B2 (Unit 10)

Question 1

relationship

Answer 1

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

Question 2

connection

Answer 2

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

Question 3

blame

Answer 3

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)

Question 4

fault

Answer 4

-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

Question 5

old

Answer 5

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

Question 6

ancient

Answer 6

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

Question 7

crowd

Answer 7

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

Question 8

audience

Answer 8

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)

Question 9

enjoy

Answer 9

-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

Question 10

please

Answer 10

-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

Question 11

support

Answer 11

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

Question 12

assist

Answer 12

-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

Question 13

kind

Answer 13

-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)

Question 14

polite

Answer 14

-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

Question 15

sympathetic

Answer 15

-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

Question 16

likeable

Answer 16

-pleasant, friendly and easy to like
(likeable man/person/character)

Question 17

nervous

Answer 17

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

Question 18

bad-tempered

Answer 18

made annoyed or angry very easily
( bad-tempered silence)

Question 19

sensitive

Answer 19

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

Question 20

sensible

Answer 20

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

Question 21

company

Answer 21

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)

Question 22

group

Answer 22

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

Question 23

popular

Answer 23

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

Question 24

famous

Answer 24

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

Question 25

typical

Answer 25

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

Question 26

usual

Answer 26

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

Question 27

ordinary

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

close

Answer 28

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

Question 29

near

Answer 29

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)

Question 30

unknown

Answer 30

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

Question 31

infamous

Answer 31

well known for something bad
(infamous concentration camp)
-infamous for

Question 32

ask after sb

Answer 32

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.

Question 33

bring somebody up

Answer 33

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)

Question 34

fall for

Answer 34

-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.

Question 35

fall out (with sb)

Answer 35

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.

Question 36

get on (with) somebody | get on (together)/get along with somebody/be on good terms with

Answer 36

to have a friendly relationship with somebody
Ex: She’s never really got on with her sister.

Question 37

grow up

Answer 37

to develop into an adult
Ex: He grew up to become a famous pianist.

Question 38

look down on sb

Answer 38

to think that you are better than somebody
Ex: She looks down on people who haven’t been to college.

Question 39

look up to sb

Answer 39

to admire or respect somebody
Ex: He’d always looked up to his uncle.

Question 40

make up with sb

Answer 40

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.

Question 41

pass away/ pass on

Answer 41

to die
Ex: People say ‘pass away’ to avoid saying ‘die’.
His mother passed away last year.

Question 42

pick (sb) on somebody/something

Answer 42

​to treat somebody unfairly, by blaming, criticizing or punishing them
Ex: She was picked on by the other girls because of her size.

Question 43

put sb down

Answer 43

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?

Question 44

settle down

Answer 44

-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?

Question 45

stand up for

Answer 45

to support or defend somebody/something
Ex: Always stand up for your friends.

Question 46

take sb aback

Answer 46

to shock or surprise somebody very much
Ex: Brendan was taken aback by her sudden question.

Question 47

Approval

Answer 47

-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.

Question 48

Argument (lập luận, lí luận)

Answer 48

-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

Question 49

Care

Answer 49

-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

Question 50

Courage (encourage, enforce, enjoy, courageous, encouragement, discouragement)

Answer 50

-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

Question 51

Disguise

Answer 51

-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.

Question 52

Dream

Answer 52

-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

Question 53

Family

Answer 53

-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

Question 54

Favour

Answer 54

-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.

Question 55

Friend

Answer 55

-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

Question 56

Love

Answer 56

-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.

Question 57

Mood

Answer 57

-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

Question 58

Pity

Answer 58

-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

Question 59

Promise

Answer 59

-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

Question 60

Agree

Answer 60

-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.

Question 61

Allow

Answer 61

-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.

Question 62

Approve

Answer 62

-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.

Question 63

Ask

Answer 63

-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.

Question 64

Attack

Answer 64

-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.

Question 65

Ban

Answer 65

-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

Question 66

Convince

Answer 66

-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

Question 67

Force

Answer 67

-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.

Question 68

Independent

Answer 68

-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)

Question 69

Let

Answer 69

-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.

Question 70

Object

Answer 70

-Object to sth/doing = be opposed to
Ex: He objects to the label “magician”.

Question 71

Pretend

Answer 71

-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.

Question 72

Rely

Answer 72

-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

Question 73

Able

Answer 73

-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

Question 74

Achieve

Answer 74

-Achievement

Question 75

Argue

Answer 75

-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

Question 76

Care

Answer 76

-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

Question 76

Correspond with someone/to (with) something

Answer 76

-Correspondence: the letters, emails, etc. a person sends and receives
(personal/private correspondence, correspondence column/page, correspondence with somebody, in correspondence)

Question 77

Friend

Answer 77

-Friendship
-(Un)friendly

Question 78

Happy

Answer 78

-(Un)happy
-(Un)happiness
-(Un)happily

Question 79

Jealous of someone

Answer 79

-Jealousy: a feeling of being jealous
Ex: I felt sick with jealousy.
I’m tired of her petty jealousies.
-Jealously

Question 80

Kind

Answer 80

-Unkind
-(Un)kindness
-Kindly

Question 81

Marry

Answer 81

-Marriage
-(Un)married

Question 82

Nervous

Answer 82

-Nervous(ly)
-Nervousness

Question 83

Obey

Answer 83

-Disobey
-(Dis)obediently
-(Dis)obedience
-Disobedient to

Question 84

Person

Answer 84

-(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

Question 85

Polite to

Answer 85

-Impolite
-(Im)politely
-(Im)politeness

Question 86

Relate

Answer 86

-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

Question 87

Willing

Answer 87

-(Un)willing
-(Un)willingness
-(Un)willingly

Question 88

In case

Answer 88

in the event

Question 89

congregation

Answer 89

a group of people who are gathered together in a church for a religious service, not including the priest and choir

Question 90

Let something off

Answer 90

Make something explode

Question 91

oblige sb to V