TAKE SOMETHING BY STORM

Lấy cái gì đó nhanh như bão

Chinh phục ai đó tuyệt đối, làm ai đó choáng váng do nổi tiếng quá nhanh hoặc lan truyền quá nhanh (to overwhelm someone or something, often by becoming famous quickly, or by spreading very rapidly)

làm mưa làm gió, chinh phục, gây bão…

The Beatles took the world by storm in the 1960s.

Ban nhạc Beatles chinh phục cả thế giới vào những năm 1960.

Fear of the disease spread across the country very quickly. Panic took the nation by storm.

Nỗi sợ căn bệnh này lan nhanh trên toàn quốc. Sự hoảng loạn đến với người dân cả nước nhanh như một cơn lốc.

Cách dùng này xuất phát từ nghĩa của cụm từ “assault in a violent attack – tấn công như vũ bão” dùng để chỉ hoạt động quân sự.

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Take something by storm.

Lưu ý: storm không có mạo từ

Sai:

by the storm;

by a storm

Trong phần này, các bạn sẽ luyện phát âm theo các câu mẫu.

Take something by storm

Took something by storm

The troops took the city by storm.

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