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some + Used to refer to an unspecified amount or number ?

somebody + Person who is not known or named ?

somehow + In a way that is not known or certain ?

someone + person who is not known or named ?

something + thing that is not yet known or named ?

sometimes + only at certain times; occasionally ?

somewhere + at or to an unknown or unnamed place ?

somewhat + little, not very ?

trad: 他買了一些蘋果。 simpl. 他买了一些苹果。

Tā mǎile yīxiē píngguǒ.

He bought some apples.

( Google and Bing Machine Translations: )
Ông đã mua một số quả táo. ?
Ông đã mua một số táo. ?
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trad: 往咖啡里加點糖。 simpl. 往咖啡里加点糖。

Wǎng kāfēi lǐ jiā diǎn táng.

Add some sugar to the coffee.

( Google and Bing Machine Translations: )
Thêm một số đường vào cà phê. ?
Thêm một số đường vào cà phê. ?
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trad: 這裏還有空位。 simpl. 这里还有空位。

Zhèli hái yǒu kòngwèi.

There are still some vacant seats here.

( Google and Bing Machine Translations: )
Hiện vẫn còn một số ghế trống ở đây. ?
Vẫn còn một số chỗ trống ở đây. ?
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trad: 我告訴你一件事。 simpl. 我告诉你一件事。

Wǒ gàosu nǐ yī jiàn shì.

Let me tell you something.

( Google and Bing Machine Translations: )
Để tôi nói cho bạn chuyện này. ?
Hãy để tôi cho bạn biết một cái gì đó. ?
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trad: 我去圖書館找資料。 simpl. 我去图书馆找资料。

Wǒ qù túshūguǎn zhǎo zīliào.

I am going to the library to try to find some information/materials.

( Google and Bing Machine Translations: )
Tôi sẽ đến thư viện để cố gắng tìm một số thông tin / tài liệu. ?
Tôi sẽ vào thư viện để cố gắng tìm một số tài liệu/thông tin. ?
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trad: 這裏出了點差錯。 simpl. 这里出了点差错。

Zhèli chūle diǎn chācuò.

There is something wrong here.

( Google and Bing Machine Translations: )
Có một cái gì đó sai trái ở đây. ?
Đó là một cái gì đó sai trái ở đây. ?
( Human Translation: )
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một số ? Communication

Sometimes I think I am a cat. ?

Đôi khi tôi nghĩ tôi là một con mèo. ? Frequency

đôi khi ? Frequency

Once I love someone, I will make him happy. ?

Một khi tôi yêu một ai đó, tôi sẽ làm anh ấy hạnh phúc. ? Conjunctions 2

Sometimes, he feels lazy. ?

Đôi khi, anh ấy cảm thấy lười biếng. ? Verbs 3

There is something under the window. ?

Có cái gì đó ở dưới cửa sổ. ? Determiners

gì (đó) ? Determiners

hey should ask someone. ?

Họ nên hỏi một ai đó. ? Determiners

Someone took my bicycle. ?

Một ai đó đã lấy chiếc xe đạp của tôi. ? Determiners

ai đó. ? Determiners

Sometimes I want to marry my customers. ?

Đôi khi, tôi muốn cưới khách hàng của mình. ? People

I need someone to repair the network for me. ?

Tôi cần một ai đó sửa mạng cho tôi. ? Communication

Tell me some good search machines! ?

Nói cho tôi một số công cụ tìm kiếm tốt! ? Communication

một số ? Communication

Sometimes I am curious about other people. ?

Đôi khi, tôi tò mò về những người khác. ? Adjectives 2

Sometimes I feel like I am invisible to everyone. ?

Đôi khi, tôi cảm thấy như tôi tàng hình với mọi người. ? Adjectives 2

lonesome town ?

Thị trấn cô đơn ? Adjectives 3

đơn ? Adjectives 3

Someone wore my trousers and I do not accept this. ?

Một ai đó đã mặc quần của tôi và tôi không chấp nhận điều này. ? Verbs 5

I always wants to scold someone whenever I think about that monkey. ?

Tôi luôn muốn gắt gỏng một ai đó mỗi khi tôi nghĩ về con khỉ đó. ? Reduplicative Words

Please do visit me sometime!

Bạn hãy đến thăm tôi đi! * 005

Will you drink something?

Bạn có uống gì không? * 024

Yes, and I also speak some Italian.

Có, và tôi cũng biết một chút tiếng Ý. * 025

I’d like something without meat.

Tôi muốn món gì không có thịt. * 032

I’d like some mixed vegetables.

Tôi muốn một đĩa rau. * 032

I’d like something that won’t take much time.

Tôi muốn món gì mà không cần lâu. * 032

I would like some fruit or cheese.

Tôi muốn hoa quả / trái cây hoặc phó mát. * 033

Some salt and pepper also, please.

Xin muối và hạt tiêu nữa ạ. * 033

Do you have something to read?

Bạn có gì để đọc không? * 036

Can one get something to eat and to drink here?

Ở đây có gì để ăn và uống được không? * 036

I want to sit somewhere in the middle.

Tôi muốn ngồi ở giữa. * 046

Could you recommend something?

Bạn có thể giới thiệu cho tôi chút gì không? * 046

No, maybe some other time.

Không, hôm khác đi. * 048

Are you waiting for someone?

Bạn đang đợi ai à? * 048

Take some suntan lotion with you.

Nhớ mang theo kem chống nắng. * 049

Yes, I need some exercise.

Có, tôi cần phải vận động. * 051

We swim sometimes.

Thỉnh thoảng chúng tôi đi bơi. * 051

I want to buy some glasses.

Tôi muốn mua một cái kính. * 053

What would you like to become some day?

Bạn muốn trở thành gì? * 057

I sometimes have stomach aches.

Tôi đôi khi bị đau bụng. * 059

I will give you some pills.

Tôi cho bạn thuốc viên. * 059

Do you want some more soup?

Bạn có muốn thêm xúp nữa không? * 067

I want to write something.

Tôi muốn viết. * 071

I want to drink something.

Tôi muốn uống gì đó. * 072

I want to eat something.

Tôi muốn ăn gì đó. * 072

I want to ask you something.

Tôi muốn hỏi bạn vài chuyện. * 072

I want to ask you for something.

Tôi muốn nhờ bạn vài chuyện. * 072

I want to treat you to something.

Tôi muốn mời bạn đến chơi. * 072

May I just ask something?

Tôi bây giờ hỏi nhanh vài chuyện được không? * 075

May I just say something?

Tôi bây giờ nói nhanh vài chuyện được không? * 075

I wonder if he has someone else.

Tôi tự hỏi liệu anh ấy có người khác không? * 095

Maybe he has someone else?

Liệu anh ấy có người khác không? * 095

Do you know someone here?

Bạn có quen ai ở đây không? * 102

Would you like to drink something else?

Bạn muốn uống gì nữa không? * 102

Have you already eaten something?

Bạn ăn gì chưa? * 102

for, to (something)

handsome, pretty

like: some ? ?

to transliterate someone’s name into Vietnamese ?

Việt hóa tên người ?

to rush at someone ?

a vào người nào ?

(1) anyone, someone, who, whoever, everyone, anyone
(2) to pity, sympathize, empathize with
(3) dust, fine dirt ?

to know something inside and out ?

am hiểu cặn kẽ về gì ?

(1) how much, many, so much, so many, some, any
(2) envelope, bag, pack, case, sleeve; to cover, enclose ?

to pinch someone’s cheek ?

(1) to write down, make a note (of something)
(2) to weave (basket)
(3) to edit, compile
(4) edge, limit, border ?

to know, know how to do (something) be aware of ?

to realize someone’s power ?

had I known (then one would have done something else) ?

to show the nature (of something) ?

biểu lộ bản chất ?

to let (something) run its course ?

to drop some sharp words, drop some words curtly ?

to have a desire to do something, have one’s itch ?

sad, sorrowful, unhappy morose; uninteresting; to want to, feel like (doing something) ?

to be obliged, forced, compelled (to do something); against one’s will ?

argue to refuse (to do something), argue somebody out of doing ?

dissuade from, talk somebody out of doing something ?

to receive a gift (from someone above oneself) ?

to follow close or hard on somebody’s heels ?

semi-skilled, somewhat proficient ?

to sell someone down the river ?

to notify the death of someone ?

to dismiss, fire, remove or relieve somebody of a post ?

to remove someone from office, relive someone of their office ?

lentil and foam, something humble and insignificant ?

to be used to someone’s voice ?

to grab someone’s breast ?

to lick or suck someone’s pussy ?

friend, associate, companion, comrade (in something) ?

reader (someone reading something) ?

contemporary (someone the same age) ?

bạn đồng niên ?

to box someone’s ear ?

(1) to say, order, tell (someone to do something)
(2) to insure
(3) to protect, guard
(4) precious, valuable ?

to spare someone’s life ?

bảo vệ tính mạng ?

to forbid (someone from doing something) ?

bảo đừng ?

whenever (something happens) ?

bất cứ khi nào ?

to be disrespectful towards somebody, disrespect ?

to elect someone chairman ?

bầu ai làm chử tịch ?

(1) to report, say (something to someone above you)
(2) polite particle
(3) to give, endow ?

to be in someone’s way ?

(1) to build (across something), put up
(2) north, northern, Chinese
(3) ferry boat ?

to take someone’s pulse ?

to trick a confession out of someone ?

to find something by chance; to seize, catch ?

bắt được ?

(1) equal to, the same as, even, level, flat, calm, peaceful, safe
(2) to use, be made of; to travel by (means of), be transported by, run (using some fuel)
(3) friend, comrade
(4) diploma, certificate
(5) by means of, with, in (language)
(6) proof, evidence, sup ?

no news of someone ?

appearance, externals, outside (of something); exterior, outward ?

this and that, here and there, then and now, you and I, both (something), mutually ?

to be refused (something) ?

bị từ chối ?

to be forced (to do something) ?

bị ép buộc ?

foam and lentil (something humble and insignificant) ?

to leave something unfinished ?

to leave something lying around ?

bỏ vạ bỏ vật ?

to put behind someone ?

bỏ về phía sau ?

to add, complete, supplement, make good (on something) ?

the brains (of something), mind ?

breech of trust, violate someone’s trust ?

cumbersome, numerous ?

sound of something falling ?

denigrate, defame, say evil things about somebody ?

to smack someone’s ear ?

to flatter someone ?

bợ đỡ người nào ?

bold, daring, reckless enough (to do something) ?

(1) to stop, dissuade
(2) to concern, involve
(3) to dissuade, stop someone from doing something, interfere, break up
(4) symbol of the Chinese zodiac
(5) shield
(6) liver
(7) to accuse ?

to advise against doing something ?

to advise (against something), dissuade ?

to go shares (with somebody) (in something) ?

to jostle (someone) out, elbow (someone) out ?

to divide or share something equally or fairly between or among ?

absolve somebody’s sin ?

chiêu tuyết ?

to give someone a general outline, an overview ?

cho ai biết đại cương ?

to keep someone hanging, waiting ?

to permit, allow, authorize, give permission (to do something) ?

to feed, give somebody something to eat ?

not to have the heart to do something ?

to ask someone to bring ?

invest money with someone else ?

to join forces (with somebody), combine or unite ?

specializing in the growing of some plant ?

to authorize (some expenditure) ?

Well, that’s troublesome isn’t it ?

chà, phiền nhỉ ?

wearisome, monotonous ?

how annoying, how bothersome, what a pain ?

pearls and gem, something precious ?

wait till (something) is over ?

to bury (as a means of hiding something) ?

to wish (someone something) ?

to wish somebody well ?

to wish somebody a happy new year ?

to point a gun at someone’s head ?

chĩa súng vào đầu ?

to play a dirty or nasty trick on somebody, play a ?

to act stupidly, do something dumb ?

to play a mean trick (on someone) ?

it is too early to do something ?

chưa chi đã ?

to touch (someone) to the raw, cut (someone) to the quick ?

to be affected by some melancholy feeling ?

give somebody odds, give somebody a start ?

to diagnose by taking someone’s pulse ?

chẩn mạch ?

to delay, do something slowly; slow ?

toilsome, tough, strenuous, requiring a lot ?

use somebody else’s belongings ?

to know anything at all, not to make head or tail of something ?

chẳng biết mô tê gì cả ?

to bar somebody’s way, block somebody’s way ?

chặn đường ?

bar or stop or block somebody’s way, waylay ?

chẹn đường ?

break somebody’s neck ?

mortal, fatal, deadly, lethal, murderous; to kill someone ?

chết người ?

to be influenced by; to sustain, bear, accept, be subject to, experience (something unpleasant, difficult), endure, stand, put up with; on credit ?

to go into mourning (for someone) ?

to fix or set or choose the date (for something) ?

but, and; do not, let’s not; should not, do not (do something); (indicates assurance, certainty) ?

one shouldn’t (do something); don’t ?

to wait for someone for a weary long time in vain ?

chờ mỏi mắt mà không thấy đến ?

to take someone to the hospital ?

chở vào bệnh viện ?

to see (something) all of a sudden ?

chợt thấy ?

to call (someone) bad names, insult, curse ?

to hail curses on somebody, heap ?

chửi như tát nước ?

to read somebody’s palm ?

to attach much importance to something, appreciate ?

to read someone’s fortune from their face ?

coi tướng số ?

to regard something, see something as ?

coi đây là ?

(used at the end of a sentence to denote that something has long started) ?

(used at the end of a sentence to denote that something has long started) ?

con gì nữa ?

history book, history (of something) ?

to pick holes in something, find fault ?

cà riềng cà tỏi ?

way to do something ?

cumbersome, cumbrous ?

voice (of someone speaking) ?

cái giọng nói ?

to be someone’s right hand ?

cánh tay phải ?

to announce (the end of something) ?

knowledge (of something) ?

intentional, have intention, plan to do something ?

there is something ?

có chuyện gì ?

to be busy, have some work ?

có chút việc ?

to have the opportunity, occasion (to do something) ?

to be in the mood to do something or for doing something, to ?

perhaps, maybe, might, sometimes ?

sometimes big, sometimes, small ?

có khi lớn, khi nhỏ ?

effective; to benefit from, get something out of ?

có kết quả ?

to spend some time in the miliary ?

có một thời ở trong lính ?

there is something, there is a matter (that) ?

có một điều gì ?

to have a point, something in common ?

có một điểm giống nhau ?

there is, there are places (where something happens) ?

to have means and opportunity (to do something) ?

có phương tiện và cơ hội ?

to have some truth in it ?

có phần nào đúng ?

to have authority, right, power (to do something) ?

is something wrong?, what’s the matter ?

có sao không ?

there’s something fishy about it ?

có sự ám muội trong việc ấy ?

to have, be in the habit (of doing something) ?

có thói quen ?

to have an enmity against someone ?

có ác cảm với người nào ?

alone, solitary, isolated, lonely, lonesome, solitary ?

to publicly deny (something) ?

công khai phủ nhận ?

to carry someone on one’s shoulders ?

be indignant (at something, with something) ?

to be from the same place as (someone else) ?

cùng quê với ?

ask humbly (somebody about something) ?

to usurp the throne, rob somebody of his throne ?

cướp ngôi ?

to give somebody a charming smile, smile sweetly ?

cười duyên ?

to laugh in somebody’s face ?

cười vào mũi ?

to shave somebody’s head ?

to get a haircut, give a haircut, shave somebody’s head ?

to forbid (someone) to darken one’s door ?

to trouble oneself (to do something) ?

to save something (for later), put something away (for later) ?

deprive somebody of his rights as a citizen ?

cất quyền ?

have a hold over someone, play safe ?

cầm đằng chuôi ?

to pray for (someone) ?

cầu nguyện cho ?

to say a mass for the peace of someone’s soul (in Buddhism) ?

to interrupt (someone who is speaking) ?

to cut someone off (while speaking) ?

cắt đứt lời ?

clinical thermometer; to take someone’s temperature ?

resolved, determined, decided (to do something) ?

bulky, cumbersome, awkward, unwieldy ?

cồng kềnh ?

something new, something different ?

(1) to continue to, go on, keep on (doing something)
(2) evidence, proof
(3) still ?

not to hesitate to do something, be free or welcome to do ?

to save someone’s life ?

cứu mạng người nào ?

hard, painstaking, burdensome, tedious ?

to be on intimate terms with sb, be in love with someone ?

move (more or less in terms of position), alter somewhat ?

have a personal interview with somebody ?

diện kiến ?

catch (fish) with some toxic substance ?

to fight over something, scramble for something, struggle for something ?

(1) small (stone)
(2) some, few, several ?

several, some, a few ?

in the eyes of (someone) ?

dưới mắt ?

under (somebody’s command, orders, authority) ?

dưới quyền ?

to be under the leadership of someone ?

dưới sự lãnh đạo của người nào ?

to induce (someone) to take one’s advice ?

with extreme slowness, hand write to somebody on a ?

dẫn rượu ?

lead (somebody) by the nose ?

easy to do; something easy to do ?

turn (something) upside down ?

dốc ngược ?

soothe (someone) into obedience, soothe (someone) into listening ?

to soothe (someone) with sweet words ?

dỗ ngon dỗ ngọt ?

make preparations for some probable occurrence ?

backup; to provide for (some undesirable event) ?

to marry somebody off ?

dựng vợ gả chồng ?

be jealous of someone’s greater advantages ?

put one’s mouth close to someone’s ears and whisper something ?

sentinel-crab; at someone’s expense ?

to make efforts (to do something) ?

to promise conditionally to (do something); to agree ?

to gag, bind someone’s mouth shut ?

gián miệng ?

textbook forming a course (on some subject taught at university) ?

get involved in (some trouble) ?

giây giướng ?

repeatedly promise to do something ?

to give someone a hand ?

giúp cho một tay ?

to break the spell on somebody, remove the spell from ?

to relieve somebody of his run of bad luck ?

to relieve someone of a duty, office, responsibility ?

giải nhiệm ?

plastic, cosmetic surgery (on someone’s face) ?

giải phẫu khuôn mặt ?

to free somebody from blame, prove somebody innocent ?

sly (something, into someone’s hands); do (something) stealthily ?

to beat about the bush in order to conceal something ?

rich, having a lot of (something) ?

have something under your belt ?

snatch and tear (something), get at someone’s throat ?

(to do something) very well ?

giỏi hết sức ?

complicate matters (by doing something not absolutely necessary) ?

to keep a fond memory of someone ?

giữ một kỷ niệm êm đềm của ai đó ?

hold fast, keep something selfishly for oneself ?

dissuade (from), put somebody off, talk somebody out of ?

to strike up a friendship with (someone), make friends ?

give (something) as payment of a debt ?

be quarrelsome, pick a quarrel (with somebody) ?

gây chuyện ?

to pick a fight with someone ?

gây gỗ với ai ?

to injure, cause injury (to someone) ?

gây thương tích cho ?

constrain (to follow some rule of behavior) ?

to try to approach (someone), try to make friends with ?

gạ chuyện ?

to coax, cajole, wheedle (into doing something); make approaches to (a woman), make a pass at ?

call forth (someone’s ideas, confidences) ?

to have almost no (something) ?

gần như không có ?

to have one foot in the grave, somebody’s ?

gần đất xa trời ?

to send, give, entrust, leave in someone’s care ?

twenty-something ?

hai mươi mấy ?

or something like that ?

make clear something to, the ?

to mistake someone’s meaning ?

hiểu nhầm ý ai ?

to take something literally ?

hiểu theo nghĩa đen ?

to postpone (something) until ?

hoãn lại cho đến khi ?

owe (someone) a favor ?

hot and cold; to ask about someone’s health ?

to look askance at, look black at someone ?

shout and scream (for something) ?

to change to or into something, metamorphose into ?

to get some air ?

one of those days, someday ?

to kiss someone’s hand ?

anniversary of the death (of someone) ?

a little difficult, somewhat difficult ?

a little difficult, somewhat difficult ?

hơi khó khăn ?

there’s no need to do something, it’s no use doing ?

suffer some damage and loss; to waste, pollute ?

show off, display (something essentially empty) ?

to guide (someone) in the choice of a career ?

hướng dẫn chọn ngành nghề ?

to make use of something, profit from something ?

hưởng dụng ?

to enjoy the taste (of something) ?

hưởng hương vị ?

to enjoy the pleasure (of doing something) ?

hưởng thụ thú ?

to lower somebody’s coffin into the grave ?

to throw in someone’s face ?

hất vào mặt ?

to attend to (someone) ?

to reward handsomely ?

hậu thưởng ?

to ask for someone’s impression ?

hỏi cảm tưởng ?

assail (ply) (somebody) with questions ?

to ask, inquire after someone ?

to consult, ask someone’s opinion ?

hỏi ‎ kiến ?

be deprived of something to eat, not be given to eat ?

time (when something happened), when ?

to restore someone to consciousness, wake someone up ?

hồi phục tỉnh dậy ?

to meet with someone ?

hội kiến với ai ?

steal an early march on someone and get a profit ?

to declare the birth (of something) ?

occasion, time (when something happens), when, at the time of, if ?

to carry (something heavy, by two or more people) ?

to make someone angry ?

to make something difficult ?

leave (some work) entirely to (someone), give(someone) a blank ?

khoán trắng ?

settle, see to (something) done satisfactorily ?

is somewhat long, is pretty long ?

search someone’ house ?

protest against (some resolution) ?

kháng nghị ?

handsome, good-looking ?

to not know why, to not know how; for some reason ?

không hiểu sao ?

no different from (something) ?

không khác gì ?

to not hesitate (to do something) ?

không ngần ngại ?

not (something) easy to do, no small feat ?

không phải là việc dễ làm ?

to be unable to do something, cannot do ?

không tài nào ?

not worth killing someone over ?

không đáng để giết người ?

unable (to do something) ?

không đủ sức ?

implore somebody’s forgiveness ?

to blow (something) out (of one’s nose) ?

to avoid, abstain (from something) ?

to call someone’s name ?

to call someone (to come) ?

hey (getting someone’s attention); before the day before yesterday, before the year before last year; over there, within sight ?

acknowledge receipt (of something) by signing one’s name ?

in order to avoid doing something ?

take over someone’s job, replace somebody, succeed someone ?

to form a league with somebody, gang up ?

kết bè kết đảng ?

to kill, end someone’s life ?

kết thúc đờ ?

to consider, regard, view (something as something) ?

tell of someone’s mistakes, expose someone’s mistakes ?

from the day (something happened) ?

kể từ ngay ?

since (something happened) ?

kể từ sau ?

leave somebody alone, so much the worse for ?

to pray (for something) ?

to celebrate, commemorate the 52nd anniversary (of something) ?

kỷ niệm 52 năm ?

toilsome and sad ?

worrisome, troubled ?

to lick somebody’s ass ?

to list some points ?

liệt kê những điểm ?

to do something in a hurry ?

to remove someone’s a name from a list ?

loại tên ai ra khỏi danh sách ?

very busy with something, knee-deep in something, up to one’s ?

data, facts (used to substantiate some theory), theoretical ?

luận chứng ?

to bring an accusation against somebody ?

to be a comfort to someone ?

là nguồn an ủi của người nào ?

to do, work, make, function as, serve; to cause something to happen ?

to make a puppet (out of someone) ?

làm bù nhìn ?

to make someone unhappy, discontent ?

làm bất mãn ?

conceited, stuck up; to consider something beneath one’s dignity ?

to make everyone believe (something that isn’t true) ?

làm cho mọi người lầm tưởng ?

to increase someone’s prestige ?

làm cho uy tín của ai lên cao ?

to do something ?

làm chuyện gì đó ?

to frighten someone ?

to reduce someone’s authority ?

làm giảm quyền hành ?

to give someone a hard time ?

to do something twice (because it wasn’t finished the first time) ?

làm hai thì ?

to be rude (toward someone) ?

to make (someone) unhappy or miserable, torment ?

run the risk (of doing something), run risks ?

become someone’s concubine ?

to do something right away ?

to do something at once ?

làm ngay sốt sột ?

to make someone a little dizzy ?

làm người hơi choáng váng ?

to put someone at ease ?

làm người nào an lòng ?

to make someone dizzy ?

làm người nào chóng mặt ?

to do (something) perfunctorily for the sake of getting it done ?

làm nhuế nhóa cho xong chuyện ?

to do (something) by halves ?

làm nhăng nhít cho qua ?

to do (something) by halves ?

làm nửa vời ?

to bankrupt (someone or something) ?

làm phá sản ?

to complicate, make (something) more complicated, create (additional) complications ?

làm phức tạp thêm ?

to make someone’s acquaintance ?

làm quen với ai ?

somehow, somewhat, in a way ?

làm sao đó ?

to make (something from the past) come alive again, revitalize, reincarnate, reanimate, bring back to life ?

làm sống lại ?

to round something up or down ?

làm tròn số ?

to make someone speechless ?

làm á khẩu ?

be engaged with something, in case of need, should the ?

to be cold with someone ?

lãnh đạm với người nào ?

to give somebody money under the table ?

cumbersome, complicated, burdensome, untidy, unkempt ?

to postpone something until Tuesday ?

lùi lại tới ngày thứ ba ?

when one has a chance, the opportunity (to do something) ?

lúc đắc thời ?

splutter, splutter, mumble, be full of (some-thing) ?

receive somebody’s instruction ?

fulfill an order, obey somebody’s wish ?

(1) again; against, over again, back towards; resume, re-
(2) to come, reach, get to
(3) (indicates something is contrary to expectations) ?

crunch, crushing sound (made by walking or driving on something) ?

fall on one’s knees and give thanks to somebody ?

try to win someone’s heart ?

bulky, cumbersome, unwieldy ?

lềnh kềnh ?

gift, present, make a gift of something, present something ?

(carry something) with difficulty (because it is heavy) ?

cumbersome, cumbrous ?

lồng cồng ?

roadmap, plan (for doing something) ?

to strip (off someone’s clothes) ?

lội truồn ?

to unmark someone ?

lột mặt nạ của người nào ?

to pull off someone’s shirt ?

secret, something said in confidence ?

lời tâm sự ?

apply oneself strenuously to (some work) ?

to owe somebody a debt of gratitude, be in somebody’s debt ?

to go along something, skirt ?

to dismiss somebody from his duties, remove somebody from office ?

miễn nhiệm ?

to rummage, forage; expose (someone’s defects), run down ?

hope, hope for something ?

save face, pay due consideration to (someone’s) face ?

to buy something on credit, buy and pay in installments ?

mua trả góp ?

brazenly entreat (someone for something) ?

to want that, want something (done a certain way) ?

muốn như vậy ?

if you want to say something, say it ?

muốn nói gì thì nói ?

to want something to be like ?

to give somebody a hint or tip ?

mách nước ?

passion (fro something), enthusiasm (for) ?

be unconscious; go mad (on something), be infatuated (with something) ?

to touch, interfere with something ?

link; to establish contacts, get in touch with somebody ?

to take something out of one’s pocket ?

to make an attempt (on someone’s life), attempted assassination ?

to see to (something), make careful arrangements for ?

absorbed (in a task), engrossed (in something) ?

to be absorbed, engrossed (in something) ?

wasted effort; to waste effort on something ?

to lose sight of somebody, leave no trace, disappear ?

to lose one’s health, lose strength, lose one’s ability (to do something) ?

to lose someone’s respect ?

mất sự kính trọng ?

how much, how many, what, how?; several, some, a few; and, with ?

germ, seed, cause (of something bad) ?

to heap insults on somebody, scold and curse, vituperate ?

mắng chửi ?

to heap insults on somebody, vituperate ?

mắng nhiếc ?

to allow (someone to do something) ?

slip, hit on someone’s ear ?

một bạt tai ?

a surprise, something unexpected ?

một bất ngờ ?

a thing, an issue, something ?

một chuyện ?

for a time, for some time ?

a day after (something) ?

một ngày sau khi ?

one of several, one of many, some; one of these ?

một trong những ?

something which, something that ?

một việc mà ?

to put words into somebody’s mouth, prime somebody about what to say ?

to invite someone to a ball ?

mời đến khiêu vũ ?

to make the first purchase in the day (of something) from someone ?

to give a banquet in honor of somebody, throw a party ?

mở tiệc chiêu đãi ?

initiate, pave the way for, open the road (to something) ?

mở đường ?

to open the door to (something), allow (something), make way for (something) ?

mở đường cho ?

express New Year’s Day wishes (to someone for being a year older) ?

mừng tuổi ?

(do something) in one’s own sweet time (way) ?

to be all Greek to someone ?

nghe như vịt nghe sấm ?

listen and obey, obey, take (somebody’s) advice ?

to suspect someone of a crime ?

nghi người nào phạm tội ?

be reluctant (to do something) because still in doubt ?

welcome something new, receive visitors ?

welcome something new, receive visitors ?

nghinh tống ?

to grind something to dust ?

nghiền vật gì thành bột ?

to think of something, have an idea ?

nghĩ ra một chuyện ?

to think up something else, come up with another idea ?

nghĩ ra một chuyện khác ?

to crane one’s neck to see something ?

nghển cổ nhìn ?

mischievous, play pranks (on somebody) ?

nghịch tinh ?

to get something out of a small hole ?

to scribble, scrawl; to do something hastily or in haste or hurriedly ?

nguệch ngoạc ?

compose and recite a poem extempore (under the inspiration or some feeling) ?

fall on one’s back-be taken aback by something which comes as a ?

scrape round (in something hollow) ?

to ignore someone’s minor mistakes ?

ngơ những khuyết điểm nhẹ cho ai ?

refugee, someone displaced from their home ?

người ly tán ?

back (where something came from) ?

ngược trở ?

give (someone) a black look ?

ngấm nguýt ?

tell on (somebody) ?

to interpose, interrupt, slap somebody down, butt in on somebody, cut somebody short ?

to interrupt someone; to pick, pluck, pinch off ?

ngắt lời người nào ?

to express one’s thanks (to someone) ?

ngỏ lời cảm tạ ?

to spend the night at somebody’s house ?

shock the eyes, feel uneasy at seeing something shocking the eyes ?

shock the ears, feel uncomfortable at hearing something shocking the ears ?

feel the urge of doing something ?

suck and dangle (sweet) in front of (somebody) ?

make ironical remarks about (someone) ?

humiliate (someone) with remarks on his defects ?

make loops, make somersaults ?

mythological figure, someone larger than life ?

nhân vật thần thoại ?

fighter, person fighting for something ?

nhân vật tranh đấu ?

(of children) troublesome, importunate ?

to be packed, crammed full of something ?

to see through somebody ?

nhìn thấu tâm can ai ?

to stare at someone ?

nhìn trừng trừng ?

somewhat sour, sourish, somewhat acidic ?

to dip something in a liquid ?

nhúng vật gì vào nước ?

sully, smear (someone’s) name ?

to be very close to somebody, be very intimate with somebody ?

như chân với tay ?

to be at daggers drawn with somebody ?

như chông như mác ?

always on bad terms with somebody ?

như chị dâu em chồng ?

but (rather, as opposed to something previously said) ?

give way (to somebody) ?

nhường bước ?

to dance with someone ?

nhảy với người nào ?

to see something strange ?

nhận thấy một chuyện lạ ?

to claim something that is not one’s own ?

to judge (of) someone ?

nhận xét về ai ?

to comment on something ?

nhận xét về cái gì ?

in somebody’s house ?

to recall someone to his duty ?

nhắc ai đến nhiệm vụ của mình ?

to aim a gun at someone ?

nhắm bắn người nào ?

make light of (some) feeling ?

to endure, go without, suppress, abstain, refrain (from doing something) ?

to stuff (someone with something) ?

to spit in (someone’s) face ?

nhổ vào mặt ai ?

noisy, troublesome; to bustle, be disturbed ?

have a fond remembrance (of someone, of some place) ?

to recall something ?

nhớ ra điều gì ?

remember (something) all one’s life ?

depend on someone for ?

to depend on (somebody) for help, resort to ?

(pluralizer); several, various; to be only; certain number of, some; as much as, as many as ?

any, those (people) who (do something, are something) ?

feelings (about something) ?

những cảm xúc ?

several years before, prior (to something) ?

những năm trước đó ?

not bold enough, somewhat chicken-hearted, be a chicken ?

to heat (something) to the melting-point ?

nung cho nóng chảy ra ?

to swallow something up or whole ?

nuốt trộng ?

to raise one’s glass to someone’s health ?

nâng cốc chúc ai ?

to squeeze money from somebody ?

nã tiền ai ?

to drag someone into doing something ?

nèo ai làm việc gì ?

to throw (something) at someone’s head ?

ném vào đầu ?

to name names, mention somebody or something by name ?

to grab at someone, pull ?

níu lấy người nào ?

to put obstacles in somebody’s way, obstruct, impede somebody’s progress ?

to joke, say something jokingly ?

to say something ?

to put in a good word (with influential people, for someone) ?

to say something, say anything ?

nói một câu ?

to say sweet nothings to someone ?

nói ngọt với người nào ?

speak (with somebody) in private, have a word in sb’s ear; in particular ?

to say something ?

nói thêm một câu ?

to speak some consoling words for form’s sake ?

nói vuốt đuôi ?

refer indirectly (of something), allude (to something) ?

to say something over and over again ?

nói đi nói lại ?

hot, burning, anxious (to do something), hot-tempered, quick-tempered ?

to burn with anger and desire to beat (someone) ?

nóng mắt muốn đánh ?

to hide or shelter behind somebody, be protected by somebody ?

depend on (somebody) for help ?

nương cậy ?

fire (as something destructive) ?

to stay under someone’s protection ?

to seize somebody by the collar ?

to grab someone’s hair ?

to be in someone’s domain ?

nằm trong phạm vi ?

to make up a story and slander someone ?

nặn chuyện để vu cáo người ?

like a millstone round someone’s neck ?

nặng như đá đeo ?

to owe heavy debts, take on too many debts, be heavily indebted to somebody ?

if one cannot, if something is not possible ?

nếu không được ?

spare (somebody’s feelings) ?

have a high regard for (somebody’s words, recommendations) ?

toady (to somebody) ?

to follow in somebody’s footsteps ?

nối bước ?

to follow someone, tread in sb’s footsteps ?

take over the floor (from someone) ?

to hand in a request, give up, hand over, submit an application, register one’s name (for something) ?

decrease somewhat in price ?

have the heart to do something ?

mimic someone's voice ?

adventuresome, wander, drift ?

to be bothersome, cumbersome; to complain, complaint ?

confer a title (on somebody) ?

phong tước ?

grant (somebody, something, something to somebody) ?

get wind (of something) ?

to use one’s influence with someone ?

phát huy ảnh hưởng (của mình) đối với ai ?

be vexed or annoyed (by somebody) ?

phát phiền ?

to condole with (someone) ?

wearisome, tiresome ?

the wrong side (of something) ?

to set fire to something, set something on fire ?

leave one’s mortal remains somewhere ?

technology (as a means of doing something) ?

phương tiện kỹ thuật ?

fine (somebody) for a common nuisance ?

phạt vi cảnh ?

fall victim to somebody's charms ?

must do (something) ?

phải làm sao ?

passive reaction (to something) ?

phản ứng thụ động ?

instructions (for doing something) ?

phần hướng dẫn ?

one’s part, share (of something) ?

in part, partly, some extent, a certain degree ?

partly (to do something), partly (to do something else) ?

phần nào ~ phần nào ?

save (food, etc.) for someone ?

toady (to somebody) ?

phỉnh nịnh ?

to ape, imitate, follow in somebody’s footsteps ?

be ungrateful (to somebody for something) ?

be transported with admiration, take one’s hat off (to somebody) ?

to wash one’s hands of something ?

disregard the favor (done by somebody) ?

to pay attention, take an interest, concern; interest (in something) ?

to accuse, label someone (as something) ?

attribute a service (to somebody), credit (somebody) with a service ?

to accuse, attribute (something to somebody or something) ?

attribute a crime (to somebody), throw the blame on ?

set one’s mind on (something), be determined to ?

(1) acting (president, etc.)
(2) authority, power
(3) right (to do something) ?

limit of someone’s power, authority, rights ?

quyền hạn ?

to be quarrelsome, get angry ?

council of national affairs, cabinet (in some countries) ?

quốc vụ viện ?

reproach somebody with something reproach bitterly ?

to kiss the dust, cringe or kowtow to somebody, fawn ?

to begin, start (to do something) ?

to master (a subject), know something well; to be clear ?

to follow in someone’s steps ?

to fall into someone’s hands ?

rơi vào tay ?

troublesome, complicated ?

to let go of (somebody, something), part with; to rest ?

to get someone’s name wrong ?

sai lầm về tên ?

send on some business ?

to send someone off on a small errand ?

place somebody’s remains in a small terra-cotta coffin ?

following; after (something happens) ?

after some initial complications ?

sau những rắc rối lúc đầu ?

to be madly in love with someone ?

compare the advantages and disadvantages (of something) ?

to fawn upon (someone) ?

to reduce the severity (of something) ?

sút giảm trầm trọng ?

subject (something) to preliminary treatment ?

to produce (something) locally ?

sản xuất tại chỗ ?

to plan, arrange (in some way) ?

there will come a day, someday ?

sẽ có một ngày nào đó ?

anxious, eager, dying (to do something), impatient ?

to await something anxiously, eagerly ?

sốt ruột mong ?

to give someone a lesson ?

to correct a fault, make something right (again), right as wrong ?

presence (of something, someone) ?

sự hiện diện ?

drunkenness, absorption (in something) ?

sự say sưa ?

one should not expect (something) ?

ta không nên trông đợi ?

to hear something with one’s own ears ?

tai nghe mắt thấy ?

to receive someone with open arms ?

tay bắt mặt mững ?

to corrupt somebody’s morals, deprave, deteriorate, degenerate ?

to imitate, copy, follow (in someone’s footsteps, someone’s example) ?

to follow someone’s example ?

theo gương ai ?

to compete, play a match against somebody, enter ?

(1) thousand
(2) partial (to), favorable, pro-(something)
(3) heaven, sky, God, heavenly, divine, celestial
(4) (classifier for articles, novels, chapters)
(5) to move, shift, change
(6) section, part, piece ?

good will, philanthropic; will (to do something) ?

to not escape someone’s eyes ?

thoát khỏi cặp mắt ?

to make somebody listen to reason ?

to challenge (someone or something); challenge ?

thách thức ?

to give free rein to somebody, give somebody his ?

to whisper in someone’s ear ?

thì thầm vào tai ?

to visit, call on (someone) ?

to promote somebody (to the post of), grant ?

thăng chức ?

to let someone out of, release someone from ?

to love somebody secret ?

thầm yêu trộm nhớ ?

some other guy, someone else ?

thằng khác ?

dope addict, someone addicted to marijuana ?

thằng nghiện cần sa ?

understand someone’s situation, feel (for) ?

from time to time, now and then, sometimes, every so often, occasionally ?

thỉnh thoảng ?

to thrust (something into something) ?

to put a spoke in somebody’s wheel ?

thọc gậy bánh xe ?

grab someone by the coat’s lapel ?

thộp ngực ?

to get out of breath, be breathless from something or from ?

wear mourning for someone ?

to wake (someone), get up, rise ?

to be well aware (of something, that) ?

thừa biết ?

to refresh oneself, go out for some fresh air ?

thừa lương ?

to be quite capable of doing something ?

to have a blind confidence in someone ?

tin một cách mù quáng ?

usurp somebody’s power ?

tiếm quyền ?

to keep company with, keep someone company ?

tiếp chuyện với ?

to release details (about something) ?

tiết lộ chi tiết ?

to make something easier to follow, understand ?

tiện việc theo dõi ?

whisper, whisper in somebody’s ears ?

tom-tom (noise of drum); to collect, gather; to arrest somebody, be in custody, be arrested ?

to contend with somebody for merits ?

to fight with somebody over power ?

tranh quyền ?

institute proceedings against someone ?

to take someone’s food ?

to return (something to someone) ?

to hang (someone) ?

in several cases, in some circumstances ?

trong những trường hợp ?

regarding, in the matter of; in (doing something) ?

to dip (something hot) into water ?

repair (parts of something) ?

corner someone ?

to commemorate, celebrate the memory of somebody ?

to hold someone responsible ?

against somebody’s will ?

to stop’s somebody’s mouth ?

trám miệng ?

wholesome, vigorous, able-bodied, hale and hearty ?

tráng kiện ?

to abstain, refrain (from doing something) ?

to avoid (someone), stay in the background ?

to quote (someone) ?

trích thuật ?

entire, whole; (to do something) by mistake, accidentally ?

to make a mistake in doing something ?

to look like (something) ?

trông giống như ?

lonesome, solitary ?

before (the day something happens) ?

trước ngày ?

to repay somebody’s favor or love ?

to retort, riposte, answer somebody back, talk ?

to show one’s gratitude towards somebody for something ?

(slang) attack and rob somebody of something, mugging ?

hide, avoid (somebody) ?

to expel someone from somewhere ?

trục xuất ra khỏi ?

to extirpate, eradicate, root something out, to ?

to punish someone for a crime ?

trừng phạt về tội ?

revenge oneself on someone ?

tuyết cừu ?

revenge oneself on someone ?

tuyết hận ?

to break off all relations with somebody, sever ?

handsome and intelligent ?

to look for an opportunity (to do something) ?

tìm cơ hội ?

to scurry here and there looking for (someone, something) ?

tìm nháo cả lên ?

to look for a way (to do something) ?

tìm phương tiện ?

to find solace in something ?

tìm sự an ủi trong việc gì ?

to follow somebody step by step ?

to respect someone’s right to privacy ?

tôn trọng quyền tiêng tư ?

news (about someone) ?

have a smattering of something ?

relativization, make something relative (to something else) ?

tương đối hóa ?

I thought it was someone else ?

to imagine that something is easy to do ?

tưởng bở ?

to believe something is true ?

tưởng thật ?

hope, desire, think of somebody ?

tưởng vọng ?

to declare one’s love to somebody ?

to denounce, inform (on someone), accuse someone of something ?

to get rid of, dispose of (somebody or something) ?

to make eyes at somebody; emotional blackmail ?

to pity, take pity on somebody ?

tội nghiệp ?

to refuse somebody’s offer of marriage, refuse somebody ?

to assume, proclaim oneself, pretend (to be someone) ?

to do something on one’s own accord; unilaterally, on one’s own ?

awesome, awe-inspiring; grandeur greatness, sublimity ?

to violate someone’s right (to something) ?

vi phạm quyền lợi ?

notable (the title for a commoner of some means in old ?

viên ngoại ?

victory, conquest (over, of something) ?

việc chinh phục ?

(the) study (of something) ?

necessity, something that has to be done ?

việc phải làm ?

be carried away by someone’s own eloquence ?

to close somebody’s eyes ?

to say or do something to please someone somebody ?

vuốt đuôi ?

to surround; around, about, surrounding (something) ?

this has caused (something to happen) ?

vì lý do gì khiến ?

not to be involved (in something) ?

to do something thoughtlessly and immediately ?

to open the eyes of somebody ?

issue relating to (something) ?

vấn đề liên quan tới ?

materials (used in something) ?

anything, something ?

to be gone, absent, without (someone) ?

to make common cause with somebody, side with somebody, to ?

to fall into the hands of somebody ?

to beat one’s breast while boasting something ?

to pat someone on the shoulder ?

with, and; to join (someone), reach for (something) ?

scoop something, up with an instrument ?

(1) to have just done something
(3) reasonable, right, suitable, fitting; to fit (clothes) ?

just enough (to do something) ?

to wed, marry, contract marriage with somebody, to ?

to judge somebody’s character from his facial features ?

to lift up with a crowbar, lever something up ?

please (do something) ?

to ask permission, leave (to do something) ?

xin được phép ?

(with) one’s arm round somebody’s waist ?

to be attached to somebody, have a strong attachment ?

to invest (in something), provide funds ?

to give somebody a telling-off or talking-to ?

to tear somebody to pieces, tear somebody limb from limb ?

to bustle or fuss or crowd or flock round somebody, surround ?

to lose face, be ashamed of somebody or something ?

to poke or stick or shove one’s finger into somebody’s face ?

to lead somebody by the nose, have somebody in one’s ?

to acquit someone (of a crime) ?

xử trắng án ?

tender, soft, weak, feeble; to feel fondness or affection for somebody ?

to do something for one’s friends ?

àm một cái gì cho bạn bè ?

(1) yoke (literally and figuratively)
(2) very full (of something), bloated
(3) adjutant
(4) to come to a standstill, stop (completely)
(5) calamity, disaster
(6) ace ?

to aid secretly, give secret help to somebody ?

to check, feel, take someone’s pulse ?

consent (to something) ?

to force someone to do something ?

ép ai làm việc gì ?

to carry something under one’s arms ?

ôm vật gì trong nách ?

to be a parasite, live at someone else’s expense ?

to live at someone else’s expense ?

to be in cahoots (with someone) ?

to obtain by seduction, talk someone into giving you sth ?

to eat someone else’s ration ?

to celebrate the anniversary of someone’s death ?

to be well fitted (for something) ?

to concern, relate to something, have to do with, be relevant ?

to live off somebody, sponge off somebody ?

to eat something underdone ?

to make mincemeat of somebody, wipe the floor with somebody ?

ăn tươi nuốt sống ?

meddlesome, behaving like a busybody ?

while eating (something happened) ?

đang lúc ăn thì ?

to go somewhere else ?

đi chỗ khác ?

to penetrate somebody’s ?

đi guốc trong bụng ?

to go against someone’s will ?

đi ngược lại ý muốn ?

to call on somebody, drop in on somebody, visit ?

to see someone off ?

to be in somebody’s service or employ, go into somebody’s service ?

pay a visit of condolence (to some bereaved family) ?

this something very unusual for me ?

điều này đối với tôi rất mới lạ ?

something that should be, something that deserves to be ?

điều đáng ?

the more worrisome thing is ?

điều đáng ngại hơn là ?

to appoint (somebody) to a post; to maneuver, move ?

điều động ?

to deign, condescend, take notice of something ?

to make a right guess at someone’s ulterior motive ?

đoán trúng mom ?

to part company with somebody, finish with somebody ?

đoạn tình ?

to snatch, take, wrest from someone’s hands ?

đoạt khỏi tay ?

to vie with somebody in skill, try to outdo somebody in ?

to have no choice (but to do something), resign oneself to do sth ?

to resign oneself (to do something) ?

đành chịu ?

to dig, excavate, turn over (earth); to call somebody names, curse and swear ?

to kick somebody upstairs ?

đá hất lên ?

troublesome, worrisome, disturbing ?

đáng lo ngại ?

to make friends with someone ?

đánh bạn với ai ?

to beat somebody to death, strike somebody dead ?

đánh chết ?

to value something highly, hold something in high regard ?

đánh giá cao ?

to judge something’s true value ?

đánh giá xác thực ?

to consider the right time for doing something ?

knock (somebody) down ?

to flog someone within an inch of his life ?

đánh nhừ tử ?

đánh trức ?

stab someone’s throat ?

someplace, somewhere ?

to catch somebody early ?

anticipate someone’s whishes ?

meet (someone when he arrives) and see him off (when he leaves) ?

wait (for someone) in front (to stop his advance) ?

the correct way, right way (of doing something) ?

at the precise moment that (something happened) ?

đúng vào lúc mà ?

to take, give, conduct, lead, bring (something or someone) ?

to take someone (to a place) ?

to attend (someone’s) funeral ?

to be asked about (something) ?

được hỏi về ?

generally the same except for some small ?

đại đồng tiểu dị ?

to duel with somebody, exchange shots with somebody; gunfight, duel ?

measure wits (with someone, with one another) ?

since (the time something happened) ?

đầu tiên kể từ khi ?

to have the opportunity (to do something) ?

đắc thời ?

to send on a special mission, send somebody as a special envoy ?

grant (someone) a special reprieve, give someone amnesty ?

anticipate (someone’s thoughts) ?

to place an order (to buy something) ?

to set a condition (for something) ?

đặt một điêu kiện ?

to place, put in someone’s hands ?

đặt trong tay người nào ?

to repay somebody for his favor, to ?

đền ơn đáp nghĩa ?

(1) in order to, so, so that; to allow, permit; to put, place, let (someone do something) ?

to have (something) in one’s mind ?

leave (money or property) to somebody ?

make it another time, some other time (declining an invitation) ?

để khi khác ?

to put by someone’s share, save a portion (of something) ?

to make something clearer, clarify ?

để rõ ràng hơn ?

to set aside, allow oneself time (to do something) ?

để thời giờ ?

to pay attention to sth, notice something ?

để ý một điều ?

to intend (to do something) ?

định bụng ?

to read over someone’s shoulder ?

to read someone’s thoughts ?

đọc tư tưởng ?

to treat someone unjustly ?

đối xử bất công với một người ?

to be placed equal with somebody, tie with somebody ?

đồng hạng ?

coworker, colleague, someone in the same profession ?

đồng nghiệp ?

shift the blame for one’s action on someone else ?

to shift responsibility onto somebody ?

implicate (someone) rashly in one’s offence ?

help (somebody) stand up (sit up) ?

anyone, someone ?

to stand behind someone ?

đứng sau lưng ?

sound someone out ?

sound somebody out, ask tentatively ?

warm and cold, how someone is doing ?

somewhere, in some place ?

ở một chỗ nào đó ?

on the wrong side (of something) ?

ở phía trái ?

to board at someone's house ?

ở trọ nhà ai ?

do something in a familiar way ?

to confide or entrust a task to somebody ?

reproach someone with something ?