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Em Nguyên Ẹ4 nộp bài, hix, ngủ quên mất ~X
The bar graph illustrated the quantities in spending spare time based on gender and employment status between 1998 and 1999. According to it, the largest amounts of time used for entertaining purposes were belonged to the unemployed and retired groups of men: more than 80 hours. Meanwhile, the full time workingmen spent less time for relaxing, about 48 hours. Women of unemployed and retired group used roughly 80 hours of their time bank for resting, and against all predictions, housewives spent less time for entertain themselves: about 53 hours. The number was even fewer for employed part time women: 43 hours, and approximately 38 hours, the fewest number, belonged for the employed part time women group. There was no figure for employed part time men, and house – husband, of course. All of these led to one ultimately conclusion that, in any type of working status, women always be more laborious.

Chicken Idioms​

as mad as a wet hen


- angry
The nurse was as mad as a wet hen when the patient tried to bite her.

as scarce as hen's teeth


- very scarce or nonexistent
Cheap hotels in this city are as scarce as hen's teeth.

chicken and egg situation


- a situation where two things happen together and it is difficult to see which one of them caused the other, related to two factors - each of which causes or leads to the other
I do not know if I should buy a new computer so I can make some money with it or make some money first and then buy a new computer. It is a chicken and egg situation.

chicken feed


- a small sum of money
The amount of money that I spent last night was chicken feed and I am not worried about it at all.

chicken-livered


- cowardly, easily scared
The boy called his friend chicken-livered which made the friend very angry.

chicken out of (doing something)


- to stop doing something because of fear
My friend was planning to come with us but he chickened out at the last moment.

chickens come home to roost


- someone`s words or actions come back to cause trouble for him or her
The man is always unkind to other people. However, his chickens have come home to roost and people are now very unkind to him.

count one`s chickens before they`re hatched


- to depend or think that you will get something before you actually have it
"Don`t count your chickens before they`re hatched. Remember, you may not get the new job so you should not spend too much money."

go to bed with the chickens


- to go to bed as the sun is setting, to go to bed very early
My grandfather always goes to bed with the chickens because he works on a farm.

no spring chicken


- not young anymore
I do not know how old my aunt is but she is no spring chicken.

play chicken


- to do something dangerous in order to see who becomes frightened first and stops
The two boys were playing chicken in the schoolyard.

run around like a chicken with its head cut off


- to run around frantically and with no aim or purpose
I ran around like a chicken with its head cut off all morning as I prepared for my trip.

scarcer than hen's teeth


- very scarce or nonexistent
People who know about computers are scarcer than hen's teeth in our company.

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Trời ơi, hum nay chị nhiều việc kinh khủng, bận mờ mắt từ sáng đến h vẫn chưa nghỉ, chị cố lắm cũng chỉ chữa đc cho em xong đống Writing, còn 2 bài test đến tối hum trước cái Mai mới đưa nên chị ko làm kịp nổi, em thông cảm nhá
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UPDATE BÀI LỚP E42 ngày 06.05.11:
Lớp đã chữa xong bài Listening 5.1 và học xong bài 3,4 Giới từ
Bài chuẩn bị cho thứ 2 (09.05.11): Chữa bài Reading 5.2, học bài VOCAB 67-74 và bài dịch giới từ 5,6
Thứ 3 (10.05.11): Nộp bài Listening 5.2 và Reading 5.3; học bài Vocab 75-81 (hs làm bài 75,81) và học bài lý thuyết CON***IONALS [r2)]

UPDATE BÀI lớp E45 ngày 06.05.11:
Lớp đã học hết bài IELTS STRATEGIES 3, bài Vocab p.27-31 và bài Writing Task 2 Unit 3
Dành cho thứ 3 (10.05.11):
Học viên làm chương 4 Grammar; chữa bài IS và bài Vocab p.32-35 [r2)]
Tình hình là lợn của lớp E45 đã tăng trọng lên 700k và lớp E43 béo mẫm : 1045k [][][]

Crow Idioms​

as hoarse as a crow


- very hoarse
The professor was as hoarse as a crow during the lecture.

as the crow flies


- by the most direct way, along a straight line between two places
As the crow flies, it is about six kilometers between my house and downtown.

eat crow


- to admit that you are mistaken or defeated
Our boss was forced to eat crow when he discovered that he was totally wrong.

Duck Idioms​

as a duck takes to water


- easily and naturally
When the boy learned to swim it was just as a duck takes to water. It was very easy.

as easy as duck soup


- very easy, requiring no effort
Convincing the man to buy the car was as easy as duck soup.

dead duck


- someone in a hopeless situation or con***ion
The man is a dead duck. When the police catch him he will have to go to jail.

duck soup


- a task that does not require much effort
The exam was duck soup. I am sure that I did very well.

get one's ducks in a row


- to put one's affairs in order
When I get my ducks in a row I will be able to make a decision about a new career.

lame duck


- a politician who has only a little time left in office and therefore has little power
The politician is a lame-duck leader and he is not effective at all.

like water off a duck`s back


- without any effect, easily
Criticism falls away from my father like water off a duck`s back and he never worries about anything.

lovely weather for ducks


- rainy weather
I commented to the wet letter carrier that it was lovely weather for ducks today.

sitting duck


- an unsuspecting person who is easily fooled - as if waiting to be attacked
The soldier at the window was like a sitting duck for the enemy.

ugly duckling


- an ugly or plain child (who grows up to be pretty)
The girl was an ugly duckling when she was a child but now she is very beautiful.

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UPDATE BÀI LỚP E44 ngày 08.05.11:
Hôm nay lớp đã học xong bài VOCAB từ 24 đến 27 và bài tập MODALS 1
Dành cho thứ 4 ngày 11.05.11:
Chữa bài Listening 3.1, học bài Writing Unit 5 và học bài VOCAB chuyên đề 28-33
Dành cho thứ 5 ngày 12.05.11:
Chữa bài Reading 3.1, học lý thuyết bài MODALS 2 và học bài VOCAB từ 34-39 [r2)]
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Hôm qua mình quên ko update bài lớp E48:
Lớp hôm qua đã học hết bài IELTS STRATEGIES 1 và bài Vocab 3. Hôm nay lớp học Grammar và chữa bài LISTENING 1-10 nhé cả nhà [r32)]

UPDATE BÀI LỚP E43 ngày 08.05.11:
Hôm nay lớp đã học xong bài Writing Unit 12, bài Reading 3.1 và bài VOCAB 47,48
Ngày mai thứ 2 (09.05.11) lớp học bài Listening 3.2, Vocab 49-53 và COMMUNICATION U5 nhé
Lớp E43 đang trở thành ngôi sao được tất cả các lớp quan tâm, với con lợn béo tăng trọng lên 1075k roài

UPDATE bài lớp E48 ngày 08.05.11:
Lớp đã học xong bài Grammar từ 1-3, chữa xong Listening U1 từ Activity 1-13
Bài chuẩn bị cho tuần sau:
Thứ 7 (14.05.11): HS nộp bài Listening + Reading trong bài THE ARTS; học bài grammar từ U4-8; bài Vocab 4,5,6 và chữa nốt bài Listening 14-20
Chủ nhật (15.05.11): Học bài Writing Unit 1; bài Vocab 7, 8 [r32)]

UPDATE bài lớp E50 chuẩn bị cho tuần 14/05/11:
-Học sinh ghi âm tập nói các bài từ 1 - 3 (hạn chót: hết ngày thứ 5 ngày 12.05.11)
- Thứ 7 lớp học chuyên đề 2: bài 4 tới bài 7
- CN lớp học chuyên đề 3: bài 8-12[r2)]
(Nội quy phạt: 50k/ 1 lần ko làm bài tập)