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The motorbike accident broke his right arm. ☊ Tai nạn xe máy đã làm gãy cánh tay phải của anh ấy. ☊ Medical
I worked. Tôi đã làm việc. * 085
I worked all day long. Tôi đã làm việc suốt cả ngày. * 085
How much did you work? Bạn đã làm việc bao nhiêu rồi? * 087
Where did you work? Bạn đã làm việc ở đâu? * 087
like: đã làm → →
the Polish president became a puppet of Russia ☊ Tổng Thống Ba Lan đã làm bù nhìn chi Ngã ☊
the news upset the people ☊ tin đã làm cho dân chúng phẫn nộ ☊
das Fertiggericht ☊ đồ ăn liền, đồ ăn đã làm sẵn ☊ ☊
Es ist eine Schande, dass er deine Schwester so unglücklich gemacht hat. ☊ Đó là một sự hổ thẹn, rằng anh ta đã làm chị gái em bất hạnh như thế. ☊ (Lektion 61, Nr. 867)
Ich habe die letzten drei Jahre für ein Unternehmen in Peking gearbeitet. ☊ Tôi đã làm việc cho một công ty tại Bắc Kinh trong ba năm vừa qua. ☊ (Lektion 94, Nr. 1432)
Ich arbeite schon zehn Jahre für diese Firma. ☊ Tôi đã làm việc tại công ty này được mười năm. ☊ (Lektion 94, Nr. 1435)
Ich habe vier Jahre im Ausland gearbeitet. ☊ Tôi đã làm việc bốn năm ở nước ngoài. ☊ (Lektion 105, Nr. 1813)
Ich habe ein Jahr lang Wehrdienst geleistet. ☊ Tôi đã làm một năm nghĩa vụ quân sự. ☊ (Lektion 106, Nr. 1844)
Meinen Zivildienst habe ich in einem Altenheim gemacht. ☊ Tôi đã làm nghĩa vụ dân sự ở một nhà dưỡng lão. ☊ (Lektion 106, Nr. 1845)
Ich habe vier Jahre für eine Firma in China gearbeitet. ☊ Tôi đã làm việc bốn năm cho một công ty ở Trung Quốc. ☊ (Lektion 107, Nr. 1877)
Ich habe Ihr Unternehmen auf einer Messe kennengelernt und bin seither sehr daran interessiert für Sie zu arbeiten. ☊ Tôi đã làm quen với công ty của ông / bà ở một hội chợ triển lãm và từ đó tôi rất quan tâm được làm việc cho công ty. ☊ (Lektion 108, Nr. 1954)
acknowledge that...: I did not acknowledge that he had done anything wrong. ☊ acknowledge ☊
advance sth: This research has done much to advance our understanding of language learning. ☊ advance ☊
So you made it after all! ☊ after all ☊
We've got a lot of hard work ahead. ☊ ahead ☊
'What have you done?' Ellie cried in alarm. ☊ alarm ☊
He's worked hard all year. ☊ all ☊
I cooked lunch. And I made a cake. (= you are emphasizing how much you have done) ☊ and ☊
The question clearly angered him. ☊ anger ☊
She works in a bank. She did when I last saw her, anyway. ☊ anyway ☊
They did as I had asked. ☊ as ☊
ashamed to be sth: The football riots made me ashamed to be English. ☊ ashamed ☊
assure sb (that)...: You think I did it deliberately, but I assure you (that) I did not. ☊ assure ☊
attempt at sth/at doing sth: The couple made an unsuccessful attempt at a compromise. ☊ attempt ☊
I did badly (= was not successful) in my exams. ☊ badly ☊
The kids took the dog's death very badly (= they were very unhappy). ☊ badly ☊
Where were they made? ☊ be ☊
What have you been doing this week? ☊ be ☊
beat sb why, how, etc...: It beats me (= I don't know) why he did it. ☊ beat ☊
I did it because he told me to. ☊ because ☊
She's been working there since the beginning of last summer. ☊ beginning ☊
The incident has shaken my belief (= made me have less confidence) in the police. ☊ belief ☊
I did it for a bet (= because sb had agreed to pay me money if I did). ☊ bet ☊
You've done so much work—you're bound to pass the exam. ☊ bound ☊
I did it by mistake. ☊ by ☊
What made you decide on a career as a vet? ☊ career ☊
catch yourself doing sth: She caught herself wondering whether she had made a mistake. ☊ catch ☊
The service was a celebration of his life (= praised what he had done in his life). ☊ celebration ☊
Rick hasn't changed. He looks exactly the same as he did at school. ☊ change ☊
it is claimed that...: It was claimed that some doctors were working 80 hours a week. ☊ claim ☊
I made the classic mistake of clapping in a pause in the music! ☊ classic ☊
Have you cleaned your teeth? ☊ clean ☊
I hope I made it clear to him that he was no longer welcome here. ☊ clear ☊
clear sth/sb: I had cleared my desk before I left. ☊ clear ☊
The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees. ☊ confidence ☊
Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion. ☊ confusion ☊
She was in continuous employment until the age of sixty-five. ☊ continuous ☊
The coach made the team work hard on ball control (= in a ball game). ☊ control ☊
They issued a statement correcting the one they had made earlier. ☊ correct ☊
'I did all I could to help.' 'Of course,' he murmured gently. ☊ of course ☊
The first distant crash of thunder shook the air. ☊ crash ☊
We did all the work and she gets all the credit! ☊ credit ☊
The fire badly damaged the town hall. ☊ damage ☊
We did a deal with the management on overtime. ☊ deal ☊
The decorative touches have made this house a warm and welcoming home. ☊ decorative ☊
describe how, what, etc...: Describe how you did it. ☊ describe ☊
desperate (for sth): He was so desperate for a job he would have done anything. ☊ desperate ☊
The movie had disappointed her (= it wasn't as good as she had expected). ☊ disappoint ☊
Only the cry of seabirds disturbed the silence. ☊ disturb ☊
She did a year at college, but then dropped out. ☊ do ☊
He did six years (= in prison) for armed robbery. ☊ do ☊
What did she do for a living? ☊ do ☊
She did well out of (= made a big profit from) the deal. ☊ do ☊
What have you done to your hair? ☊ do ☊
What have you done with (= where have you put) my umbrella? ☊ do sth with sb/sth ☊
What have you been doing with yourselves (= how have you been passing the time)? ☊ do sth with sb/sth ☊
do doing sth: I could have done without being (= I wish I had not been) woken up at three in the morning. ☊ do without (sb/sth) ☊
He plays better than he did a year ago. ☊ do ☊
'Who won?' 'I did.' ☊ do ☊
He's made some great movies. There's no doubt about it. ☊ no doubt ☊
Have you got me down for the trip? ☊ down ☊
I've made a rough draft of the letter. ☊ draft ☊
I cleaned off the earth clinging to my boots. ☊ earth ☊
Her criticisms had the effect of discouraging him completely. ☊ effect ☊
A lot of effort has gone into making this event a success. ☊ effort ☊
employ sb as sth: For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter. ☊ employ ☊
He emptied his glass and asked for a refill. ☊ empty ☊
She emptied her mind of all thoughts of home. ☊ empty ☊
After just one day, she had already made an enemy of her manager. ☊ enemy ☊
Have you made enough copies? ☊ enough ☊
I made it especially for you. ☊ especially ☊
Didn't you like it?Everybody else did. ☊ everybody ☊
She did well in her exams. ☊ exam ☊
She did well on her exams. ☊ exam ☊
She felt excluded by the other girls (= they did not let her join in what they were doing). ☊ exclude ☊
They undertook to make their judgement without fear or favour. ☊ without fear or favour ☊
'How big was the bomb, if it did all that damage?' 'I don't know. Not my field' (= that is not one of the subjects I know about). ☊ field ☊
Jim has made a fine job of the garden. ☊ fine ☊
He put the finishing touches to his painting (= did the things that made it complete). ☊ finish ☊
Several youths had set fire to the police car (= had made it start burning). ☊ fire ☊
What did you do that for (= Why did you do that)? ☊ for ☊
forgive sb/yourself (for sth/for doing sth): I'll never forgive her for what she did. ☊ forgive ☊
forgive me for doing sth: Forgive me for interrupting, but I really don't agree with that. ☊ forgive ☊
I freely admit that I made a mistake. ☊ freely ☊
freeze sth: The cold weather had frozen the ground. ☊ freeze ☊
gain sb sth: Her unusual talent gained her worldwide recognition. ☊ gain ☊
As a general rule (= usually) he did what he could to be helpful. ☊ general ☊
Her parents made her life hell. ☊ hell ☊
They claim that they have nothing to hide (= there was nothing wrong or illegal about what they did). ☊ hide ☊
We've been toying with the idea of (= thinking about) getting a dog. ☊ idea ☊
'You said you'd help?' 'I did indeed—yes.' ☊ indeed ☊
They had made industrial quantities of food (= a lot). ☊ industrial ☊
She did it on her own initiative (= without anyone telling her to do it). ☊ initiative ☊
I did it with the best (of) intentions (= meaning to help), but I only succeeded in annoying them. ☊ intention ☊
The dog had hurt its paw. ☊ its ☊
She took a job as a waitress. ☊ job ☊
The report was a joint effort (= we worked on it together). ☊ joint ☊
I did it against my better judgement (= although I thought it was perhaps the wrong thing to do). ☊ judgement ☊
justify sth: Her success had justified the faith her teachers had put in her. ☊ justify ☊
I know of at least two people who did the same thing. ☊ know ☊
The doctors did all they could, but it was too late. ☊ be too late ☊
They worked late into the night to finish the report. ☊ late ☊
The bomb blast left 25 people dead. ☊ leave ☊
What did we do last lesson? ☊ lesson ☊
Let's not tell her what we did. ☊ let ☊
Don't let's tell her what we did. ☊ let ☊
No one sings the blues like she did. ☊ like ☊
You made me look a complete fool! ☊ look ☊
She would have made an excellent teacher. ☊ make ☊
make sb/sth + adj.: You've made my nose too big (= for example in a drawing). ☊ make ☊
The stone made a dent in the roof of the car. ☊ make ☊
The terrorists made it known that tourists would be targeted. ☊ make ☊
You made that up! ☊ make sth up ☊
I don't know how I made it through the week. ☊ make it ☊
matter (to sb) who, what, etc...: Does it really matter who did it? ☊ matter ☊
She did everything to get the two of them together, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be. ☊ mean ☊
The kids made a mess in the bathroom. ☊ mess ☊
We did about 30 miles a day on our cycling trip. ☊ mile ☊
He made his millions (= all his money) on currency deals. ☊ million ☊
I thought I saw someone I knew, but I must have been mistaken. ☊ mistaken ☊
We've worked together for years but never mixed socially. ☊ mix ☊
I had no complaints and no more (= neither) did Tom. ☊ more ☊
need (not) have done sth: You needn't have worried (= it was not necessary for you to worry, but you did) —it all turned out fine. ☊ need ☊
He's made a lot of new friends. ☊ new ☊
They were making too much noise. ☊ noise ☊
Most of the translation he did for me was complete nonsense. ☊ nonsense ☊
'What did you do at school?' 'Not a lot.' ☊ not ☊
These protests have really made the government sit up and take notice (= realize the importance of the situation). ☊ notice ☊
observe (sb/sth): I felt he was observing everything I did. ☊ observe ☊
How long has he been in office? ☊ office ☊
I've been in this job for, oh, about six years. ☊ oh ☊
I think I did OK in the exam. ☊ OK ☊
What did she have on (= what was she wearing)? ☊ on ☊
He did the work so badly that I had to do it all over again myself. ☊ (all) over again ☊
He did it on his own. ☊ (all) on your own ☊
The director paid tribute to all she had done for the charity. ☊ pay ☊
I'll pay him back for making me look like a fool in front of everyone. ☊ pay sb back (for sth) ☊
The climbers made camp halfway up the peak. ☊ peak ☊
I did it to please my parents. ☊ please ☊
'Thanks for doing that.' 'It's a pleasure.' ☊ pleasure ☊
I've got too much on at work. Plus my father is not well. ☊ plus ☊
She has made her position very clear. ☊ position ☊
The doctors did all that was humanly possible to save him. ☊ possible ☊
The barriers gave way under the pressure of the crowd. ☊ pressure ☊
I was moving some furniture and I twisted my ankle in the process (= while I was doing it). ☊ process ☊
He simply broke every single promise he ever made me. ☊ promise ☊
propose to do sth: What do you propose to do now? ☊ propose ☊
She took the job purely and simply for the money. ☊ purely ☊
He did it on purpose, knowing it would annoy her. ☊ on purpose ☊
push sb to do sth: No one pushed you to take the job, did they? ☊ push ☊
I didn't fail the exam; in fact I did rather well! ☊ rather ☊
She has not shown any real regret for what she did. ☊ real ☊
We've done well, really. ☊ really ☊
Any reasonable person would have done exactly as you did. ☊ reasonable ☊
He made us a reasonable offer for the car. ☊ reasonable ☊
I got to work in record time. ☊ record ☊
It was too late to repair the damage done to their relationship. ☊ repair ☊
The home team did well to repair a bad start. ☊ repair ☊
I did it on my own responsibility (= without being told to and being willing to take the blame if it had gone wrong). ☊ responsibility ☊
We did a similar trip to you, but in reverse. ☊ in reverse ☊
You did right to tell me about it. ☊ right ☊
save sth: She did it herself to save argument. ☊ save ☊
Thanks for doing that. You saved my life (= helped me a lot). ☊ save ☊
She did it first because she wanted to, and second because I asked her to. ☊ second ☊
The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen. ☊ series ☊
You think I did it?Be serious! (= what you suggest is ridiculous) ☊ serious ☊
shake sb up: The accident really shook her up. ☊ shake ☊
Her accusations reduced him to silence. ☊ silence ☊
They asked me to call them and I did so (= I called). ☊ so ☊
So, what have you been doing today? ☊ so ☊
The tall buildings have spoiled the view. ☊ spoil ☊
We did the first stage of the trip by train. ☊ stage ☊
start by doing sth: Let's start by reviewing what we did last week. ☊ start ☊
They worked hard to give their children a good start in life. ☊ start ☊
He promised to help us and he stuck to his word (= he did as he had promised). ☊ stick to sth ☊
We worked on pronunciation, stress and intonation. ☊ stress ☊
I did some acting in my student days. ☊ student ☊
The band did some great stuff on their first album. ☊ stuff ☊
I tried to discuss it with her but only succeeded in making her angry (= I failed and did the opposite of what I intended). ☊ succeed ☊
I made a summary report for the records. ☊ summary ☊
We did our best to keep out of the sun. ☊ sun ☊
She's cleaned all the kitchen surfaces. ☊ surface ☊
swear to do sth: She made him swear not to tell anyone. ☊ swear ☊
take sth to do sth: What did you take his comments to mean? ☊ take ☊
a thankless task (= an unpleasant one that nobody wants to do and nobody thanks you for doing) ☊ task ☊
The incident has further increased tension between the two countries. ☊ tension ☊
I'm terribly sorry—did I hurt you? ☊ terribly ☊
Thanks a lot for all you've done. ☊ thanks a lot ☊
thank you (for doing sth): Thank you very much for sending the photos. ☊ thank you ☊
That incident changed their lives. ☊ that ☊
All things considered (= considering all the difficulties or problems), she's done very well. ☊ thing ☊
Jane's worked here for some time (= for a fairly long period of time). ☊ time ☊
That walk has tired me out. ☊ tire sb/yourself out ☊
The letter reduced her to tears (= made her cry). ☊ to ☊
What have you done to your hair? ☊ to ☊
He asked her to marry him but she turned him down. ☊ turn sb/sth down ☊
She made all the usual excuses. ☊ usual ☊
The rain had washed away the footprints. ☊ wash sb/sth away ☊
I told you we should have done it my way! ☊ way ☊
The kids have totally worn me out. ☊ wear yourself/sb out ☊
Our neighbours made us welcome as soon as we arrived. ☊ welcome ☊
Well done! (= expressing admiration for what sb has done) ☊ well ☊
She took it very well (= did not react too badly), all things considered. ☊ well ☊
What did you do that for (= why did you do that)? ☊ what for? ☊
I asked him whether he had done it all himself or whether someone had helped him. ☊ whether ☊
Whether or not we're successful, we can be sure that we did our best. ☊ whether ☊
Tell me why you did it. ☊ why ☊
I know you did it—I just want to know why. ☊ why ☊
It was very wise to leave when you did. ☊ wise ☊
Several witnesses testified that there had been two gunmen. ☊ witness ☊
He promised to help and was as good as his word (= did what he promised). ☊ word ☊
My plan worked, and I got them to agree. ☊ work ☊
work at sth: I've been working at my assignment all day. ☊ work ☊
Things have worked out quite well for us. ☊ work out ☊
Is this all your own work (= did you do it without help from others)? ☊ work ☊
I didn't do it very well, but, if anything, he did it worse than I did. ☊ worse ☊
wrong that...: It is wrong that he should not be punished for what he did. ☊ wrong ☊
Where did we go wrong with those kids (= what mistakes did we make for them to behave so badly)? ☊ go wrong ☊
Have you hurt yourself? ☊ yourself ☊