drought 
aux 早应该 ☊ → 本应 ☊ → ☊ → 
ought 
ควร ☊ khuaanM 
pensée ☊ 
phải 
This tunnel is longer than I thought. ☊ 
Đường hầm này dài hơn tôi nghĩ. ☊ Places We bought ten coconuts. ☊ Chúng tôi đã mua mười trái dừa. ☊ Miscellaneous Have you bought a lottery ticket yet? ☊ Bạn đã mua vé số chưa? ☊ Sports Last month that comedian bought one hundred rabbits and now he is broke. ☊ háng trước, diễn viên hài đó mua một trăm con thỏ và bây giờ anh ấy bị viêm màng túi. ☊ Informal Expressions like: ought → →
you ought to go to play ☊ anh nên đi chơi ☊ (1) ought to, should, had better (2) candle
(3) so, that’s why, consequently, so, therefore, (4) become ☊
nên ☊ instead of, ought to, should, normally ☊ đáng lẽ ☊ 593
I bought my tickets online. ☊ Tôi đã mua vé qua mạng. ☊ 607
I usually buy two (2) newspapers every day. > Yesterday I bought two (2) newspapers. ☊ Tôi thường mua hai tờ báo hàng ngày. Hôm qua tôi có mua hai tờ báo. ☊ 637
I bought a magazine. ☊ Tôi đã mua một tờ tạp chí. ☊ 885
I bought these shoes a few days ago. ☊ Tôi mua đôi giày này mấy hôm trước. ☊ 899
We've bought a new car. We have a new car now. ☊ Chúng tôi đã mua một chiếc xe hơi mới. Giờ chúng tôi đã có xe hơi mới. ☊ 906
We've bought a new car. We bought a new car. ☊ Chúng tôi mua xe hơi mới rồi. Chúng tôi đã mua một chiệc xe ☊ 910
We bought a new car yesterday. ☊ Chúng tôi đã mua một chiếc xe hơi mới ngày hôm qua. ☊ 911
We bought a new car last week. ☊ Chúng tôi đã mua một chiếc xe hơi mới tuần trước. ☊ 912
We've bought two (2) new cars in the last three (3) years. ☊ Chúng tôi đã mua được hai chiếc xe hơi mới trong ba năm vừa qua. ☊ 934
Dora has bought a new dress, but she hasn't worn it yet. ☊ Dora đã mua một bộ áo váy mới nhưng cô ấy chưa mặc nó. ☊ 953
Has Jianwen bought a new computer yet? ☊ Kiến Văn đã mua máy tính mới chưa? ☊ 1151
Paolo's bought a new car. ☊ Paolo mới mua xe hơi mới. ☊ 1193
Did you like the movie? — Yes, I thought it was very good. ☊ Cậu có thích bộ lm không? Có, tôi nghĩ là nó rất hay. ☊ 1433
Mrs. Chbought three (3) liters of milk at the store. Her childrdrink a lot of milk. ☊ Bà Trần đã mua ba gallon sữa ở cửa hàng. Bọn trẻ nhà bà ấy uống rất nhiều sữa. ☊ 1470
I ought to study tonight, but I think I'll go to the movies. ☊ Tối nay tôi cần phải học bài nhưng tôi nghĩ tôi sẽ đi xem lm. ☊ 1471
I think Mahmud ought to buy some new clothes. ☊ Tôi nghĩ Mahmud cần phải mua vài bộ quần áo mới. ☊ 1824
I've bought a new car. — Oh, you have? ☊ Tôi vừa mua một cái xe hơi mới. - Hơ, thế à? ☊ 1841
I've bought a new car. — You have? What kind is it? ☊ Tôi đà mua xe hơi mới rồi. Rồi à? Loại gì vậy? ☊ 1893
Leonardo's coming to the party tonight. — He is? I thought you said he wasn't coming. ☊ Leonardo sẽ đến dự bữa tiệc tối nay. - Thế à? Tôi tưởng anh ấy không đến. ☊ 1894
I know lots of people. — You do? I thought you said you didn't know anybody. ☊ Tôi biết rất nhiều người. - Thế à? Tôi tưởng cậu bảo cậu không biết ai. ☊ 1898
I haven't beto the movies in ages. — You haven't? I thought you said you had just gone a few days ago. ☊ Mãi mà tôi chưa đi xem lm. - Chưa á? Tôi tưởng cậu đã nói là cậu vừa mới đi xem mấy hôm trước. ☊ 2089
I bought some new shoes. They felt strange at rst because I wasn't used to them. ☊ Tôi đã mua giày mới. Lúc đầu nó lạ chân vì tôi chưa quen với nó. ☊ 2340
I bought enough groceries at the supermarket last night for a week. > I bought a week's worth of groceries last night. ☊ Tối qua tôi đã mua đủ thực phẩm ở siêu thị cho một tuần. > Tối qua tôi đã mua thực phẩm cần cho một tuần. ☊ The dress that she bought doesn't t her very well.'> 2490 The dress that she bought doesn't t her very well.'>
The dress that Yuliana bought doesn't t her very well. > The dress that she bought doesn't t her very well. The dress that she bought doesn't t her very well.'> ☊ Bộ áo váy mà Yuliana mua không vừa với cô ấy lắm. > Bộ áo váy Yuliana mua không vừa với cô ấy lắm. ☊ 2604
Her illness was far more serious than we thought at rst. ☊ Bệnh của cô ấy nghiêm trọng hơn nhiều so với chúng ta tưởng tượng lúc đầu. ☊ 2611
The more I thought about the plan, the less I liked it. ☊ Tôi nghĩ càng nhiều về kế hoạch thì tôi càng bớt thích nó. ☊ 2648
thought. ☊ Tôi biết tôi không có nhiều tiền nhưng tôi thậm chí có ít hơn tôi nghĩ. ☊ 2649
Even though she can't drive, she still bought a car. ☊ Cho dù cô ấy không biết lái, cô ấy vẫn mua xe hơi. ☊ 2934
wanted to try it on before she bought it. ☊ Valentina đã thấy một chiếc áo váy đẹp trong cửa hàng bách hoá nhưng cô ấy muốn thử nó trước khi mua. ☊ 2962
My parents were away on business when I was a child, so my grandparents brought me up. > My grandparents raised me. ☊ Bố mẹ tôi đi làm xa khi tôi còn bé nên ông bà tôi đã nuôi tôi lớn. > Ông bà tôi đã nuôi tôi lớn. ☊ A libel action is being brought against the magazine that published the article. ☊ action ☊
You will be at an advantage (= have an advantage) in the interview if you have thought about the questions in advance. ☊ advantage ☊
I bought the camera and case as advertised in the catalogue. ☊ advertise ☊
The south of the country was worst affected by the drought. ☊ affect ☊
We stopped and bought some bread. ☊ and ☊
I thought she had retired, but apparently she hasn't. ☊ apparently ☊
He paused, apparently lost in thought. ☊ apparently ☊
an artistic temperament (= behaviour thought to be typical of artists, musicians, etc.) ☊ artistic ☊
It's not as hard as I thought. ☊ as ☊
I thought it was a very bad article. ☊ bad ☊
This isn't as bad as I thought. ☊ bad ☊
She couldn't bear the thought of losing him. ☊ bear ☊
Something ought to have been done before now. ☊ before ☊
Before I made a decision, I thought carefully about it. ☊ before ☊
I never thought I could make it as an actor, but my parents always believed in me. ☊ believe in sb ☊
I expected better of him (= I thought he would have behaved better). ☊ better ☊
We ought to be able to manage it between us. ☊ between ☊
I know what I'll be doing for the next three weeks but I haven't thought beyond that. ☊ beyond ☊
Our success was far beyond what we thought possible. ☊ beyond ☊
Greg thought for a bit before answering. ☊ bit ☊
I wasn't brave enough to tell her what I thought of her. ☊ brave ☊
The revolution brought many changes. ☊ bring ☊
The news brought tears to his eyes (= made him cry). ☊ bring ☊
Mismanagement had brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy. ☊ bring ☊
The article brought her into conflict with the authorities. ☊ bring ☊
bring sb/sth to sth: She brought her boyfriend to the party. ☊ bring ☊
She brought up five children. ☊ bring sb up ☊
He was brought up by his aunt. ☊ bring sb up ☊
a well/badly brought up child ☊ bring sb up ☊
bring to do sth: They were brought up to (= taught as children to) respect authority. ☊ bring sb up ☊
The band have just brought out their second album. ☊ bring sth out ☊
The meeting has been brought forward from 10 May to 3 May. ☊ bring sth forward ☊
He brought me back (= gave me a ride home) in his car. ☊ bring sb/sth back ☊
buy sth from sb: I bought it from a friend for £10. ☊ buy ☊
buy sb sth: He bought me a new coat. ☊ buy ☊
buy sth for sb: He bought a new coat for me. ☊ buy ☊
buy sth + adj.: I bought my car second-hand. ☊ buy ☊
He ought to have arrived by now/by this time. ☊ by ☊
I thought I heard somebody calling. ☊ call ☊
I thought it was going to be difficult to get funding for the project, but in the end it was like taking candy from a baby. ☊ be like taking candy from a baby ☊
This shirt I bought's too small—I'll have to change it for a bigger one. ☊ change ☊
I bought some new clothes for the trip. ☊ clothes ☊
The company is being actively considered as a potential partner (= it is thought possible that it could become one). ☊ consider ☊
Children should be brought into contact with poetry at an early age. ☊ contact ☊
It's the thought that counts (= used about a small but kind action or gift). ☊ count ☊
She's crazy—she ought to be locked up. ☊ crazy ☊
His courage brought great credit to his regiment. ☊ credit ☊
We bought the dishwasher on credit. ☊ credit ☊
dare (to) do sth: He didn't dare (to) say what he thought. ☊ dare ☊
I got a good deal on the car (= bought it cheaply). ☊ deal ☊
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (32°F) or zero/nought degrees Celsius (0°C). ☊ degree ☊
a depressing sight/thought/experience ☊ depressing ☊
He fought the illness with courage and determination. ☊ determination ☊
He bought the land for development. ☊ development ☊
disappointed (in/with sb/sth): I'm disappointed in you—I really thought I could trust you! ☊ disappointed ☊
The company ought to do something about the poor service. ☊ do ☊
I thought I was seeing double (= seeing two of sth). ☊ double ☊
I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream. ☊ dream ☊
During the drought the river dried up. ☊ dry up ☊
The answer to the problem must be sought elsewhere. ☊ elsewhere ☊
The decision was based on emotion rather than rational thought. ☊ emotion ☊
She emptied her mind of all thoughts of home. ☊ empty ☊
The coup brought his corrupt regime to an end. ☊ end ☊
It never entered my head (= I never thought) that she would tell him about me. ☊ enter ☊
'Have you ever thought of changing your job?' 'No, never/No I haven't.' ☊ ever ☊
Everyone brought their partner to the party. ☊ everyone ☊
Everyone brought his or her partner to the party. ☊ everyone ☊
He was flushed with excitement at the thought. ☊ excitement ☊
She was at an early age brought face to face with the horrors of war. ☊ face to face with sth ☊
I thought the work would be difficult. In actual fact, it's very easy. ☊ in (actual) fact ☊
He fought in Vietnam. ☊ fight ☊
fight against sb: My grandfather fought against the Fascists in Spain. ☊ fight ☊
I thought you'd never finish! ☊ finish ☊
At first I thought he was shy, but then I discovered he was just not interested in other people. ☊ at first ☊
The punishment ought to fit the crime. ☊ fit ☊
The incident brought the problem of violence in schools into sharp focus. ☊ focus ☊
freedom of speech/thought/expression/worship ☊ freedom ☊
a frightening experience/prospect/thought ☊ frightening ☊
They invested money in the company right at the start and the gamble paid off (= brought them success). ☊ gamble ☊
We ought to go; it's getting late. ☊ get ☊
give sb/sth sth: I gave the matter a lot of thought. ☊ give ☊
give sth to sb/sth: I gave a lot of thought to the matter. ☊ give ☊
give doing sth: You ought to give up smoking. ☊ give sth up ☊
If the drought continues there's going to be a famine. ☊ be going to do sth ☊
I thought I was on safe ground (= talking about a suitable subject) discussing music with her. ☊ ground ☊
The escaped prisoner was brought back under armed guard. ☊ guard ☊
We thought long and hard before deciding to move house. ☊ hard ☊
The thought never entered my head. ☊ head ☊
When I bought the house, my sister helped me out with a loan. ☊ help out, help sb out ☊
Peter ought to be ashamed of himself. ☊ himself ☊
a holy war (= one fought to defend the beliefs of a particular religion) ☊ holy ☊
With a look of horror, he asked if the doctor thought he had cancer. ☊ horror ☊
The thought of being left alone filled her with horror. ☊ horror ☊
He did not know how he ought to behave. ☊ how ☊
We thought the figures were correct. However, we have now discovered some errors. ☊ however ☊
imply (that)...: The survey implies (that) more people are moving house than was thought. ☊ imply ☊
We bought the house as an investment (= to make money). ☊ investment ☊
cast/wrought/corrugated iron ☊ iron ☊
I did it against my better judgement (= although I thought it was perhaps the wrong thing to do). ☊ judgement ☊
just as...: It's just as I thought. ☊ just ☊
I bought a spray to kill the weeds. ☊ kill ☊
He was taken on as a teacher but was found lacking (= was thought not to be good enough). ☊ lacking ☊
Look at the time—it's much later than I thought. ☊ late ☊
There ought to be a law against it! ☊ law ☊
After the riots, the military was brought in to restore law and order. ☊ law and order ☊
We bought a dishwasher to make life easier. ☊ life ☊
Uncle Jim brought a whole load of presents for the kids. ☊ load ☊
We saw a load of houses before we bought this one. ☊ load ☊
This may take longer than we thought. ☊ long ☊
Your ankle's swollen—I think the doctor ought to look at it. ☊ look at sth ☊
Emergency food supplies were brought in by lorry. ☊ lorry ☊
The drought has led to widespread loss of life. ☊ loss ☊
The reservoir was low after the long drought. ☊ low ☊
Plug the transformer into the mains (= the place on a wall where electricity is brought into a room). ☊ main ☊
'We've bought a new TV.' 'What was the matter with the old one?' ☊ matter ☊
I thought maybe we could go together. ☊ maybe ☊
What do you mean, you thought I wouldn't mind? (= of course I mind and I am very angry) ☊ mean ☊
I thought we might go to the zoo on Saturday. ☊ might ☊
There were all kinds of thoughts running through my mind. ☊ mind ☊
The minute she walked through the door I thought she looked different. ☊ the minute (that)... ☊
I thought I saw someone I knew, but I must have been mistaken. ☊ mistaken ☊
He thought for a moment before replying. ☊ moment ☊
The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. ☊ the more, less, etc..., the more, less, etc... ☊
'Roger stole the money.' 'I thought as much.' ☊ as much ☊
He thought social inequality was all part of the natural order of things. ☊ natural ☊
'I told my boss exactly what I thought of her.' 'You never did!' (= 'Surely you didn't!') ☊ never ☊
Messengers brought news that the battle had been lost. ☊ news ☊
It was Susan who brought the problem to my notice (= told me about it). ☊ notice ☊
At that price, you could have bought an original! ☊ original ☊
They ought to apologize. ☊ ought to ☊
'Ought I to write to say thank you?' 'Yes, I think you ought (to).' ☊ ought to ☊
They ought to have apologized (= but they didn't). ☊ ought to ☊
Such things ought not to be allowed. ☊ ought to ☊
He oughtn't to have been driving so fast. ☊ ought to ☊
Children ought to be able to read by the age of 7. ☊ ought to ☊
Nurses ought to earn more. ☊ ought to ☊
We ought to be leaving now. ☊ ought to ☊
This is delicious. You ought to try some. ☊ ought to ☊
You ought to have come to the meeting. It was interesting. ☊ ought to ☊
If he started out at nine, he ought to be here by now. ☊ ought to ☊
That ought to be enough food for the four of us. ☊ ought to ☊
Oughtn't the water to have boiled by now? ☊ ought to ☊
We've often thought of going there ourselves. ☊ ourselves ☊
We were passing through, so we thought we'd come and say hello. ☊ pass through... ☊
a passing phase/thought/interest ☊ passing ☊
She bought a dress pattern and some material. ☊ pattern ☊
I thought I'd better clean the place up. ☊ place ☊
She bought a small plot of land to build a house on. ☊ plot ☊
'There won't be anywhere to park.' 'Oh, that's a (good) point.' (= I had not thought of that) ☊ point ☊
He was a political prisoner (= one who was put in prison because he was thought to be harmful to the state). ☊ political ☊
the power of positive thought ☊ positive ☊
her private thoughts and feelings ☊ private ☊
prompt sb to do sth: The thought of her daughter's wedding day prompted her to lose some weight. ☊ prompt ☊
question sth: I just accepted what he told me. I never thought to question it. ☊ question ☊
It wasn't quite as simple as I thought it would be. ☊ quite ☊
reform sb: She thought she could reform him. ☊ reform ☊
I told him right off what I thought of him. ☊ right away/off ☊
They had fought hard for equal rights. ☊ right ☊
The thought kept going round and round in her head. ☊ round ☊
rub sth: She rubbed her chin thoughtfully. ☊ rub ☊
I thought the play was rubbish! ☊ rubbish ☊
The war brought the country to the brink of ruin. ☊ ruin ☊
I thought she was leaving the company, but perhaps it may be just a rumour. ☊ rumour ☊
The river ran dry (= stopped flowing) during the drought. ☊ run ☊
I bought a coat in the sales. ☊ sale ☊
I bought the same car as yours (= another car of that type). ☊ same ☊
say to sb/yourself + speech: I said to myself (= thought), 'That can't be right!' ☊ say ☊
I thought I heard a scream. ☊ scream ☊
You ought to see a doctor about that cough. ☊ see ☊
seek for sth/sb: They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter. ☊ seek ☊
seek sth: I think it's time we sought legal advice. ☊ seek ☊
The new design just didn't sell (= nobody bought it). ☊ sell ☊
I bought a new shade for the lamp. ☊ shade ☊
I thought I saw a figure standing in the shadows. ☊ shadow ☊
The issue must be brought into sharper focus. ☊ sharp ☊
I bought a new umbrella but lost it shortly afterwards. ☊ shortly ☊
We thought that, since we were in the area, we'd stop by and see them. ☊ since ☊
He said something else that I thought was interesting. ☊ something else ☊
They bought a villa in the South of France. ☊ south ☊
I thought her name was Catherine, but it's Kathryn spelt with a 'K'. ☊ spell ☊
She brought the car to a stop. ☊ stop ☊
She was brought up very strictly. ☊ strictly ☊
strike sb: An awful thought has just struck me. ☊ strike ☊
He studied her face thoughtfully. ☊ study ☊
Have you thought about having your hair in a shorter style? ☊ style ☊
I'm surprised he rides a motorbike—I'd have thought big cars were more his style (= what suited him). ☊ style ☊
He was brought on as (a) substitute after half-time. ☊ substitute ☊
She longed to find somebody who understood her problems, and in him she thought she had found such a person. ☊ such ☊
Death finally brought an end to her suffering. ☊ suffering ☊
suggest itself (to sb): A solution immediately suggested itself to me (= I immediately thought of a solution). ☊ suggest ☊
I thought we were supposed to be paid today. ☊ be supposed to do/be sth ☊
it is suspected that...: It was suspected that the drugs had been brought into the country by boat. ☊ suspect ☊
He breaks out in a sweat just at the thought of flying. ☊ sweat ☊
The memory brought a tear to her eye (= made her cry). ☊ tear ☊
Desperately she fought back the tears (= tried not to cry). ☊ tear ☊
I've just had a terrible thought. ☊ terrible ☊
The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. ☊ the more, less, etc..., the more, less, etc... ☊
They've bought themselves a new car. ☊ themselves ☊
That sounds fine in theory, but have you really thought it through? ☊ in theory ☊
He's just bought one of those exercise things. ☊ thing ☊
think (that)...: I never thought (that) I'd see her again. ☊ think ☊
The job took longer than we thought. ☊ think ☊
think to do sth: Who would have thought to find you here? ☊ think ☊
She had thought very deeply about this problem. ☊ think ☊
+ speech: 'I must be crazy,' she thought. ☊ think ☊
I thought I heard a scream. ☊ think ☊
He ought to resign, I think. ☊ think ☊
it is thought that...: It was once thought that the sun travelled around the earth. ☊ think ☊
She thought him kind and generous. ☊ think ☊
sb/sth is thought to be sb/sth: He's thought to be one of the richest men in Europe. ☊ think ☊
Have you thought of a name for the baby yet? ☊ think of sth/sb ☊
She is thought of as a possible director. ☊ think of sb/sth as sb/sth ☊
I've given the matter careful thought. ☊ thought ☊
Not enough thought has gone into this essay. ☊ thought ☊
My thoughts turned to home. ☊ thought ☊
You are always in my thoughts. ☊ thought ☊
thought of (sb/sth) doing sth: I don't like the thought of you walking home alone. ☊ thought ☊
thought of sth: The very thought of it makes me feel sick. ☊ thought ☊
thought (that...): She was struck by the sudden thought that he might already have left. ☊ thought ☊
I've just had a thought (= an idea). ☊ thought ☊
Would Mark be able to help?It's just a thought. ☊ thought ☊
'Why don't you try the other key?' 'That's a thought!' ☊ thought ☊
All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind. ☊ thought ☊
I'd like to hear your thoughts on the subject. ☊ thought ☊
These proposals are perfectly in tune with our own thoughts on the subject. ☊ be in/out of tune (with sb/sth) ☊
turn to be/have sth: The job turned out to be harder than we thought. ☊ turn out ☊
The thoughts rushed into my mind uncontrolled. ☊ uncontrolled ☊
They asked me why I wanted the job and why I thought I was suitable—you know, the usual thing. ☊ usual ☊
wander away, back, to, etc. sth: Her thoughts wandered back to her youth. ☊ wander ☊
The water (= the supply of water) was turned off for several hours each day during the drought. ☊ water ☊
We fought our way through the dense vegetation. ☊ way ☊
I enjoyed the movie but I thought the ending was very weak. ☊ weak ☊
He thought that crying was a sign of weakness. ☊ weakness ☊
All her friends could hear wedding bells (= they thought she would soon get married). ☊ wedding ☊
Week after week the drought continued. ☊ week after week ☊
We thought she was arrogant, whereas in fact she was just very shy. ☊ whereas ☊
Your claim ought to succeed, in which case the damages will be substantial. ☊ which ☊
I ought to make a will. ☊ will ☊
You had me worried for a moment—I thought you were going to resign! ☊ you had me worried ☊
A heart attack can be brought on by stress and worry. ☊ worry ☊
I thought she told you. ☊ you ☊
pensée ☊ il me poursuit dans mes pensées ☊
inconscient ☊ après cela, je suis resté inconscient pendant 24 heures ☊
sécheresse ☊ après dix années de sécheresse, il pleut au Sahel ☊
réfléchi ☊ nous devrions agir de façon réfléchie et responsable ☊