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    topic 4: What are the possible effects of living long on an individual and on the whole society?

    According to developing of health care systems, human’s average age increase from 50s to 70s in 50 years from 1950 to 2000, the rate of dying new born baby also decrease and the number of old people dying are too. The record about the oldest people in the world in the Guinness book has continued breaking since 2000, now, the oldest person is in 114 years old. Living long is a proof to show that how good our health care is, but living a long life also has possible effects on an individual and on the whole society.
    First, a long living life has many effects. In the good way, long living people can have more time beside people they love, watch their grandchildren grow in peaceful. In the other hand, living a long life make them too weak, too slow that they can’t do anything, and as a result, their family have to spend a part of total income to pay for their nursing services. With people who lost their family for some reasons, they feel boring enough to die but they can’t die because they are so weak that they can’t suicide.
    On the whole society, the growing of long living is viewed as a burden for society, living long cost a large of money for building nursing house, hospital, health care system for old people. Beside, with the rate of newborn baby is decreased, and young people die for many cause, companies find it harder to recruit suitable employee for the position they need.
    In conclusion, living long life has advantage and disadvantage to society and individuals, any issue that arises from having an older population should not be viewed as a challenge for the century to come, because improving health and increased life expectancy mean that today's older population is able to lead a fuller life than any generation before them.
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    huhu c thùy ơi e49 thì 1/7 hãy bắt đầu nha c, c chờ e với, ngày 1/7 e mới thi xong nên e sẽ nghĩ học ngày đó. e chỉ bay ra học kịp từ thứ 2, c ơi giúp em:((
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    Để nay or mai chị xem lại rùi chị nhắn tin cho em nha, có thể chị sẽ đề nghị mọi người rời sang hẳn 5.7 đấy, chị cũng đang cần thêm 1 tuần để dạy thêm buổi cho lớp E42 [:D]
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    The three graphs illustrate recruitment students in various colleges in the Higher colleges of technology in 1999
    The first bar chart reveals that all of number of men students enrolled bigger than women students among five countries are selected. For example, the largest gap between men and women students is belong to Dubai with 547 women compared to 426 men.
    The second bar graph is regarding to students graduate and gender. Once again, the trends of women students are finished study higher than men students in almost level except in Diploma level with figures of men students slightly higher than women. Interestingly, in bachelor degree, only female students are graduated. It’s also clearly that amount of both male and female students are decrease with higher education level.
    The last pie chart indicates that proportion of students decrease by higher education level. While a half of students are studied certificate degree, the percentages of students in Diploma and Higher diploma is 27% and 20%, respectively. Bachelors have the lowest percent, it’s only 3%.
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    Thông báo: Lớp IELTS SPEAKING + LISTENING E45 vẫn bắt đầu học buổi đầu tiên từ tuần này như đã dự kiến nhé cả nhà [r2)]

    -----------------------------Tự động gộp Reply ---------------------------
    UPDATE bài E42 ngày 13.06.11:
    Lớp đã học xong bài Reading 6.4, bài EMPHASIS và bài Vocab 86-89 [r2)]
    Dành cho ngày mai thứ 3 ngày 14.06.11:
    Lớp học bài Listening 7.1, bài CẤU TRÚC ĐẢO NGỮ và học tiếp Vocab 89-93 [r2)]
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    UPDATE bài lớp E43 ngày 13.06.11:
    Lớp hôm nay đã học bài Reading 4.4 - làm hết BT RELATIVE CLAUSES & Vocab 80-81
    Dành cho thứ 5 ngày 16.06.11:
    Các bạn nộp bài Reading 5.1; Listening + Reading 5.2
    Học bài Reading 5.1, bài MỆNH ĐỀ TÍNH TỪ phần Ngữ pháp cao cấp từ 1 -7 và làm bài VOCAB chủ đề 82-93 (hs làm 82-86-89) [r32)][r32)][r32)]
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    C Thùy ơi, t4 và t5 lớp E44 học j đấy ạ? Hôm trc e bị ngã xe nên k đi học đc ạ :(
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    Trời, thế em có bị gì nghiêm trọng lắm ko =((
    Bài lớp E44 đây em nhé:
    UPDATE bài lớp E44 ngày 12.06.11:
    Lớp đã học bài Reading 4.2, Vocab 55-56 và bài LINKING WORDS & PHRASES
    Dành cho thứ 4 ngày 15.06.11:
    cả lớp làm bài Listening 4.3, vocab 57-60 và bài ARTICLES
    Thứ 5 16.06.11:
    Reading 4.3, Con***ionals (LT) và Communication Unit 8

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    Head & Mind​




    a head


    - for one person, for one individual (used for counting people or animals like cattle)
    "The tickets were only a few dollars a head."

    able to (do something) standing on one's head


    - to be able to do something very easily and quickly
    The man is able to do his job standing on his head.

    absent-minded


    - to be forgetful
    Our neighbor is very absent-minded and he often forgets his keys.

    all in (one's) mind


    - a situation or problem that does not actually exist
    The problem between my aunt and her neighbor is all in her mind. It does not exist.

    as bald as a baby's backside


    - completely bald
    The man who works in the post office is as bald as a baby's backside.

    as bald as a coot


    - completely bald
    The man in the store is as bald as a coot.

    at one's wit's end


    - to be in a worrying or stressful situation where you have no idea about what to do next
    I was at my wit's end about what to do for my sister's wedding.

    bad hair day


    - a day when everything seems to go wrong (just like when you cannot make your hair look attractive)
    Yesterday was a bad hair day and everything went wrong for me.

    bang one`s head against a wall or bang one`s head against a brick wall


    - to not succeed at something after trying very hard, to waste one's time trying to do something that is hopeless
    I am banging my head against a wall trying to talk to my neighbor.

    bear (someone or something) in mind


    - to remember and think about someone or something
    "Please bear the starting time for the concert in mind so that we can arrive early."

    beat one`s brains out


    - to tire oneself by thinking too much
    I have been beating my brains out trying to remember where I put my notebook.

    beat one`s head against a wall or beat one`s head against a brick wall


    - to not succeed at something after trying very hard, to waste one's time trying to do something that is hopeless
    I am beating my head against a wall trying to understand my boss.

    beat (something) into (someone`s) head


    - to force someone to learn something by repeating it over and over
    The teacher tried to beat the material into the student's head.

    bite (someone's) head off


    - to speak to someone in an angry way
    I went to speak with my supervisor but she bit my head off.

    black out


    - to faint or pass out
    The man suddenly blacked out while he was waiting for the bus.

    blow one's stack/top


    - to become very angry
    My father will blow his top if he learns that I failed my course.

    blow (someone`s) mind


    - to overwhelm or excite someone
    My friend told me that the new book would blow my mind.

    blow up in (someone`s) face


    - to end abruptly or unexpectedly, to be ruined while you are working on it, to explode suddenly in front of you
    The plan to have a party for our boss blew up in our face when he decided not to come.

    blue in the face


    - to be very angry or upset, to be excited and emotional
    The man argued with his supervisor until he was blue in the face.

    boggle one's mind


    - to confuse someone, to overwhelm someone, to be hard to imagine
    It boggles my mind to think how quickly the Internet has changed people's lives.

    bonehead


    - an unusually dense or stupid person
    The boy is a bonehead. He never understands what other people are trying to tell him.

    bored out of one's mind/skull


    - to be very bored
    The little boy was bored out of his mind and wanted to go home.

    brain drain


    - the loss of talented and educated people from one place or country to another place or country where con***ions are better
    There is a brain drain from many poor countries to wealthy countries where con***ions are better.

    brain (someone)


    - to strike a person on the head
    The spectator was brained in the middle of the match with a tennis ball.

    brain teaser


    - a problem for which it is hard to find the answer
    My father likes to look in the newspaper for interesting brain teasers.

    brains behind (something)


    - the person or people who are responsible for inventing or developing or organizing something
    The president of our company is the brains behind the plans to develop the new audio product.

    brainchild


    - an idea that one has thought of without any help from others
    The idea for building the new swimming pool was the brainchild of our boss.

    brainless


    - to be stupid
    The woman is brainless and has no idea what she is doing.

    brainstorm (something)


    - to try to develop an idea
    The club members gathered to try and brainstorm some ideas for a spring festival.

    brainwash (someone)


    - to make someone believe something that is not true by repeating it again and again
    The citizens were brainwashed into thinking exactly what their leader wanted them to think.

    bring (something) to a head


    - to cause a situation with problems to reach the point where something must be done to solve or deal with the problems
    The union brought the issue of working hours to a head when they threatened to go on strike.

    bury one's head in the sand


    - to ignore a problem or hide from some obvious danger, to refuse to see or face something
    My uncle buried his head in the sand and tried not to talk about the family problem.

    butt heads with (someone)


    - to argue with someone about a particular subject or problem
    I do not want to butt heads with the manager of our department.

    by a hair's breadth


    - just barely, by a very small distance
    I arrived at the concert on time but only by a hair's breadth.

    by a whisker


    - just barely, by a very small distance
    I won the race by a whisker.

    by the sweat of one`s brow


    - by hard work
    The man made his business by the sweat of his brow.

    change (someone's) mind


    - to cause a person to think differently about something
    I tried hard to change my friend's mind about going on a holiday with me.

    cheek by jowl


    - side by side, close together
    The boxes were placed in the room cheek by jowl and there was no room for anything else.

    cheek-to-cheek


    - with one person's cheek pressed up against another person's cheek
    The couple was dancing cheek-to-cheek.

    collect one's wits


    - to make an effort to control one's thoughts and feelings after something shocking or unexpected happens
    I stopped at a small coffee shop after my job interview in order to collect my wits.

    come face to face with (someone or something)


    - to meet someone or something in person, to deal with someone immediately
    I was walking through the forest when I came face to face with a black bear.

    come to mind


    - to enter into one's consciousness (used for an idea)
    It came to mind last night that I had only two more weeks to work before my holiday.

    come to one's senses


    - to wake up, to begin to think clearly
    The man came to his senses and stopped spending his money as soon as he received it.

    commit (something) to memory


    - to memorize something
    The new manager was able to quickly commit the names of his staff to memory.

    count heads


    - to count people
    The teacher always counts heads in the morning.

    crack a smile


    - to smile a little
    I did not crack a smile during the speech.

    cross (someone`s) mind


    - to be a sudden or passing thought, to occur to someone (an idea)
    It suddenly crossed my mind that the store will be closed all day on Monday.
    curl (someone`s) hair


    - to shock or frighten or horrify someone
    The movie is very realistic and many of the scenes will curl your hair.

    drum (something) into (someone's) head


    - to keep telling someone something until they cannot forget it
    The teacher worked hard to drum the mathematics material into the students' heads.

    enter (someone's) mind


    - to come into someone's mind (used for an idea or thought)
    It never entered my mind that my friend would lose his job.

    exercise one's brain


    - to exercise one's intelligence
    I always do puzzles in order to exercise my brain.

    face-to-face


    - in person, in the same location
    The soccer star had a face-to-face meeting with his new team yesterday.

    fall flat on one's face


    - to be completely unsuccessful
    I fell flat on my face when I tried to make a speech at the wedding.

    fall head over heels


    - to fall down (and maybe roll over)
    The little boy fell head over heels down the hill.

    fall head over heels in love with (someone)


    - to fall deeply in love with someone
    The girl fell head over heels in love with the boy on the basketball team.

    feed one's face


    - to eat
    I stopped at a small restaurant to feed my face.

    fly in the face of (something)


    - to ignore something
    The explanation by the criminal flies in the face of common sense.

    from head to toe


    - from the top of one's head to one's feet
    The woman was dressed in yellow from head to toe.

    get a head start


    - to get an advantage when you start doing something or going somewhere, to start early, to leave early
    We woke up early in the morning in order to get a head start on our holiday.

    get a load off one's mind


    - to talk about what is troubling you
    I wanted to get a load off my mind so I passed the evening talking with a friend.

    get gray hair


    - to have your hair turn gray because of stress
    The father said that he was getting gray hair from dealing with his son.

    get in (someone's) hair


    - to bother or irritate someone
    The little boy often gets in his mother's hair.

    get into (someone's) head


    - to understand what someone thinks and feels so that you can communicate well with him or her
    I am having a difficult time to get into the principal's head and understand what he is doing.

    get it into one's head to (do something)


    - to decide to do something even though there may not be a good reason to do it
    The girl got it into her head to begin ballet lessons.

    get out of (someone's) face


    - to go away or leave someone
    I wish that my friend would get out of my face.

    get (someone) out of one's hair


    - to stop someone from annoying or bothering you
    The woman wanted to get the little boy out of her hair.

    get (someone or something) out of one's head/mind


    - to stop thinking about or wanting someone or something, to forget about someone or something
    My friend is trying hard to get his former girlfriend out of his mind.

    get (something) into/through (someone`s) head


    - to make someone understand or believe something
    It was difficult to get it through the bank manager's head that I did not want a cre*** card.

    get (something) through (someone's) thick skull


    - to manage to get someone (including oneself) to understand something
    The salesman cannot get it through his thick skull that I do not want to talk to him.

    give (someone) a piece of one`s mind


    - to scold someone angrily, to say what one really thinks of someone (especially when they have behaved badly)
    I gave the store manager a piece of my mind when I told him about the bad service.

    give (someone) a swelled head


    - to make someone conceited
    The girl's high test scores are giving her a swelled head.

    go head to head with (someone)


    - to compete in a direct and determined way with another person or group
    We will go head to head with the other team and win the city championship.

    go over (someone's) head


    - to be too difficult for someone to understand
    The reasons for the decision went over my head. I could not understand why.

    go to one's head


    - to make one dizzy
    The drink quickly went to the man's head and he had to sit down.

    go to (someone`s) head


    - to make someone too proud, to make a person think that he or she is too important
    The man's new job has gone to his head and he thinks that he is better than everyone else.

    gray matter


    - brains, intelligence
    The young man seems to be lacking in gray matter.

    great minds think alike


    - someone has the same idea or says the same thing as you do and at the same time
    Great minds think alike and just as I suggested that we go to a movie, my friend suggested the same thing.

    hang by a hair


    - to depend on a small thing, to be at risk or in doubt
    The results of the election are still undecided and are hanging by a hair.

    hanging over (someone's) head


    - to be worrying someone and be something that you will eventually have to deal with
    The court case has been hanging over my friend's head for many months.

    have a big head


    - to think that you are better than everyone else, to be conceited
    My friend has a big head now that he has won the speech contest at university.

    have a brainstorm


    - *****ddenly have a very good idea
    I had a brainstorm last night and I now have some good ideas for next year's party.

    have a brainwave


    - to have a sudden clever idea
    Last night I had a brainwave and had some good ideas about what to do at my job.

    have a clean/clear conscience (about someone or something)


    - to be free of guilt about someone or something
    I have a clear conscience about what happened to my father's car in the accident.

    have a closed mind (about something)


    - to be unwilling to change one's ideas or opinions about something
    My aunt has a closed mind and she is not flexible about most things.

    have a good head for (something)


    - to have the mental ability for something, to find it easy to learn something
    My uncle has a good head for numbers.

    have a good head on one's shoulders


    - to be sensible and intelligent
    The supermarket manager has a good head on his shoulders and he should be able to solve the problem.

    have a good mind to (do something)


    - to be tempted to do something, to be almost ready to do something
    I have a good mind to go and tell my boss that I am planning to look for another job.

    have a head start


    - to have an advantage when you start doing something or going somewhere
    The boy had a head start and he easily won the race.

    have a lot on one's mind


    - to have many things to worry about
    I have a lot on my mind with my new job and new apartment.

    have a mind like a steel trap


    - to have a very sharp and quick mind
    The man has a mind like a steel trap and he never forgets anything.

    have a mind of its own


    - a machine or vehicle does not do what you want it to do
    Sometimes my car seems to have a mind of its own and it will not do what I want.

    have a mind of one's own


    - someone does or thinks what they want to do or think instead of doing or thinking what they are told
    The little boy has a mind of his own and he always wants to do what he wants.

    have a notion to do (something)


    - to have a desire to do something
    I have a notion to go to the beach for my holidays.

    have a one-track mind


    - to have a mind that thinks only about one thing
    The boy has a one-track mind and he only thinks about car racing.

    have a price on one's head


    - to be wanted by the authorities who have offered money for your capture
    The criminal has a price on his head and many people are searching for him.

    have a stroke


    - *****ddenly become (partially or totally) paralyzed because of an interruption in the blood supply to the brain
    The truck driver had a stroke just before the accident on the highway.

    have an open mind about (something)


    - to be flexible and willing to listen to other people's opinions and change your own opinions or ideas
    I have an open mind and I am willing to listen to what other people are saying about something.

    have bats in one's belfry


    - to be slightly crazy
    The woman has bats in her belfry. She is a little crazy.

    have egg on one's face


    - to become embarrassed because of something that is obvious to everyone or after you make a mistake
    I had egg on my face after I remembered the wrong day for the wedding.

    have half a mind to do (something)


    - to have almost decided to do something, to be thinking about doing something
    I have half a mind to take my new television back to the store because I do not like it.

    have keen wits


    - to have the ability to think quickly
    The man has keen wits and he can make smart decisions very fast.

    have one's head in the clouds


    - to be unaware of what is going on
    The store clerk has his head in the clouds and makes many mistakes.

    have one's head screwed on right/straight


    - to be sensible and make good decisions
    The woman has her head screwed on right. She always makes good decisions.

    have rocks in one`s head


    - to be stupid or silly or crazy, to not have good judgement
    My friend has rocks in his head if he thinks that I am going to lend him more money.

    have second thoughts about (someone or something)


    - to have doubts about someone or something
    We are beginning to have second thoughts about going camping on our holiday.

    have (someone or something) on one's mind


    - to be thinking a lot about someone or something
    My friend has his many school problems on his mind.

    have (something) hanging over one's head


    - to have something bothering or worrying you, to have a deadline to worry about
    I have had the final essay hanging over my head for many weeks now.

    have (something) in mind


    - to be thinking of something in particular, to have an idea in your mind
    "What do you have in mind for the meeting next week?"

    have (something) on the brain


    - to be obsessed with something, to never stop thinking or talking about something
    The boy has cars on the brain and he does not think of anything else.

    have the presence of mind to (do something)


    - to have the calmness and ability to act sensibly in a difficult situation
    The farmer had the presence of mind to close the barn door after the fire started.

    have the wits to do (something)


    - to have the intelligence or understanding to do something
    The man had the wits to phone the police when he saw the accident.

    head and shoulders above (someone or something)


    - to be superior to someone or something
    The new principal is head and shoulders above those who have come before.

    a head case


    - to be crazy
    The apartment manager is a head case. She is crazy.

    head is buzzing


    - to be thinking of something or many things at the same time
    My head was buzzing after I left the meeting last night.

    head-on


    - with the head or front pointing at something, with the front facing something
    There was a head-on car crash last night near our house.

    head over heels


    - upside down, head first
    The little boy fell head over heels down the steep hill.

    head over heels in debt


    - to be deeply in debt
    My cousin has been head over heels in debt for many years.

    head over heels in love with (someone)


    - to be very much in love with someone
    The young man is head over heels in love with the girl in his swimming club.

    head shrinker


    - psychiatrist
    When I was a child my next door neighbor was a head shrinker.

    Heads up!


    - Raise your head and be careful about some nearby danger.
    "Heads up," the construction worker yelled at the other worker.

    heads will roll


    - serious trouble is coming, someone will lose his or her job
    Heads will roll if we do not make some progress in fixing the accounting problem.

    headhunt


    - to search for qualified individuals to fill certain positions
    The company is now headhunting in order to find a new president.

    hide one's face in shame


    - to cover one's face because of shame or embarrassment
    The manager of the company hid his face in shame when he was fired for stealing company money.

    hide one`s head in the sand


    - to ignore a problem or hide from some obvious danger, to refuse to see or face something
    The man likes to hide his head in the sand and he never wants to deal with any problem.

    hold one's head up


    - to keep or display one's dignity
    The accounting manager was totally honest during the investigation into the scandal and when it was over he was able to hold his head up and be proud of himself.

    in a positive frame of mind


    - to be happy and in a good mood
    Our teacher is in a positive frame of mind this week.

    in one`s hair


    - to be bothering someone, to be always annoying someone
    My sister's small son is always in her hair when she is making dinner.

    in one's mind's eye


    - in one's mind
    In my mind's eye, I cannot imagine what happened to my friend in the accident.

    in one's right mind


    - to be sane, to be sensible
    The man who hit the dog was not in his right mind.

    in over one's head


    - to be having more difficulties than one can manage
    The electrician seems to be in over his head and he does not know how to fix the electrical problem.

    in the face of (something)


    - in spite of the fact that there may be problems or difficulty or danger
    In the face of many problems, my cousin was still able to raise wonderful children.

    in two minds about (something)


    - to be undecided about something
    I am in two minds about going to a movie tonight.

    keep a cool head


    - to keep calm in a difficult and stressful situation
    The bank manager kept a cool head during the bank robbery.

    keep a straight face


    - to not smile or laugh
    It was hard to keep a straight face during the funny movie.

    keep an open mind about (something)


    - to be flexible and willing to listen to other people's opinions and change your own ideas
    I want to keep an open mind and listen to what others say about the problem.

    keep one`s chin up


    - to be brave, to be determined, to face trouble with courage
    My brother is trying to keep his chin up even though he has no job.

    keep one`s head


    - to stay calm when there is trouble or danger
    Everyone tried to keep their head during the fire at the hotel.

    keep one's head above water


    - to keep out of difficult financial problems, to stay out of trouble
    My brother has been having a hard time keeping his head above water since he lost his job.

    keep one's head down


    - to quietly do your work without causing any problems and causing other people to notice you
    I knew that there was a problem at work so I kept my head down all morning.

    keep one's wits about one


    - to keep one's mind operating clearly in a time of stress
    Firefighters must always keep their wits about them when they are fighting a large fire.

    keep (someone or something) in mind


    - to remember and think about someone or something
    I tried to keep my cousin in mind when I was inviting people to the dinner party.

    keep (someone) out of one's hair


    - to keep someone from annoying or bothering you
    We tried to keep the little boy out of our hair while we were preparing for the wedding.

    knit one's brow


    - to wrinkle one's brow (by frowning)
    The ticket agent knit his brow when I began to ask questions about the airline routes.

    knock one`s head against a (brick) wall


    - to waste time trying to do something with no success
    The company manager's have been knocking their heads against a wall trying to solve the problem.

    knock some heads together


    - to scold some people to get them to do what they are supposed to be doing
    The principal felt that it was time to knock some heads together and begin to get things done in the school.

    knock (someone's) block off


    - to strike someone hard in the head
    The young boy said that he was going to knock his friend's block off.

    know one's own mind


    - to be very sure of what one's opinions are and what you want to do
    My friend knows his own mind and it is difficult to convince him that he is wrong.

    last thing on (someone's) mind


    - the last thing that someone is thinking about
    Going to a movie was the last thing on my mind yesterday evening.

    laugh one's head off


    - to laugh a lot and for a long time
    I laughed my head off during the movie.

    let one`s hair down


    - to act freely and naturally, to relax
    We were able to let our hair down at the party and have a good time.

    a long face


    - a sad or disappointed look
    The man had a long face after he was fired from his job.

    lose face


    - to be embarrassed or ashamed by an error or failure, to lose self-respect
    The manager lost face when the person who she hired was a terrible worker.

    lose one's head over (someone or something)


    - to become confused or obsessed over something
    The woman lost her head during the investigation into the company problems.

    lose one's marbles/mind


    - to go crazy, to go out of one's mind
    I think that the man next door is beginning to lose his marbles.

    lose one's train of thought


    - to forget what one was talking about or thinking about
    I lost my train of thought during my meeting with my boss.

    make a face (at someone)


    - to twist one's face into a strange expression in order to show dislike etc.
    The boy made a face at the girl in the hall.

    make chin music


    - to talk, to chatter
    The two old friends spent the morning making chin music.

    make heads or tails (out) of (something)


    - to find meaning in something, to understand something
    I was unable to make heads or tails out of our company's plans to restructure our department.

    make (someone's) hair curl


    - *****rprise or shock someone (used for a story or experience)
    The horror movie made my hair curl.

    make (someone's) hair stand on end


    - to cause someone to become frightened
    The movie made my hair stand on end.

    make (someone's) head spin/swim


    - to confuse or overwhelm someone, to make someone dizzy
    The speed of the day's events made my head spin.

    make up one`s mind


    - to choose what to do, to decide something
    I have not been able to make up my mind about going to the party or not.

    meeting of minds


    - complete agreement
    We were able to achieve a meeting of minds and everybody was happy.

    mind goes blank


    - to be suddenly unable to remember something
    My mind went blank when I tried to remember the woman's name.

    mind is buzzing


    - to be thinking of something or many things at the same time
    My mind was buzzing after I left the theater last night.

    mind is in the gutter


    - someone is thinking or talking about a subject that offends people
    The man's mind is in the gutter and I do not like to talk to him.

    mind is on (something)


    - someone is thinking about and giving attention to something
    My mind has been on my summer holidays all week.

    mind over matter


    - if you really want to you can do something that is very difficult or even impossible
    "It is mind over matter. If you want *****cceed with your project you will be able to do it."

    mind-boggling


    - overwhelming, startling
    The choices of evening classes at the university are mind-boggling.

    mind-numbing


    - to be extremely boring
    The speech was so boring that it was mind-numbing.

    (something)-minded


    - to be thinking about something, to focus on something
    The girl is very sports-minded and she loves to participate in any kind of sport that she can.

    narrow-minded


    - to be unwilling to accept or understand new ideas
    My uncle is very narrow-minded and is not flexible about anything.

    need one's head examined


    - to make remarks or do actions that are wrong or stupid
    My teacher needs her head examined. It will be impossible to finish the project before Monday.

    need (something) like a hole in the head


    - to not need something at all
    My friend needs a new car like he needs a hole in the head.

    neither hide nor hair (of someone or something)


    - no sign or indication of someone or something
    I have seen neither hide nor hair of the girl in my geography class.

    nobody in his/her right mind would do (something)


    - it would be very stupid or unreasonable to do something
    Nobody in his right mind would drive his car when the roads are so bad.

    no-brainer


    - something that is easy to do or understand and does not need much intelligence
    It is a no-brainer that if you do not study then your marks will not be good.

    not beyond the wit of (someone)


    - to not be too difficult for someone to do
    It would not be beyond the wit of my cousin to enter the best school in the country.

    not just a pretty face


    - to be intelligent and capable and not just good-looking or pretty
    The woman is not just a pretty face. She is very smart.

    not show one's face


    - to not appear somewhere
    My friend did not show his face for most of the day.

    of one mind


    - to have the same opinion about something, to agree on something with someone else
    The finance committee was of one mind when they made this year's budget.

    of the same mind


    - to have the same opinion about something, to agree on something with someone else
    I was of the same mind as my friend when we made our decision about our holiday.

    of two minds


    - to be unable to decide what to do or what you think about something
    I am of two minds about going to the movie tonight. I am very busy but I also want to see the movie very much.

    off the top of one`s head


    - without thinking about something very much
    I was unable to remember the name of the restaurant off the top of my head.

    on one's mind


    - occupying one's thoughts, currently being thought about
    Recently, I have had many things on my mind.

    on/upon (someone`s) head


    - on someone's own self (often used with blame)
    The little boy brought the anger of his parent's upon his head.

    on the face of it


    - on the surface of an issue or a problem
    On the face of it, it is very easy to see who caused the problem with our schedules.

    out of one`s hair


    - getting rid of an annoying person or thing
    My sister is trying to get her daughter out of her hair.

    out of one's head


    - to be crazy or irrational or silly
    The man at the bus stop was out of his head.

    out of one's mind


    - to be crazy or irrational or silly
    The woman is out of her mind and she is always doing something crazy.

    out of one's senses


    - to be crazy or irrational or silly
    The girl was out of her senses when her dog died.

    out of sight, out of mind.


    - if you do not see something then you will not think about it
    The chocolates were out of sight, out of mind and nobody thought about eating them.

    out of the mouths of babes


    - something that a child says shows that they understand more about a situation than you thought that they did
    The statement was out of the mouths of babes. The little boy knew everything that was going on.

    over one`s head


    - to be or go beyond one's ability to understand something, to be too difficult
    The mathematics lectures went over my head during the first few weeks.

    pass through (someone's) mind


    - to occur to someone, to think about something briefly
    The idea passed through my mind briefly but then it was gone.

    pay (someone or something) no mind


    - to ignore someone or something
    I was told by the policeman to pay the traffic lights no mind while the accident was being cleaned up.

    per head


    - for one person, for one individual (used for counting people or animals like cattle)
    The tickets cost only a small amount of money per head.

    pick the brains of (someone) or pick (someone's) brains


    - to talk to someone in order to get some information about something
    We picked the brains of the official who was sent to talk about the pollution problem.

    pit one's wits against (someone)


    - to challenge someone over something to see who wins
    The best students in our school decided to pit their wits against the best students in the city.

    pull one's hair out


    - to be angry or upset or worried about something
    My friend began to pull her hair out when she discovered that she had no nice clothes for the party.

    put hair on one's chest


    - to be good for someone (something that you eat or drink)
    I told my friend that vegetable juice will put hair on his chest.

    put ideas into (someone's) head


    - *****ggest something to someone
    The girl's best friend is always putting ideas into her head.

    put on a brave face


    - to try to appear happy or satisified even though you are faced with serious problems
    The man put on a brave face after he was fired from his job.

    put one's face on


    - to put make-up on one's face
    The woman spent a long time putting her face on.

    put one's head in a noose


    - to say or do something that could harm you or your image
    The man put his head in a noose when he became angry and criticized his boss at the meeting.

    put one's head in the lion's mouth


    - to put oneself in a dangerous or difficult situation
    I put my head in the lion's mouth when I went to the meeting with my boss.

    put one's head on the block for (someone or something)


    - to take great risks or to go to a lot of trouble for someone or something
    I love my boss and I would be happy to put my head on the block for her.

    put one's heads together


    - to discuss or talk about something with someone or a group of people and try to solve a problem
    We put our heads together to try and find a solution to the problem.

    put one's mind to (something)


    - to give one's complete attention to something
    I put my mind to making the party as successful as possible.

    put (someone or something) out of one's head/mind


    - to try to forget someone or something
    The boy tried hard to put the girl out of his head.

    rack one`s brain


    - to try hard to think of something or remember something
    I racked my brain to try and decide what to do about the new computer.

    raise a hand against (someone or something)


    - to threaten to strike someone or something
    The teacher never raises a hand against her students.

    raise its (ugly) head


    - a problem or bad situation appears or happens after not happening for a period of time
    The problem between the two managers raised its ugly head after many months of calm.

    raise one's voice to (someone)


    - to speak loudly or shout at someone in anger
    The child was told not to raise his voice to his parents.

    read (someone's) mind


    - to guess what someone is thinking (as if one has special powers to see someone's thoughts)
    The girl told her boyfriend that she cannot read his mind and that he must tell her what he wants.

    rear its (ugly) head


    - to appear after being hidden (usually something unpleasant)
    The problem between the two sisters rears its head at the beginning of every year.

    red in the face


    - embarrassed
    The clerk was red in the face after she heard the customer's comment.

    save face


    - to save one's good reputation or dignity when something has happened to hurt him or her
    The government was unable to save face after they failed to deal with the crisis properly.

    say (something) right to (someone's) face


    - to say something unpleasant or important directly to someone
    I told the man that he was not telling the truth right to his face.

    scratch one's head


    - to be confused or perplexed
    I was left scratching my head after the speech by our department manager.

    scream one's head off


    - to scream a lot and for a long time
    The girl screamed her head off after the accident.

    should have one's head examined


    - behaving as if you are mentally ill or crazy
    My sister is crazy to buy that car. She should have her head examined.

    show one's face


    - to appear
    I do not think that my friend will show his face tonight.

    shut one's face/trap


    - to be quiet, to shut up
    "Please sit down and shut your trap."

    sixth sense


    - the ability to know or feel things that are beyond the five basic senses of sight or hearing or smell or taste or touch
    The woman has a sixth sense and she knows everything that is happening around her.

    a slap in the face


    - an insult
    The unpopular candidate who won the city election was a slap in the face to many voters.

    slip one's mind


    - to forget something
    It slipped my mind that I need to phone my dentist soon.

    slow-witted


    - to be not very smart
    The girl is slow-witted and she has trouble doing simple things.

    speak one's mind


    - to say frankly what one thinks about something
    My father plans to speak his mind at the school meeting tonight.

    split hairs


    - to find and argue about small and unimportant differences
    My boss always splits hairs when I talk to him about something important.

    stand head and shoulders above (the rest/someone/something)


    - to be much better than anyone or everything else in the same group
    Our new principal stands head and shoulders above the previous one.

    stand on one's head (to do something)


    - to make a great effort to do something
    I did everything but stand on my head to help my friend get a job.

    stand (something) on its head


    - to show that an idea or argument is wrong and means the opposite of what it first seemed to mean, to change the way that people think about something
    We stood the argument on its head with our arguments against it.

    stare (someone) in the face


    - to be very likely to happen, to be clear and easy to recognize
    Defeat was staring the runner in the face from the beginning of the race.

    stick in (someone's) mind


    - to not forget something
    The date of my friend's wedding stuck in my mind for many years.

    stick one's head in a noose


    - to say or do something that could harm you or your image
    I stuck my head in a noose when I said that I wanted to find another job.

    stuff one's face


    - to eat a lot in a short time
    I stuffed my face in the restaurant last night.

    swelled head


    - a feeling that one is very important or more important than one really is
    My sister has had a swelled head since she got her new job.

    take it into one's head to do (something)


    - to decide to do something that does not seem sensible to others
    The young woman took it into her head to go to China and she did.

    take it on the chin


    - to be badly beaten or hurt, to get into trouble
    My friend took it on the chin when he fought with the man at the store.

    take leave of one's senses


    - to become irrational or crazy
    I think that the woman in the store is beginning to take leave of her senses.

    take one's mind off (something)


    - to stop worrying or thinking about a problem
    I went to a movie to take my mind off my problems at work.

    take (something) at face value


    - to accept something as the truth and with no hidden meaning
    I usually take what my boss says at face value.

    take (something) on the chin


    - to experience and endure a blow or hardship
    The man is able to take things on the chin and quickly recover when he has a problem.

    talk (someone's) head off


    - to speak too much
    The woman beside me in the bus talked my head off during our journey.

    talk until one is blue in the face


    - to talk until one is exhausted
    I talked until I was blue in the face but my friend would still not change his mind.

    tear one's hair out


    - to be anxious or frustrated or angry
    The mother was tearing her hair out as she waited for her daughter to return home.

    tell (someone) (something) to his or her face


    - to tell something to someone directly
    I told my friend to her face that I did not like her constant complaining.

    thin on top


    - bald or balding
    My uncle is a little thin on top but he is very handsome.

    throw (something) back in (someone's) face


    - to use something that someone has said previously to harm or upset him or her
    I immediately threw the question back in the lawyer's face.

    to (someone's) mind


    - in someone's opinion
    "To my mind, I believe that your opinion is valid."

    tongue in cheek


    - jokingly, insincerely, mockingly, not really meaning something
    The remark was made tongue in cheek and the man did not mean it.

    touched (in the head)


    - to be a little crazy
    My neighbor is touched in the head. He is really crazy.

    trouble one's head about (someone or something)


    - to worry about someone or something
    "Please do not trouble your head about the arrangements for the party. I will do everything."

    turn (someone's) head


    - to distract someone, to make someone notice you
    The woman's beautiful dress turned everybody's head. It was beautiful.

    turn (something) on its head


    - to show that an idea or argument is wrong and means the opposite of what it first seemed to mean, to change the way that people think about a subject
    The lawyer was able to easily turn the argument on its head.

    turn (something) over in one's mind


    - to think about something continuously
    I could not sleep last night because I was turning my situation at work over in my mind.

    turn the other cheek


    - to ignore someone's abuse or insult, to not hit back when someone hits you
    The children were told that they should turn the other cheek when they were attacked by someone.

    up to one's chin in (something)


    - to be very busy with something, to be working hard at something, to have much or many of something
    The woman is up to her chin in work and has no free time.

    use one`s head/noggin/noodle


    - to use one's brain or mind, to use one's own common sense
    Sometimes I think that the manager of the video store never uses her head when I ask her a question.

    wag one's chin


    - to chat with someone
    I stopped at the coffee shop to wag my chin with an old friend.

    weigh on (someone's) mind


    - to be in someone's thoughts, to be bothering someone
    The decision about selling my car or not was weighing on my mind.

    within a whisker of (doing something)


    - almost do something
    I came within a whisker of quitting my job but I decided not to.

    written all over (someone's) face


    - to be shown clearly what someone is thinking or feeling or if they are guilty of something by the look on his or her face
    The fact that the little boy took the cookies was written all over his face.
  9. thuy_ed

    thuy_ed Thành viên rất tích cực

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    Mình vừa gửi bài COMMUNICATION UNIT 8 cho lớp E42-43-44, mọi người check nhé ^^
    Chúc nhà mình bữa trưa ngon miệng!
  10. tien123

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    Normal 0 false false false VI X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Em Nguyễn Công Tiến đề 17 E45. Em đi chơi xa bây giờ mới về, bây giờ mới biết có bt :-s, chị thông cảm nhé. Từ giờ em học hành chăm chỉ :).
    The line graph reveals the number of people in London using Underground station with the time of day. As can be seen, the noticeable trend is that the number of passengers erratic ups and downs: starting at 100 people at 6:00, dramatically rocketing to a peak of all period of time with 400 passengers after 2 hours before sharply deteriorating at 10:00 with 180 people. From 10:00 to 16:00, it undergoes a fitful period, reaches the lowest point at 16:00.
    From that point, there is a surprising recovery with approximate 400 people. Immediately, the fluctuation still continues that it goes into free fall from 390 to 120 passengers at 20:00 before having a slight rise at 21:00. After that, the signal of trend is decreasing at the end of day.
    Generally speaking, the line seems to be fitful. It can be also inferred from this graph that people often use the underground station at 8:00 and 20:00. That is the time they go to work and come back home.

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