COLLOCATIONS
NHỮNG TỪ CHỈ TÂM TRẠNG, TRẠNG THÁI VUI VẺ, VUI TƯƠI, VUI MỪNG, VUI SƯỚNG
HAPPY adj.
1 feeling pleasure
VERBS
appear , be , feel , look , seem , sound
- Outwardly the couple appeared ~.
- Andrew felt happier than he had been for a long time.
become
make sb
- Money won't make you happy.
keep sb
- He went home from time to time, to keep his mother ~.
die
- I can die ~ knowing that I have achieved this.
ADVERB
extremely , fairly , very , etc.
only too , particularly
- We'd be only too ~ to accept your invitation.
completely , perfectly
- Dad seemed perfectly ~ with my explanation.
genuinely , truly
- For the first time in her life, she felt truly ~.
far from , not altogether , not at all , not entirely , not exactly , not particularly , not too , not totally
Her boss was not entirely ~ about the situation.
relatively
just
- I'm just ~ to be back home.
amazingly , blissfully , deliriously , ecstatically , ridiculously , strangely , surprisingly
clearly , obviously
PREPOSITION
about
- I'm not too ~ about her attitude.
for
- So you're getting married, I hear. I'm really ~ for you!
with
- I was quite ~ with the way things went.
2 giving pleasure
VERBS
be , seem
ADVERB
extremely , fairly , very , etc.
gloriously ( esp. BrE ) , particularly , wonderfully
- It had been a wonderfully ~ time.
quite
Happy được dùng với những danh từ nầy: accident, association, atmosphere, balance, chance, childhood,
choice, coincidence, collaboration, combination, compromise, couple, customer, day, disposition, ending, event,
face, family, girl, grin, home, hour, knack, laughter, life, marriage, memory, mood, news, occasion, old age,
outcome, pair, people, period, person, relationship, retirement, return, reunion, self, shopper, situation, smile,
tear, thought, time, tune, year
SAD, adj.
1 unhappy
VERBS
- appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound
- become, get, grow, turn
- make sb
- This music always makes me ~.
ADVERB
- extremely , fairly , very , etc.
- all , desperately , immensely , particularly , profoundly , unbearably
I called Dad, sounding all ~ and pathetic.
- a little , slightly , etc.
- strangely
PREPOSITION
about
- She was still feeling very ~ about her father's death.
2 causing unhappiness
VERBS
- be , seem
- find sth
ADVERB
- extremely , fairly , very , etc.
- an extremely ~ story
- deeply , incredibly , intensely , particularly , profoundly , terribly , unutterably
- a deeply ~ occasion
- a little , slightly , etc.
Sad được dùng với những danh từ nầy: affair, chapter, comment, day, demise, disappointment, end, ending,
episode, event, excuse, expression, eye, face, fact, farewell, fate, indictment, irony, life, look, loser, loss, melody,
memory, mood, news, note, occasion, part, plight, reality, reflection, reminder, saga, sight, smile, song,
spectacle, story, tale, testament, thing, thought, time, truth, tune, voice
JOYFUL adj.
Joyful được dùng với danh từ: reunion
MERRY adj.
Merry được dùng với những danh từ nầy: band, tune
JOVIAL adj.
Jovial được dùng với những danh từ nầy: mood, personality
CHEERFUL adj.
VERBS
appear , be , feel , look , seem , sound
become
keep , remain , stay
I'm amazed that she keeps so ~.
keep sb
We tried to keep him ~.
ADVERB
extremely , fairly , very , etc.
incredibly , remarkably
almost
relentlessly
falsely ( esp. AmE )
- ‘The doctor is on her way,’ said Mrs Morris, sounding falsely ~.
Cheerful được dùng với những danh từ nầy: disposition , face , manner , mood , note , self , smile , voice
Trích Oxford Collocations Dictionary, 2009
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