Prepositions: On/Off, To/For

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Chao` lang` nu*o*'c,

1) "Off the shelf" tha^.t ra phai? hie^u? la` "on the shelf"
mo*'i ddu'ng. Co' nghia~ la` ddo^` lam` sa<n~ bay` ban' 
tre^n qua^y` hang`, chi? ca^n` la^y' xuo^'ng (take it 
off the shelf) ma` dung`. Thu*o*`ng thi` mua nhu lie^.u 
lam` sa<n~ kie^?u nay` re? ho*n tu*. vie^t' la^y' nhu*ng
ngu*o*.c la.i thi` hay bi. "incompatibility problems" :))

2) Ho^m no. co' ba.n na`o chu'c cha`ng Donahoe nha` ta
mo^.t ca^u to*' ddo.c va`o pha?i phi` cu*o*`i, vi` no'
lam` to*' nho*' la.i ho^`i xu*a mi`nh cu~ng hay ma<'c
ba cai' lo^i~ ve^` preposition tu*o*ng tu*.. (Ma` ba^y
gio*` la^u la^u va^~n bi. bi' chu*' kho^ng cho*i).

Ca^u ddo' la`:

"Thanks for everything you do to us"
                           ^^^^^
Le~ ra pha?i du`ng "do for" thi` mo*'i ddu'ng. "Do to" 
co' nghia~ kha'c "do for" kha' xa :)) Tie^'ng Anh xem va^.y 
ma` cu~ng ra<c' ro^i' go*'m ma^'y ba'c nhi?...

3) Ddo' gio*` chu*a nghe to*'i nga`y 8/3 bao gio*`, 
nhu*ng nay lo*~ bie^'t ro^i` ma` kho^ng co' gi` ta<.ng
qui' bac' gai' thi` hoa' ra Ian Bui nay` nha` que^ qua',
dda^u co' ddu*o*.c. Tho^i thi` nha^n di.p cai' ngay` le^~
la. la^m~ nay` to*' xin go*?i ta<.ng mo^i~ ngu*o*`i mo^.t
ddoa' hoa virtual cho vui nha` vui cu*a?. (Co`n cac' bac'
trai thi` cu*' gu*o*.m dda~, ho^m nao` to*'i phie^n lie^n`
o^ng chu'ng mi`nh to*' se~ bao ca'c ba'c nha^.u dda~ ddo*`i :))

Ian