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CLEFT SENTENCE

Cleft sentence hay còn gọi là 'câu chẻ' thường rất phổ biến trong văn viết và nói nhằm mục đích nhấn mạnh thông tin. Cùng nhìn lại mẫu câu này với ArrowEnglish và thử đưa vào bài viết và nói của mình nhé!

Cleft sentences are used to help us focus on a particular part of the sentence and to emphasise what we want to say by introducing it or building up to it with a kind of relative clause.

Because there are two parts to the sentence it is called cleft which means divided into two, which is why we have 'cleft chin' cằm chẻ.

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Life and Experience Proverbs

Trong phần hướng dẫn học tập IELTS tuần này, Arrowenglish của Du Học SET gửi đến bạn một số ngạn ngữ thông dụng để bạn có thể áp dụng trong phần thi nói cũng như cả trong đời sống hằng ngày. Hãy lưu ý rằng điểm số của bạn sẽ tốt hơn khi bạn có thể dùng đúng và hợp lí các thành ngữ và tục ngữ.

What is proverb?

A proverb is a short statement usually known by many people. It states something that is common experience or gives advice.

Native speakers use quite a lot of proverbs and idioms while conversing. So, try to have some of these life and experience proverbs up your sleeve and they shall prove very handy to you in varied circumstances.

Idiom

Từ vựng và Thành ngữ về Mưa

(as) right as rain - in excellent health or condition

I'll be as right as rain as soon as I take my pills.

come rain come shine, (come) rain or shine - whether there is rain or sun; whatever happens

He goes jogging every morning, rain or shine.

Tết Trung Thu – Mid Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn festival dates back to the Rice Civilization of the Red River delta, over 4,000 years ago. It is held on the 15th day on the 8th lunar month (often in late September or early October) in the middle of autumn and it is celebrated for a whole day. Besides the Tet Holiday, Mid-Autumn festival is one of the most famous festivals and it is a traditional celebration for Vietnamese children.

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Những thành phố dành cho “fan” của street food!

Một trong những hoạt động không thể thiếu trong "to-do-list" của bất kỳ ai khi đi du lịch đó là thưởng thức những món ăn đường phố không chỉ hấp dẫn mà còn thể hiện bản sắc văn hóa đặc trưng của đất nước mà chúng ta ghé thăm. Cùng điểm một số thành phố nổi tiếng với "street food", điểm đến mà nhiều người sẽ lựa chọn khi quyết định du lịch.

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1. Bangkok, Thailand

Virtual Tourists ranks Thailand's capital no. 1 "for the variety of locations and abundance of options". Hot spots include the U-sahped lane Soi Rambuttri off Khao San Road near the temple Wat Chana Songkhram, and Soi 38 near Sukhumvit road. Look for green papaya salad, chicken in green curry, pad Thai and mango sticky rice for sensuous finish to your journey.

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Best destinations for your travel in Vietnam

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Do you have any plan for the vacation at the end of April?

Vietnam is a small country but has a lot of amazing landscapes and delicious food that are usually ranked high positions on the world's list of best travel destinations.

Have you ever travelled to these places and enjoyed its beauty?

Phu Quoc

Long beach was voted to be one of the world's most pristine and beautiful beaches (Concierge and ABC News Australia). Coming to this spot, you will meet a surprised attraction as the wonderful harmony of the tranquil space and peaceful landscapes which bring to you the relaxation and relief. Situated on Phu Quoc Island 15km long to the northwest, the Beach has not affected by the human beings' deployment, so it keeps the natural beauty and attraction that is deserved to be one of the most fascinating paradise possessing the warm sunshine, crystal sapphire water and smooth long beach for tourists coming and enjoying.

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Hoi An

Hoi An was listed on the 17 most stunning places in the world to take a selfie and it is definitely a must if you want to meet the ancientness, tranquility in a modern and hustle life to take a selfie then show to your friends the best memory and experience. With remaining characteristics of the historical commercial port, Hoi An looks so nostalgic with colorful lanterns and it magnetizes thousands of arrivals with its harmonic mixture of diversified cuisines.

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Vocabulary and Idioms about Rain

 

Types of Rain

 Damp slightly wet (often after the rain has stopped) 
 Drizzle  to rain lightly with very fine drops
 Shower  a short period of rain
Downpour heavy rain
Pour to have heavy rain
It's raining cats and dogs to rain heavily
Torrential rain very heavy rain
Flood to become covered in water usually due to excessive rain

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Idioms

Come rain or shine: no matter whether it rains or the sun shines; in any sort of weather.

It never rains but it pours: Good (or bad) things do not just happen a few at a time, but in large numbers all at once

Come in out of the rain: to wake up to reality

As right as rain - Feeling fine and healthy.

Types of Wind

 Breeze a gentle wind (often nice or refreshing) 
 Blustery  blowing (strong) gusts of wind
 Windy  continual wind.
 Gale  a very strong wind

Hurricane/cyclone/typhoon: a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce winds and heavy rain.

They are the same thing just with different names because of the region they are in.
Atlantic/Northeast Pacific = a hurricane
Northwest Pacific = a typhoon
Southern Hemisphere = a cyclone

Tornado:  strong violent circular winds in a small area; a rapidly revolving column of air

In United States the word twister is often used instead of tornado.

 

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