COLLOCATIONS:
*Verb + …
make/bake bread
We usually make our own bread.
cut/slice bread
Could you cut some bread?
*Adj/n + …
fresh
Eat the bread while it’s nice and fresh.
stale (=hard and no longer fresh): cũ
This bread’s stale – shall I throw it away?
crusty (=having a hard crust that is nice to eat): giòn
Serve the soup with crusty bread.
crusty /ˈkrʌsti/ adjective
1 bread that is crusty is pleasant to eat because it has a hard crust
Giòn: cái bánh mì rất dễ ăn vì nó có lớp vỏ cứng
a crusty baguette
baguette /bæˈɡet/ noun [countable]
a long thin loaf of bread, made especially in France
Bánh mỳ Pháp, bánh mì dài
mouldy British English, moldy American English (=covered with a green substance that grows on old food): bị mốc (= phủ một chất màu xanh lá cây mọc trên thức ăn cũ)
All there was in the house was a loaf of mouldy old bread.
mouldy British English, moldy American English /ˈməʊldi $ ˈmoʊl-/ adjective
covered with mould
mouldy cheese
go mouldy British English (=become mouldy)
The bread’s gone mouldy.
white/brown bread
Would you like white bread or brown bread?
wholewheat bread (also wholemeal bread British English) (=bread made with flour that contains all of the grain): bánh mì nguyên hạt (= bánh mì làm bằng bột mì có chứa tất cả các loại ngũ cốc)
Wholemeal bread is good for you.
whole wheat adjective American English
whole wheat flour or bread uses all of the grain, including the outer layer SYN wholemeal British English
home-made/home-baked bread
I love home-made bread.
PHRASES
a slice/piece of bread: một lát / miếng bánh mì
Can I have another slice of bread?
a loaf of bread: ổ bánh mì
He’s gone to buy a loaf of bread.
a chunk of bread (=a piece that you pull off a loaf instead of cutting it): một mẩu bánh mì (= một miếng mà bạn lấy ra khỏi ổ thay vì cắt nó)
He tore off a chunk of bread and dipped it in the sauce.
IDIOMS
the best thing since sliced bread
(informal) if you say that something is the best thing since sliced bread, you think it is extremely good, interesting, etc.
nghĩ rằng nó là cực kỳ tốt, thú vị, vv
your daily bread
the basic things that you need to live, especially food
những điều cơ bản mà bạn cần để sống, đặc biệt là thực phẩm
half a loaf is better than no bread: một nửa ổ bánh mì còn hơn không có bánh mì
(saying) you should be grateful for something, even if it is not as good, much, etc. as you really wanted; something is better than nothing
bạn nên biết ơn về điều gì đó, ngay cả khi nó không tốt, nhiều, v.v. như bạn thực sự muốn; Có còn hơn không
know which side your bread is buttered
(informal) to know where you can get an advantage for yourself
biết nơi bạn có thể có được lợi thế cho mình
take the bread out of somebody’s mouth: lấy bánh ra khỏi miệng ai đó
to take away somebody’s job so that they are no longer able to earn enough money to live
lấy đi công việc của ai đó vì vậy họ không còn có thể kiếm đủ tiền để sống