บริโภค ☊ bawL riH pho:hkF 
to consume (edible things) like: things → →
to have a wide knowledge (of things past and present) ☊ 
bác cổ thông kim ☊ to leave things undone, be disorderly or sloppy ☊ bê bối ☊ denigrate, defame, say evil things about somebody ☊ bới xấu ☊ to have a lot of things to do ☊ có nhiều chuyện cần phải làm ☊ to remember things in the past ☊ hoài cổ ☊ to do things in a higgledy-piggledy manner ☊ làm ăn nhí nhố ☊ lots of things to do ☊ nhiều chuyện để làm ☊ to make things unambiguously clear ☊ ra ngô ra khoai ☊ to carry several things at a time ☊ tay xách nách mang ☊ to speak angrily, throw things around in anger ☊ vùng vằng ☊ carry too many things at a time ☊ ôm đồm ☊ 274
We do a lot of di erent things in our free time. ☊ Chúng tôi làm rất nhiều thứ khác nhau lúc rảnh rỗi. ☊ 804
She's written a lot of interesting things. ☊ Cô ấy đã viết được nhiều thứ thú vị. ☊ 1089
A factory is a place where things are made. ☊ Nhà máy là nơi đồ vật được tạo ra. ☊ 1438
I always have to repeat things whI talk to Tomoko. She must not hear very well. ☊ Tôi luôn phải nhắc lại khi nói chuyện với Tomoko. Cô ấy hẳn là nghe không được tốt lắm. ☊ 1698
I'm going out of town tomorrow. I'm packing my things today because there won't be time tomorrow. ☊ Tôi sẽ đi ra khỏi thị trấn ngày mai. Tôi đóng gói đồ đạc hôm nay vì ngày mai sẽ không có thời gian. ☊ 1990
Yvonne tends to forget things. ☊ Yvone hay quên đồ đạc. ☊ 2413
Monika's very busy with her job. She has little time for other things. ☊ Monika rất bận rộn với công việc. Cô ấy có ít thời gian cho chuyện khác. ☊ 2496
Did you hear the things that they said? > Did you hear what they said? ☊ Cậu có nghe thấy những gì mà họ nói không? > Cậu có nghe thấy những gì họ nói không? ☊ 2688
She's always asking me to do things for her, as if I didn't have enough to do already. ☊ Cô ấy luôn bảo tôi làm đủ thứ hộ cô ấy cứ như là tôi chưa đủ việc để làm. ☊ 2944
He always buys expensive things to show o . ☊ Anh ấy luôn mua những thứ đắt tiền về để khoe. ☊ I've told you before—leave my things alone! ☊ leave/let sth alone ☊
'What was wrong with the job?' 'Well, the pay wasn't good, among other things.' ☊ among ☊
It makes things awkward for everyone when you behave like that. ☊ awkward ☊
Things are bad enough without our own guns shelling us. ☊ bad ☊
Things have been going badly. ☊ badly ☊
There is a general belief that things will soon get better. ☊ belief ☊
With the benefit of hindsight (= knowing what we have learnt since), we would do things differently. ☊ benefit ☊
a difference/distinction/contrast between two things ☊ between ☊
At the auction (= a public sale where things are sold to the person who offers the most), the highest bid for the picture was £200. ☊ bid ☊
We waited inside until things calmed down. ☊ calm down, calm sb/sth down ☊
Celia takes care of the marketing side of things. ☊ take care of sb/sth/yourself ☊
After he left I just tried to carry on as normal (= do the things I usually do). ☊ carry on (with sth), carry sth on ☊
a packing case (= a large wooden box for packing things in) ☊ case ☊
change out of sth: You need to change out of those wet things. ☊ change ☊
When it comes to getting things done, he's useless. ☊ when it comes to sth/to doing sth ☊
He got so angry he lost control (= shouted and said or did things he would not normally do). ☊ control ☊
I'll be with you in a minute. There are a couple of things I have to do first. ☊ couple ☊
There was a definite feeling that things were getting worse. ☊ definite ☊
Her paintings reveal hidden depths (= unknown and interesting things about her character). ☊ depth ☊
We need more time to see how things develop before we take action. ☊ develop ☊
disagree (with sb) (about/on/over sth): He disagreed with his parents on most things. ☊ disagree ☊
I have a number of things to do today. ☊ do ☊
I only had time to pack the bare essentials (= the most necessary things). ☊ essential ☊
The article was essentially concerned with her relationship with her parents (= it dealt with other things, but this was the most important). ☊ essentially ☊
The decisions we take now may influence the course of events (= the way things happen) in the future. ☊ event ☊
In the normal course of events (= if things had happened as expected) she would have gone with him. ☊ event ☊
I need a few things from the store. ☊ few ☊
people who enjoy the finer things in life (= for example art, good food, etc.) ☊ fine ☊
He put the finishing touches to his painting (= did the things that made it complete). ☊ finish ☊
What we need now is a change of focus (= to look at things in a different way). ☊ focus ☊
The binoculars were not in focus (= were not showing things clearly). ☊ focus ☊
Things have gone from bad to worse. ☊ from ☊
There are lots of fun things for young people to do here. ☊ fun ☊
It's funny how things never happen the way you expect them to. ☊ funny ☊
After a time you get to realize that these things don't matter. ☊ get ☊
The way things are going the company will be bankrupt by the end of the year. ☊ go ☊
Things will get easier as time goes by. ☊ go by ☊
She's good with her hands (= able to make things, etc.). ☊ good ☊
We had to go over the same ground (= talk about the same things again) in class the next day. ☊ ground ☊
These things have a habit of coming back to haunt you. ☊ habit ☊
I'm a creature of habit (= I have a fixed and regular way of doing things). ☊ habit ☊
He said some very hard things to me. ☊ hard ☊
Things are going well from what I hear. ☊ hear ☊
The film is only funny if you appreciate French humour (= things that cause French people to laugh). ☊ humour ☊
I have a hundred and one things to do. ☊ hundred ☊
If I was in charge, I'd do things differently. ☊ if ☊
imagine sth: There's nobody there. You're imagining things. ☊ imagine ☊
joke about sth: They often joked about all the things that could go wrong. ☊ joke ☊
I know things will turn out all right. ☊ know ☊
Let's talk about lighter things, shall we? ☊ light ☊
to make a list of things to do ☊ list ☊
all living things ☊ living ☊
Planning a project is just a matter of working out the right order to do things in. ☊ matter ☊
Mentally, I began making a list of things I had to do. ☊ mentally ☊
I feel I've made a mess of things. ☊ mess ☊
I still have a million things to do. ☊ million ☊
Things are not moving as fast as we hoped. ☊ move ☊
You mustn't say things like that. ☊ must ☊
He thought social inequality was all part of the natural order of things. ☊ natural ☊
Naturally, I get upset when things go wrong. ☊ naturally ☊
new ways of doing things ☊ new ☊
Things soon returned to normal. ☊ normal ☊
She has outstanding powers of observation (= the ability to notice things around her). ☊ observation ☊
People are often afraid of things they don't understand. ☊ often ☊
His success depended, as so often happens, on things entirely outside his control. ☊ often ☊
Things were different in the old days. ☊ old ☊
This particular model comes with a wide range of options (= things you can choose to have when buying sth but which you will have to pay extra for). ☊ option ☊
Such things ought not to be allowed. ☊ ought to ☊
Word always gets out (= people find out about things) no matter how careful you are. ☊ out ☊
They felt cut off from the outside world (= from other people and from other things that were happening). ☊ outside ☊
He packed a bag with a few things and was off. ☊ pack ☊
He packed a few things into a bag. ☊ pack ☊
They say she has a 'past' (= bad things in her past life that she wishes to keep secret). ☊ past ☊
performance indicators (= things that show how well or badly sth is working) ☊ performance ☊
power (to do sth): He has the power to make things very unpleasant for us. ☊ power ☊
Things are looking pretty good! ☊ pretty ☊
I'm afraid getting things changed will be a slow process. ☊ process ☊
Always try to keep a sense of proportion (= of the relative importance of different things). ☊ proportion ☊
Her suspicions returned when things started going missing again. ☊ return ☊
Things aren't right between her parents. ☊ right ☊
We're working to a tight schedule (= we have a lot of things to do in a short time). ☊ schedule ☊
I see things differently now. ☊ see ☊
Try to see things from her point of view. ☊ see ☊
One of the most important things in a partner is a sense of humour (= the ability to find things funny or make people laugh). ☊ sense ☊
Always try to keep a sense of proportion (= of the relative importance of different things). ☊ sense ☊
I'm sure things will settle down soon. ☊ settle down, settle sb down ☊
shock sb (to do sth): She enjoys shocking people by saying outrageous things. ☊ shock ☊
She is not short of excuses when things go wrong. ☊ short ☊
She has a very short memory (= remembers only things that have happened recently). ☊ short ☊
I'll take care of that side of things. ☊ side ☊
Team sports help to develop a child's social skills (= the ability to talk easily to other people and do things in a group). ☊ social ☊
There is some hope that things will improve. ☊ some ☊
a new comedy aimed at thirty-somethings (= people between thirty and forty years old) ☊ something ☊
She was overtaken by the speed of events (= things happened more quickly than she expected). ☊ speed ☊
Can you try and speed things up a bit? ☊ speed up, speed sth up ☊
spend sth on sth: She spends too much effort on things that don't matter. ☊ spend ☊
Things didn't look too hopeful at the start of the year. ☊ start ☊
Relax, and let us take the strain (= do things for you). ☊ strain ☊
Things can easily go wrong when people are under stress. ☊ stress ☊
stress out: I try not to stress out when things go wrong. ☊ stress ☊
She's very strict about things like homework. ☊ strict ☊
Physiology is the study of how living things work. ☊ study ☊
I like your style (= I like the way you do things). ☊ style ☊
'There are loads of things to do.' 'Such as?' (= give me an example) ☊ such as ☊
Things were very different back then. ☊ then ☊
They (= the things you are carrying) go on the bottom shelf. ☊ they ☊
There are a lot of things she doesn't know about me. ☊ thing ☊
I've got loads of things to do today. ☊ thing ☊
Things haven't gone entirely to plan. ☊ thing ☊
Hi, Jane! How are things? ☊ thing ☊
Think things over before you decide. ☊ thing ☊
As things stand at present, he seems certain to win. ☊ thing ☊
All things considered (= considering all the difficulties or problems), she's done very well. ☊ thing ☊
Why do you make things so difficult for yourself? ☊ thing ☊
Shall I help you pack your things? ☊ thing ☊
Bring your swimming things with you. ☊ thing ☊
I'll just clear away the breakfast things. ☊ thing ☊
Put your things (= coat, etc.) on and let's go. ☊ thing ☊
She's very fond of sweet things (= sweet foods). ☊ thing ☊
He's just bought one of those exercise things. ☊ thing ☊
He's good at making things with his hands. ☊ thing ☊
She took no interest in the people and things around her. ☊ thing ☊
He'd like more time to think things over. ☊ think sth over ☊
I have a busy timetable this week (= I have planned to do many things). ☊ timetable ☊
Some of them carried the guns which were the tools of their trade (= the things they needed to do their job). ☊ tool ☊
I understand how hard things have been for you. ☊ understand ☊
She said some very unpleasant things about you. ☊ unpleasant ☊
Things just got way difficult. ☊ way ☊
She took it very well (= did not react too badly), all things considered. ☊ well ☊
Things have worked out quite well for us. ☊ work out ☊
worry over sb/sth: There's no point in worrying over things you can't change. ☊ worry ☊
Don't tell her that—you'll only make things worse. ☊ worse ☊