Vietnamese Tutor

Most Common Compounds Set 1:

đứng sau lưng

tranh tụng

Most Common Compounds Set 2 :

someone one hates, dislikes

một người thứ ba

someone else, a third party

to receive a gift (from someone above oneself)

to sell someone down the river

to remove someone from office, relive someone of their office

bầu ai làm chử tịch

to elect someone chairman

(1) to report, say (something to someone above you); (2) polite particle; (3) to give, endow

(1) to stop, dissuade; (2) to concern, involve; (3) to dissuade, stop someone from doing something, interfere, break up; (4) symbol of the Chinese zodiac; (5) shield; (6) liver; (7) to accuse

cho ai biết đại cương

to give someone a general outline, an overview

to keep someone hanging, waiting

to ask someone to bring

invest money with someone else

chờ mỏi mắt mà không thấy đến

to wait for someone for a weary long time in vain

chở vào bệnh viện

to take someone to the hospital

cái giọng nói

voice (of someone speaking)

to carry someone on one’s shoulders

cắt đứt lời

to cut someone off (while speaking)

giúp cho một tay

to give someone a hand

to relieve someone of a duty, office, responsibility

hồi phục tỉnh dậy

to restore someone to consciousness, wake someone up

steal an early march on someone and get a profit

to make someone angry

không đáng để giết người

not worth killing someone over

to call someone (to come)

làm bất mãn

to make someone unhappy, discontent

to give someone a hard time

làm người hơi choáng váng

to make someone a little dizzy

làm người nào an lòng

to put someone at ease

làm người nào chóng mặt

to make someone dizzy

to make someone speechless

mời đến khiêu vũ

to invite someone to a ball

express New Year’s Day wishes (to someone for being a year older)

nghi người nào phạm tội

to suspect someone of a crime

người ly tán

refugee, someone displaced from their home

nhân vật thần thoại

mythological figure, someone larger than life

nhắc ai đến nhiệm vụ của mình

to recall someone to his duty

depend on someone for

nèo ai làm việc gì

to drag someone into doing something

to accuse, label someone (as something)

to send someone off on a small errand

to give someone a lesson

tay bắt mặt mững

to receive someone with open arms

to let someone out of, release someone from

some other guy, someone else

thằng nghiện cần sa

dope addict, someone addicted to marijuana

grab someone by the coat’s lapel

tiếp chuyện với

to keep company with, keep someone company

to hold someone responsible

trục xuất ra khỏi

to expel someone from somewhere

trừng phạt về tội

to punish someone for a crime

I thought it was someone else

to denounce, inform (on someone), accuse someone of something

to say or do something to please someone somebody

to pat someone on the shoulder

xử trắng án

to acquit someone (of a crime)

ép ai làm việc gì

to force someone to do something

to be a parasite, live at someone else’s expense

to live at someone else’s expense

to obtain by seduction, talk someone into giving you sth

to eat someone else’s ration

to see someone off

đánh nhừ tử

to flog someone within an inch of his life

to take someone (to a place)

grant (someone) a special reprieve, give someone amnesty

đối xử bất công với một người

to treat someone unjustly

đồng nghiệp

coworker, colleague, someone in the same profession

shift the blame for one’s action on someone else

sound someone out

warm and cold, how someone is doing

reproach someone with something

a vào người nào

to rush at someone

to notify the death of someone

to trick a confession out of someone

no news of someone

bỏ về phía sau

to put behind someone

bợ đỡ người nào

to flatter someone

chết người

mortal, fatal, deadly, lethal, murderous; to kill someone

có ác cảm với người nào

to have an enmity against someone

to be on intimate terms with sb, be in love with someone

dưới sự lãnh đạo của người nào

to be under the leadership of someone

giữ một kỷ niệm êm đềm của ai đó

to keep a fond memory of someone

gây gỗ với ai

to pick a fight with someone

to look askance at, look black at someone

to ask, inquire after someone

hội kiến với ai

to meet with someone

take over someone’s job, replace somebody, succeed someone

là nguồn an ủi của người nào

to be a comfort to someone

to frighten someone

lãnh đạm với người nào

to be cold with someone

lột mặt nạ của người nào

to unmark someone

to make the first purchase in the day (of something) from someone

nghe như vịt nghe sấm

to be all Greek to someone

nhìn trừng trừng

to stare at someone

nhảy với người nào

to dance with someone

nhận xét về ai

to judge (of) someone

nhắm bắn người nào

to aim a gun at someone

nói ngọt với người nào

to say sweet nothings to someone

nặn chuyện để vu cáo người

to make up a story and slander someone

phát huy ảnh hưởng (của mình) đối với ai

to use one’s influence with someone

save (food, etc.) for someone

to be madly in love with someone

wear mourning for someone

tin một cách mù quáng

to have a blind confidence in someone

institute proceedings against someone

revenge oneself on someone

revenge oneself on someone

đánh bạn với ai

to make friends with someone

anyone, someone

đứng sau lưng

to stand behind someone