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to bear up
chống đỡ (vật gì)
Ủng hộ (ai)
Có nghị lực, không để cho quỵ; không thất vọng
Try and be a little more cheerful because if you don’t bear up soon, you’ll make everyone else miserable
to bear away
mang đi, cuốn đi, lôi đi
to bear away the prize
to bear down
đánh quỵ, hạ gục
to bear down an enemy
to bear down upon
sà xuống, xông vào, chồm tới
to bear down upon the enemy
to bear in
đi về phía
they were bearing in with the harbour (bến tàu, cảng)
to bear off
tách ra xa không cho tới gần
Mang đi, cuốn đi, lôi đi, đoạt
to bear off the prize
to bear on (upon)
có liên quan tới, quy vào
all the evidence bears on the same point
Tì mạnh vào, chống mạnh vào; ấn mạnh xuống
if you bear too hard on the point of your pencil, it may break
to bear out
xác nhận, xác minh
She has been proved right in everything she did as the report quite clearly bears out.
to bear hard upon somebody
đè nặng lên ai; đè nén ai
to bear a part
chịu một phần
to bear with somebody
to be patient with somebody
(kiên nhẫn; chịu đựng)
I hope you can be patient for a little longer and bear with me while I try and solve the problem.
to bear a resemblance to
giống với
bear fruits
sinh sản, sinh lợi
As we have all worked very hard this year, I’m hoping that our efforts will bear fruit.
a cross to bear
a difficulty in somebody’s personal life that is particularly testing, troubling, or painful
(khó khăn/nỗi khổ/gánh nặng của riêng mình )
We all have our crosses to bear so I should be grateful if you would stop complaining all the time.
grin and bear
to accept an unpleasant or difficult situation because there is nothing you can do to improve it.
(cắn răng chịu đựng một tình huống khó khăn hoặc khó chịu vì chẳng thể thay đổi được)
There is really nothing much you can do to stop it and I’m afraid you’ll just have to grin and bear it.
bear on
be relevant: to relate to or affect something
(liên quan đến; ảnh hưởng đến)
The judge dismissed the new evidence completely because it had no bearing on the trial.
Don’t bear comparison
Comparison between them would be useless or irrelevant or unproductive.
(không thể so sánh được: so sánh chỉ vô dụng, chẳng liên quan hoặc chẳng ích lợi gì.)
Quite honestly the two cases are so completely different that they really don’t bear comparison.
bear comparison
to be sufficiently similar in class or range to be compared with (something else) (có thể so sánh với nhau được) Quite honestly the two cases are so completely different that they really don't bear comparison.
bear (something) in mind
to remember a piece of information when you are making decisions or thinking about a matter .
(ghi nhớ trong đầu; khắc sâu trong óc)
I fully understand your comments and bearing those in mind, I have made the appropriate decision.
attain
Đạt được, giành được
to attain one’s infamous goal
Her latest film attained its object in a very short space of time, which was to shock.
disperse
Giải tán
The fans outside the cinema on the first showing of the film were unwilling to disperse until all the stars had
gone home.
occupied
busy, engaged, employed, unavailable, working
tasteless
vô vị, nhạt nhẽo
The delay in releasing the film to the general public was because certain scenes were considered tasteless.
Ballpark figure
con số gần đúng
We don’t know precisely how much it will cost but I could give a ball park figure of 6 million dollars.
in the open air
I like working in the open air = I like working outside
trong không gian mở, không khí cởi mở, không gian ngoài trời
I think the main reason is because I like working in the open air
air conditioning
sự điều hòa không khí
You mean you like the idea of an office with air conditioning
be on about
cứ mãi nói về điều gì (thường là điều đó gây khó chịu hoặc gây chán)
I’m sorry I don’t understand what you’re on about
be after someone/something
muốn cái gì/ai đó, tìm kiếm cái gì/ai đó
So you’re not after the job of guardian, I presume
mistaken identity
nhầm lẫn hai người
I’m afraid it’s a case of mistaken identity
presume
assume
to presume on / upon something
lợi dung, lạm dụng
to presume upon someone’s acquaintance
to presume on someone’s good nature
power failure
sự mất nguồn điện
The train at platform 14 cannot leave because there is a power failure on that particular line
waterlogged
đầy nước, úng nước, ngập nước, sũng nước
Severe storms last night together with heavy rainfall means that some of the lines of the station are now waterlogged
waterproof
không thấm nước
waterfall
thác nước
false alarm
báo động giả
concord
sự hoà hợp, sự hoà thuận, thoả ước, hiệp ước
to live in complete concord
conduit
ống dẫn (nước, dầu)
A pipe or channel for conveying fluids, such as water.
concourse
phòng đợi lớn (của nhà ga)
This is a general notice for all passengers: the restaurant in the main concourse is now open.
dampened
làm nản chí, làm nản lòng, làm mất vui, làm cụt hứng
làm ẩm, làm ướt
saturated
no, bão hoà
thấm đẫm
soaked
extinguished
dập tắt, làm tiêu tan, làm tắt
There was in fact a small fire in the train on platform 6 but we’re glad to tell you that the flames have been extinguished
nervous breakdown
sự suy nhược thần kinh
We regret to announce that the 10.45 for London is now out of service because the driver is having a nervous breakdown
to break out
bùng nổ, nổ ra, bùng phát
to war broke out
lorry
xe vận tải
premises
building, grounds, location, site, property, place
The reason for this is that the Fiesta is preventing our delivery lorry from leaving the premises
bunch of bananas
buồng chuối
go to the checkout
đi đến thanh toán
appreciation
sự biết thưởng thức, sự biết đánh giá
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for your appreciation of our performance.
stood up and clapped
đứng dậy vỗ tay
We will always remember the way you stood up and clapped at some of the speeches in the play.
reviewer
nhà phê bình
critic, commentator, assessor, referee
reporter
phóng viên
a person who reports, especially one employed to report news or conduct interviews for newspapers or broadcasts.
Welcome to Radio News and now over to our reporter who’s covering the procession this morning
announcer - radio announcer
a person who announces something, in particular someone who introduces or gives information about programs on radio or television
magnificent sight
tầm nhìn tuyệt đẹp
copper
(từ lóng) cảnh sát
mạ đồng, bằng đồng
march = procession
cuộc đi bộ; cuộc diễu hành
a peace march
brass band
Ban nhạc chuyên dùng nhạc khí bằng đồng và bộ gõ
zinc
kẽm
aluminium
nhôm
starring
diễn viên ngôi sao
circus performer
người biểu diễn xiếc, diễn viên xiếc