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"Sleep on it" nghĩa là gì?
30 May, 2016
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| Honda Dream. Photo courtesy Justin Jensen. |
'Sleep on it' (shared via VOA) nghĩa là hoãn đưa ra quyết định về một vấn đề quan trọng cho tới ngày hôm sau để mình có đủ thì giờ suy nghĩ về vấn đề đó.
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Don’t give me an answer now – sleep on it and tell me whenever you’re ready .
Although she said she would sleep on it, she was virtually certain to resign.
Common experience suggests that when we are confronted with some knotty problem or emotional dilemma, it often helps if we sleep on it.
The couple said they agreed to sleep on it before deciding whether to report the sighting.
We’re thinking of buying the home we looked at today, but it’s a big decision (quyết định quan trọng). That’s why we’re going to sleep on it (suy tính) tonight. After thinking it over (nghĩ đi nghĩ lại), we may be ready to make an offer (đề nghị) tomorrow.
I’m so overweight (béo phì) that I want to have an operation (phẫu thuật) to reduce (làm nhỏ lại) the size of my stomach (dạ dày). My doctor says that I should sleep on it (suy nghĩ cẩn thận) first. Having surgery requires a lot of consideration (suy xét thận trọng).
Bài trước: "Not lose any sleep over it" nghĩa là gì?
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