VOCABULARY THEO TOPIC

4. FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Your famly - Do you have a large or small family?
- immediate family (noun phrase): gia đình trực hệ
ENG: people who are very closely related to you, such as your parents,
children, brothers, and sisters
- close-knit (adj): khăng khít
ENG: having strong relationships with each other and taking a close, friendly
interest in each other’s activities and problems
- keep in touch (idiom): giữ liên lạc
ENG: to communicate with somebody, especially by writing to them or
phoning them
- nuclear family (noun phrase): gia đình hạt nhân
ENG: a family group consisting of two parents and their children (one or more)
- only child (noun phrase): con một
ENG: a child who has no sisters or brothers
- extended family (noun phrase): đại gia đình, họ
ENG: a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents,
aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household.
- under the same roof (prepositional phrase): dưới cùng một mái nhà
ENG: in the same building
- get on well (phrasal verb): hòa thuận
ENG: to have a friendly relationship with somebody
- generational conflict (noun phrase): xung đột thế hệ
ENG: a conflict situation between teenagers and adults or a more abstract
conflict between two generations
Family members - What are your parents like?
 - Have you got any siblings?
- sympathy for somebody (noun): sự đồng cảm
ENG: the feeling of being sorry for somebody; showing that you understand
and care about somebody’s problems
- underprivileged people (noun phrase): người có hoàn cảnh khó khăn
ENG: people having less money and fewer opportunities than most people in
society
- karma (noun): nghiệp, nhân quả
ENG: the sum of somebody’s good and bad actions in one of their lives,
believed to decide what will happen to them in the next life
- have a good sense of humour (verb phrase): vui tính
ENG: to be humourous
- crack a joke (verb phrase): kể chuyện cười
ENG: to tell a joke
- somewhat (adv): tới mức độ nào đó, có chút
ENG: to some degree
- inherit something from somebody (verb): thừa hưởng
ENG: to have qualities, physical features, etc. that are similar to those of your
parents, grandparents, etc.
- attach great importance to something (verb phrase): coi trọng
ENG: to show respect for something
- standards of morality (noun phrase): quy chuẩn đạo đức
ENG: principles relating to right and wrong or good and bad behaviour
- decent (adj): tử tế
ENG: of a good enough standard or quality
- senior by … years (noun phrase): người hơn mình … tuổi
ENG: a person who is older than somebody else
- generation gap (noun phrase): khoảng cách thế hệ
ENG: the difference in attitude or behaviour between young and older people
that causes a lack of understanding
- insignificant (adj): không đáng kể
ENG: not big or valuable enough to be considered important
- get along (phrasal verb): hòa thuận
ENG: to have a friendly relationship with somebody
- on the same wavelength (idiom): hợp nhau, có cùng quan điểm
ENG: (informal) to have the same way of thinking or the same ideas or feelings
as somebody else
- occupied with something (adj): bận rộn
ENG: busy
Activities with your family - What do you often do with
your family members/ father/ mother?
- Who is your favourite family
member?
- Do you often hang out with your
siblings?
- update somebody on something (verb): kể cho ai nghe, cập nhật cho ai
ENG: to give somebody the most recent information about something; to add
the most recent information to something
- rewarding (adj): đáng quý, mang lại cảm giác thỏa mãn
ENG: worth doing; that makes you happy because you think it is useful or
important
- have idle chit-chat about something (verb phrase): chém gió linh tinh
ENG: to have a conversation about things that are not important
- take a keen interest in something (verb phrase): thích, quan tâm
ENG: to be interested in something
- spare time ~ me time (noun phrase): thời gian rảnh rỗi
ENG: free time
- live independently (verb phrase): sống tự lập
ENG: to live without relying on somebody else for money or support
- facilitate something (verb): tạo điều kiện thuận lợi
ENG: to make an action or a process possible or easier
- get on well (phrasal verb): hòa thuận
ENG: to have a friendly relationship with somebody
- gather (around) (verb): tụ tập
ENG: to come together, or bring people together, in one place to form a group
- throw a party (verb phrase): mở tiệc
ENG: to hold a party
Your friends - Do you have many friends?
- Do you have many close friends?
- Would you prefer to have one good friend or
many friends?
- social butterfly (noun phrase): người thích xã giao, kết bạn
ENG: someone who is very social and easygoing
- strike up a conversation (verb phrase): bắt chuyện
ENG: to start a conversation
- superficial friend (noun phrase): bạn xã giao
ENG: a friend who is only around when things are going good for you
- socialize (verb): xã giao, gặp gỡ
ENG: to meet and spend time with people in a friendly way, in order to enjoy
yourself
- cherry-pick somebody/ something (verb): kén chọn
ENG: to choose the best people or things from a group and leave those that are
not so good
- go through something (phrasal verb): trải qua
ENG: to experience or suffer something
- ups and downs (idiom): thăng trầm
ENG: the mixture of good and bad things in life or in a particular situation or
relationship
- tons of somebody/ something (noun phrase): rất nhiều
ENG: a lot of somebody/ something
- a shoulder to cry on (idiom): người ở bên động viên, an ủi
ENG: someone who is willing to listen to your problems and give you
sympathy, emotional support, and encouragement
- word of honor (noun phrase): lời hứa
ENG: a promise
- give somebody a hand (idiom): giúp đỡ ai
ENG: to help somebody
Activities with your friends - What do you often do with
your friends
- Do you want to spend time with a
friend or spend time alone?
- go out for a coffee (verb phrase): ra ngoài uống cà phê
ENG: to go out to grab a cup of coffee
- coffeeholic (noun): người nghiện cà phê
ENG: somebody addicted to coffee
- take a keen interest in something (verb phrase): quan tâm, thích
ENG: to be interested in something
- favour something (verb): thích hợp cho, thuận lợi cho
ENG: to provide suitable conditions for a particular person, group, etc.
- die-hard fan (noun phrase): fan cứng
ENG: somebody who is completely 100% obsessed with their favorite game,
band, movie, etc.
- exhilarating (adj): thú vị, vui vẻ
ENG: very exciting and great fun
- spare time (noun phrase): thời gian rảnh
ENG: free time
- gravitate towards somebody/ something (verb): hướng về, thiên về
ENG: to move towards somebody/something that you are attracted to
- in a bad mood (prepositional phrase): tâm trạng kém
ENG: to feel bad
- crack a joke (verb phrase): kể chuyện cười
ENG: to tell a joke
- quality time (noun phrase): thời gian bên gia đình, bạn bè
ENG: free time you spend with your family or friends
- go-to choice (noun phrase): lựa chọn số 1, đầu tiên
ENG: the first thing you think of and choose
Family or friends - Do you think friends or families are
more important?
- put food on the table (idiom): nuôi gia đình
ENG: to provide enough money to cover basic necessities
- come and go (verb phrase): đến rồi lại đi
ENG: to exist or happen somewhere for a short time and then go away
- blood ties (noun phrase): quan hệ máu mủ
ENG: the relationships that exist by birth rather than through marriage
- out of state (adj): nay đây mai đó
ENG: used to describe people who do not live permanently in a particular state
within a country, but have traveled there from somewhere else
- separate (verb): ly thân
ENG: to stop living together as a couple with your husband, wife or partner
- neglectful (adj): lơ là
ENG: not giving enough care or attention to somebody/something
- cater to somebody/ something (phrasal verb): phục vụ, đáp ứng
ENG: to provide the things that a particular type of person wants, especially
things that you do not approve of
- soulmate (noun): tri kỷ
ENG: a person that you have a special friendship with because you understand
each other’s feelings and interests