Lesson 9

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Idiom Meaning Vietnamese Example Notes

Meaning
Make yourself Express yourself Làm cho người He doesn't speak
understood clearly khác hiểu mình perfect English,
but he can make
himself
understood.
Dos and don'ts Rules about what Điều nên và Before starting
you should and không nên làm your diet, make
shouldn’t do in a sure you know the
specific situation dos and don'ts of
healthy eating.
Trial and error Learning by Học hỏi từ việc We designed the
making mistakes thử nghiệm và sai software through
sót trial and error
until we found the
perfect solution.
Make the most of Take full Tận dụng tối đa You should make
something advantage of the most of your
something time at university
to gain as many
skills as possible.
Learn something Memorize Học thuộc lòng She learned the
(off) by heart something poem by heart and
perfectly recited it perfectly
in class.
(Say/read Say or read Nói/đọc to lên Please read the
something) out something so that paragraph out
loud others can hear loud so that
everyone can hear
you.
Get behind (with Fall behind Tụt lại sau, chậm He got behind
something) schedule trễ with his work due
to a long illness.
Catch up (with Reach the same Đuổi kịp ai đó He has missed
somebody) level as someone several lessons,
but he is trying to
catch up with his
classmates.
Give up Stop trying Bỏ cuộc Don't give up!
You'll succeed if
you keep trying.
Stick at Continue working Bền bỉ làm một He found it
something hard at something việc gì đó difficult at first,
but he stuck at it
and eventually
succeeded.
Get there Succeed in Thành công, đạt It may take some
something được mục tiêu time, but you’ll
get there if you
keep working
hard.
Brush up on Improve your Ôn lại, trau dồi I need to brush up
something/brush knowledge or on my French
something up skills in a before the trip.
particular area
Make sense of Understand Hiểu một điều gì I couldn’t make
something something that is đó khó khăn sense of the
difficult to professor’s
comprehend explanation at
first.
Keep up (with Stay at the same Theo kịp ai đó She walks so fast
somebody) level as someone that I can barely
keep up with her.
Sink in Gradually Dần dần hiểu ra It took a while for
understand the news to sink
something in.
Keep your mind Concentrate on a Tập trung vào một Keep your mind
on something particular task điều gì đó on your work and
ignore the
distractions.
Pick something Learn a new skill Học lỏm, học tự He picked up
up without formal nhiên Spanish just by
training living in Madrid
for a few months.
Keep it up Continue doing Tiếp tục duy trì You’ve been
something well practicing well.
Keep it up!
Rack your brains Try hard to think Vắt óc suy nghĩ I racked my brains
(brain) of or remember trying to
something remember where I
had left my keys.
Come back to Remember Nhớ lại I couldn’t recall
you something again the name, but it
eventually came
back to me.
On the tip of Almost able to Sắp nhớ ra Her name is on
your tongue remember the tip of my
something tongue, but I can’t
quite remember it.
Go in one ear Not pay attention Nghe tai này lọt Everything I say
and out the other to something; tai kia to him goes in one
quickly forget ear and out the
other.

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