billion 
Löwe 
สิบล้าน ☊ sipL laanH 
ten million (10,000,000) 
million ☊ 
狮子座 
Löwe 
one billion people ☊ 
Một tỷ người ☊ Numbers nine million ☊ Chín triệu ☊ Numbers Six million seven hundred thousand ☊ ☊ Numbers twenty-one billion ☊ Hai mươi mốt tỷ ☊ Numbers Seven billion people ☊ ☊ Numbers eighty-one million ☊ Tám mươi mốt triệu ☊ Numbers Two billion two hundred million ☊ Hai tỷ hai trăm triệu ☊ Numbers Seven billion people are enough. ☊ Bảy tỷ người là đủ. ☊ Numbers Who put two billion flowers in my bedroom? ☊ Ai đã để hai tỷ đoá hoa trong phòng ngủ của tôi? ☊ Classifiers 2 I want to have two billion dong. ☊ Tôi muốn có hai tỷ đồng. ☊ Economics When their country was unified, millions of people smiled and millions of ☊ Khi quốc gia của họ được thống nhất, triệu người đã cười và triệungười khác đã khóc. ☊ History He is singing about battalion 307. ☊ Anh ấy đang hát về tiểu đoàn ba trăm lẻ bảy. ☊ Military They send a battalion to find the commander's cat. ☊ Họ gửi một tiểu đoàn để tìm con mèo của người chỉ huy. ☊ Military battalion ☊ tiểu đoàn ☊ Military an armored battalion ☊ Một tiểu đoàn thiết giáp ☊ Military like: lion → →
lion’s club, small lion (as a decoration on top of pillars or incense-burners) ☊ nghê ☊ 2271
There are millions of stars in space. ☊ Có hàng triệu ngôi sao trong vũ trụ. ☊ The government provided an additional £25 million to expand the service. ☊ additional ☊
An extra £10 million in foreign aid has been promised. ☊ aid ☊
announce sth to sb: The government yesterday announced to the media plans to create a million new jobs. ☊ announce ☊
profits approaching 30 million dollars ☊ approach ☊
Five million dollars have been appropriated for research into the disease. ☊ appropriate ☊
The total cost will approximate £15 billion. ☊ approximate ☊
An audience of millions watched the wedding on TV. ☊ audience ☊
I found David in the bar of the Red Lion (= a room in a pub where drinks are served). ☊ bar ☊
Lions and tigers belong to the cat family. ☊ belong to sth ☊
Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion. ☊ billion ☊
half a billion dollars ☊ billion ☊
They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.). ☊ billion ☊
Our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now. ☊ billion ☊
an advertising budget of $2 million ☊ budget ☊
The US has agreed to cancel debts (= say that they no longer need to be paid) totalling $10 million. ☊ cancel ☊
By the close of this century another two billion people will have been born. ☊ century ☊
The chances are a million to one against being struck by lightning. ☊ chance ☊
They're not millionaires, but they're certainly very comfortable. ☊ comfortable ☊
contrast (to sb/sth): The company lost $7 million this quarter in contrast to a profit of $6.2 million a year earlier. ☊ contrast ☊
This is costing the taxpayer £10 billion a year. ☊ cost ☊
cost sth to do sth: The hospital will cost an estimated £2 million to build. ☊ cost ☊
The company crashed with debts of £50 million. ☊ crash ☊
events affecting the daily lives of millions of people ☊ daily ☊
The earthquake caused damage to property estimated at $6 million. ☊ damage ☊
The club is £4 million in debt. ☊ debt ☊
Millions were deposited in Swiss bank accounts. ☊ deposit ☊
Drugs have been seized with a street value of two million dollars. ☊ drug ☊
The £500 million programme is centred around energy efficiency and renewable power sources. ☊ energy ☊
estimate sth (at sth): The satellite will cost an estimated £400 million. ☊ estimate ☊
estimate sth to do sth: The deal is estimated to be worth around $1.5 million. ☊ estimate ☊
10 million euro ☊ euro ☊
a 30-million-euro deal ☊ euro ☊
The government has promised an extra £1 billion for health care. ☊ extra ☊
Lions belong to the cat family. ☊ family ☊
By 2009, this figure had risen to 14 million. ☊ figure ☊
Millions of people followed the trial on TV. ☊ follow ☊
all the millions of different life forms on the planet today ☊ form ☊
Millions of people gave freely in response to the appeal for the victims of the earthquake. ☊ freely ☊
Her work has given pleasure to (= pleased) millions of readers. ☊ give ☊
Jamaica is home to over two million people. ☊ home ☊
Lions sometimes hunt alone. ☊ hunt ☊
increase (from A) (to B): The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million. ☊ increase ☊
influence sb/sth: His writings have influenced the lives of millions. ☊ influence ☊
The group has just inked a $10 million deal. ☊ ink ☊
invest sth (in/on sth): The college is to invest $2 million in a new conference hall. ☊ invest ☊
In his time managing the club he has invested millions on new players. ☊ invest ☊
jump (from...) (to...): Sales jumped from $2.7 billion to $3.5 billion. ☊ jump ☊
leave sth (to sb): She left £1 million to her daughter. ☊ leave ☊
leave sb sth: She left her daughter £1 million. ☊ leave ☊
The company has announced net losses of $1.5 million. ☊ loss ☊
a population of half a million ☊ million ☊
tens of millions of dollars ☊ million ☊
It must be worth a million (= pounds, dollars, etc.) ☊ million ☊
I still have a million things to do. ☊ million ☊
There were millions of people there. ☊ million ☊
He made his millions (= all his money) on currency deals. ☊ million ☊
a/one millionth of a second ☊ millionth ☊
Profits fell from $11 million to nearer $8 million. ☊ near ☊
The estimated value is north of $5.4 billion. ☊ north ☊
over 3 million copies sold ☊ over ☊
The country owes billions of dollars to foreign creditors. ☊ owe ☊
Unemployment has now passed the three million mark. ☊ pass ☊
Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark. ☊ past ☊
plan (to do sth): The government has announced plans to create one million new training places. ☊ plan ☊
Japan has a population of nearly 130 million. ☊ population ☊
What would you do if you won a million pounds? ☊ pound ☊
Total losses were estimated at over three million pounds. ☊ pound ☊
This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2015. ☊ predict ☊
The company has just announced its £27 million purchase of Park Hotel. ☊ purchase ☊
They purchased the land for $1 million. ☊ purchase ☊
They hadn't reckoned on a rebellion. ☊ reckon on sth ☊
The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died. ☊ reject ☊
report to do sth: She is reported to earn over $10 million a year. ☊ report ☊
reveal (that)...: The report reveals (that) the company made a loss of £20 million last year. ☊ reveal ☊
He sold the rights for $2 million. ☊ right ☊
Eighty million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the earth. ☊ rule ☊
We watched the lions from the safety of the car. ☊ safety ☊
save sth on sth: The government is trying to save £1 million on defence. ☊ save ☊
Their last album sold millions. ☊ sell ☊
South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago. ☊ separate ☊
separate from sth: South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago. ☊ separate ☊
The lion crouched ready to strike. ☊ strike ☊
a drop in profits from $105 million to around $75 million ☊ to ☊
The hotel has been refurbished to the tune of a million dollars. ☊ to the tune of sth ☊
The property has been valued at over $2 million. ☊ value ☊
The theme park attracts 2.5 million visitors a year. ☊ visitor ☊
His personal wealth is estimated at around $100 million. ☊ wealth ☊
wish sb/sth/yourself + adv./prep.: She wished herself a million miles away. ☊ wish ☊
Mrs Smith has just won £2 million—yes!—£2 million! ☊ yes ☊
million ☊ un quart de million d’articles ont été distribués ☊
milliard ☊ le déficit budgétaire a atteint 226,3 milliards de francs ☊
rébellion ☊ la rébellion va éclater, des gouvernments vont tomber! ☊