Xung quanh, quanh quẩn, đây đó, rải rác

he is somewhere about

anh ta ở quanh quẩn đâu đó

Đằng sau

about turn!

đằng sau quay

Khoảng chừng, gần

about forty

khoảng 40

it is about two o'clock

bây giờ khoảng chừng hai giờ

Vòng

to go a long way about

đi đường vòng xa

Về

to know much about Vietnam

biết nhiều về Việt Nam

what shall we write about?

chúng ta sẽ viết về cái gì bây giờ?

Quanh quất, quanh quẩn đây đó, rải rác

to walk about the garden

đi quanh quẩn trong vườn

Xung quanh

the trees about the pond

cây cối xung quanh ao

Khoảng chừng, vào khoảng

about nightfall

vào khoảng chập tối

Bận, đang làm (gì...)

he is still about it

hắn hãy còn bận làm việc đó

to go about one's work

đi làm

Ở (ai); trong người (ai), theo với (ai)

I have all the documents about me

tôi có mang theo đầy đủ tài liệu

There's something nice about him

Ở anh ta có một cái gì đó hay hay

to be about to

sắp, sắp sửa

the train is about to start

xe lửa sắp khởi hành

man about town

tay ăn chơi, tay giao thiệp rộng

what are you about?

anh muốn gì?, anh cần gì?

(từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) anh đang làm gì đấy?

what about?

Xem what

Lái (thuyền...) theo hướng khác

about and about

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) rất giống nhau

to be about

bận (làm gì)

khoảng chừng

đối với

nói về

về

khoảng

chừng

độ chừng

vào khoảng

Round, around, close by, nearby, on every side: Gatherabout, for I have something to tell you.

Approximately,around, nearly, roughly, more or less, almost, close to or upon;give or take: In 1685 London had been, for about half acentury, the most populous capital in Europe. Light travels atabout 186,000 miles a second. 3 to and fro, up and down, backand forth, here and there, hither and yon, far and wide, hitherand thither: He wandered about aimlessly for several days.

Here and there, far and wide, hither and yon, hither andthither, helter-skelter: My papers were scattered about as if atornado had struck.

Around, prevalent, in the air: There isa lot of flu about this year.

Approximately, nearly, closeto, not far from, almost, just about, around: It is about timeyou telephoned your mother.

Prep.

Around, surrounding, encircling: There is a railingabout the monument.

Round, around, all round, everywhere, inall directions, all over: Please look about the room for myhat.

Near, nearby, adjacent to, beside, alongside, close by,nigh: There were a lot of trees about the garden.

With, athand, Colloq on: I am sorry, but I haven't my cheque-book aboutme.

Touching, concerning, connected with, involving, in orwith reference to, in or with regard to, regarding, in thematter of, with respect to, respecting, relative to, relatingto, apropos, Formal anent: He wrote a book about the SpanishArmada.

Prep.

A on the subject of; in connection with(a book about birds; what are you talking about?; argued aboutmoney). b relating to (something funny about this). c inrelation to (symmetry about a plane). d so as to affect (can donothing about it; what are you going to do about it?).

At atime near to (come about four).

A in, round, surrounding(wandered about the town; a scarf about her neck). b all roundfrom a centre (look about you).

Here and there in; at pointsthroughout (toys lying about the house).

At a point or pointsnear to (fighting going on about us).

Carried with (have nomoney about me).

Occupied with (what are you about?).

Adv.1 a approximately (costs about a pound; is about right). bcolloq. used to indicate understatement (just about had enough;it's about time they came).

Here and there; at points nearby(a lot of flu about; I've seen him about recently).

Allround; in every direction (look about).

On the move; inaction (out and about).

In partial rotation or alterationfrom a given position (the wrong way about).

In rotation orsuccession (turn and turn about).

Naut. on or to the oppositetack (go about; put about).