trying 
น่าลอง ☊ naaF laawngM 
worth trying 
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Versuch like: trying → →
to go crazy trying to figure out ☊ 
điên đầu tính toán ☊ 960
Victor was trying to sell his car. Ask him if he has sold his car yet. ☊ Victor đã muốn bán xe hơi của anh ấy. Hỏi anh ấy xem anh ấy đã bán xe hơi của anh ấy chưa. ☊ 1617
Please be quiet. I'm trying to concentrate. ☊ Làm ơn yên lặng. Tôi đang cố tập trung. ☊ 1951
You're trying on a new jacket and don't like it. You say, "This doesn't look very good on me, does it?" ☊ Bạn đang thử một chiếc áo khoác mới và bạn không thích nó. Bạn nói: "Cái này tôi mặc trông không đẹp lắm nhỉ?" ☊ 1963
Rashmi has givup trying to lose weight. ☊ Rashmi đã từ bỏ việc giảm cân. ☊ 2127
He spent hours trying to repair the clock. ☊ Anh ta mất nhiều giờ cố gắng sửa cái đồng hồ. ☊ 2832
The police are still trying to determine who was responsible for the murders. ☊ Cảnh sát vẫn đang cố gắng xác định ai chịu trách nhiệm cho các vụ giết người. ☊ 2948
However, the re ghters had a hard time trying to calm a woman down. Apparently, her cat perished in the re. ☊ Tuy nhiên lính cứu hoả đã gặp khó khăn khi cố gắng giữ bình tĩnh cho một phụ nữ. Có vẻ như con mèo của cô ấy bị chết trong đám cháy. ☊ The police are trying to obtain a more accurate picture of crime levels. ☊ accurate ☊
My eyes were still trying to adjust themselves to the strong sunlight. ☊ adjust ☊
We were all running around trying to get ready in time. ☊ around ☊
She's only trying to help, so don't think badly of her. ☊ badly ☊
I had fallen so far behind that it seemed pointless trying to catch up. ☊ behind ☊
Stop trying to butter me up! ☊ butter sb up ☊
He's always trying to butter up the boss. ☊ butter sb up ☊
I've been trying to contact you all day. ☊ contact ☊
Firefighters are still trying to control the blaze. ☊ control ☊
I've been trying to convince him to see a doctor. ☊ convince ☊
The company is trying to create a young energetic image. ☊ create ☊
At least give him credit for trying (= praise him because he tried, even if he did not succeed). ☊ credit ☊
I won't have a cigarette, thanks—I'm trying to cut down (= smoke fewer). ☊ cut sth down (to...), cut down (on sth) ☊
Police are trying to establish the cause of death. ☊ death ☊
We're still trying to decide on a venue. ☊ decide on/upon sth ☊
They finally had to admit defeat (= stop trying to be successful). ☊ defeat ☊
He took a deep breath, desperately trying to keep calm. ☊ desperately ☊
We're on an economy drive at home (= trying to avoid waste and spend as little money as possible). ☊ economy ☊
They were caught trying to escape. ☊ escape ☊
establish sth: Police are still trying to establish the cause of the accident. ☊ establish ☊
Exactly what are you trying to tell me? ☊ exactly ☊
I'm watching my figure (= trying not to get fat). ☊ figure ☊
find sth/sb: scientists trying to find a cure for cancer ☊ find ☊
They're trying to work out a peace formula acceptable to both sides in the dispute. ☊ formula ☊
The hospital is trying to raise funds for a new kidney machine. ☊ fund ☊
It's no good trying to talk me out of leaving. ☊ be no good, not be any/much good ☊
She's always trying to grab the limelight. ☊ grab ☊
I'm trying to break the habit of staying up too late. ☊ habit ☊
identify what, which, etc...: They are trying to identify what is wrong with the present system. ☊ identify ☊
The police are trying to discover the identity of the killer. ☊ identity ☊
The important thing is to keep trying. ☊ important ☊
He's trying to get a job. ☊ job ☊
Don't kill yourself trying to get the work done by tomorrow. It can wait. ☊ kill ☊
Rescue planes are trying to locate the missing sailors. ☊ locate ☊
They don't look like they're trying to win. ☊ look ☊
She's trying to recapture her lost youth. ☊ lost ☊
Finally my luck ran out and they caught me trying to climb the outer wall. ☊ luck ☊
It's like trying to manage an unruly child. ☊ manage ☊
I see what you mean (= I understand although I may not agree), but I still think it's worth trying. ☊ mean ☊
'But Pete doesn't know we're here!' 'That's what I mean! (= that's what I have been trying to tell you.)' ☊ mean ☊
I've been trying to get you all day—don't you ever listen to your messages? ☊ message ☊
The campaign is trying to get the message across to young people that drugs are dangerous. ☊ message ☊
She's always trying to get something for nothing. ☊ for nothing ☊
Trying to reason with him only enrages him even more. ☊ only ☊
The police are trying to restore public order. ☊ order ☊
There was a truck behind that was trying to pass me. ☊ pass ☊
The negotiators are trying to make peace between the warring factions. ☊ peace ☊
The police are trying to build up a picture of what happened. ☊ picture ☊
He's thinking of going into politics (= trying to become a Member of Parliament, Congress, etc.) ☊ politics ☊
She managed to preserve her sense of humour under very trying circumstances. ☊ preserve ☊
The government eventually bowed to popular pressure (= they agreed to do what people were trying to get them to do). ☊ pressure ☊
What are you trying to prove? ☊ prove ☊
Jake has been pursuing her (= trying to have a relationship with her) for months. ☊ pursue ☊
Don't put me off when I'm trying to concentrate. ☊ put sb off ☊
Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own? ☊ rather than ☊
I'm trying to read the map. ☊ read ☊
We are trying to get the baby into a routine for feeding and sleeping. ☊ routine ☊
Stop trying to run my life (= organize it) for me. ☊ run ☊
I've been rushing around all day trying to get everything done. ☊ rush ☊
The company is trying to improve customer satisfaction. ☊ satisfaction ☊
save sth on sth: The government is trying to save £1 million on defence. ☊ save ☊
He's trying to save their marriage. ☊ save ☊
Just what is the artist trying to say in her work? ☊ say ☊
We are trying desperately to keep to our schedule. ☊ schedule ☊
The guards were ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to escape. ☊ shoot ☊
He's trying to give up smoking. ☊ smoking ☊
He crept into the house trying not to make a sound. ☊ sound ☊
I've spent years trying to learn Japanese. ☊ spend ☊
You're always trying to start an argument. ☊ start ☊
He smiled at her, trying to take the sting out of his words (= trying to make the situation less painful or difficult). ☊ sting ☊
suspect (that)...: I began to suspect (that) they were trying to get rid of me. ☊ suspect ☊
The only way to tell if you like something is by trying it. ☊ tell ☊
think what, how, etc...: He was trying to think what to do. ☊ think ☊
He was trying, for some unknown reason, to count the stars. ☊ unknown ☊
You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him (= because he will not understand). ☊ waste ☊
She is trying to lose weight (= become less heavy and less fat). ☊ weight ☊
They are trying to win support for their proposals. ☊ win ☊
They were trying to prevent an even worse tragedy. ☊ worse ☊