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Các nghĩa

1. xung quanh

   In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.

   The snake was coiled about his ankle.

   So look about you; know you any here?

   Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

2. khắp

   Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.

   Rubbish was strewn about the place.

   The children were running about the room.

   He was well known about town.

3. sắp

   See about to.

4. về

   Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of.

   He talked a lot about his childhood.

   We must do something about this problem.

   He is very mad about all the pranks.

5. đang bận

   Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on.

   just going about their business

   Have you much hay about?

   “What’s Mary doin'?” “Oh! oo’s about th’ butter.”

6. gần

   Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.

   I can’t find my reading glasses, but they must be somewhere about the house.

   John’s in the garden, probably somewhere about the woodshed.

   The Saffron Crocus (C. sativus) grows in meadows about Essex, where it is cultivated for its fragrant stigmas, which constitute saffron.