* COLLOCATIONS:
Verb + …
eat an apple
Some people say that you should eat an apple every day.
bite into an apple
Sue bit into her apple with a loud crunch.
crunch /krʌntʃ/ noun
1 [singular] a noise like the sound of something being crushed
một tiếng động như âm thanh của thứ gì đó bị nghiền nát
The only sound was the crunch of tyres on gravel.
munch on an apple (=eat it): ăn quả táo một cách ồn ào (= ăn nó)
He was munching on an apple.
munch /mʌntʃ/ verb [intransitive, transitive]
to eat something noisily
munch on/at
Barry sat munching on an apple.
They’d munched their way through (=eaten all of) three packets of biscuits.
peel an apple (=remove the skin): gọt vỏ
Peel the apples and slice them finely.
peel /piːl/ ●●○ verb
1 [transitive] to remove the skin from fruit or vegetables
Peel and dice the potatoes.
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dice /daɪs/ verb
1 (also dice something ↔ up) [transitive] to cut food into small square pieces
Thái hạt lựu: cắt thức ăn thành những miếng vuông nhỏ
diced carrots
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slice /slaɪs/ ●●○ verb
1 [transitive] (also slice up) to cut meat, bread, vegetables etc into thin flat pieces → chop
Thái mỏng
Thinly slice the cucumbers.
Slice up the onions and add them to the meat.
sliced ham
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core an apple (=remove the middle part containing the seeds): (= loại bỏ phần giữa có chứa hạt)
Core the apples and cut into quarters.
Adj/n + …
juicy
a juicy green apple
juicy /ˈdʒuːsi/ ●●○ adjective (comparative juicier, superlative juiciest)
1 containing a lot of juice
Mọng nước
a juicy lemon
sweet
This apple’s really sweet and delicious.
sour/tart (=not at all sweet)
Some people prefer a slightly sour apple.
sour /saʊə $ saʊr/ ●●● S3 adjective
1 having a sharp acid taste, like the taste of a lemon or a fruit that is not ready to be eaten OPP sweet → bitter
chua
Rachel sampled the wine. It was sour.
sour cherries
→ sweet-and-sour
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tart /tɑːt $ tɑːrt/ adjective
1 food that is tart has a sharp sour taste
a tart apple
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rotten (=bad, so that the skin goes brown): thối (= xấu, để da chuyển sang màu nâu)
There were a few rotten apples lying on the ground.
an eating/dessert apple (=one which is sweet enough to eat): một quả táo ăn / tráng miệng (= một quả đủ ngọt để ăn)
Use dessert apples for this recipe.
dessert /dɪˈzɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ ●●● S2 noun [countable, uncountable]
sweet food served after the main part of a meal
for dessert
What are we having for dessert?
a cooking apple
a baked apple (=one that has been cooked in the oven): một quả táo nướng (= một quả đã được nấu trong lò)
* IDIOMS
the apple doesn’t fall/never falls far from the tree
(saying, especially North American English) a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s)
một đứa trẻ thường cư xử theo cách tương tự với cha mẹ của chúng
the apple of somebody’s eye
a person or thing that is loved more than any other
một người hoặc một thứ được yêu thương hơn bất kỳ ai khác
She is the apple of her father's eye.
apples and oranges: Táo và cam
(especially North American English) used to describe a situation in which two people or things are completely different from each other
được sử dụng để mô tả một tình huống trong đó hai người hoặc những thứ hoàn toàn khác nhau
They really are apples and oranges.
They are both great but you can't compare apples and oranges.
It’s a totally different situation, it’s apples and oranges.
as American as apple pie
used to say that something is typical of America
nói rằng một cái gì đó là điển hình của nước Mỹ
a rotten apple: con sâu làm rầu nồi canh
one bad person who has a bad effect on others in a group
một người xấu có ảnh hưởng xấu đến những người khác trong một nhóm