Snack on : to eat small amounts of food between meals

=> If you eat three good meals a day, you're less likely to snack on biscuits.
Pamper: to take care of somebody very well and make them feel as comfortable as possible
= cosset
=> Pamper yourself with our new range of beauty treatments.
Beware: used only in infinitives and in orders
- if you tell somebody to beware, you are warning them that somebody/something is
dangerous and that they should be careful
=> Motorists have been warned to beware OF icy roads.
Loan: ləʊn/ -> take out/repay a loan  (= to borrow money/pay it back)
Widen your social circle ( a group of people who are connected because they have the same
interests, jobs, etc.)
Measure out: to take the amount of something that you need from a larger amount
=> He measured out a cup of milk and added it to the mixture.
Wholesome: good for your health => wholesome food
- morally good; having a good moral influence (personal qualities)
=> It was clean wholesome fun.
Boyhood (old-fashioned): the time in a man’s life when he is a boy
Grim: cooking or sounding very serious
=> a grim face/look/smile/ determination
- unpleasant and depressing: news, prospect
=> Booth paints a grim picture of life in the next century.
Pop round: used to talk about visiting someone briefly, usually at their home.
Gadget: a small tool or device that does something useful
Floor manager: someone who is in charge of a department in a large store
Singleminded: only thinking about one particular aim or goal because you are determined to
achieve something
=> She is very single-minded about her career.
Practically : almost; very nearly = virtually; thực tế
=> The theatre was practically empty.
patch: 1 vùng nhỏ cgi, cái mà khác vs các vũng khác
=> go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patch ( informal): to experience a lot of problems in a
period of your life:
A load of rubbish: (informal) a large number or amount of people or things; plenty
- [singular] load of rubbish, garbage, nonsense, etc. (especially British English, informal) used
to emphasize that something is wrong, stupid, bad, etc.
- something that is being carried (usually in large amounts) by a person, vehicle, etc.
Hilly: nhiều đồi núi
Torn muscle: cơ bị rách
Weightlifting: the sport or activity of lifting heavy weights
Organ: đàn ống (dùng trong nhà thờ), đàn oọc, đàn hộp
- (formal) an official organization that is part of a larger organization and has a special purpose
=> the organs of government
- (formal) a newspaper or magazine that gives information about a particular group or
organization; a means of communicating the views of a particular group
=> The People's Daily is the official organ of the Chinese Communist Party.
Deep down: felt strongly and often hidden from other people: sâu thẳm
=> Deep down, I know you love me really.
ample opportunity: có nhiều cơ hội
gutted: extremely sad or disappointed
clinch:
- clinch something to succeed in achieving or winning something
 to clinch an argument/a deal/a victory
 They clinched a place in the semi-finals.
- provide the answer to something; to settle something that was not certain
  clinch something These findings clinched the matter.
name in lights: (informal) to be successful and famous in theatre or films
on earth: (infml) in any conditions; of all possible things
=> How on earth did this happen? ( Used after the question words how, what, when, where,
who, and why to emphasize that you are very surprised or annoyed.)
Stamina: sức chịu đựng, the physical or mental strength that enables you to do something
difficult for long periods of time
Kiln: lò nung
Get/make urself known: to tell someone who you are:
=> Just go to the hotel reception and make yourself known (to the receptionist).
pass on:
- die: It's important to remember friends and family who have passed on.
- to refuse an opportunity or decide not to take part in something: He passed on the chance to
be head coach and took a job in Florida.
= decline
happened to: if something happens to somebody/something, they experience it
=> It's the best thing that has ever happened to me.
premiere/prɪˈmɪr/: the first public performance of a film or play
 the world premiere of his new play
acrobatic: /ˌækrəˈbætɪk/
- involving or performing difficult acts or movements with the body
acrobatic feats ( nhào lộn)
ring sb up: to make a phone call to someone:
=> She rang me up to say she couldn't come.
- to record a particular profit or loss: California saw its businesses ring up $129.7 billion in
foreign sales.
- spend a particular amount in total: He managed to ring up $58,000 in personal expenses
get things into perspective: If you get something in perspective or into perspective, you judge
its real importance by considering it in relation to everything else
start off: to begin happening; to begin doing something
=> The discussion started off mildly ( hoà nhã) enough.
send off: send off (for something) | send away (to somebody) (for something)
to write to somebody and ask them to send you something by post
=> I've sent off for some books for my course.
- (British English) (in a sports game) to order somebody to leave the field because they have
broken the rules of the game
 Bale was sent off for a foul in the second half.
-to send something to a place by post
o I'm sending the files off to my boss tomorrow.

Trawl: to search through a large amount of information or a large number of people, places,
etc. looking for a particular thing or person
  Trawl through something (for something/somebody) She trawled the shops for
bargains. (Cô đi khắp các cửa hàng để mặc cả.)
walk of life: When people talk about walk(s) of life, they are referring to different types of jobs
and different levels of society:
=> Members of the gym include lawyers, teachers, plumbers, and hairdressers - people from all
(different) walks of life.
tolerate conditions: (of plants, animals or machines) able to survive or operate in difficult
conditions
- tolerant (of/towards somebody/something) able to accept what other people say or do even
if you do not agree with it.
( It’s incredibly tough, so can tolerate conditions that might kill other types of tree.)
Rapport: a friendly relationship in which people understand each other very well
  rapport with somebody She understood the importance of establishing
a close rapport with clients.
Dissuade: dissuade somebody (from something/from doing something) to persuade
somebody not to do something
 I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job.
Posh (informal): attractive and expensive = stylish
- (British English, sometimes disapproving) typical of or used by people who belong to a high
social class
 a posh accent/voice
Niche: a comfortable or suitable role, job, way of life, etc.
=> He eventually found his niche in sports journalism.
Make the switch: thay đổi
Laid back (informal): calm and relaxed; seeming not to worry about anything
=> laid-back attitude to life/ about sth
Grumble: to complain about somebody/something, especially something that is not really very
serious
  grumble (at/to somebody) (about/at somebody/something) She's always grumbling
to me about how badly she's treated at work.
- to make a deep continuous sound = rumble ( gầm lên tiếng )
Fussy ((disapproving): too concerned about having things exactly as you want them; hard to
please
- doing something with small, quick, nervous movements
  a fussy manner

- having too much detail or decoration: The costume designs are too fussy.

Coat of paint: lớp sơn

Swollen: (of a part of the body) larger than normal, especially as a result of a disease or an
injury ( sưng )
- (of a river) containing more water than normal
Wilderness: /ˈwɪldərnəs/  large area of land that has never been developed or used for growing
crops because it is difficult to live there
 The Antarctic is the world's last great wilderness
- a place that people do not take care of or control
 Their garden is a wilderness of grass and weeds.
- a position that is no longer important, especially in politics:
=> in the wilderness  After three years in the wilderness she was given a government post.
Preoccupation: /priˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃn/  preoccupation (with something) a state of thinking about
something continuously = OBSESSION
=> She found his preoccupation with money irritating.
- [uncountable] a mood created by thinking or worrying about something and ignoring
everything else: mối bận tâm
=> She spoke slowly, in a state of preoccupation.
Strap: dây, đai
at/from the outset (of something): at/from the beginning of something
Flag sth up: to emphasize the importance of something or mention it so that people know
about it
=> Organics is an area that has been flagged up by the Executive as a potential growth sector.
- draw attention to something: The report flagged up the dangers of under-age drinking.
Nectar: mật hoa, a delicious drink
=> Pollen: phấn hoa => bees gathering pollen
Drip: [intransitive, transitive] to contain or hold a lot of something; nhỏ giọt
  drip with something The trees were dripping with fruit.
Raspberries /ˈræzberi/: quả mâm xôi
work-surface: nơi bày thức ăn để nấu nướng ( also worktop)
rum: /rʌm/
- (adj): (British English, old-fashioned, informal) strange = odd, peculiar
- (n): rượu mạnh
Marzipan: bánh hạnh nhân /ˈmɑːrzɪpæn/
look like you’ve been to a funeral
scratch cards: thẻ cào ( a small card that you can buy to try to win a prize, with a thin layer that
you rub off in order to see if you have winning numbers on it )
syndicate: a group of people or companies who work together and help each other in order to
achieve a particular aim /ˈsɪndɪkət/
- a crime syndicate
stock up on: to buy a large amount of something so that you will have enough for the future:
=> I hadn’t stocked up on food, so I wasn’t ready to feed Kate and her friends.treaty
Tow /təʊ/: dắt, lai, kéo theo (tàu, thuyền) bằng dây thừng, xích
Forecourt: /ˈfɔːrkɔːrt/ (British English)
=> a large open space in front of a building: sân trc
make the jump
be plain sailing: thuận buồm xuôi gió
=> The roads were busy as we drove out of town, but after that it was plain sailing.
take a unit on
trimming (n): cắt tỉa, đồ trang trí/sức, phụ gia
a couple of: couple (of somebody/something) a small number of people or things
=> I've seen her a couple of times before.
Circulate:
- when a liquid, gas or air circulates or is circulated, it moves continuously around a place or
system: The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely.
- truyền bá câu chuyện/ ý tưởng/ thông tin ..: newspapers circulating among minority
communities
-   to send goods or information to all the people in a group
   circulate something They circulated a petition ( lời kiến nghị) for his release.
Literally: exactly
- When I told you to ‘get lost’ I didn't expect to be taken literally.
* used to emphasize the truth of something that may seem surprising: There are literally
hundreds of prizes to win.
* (informal) used to emphasize a word or phrase, even if it is not actually true in a literal sense
 I literally jumped out of my skin.
barge in : barge in (on somebody/something) /bɑːrdʒ/
- to enter a place or join a group of people, rudely interrupting what somebody else is doing or
saying
o I hope you don't mind me barging in like this.
Trespasser: kẻ xâm lấn
be off to: Diễn tả về việc rời đi, đặc biệt là khi đang vội.
glitching: (of a machine or system) to suffer a sudden fault and fail to work correctly
 The screen glitched.
Ditch:
- ditch something/somebody (informal) to get rid of something/somebody because you no
longer want or need it/them
 The new road building programme has been ditched.
 He ditched his girlfriend.
storm off: rời đi 1 cách giận dữ
bloated: /ˈbləʊtɪd/
- full of liquid or gas and therefore bigger than normal, in a way that is
unpleasant: phồng lên
(figurative)  a bloated organization (= with too many people in it)
a bloated body floating in the canal
- full of food and feeling uncomfortable: I felt bloated after the huge meal they'd served.
lame
piss sth off: ( offensive) to leave or go away; used especially as a rude way of telling someone to
go away: Everyone just pissed off and left me to clean up
mind-blowing: very exciting, impressive or surprising
- Watching your baby being born is a mind-blowing experience.
pure torture: /ˈtɔːrtʃər/
- the act of causing somebody severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do
something: hành hạ, tra tấn
=> His confessions were made under torture.
- (informal) mental or physical pain; something that causes this
 The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.