STT Idiom/Word Nghĩa tiếng việt

1 ungsung

2 mutter lẩm bẩm

3 to etch smth in/on smth khắc lên cái gì đó

To be etched on your
memory/mind

4 unquenchable

5 to latch on somebody bám lấy ai đó, đăc biệt là khi họ

không thích

6 abomination thứ gì đó gây ra sự thù hằn, ghét

 7 a hoot

8 to strangle smb bóp cổ

9 to whine thút thít

10 consolation

a few words of consolation

11 promiscuous

12 a fitting thử đồ

13 to prattle on about smth lèm bèm

14 to salute smb/smth ngưỡng mộ ai đó

15 full-on

16 to have a hunch that … linh cảm

17 to relive smth hồi tưởng

18 to walk on air

19 disrobe
20 for dear life làm hết sức có thể

21 timid bẽn lẽn

22 a deadbeat

23 to sate smth

24 to barge in xen ngang

25 to hallucinate ảo giác
26 flimsy
a flimsy excuse/explanation

27 goof

28 be in somebody's corner

29 to outflank smb

30 to emancipate smth/smb

31 adjoining

32 to buckle your seatbelt thắt dây an toàn

33 to vanquish smb

34 excursion

35 a standoff cuộc giằng co

36 cheesy sến sẩm

 Nghĩa tiếng anh
having value that is not
acknowledged

insatiable
an interesting person/thing

to complain in an annoying,
crying voice

something that makes you feel

better when you are sad or
disappointed

having many sexual partners

an occasion when someone

who is having clothes made for
them puts on the clothes before
they are finished to make
certain they will fit:
(formal) to express respect and
admiration for
somebody/something
synonym acknowledge

used to say that something is

done to the greatest possible
degree

extremely happy
a lazy person; a person with no
job and no money, who is not
part of normal society

to satisfy a desire
feeble

a stupid mistake

support smb

to gain an advantage over

somebody, especially by doing
something unexpected

to free smb/smth

fasten
to defeat, conquer smb/smth

a short journey made for

pleasure, especially one that
has been organized for a group
of people

deadlock
 Example
He is the unsung and unseen dynamic in the infancy narratives.

This country is full of unsung heroes.

Their song, or their dirge, remained unsung, or at any rate unheard.
But in times of tight elections these unsung regions become political hubs, and
their votes are coveted prizes.
In other words, he was supposed to slip through the back door into the country,
unseen, unheard and unsung.
Many of her achievements went unsung until after her death.

‘He’s such an unpleasant man, ’ Alyssia muttered under her breath.

Elsie muttered something I couldn’t catch and walked off.
Some senators muttered darkly about the threat to national security.
There has been much muttering among the aggrieved franchisees about the
possibility of legal action.
Sometimes her lips moved and she muttered something in a low tone.
‘I never want to come here again, ’ he muttered to himself.

He etched his name on a piece of glass.

The island remained etched in my memory.

A security number had been etched on the car window as a protection against
theft.

He had an unquenchable thirst for life.

He has an unquenchable enthusiasm for hunting, and especially for hawking.
He gained a reputation as an eccentric but dependableofficer
of unquenchable high spirits.
This exotic potpourri stimulated his own love of natural things and
his unquenchable interest in perfumes.

He latched onto Sandy at the party and wouldn’t go away.

Don’t just latch on to the latest management fads.

I latched on to her like my lifeline.

Cruelty to animals is an abomination.

Slavery was an abomination.

To be perfectly honest, the place is an eyesore, an abomination.
His ruling may have been an abomination, but it was neither a high crime nor a
misdemeanor.
I tried to shut out these abominations and concentrate on Marine One seat
assignments.
The movie has a script that is smartly funny, and Hugh Grant is a hoot!
At the end of the day, there was the moms' soccer match, which was a hoot!
I thought Judy's performance was a real hoot.

He strangled her with her own scarf.

Police said that the victim had been strangled.
He slid his hands around her neck and tried to strangle her.
Hercules lifted him up and holding him in the air strangled him.
She had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods.

‘I want to go home,’ whined Toby.

The sergeant was whining about how hard he had been forced to work recently.

You're ugly enough without starting to whine.

He's always whining about how much everything costs.
Stop whining, or you won't get any candy.
Leon's dog was sitting by the door whining, so I thought I'd better take it for a
walk.

The children were a great consolation to him when his wife died.

At least you weren’t hurt—that’s one consolation.

If it’s any consolation to you, the weather here is also awful.
She had the consolation of coming second in her last race of the day.
When she lost her job, her only consolation was that she had some savings in
the bank.

Rumors spread through the school that Jill was promiscuous.

Promiscuous men are rarely criticized as severely as promiscuous women.
Men are promiscuous opportunists at heart and in their fantasies.
The survey found that single men aged 18--35 were more promiscuous than any
other social group.
I suppose I was quite promiscuous in my youth.

I'm having the final fitting of my wedding dress on Thursday.

She's a loose-tongued, prattling creature, like most women of her class.

For the rest of the journey Maria prattled on about Bradford, but Ruth did not
hear a word.
At dinner they prattled on about the war.
She'd have prattled on about her new job for the whole afternoon if I'd let her.

On this memorable occasion we salute the wonderful work done by the

association.

We salute you for your courage and determination.

James Joyce was saluted as the greatest writer of the 20th century.
Manager Kendall was prompted to salute Johnston's contribution after his latest
strike.
The president saluted the courage of those who had fought for their country.
The players saluted the fans before leaving the field.

It was a full-on night out with the boys.

The hotel specializes in full-on luxury.

If you’re going for full-on glamour, add some sparkly jewellery.

I had a hunch that you’d be here.

I had a hunch that something like this would happen.
It's just a hunch, but it's possible the murderer may have been a woman.
I have a hunch that Jodie may be planning a surprise party.
My hunch that he was lying turned out to be correct.

On my first day, I earned $190, and I was walking on air.

She felt as though she was walking on air.
Martha felt that she was walking on air and when she entered the kitchen, Annie
looked up.
After the delivery of her baby, she was walking on air.
Most couples feel they are walking on air on their wedding day.

She went behind the screen to disrobe.

He disrobed with no shame.
She obliged the Princess to disrobe and exchange the royal dress for her own
mean one.
You enter, and disrobe at your leisure.
She was holding on to the rope for dear life.
She grasped the side of the boat and hung on for dear life.
They often looked very strained to Anna, as if they were holding on to their
loyalty for dear life.
As the ship began to tilt, we clung on for dear life.

He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in.

Deer are naturally timid creatures.
Timid children need careful handling to build up their confidence.
Bruck is suitably cautious, but not at all timid.
The nation's newspapers are usually timid in criticizing the military.
It was a bit like sitting very quietly in a forest and waiting for a rare and timid wild
animal to come out.
Ralph's wife was a small, timid woman who hardly ever spoke.

He's a real deadbeat who's never had a proper job.

His friends are just a bunch of deadbeats.

That deadbeat never worked a day in his life.
"You're stuck with a deadbeat boyfriend who doesn't carry his own weight and
beats you because he's some sort of control freak," he guessed.

He searched for a book that would sate his desire for all the details of Olympic
history.
He had sated his lust.
My family’s huge get-togethers are filled with so much food, they can sate the
hungriest person.
I couldn’t decide on a meal, so I ordered the tasting menu which was sure to sate
my appetite.
I need a glass of ice water to sate my thirst.

‘Sorry to barge in on your evening, ’ James said.

I was studying when Ben suddenly barged in.
Some of the strikers came barging into the meeting and demanded to speak with
the directors.
It's impossible to concentrate when people keep barging in on you.
Sorry to barge in, but I couldn't help overhearing what you were saying.

After two days without food and water, Voss began to hallucinate.
While in his medicated, pain-saturated state, he begins to hallucinate.
After hallucinating from oxygen deprivation in the Himalayas, Haver vowed to
ski the Seven Summits.
Sylvia had started to hallucinate, seeing creepy-crawlies on her bed, and the
houseman had to come and sort her out.
Sylvia had started to hallucinate, seeing creepy-crawlies on her bed, and the
houseman had to come and sort her out.
Sylvia had started to hallucinate, seeing creepy-crawlies on her bed, and the
houseman had to come and sort her out.

The evidence against him is very flimsy.

After all, he had little to go on - the evidence was too flimsy
When I asked him why he was late, he gave me some flimsy excuse about
having car trouble.
Don’t give me the flimsy excuse that you were too deep asleep to hear the phone
ringing.
The judge was displeased with the lawyer, because he kept on interrupting the
proceedings with one flimsy argument after another.

I made a real goof by forgetting his name.

I made a major goof.

He's been in my corner all these years and I can never thank him enough.

They found themselves outflanked by the rival takeover bid.

The Tories found themselves outflanked by Labour on the issue of law and order.

Republicans sought to outflank Democrats on the tax bill.

And that was before Mr Jones had outflanked him with his marketing
agreements.
The government has outflanked the opposition by cutting taxes.

Slaves were not emancipated until 1863 in the United States.

They felt they had at last been emancipated from their father’s control.
During the Civil War, he aided newly emancipated slaves.
But she considered herself to be emancipated from control.
It neither made him to be humane to his slaves, nor to emancipate them.

They stayed in adjoining rooms.

His colleagues rushed him to a room in the adjoining New Takanawa Prince
Hotel.
We'll have more space if we knock down the adjoining wall (= the wall between
two rooms).
We asked for adjoining rooms.

Please buckle your seat belts.

Amy buckled the belt around her waist.

Government forces vanquished the rebels.

The stories are about saints vanquishing dragons and freeing captive maidens.

The City was close to surrender when, after five weeks, government troops
vanquished the rebels around Aylesbeare.
Napoleon was vanquished at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.
The vanquished army surrendered their weapons.

There are regular weekend excursions throughout the summer.

We decided to make an all-day excursion to the island.

Optional excursions include a tour of the ancient city and a day’s horse-riding.

One day he took an excursion to the other end of the island for a change of
scene.
The resort also offers daily excursions to nearby towns

The Lima standoff seems to signal a return to overt political action by Tupac
Amaru.
However, after a prolonged legal battle, Fleiss said she is ready to end her
standoff with state authorities.
The political standoff led to a six-month delay in passing this year's budget.
By contrast, the Justus Township standoff has been notable for the lack of any
official statements.

That’s the cheesiest chat-up line I’ve ever heard.

The idea of calling some random guy I met in a bar makes me feel cheesy!
I am not a bar pick-up kind of person, and I usually find the whole scene pretty
cheesy.