Đặc ngữ (Idioms and Expressions) luyện thi Đại Học
Test 10
1. beat about the bush : nói loanh hoanh, nói vòng vo tam quốc
e.g. Don't beat about the bush!
Thôi cái trò nói vòng vo tam quốc đó đi!
2. bucket down : mưa xối xả, mưa như trút nước
e.g. It's been bucketing down all day.
Trời mưa xối xả nguyên ngầy.
3. close shaves : những lần thoát hiểm trong đường tơ kẽ tóc
e.g. Phew, that was a close shave.
Phùuuu, thiệt là một lần thoát hiểm trong đường tơ kẽ tóc.
4. drop a brick : nói lỡ lời
e.g. The boss came in and dropped a brick.
Ông chủ đi vô và nói lỡ lời.
5. get butterflies in one's stomach : cảm thấy bồn chồn
e.g. Tom told us how his son gets butterflies in his stomach
before he plays soccer.
Tom kể tụi tôi về sự bồn chồn của con ổng trước khi nó
chơi đá banh.
Practice: Use one of the five expressions above to fill in each
space.
1. I found out that I had just _____ when saying that I met her
boyfriend at the restaurant because he had told her that he went
to an important meeting at the company.
2. Don't waste my time. Please stop _____ and tell me what you
want.
3. We had no sooner set off for a picnic than it started to _____.
4. Every student _____ his _____ before an important
examination.
5. When he was young, he was an excellent spy. He sometimes
tells me about his _____ before he retired and moved to this city.
KEY (các bạn tô đen)
1. dropped a brick 2. beating about the bush 3. bucket down
4. gets butterflies in / stomach 5. close shaves
