- Result: as a result = therefore = afterwards

[afterwards: sau này, ngay sau đó, kể từ đó trở đi]

- Probability: be likely to, might/may, there is a likeliness/likelihood that…
 Hãy dùng đa dạng vocab, modal verbs, noun phrases
Ex: men are stronger than women
 Men tend to be stronger than women

1. School:
- Expertise (n) sự thành thạo
- Ubiquity (n) có khắp mọi nơi -> the ubiquity of fast-food strades/the mass media
- Controversial (adj) gây tranh cãi -> controversy (n)
- Students need to practise conveying thoughts and ideas confidently in front of…
- Studying is definitely my priority
- I no longer get picked on (= be bullied) like I did in primary school  (compare)
- I’m lucky to have been enrolled in my high school
- My friends are willing to lend me a hand if I struggle with my….
2. Insects:
- Mosquitoes
- Carefree (n) vô lo vô nghĩ -> ex: She spent a carefree day at the lake
- The reproduction of sth: sự tái tạo, sinh sản
3. Music:
- Composer, conductor (nhạc trưởng)
- Novelist, publisher, sculptor
- Well-off: khá giả, giàu có
- Predict: dự đoán
- Accessible: có thể tiếp cận
- In the case of
4. Personality:
- Decisive, moody, sincere, adventurours, generous, selfish, sensitive
- Bad-tempered >< sweet-tempered = calm
- Spiky hair
- Sociable, reliable, cheerful
5. Appearance:
- Obese = overweigh
- People need to adopt healthy habits
- Practise some physical activities
- It’s kinda overwhelming for me
- Cope with sth
- Use suitable methods due to our body’s condition.
- He is all skin and bones = He is too skinny
- Control our body function to get better
- Gain and train muscle
- There are some people, they wish to gain weight to be exact
- Nutritious food
- Achieve the goal
- I like it so much to the point where I repeatedly do the same activity day by day
- My friends compliment me on the way I look
- Sense of comfort
6. Money:
- Stocking market: thị trường chứng khoán
- Savings: tiền tiết kiệm
- Be in debt: mắc nợ
- On duty: làm theo trách nhiệm
- Borrow sth from s.o
- Lend sth to s.o
- Succeed in doing sth
- Be able to do sth = be capable of doing sth
7. Clothes:
- In good quality/shape
- I got it secondhand
- Material hasn’t been worn out yet
8. Crime:
- Vandal: kẻ phá hoại công trình nghệ thuật
- Punishment
- Arsonist: kẻ đốt phá nhà cửa
- Blackmailer: kẻ tống tiền
- Shoplifter: kẻ cắp đồ trong tiệm
- Smuggler: kẻ buôn lậu
- Mugger: kẻ trấn lột
- Drug addict = drug trafficker
- Pickpocket: kẻ móc túi
9. Work:
- Sack (v) sa thải
 Made redundant: mất việc
 Resign: từ chức
- Out of a job => look for a job => apply for a job => go for an interview => get a job
- Devote sth to sth: cống hiến
- Weekly wage: tiền lương theo tuần
- Salary: tiền lương (theo tháng)
- Earn a good living: kiếm sống
- Talented = gifted
- Well-paid >< badly-paid: đc trả lương cao/thấp
- Satisfy = please (v) làm hài lòng
- Monotonous (adj) đơn điệu, lặp đi lặp lại
- Give s.o advice on sth
- Keep on = go on = continue
- Warn s.o about sth = warn s.o against doing sth
- Have effects/influences/impacts on sth
10.Travel:
- Go on holiday/a business trip/a day trip to somewhere
- Expedition: cuộc thám hiểm
- Be crowded with, be full of
11.Weather:
- Overcast sky: bầu trời âm u
- Severe storm
- Torrential rain: mưa xối xả
- Fine rain: mưa phùn
- Gale-forced wind: gió lốc
- Glorious sunshine
- Choppy sea: sóng dập dềnh
- Rough sea >< calm sea (biển động & biển lặng)
- Keep calm
- Scatterd rain (n) mưa rải rác
- Unless = if…not…
- As long as = provided
- Otherwise: nếu không thì
12. Health:
- A black eye: mắt bị bầm tím
- Ear infection
- Give me a prescription for
- Have sth in plaster
- Give s.o an injection: tiêm cho ai cgi
- Treat = cure
- Prescribe (v) kê thuốc
- Originality (n) sự đốc đáo
*** Genreral vocabularies ***
- Have negative effects on… = Wreak havoc on… (gây rắc rối/thiệt hại cho…)
 Ex: Fake news can wreak havoc on social’s trust and belief.
- Life threatening situations
- Run a class/company
- Show off = boast
- Confess to doing sth = owned up to doing sth
- Let s.o off = not punish s.o
- Look into = investigate
- Braveheart
- Announcement (n) thông báo
- Picturesque (adj) đẹp như tranh vẽ
- Make the purchase = buy sth (mua hàng)
- Have/get access to sth: tiế cận với
- There’s no shortcuts
- Replace sth with sth
 Replacement (n) sự thay thế
- Get under somebody’s skin
- Beat around the bush
- Make arrangement to do sth
- Be in favour of: ủng hộ cgi
- Do a deal: thỏa thuận
- Make investment: đầu tư
- Make an appointment: tạo cuộc hẹn
- Do damage to = cause damage to
- Make an effort to do sth
- Can’t do without
- Growth = development
- Do for a living
- Load (n) khoản vay
- Sculpt = carve
- Do s.o a favour = help s.o
- Make the beds: dọn giường
- Make progress in = get on well in: tiến bộ về
- Be at risk = be in anger
- A wide range of sth
- Come across = meet s.o by chance >< meet s.o on purpose
- Enrich knowledge = widen knowledge
- Extraordinary
Ex: Viet Nam gained its complete independence in 1975
- Physical >< mental
- Be absored in = be buried in: mải mê làm gì
- Tremendous = enormous
- At all cost: bằng bất cứ giá nào
- Erect = build (v)
- Contrary to my belief
- Stardom = fame
- Arise = happen
- Publicity = in the media
- Worriness = anxiety = nervousness
- Misconception: sự nhận thức sai
- Be interlaced with: nhầm lẫn với
- Mainstream = trend
- Visualize = imagine = pinture
- Onlooker = bystander
- The build-up of sth
- Comply with = obey
- Facility = establishment
- Would rather do sth than sth
- The whole of = the entire of
- A lack of sth = lack sth
- Cut down = reduce
- Cut out = stop doing sth
- Put up with = tolerate
- Be on order: đã đc đặt hàng
- Be on offer: đã đc giảm giá
- Turn down = refuse/reject
- Make up for = compensate for
- Head for sth = go towards (hướng đến)
- Be regarded as = be considered to be
- In addtion to = beside = apart from
- Look forward to sth = can’t wait to do sth
- Take s.o on =employ (v) thuê
- Set up a business = start a business : thành lập
- Make an impression on sth
- Economical (adj) tiết kiệm
- Disastrous (adj) khốc liệt
- Wealth = richness
- Commerce = trade
- Homesick (n)
- Achieve success/achive goals
- The cost of living (n) chi phí sinh hoạt
- Noticeably
- Priceless = invaluable (adj) vô giá >< worthless: không có giá trị
- Devaluation: sự giảm giá trị
- Truthful (adj) thật thà
- Be fanatical about: cuồng tín về
- Be fascinated by => have a fascination ưith
- Be obsessed with sth
- Dull = boring (adj)
- Be fed up with
- There’s no point in doing sth = it’s not worth doing sth
- Go mad = be furious = get angry
- Get along well with = get on well with
- Lose one’s temper = get ảngy
- Be in a good/bad mood
- Sick and tired of sth
- Irritate = get on my nerve
- A pain in the neck = irritating
- Keep in touch with
- Tell a lie
- Take charge of: phụ trách, đảm đương
- Keep in isolation: cách ly
- Tell the difference between
- Receive confirmation: nhận mã xác nhận
- Take/mistake s.o for s.o
- Get on/acquainted/along with
- Take after = resemble
- Be disgrace of myself
- Take a while to do sth
- Post = position (n) vị trí (công việc)
- To intefere in = stick one’s nose into: can thiệp vào
- Concentrate on = take notice of = pay attention to
- Except for = but= with exception of
- Stress the need for: nhấn mạnh…
- Participation = attendance (n) sự tham sự
- Quick = speedy = fast
- Be disillusioned with: bỡ ngỡ, vỡ mộng
- Moved, touched: cảm động
- Delusional: hoang tưởng >< delusive (adj) lừa gạt
- Be impulsive with = be careless with: không cẩn thận
- Legible: dễ đọc
- Manuscript = typescript: bản thảo
- Receipt = bill (n) biên lai
- Income = earning (n) thu nhập
- Consult a lawyer
- Perfection (n)
- Feel bad about sth = have guilty conscience about sth
- Be reducted to doing sth = be forced to do sth
- Conquer (n) người chinh phục
- Be used to = be familiar with = be accustomed to
- Primitive (adj) nguyên thủy
- Inherit = come into: thừa kế
- Fortune = property
- Be broke
- Prosperous = affluent = well-off = rich = wealth
- Priviledged (adj) có quyền
- Be down-and-out: nghèo túng, cơ cực
- Live in luxury
- Money is tight: nghèo
- As a matter of fact
- Unluckily = unfortunately
- Keep diary: viết nhật kí
- Bring out = publish = issue (v)
- Go on excursion (v) tham quan
- Live up to one’s expectations: đáp ứng mong đợi của ai
- Resemble(v) => resemblance (n)
 Bear a strong rếmblance
- Be desperate for = want to do sth
- Traffic congestion = sit in a traffic (v)
- Overhear (v) nghe lén
- Be plain sailing: thuận buồm xuôi gió
- Industrious = hard-working
- Be optimistic = hope for the best
- Draw one’s attention to = point sth out to s.o
- Open-air=out of doors=outdoors
- Jobless=out of work=unemployed
- Break down = out of serive/order
- Depend on = rely on= count on= believe in
- Liberty>freedom (đều có nghĩa là tự do)
- Be free from = the liberation of (sự giải thoát)
= the emancipation (sự tự do – khi thoát khỏi nô lệ/kẻ khác)
- Be lost in thought: lơ đãng
- Can afford to (tài chính)
- Be capable of (không dùng cho tài chính)
- In the least: một chút nào
- Follow one’s advice
- A chance in a million: cực hiếm
- Be transported to: vận chuyển
- Mill = factory
- Be amazed at = be surprised at
- At down: bình minh >< at sunset: hoàng hôn
- Starvation = famine (n) nạn đói
- Classified: phân loại
- Go back on one’s word: không giữ lời hứa
- Without fail
- Without doubt
- Populous = highly-populated: đông dân
- Aim = target
- Converse = preserve (v)
- Turn up =reach = arrive in/at
- Proper = suitable = approriate
- Throughout = during
- Ill-lit: thiếu ánh sáng
- Courageous = brave
 - Skilled: thành thạo
- Run out of sth
- Scarity (n) sự khan hiếm
- Absence (n) sự vắng mặt
- Be considered to be = be regarded as
- Admit to doing sth = confess to doing sth
- Reduction = decrese = fall
- Comparatively: tướng đối
- Overthrow (v) lạt đổ
- Confidential (n) bí mật
- Widespread (n) sự lan rộng
- Migrate (v) di cư
- Leave the door open: tạo cơ hội phát triển
- A third of: 1/3
- Into quarters: ¼
- Occupy = take up
- Occupation = job
- Occupied = employed
- Deep appreciation for sth: art, landscape, history, etc
- Academic standard: trình độ học vấn
- Be good at sth=have commanf of: hiểu biết, thông thạo
- Jailed = imprisoned = arrested
- Orientation (n) định hướng
- Addict => digital addict
(tích cực hơn so với khi dùng với rượu)
- Tech-savy (n) rành công nghệ
- Flock: dùng với gia cầm
- Pride: đàn sư tử
- Troop: đàn khỉ
- School of fish
- Group of bear
- Herd of mountain
- I’m pressed for time
- Suspect of: nghi ngờ
What do you like to do in your free time? (PART 1)
-I like reading books and listening to music because it can help me relax.
Câu trả lời trên không hề đưa cho giám khảo đủ cơ sở nào để đánh giá cao khả năng
tiếng Anh của bạn.
 Well, you know, I gotta say that I’m quite keen on (paraphrase 1 tý) reading books (Point). These
days, I’m just up to my ears in deadlines and workload all the time so reading is actually the best way
for me to unwind after a hard day’s work (Explanation). Take last weekend for example. I spent the
whole day reading “Harry Potter” (Example). Well, this is not the case for my friends, though.
Outdoor activities are their go-tos. (Comparison) So I guess there’s no accounting for taste (Opinion)

Are you a student? (PART 1)

I’m a senior at a high school in Danang. So, you can probably guess, I got a lot on my plate right now
(=I’m busy). You know, all the assignments and deadlines can really drive me crazy. (Example).
Gosh, it was so much easier when I was a child. But now I just wanna pass the exam and that’s all
(compare). Having said that, I’m somewhat used to the heavy workload, so yah (opinion)

What do you like most about your hometown? (PART 1)

Well, actually what I find most interesting about my hometown is that you can
pretty much try all kinds of delicacies there without breaking the bank (Point) . For
example, you only need to pay around $1 for a cup of local beer (Example). It’s
clearly something you can’t miss if you visit my hometown (Opinion)