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/edʤ/ * danh từ - lưỡi, cạnh sắc (dao...); tính sắc =knife has no edge+ dao này không sắc - bờ, gờ, cạnh (hố sâu...); rìa, lề (rừng, cuốn sách...) - đỉnh, sống (núi...) - (như) knife-edge - (nghĩa bóng) tình trạng nguy khốn; lúc gay go, lúc lao đao !to be on edge - bực mình - dễ cáu =to have the edge on somebody+ (từ lóng) ở thế lợi hơn ai !to set someone's teeth on edge - làm cho ai bực mình; làm cho ai gai người; làm cho ai ghê tởm !to take the edge off one's appetite - làm cho ăn mất ngon - làm cho đỡ đói !to take the edge off someone's argument - làm cho lý lẽ của ai mất sắc cạnh * ngoại động từ - mài sắc, giũa sắt - viền (áo...); làm bờ cho, làm gờ cho, làm cạnh cho - xen (cái gì, câu...) vào, len (mình...) vào; dịch dần vào =to edge one's way into a job+ len lỏi vào một công việc gì * nội động từ - đi né lên, lách lên !to edge away - từ từ dịch xa ra - (hàng hải) đi xa ra !to edge off - mài mỏng (lưỡi dao...) - (như) to edge away !to edge on - thúc đẩy, thúc giục
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