ENGLISH 12---Unit 6.
Idiomatic expressions
use of : sử dụng, đem dùng.

allowance for : chiếu cố đến
fun of : chế nhạo
a fuss over / about: làm ầm ỉ
room for: dành chỗ cho
MAKE
place to : dành chỗ cho
way to : nhượng bộ
GIVE
Fill in each blank with a suitable word:
1) She isn’t interested in being made ___________of by strangers.
fun
2. If you don`t want that box, I can make______ of it.
3. They demolished that house to make
________ for a new market.
use
room
4.You must make_____________ for him because he has been ill.
allowance
5. Be calm and don`t make a ________ over
/ about such trifles.
fuss
6. The storm gave _______ to bright sunshine
way
7. I gave __________ to an old man on the
bus yesterday.
place
care of : chăm sóc
account of : tính ñeán
advantage of : lợi dụng
notice of : chú ý đến
note of : ghi chú; ghi nhận
Take
Catch
Keep
pace with theo kịp
sight of nhìn thấy, thoáng thấy
Can you fill in each blank with a suitable word?
1. Have you taken _____________ of the “No smoking” sign?
notice
No smoking
2. We should take _______________ of this fine weather to paint the house.
3. Who’ll take _________of your children while you are away?
advantage
care
4. He sat taking ________ of everything that
was said.
notes
5.When judging his performance, don`t take his age into____________
account
6.I`m trying to study English to keep _____
with my classmates.
pace
7. I caught ________ of Tim`s face in the crowd.
sight
sight of: mất dạng
touch with: maát lieân laïc
track of: mất dấu
Lose
attention to: chú ý đến
Pay
fire to: đốt, gây cháy
Set
an end/ a stop to: chấm dứt
Put
Can you fill in each blank with a suitable word?
1.Pay no ___________ to what Martin said. He can’t have been serious.
attention
2.No one knows who set______ to the house
fire
3.The government determine to put an ____
to terrorism.
end
4.I have lost _______ with all my old friends
touch
5. The police have lost _________ of the
thief in the crowd.
track
Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meaning:
1. She took no notice of what I said.
> She didn’t pay ___________________
attention to what I said
2. People should stop destroying the forests.
> People should put __________________
a stop to destroying
the forests.
3.The enemy started burning the village
before making a retreat.
The enemy set __________________
fire to the village before
making a retreat
4.He didn`t pay any attention to the cultural aspect of the problem.
He took ___________________________
no notice of the cultural aspect
of the problem
5. Please take notice of what I`m going to say.
> Please pay_________________________
attention to what I`m going to
say
6. We shouldn`t laugh at the invalid.
> We shouldn’t make_______________
fun of the invalid.
7. She loves looking after sick people.
> She loves _______________________
taking care of sick people
8. He often takes down carefully what the
teacher explains in class.
> He often takes ____________________
careful notes of what the
teacher explains in class.
How many idiomatic expressions can you
remember now?
Make
fun of
a fuss over / of
allowance for
room for
use of
Take
account of
care of
notice of
note of
advantage of
Lose
sight of
touch with
track of
Give
place to
way to
put
an end to
a stop to
Catch sight of
Keep pace with
Pay attention to
Set fire to
This is the end. See you again next time.