SOME COMMON COLLOCATIONS WITH DAILY ROUTINES

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Personal stuffs 



- Get dressed: mặc đồ

- Put on your make-up: trang điểm

- She never wears make-up.

- Stuck in your shirt

- Apply lipstick on your lips

- Take off lipstick cap/ put the cap back on

- Cut open the tube to take out/ get the last bit of toothpaste

- Take my eyes off you

- Fix your hair: chỉnh tóc lại


Housework

- Sweep the floor

- Mop the floor

- Sharpen the knife

- Unscrew/ screw the cap: mở nắp/ đóng nắp

- Turn it counterclockwise/ clockwise: xoay nó ngược/ cùng chiều kim đồng hồ

- Fold up the blanket (in half): gấp chăn lại (làm đôi)

- Take out your book/ put your book away: lấy sách ra/ cất sách vô

- Before putting it away, fold up it, save the space

- Your clothes are all over the place

- Hang them up: treo chúng lên

- Hand over your phone

- All my books are out of order

- Don’t throw it away, it might come in handy

- Come in handy (idiom): to be useful

- It is too hight, I cannot reach it

- My phone is frozen (đơ)

- Wring out the wet towel/ clothes: vắt khô chiếc khăn/ quần áo ướt 


Cooking

- Crack an egg: đập trứng

- Tear up the chicken: xé thịt gà

- Smash the glove of garlic down, remove the peel, start mincing it

- Stuff pork into the tofu (pork-stuffed tofu)

- Squeeze the lime

- I am all out of beer

- I am hanging up the cutting board on the hook: treo cái thớt lên móc

- Reheat the leftover food: hâm nóng thức ăn thừa


Gardening

- Dig the trenches