tailieunhanh - English Skills - Speak English 1 part 3

Trong quá trình chép nên tập trung tư tưởng và nên lập lại trong óc những gì đang chép. Để trí óc bạn khắc sâu và nhớ kỹ mẫu câu cũng như cách cấu trúc ngữ pháp hơn. | to break the news - to make something known Example 1 Samantha and Michael are getting married but they haven t yet broken the news to their parents. Example 2 You d better break the news to your father carefully. After all you don t want him to have a heart attack to cost an arm and a leg - to be very expensive Example 1 A college education in America costs an arm and a leg. Example 2 All of the furniture at Honest Abe s costs an arm and a leg dead-end job - a job that won t lead to anything else Example 1 Diane realized that working as a cashier was a dead-end job. Example 2 Jim worked many dead-end jobs before finally deciding to start his own business. let s face it - accept a difficult reality Example 1 Let s face it if Ted spent more time studying he wouldn t be failing so many of his classes Example 2 Let s face it if you don t have a college degree it can be difficult to find a high-paying job. to give one the creeps - to create a feeling of disgust or horror Example 1 Ted s friend Matt has seven earrings in each ear and an I Love Mom tattoo on his arm. He really gives Nicole the creeps. Example 2 There was a strange man following me around the grocery store. He was giving me the creeps to go back to the drawing board - to start a task over because the last try failed to start again from the beginning Example 1 Frank s new business failed so he had to go back to the drawing board. Example 2 The president didn t agree with our new ideas for the company so we had to go back to the drawing board. to go belly-up - to go bankrupt Example 1 Many people lost their jobs when Enron went belly-up. Example 2 My company lost 3 million last year. We might go belly-up. to give someone the ax - to fire someone Example 1 Mary used to talk to her friends on the phone all day at work until one day her boss finally gave her the ax. Example 2 Poor Paul He was given the ax two days before Christmas. 13 to lose one s temper - to become very angry Example 1 Bob always loses his