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Tài liệu Tổng hợp soạn bởi admin Khôi Lê - nhóm Fb Luyện thi Chuyên Anh vào 10 When we first hit on the idea, everyone told us it would never work. 13. Take issue with sb: to disagree strongly I took issue with him over his interpretation of the instructions. 14. Channel into: To allocate or give resources, such as money or time, to a particular venture or goal. How much money do you think the company would be willing to channel into this initiative? 15. Tune in to: to watch or listen to a particular television or radio programme or station Be sure to tune in to next week's show. 1. Few and far between: not happening or existing very often Apartments that are both comfortable and reasonably priced are few and far between. 2. Up and about: feeling well enough to get out of bed and move around 3. Big shot: a person or an organization with a lot of power or influence He is trying to become a big shot in the mortgage business. 4. Hot air: If something that someone says is hot air, it is not sincere and will have no practical results His promises turned out to be a lot of hot air. 5. Pull the plug: to do something that prevents an activity from continuing, especially by no longer giving money to support it If the viewing figures drop much more, the TV network will probably pull the plug on the whole series. 6. Rectify (v): to correct something or make something right I am determined to take whatever action is necessary to rectify the situation. 7. Lay out: to arrange something on a flat surface The designer laid out the book with pictures on every page. Lay out: to spend money, esp. if it seems like a large amount It's not every day you lay out $500 on a dress. Lay out: to explain something clearly, usually in writing He didn't understand that I was firing him, so I laid it out for him. 8. Beneath your dignity: If something is beneath your dignity, you feel that you are too important to do it He felt cleaning the bathroom was beneath his dignity. 9. On pins and needles: worried or excited about something that is going to happen Don’t keep Margaret on pins and needles – give her a call. 10. Start out: to begin your life, or the part of your life when you work, in a particular way My dad started out as a salesperson in a shop. 11. Slack off: to do something with less effort or energy than before I was exercising regularly last summer, but I've been slacking off recently. 12. Overdrawn (adj): having taken more money out of your bank account than the account contained, or (of a bank account) having had more money taken from it than was originally in it