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The other night, my wife came home and immediately ordered me to take off her coat. Then she told me to take off her skirt, followed by her top and underwear...

And then... she told me never to wear her clothes again.

Từ vựng trong truyện

• ordered: ra lệnh; yêu cầu
• take off: cởi ra
• followed by: tiếp theo là

In a clothing shop, a man pointed to a coat and asked how much it cost.

"One thousand dollars, sir," the sales assistant replied promptly.

"The devil! And what about the one next to it?"

"Two and a half devils, sir!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• pointed to: chỉ vào
• sales assistant: nhân viên bán hàng
• promptly: nhanh nhảu, ngay lập tức
• the devil: quỷ thật; lời cảm thán ngạc nhiên hoặc bực mình trong ngữ cảnh này

Tonight I was hanging around outside when a woman asked me to look at her iPhone because she couldn't send text messages. I cheerfully agreed.

After swiping at the screen for a while, I suddenly remembered those stories about phones coated with knockout drugs to hypnotize people. I was terrified. Before the drug could take effect, I ran for my life.

That evil woman showed her true colors: she chased after me, screaming at the top of her lungs. It took ages to shake her off.

When I got home and regained my composure, I realized I was still holding her iPhone.

Từ vựng trong truyện

• take effect: bắt đầu có tác dụng
• showed her true colors: lộ rõ bộ mặt thật
• shake her off: cắt đuôi cô ấy
• regained my composure: lấy lại bình tĩnh

A young man asked a wealthy old man how he had made his fortune. The old man smoothed his elegant suit and began:

"Son, it was 1932, a terribly hard time. I had just one last cent in my pocket. I spent it on an apple, polished that apple all day, and sold it for ten cents that evening."

"The next morning, I invested the money in two apples, polished them, and sold them at five in the afternoon for twenty cents. I kept doing business this way for a month and eventually accumulated a fortune of one dollar and thirty-seven cents."

"Then my father-in-law died and left my wife and me two million dollars."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• made his fortune: làm giàu
• elegant: sang trọng
• polished: đánh bóng
• accumulated: tích lũy

A young woman phoned an artist.

"Hello! How is my full-length portrait coming along?"

"It's finished from head to toe. I haven't missed a single detail."

"Could you change it? I'd like to wear a nicer outfit than the one I wore last time."

"Easy! Just send the clothes over. I painted this one with you... wearing nothing at all."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• full-length portrait: bức chân dung vẽ toàn thân
• coming along: tiến triển, đang được thực hiện đến đâu
• from head to toe: từ đầu đến chân
• outfit: bộ quần áo