NGUYỄN TIẾN DŨNG
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The coal and oil stocks are petering _____.
A. on
B. out of
C. up
D. out
D
- Peter out: Hết hàng
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I don’t really _____ winter sports very much.
A. deal with
B. face up to
C. go in for
D. get round to
C
- Go in for s.thing: tham gia vào một hoạt động nào đó
(một cách thích thú)
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Stefania’s decision to give up her job came as a _____ to all
her colleagues.
A. concern
B. delight
C. pleasure
D. surprise
D
- Come as a/ no surprise: Khơng có gì bất ngờ
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A: “What are you doing?”
B: “_____”
A. It doesn’t touch you
B. It’s none of your business

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The play was _____ than I had expected.
A. far better
B. more better
C. good better
D. very better
A
- Far/ much + adj: Dùng để nhấn mạnh hơn mức độ của
tính từ
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Many old people don't like to change. They are very set in their
_____.
A. lives
B. habits
C. routines
D. ways
D
- Set in one's way: Kiên quyết trong thói quen, thái độ
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It’s a good idea in theory, but it’s going to be hard to put it into
_____.
A. practice
B. trial
C. test
D. examination
A
- Put into pratice: Đưa vào thực tiễn
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Poor me! She is the one in charge of our team, so I have to play
_____ all her odd ideas.

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The issue _____ question is more complex than you think.
A. from
B. at
C. on
D. in
D
- In question: Đang được thảo luận
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It seems that the world record for this event is almost
impossible to _____.
A. get
B. beat
C. take
D. achieve
B
- Beat record: Phá kỉ lục
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Conversations you strike up an acquaintance usually tend to be
_____.
A. trivial
B. perverse
C. insufficient
D. imperative
A
- Trivial (adj): Tầm thường, bình thường, không quan
trọng
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These old houses are going to be _____ soon.
A. laid out

- Knock down: Húc ngã, đâm, lao vào ai đó
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B. knock down
C. turn over
D. run accross
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After so many years, it is great to see him _____ his ambitions.

A. get
B. deserve
C. possess
D. realize
D
- Realize one's ambitions: Thực hiện hoài bão
- Achieve/ fulfill one's ambitions: Đạt được/ hoàn thành
được hoài bão
- Nurse/ harbour an ambition to do s.thing/ of doing
s.thing: Ấp ủ hoài bão làm gì
- Have an ambition to be/ do s.thing: Có tham vọng trở
thành/ làm gì
- A man of few wants: Người ít tham vọng
- A man of many wants: Người có nhiều tham vọng
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Several angry drivers shook their _____ at me as I drove away


D. trudged
D
- Trudge through s.thing: Đi một cách mệt nhọc, lết
qua tuyết, cát,
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_____ learning a foreign language, John is smarter than Tim
although they are twins.
A. As far as
B. In stead of
C. In terms of
C
- In terms of s.thing: Xét về điều gì đó
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D. Comparing
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Hats like this may have been fashionable in the 60's, but now
they are _____ the times.
A. behind
B. over
C. beneath
D. under
A
- Behind the times: Lỗi thời, lạc hậu
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I'll give this plant some water.The soil is _____.

D. halfway through

C
- In the middle of s.thing: Đang bận làm việc gì đó
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The questions are the central point of the whole interview
_____ and should be planned in advance.
A. procession
B. comment
C. procedure
D. discussion
C
- Procedure (n): Thủ tục
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It's time we bought some new furniture. Look at these chairs.
They're _____ to pieces.
A. battered
B
- Fall to piece: Vỡ tan tành
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B. falling
C. crumbling
D. going
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The young boy was the _____ of his father

C. down on
D. down with
A
- Tighten up (on sth): Trở nên thận trọng, cảnh giác,
nghiêm ngặt hơn
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- Peter: “How are you today?”
- Susan: “_____”
A. I feel like a million dollars
B. I feel like a million stars
C. I feel your ears burning
D. I can feel it in my bone
A
- Feel like a million dollars/ bucks: Cảm thấy rất tuyệt,
rất vui vẻ
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The boy screamed for help but he couldn't _____.
A. hear him
B. make himself heard
C. make himself hear
D. make him heard
B
- Make him heard: Làm cho ai đó nghe thấy anh ta
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My mother often _____ our mistakes, whereas my father is
very strict and punishes us for even the slightest one.
B
- Overlook one's mistake = Forgive s.one: Tha thứ cho
lỗi lầm của ai đó
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B. commitment
C. engagement
D. obligation
A
- Commitment (to s.thing) (n): Sự tận tụy, tận tâm, hết
mình làm việc gì đó
- Persuasion (n): Sự thuyết phục
- Engagement (n): Sự hứa hẹn/ sự sắp xếp cho công việc

- Obligation (to do s.thing) (n): Sự bắt buộc phải làm gì
(do bị ép buộc bởi đó là nhiệm vụ, hoặc do pháp luật
hoặc do bản thân đã hứa với người khác)
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He wants to buy a smaller car because his present one _____
too much fuel.
A. depends
B. consumes
C. spends
D. reaches
B
- Consume (v): Dùng/ Tiêu thụ
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There was a sudden loud _____ which made everyone jump
A. bang
B. strike
C. split
D. stroke
A
- Bang (n): Tiếng sập mạnh, tiếng nổ lớn
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My father always wears a blue silk handkerchief in his _____
pocket.
A. shoulder
B. chest
C. breast
D. heart
C
- Breast pocket: Túi ngực
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She resembled her mother in _____.
A. semblance
B. appearance
C. likeness
D. outside
B
- Appearance (n): Diện mạo, vẻ bề ngoài
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You should have _____ your composition carefully before you
handed it in.
A. seen through
B. thought of
C. looked in
D. gone over
D
- Go over: Xem xét
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The two scientists disagreed and a _____ argument developed.
A. wet
B. bitter

hen I opened the door, a parcel on the floor _____ my eye.
A. met
B. caught
C. drew
D. attracted
B
- Catch one's eye: Thu hút ánh mắt của ai đó, đập vào
mắt ai đó
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How would you know an Englishman _____ an American.
A. by
B. out of
C. from
D. with
C
- Know s.body from s.body: Phân biệt ai với ai
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He has been given work as a window cleaner even though he
has no _____ for heights.
A. head
B. skill
C. ability
D. balance
A
- Have no head for heights = Afraid of height: Sợ độ
cao
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It finally _____ home to me that it was time to buy a place of
my own.
A. arrived

C. yet
D. eventually
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'The drinks are _____!' Said the smiling lanlord to his
customers on christmas morning.
a. on the shelf
b. on the house
c. on the rocks
d. on the carpet
B
- To be on the shelf: Chỉ phụ nữ bị ế
- To be on the house: Miễn phí
- To be on the rocks: Là một thành ngữ hàm nghĩa có
vấn đề trong một mối quan hệ
- To be on the carpet: Gặp rắc rối với những người có
uy quyền, quyền lực
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One of the most miserable things that millions of families have
to suffer from wars is that wars have set brother _____ brother.

A. against
B. about
C. apart
D. with
A
- Set against: Đặt ai vào hoàn cảnh chống lại ai
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Fish in the _____.
A. air
B. fire

- Remind s.body of s.body/ s.thing: Gợi ai nhớ đến ai
đó/ cái gì đó
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This new model of car is the _____ in driving luxury.
A. penultimate
B
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T
he ultimate in s
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th
ing
:
The best or most modern
example of something (Cái tốt nhất, tân tiến nhất trong
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B. ultimate
C. quick
D. rapid
một loại)
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It's ten years since the scientist _____ on his life's work of
discovering the valuable chemical.
A. made for
B. set out

D. ruled
D
- Rule out: Ngăn được, loại bỏ được
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The frightened horse began to _____ away from the snake.
A. fear
B. throw
C. shy
D. tip
C
- Shy away from s.thing: Né tránh cái gì đó/ điều gì đó
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As people want to _____ their ideas _____ quickly when
talking on line, a lot of short forms are used.
A. get; through
B. get; over
C. get; across
D. get; out

C
- Get across: Truyền đạt ý tưởng
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I really respect that man _____ his honesty.
D
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R
espect s
.
b
ody

C
- (As) different as chalk and/ from cheese: Hoàn toàn
khác nhau; khác nhau hẳn
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It was a good game and at the end the _____was Vietnam 4,
Thai Lan 3.
A. total
B. account
C. record
D. score
D
- Score (n): Tỉ số
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Forget all and try your best next time - Lightning never _____
twice in the same place.
A. strikes
B. attacks
C. beats
D. hits
A
- Lightning never strikes in the same place twice
(idiom): Sét không bao giờ đánh hai lần vào cùng một
nơi - Dùng để an ủi
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The company was dealt a _____ blow when its chief designer
deserted to another firm
A. killing
B. mortal
C. suicidal
D. homicidal

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By lobbying Members of Parliament, we hope to _____ about a
change in the law.
A. bring
B. come
C. take
D. set
A
- Bring about: Xảy ra, dẫn đến, gây ra
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This year’s sales figures go _____ our expectations. What
marvelous thing!
A. for
B. along with
C. beyond
D. away from
C
- Go beyond: Vượt xa
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Pete was born and brought up in Cornwall and he knows the
place like the _____.
A. nose on his face
B. back of his hand
C. hairs on his head
D. teeth of his mouth
B
- To know something like the back of your hand: Hiểu
biết về việc gì đó rất nhiều
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The lung transplant operation was _____ complicated and the

C. control
D. guarantee
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The doctor asked Mr. Brown to keep _____ fried food because
of high amount of fat.
A. off
B. at
C. back
D. up
A
- Keep off s.thing: Tránh xa, kiêng, nhịn cái gì đó/ điều
gì đó
- Keep at: Kiên trì
- Keep back: Cầm lại, giữ lại
- Keep up: Duy trì, giữ vững
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No one can visit her because she has a very _____
disease.
A. intoxicating
B. contagious
C. corporal
D. exasperating

B
- Contagious: Truyền nhiễm, lây nhiễm
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When you are learning a language at home, you can work at
your own _____.
A. speed
B. way

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B. tongue
C. mind
D. memory
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No way will you beat him. You don’t _____ a chance. He’s a
hundred times better than you are.
A. hold
B. run
C. possess
D. stand
D
- Stand a chane: Có cơ hội
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Be sure not to rely too _____ on your mother tongue when you
are learning a foregign language.
A. abundantly
B. severely
C. numerously
D. heavily
D
- Rely heavily on s.one/ s.thing: Quá phụ thuộc vào ai/
cái gì
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_____ he got top marks at high school,he never went to
university.

C. get on to
A
- Stand up for s.body/ s.thing: Ủng hộ, hỗ trợ ai/ cái gì
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D. take down with
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The police are going to look _____ the disappearance of the
child.
A. around
B. into
C. through
D. after
B
- Look into = Inquire after = Investigate: Điều tra, tìm
kiếm
- If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old -
(Nếu ta không gieo trồng tri thức khi còn trẻ, nó sẽ không cho ta bóng râm khi ta về già)
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