10 PAGES OF SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION NOTES - Học sinh giỏi THPT, Olympic 30-4, DH&ĐBBB... (24 trang) Mã A380016

1.It never crossed/slipped my mind that……

Cross smb’s mind/slip smb’s mind=think

2.I’ve reached/arrived at/come to conclusion that………..

3.give an account of

4.gave the false impression

5.strike a balance between

6.out of consideration for

7.forget to take Tzuyu’s views into account/forget to take account of Tzuyu’sviews/forget to take into account Tzuyu’sviews

8.in the(mistaken) belief

9.staying out all night with your friend is out of the question.

10.you’ve come to your sense

11.you are under the misapprehension

12.working against the clock

13.mix Sean up with

14.change/swap/trade places with

15. I came very close to giving up at one point

16. He attributed his success to good luck.

17.Enormous effort has been made to find a cure for this disease

18.I cast my mind back to what happened all those years before.

19.got off to a flying start

20.in this day and age

21.am not in my dad’s good books/am in my dad’s bad books

22.goes without saying

23.let the nature take its course

24.go to any lengths

25.was(completely/totally) out of his depth

26.hadn’t drawn the short straw

27.smooth the way for

28.a blot on the lanscape

29.in for a treat

30.lock horns with

31.get to the bottom of

32.took a turn for the worse

33.got on like a house on fire

34.(that)she has set her heart on going/her heart is set on going

35.bought it on a whim

36.down to a fine art

37.I had the last laugh

38.have/keep our wits about us

39.gettting a new computer for your birthday is out of the question.

40.didn’t take my mind off

41.quick on the uptake

42.sticks to her guns

43.have changed my mind

44.knows Edinburgh inside out

45.an snowed under with/at work

46.has been under consideration

47.have got the wrong end of the stick

48.better keep it/this under my hat

49.you catch/get my drift

50.would have been in Dad’s bad books

51.not have turned up out of the blue

52.a drop in the ocean

53,we were able to/could drum up more

54.(by) far and away the most satisfying

55.the man who/that flew off the handle

56.up in arms about such

57.the powers that be

58.which/that brought the expedition to life

59.does throwing the book at

61.business doesn’t pick up soon

6o.to scrape through

62.ended up driving Bob and Sheila

63.put an end to/put a stop to

64.made a start(on/at) sorting

65.I just take a second to/you just give me a second to

66.made a good job of painting

67.wrapped up in her work that she didn’t notice…..

68.has been cut/pared to the bone because…………..

69.onset of the disease is(signaled/marked by) the blurred vision

70.drew mischievious reaction(s) from

71.brought the others around/round to her point of view

72.nowhere near as badly-off as they were tweny years ago.

73.was designed in such a way (as) to stamp/rule/iron out hooliganism

74.got into the swings of

75.rip people off by charging….for tickets

76.is believed to have been just a stone’sthrow from/away from the beach

77.He really put the cat among the pigeons when he….secret.

78.No matter how talented you think you are,horses will always bring/take you down a peg or two

79.Realizing that mentioning Jack ‘s demotion might upset h im,I let sleeping dogs lie

80.comes to technical knowledge,I am no match for Susan

81.of importance that we have to get the tram to toe the line

82.Winning the prize has gone to his head

83.So frightened was he/did he feel that he couldn’t own up to breaking/having broken the window

84.he didn’t find fault wih my work/stopped finding fault with my work

85.acts on impulse when

86.kicked me in the teeth when breaking

87.But for her father’s retirement,she wouldn’t have stepped into his shoes

88,When I grow up,I’m going to be a fat cat.

89.racked my brain to

90.pulled a face as he……

91.the funds petered out,they had to……

92.your encouragement that helped(to) cushion the blow after…..

93.not been for her craze for stamps,Tim wouldn’t have splashed out on them every month.

94.Try as he …