually/temporarily/permanently disabled
-Disability
-Enable somebody to V
-Disable V
-The disabled
Achieve
-Achievement
Argue
-Argument=quarrel=row
-Argumentative: a person who is argumentative likes arguing or often starts arguing
-Arguable: that you can give good reasons for, not certain; that you do not accept without question
-argue with sb about sth
Care
-Careful(ly)
-Careless(ly)
-(un)caring: kind, helpful and showing that you care about other people = inconsiderate
Ex: caring profession/parents/person/ environment
-care for
Correspond with someone/to (with) something
-Correspondence: the letters, emails, etc. a person sends and receives
(personal/private correspondence, correspondence column/page, correspondence with somebody, in correspondence)
Friend
-Friendship
-(Un)friendly
Happy
-(Un)happy
-(Un)happiness
-(Un)happily
Jealous of someone
-Jealousy: a feeling of being jealous
Ex: I felt sick with jealousy.
I’m tired of her petty jealousies.
-Jealously
Kind
-Unkind
-(Un)kindness
-Kindly
Marry
-Marriage
-(Un)married
Nervous
-Nervous(ly)
-Nervousness
Obey
-Disobey
-(Dis)obediently
-(Dis)obedience
-Disobedient to
Person
-(Im)persona(ly): without human warmth; not friendly and without features that make people feel interested or involved/not referring to people or a particular person by name
-Personality
-Impersonal: không phụ thuộc
Polite to
-Impolite
-(Im)politely
-(Im)politeness
Relate
-Relative(ly) = comparatively
-Relation: the way in which two people, groups or countries behave towards each other or deal with each other
(diplomatic/international/foreign relations, relations with somebody/something, relations between A and B, relation to something, in relation to something, close/near/distant relation of mine)
-Relationship: the way in which two people, groups or countries behave towards each other or deal with each other
( personal/working/close/ significant relationship, relationship between A and B, relationship with/to somebody, establish a relationship, relationship of trust, in a relationship
Willing
-(Un)willing
-(Un)willingness
-(Un)willingly
In case
in the event
congregation
a group of people who are gathered together in a church for a religious service, not including the priest and choir
Let something off
Make something explode
oblige sb to V
