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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
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to concentrate, centralize, gather, focus, mass (up); concentration ☊ tập trung ☊
重点 → ☊ zhong4dian3 important point; main point; focus; key (project etc); to focus on; to put the emphasis on ☊ Tập trung ☊
集中 → ☊ ji2zhong1 to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together ☊ Tập trung ☊
焦点 → ☊ jiao1dian3 focus; focal point ☊ Tập trung ☊
浓 → ☊ nong2 concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc) ☊ Tập trung ☊
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OXF3000: tập trung concentrate
OXF3000N sự nhắm (bắn) mục tiêu ý định nhắm tập trung hướng vào aim
OXF3000N sưu tập tập trung lại collect
OXF3000N tập trung concentrate
OXF3000N sự tập trung nơi tập trung concentration
OXF3000N tập trung trung tâm trọng tâm focus
OXF3000D: tập trung concentrate anreicherna
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like: Tập trung → →
The article concentrates on the human angle (= the part that concerns people's emotions) of the story. ☊ angle ☊
She has been concentrating on her career. ☊ career ☊
concentrate (on sth/on doing sth): I can't concentrate with all that noise going on. ☊ concentrate ☊
concentrate sth: Nothing concentrates the mind better than the knowledge that you could die tomorrow (= it makes you think very clearly). ☊ concentrate ☊
concentrate sth (on sth/on doing sth): I decided to concentrate all my efforts on finding somewhere to live. ☊ concentrate ☊
In this lecture I shall concentrate on the early years of Charles's reign. ☊ concentrate on sth ☊
She gave up German in order to concentrate on her French. ☊ concentrate on sth ☊
This book requires a great deal of concentration. ☊ concentration ☊
Tiredness affects your powers of concentration. ☊ concentration ☊
That guitar's been sitting gathering dust (= not being used) for years now. ☊ dust ☊
The £500 million programme is centred around energy efficiency and renewable power sources. ☊ energy ☊
They gathered soldiers to fight the invading army. ☊ fight ☊
focus (on/upon sb/sth): The discussion focused on three main problems. ☊ focus ☊
Each exercise focuses on a different grammar point. ☊ focus ☊
focus sth (on/upon sb/sth): The visit helped to focus world attention on the plight of the refugees. ☊ focus ☊
It took a few moments for her eyes to focus in the dark. ☊ focus ☊
focus on sb/sth: Let your eyes focus on objects that are further away from you. ☊ focus ☊
In this scene, the camera focuses on the actor's face. ☊ focus ☊
focus sth (on sb/sth): He focused his blue eyes on her. ☊ focus ☊
I quickly focused the camera on the children. ☊ focus ☊
focus for sth: His comments provided a focus for debate. ☊ focus ☊
focus on sth: We shall maintain our focus on the needs of the customer. ☊ focus ☊
The incident brought the problem of violence in schools into sharp focus. ☊ focus ☊
What we need now is a change of focus (= to look at things in a different way). ☊ focus ☊
The children's faces are badly out of focus (= not clearly shown) in the photograph. ☊ focus ☊
The binoculars were not in focus (= were not showing things clearly). ☊ focus ☊
The whole family gathered together at Ray's home. ☊ gather ☊
be gathered + adv.prep.: They were all gathered round the TV. ☊ gather ☊
He was feeling bad. He went to work, however, and tried to concentrate. ☊ however ☊
The report focuses on some of the more immediate problems facing us. ☊ immediate ☊
Rumours of corruption and scandal gathered pace (= increased in number). ☊ pace ☊
pack sth (with sth): Fans packed the hall to see the band. ☊ pack ☊
Great emphasis is placed on education. ☊ place ☊
The drug may affect your powers of concentration. ☊ power ☊
I couldn't concentrate, presumably because I was so tired. ☊ presumably ☊
Don't put me off when I'm trying to concentrate. ☊ put sb off ☊
He set about raising an army. ☊ raise ☊
I found it a strain having to concentrate for so long. ☊ strain ☊
This view has recently gathered strength (= become stronger or more widely held). ☊ strength ☊
The debate is centred around two conflicting theories. ☊ theory ☊
He is leaving the band to concentrate on his writing. ☊ writing ☊