Minh Quang

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Kettle - /ˈkɛt̮l/

- Where's the kettle?
- Ngoc, go put the kettle on.
Saw - /sɔ/

- I've heard the rasp of a saw on the wood near here.
Ngữ pháp: Phân biệt Can - Could - May khi hỏi sự xin phép
- Can I borrow your saw?
Wine Opener
/waɪn ˈoʊpənər/
Corkscrew - /ˈkɔrkskru/

- Do you have a wine opener?
- I'm looking for the wine opener.
Ladle - /ˈleɪdl/

- I used a newly bought ladle to pour soup into my bowl.
Scourer - /ˈskaʊərə/
Sponge - /spʌndʒ/

- My mother has just bought some scourers and sponges from the supermarket.
- Wipe the surface with a damp sponge.
- His mind was like a sponge, ready to absorb anything.
Tongs - /tɔŋ.z/

Ngữ pháp: 3 quy tắc phát âm đuôi s/es
- I use a pair of tongs for pick the doughnut up from frying pan.
Tray - /treɪ/

- She came in with a tray of drinks, and a sexy dress.
Spanner - /ˈspænər/

- I need a spanner to fix my sister's bicycle wheel.
(idiom)- Let’s get this finished before the boss comes along and throws a spanner in the works.
Washing powder
/ˈwɔʃɪŋ ˈpaʊdər/

- What will you do if your clothes are dirty? Which washing powder brand will you choose to clear them?
Tissue - /ˈtɪʃu/

- Achoo! You have a tissue?
Cotton - /ˈkɑ.tn/

- Don't forget to buy me some cotton candies when you out.
- Give me some cotton, we have to stop the bleeding!
File - /faɪ.l/

- Ngoc, give me the nail file.
Needle - /ˈnidl/

Cấu trúc have someone do something: nhờ ai đó làm việc gì
- My mother usually has me thread the needle.
Thread - /θrɛd/

Cấu trúc have someone do something: nhờ ai đó làm việc gì
- My mother usually has me thread the needle.
(idiom)- His kidneys had failed and his life was hanging by a thread.
Chisel - /ˈtʃɪzl/

Ngữ pháp: Chia động từ sau các từ chỉ giác quan
- I saw a couple chiseling their name into a rock in the park.
- I carved her name in the stone with a chisel.
Toothpaste - /ˈtuθpeɪst/

- We're almost out of toothpaste, mom.
Paintbrush
/peɪnt.brʌʃ/

Ngữ pháp: Câu hỏi đuôi
- Forget your paintbrush, didn't you? I saw it on the table.
Nail - /neɪl/

Ngữ pháp: chia động từ sau các động từ chỉ giác quan
- I saw my father hammering the nail into the wall.
Paint - /peɪnt/

- My father bought a pink paint pot for our house.
Sandpaper - /ˈsændˌpeɪpər/

- I rubbed my room wall with a sandpaper last Sunday.
Wire - /ˈwaɪər/

- I studied about the structure of a coil of copper wire in Physic class yesterday.
Nut - /nʌt/

- I'm looking for some nuts from the toolbox.
Bolt - /boʊlt/

- I'm looking for a nut fit with this long both.
Mouthwash - /ˈmaʊθwɔʃ/

- There was so much garlic in that pizza, I will need to use a lot of mouthwash if I have got any chance of kissing her.
Hairbrush - /hɛr.brʌʃ/

- I brush my dog's hair with a hairbrush twice a week.
Perfume
/pərˈfyum/ - /ˈpərfyum/

- What perfume brand do you use?
- There was a strong smell of cheap perfume in the car.
Razor - /ˈreɪzər/

- She cutted herself with a razor.
(idiom)
- He's the bad boy who dances on the razor's edge with his motorcycle.
Conditioner - /kənˈdɪʃənər/

- My mother and my sister usually use conditioner for their hair and I don't.
Shower gel - /ˈʃaʊər dʒɛl/
Body wash - /ˈbɑdi wɑʃ/

- They gave me a bottle of the body wash to experiment.
Shampoo - /ʃæmˈpu/

Ngữ pháp: Phân biệt Can - Could - May
Hỏi sự xin phép: ba từ khác nhau ở sắc thái. Mức độ trang trọng tăng dần, mức độ thân thiết của chúng giảm dần theo thứ tự "can - could - may".
- Can you get that shampoo on the top shelf for me, please?
- How about the shampoo service?
Chopsticks - /ˈtʃɒpstɪk/

- Do you know how to use chopsticks?
- My mother just bought a new bunch of chopsticks for the party.
Condom - /ˈkɑndəm/

- You have a condom, right?
Bandage - /ˈbændɪdʒ/

- I'll wash the wound and put a bandage on it right now.
Thermometer
/θərˈmɑ.mə.t̮ər/

- Your forehead is so hot! I'll get the thermometer.
Safety pin
/ˈseɪfti pɪn/

Ngữ pháp: Mệnh đề quan hệ
- I saw a safety pin substituted for a button on his shirt.
Prescription
/prɪˈskrɪpʃn/

- She wanted to get thinner so she began taking prescription diet pills.
Comb - /koʊm/

- This morning my mother discovered that her pocket comb was missing.
Colander - /ˈkɑləndər/

- Ngoc, get a colander and drain the mussels in it.
Crockery - /ˈkrɑkəri/

- This store retails jewelry, crockery, and perfumes.
- The kitchens have crockery and cutlery provided for 50 people.
Plug - /plʌɡ/

Ngoc, plug in the iron.
Socket - /ˈsɑkət/
Outlet - /ˈaʊtlɛt/

- Excuse me, where is the outlet?
- Plug this induction hob in a separate socket to avoid a short circuit.
Pliers - /ˈplaɪərz/

- This looks like a pair of pliers with very wide jaws.
- I use pliers to grip the heads and pull the nails out.
Deodorant - /diˈoʊ.dərənt/

Ngoc, remember to buy the styling gel, shaving cream and deodorant at the discount store for me.
Saucepan / Pot
/ˈsɔspæn/ - /pɑt/

- Put potatoes in a saucepan and add enough water to cover.
(idiom) - Looking out of the window won’t make him arrive any quicker! Don’t you know that a watched pot never boils?
Lid - /lɪd/

- I can't get the lid off this jar.
(idiom)
- She'll flip her lid if I'm late again.
Sieve - /sɪv/
Strainer - /ˈstreɪnər/

- You should sift flour into the mixture by sieve.
Dishwashing liquid
Washing-up liquid

You should try Sunlight, which is a new brand of washing-up liquid.
Hanger - /ˈhæŋər/

There are some spare hangers in the closet if you want to hang your dress up.
Pillow - /ˈpɪloʊ/
Cushion - /ˈkʊʃn/

- Ngoc, give me my pillow.
- Have a pillow-fight.
Mattress - /ˈmætrəs/

- When I was little, I usually hid money underneath my mattress.
Blanket - /ˈblæŋkət/

- I like to cuddle up under a blanket in the winter.
- Ngoc, bring me another blanket.
Frying pan - /ˈfrʌɪɪŋ pan/

- Yes, hitting her with a frying pan is a good idea.
- It's very difficult to make pancakes without a non-stick frying-pan.
(idiom)
- I got deeply in debt. Then I really got out of the frying pan into the fire when I lost my job.
Lamp - /læmp/

- I can't read righteously his sentence in the dim and flaring lamp.
Bedsheet - /bɛd.ʃit/

Ngữ pháp: Câu bị động
- The mattress in my room was wrapped in a white bedsheet.
Curtain - /ˈkərt.n/

- Ngoc, pull the curtain aside.
Backpack - /ˈbækpæk/

- I wear this backpack since I was in high school.
Wardrobe - /ˈwɔrdroʊb/

- I saw a built-in wardrobe in my uncle's house, it's so impressive.
Iron - /ˈaɪ.ərn/

Ngữ pháp: Phân biệt Can - Could - May
Hỏi sự xin phép: ba từ khác nhau ở sắc thái. Mức độ trang trọng tăng dần, mức độ thân thiết của chúng giảm dần theo thứ tự "can - could - may".
- May I see your steam iron?
Shaver - /ˈʃeɪvər/

- Now I'm going to go to the bathroom to try my father's electric shaver.
Scissors - /sɪzərz/

Finally, I found the scissors in a pile of old books.
Nail scissors - /ˈneɪl sɪzərz/
Nail clippers - /ˈneɪl ˈklɪpəz/

- I'm trimming my nails with a new nail scissor.
- Where is the fucking nail scissors?
Refrigerator
/rɪˈfrɪdʒəˌreɪt̮ər/
Fridge - /frɪdʒ/

- My parents just bought a new refrigerator a few months ago.
Phân biệt cách dùng Some / Any / Many / A lot of - lots of / A few / A little
- Are there any eggs in the fridge?
- I always have a few chunks of cheese in my fridge.
Bike (Bicycle)
/baɪk/ - /ˈbaɪsɪkl/

- The first time Van and I rode a bike together was in eleventh grade, when we were a sightseeing trip.
- In front of me was the little kids on their bikes.
Coach - /koʊtʃ/

- This word reminds me of my trip to Moc Chau with my friends last summer. We got there by coach.
Scooter - /ˈskut̮ər/

Ngữ pháp: Phân biệt Can - Could - May khi hỏi sự xin phép
- Could I rent your scooter?
- Nice scooter. How much does it cost?
Mirror - /ˈmɪrər/

- What do you see when you look in the mirror?
- "What do you see when you look in the side-view mirror?"- I said to the taxi driver.
Hammer - /ˈhæmər/

- Ngoc, get me the hammer.
- I'm going to run to the storehouse and get my hammer.
Desk - /dɛsk/

- I could use your help moving this desk.
Ngữ pháp: Câu bị động
- Ngoc is usually scolded for her messy desk by my father.
Elevator / Lift
/ˈɛləˌveɪt̮ər/ - /lɪft/

- Hold that elevator, please.
- It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator.
Stairs - /stɛrz/

- The fucking narrow stairs!
- We climb two sets of stairs to my cousin apartment.
Chair - /tʃɛr/

- I've got a backache because of this uncomfortable chair.
- We have six dining chairs in the kitchen.
Armchair - /ˈɑrmtʃɛr/

- I subsided into an armchair after a study hard day.
Couch / Settee / Sofa
/kaʊtʃ/ - /sɛˈti/ - /ˈsoʊfə/

- It's next to the couch.
- I can't stretch out in this sofa. It's too short.
- Why don't you lie down on the sofa for a while?
Bottle Opener
/ˈbɑt̮l ˈoʊpənər/

- Do you have a bottle-opener?
or You have a bottle-opener?
- How did you open the bottle without a bottle-opener?
Plastic Mat - /ˈplæstɪk mæt/

- Ngoc, go shake the plastic mat.
- Ngoc, go to the living room and spread the plastic mat out. (spread out: trải ra, lan rộng ra)
Shower - /ˈʃaʊər/

- You have 1 hour to shower and dress before guest arrive.
- Every room in that hotel has got a shower.
Bucket - /ˈbʌkit/

- Ngoc, take that bucket and fill it.
- Ngoc, give me a bucket.
(idiom 1) - "I'm sorry I scratched your car." - "Don't worry about it. It's just a drop in the bucket."
(idiom 2) - Among the countries on her "bucket list" to visit is Australia.
- "Skydiving has been on my bucket list for years" - she told me.
Plastic bag - /ˈplæstɪk bæɡ/

- A lot of plastic bags were floating in the lake.
- He gave her a plastic bag of his homemade chocolate.
Pestle and mortar
/ˈpɛs.tl ænd ˈmɔrt̮ər/

- The traditional Chinese method of making the ink was to grind a mixture of bone black pigment with a pestle and mortar, then pour it into a ceramic dish where it could dry.
Van - /væn/

- Get in the van! Quickly!
- There are so many vans that take this route every day.
Stool - /stu.l/

- I don't like a bar stool.
- Some people don't like to sit on stools.
- Come over here. Sit on that stool.
Dumbbell - /ˈdʌmbɛl/

- She had never touched a barbell or a dumbbell in her life.
- I have two 6 kg dumbbells in my room.
Toilet paper / Toilet tissue
/ˈtɔɪlət ˈpeɪpər/
/ˈtɔɪlət ˈtɪʃu/

- Bad news, bro! Ran out of toilet paper!
(phrasal verb) run out of
- Who did wipe their ass and put the toilet paper on the outside of the fucking bowl?
Ladder - /ˈlædər/

- People get nervous when they have to climb an extension ladder.
- Grab that ladder, bro.
Wallet - /ˈwɑlət/

- Give me your wallet.
- Hey! That's my wallet.
- Someone stole my wallet here yesterday.
Purse- /pərs/

- Instead of briefcases, some men opt for a small purse.
- The book is small enough to fit into your tiny purse.
Bracelet - /ˈbreɪslət/

- And now you have my lucky bracelet.
- Thank you for your bracelet.
Necklace - /ˈnɛkləs/

- My husband gave me a $25,000 diamond necklace.
- He's wearing a golden bracelet and a golden necklace.
Earrings - /ˈɪrɪŋ/

- She has a collection of earrings.
- I'm meeting Tuan tonight and I can't find my earrings.
Jar - /dʒɑr/

- The glass jar was full of water.
- There's some rice(sugar) in the jar.
Can - /kæn/

- I drink a can of soda every Monday morning.
Pump - /pʌmp/

- There are several water pumping stations near my house.
- I usually pump up the tyres of my sister's bicycle.
- Tung, can I borrow your pump?
Mop - /mɒp/

- I told him to bring me my mop and he did.
Broom - /bruːm/

- First of all, clean the hardwood floors with broom.
Plastic Broom
Garden Broom

- A labourer swept the falling leaves with a plastic broom.
- I'm coming in for a plastic broom, honey.
Dustpan - /ˈdʌst.pæn/

- I grab a broom and a dustpan and head to the kitchen.
- The broom hits Jerry and sweeps him into a dustpan.
Drill - /drɪl/

- She drills a nail in my heart.
- Mr.Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills.
Tweezers - /ˈtwizərz/

- The doctor removed the cork and used tweezers to take it out.
- We sell 20 to 30 types of tweezers for women.
Shoe polish
/ʃu ˈpəʊlɪʃ/

Cấu trúc: Modal verb (Could, may, might, should, couldn't) + have + PP: khả năng có thể xảy ra trong quá khứ mà người nói không dám chắc
might have PP: hẳn là đã
- He might have covered his gray hair with black shoe polish so he could look younger.
- How about a black and brown shoe polish?
Grater - /ˈɡreɪt̮ər/

- What is the best way to clean a cheese grater?
- Grate the cheese, using the largest holes of a four-sided grater.
Briefcase - /ˈbrifkeɪs/

- Some students lost their briefcase after the final exam in my university.
Toothbrush - /ˈtuθbrʌʃ/

- My toothbrush is blue.
- My toothbrush is losing its bristles.
- Good morning, I'd like a toothbrush, please.
Slipper - /ˈslɪpər/

- I often got my mother's slipper when I was a child.
Rag - /ræɡ/

- I wiped the window with a damp rag.
(idiom)- Don’t mention anything about religion to your uncle. It’s like a red rag to a bull.
Balcony
/ˈbæl.kəni/

- Let's go out on the balcony. Check out the view.
Raincoat - /ˈreɪn.koʊt/

- Don't forget to bring along a raincoat.
Shorts - /ʃɔrts/

- He was wearing a blue T-shirt and (elastic) shorts.
Correction pen
/kəˈrɛk.ʃn pɛn/
Correction fluid
/kəˈrɛk.ʃn ˈflu.əd/

- He has lost his correction fluid.
Highlighter
/ˈhaɪˌlaɪt̮ər/

- I prefer to use lighter highlighters like yellow and pink as opposed to a blue or green or dark purple highlighter.
- I have a red pen, a black pen, a blue pen and a highlighter on my pencil case.
Remote control
/rɪˈmoʊt kənˈtroʊl/

- You can adjust the volume using the remote control.
- Can you give me a remote control? I need to watch the football match.