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dutiful to one’s parents and submissive to one’s elder brother ☊ hiếu đễ ☊
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like: hiếu đễ → →
Sie haben viel trainiert, um einen Misserfolg zu verhindern. ☊ Trước khi bắt đầu họ đã tập rất nhiều để tránh sự thất bại. ☊ (Lektion 49, Nr. 694)
advance sth: This research has done much to advance our understanding of language learning. ☊ advance ☊
Do you give much to charity? ☊ charity ☊
drink sth: I drank far too much last night. ☊ drink ☊
I can certainly feel the effects of too many late nights. ☊ effect ☊
I spent hours cleaning the house, but there isn't much to show for all my efforts. ☊ effort ☊
The workers voted to withdraw their labour (= to stop work as a means of protest). ☊ labour ☊
I've had too many late nights recently (= when I've gone to bed very late). ☊ late ☊
Can you read music (= understand the signs in order to play or sing a piece of music)? ☊ music ☊
We had plenty to talk about. ☊ plenty ☊
Much to my relief the car was not damaged. ☊ relief ☊
He shone the flashlight around the cellar. ☊ shine ☊
signal sb to do sth: She signalled him to follow. ☊ signal ☊
We are very busy—so much so that we won't be able to take time off this year. ☊ so ☊
The union has voted to strike for a pay increase of 6%. ☊ strike ☊
She made a reference to her recent book. ☊ to ☊
Is it too much to ask for a little quiet? ☊ too ☊
vote to do sth: Parliament voted to set up an independent inquiry into the matter. ☊ vote ☊