10 TỪ VỰNG VÀ 05 COLLOCATIONS/ IDIOMS HAY NHẤT CHỦ ĐỀ HOMETOWN IELTS SPEAKING

No.

Vocabulary

Example

Note

1

cosmopolitan

/ˌkɒz.məˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/

Nghĩa Anh: containing people and things from many different parts of the world

Nghĩa Việt: thành phố đông dân cư từ nhiều nơi

• New York is a highly cosmopolitan city.
• The thing I like most about living in London is that it’s so cosmopolitan.

2

bustling

/ˈbʌs.lɪŋ/

Nghĩa Anh: If a place is bustling, it is full of busy activity.

Nghĩa Việt: náo nhiệt

• I have been living in Ho Chi Minh city for 3 years. Ho Chi Minh city is a bustling city.  
• Da Lat is the perfect base for discovering the surrounding countryside with its bustling towns, and picturesque villages.

Từ đồng nghĩa: frenetic

Từ trái nghĩa: sleepy

3

hospitality

/ˌhɒs.pɪˈtæl.ə.ti/

Nghĩa Anh: friendly behaviour towards visitors

Nghĩa Việt: thân thiện

• The atmosphere and hospitality of Hoi An made a great impression on all our visitors. 
• Vietnamese are renowned for their hospitality.

4

vibrant

/ˈvaɪ.brənt/

Nghĩa Anh: energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm

Nghĩa Việt: náo nhiệt

• The hope is that this area will develop into a vibrant commercial centre.
• Hong Kong is a vibrant, fascinating city.

Word form: vibrancy/ vibrantly

5

hectic

/ˈhek.tɪk/

Nghĩa Anh: full of activity, or very busy and fast

Nghĩa Việt: náo nhiệt

• Ho Chi Minh city traffic is hectic and it takes 30 minutes to go one mile during rush hour.
• She wants to get away from the hectic pace of New York.

6

contemporary

/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/

Nghĩa Anh: existing or happening now, and therefore seeming modern

Nghĩa Việt: hiện đại

• All of the buildings and roads in Seoul look very contemporary. 
• Each year there is a contemporary music festival in November.

Collocation

• contemporary life
• contemporary issues

Synonym

• modern
• new
• futuristic

7

urban

/ˈɜː.bən/

Nghĩa Anh: of or in a city or town

Nghĩa Việt: đô thị

• I have an urban lifestyle, I am used to taking public transportation everyday.
• Many urban areas have severe pollution problems.

Collocation

• urban lifestyle
• urban areas

8

outskirts

/ˈaʊt.skɜːts/

Nghĩa Anh: the areas that form the edge of a town or city

Nghĩa Việt: ngoại ô

• I live in the outskirts of Da Nang city. 
• We stayed on the outskirts of the capital.

Collocation

• in/on the outskirts of
• the outskirts of town

9

suburb

/ˈsʌb.ɜːb/

Nghĩa Anh: an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live

Nghĩa Việt: ngoại ô

• Box Hill is a suburb of Melbourne.
• All the social workers come in from their comfortable homes in the suburbs.

Không có nhiều tòa nhà chung cư ở suburb đa phần là nhà ở, chính vì vậy mà suburb khác biệt với outskirts

10

picturesque

/ˌpɪk.tʃərˈesk/

Nghĩa Anh: attractive in appearance, especially in an old-fashioned way

Nghĩa Việt: yên bình

• I live in a countryside that is very picturesque and you will want to take a picture when you go there. 
• The countryside in this region is very picturesque.

No

Collocation

Example

1

Pedestrian zone

Nghĩa Anh: areas of a city or town reserved for pedestrian

Nghĩa Việt: đường cho người đi bộ

Ex:

Nguyen Hue is a famous pedestrian zone in Ho Chi Minh city runs from the riverside to the City Hall.

2

middle of nowhere

Nghĩa Anh: far away from any towns and cities and where few people live

Nghĩa Việt: nơi hẻo lánh

Ex:

He lives in a tiny house in the middle of nowhere.

3

cost of living

Nghĩa Anh: the amount of money that a person needs to live

Nghĩa Việt: sinh hoạt phí

Ex:

• The cost of living is lower in the rural areas. 
• She’s moving to rural areas to escape the high cost of living in the city.

4

settle down

Nghĩa Anh:

• to start living in a place where you intend to stay for a long time, usually with your partner
• to become quieter

Nghĩa Việt: an cư

Ex:

• Eventually I’d like to settle down and have a family, but not yet.
• I will settle down in the countryside after retirement. 

5

Sprawling city

Nghĩa Anh: found in or involving the older, central part of a city where there are poor people and bad housing

Nghĩa Việt: khu vực phố cổ

Ex:

Ha Tay is the sprawling city of Ha Noi.