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happy ending
The last part of a story is a "happy ending" if all ends well for the main characters - kết thúc có hậu
Ví dụ:
- Both parties behave reprehensibly to each other throughout the film until the all-too-convenient happy ending.
- Jin does not endow his protagonist with high powers of lyricism, brevity or a particularly happy ending.
- There was a happy ending, though, as Canadians don't really care about the US anthem anyway.
- In any genre where a happy ending is not only not guaranteed, but almost forbidden, one is likely to find a Tragedienne.
- I was, however, expecting your typical romantic chick flick with a happy ending.
happy hour
a scheduled time when alcoholic drinks cost less than usual - giờ giá rượu rẻ hơn bình thường
Ví dụ:
- But not until I am bathed and breakfasted do I approach the first official happy hour of the day.
- Extended happy hour 5-9pm gives plenty of time to get well bevvied before the show.
- There's an all day happy hour from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. with 50 percent being knocked off everything, so take heart all indigent tipplers!
- He invited Lewis to join the team's defensive backs for happy hour every Friday at a local restaurant.
- Spend a happy hour selecting your books, then idly page through them over a cup of coffee and muffin in the garden.
hard job
a difficult job or task - việc khó
Ví dụ:
- If the time had dragged this would have been a hard job, unremitting and tedious.
- This turns out to be a hard job, as the island seems to be inhabited only by shepherds and smugglers.
- The beast snorted angrily at the cloaked men, and Tim had a hard job of keeping it from lunging.
- They know that they will have a hard job selling this, because it just is not saleable.
- It can be a hard job, constantly on your feet, trying to think of things to say to lure people into the store you are spruiking for.
hard to believe
difficult to believe - khó tin
Ví dụ:
- As Ireland went into overdrive after the break, it was hard to believe they had been involved in such a scrap earlier on.
- It is not hard to believe the very worst of any country where a system like slavery has existed for centuries.
- It's hard to believe that 30 years have slipped by since the Sligo men last lifted the Connacht senior crown.
- It's hard to believe that true art, art that reflects the vivid and energetic motions of life, rested in the gutter unremembered for so long.
- It's hard to believe it's been 20 years since the band released its sophomore album.
hard to see
difficult to see - khó thấy
Ví dụ:
- It was dark, so it was hard to see where we were going.
- He was finding it hard to see the board, so his teacher said he should get his eyes tested.
Ví dụ:
- They're a much better team, so it's hard to see them losing.
- They could find him innocent, but it's hard to see how. There's so much evidence.
hard to tell
difficult to know or deduce something - khó nói
Ví dụ:
- There were also large flakes of paint peeling off of the buildings, though it was hard to tell when there was no color to the whole place.
- Although, it was hard to tell, on a day when social status appeared to be determinable purely by the size of your sunglasses.
- Whether old-fashioned pranks, such as knocking on doors and running away, are still popular, it is hard to tell.
- It's very hard to tell, I suppose it comes down to how successful the surgery is and how quickly the knee heals.
hardly any
almost none - gần như là không
Ví dụ:
- The majority of their income goes to rent and leaves them with hardly any money to buy nutritious food.
- Every year, probably another 50,000 ethnic minority voters join the electoral rolls and hardly any of them will ever vote Tory.
- If they come back to us and say there is hardly any money, we would be in stasis.
- There being relatively few of them in videogames is, I think, probably due to there being hardly any steampunk films, or steampunk novels.
- In 1979, there were hardly any production companies and none of us were on the radar at that point.
hardly ever
almost never - không bao giờ
Ví dụ:
- The children are hardly ever picked up by the staff, or played with and many, including Ludmylla, were ill.
- Mike hardly ever looks at girls, and when he does, the relationship is doomed from the start.
- Ilse was Lutheran, but seemed fairly unreligious and hardly ever attended church.
- Dover Samuels is history, as are a bunch of Labour Maori MPs I have hardly ever heard of.
- We can hold our liquor and hardly ever shoot each other unless it's important.
hardly likely
very unlikely or very improbable - không giống như
Ví dụ:
- Though this was hardly likely to conciliate Louis' goodwill, it gave him at least the status of belonging to a definite party.
- A leader emboldened by four more years, with a greater mandate, is hardly likely to pull in his horns.
- I'm a pensioner for goodness sake, I'm hardly likely to go round walloping people.
- His admission that there is still a doubt to be resolved is hardly likely to reassure the sceptics.
- Having expended large amounts of money on multiculturalism, they are hardly likely to criticise it.
have a baby
to give birth to a baby - sinh em bé
Ví dụ:
- Whether a prisoner awaiting execution has the right to have a baby, is a point of dispute in the legal field.
- His devoted parents have been trying for several years to have a baby whose donated stem cells might restore him to health.
- The emperor penguins are monogamous for a year, have a baby chicken, and then part their ways.
- I need a lot more money to support my family, especially if someday I have a baby.
- Women caught in the web of structuring a career have to think a lot before deciding to go ahead and have a baby.
have a chat
to have a friendly talk with someone - có cuộc trò chuyện
Ví dụ:
- If the member wants to do that, he can go and see the councillors and have a chat to them.
- It did your heart good to have a chat with Frank, knowing that his infectious good nature would help you along the day's journey.
- The owner of the mastiff digs in and tries to drag his dog over to us to have a chat.
- He always made time to sign autographs and have a chat to snotty-nosed kids like myself.
- I used to nick off at dinner hour and any spare time to have a chat with the people who were doing the chimneys.
have a go
to have a turn at doing something - bước ngoặc làm gì
Ví dụ:
- Have all the kids had a go on the slide yet?
- Emile didn't have another go on the see-saw after getting a nasty splinter in his bottom.
Ví dụ:
- I don't think I can fix it, but I'll have a go.
- After having several goes, I finally managed to lift 100 kilograms.
have a look
to look at something - nhìn
Ví dụ:
- Do you suppose some enterprising journalist might now ask to have a look at the whole journal?
- To keep it in good shape visitors to it are requested to pay a small amount of money to have a look inside.
- So I shall have a look at the tonics on offer and perhaps get her something to try and buck her up a bit.
- I just had to go out and have a look and chose the carrs and ings south of West Ayton.
- Now this could be an opportune time to have a look at our own railway lines and get a few facts or fallacies cleared up once and for all.
have a right
have a moral or legal claim or ability - có quyền
Ví dụ:
- Passengers have a right to relax, read, work in silence or simply meditate.
- People have a right not to vote, however, messages are sent through inaction.
- Surely toddlers and young kids have a right of some sort to enjoy chasing pigeons in a park somewhere?
- There are certain genres in which viewers have a right to expect gratuitous toplessness, and Dirty Deeds belongs to one.
- The people also have a right to know about the people sheltering a wanted person.
have access (to)
to be able to get or use something - có quyền truy cập
Ví dụ:
- A child or young person can ask to have access to the information in their file.
- Those countries first have to have access to knowledge and the ability to use knowledge.
- The first 400 on The Crew's ticket wait list from the first show will have access to tickets to the second show.
- He also asked officials if members would still have access to the community fund set up to benefit local groups in the town.
- Indian farmers are often indebted and credit constrained and do not have access to chemicals at the right point in time.
have an effect (on)
to cause a change - thay đổi
Ví dụ:
- He pointed out that material of that sort could have an effect on impressionable minds.
- Hunger could have an effect on the tongue's taste receptors, or on how the brain perceives gustatory information.
- It may have an effect on the heart's function, meaning that it doesn't pump as well, causing a build-up of fluid.
- One of my aunts used to believe that the trails left behind by high-flying planes must have an effect on the weather.
- Peers have also been proven to have an effect on students who commit violent acts on school grounds.
have an idea
to think of something - có ý tưởng
Ví dụ:
- We were at least under the illusion that we could have an idea, have a style, that wouldn't immediately be sold back to us.
- My opening post was pretty ill-formed and inarticulate, but I'm glad that people have an idea about what I'm getting at.
- To contract a friendship, I'll have to have an idea what I think is important in a friendship.
- Sure, I have an idea of the long game, but the intricacies still escape me.
- Now you have an idea of the ecstatic gratitude I have been feeling since I returned.
have got to
must - phải/ bắt buộc
Ví dụ:
- But we also know when enough is enough and we have got to change direction.
- You have got to be thorough and methodical, making sure you don't leave any stone unturned.
- You have got to have a clear mind to play this game and my mind's just not there at the moment.
have got
to own, possess or have - sở hữu
Ví dụ:
- I would still recommend living and working abroad as it has made me more appreciative of the things I have got back home.
- Portsmouth have got their act together with an infrastructure that's compatible with bendy buses.
- I told my parents and friends that I must have got the infection from cleaning my cat litter.
- Since I have done this course, however, I have got my confidence back and want to live my own life again.
have room
to have enough space for something - đủ chỗ
Ví dụ:
- Even the tiniest garden should have room for tubs planted with sweet-smelling herbs.
- If you have room, consider adding a piece of outdoor furniture like a wicker chair or table.
- Their capsule will carry up more spare parts for the balky oxygen generator, but have room for little else.
- Tenons have room to expand and contract within the mortise, avoiding splitting.
- Double drop down sided cribs are a popular option among those parents who have room to place the crib so it's not against the wall.
have the chance (to)
to have the opportunity or the time - có cơ hội
Ví dụ:
- I have the chance to study it in great depth and to experience things in their original context as much as is possible in modern times.
- Those going along have the chance to try their hand at various activities including abseiling, rock climbing and orienteering.
- They also have the chance to let their hair down and enjoy a drink or two and party the night away!
- It was an opportunity of a lifetime and I was really pleased to have the chance to meet him.
- At last those who buy to drink now will have the chance to experience mature wine from France's classic regions.
have time
to have enough time to do something - có thời gian
Ví dụ:
- The head of state has called for me by name, but I don't have time for him.
- But at least with letters you have time to cool off or sober up before you send an insulting missive winging through the ether.
- And for people who never have time to catch a good filling meal I am led to believe we may even have flapjacks for sale.
- Personally, if I have time, I like to fish for as much information as possible.
- It's a shame we didn't have time for a natter when we'd done, but my next guest was waiting and we had to move on.
have trouble
to find it difficult to do something - có vấn đề
Ví dụ:
- Would anybody have trouble finding oodles of examples of symptoms in the modern Republican Party matching these?
- But after the Thanksgiving break, she began to have trouble getting through her assigned reading and had to work harder to apply herself.
- They will love making thumbprints in the cookies but might have trouble sitting still for less glamorous tasks like stemming cherry tomatoes.
- It is an important issue because even trained tasters can have trouble distinguishing between bitterness and astringency.
- Why do you think audiences have trouble with modern or atonal classical music?
healthy diet
a diet that's good for body's health - chế độ ăn uống tốt cho sức khỏe
Ví dụ:
- Inside it is revealed that she reached size eight by running six miles a day and subsisting on a healthy diet of steamed vegetables and fish.
- I put this down to us eating a relatively healthy diet and not convenience foods which come with too much wasteful packaging.
- Healthy teeth mean that the child is able to eat a healthy diet, and aid the growth of the jaw.
- They form the foundation of a healthy diet, along with other plant-based foods, including vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds.
heavily armed
having or carrying many weapons - mang nhiều vũ khí
Ví dụ:
- He was given a heavily armed police escort to the court for the second time to face a charge of making explosives with intent.
- In the golden lamplight, knots of heavily armed guardsmen were talking in low voices.
- Some waved white flags and others sang the national anthem while they faced the heavily armed rebels.
- Many are heavily armed, while others must've arrived late the day that they were handing out rocket launchers.
- It looks like a heavily armed warrior, with a horned helmet and a vicious forked tail.
heavy drinker
someone who drinks a lot of alcohol - người uống nhiều rượu
Ví dụ:
- To prevent withdrawal symptoms, a chronic heavy drinker may be prescribed medication such as diazepam for a few days after stopping drinking.
- Mr Lennon was a regular Sunday evening visitor to the Old Castle Inn but he was not known as a heavy drinker.
- Always a heavy drinker, she had stopped almost entirely in order to nurse James through his illness.
- A heavy drinker, he had been having a great deal of pain from toothache, she said.
- According to a former girlfriend who asked not to be identified, wafer was a heavy drinker during at least part of his life.
heavy losses
large or high losses, esp. of money or lives - mất mác nặng nề
Ví dụ:
- The Royalists attacked twice, on February 18, and March 28, 1643, and were each time driven off with heavy losses.
- Unless luck is on your side, punting on problem firms leads only to heavy losses.
- Due to the overlap between politics and business these banks have suffered heavy losses from subsidizing state-run enterprises and bad loans.
- In the sky above Germany, the men were fighting doggedly and with heavy losses.
heavy schedule
a schedule with many meetings, appointments, dates, etc. - lịch trình bận rộn
Ví dụ:
- I've got a heavy schedule this morning, but I can see you this afternoon.
- My schedule is quite heavy this week, so I won't have time to play golf.
heavy smoker
someone who smokes a lot of cigarettes - người nghiện hút thuốc
Ví dụ:
- My uncle's a heavy smoker. He smokes forty a day!
- Being a heavy smoker can have serious consequences for your health.
heavy traffic
traffics that's congested and moving slowly - tắt nghẽn giao thông
Ví dụ:
- This points all the more for the urgent need for a bypass to keep heavy traffic out of the town.
- Longer buses are also far more likely to stop while blocking road junctions or pedestrian crossings, especially in heavy traffic.
- His hand shook slightly as he maneuvered the rental car through the heavy traffic.
- Because of this, the water main was above the gas main, and had been encased in concrete to protect it from the heavy traffic above.
- There is no wisdom in putting a road for said heavy traffic through the deep backwater of the Slater Creek basin into Pitt Street.
heavy workload
If you have a heavy workload, you have a lot of work to do - nhiều việc
Ví dụ:
- A heavy workload is cited by two histopathologists as a serious hindrance to obtaining consent for autopsies.
- Happily most employees are sufficiently robust to withstand the stress of a heavy workload.
- She carried a heavy workload, much involved in paediatric oncology and the early days of bone marrow transplantation.
- With increasingly weighty school bags and heavy workload after school, very little free time is left for the kids to enjoy their childhoods.
- The three consultant obstetricians who work as locums at the unit handle about 20 cases each a year, which, by anybody's calculation, is not a heavy workload.
hidden extras
extra costs that companies or sellers try to hide from buyers - chi phí ẩn
Ví dụ:
- It's a charge on US and if you try to charge us hidden extras, we'll just take all our money out of the banks and put them under the duvet!
- As well as shipping costs, check for hidden extras such as courier handling charges.
- And budgeting for hidden extras as well as day-to-day expenses can be quite tough.
- There are no buyer's premiums at fairs and no hidden extras.
high quality
very good quality - chất lượng tốt
Ví dụ:
- Mr. Callaghan has taught me how important spins and connecting steps are in addition to high quality jumps in a program.
- The latter option, aside from being a political non-starter, would also dilute the high quality of the all-volunteer force.
- These high quality videos were produced with French actors on location in France so the speech and movements and contexts are authentic.
- My new desk appeared, or part of it did, in the form of a cut sheet of eight by four high quality beech veneered plywood.
- This breakthrough has resulted in new recipes for high quality products for people allergic to the ingredients in wheat flour.
high level
a level that's above the normal or expected level - cấp bậc cao hơn
Ví dụ:
- On the other hand, invading species with predominantly allogamous modes of reproduction may possess a high level of genetic diversity.
- Such people need to be treated with sensitivity and with a very high level of respect.
- Past longline catch data from these areas show that an unacceptably high level of juvenile swordfish and billfish are being landed.
- The road in Tunduffe has now gained such a high level of points that Gardai declare it treacherous and a serious accident risk.
- This was costly, and the heifers often failed when the high level of feed inputs were taken out of the system.
high standard
very good standard - tiêu chuẩn cao
Ví dụ:
- It keeps to a high standard of interior design with exciting and original items.
- It also sets an absurdly high standard of perfection for market performance.
- Consumers are prepared to pay a reasonable price for food products, provided these are safe and produced to a high standard.
- A high standard of workmanship in fixtures and fittings is therefore an essential element in securing sales.
- It has been painstakingly refurnished and modernised to an extremely high standard, all done in the best possible taste.
highly regarded
thought to be very good by many people - được đánh giá cao
Ví dụ:
- An undersupply has made these highly regarded vineyards tantalizing to second careerist refugees from San Francisco.
- The bloom's beauty and discreet fragrance were highly regarded, as were its protective qualities against the elements.
- He's a screenwriter and apparently is very highly regarded in the industry.
- They also produced a number of highly regarded publications which served as weekly digests that were used throughout the government.
- This four bedroom detached bungalow is located in a mature and highly regarded residential area of the town.
highly unlikely
very unlikely - không giống với
Ví dụ:
- It seems highly unlikely that the living coelacanth exists only in two small, highly disjunct populations.
- Such a worn interior in a BMW with just 77,000 miles on the clock seemed highly unlikely.
- All the children were aged between 11 and 16 years and highly unlikely to abscond or resist arrest.
- It is therefore highly unlikely that he will be abstinent from alcohol unless he was sectioned and in a locked environment.
hold hands
If two or more people hold hands, each person holds another person's hand - cầm tay
Ví dụ:
- They hold hands as the line in front of them thins, as the prisoners are beheaded one by one.
- We would hold hands, or wrap our arms around each other while taking a stroll on the sea wall.
- Almost four hundred years later it still is the awe inspiring place where lovers hold hands and swoon over each other.
- Now we are asked to hold hands and dance around the maypole together, celebrating mediocrity.
honest mistake
a mistake that wasn't made deliberately, or had no bad intent - lỗi lầm không cố ý
Ví dụ:
- There remains, however, a world of difference between making an honest mistake and deliberately passing off a dud antique.
- Was it just an honest mistake that airport security personnel are still chuckling over?
- Defending, Andrew Stranex suggested that the 13-year-old boy had made an honest mistake over the robber's identity.
- Often this is an honest mistake, but other times outsourcers may underquote on purpose, just to get the business.
- There's no point in getting your back up over something which is an honest mistake.
human cost
damage or loss caused to people or societies, incl. material loss, social costs, psychological damage, etc.: thiệt hại/ mất mát
Ví dụ:
- It is most unfortunate that the strike will cost the country hundreds of millions of rands, and the human cost will be even higher.
- While no price tag can be put on the human cost of domestic violence, London is beginning to calculate its drain on public services.
- The human cost of the rapid economic growth of the Asian Tiger economies is the background of the film.
- Seven years later, It began a permanent presence in Cuba to expose the true human cost of the punishing U.S. embargo.
- And of course the difference in the human cost is almost beyond comparison.
human error
a mistake caused by a person, and not by mechanical failure or natural forces - lỗi do con người gây ra
Ví dụ:
- Bromley said most derailments are caused by broken rails, overheated train axles or human error.
- One way or another, by accident, divine reckoning or human error, an avenging fire is turned against them.
- The gym hall was strewn with sobbing lassies, their lives ruined, their confidence shattered by human error.
- Included in the investigation will be a look at aircraft maintenance, weather conditions and the possibility of human error.
human life
human existence or human experience - sự tồn tại/ kinh nghiệm của con người
Ví dụ:
- It doesn't matter which sum you will transfer because you don't blue your money, you save human life!
- A real and abiding concern for the dignity of human life postulates resistance to taking life through law's instrumentality.
- The confluence of haiku and jazz in his poems is based on the expression of natural, spontaneous responses to human life.
- The focus is on trees that have served as mediators between mundane human life and spiritual or ancestral realms.
- A human life has ended through one of the most hideous execution methods ever devised.
hurt sb's feelings
to upset somebody by being insensitive to their feelings - khiến người khác thất vọng/ tổn thương ai đó
Ví dụ:
- Did it hurt your feelings when your brothers didn't come to your bachelor party?
- The cuff sent me sprawling to the floor with a painful sting in my cheek, and a hurt feeling in the pit of my stomach.
- It was impossible to make an empath think you were having fun if you really weren't, and the last thing he wanted to do was hurt her feelings after all.
- When you thrust a two-pound bit and bridoon into a small pony's mouth, you hurt his feelings.
- Did it hurt your feelings when your brothers didn't come to your bachelor party?
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