Week: 2

Name: Nguyen Quynh Anh

VOCABULARY CORNER
No New Type of Pronunciation Level English Vietnamese Sentence building
. word/phrase word
(B2+CEFR explanation meaning (at least 15 words in
) length)
1 Be made for Idiom C2 Be perfect partners Hòa hợp The two of you were made
each other for each other – I think you
should get married!
2 Tie the knot Idiom C2 Get married Kết hôn Helen and her husband are
going to tie the knot next
month
3 Drive a wedge Idiom Make the relationship Gây ra sự bất I used to be close friends
between between two people or hòa with MA, but when we
someone groups suffer became freshman, it really
drove a wedge between us.
4 Your own flesh Idiom C2 A person or people that Họ hang với ai It’s hard to believe that he
and blood you are related to could treat his own flesh
and blood so badly
5 There’s little/no Idiom They don’t like each Không thích đối It’s hard for me get on with
love lost other phương my flesh and blood because
between them there’s little love lost
between us.
6 Heal the rift Idiom C1 End a serious (mối quan hệ) Mary was never able to heal
disagreement between the rift between herself and
 friends rạn nứt her father
7 Blue blood Noun /ˌbluː ˈblʌd/ The fact of being form Dòng dõi quý However, as she changed
a royal or noble family tộc back, she’s bald and has
blue blood veins
everywhere in her body
8 Companionship Noun /kəmˈpæn.jən.ʃɪp/ C1 The pleasant feeling Tình bạn In particular, they wanted
that you have when you their children to have
have a friendly companionship.
relationship with
somebody and are not
alone
9 Crony Noun /ˈkrəʊni/ C2 A person that Bạn than, bạn He found him a crony
somebody spends a lot chí cốt
of time with
10 Fellowship Noun /ˈfeləʊʃɪp/ C2 a feeling of friendship Tình bằng hữu, She is one of a small
between people who do tình bạn fellowship of showbusiness
things together or share consultants
an interest
11 Hook up with Phrasal to meet somebody and Cộng tác A conference where startup
somebody Verb spend time with them companies can hook up with
to start working with investors
somebody
12 Unrequited Adjective /ˌʌnrɪˈkwaɪtɪd/ C2 (of love) not returned (tình yêu) không It’s just another poem on
by the person that you được đền đáp the pain of unrequited love
love
13 Nuclear family Noun /ˌnjuːkliə C1 a family that consists of Gia đình hạt We average fewer than two
 ˈfæməli/ father, mother and nhân children per nuclear family
children, when it is
thought of as a unit in
society
14 Extended Noun /ɪkˌsten.dɪd C1 A family unit that Gia đình đa thế It has a big generation gap
family ˈfæm.əl.i/ includes grandfathers, hệ between elders and
aunts, and so on in youngsters in an extended
addition to parents and family
children