promột điều gì đó một việc gì đó một cái gì đó 
something like: một cái gì → →
to do something for one’s friends ☊ 
àm một cái gì cho bạn bè ☊ 
Da der schmale Schrank allmählich zu klein für Trang wurde, hat Tri ein neues Regal dazu gekauft. ☊ Vì cái tủ hẹp dần dần trở nên quá nhỏ đối với Trang, nên Trí đã mua thêm một cái giá mới. ☊ (Lektion 46, Nr. 653) Something ought to have been done before now. ☊ before ☊
We should spend the money on something that will benefit everyone. ☊ benefit ☊
Would you like something to eat? ☊ eat ☊
Can I give you something towards expenses? ☊ expense ☊
I know for a fact (= I am certain) that she's involved in something illegal. ☊ fact ☊
fair that...: It seems only fair that they should give us something in return. ☊ fair ☊
Something about her voice was vaguely familiar. ☊ familiar ☊
Something doesn't quite fit here. ☊ fit ☊
The sofa also functions as a bed. ☊ function as sb/sth ☊
I don't know about you, but I'm ready for something to eat. ☊ know ☊
Poetry always loses something in translation. ☊ lose ☊
It's important to try and make something of (= achieve sth in) your life. ☊ make ☊
I think I must have missed something because none of this makes any sense. ☊ miss ☊
I need something to calm/steady my nerves. ☊ nerve ☊
She's always trying to get something for nothing. ☊ for nothing ☊
She wrote something on a small piece of paper. ☊ piece ☊
He stammered something and went very red in the face. ☊ red ☊
How rude of me not to offer you something to drink! ☊ rude ☊
Stir the paint with a piece of wood or something similar. ☊ similar ☊
Can you give me something to help me get to sleep (= start sleeping)? ☊ sleep ☊
Give me something to do. ☊ something ☊
She's a professor of something or other (= I'm not sure what) at Leeds. ☊ something ☊
He's something in (= has a job connected with) television. ☊ something ☊
There's something in (= some truth or some fact or opinion worth considering in) what he says. ☊ something ☊
'We should finish by tomorrow.' 'That's something (= a good thing), anyway.' ☊ something ☊
They pay six pounds an hour. Something like that. ☊ something ☊
She found herself something of a (= to some degree a) celebrity. ☊ something ☊
The programme's something to do with (= in some way about) the environment. ☊ something ☊
This could be the start of something big. ☊ start ☊
I had a craving for something sweet. ☊ sweet ☊
You need something to cheer you up—I know just the thing! ☊ thing ☊
I could tell something was up by the looks on their faces. ☊ up ☊
He glimpsed something on the edge of his vision. ☊ vision ☊