1. lieu /ljuː, luː/
từ này có 2 cách đọc (liu hoặc lu)
in lieu = instead (thay vì)
Khi dùng instead of thì có thể dùng in lieu of thay thế:
E.g:
the company issued additional shares to shareholders in lieu of a cash dividend
E.g2:
So in this usage, "How do you do?" wasn't an actual question about the
person: it was just a meaningless greeting, and for instance what one
might say when introduced to someone (in lieu of "Pleased to meet you"),
Đọc vui về "how do you do" ở đây:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16312/do-you-really-answer-how-do-you-do-with-how-do-you-do
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