KEEP SOMEONE AT ARM’S LENGTH
Nghĩa đen:
Giữ người khác cách xa thân thể mình.
Nghĩa rộng:
Không muốn gần gũi/giữ khoảng cách với ai đó, cái gì đó (to avoid being very close to or friendly with someone or something)
Tiếng Việt có cách nói tương tự:
giữ kẽ, giữ khoảng cách, dè dặt…
Ví dụ:
You can’t expect people to be very friendly to you when you always keep them at arm’s length.
Cậu không thể mong mọi người thân thiện với cậu nếu cậu cứ luôn giữ khoảng cách với họ.
Craig thinks that if he keeps everyone at arm’s length, he won’t fall in love and get hurt.
Craig nghĩ rằng nếu anh ta giữ khoảng cách với mọi người thì anh ta sẽ không phải vướng vào chuyện yêu đương rồi chịu đau khổ.
They kept me at arm’s length because of my reckless behavior.
Họ giữ khoảng cách với tôi bởi vì cách hành xử lỗ mãng của tôi.
I had a wonderful chance today but he kept me at arm’s length.
Hôm nay tôi có cơ hội vàng nhưng anh ấy lại giữ kẽ với tôi quá.
Angelia Jolie has so far kept Hollywood at arm’s length.
Angelia Jolie không mặn mà lắm với Hoollywood.
Cách dùng:
Không có gì đặc biệt.
Cấu trúc cơ bản:
Keep someone at arm’s length
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Keep someone at arm’s length
They kept me at arm’s length because of my reckless behavior.
You can’t expect people to be very friendly to you when you always keep them at arm’s length.
BẮT ĐẦU GHI ÂM:
Gợi ý các bước luyện phát âm:
- Bước 1: Bấm vào đây để mở cửa sổ ghi âm trong một Tab mới. Trong cửa sổ ghi âm, bấm nút Record để bắt đầu quá trình ghi âm
- Bước 2: Quay lại cửa sổ này, bấm nghe câu mẫu, tập nói theo từng câu mẫu cho tới khi thuần thục.
- Bước 3: Quay lại cửa sổ ghi âm, bấm Done để kết thúc quá trình ghi. Bấm Play back để nghe lại phát âm của mình và so sánh với phát âm mẫu. Bấm Retry để làm một bản ghi mới
- Bấm Download để lưu file ghi âm của bạn về máy (nếu bạn thích)
- Hãy kiên trì, bạn sẽ đạt được tiến bộ bất ngờ
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Idioms to use:
- IN THE LOOP
- KEEP (SOMEONE) AT ARM’S LENGTH
- LEAD SOMEONE (AROUND) BY THE NOSE
- LEAVE (SOMEONE) HIGH AND DRY
- MISS THE BOAT
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1. Question
1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
He could have been hired but at the last minute when the employer accidentally saw a bad picture he posted on his Facebook page.
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
The team leader disappeared when we arrived in Paris and we were without any money or credit cards.
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
They simply didn’t know what they were doing and they were by a cheating government.
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4. Question
1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
You can tell she’s . She always knows about policy decisions before the rest of us.
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5. Question
1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
All the children ran away and Billy to take the blame for the broken window.
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6. Question
1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
Anyone still hoping for concert tickets will discover they have .
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7. Question
1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
I don’t know what’s going on with the Jones deal since I’m not .
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8. Question
1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
The US government has been by the rich and gives them a big tax cut.
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1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
There are others waiting to grab an opportunity like this; if you don’t act fast, you’re going to .
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10. Question
1 point(s)Fill in the gap with one of the following idioms: in the loop | keep (someone) at arm’s length | lead (someone) around by the nose | leave (someone) high and dry | miss the boat.
It was widely expected that he would get the funding, but he by not keeping his appointment.
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