bằng 
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I’ll be back immediately. 
Tôi quay trở lại ngay. * 040 But I’ll be finished soon. Nhưng mà tôi sắp xong rồi. * 067 We must go to school at once. Chúng tôi phải đến trường học ngay. * 074 We must go to work at once. Chúng tôi phải đi làm ngay. * 074 We must go to the doctor at once. Chúng ta phải đi bác sĩ ngay. * 074 like: gleich → →
gleiches ☊ như nhau ☊ 
☊ der Vergleich ☊ so sánh ☊ ☊ vergleichen mit ☊ so sánh với ☊ ☊ gleichgültig ☊ thờ ơ ☊ ☊ gleich ☊ giống ☊ ☊ zugleich ☊ cùng, đồng thời ☊ ☊ das Gleichgewicht ☊ sự cân bằng ☊ ☊ ist gleich ☊ bằng ☊ ☊ ausgleichen ☊ cân bằng tài khoản ☊ ☊ der Ausgleich ☊ sự gỡ hòa ☊ ☊ gleiches ☊ 同样的 ☊ tóngyàng de Vergleich ☊ 比较 ☊ bǐ jiào vergleichen mit ☊ 和 ... 相比 ☊ hé ..... xiāng bǐ gleichgültig ☊ 同等的 ☊ tóng děng de gleich ☊ 马上 ☊ mǎ shàng zugleich ☊ 同时 ☊ tóng shí Gleichgewicht ☊ 平衡 ☊ píng héng ist gleich ☊ 等于 ☊ děngyú ausgleichen ☊ 使 ... 均衡 ☊ shǐ ... jūnhéng Ausgleich ☊ 平局 ☊ píngjú Sie lebt in der gleichen Stadt wie Tri. ☊ Cô ấy sống cùng thành phố với Tri. ☊ (Lektion 15, Nr. 157) Wie findest du diese Wohnung im Vergleich zur ersten? ☊ Em thấy căn hộ này như thế nào so với căn hộ thứ nhất? ☊ (Lektion 43, Nr. 621) Wir sitzen gleich hinter dem Tor. ☊ Chúng ta ngồi ngay sau khung thành. ☊ (Lektion 49, Nr. 703) Gleichzeitig möchte Tri den Anbieter wechseln und einen neuen Vertrag abschließen. ☊ Trí muốn đổi nhà cung cấp mới ngay và ký một hợp đồng mới. ☊ (Lektion 59, Nr. 833) Selbstverständlich nehme ich das gleiche Netz wie du. ☊ Đương nhiên tôi lấy cái mạng điện thoại giống bạn. ☊ (Lektion 59, Nr. 836) Ich bin auch gleich fertig! ☊ Anh xong ngay đây! ☊ (Lektion 73, Nr. 1045) Stimmt, wir haben gleich festgestellt, dass wir viele gemeinsame Interessen haben. ☊ Chính xác, chúng ta khẳng định ngay rằng chúng ta có chung nhiều sở thích. ☊ (Lektion 74, Nr. 1062) Dann beginnen wir gleich mit der Suche! ☊ Vậy chúng ta bắt đầu tìm ngay thôi! ☊ (Lektion 82, Nr. 1174) Ich rufe Sie gleich zurück. ☊ Tôi sẽ gọi lại cho anh / chị ngay. ☊ (Lektion 85, Nr. 1231) Ich bin mir nicht sicher, wie ich in diesem Fall entscheiden soll. Ist etwas Vergleichbares schon einmal vorgekommen? ☊ Tôi không biết nên quyết định thế nào trong trường hợp này. Đã có một trường hợp tương tự nào xảy ra chưa? ☊ (Lektion 99, Nr. 1618) Wenn ich gleich heute bei Ihnen bestelle, bekomme ich einen Messerabatt? ☊ Nếu đặt hàng tại hội chợ hôm nay, tôi sẽ nhận được khuyến mại phải không? ☊ (Lektion 121, Nr. 2349) The two buildings were approximately equal in size. ☊ approximately ☊
Our house is just around the corner. ☊ around ☊
award sth (to sb): The judges awarded equal points to both finalists. ☊ award ☊
award (sb) sth: The judges awarded both finalists equal points. ☊ award ☊
I lost my balance and fell backwards. ☊ backwards ☊
Athletes need a good sense of balance. ☊ balance ☊
She cycled round the corner, lost her balance and fell off. ☊ balance ☊
Tourists often disturb the delicate balance of nature on the island. ☊ balance ☊
His wife's death disturbed the balance of his mind. ☊ balance ☊
balance out: The good and bad effects of any decision will usually balance out. ☊ balance ☊
balance sth (out): This year's profits will balance our previous losses. ☊ balance ☊
the steady beat of the drums ☊ beat ☊
borrow sth from sb/sth: Members can borrow up to ten books from the library at any one time. ☊ borrow ☊
The concert will be broadcast live (= at the same time as it takes place) tomorrow evening. ☊ broadcast ☊
We watched a live broadcast of the speech (= one shown at the same time as the speech was made). ☊ broadcast ☊
broadly similar/comparable/equivalent/consistent ☊ broadly ☊
There's building work going on next door. ☊ building ☊
They were both in the same line of business. ☊ business ☊
Go on ahead. I'll catch up with you. ☊ catch up (with sb) ☊
I'll catch you up. ☊ catch up (with sb) ☊
She closely resembled her mother at the same age. ☊ closely ☊
compare A and B: It is interesting to compare their situation and ours. ☊ compare ☊
compare A with/to B: We carefully compared the first report with the second. ☊ compare ☊
My own problems seem insignificant compared with other people's. ☊ compare ☊
I've had some difficulties, but they were nothing compared to yours (= they were not nearly as bad as yours). ☊ compare ☊
Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago. ☊ compare ☊
This school compares with the best in the country (= it is as good as them). ☊ compare ☊
This house doesn't compare with our previous one (= it is not as good). ☊ compare ☊
Their prices compare favourably with those of their competitors. ☊ compare ☊
Comparison with other oil-producing countries is extremely interesting. ☊ comparison ☊
I enclose the two plans for comparison. ☊ comparison ☊
The education system bears/stands no comparison with (= is not as good as) that in many Asian countries. ☊ comparison ☊
For Durkheim, comparison was the most important method of analysis in sociology. ☊ comparison ☊
comparison of A and B: a comparison of the rail systems in Britain and France ☊ comparison ☊
comparison of A with B: a comparison of men's salaries with those of women ☊ comparison ☊
comparison between A and B: comparisons between Britain and the rest of Europe ☊ comparison ☊
comparison of A to B: a comparison of the brain to a computer (= showing what is similar) ☊ comparison ☊
comparison (with sth): It is difficult to make a comparison with her previous book—they are completely different. ☊ comparison ☊
You can draw comparisons with the situation in Ireland (= say how the two situations are similar). ☊ comparison ☊
By comparison, expenditure on education increased last year. ☊ by comparison ☊
His problems seemed trivial by comparison. ☊ by comparison ☊
The second half of the game was dull by comparison with the first. ☊ by/in comparison (with sb/sth) ☊
The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers. ☊ by/in comparison (with sb/sth) ☊
concept (that...): the concept that everyone should have equality of opportunity ☊ concept ☊
It is interesting to contrast the British legal system with the American one. ☊ contrast ☊
Compare and contrast the two novels. ☊ contrast ☊
I'll be with you in a minute. There are a couple of things I have to do first. ☊ couple ☊
the delicate ecological balance of the rainforest ☊ delicate ☊
Make sure that your weight is evenly distributed. ☊ distribute ☊
He gets paid double for doing the same job I do. ☊ double ☊
There is an equal number of boys and girls in the class. ☊ equal ☊
two pieces of wood equal in length/of equal length ☊ equal ☊
equal to sb/sth: One unit of alcohol is equal to half a pint of beer. ☊ equal ☊
equal rights/pay ☊ equal ☊
The company has an equal opportunities policy (= gives the same chances of employment to everyone). ☊ equal ☊
the desire for a more equal society (= in which everyone has the same rights and chances) ☊ equal ☊
He is a player without equal. ☊ be without equal, have no equal ☊
As a family holiday destination, the seaside has no equal. ☊ be without equal, have no equal ☊
Her hatred of religion is equalled only by her loathing for politicians. ☊ equal ☊
Diet and exercise are equally important. ☊ equally ☊
We try to treat every member of staff equally. ☊ equally ☊
The findings of the survey apply equally to adults and children. ☊ equally ☊
The birds are equally at home in a woodland or riverside environment. ☊ equally ☊
The money was divided equally among her four children. ☊ equally ☊
They share the housework equally. ☊ equally ☊
250 grams or an equivalent amount in ounces ☊ equivalent ☊
The new regulation was seen as equivalent to censorship. ☊ equivalent ☊
Breathing such polluted air is the equivalent of (= has the same effect as) smoking ten cigarettes a day. ☊ equivalent ☊
The pattern is essentially the same in all cases. ☊ essentially ☊
Our scores are now even. ☊ even ☊
the even distribution of food ☊ even ☊
an even contest ☊ even ☊
an even temperature all year ☊ even ☊
Children do not learn at an even pace. ☊ even ☊
Every day seemed the same to him. ☊ every ☊
to make/avoid eye contact with sb (= to look/avoid looking at them at the same time as they look at you) ☊ eye ☊
I'm all in favour of (= completely support) equal pay for equal work. ☊ in favour (of sb/sth) ☊
Every file on the same disk must have a different name. ☊ file ☊
We might as well finish up the cake. ☊ finish ☊
We're booked on the same flight. ☊ flight ☊
They invested money in the company right at the start and the gamble paid off (= brought them success). ☊ gamble ☊
We had to go over the same ground (= talk about the same things again) in class the next day. ☊ ground ☊
He lost his balance and fell to the ground. ☊ ground ☊
I'll be down in a minute. I'm doing (= brushing, arranging, etc.) my hair. ☊ hair ☊
Two independent research bodies reached the same conclusions. ☊ independent ☊
It is particularly interesting to compare the two versions. ☊ interesting ☊
I did it against my better judgement (= although I thought it was perhaps the wrong thing to do). ☊ judgement ☊
The water's just about to boil. ☊ just ☊
She should be arriving just about now. ☊ just about ☊
They are demanding equal rights and justice. ☊ justice ☊
She had trouble keeping her balance. ☊ keep ☊
'I was terrible!' 'You were nothing of the kind.' ☊ nothing of the kind/sort ☊
The tables are not on a level (= the same height). ☊ level ☊
Both players are on a level (= of the same standard). ☊ level ☊
The two parts of the plan were governed by the same logic. ☊ logic ☊
At that moment he lost his balance and fell. ☊ lose ☊
to maintain law and order/standards/a balance ☊ maintain ☊
Nothing can make up for the loss of a child. ☊ make up for sth ☊
Her enthusiasm makes up for her lack of experience. ☊ make up for sth ☊
She spent the morning matching up orders with invoices. ☊ match sth up (with sth) ☊
I'll be with you in a minute, Jo. ☊ minute ☊
Hurry up! He'll be back any minute now. ☊ (at) any minute (now) ☊
I'll be back in a moment. ☊ moment ☊
I won, but there wasn't much in it (= our scores were nearly the same). ☊ not much in it ☊
A lot of mums and dads have the same worries. ☊ mum ☊
He thought social inequality was all part of the natural order of things. ☊ natural ☊
We're getting right off the subject. ☊ off ☊
He always gives the same old excuses. ☊ old ☊
Our company promotes equal opportunities for women (= women are given the same jobs, pay, etc. as men). ☊ opportunity ☊
an equal opportunities employer ☊ opportunity ☊
200 attended, as opposed to 300 the previous year. ☊ as opposed to ☊
The original intention was to record about 80 speakers, divided equally between males and females. ☊ original ☊
to set off at a steady/gentle/leisurely pace ☊ pace ☊
a pair of aces/kings (= two playing cards that have the same value) ☊ pair ☊
Marriage should be an equal partnership. ☊ partnership ☊
We live in the house just past the church. ☊ past ☊
The murders all seem to follow a (similar) pattern (= happen in the same way). ☊ pattern ☊
pay sth: to pay a bill/debt/fine/ransom, etc. ☊ pay ☊
A computer can perform many tasks at once. ☊ perform ☊
This compares with a 4% increase for the same period last year. ☊ period ☊
It is a physical impossibility to be in two places at once. ☊ physical ☊
I can't be in two places at once. ☊ place ☊
The point of the lesson is to compare the two countries. ☊ point ☊
I'll come straight to the point: we need more money. ☊ point ☊
Loam is a soil with roughly equal proportions of clay, sand and silt. ☊ proportion ☊
In reality, human beings and dinosaurs never lived on earth at the same time. ☊ in reality ☊
They now live in relative comfort (= compared with how they lived before). ☊ relative ☊
The findings are similar to those reported in previous studies. ☊ report ☊
I'll be right back. ☊ right ☊
I'll be right with you (= I am coming very soon). ☊ right ☊
They had fought hard for equal rights. ☊ right ☊
a calculated risk (= one that you think is small compared with the possible benefits) ☊ risk ☊
to travel up/down river (= in the opposite direction to/in the same direction as the way in which the river is flowing) ☊ river ☊
They all left at roughly the same time. ☊ roughly ☊
The murderer was given three life sentences, to run concurrently. ☊ run ☊
Our children go to the same school as theirs. ☊ same ☊
He used the very same (= exactly the same) words. ☊ same ☊
I bought the same car as yours (= another car of that type). ☊ same ☊
She was wearing the same dress that I had on. ☊ same ☊
Just do the same as me (= as I do). ☊ same ☊
His latest movie is just more of the same—exotic locations, car chases and a final shoot-out. ☊ same ☊
There are several brands and they're not all the same. ☊ same ☊
Both plans are drawn to the same scale. ☊ scale ☊
Is this diagram to scale (= are all its parts the same size and shape in relation to each other as they are in the thing represented)? ☊ scale ☊
I'll be with you in a second. ☊ second ☊
I set my watch by (= make it show the same time as) the TV. ☊ set ☊
The company has agreed to settle out of court (= come to an agreement without going to court). ☊ settle ☊
The early goal settled the home side down. ☊ settle down, settle sb down ☊
sex discrimination (= the act of treating men and women differently in an unfair way) ☊ sex ☊
shift (from...) (to/towards/toward...): The balance of power shifted away from workers towards employers. ☊ shift ☊
There's a little gift shop around the corner. ☊ shop ☊
I'll be ready shortly. ☊ shortly ☊
He has been moved sideways (= moved to another job at the same level as before, not higher or lower). ☊ sideways ☊
an area the size of (= the same size as) Wales ☊ size ☊
to solve an equation/a puzzle/a riddle ☊ solve ☊
If the paint is too thick, it will not spread evenly. ☊ spread ☊
The hotel is just off the main square. ☊ square ☊
Women are only asking to be given equal status with men. ☊ status ☊
They set off at a steady pace. ☊ steady ☊
The rain fell steadily. ☊ steadily ☊
Babies do not grow at a steady rate but in stops and starts. ☊ stop ☊
Her novels always have the same basic story. ☊ story ☊
I was so tired I went straight to bed. ☊ straight ☊
I'm going to the library straight after the class. ☊ straight ☊
The bank is just across the street. ☊ street ☊
In striking contrast to their brothers, the girls were both intelligent and charming. ☊ striking ☊
The palace was rebuilt in the same style. ☊ style ☊
tell which, what, etc...: The kittens look exactly alike—how can you tell which is which? ☊ tell ☊
Apply the paint thickly in even strokes. ☊ thickly ☊
'Why did you tell her our secret?' 'I did no such thing!' ☊ thing ☊
He never comes to see me these days (= now, as compared with the past). ☊ this ☊
She was laughing and crying at the same time. ☊ at the same time ☊
You have to be firm, but at the same time you should try and be sympathetic. ☊ at the same time ☊
uniform lines of terraced houses (= they all looked the same) ☊ uniform ☊
relatively/comparatively unimportant ☊ unimportant ☊
Never mind—it could be worse (= although the situation is bad, it is not as bad as it might have been). ☊ worse ☊
My son's thirteen but he's young for his age (= not as developed as other boys of the same age). ☊ young ☊