gần (mqh) thân thiết chặt chẽ đóng khép kết thúc 
close like: kết thúc → →
Als das Orchester sein Stück beendet, warten alle gespannt auf die nächste Überraschung. ☊ 
Khi dàn nhạc kết thúc, tất cả hồi hộp chờ đợi vào sự ngạc nhiên tiếp theo. ☊ (Lektion 79, Nr. 1124) Während des Praktikums habe ich gelernt meine Arbeit gut zu strukturieren und selbständig zu Ende zu bringen. ☊ Trong khóa thực tập tôi đã học được cách tổ chức công việc hiệu quả và tự kết thúc công việc độc lập. ☊ (Lektion 107, Nr. 1879) Ich möchte auf den erfolgreichen Abschluss dieses Projektes anstoßen. ☊ Tôi muốn nâng cốc cho việc kết thúc thành công dự án này. ☊ (Lektion 124, Nr. 2453) I'm afraid that it's not finished yet. ☊ I'm afraid ☊
'Finished?' 'No, I've got another three questions to do.' ☊ another ☊
Where does Europe end and Asia begin? ☊ begin ☊
to bring a meeting to an end ☊ bring ☊
change sth: At half-time the teams change ends. ☊ change ☊
The meeting will close at 10.00 p.m. ☊ close ☊
It was a very close finish. ☊ close ☊
a coach station (= where coaches start and end their journey) ☊ coach ☊
At last winter came to an end. ☊ come ☊
Everything will come right in the end. ☊ come ☊
commit sb/yourself to do sth: Both sides committed themselves to settle the dispute peacefully. ☊ commit ☊
conclude with sth: The programme concluded with Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'. ☊ conclude ☊
Price controls on food were ended. ☊ control ☊
They crossed the finishing line together (= in a race). ☊ cross ☊
There was tremendous applause when the curtain came down (= the play ended). ☊ curtain ☊
The curtain has fallen on her long and distinguished career (= her career has ended). ☊ curtain ☊
It's time to face the final curtain (= the end; death). ☊ curtain ☊
It was the end of all my hopes and dreams. ☊ dream ☊
I can easily finish it tonight. ☊ easily ☊
the end of all his dreams ☊ end ☊
The meeting came to an end (= finished). ☊ end ☊
The war was finally at an end. ☊ end ☊
The coup brought his corrupt regime to an end. ☊ end ☊
There's no end in sight to the present crisis. ☊ end ☊
This latest attack could spell the end of the peace process. ☊ end ☊
That was by no means the end of the matter. ☊ end ☊
Tie the ends of the string together. ☊ end ☊
It's the end of an era. ☊ end ☊
The word I'm thinking of ends in '-ous'. ☊ end in sth ☊
Their long struggle ended in failure. ☊ end in sth ☊
The debate ended in uproar. ☊ end in sth ☊
end doing sth: I ended up doing all the work myself. ☊ end up ☊
The movie has a car chase to end all car chases. ☊ a/the sth to end all sths ☊
He ended his days in poverty. ☊ end your days/life (in sth) ☊
His stories usually have a happy ending. ☊ ending ☊
the anniversary of the ending of the Pacific War ☊ ending ☊
It was the perfect ending to the perfect day. ☊ ending ☊
a masculine/feminine ending ☊ ending ☊
One in every three marriages ends in divorce. ☊ every ☊
The chapter concludes with a brief examination of some of the factors causing family break-up. ☊ examination ☊
All my efforts ended in failure. ☊ failure ☊
For Liverpool fans, it was a night to remember both on and off the field (= the match was good and so were the celebrations afterwards). ☊ field ☊
He finished fifth in the race. ☊ fifth ☊
I thought you'd never finish! ☊ finish ☊
+ speech: 'And that was all,' she finished. ☊ finish ☊
The play finished at 10.30. ☊ finish ☊
finish with sth: The symphony finishes with a flourish. ☊ finish ☊
We might as well finish up the cake. ☊ finish ☊
The dollar finished the day slightly down. ☊ finish ☊
a dramatic finish to the race ☊ finish ☊
It was a close finish, as they had predicted. ☊ finish ☊
They won in the end but it was a tight finish. ☊ finish ☊
I want to see the job through to the finish. ☊ finish ☊
finished with sb/sth: I'm not finished with you yet. ☊ finished ☊
Their marriage was finished. ☊ finished ☊
She was glad when the meeting was over. ☊ glad ☊
The whistle went for the end of the game. ☊ go ☊
And they all lived happily ever after (= used as the end of a fairy tale ). ☊ happily ☊
The story has a happy ending. ☊ happy ☊
'When will the job be finished?' 'It's hard to say.' (= it is difficult to be certain) ☊ hard ☊
Times were hard at the end of the war. ☊ hard ☊
This war has got to end soon. ☊ have to ☊
I always end up having an argument with her, I don't know why, I just can't help it. ☊ sb can (not) help (doing) sth, sb can not help but do sth ☊
As a matter of interest (= I'd like to know), what time did the party finish? ☊ interest ☊
She's never had a steady job (= a job that is not going to end suddenly). ☊ job ☊
They finished in joint first place. ☊ joint ☊
The new rules could mean the end of football as we know it (= in the form that we are familiar with). ☊ know ☊
last (out): Will the coffee last out till next week? ☊ last ☊
On a lighter note, we end the news today with a story about a duck called Quackers. ☊ light ☊
Little did I know that this spelled the end of my career. ☊ little ☊
With a bit of luck, we'll finish on time. ☊ luck ☊
a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the war ☊ mark ☊
All of her children's marriages ended in divorce. ☊ marriage ☊
I like a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. ☊ middle ☊
I just have to finish this—I won't be a minute. ☊ minute ☊
'Do we have to finish this today?' 'Yes, you must.' ☊ must ☊
I can't wait for this nonsense to end so that we can all be friends again. ☊ nonsense ☊
The wedding is off. ☊ off ☊
At the end of the lease, the land will be returned to the original owner. ☊ original ☊
We're committed to the project. We wouldn't be here otherwise. ☊ otherwise ☊
By the time we arrived the meeting was over. ☊ over ☊
Thank goodness that's over! ☊ over ☊
I was glad when it was over and done with. ☊ over ☊
You'll just have to be patient and wait till I'm finished. ☊ patient ☊
The report ended on a positive note. ☊ positive ☊
promise yourself sth: I've promised myself some fun when the exams are over. ☊ promise ☊
She put the phone down on me (= ended the call before I had finished speaking). ☊ put sth down ☊
At the rate you work, you'll never finish! ☊ rate ☊
the President's passing reference to (= brief mention of) the end of the war ☊ reference ☊
He will remain (as) manager of the club until the end of his contract. ☊ remain ☊
+ adv./prep.: Don't rush off, I haven't finished. ☊ rush ☊
'When will it be finished?' 'I couldn't say (= I don't know).' ☊ say ☊
Italy scored a second goal just after half-time. ☊ second ☊
a paint that gives a smooth, silky finish ☊ smooth ☊
'We should finish by tomorrow.' 'That's something (= a good thing), anyway.' ☊ something ☊
All too soon the party was over. ☊ soon ☊
Leaving him out of the team may sound the death knell for our chances of winning (= signal the end of our chances). ☊ sound ☊
We ended up staying for lunch. ☊ stay ☊
I'm sorry my assignment isn't finished. The thing is, I've had a lot of other work this week. ☊ the thing is ☊
Don't tell me how it ends—I haven't read it all the way through yet. ☊ through ☊
By the time you get there the meeting will be over. ☊ time ☊
I have some paperwork to finish up. ☊ up ☊
Some products can be recycled at the end of their useful life. ☊ useful ☊
I'll wait outside until the meeting's over. ☊ wait ☊
I enjoyed the movie but I thought the ending was very weak. ☊ weak ☊
Well, thank goodness that's over! ☊ well ☊
At worst this may mean the end of her playing career. ☊ at (the) worst ☊