Destination c1c2 unit 2

UNIT 2:
I.

Quality and the arts

Phrasal verbs

 brush up (on)
practice and improve your skills or knowledge of something
Eg: I took a class to brush up (on) my German before the trip.
 come (a)round (to)
change your opinion or decision because someone has persuaded you to agree with
them
Eg: I didn’t agree at first but I’ve come (a)round to the idea now.
 come up with
think of something such as an idea or a plan
Eg: Is that the best you can come up with?
 face up to
accept something and try to deal with it
Eg: He was the only one who faced up to the problem.
 figure out
be able to understand something or solve a problem or understand what someone is like
and why they behave in the way they do
Eg: We had to figure out the connection between the two events.
 hit upon
- suddenly have an idea
Eg: They hit upon the idea of celebrationg the occasion with a concert.
- discover something by chance
Eg: She was scared he might hit upon the truth.
 make out
- see, hear or understand someone or something with difficulty

Eg: Can you make out a face here in the photograph?
- suggest, imply
Eg: It’s not as simple as some people make out.
 mull over
think carefully about something over a period of time
Eg: They’ll need time to mull over the proposals.
 piece together
learn the truth about something by considering all the separate bits of information you
have
Eg: Detectives are still piecing together the circumstances surrounding the incident.
 puzzle out
solve a confusing or complicated problem by thinking carefully about it
Eg: She seemed to be trying to puzzle out who the caller might be.
 read up (on/about)
get information on a particular subject by reading a lot about it
Eg: I need to read up on my British history.
 swot up (on)
study something very hard, especially for an examination
Eg: I’ve got to swot up the French Revolution for tomorrow’s test.


 take in
include something
Eg: The tour takes in some incredible scenery.
 think over
consider a problem or decision carefully
Eg: Let’s think over his proposal before we see him again.
 think through
consider the facts about something in an organised and thorough way
Eg: Have you have time to think things through?

 think up
invent or imagine something, especially an excuse
Eg: She’d have to think up a good reason for being late.

II.

Idioms

 go to your head
if success goes to your head, it makes you think that you are better or more important
than you really are
Eg: I hope getting that scholarship doesn’t go to Carol’s head.
 have your wits about you
be able to think quickly and make sensible decisions
Eg: You’ve got to have your wits about you when dealing with pushy salespeople.
 in the dark (about)
not knowing very much about something, because other people are keeping it secret
from you
Eg: The Prime Minister kept even his closest colleagues in the dark about when he
would call a general election.
 know what's what
know the important facts about a situation
Eg: Ask Tony about the proposed changes. He knows what’s what.
 not have a leg to stand on
not have any way of proving that you are right about something
Eg: George tried to argue that the world was flat, but of course he didn’t have a leg to
stand on.
 not see the wood for the trees
used for saying that someone cannot understand what is important in a situation
because they are thinking too much about small details

Eg: Many people can’t see the wood for the trees when talking about joining the
eurozone; they just think about what’s on the notes and coins and don’t think about the
economic benefits.
 put two and two together
guess what is happening or what something means based on what you have seen or
heard
Eg: He didn’t tell us he was retiring, but we could all put two and two together.
 quick / slow on the uptake
taking a very short/long time to understand or realise something
Eg: I’m sure Chad understood what you were suggesting, he’s very quick on the uptake.


 ring a bell
something that rings a bell sounds familiar to you, although you cannot remember the
exact details
Eg: The name rings a bell but I’m not sure if I’ve ever met her.
 round the bend
crazy
Eg: That noise driving me round the bend!
 split hairs
argue or worry about very small details or defferences that are not important
Eg: Whether you call them “terrorists” or “freedom fighters” is just splitting hairs – the
point is that they’re killing people!
 take stock (of)
spend some time thinking about the situation you are in before you decide what to do
next
Eg: Let’s take a couple of days to take stock of the situation and then we’ll make a
decision.

III.

ACCOUNT

ASSOCIATE
BALANCE

Phrases, patterns and collocations
Account for

to explain the reason
for sth

(give) an account of

Tường thuật lại cái gì

Take into account

Xem xét kĩ cái gì
trước khi đưa ra quyết
định

Take account of

Xem xét đến

On account of

Because of

By all acounts

according to what
other people say

On sb’s account

only for or because of
one person

Associate with

Liên kết/ kết hợp với

(hang) in the balance

to be in doubt

Strike a balance

thỏa hiệp , đáp ứng
yêu cầu của cả 2 bên

Upset/alter/redress the
balance

Đảo lộn/thay đổi/khôi
phục sự cân bằng

Balance between/of

Sự cân bằng giữa/của

She couldn’t account for her
mistake.
His lawyer gave an account of what
happened that night.
We will take your experience into
account when we decide who will
get the job.
You should take account of his
disadvantaged.
He doesn't drink alcohol on account
of his poor health.
By all accounts, it was a very useful
meeting.
I'm not very hungry, so please don't
cook on my account (= don't cook
just for me).
Natural gas may occur alone or
associated with oil.
The success of this project is
hanging in the balance.
It's a question of striking the right
balance between quality and
productivity.
New tax measures are designed to
redress the balance between rich
and poor.
We must strike a balance between
reckless spending and pennypinching

BASIS

BELIEF

BRAIN

On balance

Sau khi cân nhắc

Off balance

Surperised or
confused

Basis for

Là nền tảng cho cái gì

On a daily/temporary basis

Hàng ngày/tạm thời

On the basis of/that

Dựa trên cở sở của

Express belief(s)

Bộc lộ niềm tin

Belief in/that

Niềm tin vào điều gì

Contrary to popular belief

Trái với suy nghĩ của
nhiều người

Beyond belief

Ngoài tưởng tượng

In the belief that

với niềm tin rằng…

Popular/widely
held/widespread belief

Niềm tin rộng rãi

Firm belief

niềm tin vững vàng

Strong belief

Tin chắc là

Growing belief

Ngày càng có niềm
tin…

Pick sb’s brain(s)

Hỏi ý kiến ai đó

Rack your brain(s)

to think very hard

The brains behind

người chịu trách
nhiệm chính cho một
kế hoạch/hành động

Brainless

Stupid

Brainchild (of)
Brainstorm

an original idea, plan,

or invention
Động não/triển khai
vấn đề

Brainwash

Tẩy não

Brainwave

a sudden clever idea

The job offer had some advantages,
but on balance he thought he was
better off where he was.
Her remark seemed to catch her
mother off balance (= surprise her).
This document will form the basis
for our discussion.
I organize my notes on a daily
basis.
Decisions were often made on the
basis of incorrect information.
We should always express our
beliefs in life openly!
His belief in God gave him hope
during difficult times.
Contrary to popular belief, these
animals are not really dangerous to
humans.

Her son's skin improved beyond
belief.
She bought the rug in the belief that
it was a real antique, not a fake.
Despite popular belief, the
widespread experience of
grandparenthood is a recent
phenomenon.
It is my firm belief that that is so.
This is certainly my own strong
belief.
Yet he has a growing belief this
could be the year he wins the title
Can I pick your brain about how
you got rid of those weeds?
I've been racking my brains all day
but I can't remember her name.
He was the face of the brand but his
sister was the brains behind the
operation.
What sort of brainless idiot would
do that?
The project was the brainchild of
one of the students.
The team got together to brainstorm
(the project).
Their government is trying to
brainwash them into thinking that
war cannot be avoided.
I couldn't see how I could get home

CONCLUSION

Bring sth to a conclusion

Đưa cái gì đến kết
luận cuối cùng

Come to/arrive at/ reach a
conclusion

Đi đến kết luận

Jump/leap to conclusion

Vội vã đưa ra kết luận

In conclusion

Tóm lại

Conclusion of

the final part of
something

Logical conclusion
Foregone conclusion
CONSIDERATION

Take into consideration

Give consideration to
Show consideration for
Under consideration
For sb’s consideration
Out of consideration for
DOUBT

Doubt that
Have your doubts about
Cast doubt on
Raise doubts
In doubt
Doubt as to/about

from the station - then I had a
brainwave.
The case was finally brought to a
conclusion last week.
At first I thought he was a bit shy,
but I've come to the conclusion that
he's simply unfriendly!
Don't jump to conclusions! Perhaps
it was his daughter he was dancing
with.
In conclusion, I would like to thank
our guest speaker.
Be careful not to introduce new
ideas in the conclusion of your

essay.

Kết luận có lý
a result that is obvious
The result of the election seems to
to everyone even
be a foregone conclusion.
before it happens
There have been some serious
allegations against him and we will
Xem xét
certainly take them into
consideration.
That's an interesting job offer - I'd
Suy nghĩ kĩ về vấn đề
give it some serious consideration
gì
if I were you.
Turn your music down and show a
Chú ý đến
little consideration for the
neighbours!
Three sites are presently under
Đang được xem xét
consideration for the new hotel.
I've put my proposition to the
để đền bù, đáp lại cho
company director for his
ai
consideration.

We didn't publish the details, out of
For the sake of (vì lợi
consideration for the victim's
ích của)
family.
I never had any doubt (that) you
Nghi ngờ về điều gì
would win.
Băn khoăn/khơng
I'm having doubts about his ability
chắc chắn về
to do the job.
Làm dấy lên nghi ngờ
unlikely to continue
or to be successful
Nghi ngờ về

This latest scandal has raised
doubts about whether he could win
the election.
The future of the stadium is in
doubt because of a lack of money.
If there's any doubt about the


Beyond (any) doubt
(a) reasonable doubt
Without a doubt
Open to doubt
DREAM

Dream of/about/that

Giấc mơ về

Have a dream

Có một giấc mơ

A dream to

Giấc mơ làm gì

Beyond your wildest dreams
A dream come true

FOCUS

Ngồi sức tưởng
tượng
Giấc mơ thành hiện
thực

It was, without doubt, the worst
restaurant I'd ever eaten in.
Whether it will ever be finished is
now open to doubt.
I had a very strange dream about
you last night.
Paul had a dream that he won the

lottery.
It's always been my dream to have
flying lessons.
The plan succeeded beyond my
wildest dreams.
For her, making the Olympic team
was a dream come true.
Dave, buy you a car? In your
dreams!
The whole plan worked like a
dream.
It's important to focus on your
strengths and to minimize your
weaknesses.
I think Dave likes to be the focus of
attention.
Make sure the image is in focus.
These photographs are out of focus.

In your dreams

Mơ đi

Like a dream

Như một giấc mơ/ tốt
hơn dự kiến

Focus on

Tập trung vào

The focus of/for

Là trung tâm của

In focus
Out of focus

Rõ nét
Mờ
a group of people who
have been brought
together to discuss a
The agency commissioned a study
particular subject in
using focus groups to gather
order to solve a
opinion on five labelling schemes.
problem or suggest
ideas
The main focus, again, is on the
Trọng tâm
connection between structural rules
and sharing.
The press gave the world a false
gây/tạo ra một ấn
impression of life in the
tượng sai/giả dối.
countryside.

She does a really good impression
Bắt chước ai
of the president.
ảnh hưởng đến
All our warnings made little

Focus group

Main/primary/major focus
IMPRESSION

Chắc chắn
Đủ bằng chứng để kết
tội
used to emphasize
your opinion / khơng
cịn nghi ngờ gì nữa
not definite, and
perhaps not even
likely

rocket's engines, we ought to cancel
the launch.
His honesty is beyond doubt.
Her guilt was established beyond a
reasonable doubt.

Have/give the (false)
impression that
Do an impression (of)

Create/make an impression


(on sb)

MENTAL

MIND

Under the impression that

Có cảm tưởng rằng

First impressions
Make a mental note
(of/about)
Mental arithmetic
Mental illness

ấn tượng đầu

Mental age

Tuổi trí tuệ

Mental health

Sức khỏe tâm thần

Make up your mind

Quyết định

Corss/slip your mind

Nghĩ đến

Have/bear in mind

Hãy nhớ rằng

Have a one-track mind

to think about one
particular thing and
nothing else

Take your mind off

Thư giãn/khơng nghĩ
đến điều gì

Bring to mind
In two minds about
Prey on your mind
State of mind
Narrow-minded
Broad/open-minded
Absent-minded
MISAPPREHENSION Under the misapprehension

that
PERSPECTIVE
Put into perspective
From another/a
different/sb’s perspective
From the perspective of
In perspective

Cố gắng nhớ cái gì
Tính nhẩm
Tâm bệnh

impression on him.
I was under the erroneous
impression that they were married.
I don't tend to trust first impressions
I made a mental note of her
address.
Although Andrew is 25, he has a
mental age of six.
I haven't made up my mind where
to go yet.
It never once crossed my mind that
she might be unhappy.
Bearing in mind how young she is,
I thought she did really well.
And no, Bill, I wasn't talking about
sex - you have a one-track mind!

The good thing about running is

that it takes my mind off any
problems I have.
Làm bạn nhớ đến điều That music brings to mind our first
gì
date.
unable to make a
I was in two minds about whether
decision
to invite him to the wedding.
I lost my temper with her the other
think about sth and
day and it's been preying on my
worry about it a lot
mind ever since.
I was not in the right state of mind
Tâm trạng
to laugh at his jokes.
Hẹp hòi, nhỏ nhen
Tư tưởng rộng rãi
Hay quên
He was under the misapprehension
Hiểu lầm
that those chemicals were banned.
to compare sth to
Let's look at how some other
other things so that it
businesses are doing to put our
can be accurately and
results in some sort of perspective.
fairly judged

Local versus global learning can be
Theo một góc nhìn
analyzed from a different
khác/ của…
perspective.
From the perspective of cultural
Từ góc nhìn của…
psychology, protocols can still be
useful research tools.
Cân xứng với tổng thể Make sure that the figures are in


Out of perspective
A sense of perspective
PRINCIPLE

QUESTION

Have principles

Ability to see the
whole of sth
Sống có nguyên tắc

Stand by/stick to your
principles

Tuân theo nguyễn tắc

Principle of sth

Nguyên tắc của

Principle that

Nguyên tắc về

In principle

Nhìn chung

A matter/an issue of
principle

Vấn đề đạo đức

Against sb’s principle

Trái với nguyên tắc

Set of principles

Bộ quy tắc

Beg the question

Đặt ra câu hỏi

Raise the question (of)

Đặt ra câu hỏi về

a question of

to be necessary to do
a particular thing

No question of

Certain

In question

Being discussed

Out of the question

not possible or not
allowed

Without question
Beyond question

SENSE

Không cân xứng

Certain, no doubt

Some question over/as

to/about

Câu hỏi về

Awkward question
Sense that

Câu hỏi hóc búa
Có cảm giác rằng

perspective.
The painting had a naive, out-ofperspective style.
Humor gives us a sense of
perspective on our problems.
She doesn't have any principles.
Throughout this time, he stuck to
his principles and spoke out against
injustice.
The machine works according to
the principle of electromagnetic
conduction.
The organization works on the
principle that all members have the
same rights.
In principle I agree with the idea,
but in practice it's not always
possible.
I never gamble, as a matter of
principle.
I knew I could lie to help him, but it

would be against my principles.
Spending the summer travelling
around India is a great idea, but it
does beg the question of how we
can afford it.
The proposals also raise questions
about when employers would be
able to force workers to retire.
It's simply/just a question of
working hard for a month and then
you can relax.
There's no question about (= it is
certain) whose fault it is.
I stayed at home on the night in
question.
The class ends at 2, and leaving
before then is out of the question.
She is without question the best
singer here.
Her loyalty is beyond question
Boehner has broken it before, but
there's some question over whether
he would do it again.
Do you have the sense that you are
loved by the public?


See sense
Make sense (of)
Have the sense to

Come to your senses
A sense of
In a/one sense
Common sense
SIDE

Side with sb
Take sides
See both sides (of an
argument)
Look on the bright side
On the plus/minus side
By sb’s side
On sb’s side
On either side (of)

STRAIGHT

Set/put sb straight about
Set/put the record straight
Get/come straight to the
point
Get sth straight
Think/see straight
Straight talking

to be reasonable and
have good judgment

We talked to her for an hour, but

we couldn't make her see sense.
I've read the letter twice, but I can't
Understand sth
make sense of it.
Có khả năng đánh giá, I hope they'll have the sense to shut
nhận biết
the windows before they leave.
It's time you came to your senses
start to use your good
and realized that they are not going
judgment
to help you.
Khái niệm về
He has no sense of right and wrong.
according to one
In a sense it may have been the
explanation or view;
only possible solution.
to a certain extent
Anyone with any common sense
Hiểu biết cơ bản
would have known what to do.
The judge sided with workers who
Support sb
were sacked for refusing to use
unsafe equipment.
to support one person
My mother never took sides when
or opinion over
my brother and I argued.

another
Nhìn thấy 2 mặt của
You have a fair mind and can see
một vấn đề
both sides of an argument.
to find good things in Look on the bright side - no one
a bad situation
was badly hurt.
On the minus side, the job doesn't
Mặt tích cực/tiêu cực pay very well, but on the plus side,
the hours are very convenient.
Bên cạnh, luôn trung
His wife stood by his side
thành với ai
throughout the scandal.
Get that employee on your side and
Về phe ai
then work together towards a
solution.
On either side of the temple, there
ở mỗi bên của
is a small entrance.
I had to set him straight about what
Cho ai biết sự thật
really happened.
She's decided to write her memoirs
Làm xác thực điều gì
to set the record straight once and
đó bị hiểu sai
for all.

Đi thẳng vào vấn đề
I know you are very busy, so I will
chính
get straight to the point.
Can you go through the procedure
Làm ai đó hiểu đúng
again, just to make sure we've got it
về
straight?
Suy nghĩ bình tĩnh,
I was so tired, I couldn't think
chín chắn
straight.
Nói thẳng
I want some straight talking around


VIEW

Straight answer

Trả lời thẳng thắn

View sth as

Xem cái gì là

Take the view that

Có ý kiến rằng

Take a dim/poor view of

Xem cái gì là khơng
thể chấp nhận

Come into view

Có thể nhìn được

In view of

Because of /
considering

With a view to + Ving

Với mục đích

View on/about/that

Quan điểm về

In sb’s view

Theo quan điểm của
tơi

Viewpoint
Point of view

Quan điểm

here!
Politicians never give you a straight
answer. They always beat about the
bush (vòng vo)
She is viewed as a strong candidate
for the job.
Many people take the view that
children should not be physically
punished.
I take a very dim/poor view of this
kind of behaviour.
The cloud lifted, and the tops of the
mountains suddenly came into
view.
In view of what you've said, I think
we should reconsider our proposed
course of action.
These measures have been taken
with a view to increasing the
company's profits.
It's my view that the price is much
too high.
In my view, her criticisms were
completely justified.