Unit2 Flashcards
Catch up with someone
REACH the same point/level as
-bắt kịp ai đó(khi mik chx bằng trình độ)
check in
register(đăng ký, ghi danh) at a hotel or an airport
check out
-to leave a hotel after paying and returning your room key:(trả phòng)
EX:We checked out of our hotel at 5 a.m. to catch a 7 a.m. flight.
-investigate(điều tra nghiên cứu/duyệt)
EX:I hired a private investigator to check him out
drop (someone) off
-let someone get out of vehicle(đưa ai đến nơi nào đó)
EX:I DROPPED the kids OFF at school on my way to work
-fall asleep(ngủ gục)
EX:I DROPPED OFF during the play and woke up when it ended.
get back
return from a place
-trở lại
go away
to leave your home in order to spend time somewhere else, usually for a holiday
keep up with someone
STAY at the same point/level as
-bằng trình độ của ai đó
make for + somewhere/something
-go in the direction of place
(đi thẳng đến nơi nào)
EX:We MADE FOR home when it started raining
-to result in sth
(…dẫn đến...)
EX:The low quality of the service MADE FOR a lot of dissatisfaction
pick up
-pick SOMEONE up
stop in a vehicle to give someone a lift
(đón ai)
-pick up STH
_to lift someone or something using your hands(lấy cái gì đó)
_to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught it(tự học)
_improve or increase
pull in
-Dừng xe bên đường
EX:I PULLED IN to let the passengers out
-Bắt hoặc đưa ai đó đến đồn cảnh sát
EX:The police PULLED them IN after the trouble
-Thu hút(attract)
EX:Their last tour PULLED IN millions of fans.
-Khi đoàn tàu tới trạm
EX:The train PULLED IN and we rushed to meet her as she got off
run over
-Giải thích nhanh
EX:Could you RUN OVER that point again; I’m afraid I didn’t quite understand it
-Đâm bằng phương tiện giao thông
EX:The driver couldn’t stop in time so RAN the fox OVER when it ran in front of his car.
-Vượt quá giới hạn thời gian
EX:The meeting RAN OVER by twenty minutes
see off
-to send away someone who is attacking you or who is not wanted, usually forcefully:
(Đuổi ai hoặc cái gì đó đi)
EX:A cat came into the garden but the dog soon SAW it OFF
-to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them:
(Đi tới sân bay hoặc nhà ga,vv để tiễn ai đó)
EX:I went to the station to SEE them OFF
set out
-to give the details of something or to explain it, especially in writing, in a clear, organized way:
(giải thích cái gì đó)
EX:The board has set out its goals/plans/proposals for the coming year
-start a journey
EX:The explorers SET OUT for the South Pole yesterday morning
-to start an activity with a particular aim(kế hoạch hành động)
EX: …set out with the aim of ….
take off
-to remove something, especially clothes
(cởi ra)
EX:It was hot, so I TOOK my jacket OFF
-to copy the way a particular person speaks or behaves, usually in order to entertain other people
(bắt chước ai để làm trò)
EX:She’s really good at taking people off.
-if an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground and begins to fly
(cất cánh)
EX:The plane took off at 8.30 a.m.
-to suddenly start to be successful or popular
(Đạt được tiến bộ lớn/thành công)
EX:Her singing career had just begun to take off.
turn ground
go back in the opposite direction
