as much as possible:
We're mortgaged up to the hilt.
PHRASES
foul play (n)
criminal or violent activity that causes sb's death:
For example, in the 1960s an historian suspected
foul play in Napoleon’s death in 1821 on the island
of St. Helena.
in the making
in the process of becoming sth or of being made:
đang hình thành, đang nảy nở, đang phát triển
This model was two years in the making.
These events are history in the making.
Sure, the G20 meeting was important because we
need forums where developed and developing
countries can work together and come up with
solutions for how the world should work.
around / round the clock
all day and all night without stopping
Authorities have pledged to work around the clock
until Kim is found.
play God
to behave as if you control events or other people's
lives:
It is unfair to ask doctors to play God and end
someone's life.
keep (close) tabs on sb/sth (informal)
theo dõi sát sao
to watch sb/sth carefully in order to know what is
happening so that you can control a particular
situation:
It's not always possible to keep tabs on everyone's
movements.
Jo-Anne Mason, director of industry analyst
Beauty Update, which keeps tabs on the cosmetics
world, says celeb fragrances now drive the
perfume market, with Britney Spears' and Kylie
Minogue's lines doing especially well this
Christmas.
(up) to the hilt
They have promised to back us to the hilt.
pander to sth/sb (disapproving)
to do what sb wants, or try to please them,
especially when this is not acceptable or
reasonable:
thoả mân (dục vọng, ý đồ xấu)
to pander to sb's whims / wishes
The speech was just pandering to racial prejudice.
From its inception, Nashi pandered to nostalgia for
the Soviet era — not its bread queues but its
superpower status.
catch sb red-handed
to catch sb in the act of doing sth wrong or
committing a crime
bắt quả tang
the Nine were caught red-handed on Indonesian
turf and that’s all they need to know.
mass grave
mộ chôn tập thể
stem from sth
xuất phát từ
(not used in the progressive tenses) to be the result
of sth
The unusual virulence of the 1918 virus may stem
from the fact that it evolved amid the unique
mayhem of WW1
in full swing
having reached a very lively level
lúc sôi nổi nhất, lúc náo nhiệt nhất
When we arrived the party was already in full
swing
Moves to keep the country from a human strain of
avian flu have been in full swing ever since
upsurge (n)
~ (in / of sth) (written) a sudden large increase in
sth
đợt bột phát
an upsurge in violent crime
a recent upsurge of interest in his movies
veritable (a)
You can use veritable to emphasize the
size, amount, or nature of something.
 ...a veritable feast of pre-match
entertainment.
When Katrina hit at the end of August, the Gulf of
Mexico was a veritable hurricane refuelling
station.
be endowed with sth
được phú cho
to naturally have a particular feature, quality, etc
cord blood is richly endowed with a kind of stem
cell that gives rise to oxygen-carrying red blood
cells…
capitalize on / upon sth
to gain a further advantage for yourself from a
situation
SYN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STH:
The team failed to capitalize on their early lead
mill around (BrE also mill about) (especially of a
large group of people) to move around an area
without seeming to be going anywhere in
particular:
đi quanh
Hundreds of fans were milling around outside the
hotel
at gunpoint
while threatening sb or being threatened with a
gun
chĩa súng
Austrailian high commission staff and their
families have been robbed at gunpoint near the
start of the Kokoda Trail.
at stake
that can be won or lost, depending on the success
of a particular action
đang lâm nguy, đang bị đe dọa
enduring (a)
lasting for a long time:
lâu dài
A young man’s life is at stake and the affair is now
threatening to derail one of Australia’s most
enduring and important relationships
at the edge of the abyss
bên bờ vực
As humanity stands at the edge of the abyss, only
this generation can make the difference
go / run like clockwork
to happen according to plan; to happen without
difficulties or problems
Singapore carries out its executions like
clockwork. Death by hanging happens at Changi
prison on Fridays at dawn
raise / up the ante
to increase the level of sth, especially demands or
sums of money
But Labor wants to up the ante with tougher
diplomatic action. Does this make sense?
in view of sth
considering sth:
In view of the weather, the event will now be held
indoors
invidious (a)
(formal) unpleasant and unfair; likely to offend sb
or make them jealous
gây sự ghen ghét, gây ác cảm
single sb/sth<->out (for sth / as sb/sth)
to choose sb/sth from a group for special attention:
She was singled out for criticism.
He was singled out as the outstanding performer of
the games.
But in view of invidious distinctions I have
refrained from singling out any of our champions
of sport
get the hang of sth
(informal) to learn how to do or to use sth; to
understand sth:
It's not difficult once you get the hang of it.
Certainly, ordinary Iraqis have got the hang of the
democratic process and have already voted twice
by the million in elections sponsored by the US.
stick it / sth out
(stuck, stuck)
(informal) to continue doing sth to the end, even
when it is difficult or boring:
She didn't like the course but she stuck it out to get
the certificate.
If the US sticks it out and if the new Iraqi
government can win community support and take
on the terrorist with its own forces, we will see the
first Muslim democracy of the Middle East.
dent (n)
vết lõm
A dent is a hollow in the surface of
something which has been caused by
hitting or pressing it.
There was a dent in the car which
hadn't been there before.
make, etc. a dent in sth
to reduce the amount of sth, especially money:
The lawyer's fees will make a dent in our finances
The Brotherhood, which will host a national
conference in Melbourne this week, says no
significant dent has been made in reducing the
number of children living in poverty and a national
campaign is needed
be out of touch (with sb)
to no longer communicate with sb, so that you no
longer know what is happening to them:
We've been out of touch for a couple of years.
be, become, etc. out of touch (with sth)
to not know or understand what is happening in a
particular subject or area:
Unfortunately, the people making the decisions are
out of touch with the real world.
Van’s execution has shown how out of touch some
lawyers and commentators are with Australian
society
in the wake of sb/sth
theo chân
coming after or following sb/sth:
There have been demonstrations on the streets in
the wake of the recent bomb attack
vocal (a)
telling people your opinions or protesting about sth
loudly and with confidence
lớn tiếng
Mr Fraser said he hoped Canberra would be more
vocal on the issue in the wake of the hanging on
Friday of the 25-year-old drug trafficker.
reshuffle (v)
cải tổ chính phủ
rule sb/sth<->out (as sth)
bác bỏ
to state that sth is not possible or that sb/sth is not
suitable
SYN EXCLUDE
resign yourself to sth
cam chịu, đành phận, phó mặc
to accept sth unpleasant that cannot be changed or
avoided
She resigned herself to her fate.
We had to resign ourselves to making a loss on the
sale.
John Howard is likely to reshuffle his cabinet
within weeks after Peter Costello ruled out a
leadership challenge and resigned himself to
staying on as Treasurer until the Prime Minister
decides to step aside.
come to terms (with sb)
thoả hiệp
to reach an agreement with sb; to find a way of
living or working together:
The enemy was eventually forced to come to
terms.
Once again the world is coming to terms with the
truth about malaria: the ancient enemy still claims
at least one million lives every year while, at the
same time, imposing tremendous physical, mental
and economic hardships.
People are still coming to terms with the enormity
of the disaster.
writ (n)
trát, lệnh, giấy đòi
A writ is a legal document that orders a
person to do a particular thing.
He issued a writ against one of his
accusers.
in respect of sth (formal or business)
1 concerning:
trên phương diện
A writ was served on the firm in respect of their
unpaid bill.
statutory (a)
fixed by law; that must be done by law
(thuộc) luật, do luật pháp qui định, theo đúng luật
Trish has a written employment contract with her
employer. Work Choices will likely only affect her
in respect of the minimum statutory entitlements to
be included in the new legislation, such as annual
leave.
2 in payment for sth:
money received in respect of overtime worked
in force
1/ (of people) in large numbers:
Foreign TV networks were out in force for the
event.
Protesters turned out in force.
2/ (of a law, rule, etc.) being used:
The new regulations are now in force.
on the mend
hồi phục, bình phục
(informal, especially BrE) getting better after an
illness or injury; improving after a difficult
situation:
My leg is definitely on the mend now.
Does he believe the economy's really on the
mend?
They've been to see a counsellor and their
relationship seems to be on the mend.
spell (n)
đợt, phiên, thời gian ngắn
a short period of time during which sth lasts:
a spell of warm weather * a cold / hot / wet / bright
spell
There will be rain at first, with sunny spells later.
She went to the doctor complaining of dizzy
spells.
Lately however he appeared to be on the mend
after several years in and out of rehabilitation,
including a spell in Cuba where he was befriended
by President Fidel Castro.
run the gauntlet
bị phê bình ngiêm khắc
to be criticized or attacked by a lot of people,
especially a group of people that you have to walk
through:
Some of the witnesses had to run the gauntlet of
television cameras and reporters.
The man was airlifted to the mainland last night
from the Keiku Maru, which remained at sea,
about 100km south of Tasmania, in a bid to avoid
running the gauntlet of protesters in Hobart.
at a tender age | at the tender age of...
used in connection with sb who is still young and
does not have much experience:
non nớt
He left home at the tender age of 15.
She shouldn't be having to deal with problems like
this at such a tender age.
Long before the Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy
was even a twinkle in Peter Jackson's eye, the NZ
director had tried to remake King Kong (1933), the
movie he says inspired him to become a filmmaker
in the first place, at the tender age of nine
in the grip of sth
đang phải chịu đựng (một cái gì đó bắt buộc)
experiencing sth unpleasant that cannot be
stopped:
a country in the grip of recession
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said it would turn
off the taps to Ukraine, in the grip of a severe
winter, after Kiev refused to pay the increased
amount Moscow was demanding for its gas and
last-ditch efforts to resolve the price row failed.
tandem (n)
a bicycle for two riders, one behind the other
in tandem (with sb/sth)
a thing that works or happens in tandem with sth
else works together with it or happens at the same
time as it:
The two systems are designed to work in tandem.
Stock prices pushed sharply higher this afternoon
in tandem with a rise in the dollar.
At least four of the passengers were strapped
together in pairs in preparation for tandem jumps
when the plane went down.
at best
trong điều kiện tốt nhất
at best used for saying what is the best opinion you
can have of sb/sth, or the best thing that can
happen, when the situation is bad:
Their response to the proposal was, at best, cool.
We can't arrive before Friday at best.
In many bone marrow transplant cases, the search
for an appropriate donor can prove difficult at best
in the light of sth (BrE) (AmE in light of sth)
after considering sth:
He rewrote the book in the light of further
research.
"The diagnosis is cerebral haemorrhaging. In light
of this, the prime minister has been taken to the
surgical ward," Dr Shlomo Mor-Yosef told
reporters.
hit a nerve.
hit / touch a (raw / sensitive) nerve
to mention a subject that makes sb feel angry,
upset, embarrassed, etc:
You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his
first wife.
Recently, historian George Dyson put this in
perspective with an essay titled "Turing's
Cathedral" - and really hit a nerve.
in the presence of sb | in sb's presence
with sb in the same place:
trước mặt ai
The document was signed in the presence of two
witnesses.
She asked them not to discuss the matter in her
presence.
thrive on sth
to enjoy sth or be successful at sth, especially sth
that other people would not like:
He thrives on hard work.
drive (n)
sự cố gắng, sự nỗ lực
…and it’s clear you’re in the presence of people
who thrive on their drive.
get (a) hold of sb
to contact or find sb:
Where have you been? I've been trying to get hold
of you all day.
Eventually, we got hold of Dan in New York.
Do you know where I can get hold of a good
plumber?
get hold of sth
1/ to find sth that you want or need:
I need to get hold of Tom's address.
It's almost impossible to get hold of tickets for the
final.
The police do not know how the boy got hold of
the knife.
How did the press get hold of the story?
2/ to learn or understand sth
in the wake of sb/sth
coming after or following sb/sth:
There have been demonstrations on the streets in
the wake of the recent bomb attack.
A group of reporters followed in her wake.
My hunch, though, is that the most popular
choices just at the moment are going to be the
latest Harry Potter and whatever fraction of the
Narnia Chronicles people can get hold of in the
wake of the film of The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe.
make it
1/ to be successful in your career:
He never really made it as an actor.
2/ to succeed in reaching a place in time,
especially when this is difficult:
The flight leaves in twenty minutes-we'll never
make it.
3/ to be able to be present at a place:
I'm sorry I won't be able to make it (for example,
to a party) on Saturday.
4/ to survive after a serious illness or accident; to
deal successfully with a difficult experience:
The doctors think he's going to make it.
I don't know how I made it through the week.
mix it up
mix it (with sb) (BrE) (AmE mix it up (with sb))
(informal) to argue with sb or cause trouble
People mix it up with the police every day around
here.
throes (n)
violent pains, especially at the moment of death:
The creature went into its death throes.
in the throes of sth / of doing sth
in the middle of an activity, especially a difficult or
complicated one:
The country was in the throes of revolutionary
change.
We're in the throes of moving to a new office, so
the place is in chaos at the moment.
But last week, France was in the throes of full
scale race riots.
strike a balance (between A and B)
to manage to find a way of being fair to two
opposing things; to find a COMPROMISE
between two things
French leaders tried to strike a balance between
condemning the violence and seeking to
understand it, but they were powerless to impose
order on the streets.
hold court (with sb)
to entertain people by telling them interesting or
funny things:
I met Giles holding court with some tourists in a
cafe.
David Mixner, a gay activist and longtime friend
of Bill Clinton’s, was holding court with Jason
Moore, director of the Broadway musical Avenue
Q.
to date
until now:
To date, we have received over 200 replies.
The exhibition contains some of his best work to
date.
on account of
sth because of sth:
She retired early on account of ill health.
The marsh is an area of great scientific interest on
account of its wild flowers
affliction (n)
1/ đau đớn, đau khổ
2/ tai ách, tai họa,hoạn nạn
(formal) pain and suffering or sth that causes it
He suffered on account of his overactive mind, but
once again had his own chosen remedy for his
afflictions
be taken aback (by sb/sth)
to be shocked or surprised by sb/sth:
She was completely taken aback by his anger.
Taking his camera to the marketplace, he was
taken aback by the serene indifference of passers-
by to the camera's presence. It was a salutary
reminder, he thinks, of something that the film
touches on: how unsettling it can be not to be
acknowledged, or to be looked through rather than
seen.
play yourself / itself out
(written) to become weak and no longer useful or
important
Rampling may have made matters worse by
entering into this conspiracy of misconstrual,
repeatedly telling journalists: "What I am doing is
not acting. I am playing myself."
take flight
to run away:
The gang took flight when they heard the police
car.
harry (v)
phiền nhiễu, làm phiền, quấy rầy
to annoy or upset sb by continuously asking them
questions or for sth:
She has been harried by the press all week.
Let the music surround you and your harried
thoughts take flight for when the sun shone in the
morn all the dark thoughts will be light
fuss (v)
If you fuss over someone, you pay
them a lot of attention and do things to
make them happy or comfortable.
Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't
fuss over them enough.
make a fuss of / over sb
to pay a lot of attention to sb, usually to show how
much you like them:
They made a great fuss of the new baby. * The dog
loves being made a fuss of.
Do you see how terrible that would be? I had such
potential, then woke up one day and it had gone.
No more applause, no one would make a big fuss
over me, no one would tell me how wonderful I
was.
in earnest = seriously
1 more seriously and with more force or effort
than before:
The work on the house will begin in earnest on
Monday. * That was when our troubles started in
earnest.
Since the 1990s, when Vietnam began its journey
to economic development in earnest, new trends
and changing social values, along with a lack of
reproductive health knowledge among young
people, led to a rise in the numbers of teenage
mothers in the country
stay your hand
(old-fashioned or literary) to stop yourself from
doing sth; to prevent you from doing sth
A priest sacrifices several captives by pulling out
their hearts and then decapitating them. When
Jaguar Paw is on the altar to be sacrificed, a solar
eclipse stays the priest's hand
be / come to the fore
(BrE) (AmE be at the fore) to be/become
important and noticed by people; to play an
important part:
giữ vị trí quan trọng
She has always been to the fore at moments of
crisis. * The problem has come to the fore again in
recent months.
Rob was a safety freak, but when friends asked
about the dangers of his hobby, his analytical
nature came to the fore — he had even conducted
a risk assessment of his skydiving for a university
project
thumbs up / down
used to show that sth has been accepted/rejected or
that it is/is not a success:
Their proposals were given the thumbs down. * It
looks like it's thumbs up for their latest album.
Reiko gave her a thumbs up and launched into the
song
in a daze
in a confused state:
I've been in a complete daze since hearing the
news.
I looked after the shop from six o'clock to 10.30
and sold a few records, but mainly I sat there in a
daze, watching an incredible variety of people
streaming by outside
paraphernalia (n)
a large number of objects or personal possessions,
especially the equipment that you need for a
particular activity:
đồ dùng linh tinh, phụ tùng
skiing paraphernalia * an electric kettle and all the
paraphernalia for making tea and coffee
do a roaring trade (in sth) (informal) to sell a lot of
sth very quickly:
The ice cream vendors were doing a roaring trade.
I couldn't imagine why anyone would want the
kind of sex paraphernalia he had there, but he
seemed to do a roaring trade.
in sync
moving or working at exactly the same time and
speed as sb/sth else:
đồng điệu
The soundtrack is not in sync with the picture.
My sister and I are totally different types, but
when it comes to something like that, we're in
absolute sync."
off (your) guard
not careful or prepared for sth difficult or
dangerous:
mất cảnh giác không đề phòng; lơ là không đề
phòng
The lawyer's apparently innocent question was
designed to catch the witness off (his) guard.
This took me completely off guard. "No," I said.
"It never occurred to me. I thought you were angry
with me and didn't want to see me."
sleight of hand
1 skilful movements of your hand that other
people cannot see:
sự khéo tay, sự nhanh tay
The trick is done simply by sleight of hand.
2 an act of deceiving people in a clever way:
mưu mẹo tài tình
Last year's profits were more the result of financial
sleight of hand than genuine growth.
hold / keep sb/sth at bay
to prevent an enemy from coming close or a
problem from having a bad effect:
giữ không cho ai lại gần
I'm trying to keep my creditors at bay. * Charlotte
bit her lip to hold the tears at bay.
Police have thrown a cordon around their home in
an effort to keep curious neighbours and the media
at bay
go into overdrive
to start being very active and working very hard:
As the wedding approached, the whole family
went into overdrive.
First, it kicks the body's autonomic nervous system
into overdrive: the heart beats faster, respiration
quickens, and the muscles tense in anticipation of
a burst of physical exertion

SPOKEN
be / stand in awe of sb/sth
to admire sb/sth and be slightly frightened of
them/it:
While Diana was in awe of her grandfather, she
adored her grandmother.
equanimity (n)
sự thư thái, bình thản, trầm tĩnh
(formal) a calm state of mind which means that
you do not become angry or upset, especially in
difficult situations:
She accepted the prospect of her operation with
equanimity.
It's times like this that you feel small and helpless -
and in awe of the bravery of the exhausted
firefighters and the equanimity of those whose
homes and communities are under threat
drum sth into sb
to make sb remember sth by repeating it a lot of
times:
We had it drummed into us that we should never
talk to strangers.
An ancient Greek proverb that was drummed into
me as I was growing up stated “What goes on in
your house should not be made public” and I am
afraid that I have lived according to that
get back to sb
to speak or write to sb again later, especially in
order to give a reply:
I'll find out and get back to you.
They do know the basics we need to use the
products: how to dose the drugs, the common side
effects and interactions, how to use the equipment,
etc. But questions beyond basic ones are usually
answered with "I'll have to get back to you on
that."
bang on about sth
(BrE, informal) to talk a lot about sth in a boring
way:
He keeps banging on about his new job.
FAMILIAR PHRASES
resign yourself to sth
to accept sth unpleasant that cannot be changed or
avoided:
cam chịu, nhẫn nhục
She resigned herself to her fate.
We had to resign ourselves to making a loss on the
sale.
have no use for sth
to not need sth:
Living underground and having little use for eyes,
moles are virtually blind.
Of the 3.2 million households that lacked internet
access, 24 percent said they had no use for the
internet, 23 per cent cited lack of interest in
internet and 19 per cent said costs were too high.
pass off
pass sb / yourself / sth off as sb/sth
to pretend that sb/sth is sth they are not:
He escaped by passing himself off as a guard.
And she was burdened by the awful secret of her
sister's suicide, which, for 30 years, she and her
father had passed off publicly as a natural death.
busman’s holiday (n)
a holiday that is spent doing the same thing that
you do at work
Back from his busman's holiday, Bond is reproved
by his overseer M — once again played by Judi
Dench — in the manner of a firm headmistress
faced with a sullenly cheeky pupil
the apple of sb's eye
a person or thing that is loved more than any other:
She is the apple of her father's eye.
Waad and Luang have a daughter, who is the apple
of Luang's eye. From the beginning, he teaches her
to hate the "bastard Jan". Waad, in return, treats
Jan like her own son and despises Kaew.
silver bullet (n)
The metaphor of the silver bullet applies to any
straightforward solution perceived to have extreme
effectiveness. The phrase typically appears with an
expectation that some new technology or practice
will easily cure a major prevailing problem.
"It's not the silver bullet — there's no silver
bullet — but a nation like Australia with all our
uranium reserves ... would be crazy in the extreme I heaved with all my might but still couldn't budge
if we didn't allow for [its] development.'' it.
ráng hết sức
at the expense of somebody
at the expense of sb/sth with loss or damage to material / spiritual riches
sb/sth: sự giàu có về vật chất / tinh thần
trả giá bằng sinh mệnh của mình
He built up the business at the expense of his
health. * an education system that benefits bright
children at the expense of those who are slower to
learn

in the dead of night

(BrE also at dead of night) in the quietest part of
the night:
I crept out of bed in the dead of night and sneaked
downstairs.
Corby described seeing horrific violence and acts
of degradation in Kerobokan. She wrote that
guards had been regularly transferring prisoners in
the dead of night, without alerting family or
consulates
make headway
to make progress, especially when this is slow or
difficult:
We are making little headway with the
negotiations. * The boat was unable to make much
headway against the tide.
red herring (n)
an unimportant fact, idea, event, etc. that takes
people's attention away from the important ones:
He deliberately threw a red herring into the
conversation.
To make scientific headway in a topic as tangled
as consciousness, it helps to clear away some red
herrings
do a roaring trade
(in sth) (informal) to sell a lot of sth very quickly:
bán chạy
The ice cream vendors were doing a roaring trade.
I couldn't imagine why anyone would want the
kind of sex paraphernalia he had there, but he
seemed to do a roaring trade.
the rigor/severity of nature
sự khắc nghiệt của thiên nhiên
COMMON PHRASES
pincer movement (n)
thế gọng kìm
despise (v)
(not used in the progressive tenses) to dislike and
have no respect for sb/sth
xem thường, coi khinh, khinh miệt
She despised gossip in any form.
He despised himself for being so cowardly
The Government has been caught in a pincer
movement of infrastructure problems, because its
failure to address water shortages has led it to
commission a widely despised desalination plant
for Sydney, which will consume up to 30MW of
electricity
ivory tower
tháp ngà
folk hero (n)
anh hùng dân tộc
at the edge of the abyss
bên bờ vực
As humanity stands at the edge of the abyss, only
this generation can make the difference
hammer and sickle
búa liềm
tools representing the people who work in industry
and farming, used on the flag of the former Soviet
Union and as a symbol of Communism
godsend (n) callousness of the Soviet establishment towards its
~ (for sb/sth) | ~ (to sb/sth) something good that sailors, ultimately exhausts Ramius' tolerance for
happens unexpectedly and helps sb/sth when they the Soviet system's failings.
need help:
của trời cho to date
This new benefit has come as a godsend for low- until now:
income families. To date, we have received over 200 replies. * The
exhibition contains some of his best work to date.
self-interest (n)
tư lợi, quyền lợi bản thân

extra-curricular (a)
[usuallybeforenoun] not part of the usual course of
work or studies at a school or college:
ngoại khóa
She's involved in many extra-curricular activities.
…it’s important to expose kids to a world beyond
homework and tests, through volunteer work,
sports, hobbies and other extracurricular activities

selfless (a) COMMON IN ENGLISH

không ích kỷ, vị tha A bull gets his revenge on a matador during a bull
quack (n) fight in Spain..
(informal, disapproving) a person who dishonestly
claims to have medical knowledge or skills
lang băm Gemma Adams, 25, was the first woman to be
From selfless geniuses to self-promoting quacks, found in a stream on December 2. She grew up in
medicine has attracted all manner of human the Ipswich area and became hooked on heroin
characters. after leaving a job at an insurance company. Her
boyfriend reported her missing on November 15.
fussy eater (n)
người kén ăn, ăn uống cầu kì, kiểu cách …one of five young victims who got hooked on
drugs and took to the streets.
And because a typical lightning strike lasts only a
few tenths of a second, this should not be a
concern after a lightning strike.
vài phần 10 giây

disperse the crowd

giải tán đám đông

jump a red light

vượt đèn đỏ

in conjunction with (formal) together with:

The police are working in conjunction with tax
officers on the investigation. * The system is
designed to be used in conjunction with a word
processing program.
This, in conjunction with a long-standing
dissatisfaction with Communism and the
PHRASAL VERBS
be riddled with sth
to be full of sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant:
His body was riddled with cancer.
Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes.
The woods are riddled with rabbit holes.
From an engineering standpoint, bones are riddled
with structural flaws, from openings for blood
vessels to microscopic canals for cells.
latch on (to sb/sth) | latch onto sb/sth (informal)
to become attached to sb/sth:
antibodies that latch onto germs
co-opt (v)
kết nạp, bầu vào
to make sb a member of a group, committee, etc.
by the agreement of all the other members:
She was co-opted onto the board.
Viruses are some of the most insidious creations in
nature. They travel light: equipped with just their
genetic material packed tightly inside a crystalline
case of protein, they latch onto cells, insert their
genes, and co-opt the cells' gene-copying and
protein-making machinery, using them to make
billions of copies of themselves.
home in on sth
hướng đến
1 to aim at sth and move straight towards it:
The missile homed in on the target.
a shark homing in on its victim
Homing In on the Target
2 to direct your thoughts or attention towards sth:
I began to feel I was really homing in on the
answer.
The investigation homed in on the town of
Carlton.
be glued to sth
(informal) to give all your attention to sth; to stay
very close to sth:
He spends every evening glued to the TV.
Her eyes were glued to the screen (= she did not
stop watching it).
wear off
to gradually disappear or stop:
The effects of the drug will soon wear off.
The novelty of married life was beginning to wear
off.
Prescott said McCloy's coma is not medically
induced and that drugs initially used to sedate him
are wearing off.
spin off
(spun, spun)
spin off (from sth) | spin sth<->off (from sth)
to happen or to produce sth as a new or
unexpected result of sth that already exists:
products spinning off from favourite books
toys spun off from the popular children's TV
programme
SPIN-OFF (n)
1/ an unexpected but useful result of an activity
that is designed to produce sth else:
commercial spin-offs from medical research
One unexpected spin-off of the course was the
forming of some really close friendships.
2/ a book, a film/movie, a television programme,
or an object that is based on a book, film/movie or
television series that has been very successful:
The TV comedy series is a spin-off of the original
movie.
spin-off merchandise from the latest Disney movie
put in
(also put sth into sth) to spend a lot of time or
make a lot of effort doing sth:
She often puts in twelve hours' work a day.
[+-ing] He's putting a lot of work into improving
his French.
After university, she landed a job at Vogue
magazine, where she put in seven-day workweeks,
rose quickly and became a senior editor at 23
live off sb/sth
(often disapproving) to receive the money you
need to live from sb/sth because you do not have
any yourself:
She's still living off her parents.
to live off welfare
By the time they got out of school, both Shipps
had entirely transformed themselves, changing
from boy who might have grown up to live off the
family’s wealth to men consumed with going out
and creating their own
lift off
(of a rocket or, less frequently, an aircraft) to leave
the ground and rise into the air
related noun LIFT-OFF
A decade-long mission to Pluto is about to lift off
Ten minutes to lift-off.
tell of sth
tường trình, tường thuật
(formal or literary) to make sth known; to give an
account of sth:
notices telling of the proposed job cuts
Pilgrims tell of Mecca collapse horror
pull through
vượt qua
pull through | pull through sth
1/ to get better after a serious illness, operation,
etc:
The doctors think she will pull through.
His chief surgeon, Felix Umansky, said Mr Sharon
could "still pull through".
2/ to succeed in doing sth very difficult:
It's going to be tough but we'll pull through it
together.
invest in sth
(informal, often humorous) to buy sth that is
expensive but useful:
Don't you think it's about time you invested in a
new coat?
On the other hand, if your taste in magical
adventure is a bit less Middle Earth (and trad) you
might want to invest in the complete version of
Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials epic, which
has the author among the participants.
punch out
punch in / out
(AmE) to record the time you arrive at/leave work
by putting a card into a special machine
For everyone who chooses the 80-hour work-
week, there’s someone punching out at 5
come away with sth
[no passive] to leave a place with a particular
feeling or impression:
We came away with the distinct impression that all
was not well with their marriage.
Grow up poor, and you can come away with either
the motivation to strive (think Bill Clinton) or the
inertia of the hopeless
scale down / scale back
giảm (quy mô…)
scale sth<->down
(AmE also scale sth<->back) to reduce the
number, size or extent of sth:
We are thinking of scaling down our training
programmes next year.
The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for
the next decade.
He was using scaled-down versions of his father's
tools.
By the mid-1990s, Japan was deep in a recession
and many women had scaled back their career
expectations.
tap sth<->in / out
to put information, numbers, letters, etc. into a
machine by pressing buttons:
Tap in your PIN number.
He tapped out a few words on the keyboard
soak up
soak sth<->up
hấp thụ
to absorb sth into your senses, your body or your
mind:
We were just sitting soaking up the atmosphere.
For the next 18 months, Corina was a learning
machine. While older brains need some sort of
context for learning – a reason, such as a reward,
to pay attention to one stimulus over another –
baby brains soak up everthing coming through
their senses.
buzz about / around
chạy vòng vòng
to move around quickly, especially because you
are very busy:
I've been buzzing around town all day sorting out
my trip.
handlebar (n)
tay lái, ghi đông xe đạp
Every day, Glen McNeill spends six or seven
hours buzzing about the streets of London on his
motorbike with a map clipped to the handlebars.
conjure up
conjure sth<->up
gợi lên (ký ức, tình cảm,…)
to make sth appear as a picture in your mind
SYN EVOKE:
That smell always conjures up memories of
holidays in France.
He strained to conjure up her face and voice, but
they had vanished.
idyllic (a)
bình dị, đồng quê, điền viên
peaceful and beautiful; perfect, without problems:
a house set in idyllic surroundings
The cottage sounds idyllic.
The smell of newly mowed hay will conjure up
different emotions in someone who spent idyllic
childhood summers in the country and someone
who was forced to work long hours on a farm
unmake (v)
destroy
Once such an emotional association is made, it is
difficult, if not possible, to unmake it.
lash out
(at sb/sth)
1 to suddenly try to hit sb:
She suddenly lashed out at the boy.
2 mắng như tát nước
to criticize sb in an angry way:
In a bitter article he lashed out at his critics.
PETER Costello has lashed out at "mushy
misguided multiculturalism," warning that
Australian values are "not optional"
pander to
xuôi theo, ngã theo
(disapproving) to do what sb wants, or try to
please them, especially when this is not acceptable
or reasonable:
The speech was just pandering to racial prejudice.
He refuses to pander to the latest fashions.
Mr Thomas said that singling out Muslims was
pandering to a conspiracy that Muslims wanted to
overtake Australia.
take over
to gain control of a political party, a country, etc:
The army is threatening to take over if civil unrest
continues
theocracy (n)
government of a country by religious leaders
They abide by the law and they want to live here
in peace and harmony. They are not interested in
taking over the country. They are not interested in
creating a theocracy
smack of
sặc mùi
to seem to contain or involve a particular
unpleasant quality:
Her behaviour smacks of hypocrisy.
Today's announcement smacks of a government
cover-up.
Mr Patel said the timing of the comments smacked
of an attempt by the Government to deflect
attention from the AWB scandal.
resort to
to make use of sth, especially sth bad, as a means
of achieving sth, often because there is no other
possible solution:
They felt obliged to resort to violence.
lay down
ban hành, ban bố
if you lay down a rule or a principle, you state
officially that people must obey it or use it:
You can't lay down hard and fast rules.
person who does not acknowledge the supremacy
of civil law laid down by democratic processes
cannot truthfully take the pledge of allegiance
take out
obtain a legal document
Take out some insurance before you go on holiday
If someone cannot honestly make the citizenship
pledge, they cannot honestly take out citizenship
Huddle together
We huddled together for warmth
freeze over
to become completely covered by ice:
The lake freezes over in winter
Thaw (out)
(of ice and snow) to turn back into water after
being frozen
(tuyết tan)
The country was slowly thawing out after the long
cold winter
The snow started to thaw as the temperature kept
up
feel up to sth
to have the strength and energy to do or deal with
sth:
Do we have to go to the party? I really don't feel
up to it.
[+-ing] After the accident she didn't feel up to
driving
get sb down
(informal) to make sb feel sad or depressed:
Don't let it get you down too much
eat away at sth/sb
to worry sb over a period of time:
The thought of her child left helpless and alone ate
away at her.
cheer up | cheer sb/sth<->up
to become more cheerful; to make sb/sth more
cheerful:
Oh, come on-cheer up!
Give Mary a call; she needs cheering up.
Bright curtains can cheer up a dull room.
count sb in
to include sb in an activity:
I hear you're organizing a trip to the game next
week? Count me in!
dabble (in / with sth)
chơi văn nghệ
to take part in a sport, an activity, etc. but not very
seriously
She is a talented musician but is content to just
dabble.
He dabbles in local politics
want in | want in / into sth (informal)
to want to be involved in sth:
He wants in on the deal
rope sb<->in | rope sb into sth
[usuallypassive] (informal) to persuade sb to join
in an activity or to help to do sth, even when they
do not want to:
[+to inf] Everyone was roped in to help with the
show.
[+-ing] Ben was roped into making the coffee for
the whole team
keep in with sb
(BrE, informal) to make sure that you stay friendly
with sb, because you will get an advantage from
doing so
I'm not interested in keeping in with people just
because they are useful or powerful
take out
obtain by legal of official process
That suggests that there are many people who are
taking out the citizenship who may see it (as) no
more than a passport
turn down
refuse to accept
reject with contempt
Before this I'd have smiled and turned
her down...
Would you turn down $7,000,000 to
appear nude in a magazine?
= reject
come up with
produce something: to produce or discover
something, in response to a need or challenge
Sure, the G20 meeting was important because we
need forums where developed and developing
countries can work together and come up with
solutions for how the world should work.
bang on
to constantly talk about
And dont start banging on about "Its the only way
to be heard" and all that
to cash in on
kiếm chác được ở
Police say organised gangs have been moving into
the scrap metal business to cash in on soaring
world demand for copper and scrap metal, which
has doubled in price in the past year
off the hook
relieved of a duty, responsibility, or pressure
And if you think you're off the hook when your
children are out of nappies, think again: a new
generation of tech toys for the elderly means that,
from cradle to grave, the relentless push to make
you smarter never lets up
set sb back sth
[nopassive] (informal) to cost sb a particular
amount of money:
The repairs could set you back over £200.
Dolls ain't dolls when they talk back, like the
slightly creepy Love and Grow Suzie, who sings,
learns and even grows, increasing in size by about
seven centimetres in response to "nurturing". Suzie
comes with voice-recognition technology and will
set you back a cool $250
in the grip of sth
experiencing sth unpleasant that cannot be
stopped:
a country in the grip of recession
With the state in the grip of what some experts are
calling the worst drought ever…
set in
to present or explain something, especially in a
well-planned way
Earlier this year, Voiceless sent out letters to top
restaurants in NSW, setting out information about
factory farming practices and encouraging
restaurant owners to think about where the food
they serve comes from.
measure up
prove capable or fit; meet requirements
So how does this measure up with your
workplace? Do you feel uncomfortable around
workmates of the opposite sex?
boil down (v)
tóm tắt lại, rút lại
Anderson knew all along that Thorpe's quandary
was not especially complicated. In fact, she says, it
boiled down to one simple question: "What would
my life be like without swimming?"
It was deep beyond measuring, and crammed full
of darkness, as if all the world's darknesses had
been boiled down to their ultimate density.
tilt (n)
an attempt to win sth or defeat sb:
She aims to have a tilt at the world championship
next year.
There had never been any doubt, from the moment
he arrived in the Parliament in 1998, that he would
one day take a tilt at the top job.
tamper with sth
to make changes to sth without permission,
especially in order to damage it:
Senators and congressmen have been caught
tampering with their entries; the entire House of
Representatives has been banned from Wikipedia
several times.
at sb's expense
paid for by sb:
We were taken out for a meal at the company's
expense.
Their 35-volume work preached rationalism at the
expense of church and state
under the aegis of sb/sth
(formal) with the protection or support of a
particular organization or person:
sự che chở, sự bảo hộ, sự bảo vệ
Medical supplies are being sent under the aegis of
the Red Cross.
endear sb / yourself to sb
to make sb/yourself popular:
làm cho được mến chuộng
Their policies on taxation didn't endear them to
voters.
what makes sb tick what makes sb behave in the
way that they do:
I've never really understood what makes her tick
competence (n), competency (n)
năng lực, khả năng
The test is designed to ensure that new citizens
have a "working competency" in the English
language and "a sense of what makes Australia
tick".
in synch / in sync
moving or working at exactly the same time and
speed as sb/sth else:
The soundtrack is not in sync with the picture.
rope sth<->off
to separate an area from another one, using ropes,
to stop people from entering it:
Police roped off the street to investigate the
accident.
The body has not been formally identified but the
search has been suspended and the area roped off
for forensic investigation.
mistake for
to think wrongly that sb/sth is sb/sth else:
I think you must be mistaking me for someone
else.
Yet all this should not be mistaken for the
beginnings of scientific medial practice.
back down
to take back a demand, an opinion, etc. that other
people are strongly opposed to; to admit defeat:
She refused to back down on a point of principle.
They argued that the pool lost too much money,
but the organisers of a fierce community campaign
responded that the amenity the pool provided to
residents was more important than the money it
did not make. An independent report agreed with
them, and the commissioners backed down.
delve into
tìm tòi, lục lọi, đào bới
sth to try hard to find out more information about
sth
SYN PROBE:
She had started to delve into her father's distant
past
Cantet's previous films have delved into the
relationship between work and identity and this
has led some viewers and reviewers to assume that
in Heading South he is taking a clear political
position, that he is condemning what he depicts.
branch out (into sth)
to start to do an activity that you have not done
before, especially in your work or business:
The company has now branched out into selling
insurance. * I decided to branch out on my own.
I know that I should branch out into something
deep and profound at this point, but my body is
still quaking at the thought of having purchased
that camera
gloss over sth
to avoid talking about sth unpleasant or
embarrassing by not dealing with it in detail:
to gloss over a problem / difficulty / situation
Then you are totally honest. You will not lie, you
will not gloss over anything, you will not cover up
anything that might prove embarrassing to you.
perk up | perk sb<->up (informal) to
become or to make sb become more cheerful or
lively, especially after they have been ill/sick or
sad:
He soon perked up when his friends arrived.
perk up | perk sth<->up (informal) to
increase, or to make sth increase in value, etc:
Share prices had perked up slightly by close of
trading.
perk sth<->up (informal) to make sth more
interesting, more attractive, etc:
ideas for perking up bland food * Stencilling is a
cheap and easy way to perk up old furniture.
saddle sb / yourself with sth [oftenpassive] to give
sb/yourself an unpleasant responsibility, task, debt,
etc:
I've been saddled with organizing the conference.
For the Dears, saddled with huge medical bills and
the cost of moving to the US for months, not
knowing whether Kim would ever work again, this
(the money) was tempting
dole sth<->out (to sb)
to give out an amount of food, money, etc. to a
number of people in a group
phát chẩn, bố thí
The trick to teaching children like that is not to
praise them too much. They're so used to praise it
doesn't
mean anything to them. You've got to dole it out
wisely.
polish sth<->off (informal) to finish sth, especially
food, quickly:
He polished off the remains of the apple pie.
Nagasawa had polished off his duck long before
and was now concentrating on his whisky.
eat sb up
to fill sb with a particular emotion so that they
cannot think of anything else:
She was eaten up by regrets
Things like that happen all the time in this great
big world of ours. It's like taking a boat out on a
beautiful lake on a beautiful day and thinking both
the sky and the lake are beautiful. So stop eating
yourself up.
spring up
to appear or develop quickly and/or suddenly:
Play areas for children are springing up all over
the place. * Opposition groups are springing up
like mushrooms.
the only defence from the prying eyes of
neighbours is the signs that are springing up in
front yards from the leafy, expansive homes of
Toorak to the workers' cottages of Thornbury and
Williamstown
pit sb/sth against sth
to test sb or their strength, intelligence, etc. in a
struggle or contest against sb/sth else:
Lawyers and accountants felt that they were being
pitted against each other. * a chance to pit your
wits against the world champions (= in a test of
your intelligence)
Monash University academic David Dunstan fears
the growing hysteria about water is threatening our
sense of community as "neighbour is pitted against
neighbour".
pine for sb/sth
to want or miss sb/sth very much:
She was pining for the mountains of her native
country.
Far from home, Vietnamese students studying
overseas pine for the taste of nem chua on Tam
Thuong lane (Nem chua headquarters!) off Hang Gai
street in the capital’s old quarter
wean (v)
~ sb/sth (off / from sth) to gradually stop feeding a
baby or young animal with its mother's milk and
start feeding it with solid food:
Leopard cubs are weaned at three months.
wean sb off / from sth
to make sb gradually stop doing or using sth:
The doctor tried to wean her off sleeping pills.
Which raises the obvious question: If ultra-
efficient Japan can't wean itself from the carbon
habit, what hope does the rest of the world have?
newscaster (n)
a person who reads the news on television or radio
break in (on sth)
to interrupt or disturb sth:
She longed to break in on their conversation but
didn't want to appear rude. * [+speech] 'I didn't do
it!' she broke in.
Suddenly a newscaster broke in with the news that
shots had been fired in Dallas and that the
President had been rushed to a hospital
board up (v)
board sth<->up
to cover a window, door, etc. with wooden boards:
Most buildings along the street had been boarded
up.
façade (n)
the front of a building:
mặt tiền
a classical facade
The railroad station in the Angolan town of Dondo
hasn't seen a train in years. Its windows are
boarded up, its pale pink façade crumbling away
tip off (v)  (n)
If someone tips you off, they give you
information about something that has
happened or is going to happen.
Greg tipped police off on his car
phone about a suspect drunk driver...
He was arrested two days later after a
friend tipped off the FBI.
tip-off (n)
(informal) secret information that sb gives, for
example to the police, to warn them about an
illegal activity that is going to happen:
sự mách nước, lời mách nước
The man was arrested after an anonymous tip-off.
Another had set up the website
www.jamesandkati.com hoping to draw on
community support and to relay messages and tip-
offs.
prop up (v)
to help sth that is having difficulties
This is a vicious cycle...fat and unintelligent
people breed...they feed and educate their kids
poorly....kids grow up the same way...repeat...This
is what helps keep seperate the chaff from the
wheat in society. Why bother propping up the
lower class...is it worth it?
break in (v)
to train sb/sth in sth new that they must do:
to break in new recruits * The young horse was not
yet broken in (= trained to carry a rider).
She was badly injured when she had an accident while
breaking in a horse.
 the evenings between Christmas and New Year, to
visit with friends and family

hang out
(informal) to spend a lot of time in a place:
LITERALLY The local kids hang out at the mall.
bend down (v) related noun HANG-OUT
She bent down and stroked the cat. "I want to listen to the radio some more and hang
out
break up (v) with her. If you come back by three, that should be
As the ice breaks up in the spring, the whales move
north again feeding near river mouths and offshore.
OK."

do sth<->up
to fasten a coat, skirt, etc:
He never bothers to do his jacket up.
OPP UNDO
After I came, I held her in my arms and kissed her
again. Naoko did up her bra and blouse, and I
zipped up my flies.

make up (with sb)

(BrE also make it up) to end a quarrel with sb and
become friends again:
BASIC
Why don't you two kiss and make up? * Has he
delay (v) = made it up with her yet? * Have they made it up
put off (v) yet?
Many students put off doing their assignments làm lành
until the last minute.
Let's put the party off until next weekend, okay? put sb<->up
to let sb stay at your home:
extinguish (v) = We can put you up for the night.
put out (v) After we had drunk as much sake as we could
No smoking is allowed in here. Please put out your manage, he offered to put me up for the night, but
cigarette. when I said I would rather sleep alone on the
The fire fighters worked hard to put the brush fire beach, he left it at that.
out.
Please put out the light before you leave. Okay, I'll set in (v)
put it out. (of rain, bad weather, infection, etc.) to begin and
seem likely to continue:
cancel (v) = The rain seemed to have set in for the day.
call off (v) On board it had been chaos. As the engine failed,
The referee called off the soccer game because of the Otter tipped and fell into a dive. Panic set in
the darkness. but Rob was composed
The president called the meeting off because she
had to leave town. pull over (v)
(of a vehicle or its driver) to move to the side of
spend time with sb, especially talking socially: the road in order to stop or let sth pass:
visit with (v) = She saw the ambulance coming up behind her and
Come and visit with me some time. pulled over.
…the young unmarried men of the area would
dress in disguise and go from house to house, in pull up (v)
(of a vehicle or its driver) to stop:
He pulled up at the traffic lights.
As he dragged her out, the first ambulance was
pulling up. They took Kimberley, while Kelly
went back for more. She was placed on a spinal
board and a collar secured her neck
break down (v)
to lose control of your feelings and start
crying:
He broke down and wept when he heard the news.
"Where's Vicki?" Kimberley begged, but nobody
at the hospital would give her a straight answer.
Her blood pressure was high, she was in a serious
condition and doctors didn't want her upset. A day
later, they told her and she broke down
to become very bad:
Her health broke down under the pressure of work.
go off (v)
(BrE) if food or drink goes off, it becomes bad and
not fit to eat or drink
snuff out (v)
snuff sth<->out
(written) to stop or destroy sth completely:
An innocent child's life has been snuffed out by
this senseless shooting.
Back in 1998 an international survey on spice use
in cooking showed spice recipes generally come
from hot countries where food goes off quickly
and that spices help make food safe by snuffing
out dangerous bacteria and fungi
back away (from sb/sth)
to move away backwards from sth that is
frightening or unpleasant; to avoid doing sth that is
unpleasant
The best way to deal with a dangerous dog is to back
away slowly and quietly, and then look for an alternative
route if possible.
bed down
to sleep in a place where you do not usually sleep:
You have my room and I'll bed down in the living
room.
They generally spend the daylight hours in concealing
cover and bed down in a different site each day. They
have no permanent shelter or den.
chase away (v)
chase sb/sth<->away, off, out, etc. to force sb/sth
to run away:
Chase the cat out-we don't want her in the kitchen.
* This particular fish chases off any other fish that
enters its territory.
I picked up a stick and tried to chase the dog away,but
the dog gave me an evil, almost demonic, look.
clear off (v)
to go or run away:
He cleared off when he heard the police siren. *
(spoken) You've no right to be here. Clear off!
When Jo saw the cat in her garden again, she opened
the window, shouted 'Clear off, you!!!' and threw a shoe
at it.
come off (v)
to become separated from sth:
When I tried to lift the jug, the handle came off in
my hand. * A button had come off my coat.
The Baltic Herring is a silvery fish with a bluish green
back and a white belly. The body is covered with scales
which come off easily.
QUICK
reject (v) =
turn down
Before this I'd have smiled and turned
her down...
Would you turn down $7,000,000 to
appear nude in a magazine?
= reject
begin (v) =
strike up (v)
Bob and Charlotte, both lonely, lost and sleepless,
happen upon each other in the lounge of the hotel
where they are staying (the Park Hyatt Tokyo) and
strike up an unusual friendship
improve (v) =
touch up (v)
She was busy touching up her make-up in the
mirror.
touch up (v)
touch sb sexually, usually in a way that is not
expected or welcome
And its defining feature is its power to dissolve
inhibitions. Because of this, risky acts might not
seem "inappropriate" when you're tanked up:
drink-driving the gang home, touching up that new
cutie who started last month, or telling the boss -
the big boss - exactly how he's stuffing everything
up.
get rid of (v) =
dispense with (v)
Buddhism dispenses with the concept of a supreme
being, as does science, and explains the origins
and workings of the universe in terms of natural
law
depend completely (v) =
hinge on (v)
His success hinges on how well he does at the
interview.
Everything hinges on the outcome of these talks.
Because religion offers this comprehensive and
immediate truth, an answer that is suitable for the
masses, but which at the same time is not
verifiable through any of the five senses, it must
hinge on faith
murder (v) =
bump off (v)
When we're introduced to Bond (Daniel Craig) in
a black-and-white prologue, he's not yet acquired
his "007" status and is hardly even a killer —
though his subsequent insouciance would suggest
that he's been bumping off henchmen since the day
he was born
punish (v) =
bring to book
blind (n)
bức màn che
We will ensure that people who commit fraud are
brought to book through the courts.
"It seems to me that the sole intention of the action
was not simply to bring Hawach family members
to book, but to provide a blind for other activities
that were obliviously being conducted at the same
time," he said
pay money (v) =
plunk down (v)
It's okay to plunk down your money to see this
Bond. He's not as charming or witty as the old one,
but he's more realistic, as are his contraption-filled
cars
face, confront, oppose, fight, vie with, stand up to,
brave (v) =
take on (v)
The founder of the world's leading online
encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is preparing to take on
the world's leading search engine, Google
restrain, inhibit, suppress (v) =
hold back (v)
She just managed to hold back her anger. * He
bravely held back his tears.
abolish, dispense with, remove, dispose of, get rid
of, eradicate (V) =
do away
accept, receive (v) =
lap up
(informal) to accept or receive sth with great
enjoyment, without thinking about whether it is
good, true or sincere:
It's a terrible movie but audiences everywhere are
lapping it up. * She simply lapped up all the
compliments.
loo (n)
(BrE, informal) a toilet:
She's gone to the loo. * Can I use your loo, please?
Yes, X-rated videos of celebrities in unscripted
moments are enthusiastically lapped up, but the
internet has also exposed a surprising appetite for
the ordinary trials of mere mortals. Want to tell the
world about the day your cat sat on the loo?
Chances are it's more than interested.
look, read carefully (v) =
pore over (v)
His lawyers are poring over the small print in the
contract.
Laurie Weir, who monitors ice conditions for the
Canadian Ice Service, was poring over satellite
images in 2005 when she noticed that the shelf had
split and separated
delay (v) =
put off (v)
I put off writing to you as long as I could, which
makes us even, so let's make up. I have to admit it,
I miss you.
produce (v) =
turn out (v)
turn sb/sth<->out to produce sb/sth:
The factory turns out 900 cars a week. * The
school has turned out some first-rate students.
The northern gate was removed to stop through
traffic; the south gate became the grander main
entrance; the visitor centre was built; and the cafe
now turns out fabulous meals
get rid of (v) =
dispense with sb/sth
to get rid of sth or stop using it because you no
longer need it:
Debit cards dispense with the need for cash
altogether. * I think we can dispense with the
formalities (= speak openly and naturally to each
other).
Traveling backward buys us many trials for the
price of one, but traveling forward allows us to
dispense with trials entirely
summarize (v) =
sum up (v)
sum up | sum sth<->up
1 to state the main points of sth in a short and clear
form
SYN SUMMARIZE:
To sum up, there are three main ways of tackling
the problem... * [+wh-] Can I just sum up what
we've agreed so far?
The work will be done by Chinese construction
firms, and as two of their workers survey the track,
an Angolan security guard sums up his feelings.
"Thank you, God," he says, "for the Chinese."
make use of (v) =
draw on (v)
If you draw on or draw upon
something such as your skill or
experience, you make use of it in order
to do something.
He drew on his experience as a
yachtsman to make a documentary
programme.
Another had set up the website
www.jamesandkati.com hoping to draw on
community support and to relay messages and tip-
offs.
receive (criticism, blame) (v) =
come in for (v)
If someone or something comes in for
criticism or blame, they receive it.
The plans have already come in for
fierce criticism in many quarters of the
country.
make up, form (v) =
account for (v)
The illegal trade is estimated to account for one third of
the world's buoyant market for wildlife.
become extinct =
die out (v)
The museum has pictures of the zebra-like quagga,
which died out in the early years of the last century.
examine (v) =
look over (v)
We looked over the house again before we decided
to rent it
Then he stood before the fire and looked me over
in his singular introspective fashion
take place, happen (v) =
play out (v)
And these two seasons are part of a trend of
increasingly powerful and deadly hurricanes that
has been playing out for more than 10 years
spend time in a lazy way (v) =
while away (v)
We whiled away the time reading and playing
cards
sing, play music loudly (v) =
belt out (v)
The band was belting out songs from the 1940s
defend against, protect against (v) =
ward off (v)
to ward off criticism / intruders
She put up her hands to ward him off.
remove, extract, get rid of, eliminate, discard,
reject, set aside (v) =
weed out (v)
They physical and psychological stress was
intended to weed out the weak and unworthy
deceive (v) =
take in (v)
She took me in completely with her story
MY DEAR MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES,--You
really did it very well. You took me in completely.
tiến hành (v) =
carry through (v)
The officer who killed him was diligently carrying
through orders issued by the chief constable, on
command from government.
relax (v) =
luxuriate in (v)
eradicate, banish, destroy, remove, get rid of (v) =
stamp out (v)
The law was enacted as part of a global effort to
try to stamp out international corruption and
ensure contracts are won fairly
strengthen, improve, enhance (v) =
beef up (v)
The beefed up international security effort in
southern Afghanistan is aimed in part at…
explain (v) =
spell out (v)
It also spelled out how and why targets were
selected and how JI members were debriefed to
ensure the group learned from mistakes
Then, in 2000, Beijing spelled out its strict Internet
philosophy: State Council Order No. 292 barred
nine types of content from websites, online
bulletin boards and chat rooms.
behave in an unpleasant way (v) =
take out
OK, so you had a bad day. Don't take it out on me.
She tended to take her frustrations out on her
family.
…the riots in France, where disaffected
unemployed youth took out their frustrations on
the streets of Paris…
weaken, wear away, eat into, erode, diminish (v) =
cheap away at (v)
He was chipping away at the stone.
(figurative) They chipped away at the power of the
government (= gradually made it weaker).
who have chipped away at his power over their
opposition to his withdrawal of troops and settles
from Gaza this year
pick out, choose, select, identify (v) =
single out (v)
dogged (a)
(approving) showing determination; not giving up
easily
ngoan cường, bền bỉ
adherence (n)
sự giữ vững (ý kiến, lập trường)
Mr Bush singled out the Mongolians for their
dogged adherence to democracy since shaking off
decades of Soviet control in 1990
oppose or beat sb (v) =
face down (v)
British Prime Minster plans to face down critics of
nuclear energy within his Government
submit, succumb, bow to, acquiesce, give in to,
yield to, surrender to (v) =
defer to (v)
chiều theo, làm theo
If it defers to Australian sensitivities, Singaporeans
will wonder whether a more lenient standard
applies to foreigners
gather, stimulate, rally, foster (v) =
drum up (v)
He had flown to the north of the country to drum
up support for the campaign
If Australia starts running around trying to drum
up the support of other countries to change the
mind of the Singapore Government, the Singapore
Government’s attitude is going to harden even
more.
ra hiêụ (cho xe đang chạy) phải dừng lại
flag down
She flagged down a passing motorist.
Prosecutors have alleged that Murdoch shot Mr
Falconio after flagging down the Kombivan he and
Ms Lees were driving along the Stuart Highway…
control more strictly (v) =
rein in / rein back (v)
We need to rein back public spending.
She kept her emotions tightly reined in
Kremlin reins in Western charities
herald, introduce, announce, lead to, signal, bring
in, open up, inaugurate, launch (v) =
usher in (v)
Proponents of new laws that will allow pubs to
serve alcohol later, in some cases up to 24 hours a
day, say they will usher in more civilised drinking,
as in France and Spain
find information (v) =
tease out (v)
The teacher helped them tease out the meaning of
the poem
Many Australians are deeply disturbed by the
execution of Nguyen Tuong Van. Many others
think he got what he deserved. David Marr teases
out what the case reveals about us
start, turn on, wind up, activate, get going (v) =
crank up (v)
Heroin began pouring into South-East Asia for the
first time in the 1970s, and there was panic in the
region. Richard Nixon was cranking up his war on
drugs to prevent heroin following US soldiers
home to America, and Australia was keen to stop it
coming down here
to do business worth a particular amount of money
in a particular period of time:
turn over (v)  (n)
turnover (n)
doanh thu
The firm has an annual turnover of $75 million. *
a rise / fall in turnover
mention, broach, raise, suggest, introduce, talk
about, discuss =
bring up (v)
Bring it up at the meeting.
When did we propose to the UN that we should
bring up capital punishment as being contrary to
the rule of law because it does not recognise the
notion of judicial discretion in sentencing
thinking carefully (v) =
mull over (v)
I need some time to mull it over before making a
decision.
The Australian pair made their discovery about
stomach ulcers in the 1980s, giving the Nobel
committee plenty of time to mull over the
consequences of the finding.
prop up, support, hold up, buttress, bolster,
reinforce (v) =
shore up
Timbers were used to shore up the tunnel.
But it was feared a reshuffle would be seen as an
attempt by Mr Howard to shore up support
to raise sth, especially a flag (v) =
run up (v)
I think under intense pressure he has run up the
white flag in terms of his future leadership
campaign
provide (v) =
cater for (v)
The class caters for all ability ranges
They would cater to peak demand in summer and
winter
If Melbourne can win that - with the existing
quarantine centres and infrastructure to cater for
overseas horses, it seems likely - it would,
however
come forward (v) =
step up (v)
She stepped up to receive her prize
increase, intensify, improve, maximize, accelerate,
boost (v) =
step up (v)
He has stepped up his training to prepare for the
race.
The teaching unions are stepping up industrial
action in support of their pay claim
A LEADING South Korean university will step up
an investigation into the country's top stem cell
scientist after reports that key parts of a landmark
paper were fabricated
happen, enact (v) =
play out (v)
Their love affair was played out against the
backdrop of war
A terrifying drama that began on a lonely desert
road four years ago is being played out
conceal, hide, cover up (v) =
paper over (v)
The government is trying to paper over the cracks
in the cabinet.
We can't just paper over the problem.
The cause of last week's riot is too complex to be
papered over, writes Russell Skelton.
be endowed with sth
to naturally have a particular feature, quality, etc:
She was endowed with intelligence and wit.
The stones are believed to be endowed with
magical powers.
He is a man of good birth and excellent education,
endowed by nature with a phenomenal
mathematical faculty
hide in a ship, plane to, etc. in order to travel
secretly (v)
At the age of 13 he had stowed away on a ship
bound for Rio.
In recent years P.falciparum-infected mosquitoes
have been stowed away on international flights,
infecting innocent bystanders within a few miles
of airports, far from malaria’s natural milieu
related noun STOWAWAY
involve in something (v) =
be caught up in sth, get caught up in sth
Innocent passers-by got caught up in the riots.
Centrelink told her she was not eligible for
financial aid (free flights and $300 a person in
accommodation costs) provided to bereaved
Australians who were caught up in the disaster
overflow, erupt, bubble up, overheat, spill over,
explode (v) =
boil over (v)
Racial tension finally boiled over in the inner city
riots.
swarm with sb/sth
to be full of people or things:
The capital city is swarming with police.
Emotions boiled over at the Thai ceremony in
Patong when survivors became enraged at the
hundreds of media swarming into the tsunami
memorial park
while sth<->away
to spend time in a pleasant lazy way
We whiled away the time reading and playing
cards
discern (v)
to know, recognize or understand sth, especially
sth that is not obvious
nhận thức, thấy rõ
It is possible to discern a number of different
techniques in her work
In science, we struggle to discern what is good -
first technically good, and then morally good,….
bandwagon (n)
an activity that more and more people are
becoming involved in:
The World Cup bandwagon is starting to roll
In a sea of yellow, you could while away your time
discerning the long-term sufferer from the recent
bandwagoneer
cash in (on sth)
(disapproving) to gain an advantage for yourself
from a situation, especially in a way that other
people think is wrong or immoral:
The film studio is being accused of cashing in on
the singer's death.
In the late 1990s responsible parents who for years
had safely put their savings into family bank
accounts risked everything on grossly speculative
high-tech stocks in hopes of cashing in on the dot-
com boom
tham gia, enter (v) =
wade in
The police waded into the crowd with batons.
You shouldn't have waded in with all those
unpleasant accusations
turn up (v) =
crank up (v)
Crank up the volume!
Yet, the earbuds do not always fit snugly in the ear,
but often allow background noise to seep in, which
causes listeners to crank up the volume
drown (v)
~ sb/sth (out) (of a sound) to be louder than other
sounds so that you cannot hear them:
She turned up the radio to drown out the noise
from next door.
In turning up the volume to drown out background
noise, however, people "don't realise they may be
causing some damage" to their hearing, Garstecki
said.
spend money (v) =
fork out
Why fork out for a taxi when there's a perfectly
good bus service?
We've forked out a small fortune on home
improvements over the years.
She ended up forking out ‘more than $50000’ to
cover the cost
spend money (v) =
lay out (v)
I had to lay out a fortune on a new car.
related noun OUTLAY (n)
The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on
advertising.
a massive financial / capital outlay
An outlay of $60 or so isn’t much when you think
of all the peace of mind that insurance brings
reduce, condense, concentrate (v) =
In the end, what it all boils down to is money, or
the lack of it.
exasperate (v)
to annoy or irritate sb very much:
làm bực tức
Her moods exasperated him.
‘It boils down to common sense’, says Tarley, who
is exasperate by British reluctaince to take out
proper cover.
(informal) to achieve or record a success, points in
a game, etc =
chalk up (v)
The team chalked up their tenth win this season.
As a Hollywood actor he has chalked up a number
of box-office successes
The insurgent was one of between 55 and 65 he
estimates he has shot dead in less than five
months, putting him within striking distance of
sniper legends such as Carlos Hathcock, who
recorded 93 confirmed kills in Vietnam. One
Shadow man, Specialist Aaron Arnold, 22, has
chalked up a similar tally
begin, start, engage in, attempt (v) =
embark on (v)
She is about to embark on a diplomatic career.
Remember these basic rules before embarking
upon major home improvements.
The success of a lucky few feed the hopes of
thousands. Veruska Ramirez, nicknamed
"Cinderella", was abandoned as a child and grew
up poor cleaning houses before becoming Miss
Venezuela 1997 and embarking on a modelling
career

nhượng bộ, chịu thua, chịu khuất phục

yield, give in, surrender, give, admit defeat (v) =
cave in (to sth)
The President is unlikely to cave in to demands for
a public inquiry.
The notebooks also reveal that Churchill, almost
alone among his cabinet colleagues, did not see the
need to cave into the demands of Indian nationalist
leader Gandhi, who began a hunger strike in 1942

include (v) =
allow for (v)
It will take about an hour to get there, allowing for
traffic delays.
All these factors must be allowed for.
Allowing for wind speed and bullet drop,
Shadow's commander aimed four metres high
OBJECTS railing (n)
crockery (n) hang rào
(especially BrE) plates, cups, dishes, etc
bát đĩa bằng sành chaise (n)
Captain Troy Grining interrupts the meal to tell us a carriage pulled by a horse or horses, used in the
a platypus is crossing the river ahead of us. past
Expensive cutlery clatters onto fine crockery as we xe ngựa bốn bánh (mui trần)
rush to the foredeck armed with cameras and
binoculars steeple (n)
gác chuông, tháp chuông
memento (n)
vật lưu niệm chisel (n) (v)
The royal gossip is that Princess Nori's guests will cái đục, cái chạm
receive a sterling silver memento from her when
they leave the reception epitaph (n)
words that are written or said about a dead person,
incense (n) especially words on a GRAVESTONE
a substance that produces a pleasant smell when mộ chí
you burn it, used particularly in religious
ceremonies insignia (n)
nhang huy hiệu, biểu tượng
emblem, symbol, logo
scorcher (n) the royal insignia
a very hot day His uniform bore the insignia of a captain.

stench (n) giggle (n)

a strong, very unpleasant smell tiếng cười rúc rich
mùi hôi thối
…the stench of rotting bodies was known to slipper (n)
transmit infections dép đi trong nhà, dép lê

catapult (n) railing (n)

máy bắn đá hàng rào chắn song

cadaver (n) scheme (n)

(technical) a dead human body lược đồ, giản đồ
thi hài schematic (a)
SYN CORPSE
infirmary (n) volley (n)
(often used in names) a hospital loạt (đạn, đá bắn ra…)
bệnh xá Executed two-torpedo volley from stern torpedo
tubes with interval of 14 seconds
well (n)
giếng stretcher (n)
a long piece of strong fabric with a pole on each
cult (n) side, used for carrying sb who is sick or injured
giáo phái and who cannot walk:
cái cáng
clergy (n)
tăng lữ, giáo sĩ parlour (n)
a room in a private house for sitting in, a type of TROLLEY which is used for moving
entertaining visitors, etc. patients in a hospital
 funeral parlour (n)
 massage parlour (n) cordon (n)
a line or ring of police officers, soldiers, etc.
cubicle (n) guarding sth or stopping people from entering or
a small room that is made by separating off part of leaving a place
a larger room: hàng rào của cảnh sát
phòng (nhỏ) We stopped short of instituting the death penalty,
a shower cubicle but welcomed the death penalties being legislated
across Asia. They were seen as advance defence: a
couch (n) cordon protecting this country from the heroin
trường kỷ, đi văng flood.

gangway (n) loafer (n)

lối đi giữa các hàng ghế a person who wastes their time rather than
working
index (n) kẻ lười nhác
bảng liệt kê drunk (n)
người say rượu
cartridge (n) Already the Government had run campaigns to get
đạn, vỏ đạn rid of prostitutes, homosexuals, loafers and drunks.

glimmer (n) bastion (n)

tia sáng le lói
…Mr Mugabe may be seeking to offer a glimmer
of hope to frustrated citizens coping with
worsening shortages of electricity, water, fuel and
food.
The woman, it appears, had glimmerings of
consciousness
sludge (n)
bùn đặc, bùn quánh
Cleanaway wants to install about-ground tansk to
treat contaminated oily sludge from the base of the
existing landfill
a place that military forces are defending
pháo đài, thành lũy
Singapore was the last bastion of British defences
in South-East Asia.
Each year, the Myer Christmas windows remain
one of the last bastions of public wonder
stride (n)
bước dài
He crossed the room in two strides.
The abolition of capital punishment was a major
stride forward and has become a foundation stone
of Australian society.

chapel (n) hinge (n)

nhà thờ nhỏ bản lề
The meaning of that difference is the hinge on
puddle (n) which the arguments turn
vũng (nước mưa…)
puddles of vomit levee (n)
con đê
shrapnel (n) crumble (v)
small pieces of metal that are thrown outwards vỡ vụn, sụp đổ
from an exploding bomb When the levees collapsed in New Orleans, the
mảnh đạn, mảnh bom faith of Americans in their governemnt’s ability to
protect them against natuaral disasters crumbled as
gurney (n) well.

dean (n)
chủ nhiệm khoa (trường ĐH)
The university's dean of research affairs, Roe
Jung-hye, told reporters the review team would
send Professor Hwang's team a questionnaire on
Monday and a conclusion could be reached in one
or two weeks
slick (n)
(also oil slick) an area of oil that is floating on the
surface of the sea:
a 50 km slick from the damaged tanker
A toxic slick 80 kilometres long began flowing
through the city of Harbin yesterday…
bludgeon (n)
dùi cui
marsh (n)  (a)
đầm lầy
marshy (a)
hammock (n)
cái võng
outlet (n)
(especially AmE) a shop/store that sells goods of a
particular make at reduced prices:
the Nike outlet in the outlet mall
She said the next phase of the VicLANES study
would probe the reasons for neighbourhood
differences in weight, but suggested higher
numbers of fast food outlets in disadvantaged
areas may be to blame.
borough (n)
a town or part of a city that has its own local
government:
thành phố, thị xã
Evidence of weight variations between
neighbourhoods has been inconsistent in the
international research with one United States study
showing significant differences but another survey
in The Netherlands finding no fluctuations
between boroughs in Amsterdam
tapestry (n)
tấm thảm
drain (n)
ống dẫn (nước…), cống rãnh, mương mán
We had to call in a plumber to unblock the drain.
The drains (= the system of pipes) date from the
beginning of the century.
morgue (n)
nhà xác
a building in which dead bodies are kept before
they are buried or CREMATED (= burned)
A YEAR ago, Jess Maulder cut short her Thailand
holiday to work in a makeshift morgue identifying
tsunami victims
mortuary (n)
nhà xác, nhà tang lễ
a room or building, for example part of a hospital,
in which dead bodies are kept before they are
buried or CREMATED (= burned)
bran (n)
cám
mole (n)
nốt ruồi
SOME skin cancer clinics are removing moles
unnecessarily at a growing cost to an already over-
burdened health system, specialists say
hedge (n)
a row of bushes or small trees planted close
together, usually along the edge of a field,
garden/yard or road:
hàng rào, bờ dậu
a privet hedge
chest (n)
rương, hòm, tủ, két
ranch (n)
a large farm, especially in N America or Australia,
where cows, horses, sheep, etc. are bred:
a cattle / sheep ranch
ranch hands (= the people who work on a ranch)
Mr Sharon, 77, was rushed from his southern
Israel ranch to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem
hours before he had been scheduled to undergo an
operation to seal a hole in his heart that
contributed to a stroke last month
dent (n)
a hollow place in a hard surface, usually caused by
sth hitting it:
vết lõm fleece (n)
a large dent in the passenger door bộ lông (cừu)
Another voice came over the radio from a the wool coat of a sheep; this coat when it has
Greenpeace inflatable already in the water: "There been removed from a sheep (by SHEARING)
is a big dent about 1.5 metres in the side." soil (v)
(formal) to make sth dirty:
grime (n)  (a) soiled bedding / linen
bụi bẩn Fly strike may occur on any part of the body
grimy (a) where the fleece has become soiled or infected
…the grimy, soulless apartment blocks that ring with bacteria (body strike).
France’s big cities.
plaque (n)
mold, mould (n) a flat piece of stone, metal, etc., usually with a
khuôn name and dates on, attached to a wall in memory
of a person or an event:
tấm bản, thẻ bài
A bronze plaque marks the house where the poet
cradle (n) was born.
cái nôi My mother has a plaque in her house which reads,
"Serendipity is the only methodology."
pail (n) = bucket (n)
cái xô wig (n)
bộ tóc giả
ditch (n) The Palladium room was filled with a sea of
hào, rãnh, mương coloured wigs individually styled by hairdressers
Insurgents firing AK-47 rifles from a ditch hit his and given to guests to help them get into the 1960s
helicopter as he flew supplies from Baghdad theme
Airport to a military base 50 kilometres to the
south. handbill (n)
a small printed advertisement that is given to
brink (n) people by hand
bờ, miệng vực (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) truyền đơn

maze (n) = labyrinth rucksack. (n)

mê cung cái ba lô

fluff (n) knapsack (n)

nùi bông, nạm bông (old-fashioned or AmE) a small RUCKSACK

toiletry (n)
things such as soap or TOOTHPASTE that you use
whiff (n) for washing, cleaning your teeth, etc.
luồng, hơi It would indeed be possible for me to see Naoko,
~ (of sth) a smell, especially one that you only she said. I thanked her, hung up, and put a change
smell for a short time: of clothes and a few toiletries in my rucksack.
a whiff of cigar smoke
He caught a whiff of perfume as he leaned towards screw (n)
her. ốc vít
One imagines a potent mix of sweaty soccer …and I feel all the screws coming loose in my
shorts, beery breath and a lingering whiff of Posh. body every time she touches me,
down (n)
fine soft hair bedpan (n)
lông tơ mịn a container used as a toilet by a person who is too
I mean, it was totally different from when a man ill to get out of bed
puts his clumsy hands on you there. It was cái bô
amazing. Really. Like feathers or down. The bedpan's under the bed, and if he gets hungry
I feed him the rest of his lunch. Anything I can't
raincape (n) work out I'll ask the nurse."
áo mưa
On my way to the gate I passed several people, all stool (n)
wearing the same yellow raincapes that Naoko and (often in compounds) a seat with legs but with
Reiko wore, all with their hoods up. nothing to support your back or arms:
ghế đẩu
boutique (n) a bar stool * a piano stool
cửa hàng nhỏ bán quần áo và các mặt hàng mới ra
"Hey, know what, Watanabe? Night before last I brooch (n)
made it with the boutique chick." trâm (gài đầu)

ledger (n) keepsake (n)

a book in which a bank, a business, etc. records the
money it has paid and received:
(kế toán) sổ cái
to enter figures in the purchase / sales ledger
bouquet (n)
bó hoa
a cloud of disinfectant and visitors' bouquets, and
urine and mattresses, while nurses surged back and
forth with a dry clattering of heels.
crutch (n)
one of two long sticks that you put under your
arms to help you walk after you have injured your
leg or foot:
cái nạng
After the accident I spent six months on crutches.
"Hey," whispered Midori with a twinkle in her eye.
"That old guy with the crutches has been looking
at my legs ever since we came in. The one with
glasses in the blue pyjamas."
phlegm (n)
the thick yellowish-green substance that forms in
the nose and throat, especially when you have a
cold
đờm dãi
Midori talked to her father and wiped the sweat
from his brow and helped him spit phlegm into a
tissue and chatted with the neighbouring patient's
wife and the nurse and sent an occasional remark
my way and checked the intravenous contraption.
a small object that sb gives you so that you will
remember them
SYN MEMENTO:
My aunt gave me one of her brooches as a
keepsake
They bring the sake, order the sushi, say
comforting things, cry, carry on, divide up the
keepsakes.
gusher (n)
(AmE) an OILWELL where the oil comes out
quickly and in large quantities
"No, not at all, not even once," she said with a
sigh. "The second we walked into the hotel room
and dumped our bags, my period started. A real
gusher."
plank (n)
a long narrow flat piece of wood that is used for
making floors, etc:
tấm ván
a plank of wood * a wooden plank
I bought some planks at a local timber yard and
had them cut to size so I could make a desk for
myself.
the children's rides ticket booth.
quầy vé đủ quay trẻ em
cordon (n)
hàng rào cảnh sát
hold / keep sb/sth at bay
to prevent an enemy from coming close or a
problem from having a bad effect:
giữ không cho ai lại gần
I'm trying to keep my creditors at bay. * Charlotte
bit her lip to hold the tears at bay.
Police have thrown a cordon around their home in
an effort to keep curious neighbours and the media
at bay
dart (n)
mũi tên, phi tiêu, cái lao
A dart is a small, narrow object with a
sharp point which can be thrown or
shot.
Markov died after being struck by a
poison dart.
paper shredder (n)
máy hủy giấy
In 1994 he decided to take a job trading options in
Chicago rather than write his dissertation.
gadgetry (n)
collection of modern tools and devices:
beholden (a)
~ to sb (for sth) (formal) owing sth to sb because
of sth that they have done for you:
chịu ơn
"It's worth stopping to ask: Why have we become
so beholden to all the gadgetry in our lives?" says
Marcella Bidinost (far right), with Sam and Claire
Burke.
podium (n)
a small platform that a person stands on when
giving a speech or CONDUCTING an orchestra,
etc.
bifocal (a)
hai tròng (kính đeo mắt)

memo (n)
~ (to sb) an official note from one person to
another in the same organization:
OTHERS NOUNS to write / send / circulate a memo
straw poll
an occasion when a number of people are asked in memo (n) =
an informal way to give their opinion about sth or memorandum (n)
to say how they are likely to vote in an election A memorandum is a written report that
Judging from the straw poll I took last week, many is prepared for a person or committee in
say that they didn't think of in the "heat of the order to provide them with information
moment". about a particular matter.
thư báo
foul play (n) The delegation submitted a
criminal or violent activity that causes sb's death: memorandum to the Commons on the
tội ác ??? blatant violations of basic human rights.
The report says it suspects foul play
was involved in the deaths of two amulet (n)
journalists. a piece of jewellery that some people wear
because they think it protects them from bad luck,
concourse (n) illness, etc.
a large, open part of a public building, especially bùa
an airport or a train station: = charm, talisman
phòng đợi lớn, phòng lớn
the station concourse atomizer (n)
spray device: a device that converts a liquid into
strong and the fine particles
And down at the Myer perfume counters,
dissertation (n) thrillingly busy in the pre-Christmas sales blitz,
luận án, luận văn the atomisers are working overtime.
 Is this one of your usual haunts?
scrapbook (n) The pub is a favourite haunt of artists.
a book with empty pages where you can stick After all, there is no guarantee malaria will not
pictures, newspaper articles, etc. return someday to its former haunts
She then started keeping a scrapbook of the movie
star that she intended to give to her daughter later hitch (n)
in life. a problem or difficulty that causes a short delay:
The ceremony went off without a hitch.
tiara (n) a legal / last-minute / technical hitch
a piece of jewellery like a small CROWN daunt (v)
decorated with precious stones, worn by a woman, If something daunts you, it makes you
for example a princess, on formal occasions feel slightly afraid or worried about
dealing with it.
Bathtub (n) làm thoái chí, làm nản lòng
bồn tắm đe doạ, doạ dẫm
cistern (n) ...a gruelling journey that would have
a container in which water is stored in a building, daunted a woman half her age...
especially one in the roof or connected to a toilet potent (a)  # (a)
pilot (n) có hiệu nghiệm (thuốc)
hoa tiêu impotent (a)
palm (n) Yet there is a hitch to the new combination
cây cọ remedies: their costs – currently 10 to 20 times
spiral (n) higher than Africa’s more familiar but increasingly
đường xoắn ốc impotent malaria drugs – are hugely daunting to
monastery (n) most malaria victims and to heavily affected
building in which MONKS (= members of a male countries.
religious community) live together
tu viện prank (n)
springboard (n) a trick that is played on sb as a joke
a strong board that you jump on and use to help trò chơi ác, trò chơi khăm
you jump high in DIVING and GYMNASTICS About 30 of the school’s 170 year 12 students
hamlet (n) were believed to be involved in the pranks…
a very small village
làng nhỏ, xóm, thôn strife (n)
paling (n) = conflict (n)
a metal or wooden post that is pointed at the top; a sự xung đột
fence made of these posts zealot (n)
He leaned against the paling người cuồng tín, người quá khích
They soon reached a small hut, near which, For the US to announce it was leaving would
enclosed within some high palings, was the animal ensure endless strife with a minority of zealots
in question murdering or imprisoning all who stood against
Rump them, as happened after the fall of Saigon
the round area of flesh at the top of the back legs
of an animal that has four legs: taunt (n) (v)
(mông đít của thú, phao câu của chim) an insulting or unkind remark that is intended to
He slapped the horse on the rump make sb angry or upset:
lời mắng nhiếc
haunt (n) Black players often had to endure racist taunts.
a place that sb visits often or where they spend a She ignored his taunt.
lot of time: A gang taunted a disabled man...
nơi thường lui tới, nơi lai vãng
 Other youths taunted him about his slippers (n)
clothes. dép đi trong nhà, dép lê

vigil (n) fishmonger (n)

a period of time when people stay awake, người bán cá
especially at night, in order to watch a sick person,
say prayers, protest, etc: quarry (n)
His parents kept a round-the-clock vigil at his an animal or a person that is being hunted or
bedside. followed:
Students held a candlelit vigil against the war. con mồi
observatory (n) The hunters lost sight of their quarry in the forest
đài thiên văn His quarry, who had just killed an American
lantern (n) soldier, stood in the fourth-floor bay window of a
đèn lồng hospital in battle-torn Ramadi
feeble (a)
very weak: canvas (n)
a feeble old man vải bạt
The heartbeat was feeble and irregular
In spite of all that has happened since, I still glider (n)
remember that vigil very distinctly: the black and tàu lượn
silent observatory, the shadowed lantern throwing Lilienthal made thousands of flights in
a feeble glow upon the floor in the corner, the sophisticated gliders of his own design, steering by
steady ticking of the clockwork of the telescope, shifting his body just as hang gliders do today
the little slit in the roof
a kitchen cupboard
chaplain (n) tủ đựng đồ ăn, tủ nhà bếp
cha tuyên úy
cleaver (n)
vermin (n) a heavy knife with a broad blade, used for cutting
sâu bọ, vật ký sinh large pieces of meat
cadre (n) con dao phay
lực lượng nòng cốt
A cadre is a small group of people who hamlet (n)
have been specially chosen, trained, a very small village
and organized for a particular purpose. The sixth and youngest child in a Buddist peasant
For the next eight weeks they would be treated like family, she saw her peaceful hamlet turned into a
vermin by the small cadre of upperclassmen who killing field
had been left behind for the summer to supervise
Beast. grade school (n) = elementary school
(in the US) a school for children between the ages
spittle (n), spit (n) (v) = saliva (n) of about 6 and 12
nước bọt
They spat at me and taunted me... provost (n)
(in the US) a senior member of the administrative
dormitory (n) staff at some universities
phòng ngủ tập thể The current U.S. Secretary of State and former
National Security Adviser was 38 when she
sweatshop (n) became Standord University’s youngest, and first
(disapproving) a place where people work for low female, provost.
wages in poor conditions
conservatory (n) = conservatoire (n)
a school or college at which people are trained in a short narrow board with small wheels at each
music and theatre end, which you stand on and ride as a sport:
trường nhạc a skateboard park / ramp

major (n) paraphernalia (n)

[C] (AmE) the main subject or course of a student a large number of objects or personal possessions,
at college or university: especially the equipment that you need for a
Her major is French. particular activity:
Gregg, a communications major at university, đồ dùng linh tinh, phụ tùng
manages the club’s clients… skiing paraphernalia * an electric kettle and all the
paraphernalia for making tea and coffee
newscaster (n) do a roaring trade
a person who reads the news on television or radio (in sth) (informal) to sell a lot of sth very quickly:
bán chạy
scaffold (n) The ice cream vendors were doing a roaring trade.
dàn I couldn't imagine why anyone would want the
screw (v) (n) kind of sex paraphernalia he had there, but he
bắt vít seemed to do a roaring trade.
There is a pillow tucked beneath her cheek and a
steel scaffold screwed into her forehead to keep
her head perfectly still.

blow-up (n)
an enlargement (e.g. of a photo)
Around the Animal Logic offices, which span
three floors, there are still signs of the work that
occupied up to 300 artists and crew: plaster
models, charts and a blow-up emperor penguin.

pamphlet (n)
cuốn sách nhỏ
a very thin book with a paper cover, containing
information about a particular subject SCIENCE

bunk bed (n) Aeronautics (n)

giường tầng the science or practice of building and flying
aircraft
carafe (n) genome (n)
a glass container with a wide neck in which wine (biology) the complete set of GENES in a cell or
or water is served at meals; the amount contained living thing
in a carafe microbe (n)
bình đựng nước (để ở bàn ăn) vi trùng, vi khuẩn
an extremely small living thing that you can only
florist (n) see under a MICROSCOPE and that may cause
a shop/store that sells flowers and plants: disease
I've ordered some flowers from the florist's. geyser (n)
A florist's was open, so I went in and bought some a natural SPRING that sometimes sends hot water
daffodils. Daffodils in autumn: that was strange. or steam up into the air
But I had always liked that particular flower fissure (n)
(technical) a long deep crack in sth, especially in
skateboard (n) rock or in the earth
In 1977, shortly after the first DNA sequences of convection (n)
genes became widely available, Dr. Carl R. Woese (technical) the process in which heat moves
of the University of Illinois showed that all life through a gas or a liquid as the hotter part rises and
originated from three basic types of cell, the cooler, heavier part sinks
eukaryotes, bacteria and archaea, the last a kind of sự đối lưu
bacteria found in boiling geysers and around
volcanic fissures in the ocean floor valence (n)
Anthropology (n) valency (n)
the study of the human race, especially of its hóa trị
origins, development, customs and beliefs
histology (n)  histological (a) centrifuge (n)
The study of plant or animal tissues; usually this máy ly tâm
involves studying thin cross-sections of tissue
under a microscope mirage (n)
Arachnid (n) an effect caused by hot air in deserts or on roads,
any small creature of the class that includes that makes you think you can see sth, such as
spiders, SCORPIONS, MITES and TICKS water, which is not there
hermaphrodite (n)
a person, an animal or a flower that has both male demography (n)  (a)
and female sexual organs or characteristics the changing number of births, deaths, diseases,
genitalia (n) etc. in a community over a period of time; the
(anatomy) a person's sex organs that are outside scientific study of these changes:
their body  demographic (a)
Competition between males to sire offspring There is a strong tendency to shift rightwards,
results in the rapid evolution of animal genitalia — partly for demographic reasons – the French are
both male and female, since they tend to co-evolve getting older, and an ageing nation is a frightened
Copulate (v) nation
~ (with sb/sth) (technical) to have sex  anthropology (n)
Some animals perform elaborate mating rituals
before they copulate entomology (n)
Moult (v) côn trùng học
(of a bird or an animal) to lose feathers or hair
before new feathers or hair grow excavate (v)
epicenter (n) đào, khai quật
the point on the earth's surface where the effects of The site has been excavated by archaeologists.
an earthquake are felt most strongly pottery and weapons excavated from the burial site
A 10-kilometer resolution corresponds to a The body was discovered when builders excavated
magnitude 6 earthquake. Such earthquakes are the area.
strong enough to damage poorly constructed
buildings and other structures that lie within 10 sound (n)  (a)
kilometers from the epicenter of an earthquake acoustic (a)
Earth wake (n) Black holes even have acoustic counterparts
The Earth's surface is divided into about a dozen
thin shells of crust, commonly known as hypothesis (n) (a)
continental plates. These plates move as a result of hypothetical (a)
motions in the Earth's interior. Where these shells When Albert Einstein proposed his special theory
push against each other, stress builds up. The force of relativity in 1905, he rejected the 19th-century
grows until it overcomes the strength of rocks and idea that light arises from vibrations of a
dirt found in the different layers at the boundary. hypothetical medium, the ‘ether’.
The result is an earthquake
concept (n)  parasitic (a)
conceptual (a) ký sinh

frame of reference (n) symbiotic (a)

hệ quy chiếu cộng sinh
granule (n)  (a)
granular (a) metamorphosis (n)
hột nhỏ (formal) a process in which sb/sth changes
manifest (v) = demonstrate (v) completely into sth different:
The work suggests that spacetime may, like a sự biết hình, sự biến thái
material fluid, be granular and possess a preferred
frame of reference that manifests itself on fine shooting star (n)
scales – contrary to Einstein’s assumptions a small METEOR (= a piece of rock in outer
space) that travels very fast and burns with a bright
luminescence (n) light as it enters the earth's atmosphere
(technical or literary) a quality in sth that produces sao băng
light:
sự phát sáng, sự phát quang
the fading luminescence of the sky
A chemical reaction inside fireflies enables them MEDICINE
to light up, a process called bioluminescence pulse (n)
mạch
congruent (a) Mahoney's pulse was racing, and he felt
(geometry) having the same size and shape: confused.
đồng dạng
congruent triangles geriatrics (n)
lão khoa
ontology (n)
a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature paediatrics (n)
of existence nhi khoa

parallelogram (n) obstetrics (n)

hình bình hành sản khoa

commutative (a) gynaecology (n)

giao hoán phụ khoa

associative (a) oncology (n)

kết hợp the scientific study of and treatment of
TUMOURS in the body
arbitrary (a) khoa ung thư
tùy ý
If M is an arbitrary m × n matrix, does M have an dermatology (n)
identity element I such that IM = MI = M? khoa da liễu

flora (n) orthopaedics (n)

hệ thực vật the branch of medicine concerned with injuries
and diseases of the bones or muscles
fauna (n) (y học) thuật chỉnh hình, khoa chỉnh hình
hệ động vật Dr. Scott Haig is an Assistant Clinical Professor of
Orthopedic Surgery at Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has a aorta (n)
private practice in the New York City area (anatomy) the main ARTERY that carries blood
from the heart to the rest of the body
động mạch chủ

Paranoid schizophrenia, hallucination, typhus, gill (n)

polio, paralysis, menstruation (n) (1.), womb (n) mang cá
(1.), claustrophobia (n), agoraphobia (n),
indigestion (n), muscle (n)  muscular (a), gastric vein (n)  (a)
juice, mucus (mucous), convulsion (n) (1) (3.), venous (a)
muscular tremor (n) (2), rehabilitate (v) (1), (technical) of or contained in VEINS (= the tubes
cardiac (a), forearm (n), entrails (n), innards, to that carry liquids around the bodies of animals and
staunch the bleeding, skull = cranium, syphilis (n), plants):
pathogen (n), gestation (n), impotent (a) (2)  thuộc tĩnh mạch
male impotence (n), vertebra (n) (.), ligament (n) venous blood
(1.), tendon (n) ( .), sprain (n) (.), lumbar (a) ( ) (.),
chiropractic (n) (.), spasm (n) (1.), hernia (n) ( ) (.), pituitary gland (n)
degenerative (a)  degenerative disease, cartilage a small organ at the base of the brain that produces
(n) (.), stern cell: te bao goc, inseminate (v), HORMONES that influence growth and sexual
thighbone (n), caesarean (n), gynaecologist (n), development
fallopian tubes (n), ovary (n) (1.), uterus (n) (.) = tuyến yên
womb, sole (n) (2.),
vertebrate (a)  # (a)
invertebrate (a)
duct (n)
a tube in the body or in plants through which gland (n)  (a)
liquid passes: tuyến
ống, ống dẫn glandular (a)
the bile duct
cortical (a)
squamous (a) (thuộc) vỏ
có vảy, hình vảy
iris (n)
stratify (v) the round coloured part that surrounds the PUPIL
xếp thành tầng of your eye
phân tầng tròng mắt, mống mắt

lumen (n) genital (a)

a cavity or passage in a tubular organ connected with the outer sexual organs of a person
The lumen of the intestine or an animal:
(thuộc) sinh dục
tendon (n) the genital area
gân genital infections
mutilate (v)
ligament (n) to damage sb's body very severely, especially by
dây chằng cutting or tearing off part of it:
The body had been badly mutilated.
dorsal (a) bigamy (n)
lưng, ở lưng, ở mặt lưng the crime of marrying sb when you are still legally
married to sb else
Should people from countries who practise female any of several degenerative nervous disorders
genital mutilation or bigamy and say it's part of characterized by spasmodic movements of the
their cultural or religious beliefs be allowed to do body and limbs
so here Better understanding of such nerve regeneration
endocrine (n) could provide hope for the treatment of
(anatomy) connected with GLANDS that put Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and a
HORMONES and other products directly into the host of other degenerative brain disorders.
blood:
the endocrine system transfusion (n) = blood transfusion
tuyến nội tiết
 endocrinology (n) puberty (n)
khoa nội tiết the period of a person's life during which their
sexual organs develop and they become capable of
insemination (n) having children:
sự thụ tinh tuổi dậy thì
 artificial insemination (n) Boys do not produce sperm until puberty, so a
male infant's reproductive system is largely
semen (n) unchanged between the fetal stage and infancy
tinh dịch
ejaculate (v) follicle (n)
when a man or a male animal ejaculates, SEMEN one of the very small holes in the skin which hair
comes out through the PENIS grows from
phóng tinh nang
uterus (n) = womb (n)
tử cung ovary (n)
buồng trứng
cytologist (n)
a biologist who studies the structure and function menstrual cycle (n)
of cells chu kỳ kinh nguyệt

cervix (n)  (a) ovum (n)  pl  (v)

cổ tử cung trứng
cervical (a)  ova (pl)
She studied medical laboratory science and ovulate (v)
became a cytologist, exploring cervical cancer, the (of a woman or a female animal) to produce an
disease that killed her mother egg (= called an OVUM), from the OVARY
Ovulation and menstruation start near the end of
ovary (n) puberty, generally when a girl is about twelve-and-
buồng trứng a-half, though any age from nine to 18 is normal

spasm (n)  (a) menopause (n)

sự co thắt thời kỳ mãn kinh
 spasmodic (a)
(technical) caused by your muscles becoming tight asexual (a)
in a way that you cannot control: vô tính

degenerate (v)
thoái hóa folk medicine (n)
chorea (n) y học dân gian
veterinary (a) pustules to induce a mild case of disease and, once
(thuộc) thú y they recovered, life-long immunity

strain (n) probiotic (n)

a particular type of plant or animal, or of a disease
caused by bacteria, etc
dòng, giống
The sum of all fears is that H5N1 could mutate
into a strain with the ability to jump easily from
person to person, as ordinary flu does.
substance containing beneficial microorganisms: a
substance containing live microorganisms that
claims to be beneficial to humans and animals, e.g.
by restoring the balance of microflora in the
digestive tract

virulent (a) splice

(of a disease or poison) extremely dangerous or ~ sth (together)
harmful and quick to have an effect to join the ends of two pieces of rope by weaving
 virulence (n) them together
tính độc hại  gene splicing (n)
The unusual virulence of the 1918 virus may stem ghép gene
from the fact that it evolved amid the unique
mayhem of WW1 pathogen (n)
(technical) a thing that causes disease
transmit (v)
to pass sth from one person to another
lây lan botulism (n)
STD a serious illness caused by bacteria in badly
preserved food
melanoma (n) botulinum (n)
a type of CANCER that appears as a dark spot or anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin
TUMOUR on the skin that causes botulism

pneumonia (n) infiltrate (v)

a serious illness affecting one or both lungs that ~ (into) sth (technical) (especially of liquids or
makes breathing difficult gases) to pass slowly into sth
viêm phổi The viruses, which infiltrate and hide in human
cells, had largely escaped medicine's weapons
tuberculosis (n)
bệnh lao leukaemia (n)
a serious disease in which too many white blood
inoculate (v) cells are produced, causing weakness and
~ sb (against sth) to protect a person or an animal sometimes death
from catching a particular disease by INJECTING bệnh máu trắng
them with a mild form of the disease anaemia (n)
tiêm chủng a medical condition in which sb has too few red
cells in their blood, making them look pale and
pus (n)  (n) feel weak
mủ bệnh thiếu máu
pustule (n) chill (n) (v)
a spot on the skin containing PUS ớn lạnh
mụn mủ The rupture of infected blood cells causes
The British routinely inoculated their own troops, malaria’s fever, chills and progressive anaemia.
exposing soldiers to the material from smallpox
cornea (n)
giác mạc a soft grey mineral that does not burn, used
 corneal (a) especially in the past in building as a protection
To see if a biopsy from an eye contains stem cells against fire or to prevent heat loss
useful for corneal repair
asbestosis (n)
umbilical cord (n) a disease of the lungs caused by breathing in
dây rốn asbestos dust

artery (n) inflame (v)  (a)

any of the tubes that carry blood from the heart to viêm, sưng tấy
the rest of the body  inflammatory (a)
động mạch
pelvis (n)  (a)
coronary (a) khung xương chậu
(medical) connected with the heart, particularly the pelvic (a)
ARTERIES that take blood to the heart
hình vành ectopia (n)  (a)
coronary arteries: động mạch vành abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at
the time of birth)
 ectopic (a)
sterile (a) Specifically it will reduce pelvic inflammatory
not able to produce children or young animals disease, ectopic pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain
SYN INFERTILE
# fertile (a) symptom (n)  # (a)
triệu chứng
tumor (n) asymptomatic (a)
khối u, bướu having no symptoms of illness or disease
It’s all driven by the high prevalence in this age
cartilage (n) group and also the rate of complication for people
the strong white FLEXIBLE substance found who have asymptomatic infections…
between the joints in the body; a piece of this
xương sụn incubate (v)
1/(medical) to have an infectious disease
developing inside you before SYMPTOMS (=
operating room signs of illness) appear
phòng mổ ủ bệnh
Since the insects need to incubate the infection for
inbred (a) two weeks before they can pass it on…
produced by breeding among closely related 2/ấp trứng
members of a group of animals, people or plants
lai cùng dòng
psychiatry (n)  (n)
 inbreeding (n) the study and treatment of mental illness
Work by University of Melbourne geneticists has bệnh tâm thần
also discovered that the possums were inbred.
 psycho (n)
The university’s Paul Mitrovski said the
người bị bệnh tâm thần
inbreeding led to genetic decline, problems with
sperm counts, and possibly the death of offspring  psychiatrist (n)
bác sĩ tâm thần
asbestos (n)
paraplegia (n)  (a)
PARALYSIS (= loss of control or feeling) in the to make a person unable to feel pain, etc.,
legs and lower body especially by giving them an anaesthetic before a
 paraplegic (n) (a) medical operation
a person who suffers from paraplegia
viscera (n)
nội tạng, phủ tạng
deformity (n)
condition in which a part of the body is not the dyslexia (n)
normal shape because of injury, illness or because a slight disorder of the brain that causes difficulty
it has grown wrongly in reading and spelling, for example, but does not
dị dạng, dị hình affect intelligence
Paula Smith says she has suffered 25 years of chứng khó đọc
agony and permanent deformity allegedly caused
by 10 ruptured implants after she lost both breasts dyspepsia (n)
to cancer (medical) pain caused by difficulty in
DIGESTING food
tendon (n) SYN INDIGESTION
a strong band of tissue in the body that joins a
muscle to a bone sniffle (n)
gân bệnh sổ mũi
sneeze (v) (n)
prostatitis (n) nhảy mũi, sự nhảy mũi
viêm tuyến tiền liệt
stethoscope (n)
hepatitis (n) ống nghe tim của bác sĩ
bệnh viêm gan
calf (n)
rheumatism (n) (pl: calves)
a disease that makes the muscles and joints bắp chân, bắp chuối
painful, stiff and swollen
bệnh thấp khớp biceps (n)
the large muscle at the front of the top part of the
arthritis (n) arm:
viêm khớp bắp tay
He showed off his bulging biceps.
ER: emergency room Men are doing it too, going for the metrosexual
look that entails waxings, liposuction, bicep and
intestine (n) pectoral implants.
ruột
 intestinal (a)
…those with intestinal pains or broken limbs pectoral (a)
(anatomy) relating to or connected with the chest
anaesthetic (n) (a) or breast:
thuốc mê (thuộc) ngực
anaesthesia (n) pectoral muscles * pectoral fins / spines
the use of anaesthetic during medical operations
sự gây mê angina (n)
anaesthetist (n) (medical) severe pain in the chest caused by a low
a person who is trained to give anaesthetics to supply of blood to the heart during exercise
patients because the ARTERIES are partly blocked
anaesthetise (v)
chứng đau thắt ngực (medical) a mental illness in which a person may
wrongly believe that other people are trying to
harm them, that they are sb very important, etc
foetus (n) Martin said Murdoch may have been experiencing
bào thai signs of psychosis, aggression or paranoia in July
2001 because of his use of amphetamines
cataract (n)
bệnh đục thủy tinh thể
asexual (a)
ingest (v) vô tính
(technical) to take food, drugs, etc. into your body,
usually by swallowing: antibody (n)
Food is the major source of ingested bacteria a substance that the body produces in the blood to
fight disease
capillary (n) kháng thể
mao mạch antigen (n)
(medical) a substance that enters the body and can
cause disease. The body then usually produces
contagious (a) ANTIBODIES to fight the antigens.
a contagious disease spreads by people touching kháng nguyên
each other: complications (n)
lây (medical) a new problem or illness that makes
Scarlet fever is highly contagious treatment of a previous one more complicated or
One day a highly contagious and lethal strain of difficult:
influenza will sweep across all humanity, claiming biến chứng
millions of lives. She developed complications after the surgery.
Infertility is one of the complications of this type
pestilence (n) of radiotherapy.
(old use or literary) any infectious disease that
spreads quickly and kills a lot of people polio (n)
bệnh dịch an infectious disease that affects the central
Some pandemics are mild. But some are fierce. If nervous system and can cause temporary or
the virus replicates much faster than the immune permanent PARALYSIS (= loss of control or
system learns to defend against it, it will cause feeling or most of the body)
severe and sometimes fatal illness, resulting in a
pestilence that could easily claim more lives in a efficacy (n)
single year that AIDS has in 25. (formal) the ability of sth, especially a drug or a
medical treatment, to produce the results that are
psychosis (n) wanted
a serious mental illness that affects the whole tính hiệu nghiệm (của thuốc)
personality SYN EFFECTIVENESS:
to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment
psychotic (a) (n)
(medical) a person suffering from severe mental vector (n)
illness (biology) an insect, etc. that carries a particular
a psychotic disorder / illness disease from one living thing to another:
a psychotic individual / patient vật trung gian
Mosquitoes are the vectors in malaria.
paranoia (n)
olfactory (a)
(technical) connected with the sense of smell:
thuộc khứu giác
olfactory cells / nerves / organs
This could potentially be a way of increasing
olfactory ability in people who have lost their
sense of smell,
repellent (n)
a substance that is used for keeping insects away
from you:
(an) insect repellent
Decoding the olfactory clues that attract
mosquitoes to humans in the first place is another
avenue of research that could yield dividends in
new repellents
auditory (a)
(technical) connected with hearing:
auditory stimuli
Auditory implants already on the market that wire
directly into the auditory nerve or the brainstem
could be modi fied to open our ears to a whole
new range of frequencies.
harness (v)
to control and use the force or strength of sth to
produce power or to achieve sth:
khai thác, tận dụng
attempts to harness the sun's rays as a source of
energy
We must harness the skill and creativity of our
workforce.
How about harnessing the winged creatures
themselves to kill malaria parasites?
rage (v)
(of an illness, a fire, etc.) to spread very quickly:
Forest fires were raging out of control.
A flu epidemic raged through Europe
For sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria still rages,
these decisions (banning DDT) have meant the
loss of a valueable weapon.
haemorrhage (n)
a medical condition in which there is severe
bleeding inside a person's body:
cerebral (a)
(thuộc) não
a massive brain / cerebral haemorrhage
The injured were checked for any signs of
haemorrhage or shock.
regimen (n)
(medical or formal) a set of rules about food and
exercise or medical treatment that you follow in
order to stay healthy or to improve your health:
chế độ điều trị
a strict regimen
a daily regimen of exercise
endemic, pandemic, epidemic, pestilence
pharmaceutical (n)
(technical) a drug or medicine:
the development of new pharmaceuticals
the pharmaceuticals industry
manipulate (v)
to control or use sth in a skilful way:
to manipulate the gears and levers of a machine
Computers are very efficient at manipulating
information.
coax (v)
gently make something work: to manipulate
something patiently until it moves or works
Another promising tactic that could bypass
botanical extraction or chemical systhesis
altogether is splicing A,annua’s genes and yeast
genes into Escherichia coli, then coaxing
pharmaceuticals out of the bacterial brew.
prophylactic (n)
a medicine, device or course of action that
prevents disease
(a)
phòng bệnh
 prophylaxis (n)
phép phòng bệnh
In the 1960s low-dose antimalarial prophylaxis
given to pregnant Nigerians was found, for the
first time, to increase their newborns’ birthweight.
rupture (n)
(medical) an injury in which sth inside the body
breaks apart or bursts:
the rupture of a blood vessel
spleen (n)
a small organ near the stomach that controls the
quality of the blood:
lá lách
a ruptured spleen
appendix (n)
ruột thừa
appendicitis (n)
bệnh viêm ruột thừa
steroid (n)
a chemical substance produced naturally in the
body. There are several different steroids and they
can be used to treat various diseases and are also
sometimes used illegally by people playing sports
to improve their performance.
Fireflies shine for a variety of reasons. They
produce defensive steroids in their bodies, making
them ` to predators, and their light bursts are used
as a warning display of that distastefulness
disinfectant (a) =
antiseptic (a)
khử trùng, vô trùng
anthropology (n)
the study of the human race, especially of its
origins, development, customs and beliefs
 demography (n)
stopping and starting often over a period of time,
but not regularly
SYN SPORADIC:
từng cơn, từng hồi
intermittent bursts of applause
intermittent rain / showers
Mild chronic depression has long been known to
exist. Although it has been referred to by different
names such as neurotic depression, minor
depression, intermittent depression and depressive
personality
insomnia (n)  (n)
the condition of being unable to sleep:
chứng mất ngủ
to suffer from insomnia
 insomniac (n)
a person who finds it difficult to sleep
the core features of the disorder include at least
two years of depressed mood for more days than
not, with at least two of the following: poor
appetite or overeating; insomnia or oversleeping;
fatigue or low energy; low self-esteem, poor
concentration or problems in decision making; and
hopelessness

hypotension (n) venereal disease

chứng hạ máu, giảm huyết áp (abbreviation VD) any disease caught by having
sex with an infected person
renal (a)
(medical) relating to or involving the KIDNEYS: gonorrhoea (n)
renal failure bệnh lậu
dialysis (n) a disease of the sexual organs, caught by having
(technical) a process for separating substances sex with an infected person
from a liquid, especially for taking waste
substances out of the blood of people with dermatology (n)
damaged KIDNEYS: the scientific study of skin diseases
kidney / renal dialysis khoa da liễu
a dialysis machine
pimple (n)
lesion (n) mụn nhọt
(medical) damage to the skin or part of the body acne (n)
caused by injury or by illness: a skin condition, common among young people,
thương tổn, chỗ trầy xước that produces many PIMPLES (= spots), especially
skin / brain lesions on the face and neck:
These plaques are associated with lesions of the mụn trứng cá
brain that contain amyloid protein, which is Contraceptive pills alter a woman's hormones and
thought to damage nerve cells and thereby cause can have unpleasant side-effects, such as acne.
Alzheimer's.
crustacean (n)
intermittent (a) loại giáp xác
 nhau thai
cognition (n)
(psychology) the process by which knowledge and nasal discharge (n)
understanding is developed in the mind: fever (n)  (a)
nhận thức feverish (a)  (n)
child studies centring on theories of cognition feverishness (n)
Spelke's discoveries about infant capabilities have
become central to figuring out human cognition bronchitis (n)
an illness that affects the bronchial tubes leading to
literature (n) the lungs:
~ (on sth) pieces of writing or printed information bệnh viêm cuống phổi
on a particular subject: He was suffering from chronic bronchitis.
tài liệu (về một môn khoa học) Flu can lead to serious complications, including
I've read all the available literature on keeping bronchitis, viral or bacterial pneumonia and even
rabbits. death in elderly and chronically ill patients.
sales / promotional literature
interdisciplinary (a)
rabies (n) involving different areas of knowledge or study:
bệnh dại gồm nhiều ngành học thuật
interdisciplinary research
light  cornea (n) (giác mạc)  pupil (con ngươi, an interdisciplinary approach
đồng tử)  lens (thủy tinh thể)  retina (n) (võng The interdisciplinary nature of biochemistry
mạc)  macula (the ceter part of the retina) appealed to him…

acuity (n) cranium (n)  pl, (a)

(formal) the ability to think, see or hear clearly: (anatomy) the bone structure that forms the head
tính sắc bén, tính sắc sảo (của giác quan) and surrounds and protects the brain
a child's visual acuity SYN SKULL
If these patches become large and involve the very crania
center of the macula (the fovea), the individual's cranial (a)
visual acuity can fall to the point that he or she is
considered legally blind mammal (n)  (a), (a)
động vật có vú
epilepsy (n) mammalian (a)
a disorder of the nervous system that causes a mammary (a)
person to become unconscious suddenly, often (biology) connected with the breasts:
with violent movements of the body mammary glands (= parts of the breast that
bệnh động kinh produce milk)
induce (v)
hypothermia (n) (medical) to make a woman start giving birth to
a medical condition in which the body temperature her baby by giving her special drugs:
is much lower than normal: an induced labour
sự giảm thân nhiệt We'll have to induce her.
Elderly people may die of hypothermia if they MELBOURNE researchers have taken a giant step
cannot afford to heat their homes. towards understanding the genesis of breast cancer
Hypothermia was the main problem, because they by inducing female mice to grow new mammary
spent the night on the deck in the cold and the glands from stem cells.
wind
cancer (n)  (a)
placenta (n) = afterbirth (n) cancerous
space (n)  (a)
spatial
remission (n)
a period during which a serious illness improves
for a time and the patient seems to get better:
sự thuyên giảm, sự dịu bớt
The patient has been in remission for the past six
months.
The symptoms reappeared after only a short
remission.
Although critics countered that such viruses could
be exerting only an indirect effect against cancer
by generally activating an individual's immune
system and making it more likely to detect and kill
cancer cells, reports continued to pop up in the
medical literature linking viral infection and
cancer remission
come down with sth
[no passive] to get an illness that is not very
serious:
I think I'm coming down with flu.
measles (n)
bệnh sởi
In the early 1970s and 1980s two groups of
physicians described patients whose lymphomas
shrank after they came down with measles
graft (v)
~ sth (onto / to / into sth) | ~ sth (on) (from sth) to
take a piece of skin, bone, etc. from one part of the
body and attach it to a damaged part:
cấy ghép
newly grafted tissue
New skin had to be grafted on from his back.
… independently published reports showing they
could target virotherapy to human cancer cells
grafted into mice, thereby eliminating the human
tumors.
biology (n)
the way in which the body and cells of a living
thing behave:
How far is human nature determined by biology?
the biology of marine animals
Adenovirus is appealing in part because
researchers understand its biology very well after
years of trying to cure colds and of using the virus
in molecular biology and gene therapy research
infusion (n)
(medical) an act of slowly putting a drug or other
substance into a person's VEIN; the drug that is
used in this way
sự truyền, sự tiêm
In general, tests involving adenoviruses have been
safe, but regrettably a volunteer died in 1999 after
receiving an infusion of adenoviruses as part of a
clinical trial to test a potential gene therapy for a
genetic liver disorder
sedate (v)  (n)
[often passive] to give sb drugs in order to make
them calm and or to make them sleep:
cho dung thuốc an thần
Most of the patients are heavily sedated.
A vet was called to sedate the animal.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be sedated for
up to 72 hours following emergency surgery for a
massive stroke, hospital officials said on Thursday.
sedation (n)
trauma (n)
(medical) an injury:
chấn thương
The patient suffered severe brain trauma.
Dr Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Hadassah
Hospital, said Mr Sharon would remain in deep
sedation and on a respirator to "recover from
severe trauma".
cognitive (a)
[usually before noun] connected with mental
processes of understanding:
thuộc hoặc liên quan tới nhận thức
a child's cognitive abilities / behaviour /
development
cognitive psychology
He said that as Mr Sharon was on a life support
machine, doctors were not able to test his
cognitive reactions.
prognosis (n)
(medical) an opinion, based on medical
experience, of the likely development of a disease
or an illness:
dự đoán, tiên lượng
to make a prognosis
The prognosis is not good.
Dr Mor-Yosef did not say how much brain damage precipitate (n)
Mr Sharon may have suffered and gave no chất kết tủa
prognosis for recovery.
anthropology (n)
faculty (n) the study of the human race, especially of its
any of the physical or mental abilities that a person origins, development, customs and beliefs
is born with: nhân loại học
tính năng, năng lực
the faculty of sight
She retained her mental faculties (= the ability to sclerosis (n)  (a)
think and understand) until the day she died. (medical) a condition in which soft tissue in the
Haaretz newspaper reported that Mr Sharon was body becomes hard, in a way that is not normal
paralysed in half of his body, and medical experts sự xơ cứng
agreed the Prime Minister was unlikely to survive sclerotic (a)
without his faculties being at least seriously
impaired. ventricle (n)
any hollow space in the body, especially one of
four main hollow spaces in the brain
stump (n) locus (n)
1/ gốc cây (còn lại sau khi đốn) (formal or technical) the exact place where sth
2/ the short part of sb's leg or arm that is left after happens or which is thought to be the centre of sth:
the rest has been cut off địa điểm,nơi, chỗ
mẫu chân cụt, mẫu tay cụt the external locus of control
Chop a leg off a salamander, and within 24 hours a ephemeral (a)
layer of stem cells will have grown over the (formal) lasting or used for only a short period of
stump. time:
phù du
coma (n)  (a) ephemeral pleasures
comatose (a) leaflets, handouts and other ephemeral material
Even when the consensus for the locus of thought
drowsy (a)  (n) moved northward into the head, it was not the
tired and almost asleep brain that was believed to be the sine qua non, but
SYN SLEEPY: the empty spaces within it, called ventricles, where
The tablets may make you feel drowsy. ephemeral spirits swirled around
drowsiness (n)
The drugs tend to cause drowsiness. phrenology (n)
nap (v) the study of the shape of the human head, which
to sleep for a short time, especially during the day: some people think is a guide to a person's
I tried to nap on the plane. character
First, they spend far more of their waking hours khoa tướng số
displaying sleep-related behaviour, such as quaint (a)
drowsiness and napping attractive in an unusual or old-fashioned way:
quaint old customs
invasive (a) a quaint and charming seaside village
(of medical treatment) involving cutting into the the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus recorded a
body: quaint custom which was prevalent in the city
invasive surgery during this period.
It might take invasive surgery, but it should be proclivity (n)
possible to modify human eyes to acquire these ~ (for sth / for doing sth) (formal) a natural
abilities. tendency to do sth or to feel sth, often sth bad:
khuynh hướng, xu hướng
his sexual / criminal proclivities
the government's proclivity for spending money
Early in the 19th-century phrenologist pushed this
notion in a quaint direction, proposing that
personality proclivities could be deduced by
feeling the bumps on a person’s skull, which were
caused by the brain ‘pushing out’ in places where
it was particularly well developed.
protuberance (n)
(formal) a round part that sticks out from a
surface:
chỗ lồi lên, chỗ nhô lên
The diseased trees are marked by protuberances on
their trunks.
Plaster casts of the heads of executed criminals
were examined and compared to a reference head
to determine whether any particular protuberance
could be reliably associated with criminal
behaviour
lobe (n)
thùy
The patch of frontal lobe adjacent to her tumor is
called Broca’s area, named after the 19th-century
French anatomist Paul Broca, one of the first
scientists to offer definitive evidence that – while
there is no single seat of thought – specific
cognitive traits and functions are processed in
localized regions of the brain.
temple (n)  (a)
thái dương
temporal (a)
A few years later German neurologist Carl
Wernickle identified a second language centre
further back, in the brain’s left temporal lobe.
Patients with strokes or other damage to
Wernickle’s area are able to talk freely, but they
can not comprehend language, and nothing they
say makes any sense.
cortex (n)  (a)
(anatomy) the outer layer of an organ in the body,
especially the brain:
vỏ (não…)
the cerebral / renal cortex (= around the brain /
kidney)
cortical (a)
trimester (n)
(medical) a period of three months when a woman
is pregnant:
the first / second / third trimester of pregnancy
synapse (n)
(biology) a connection between two nerve cells
During the first and second trimesters of her
mother’s pregnancy the neurons began to reach
tentacles out to each other, establishing synapses
– points of contact – at a rate of two million a
second.
intrinsic (a)
(anatomy) ở bên trong
The scientists have finished the optical intrinsic
imaging of her brain, plus another experimental
scanning technique using infrared light.
scalpel (n)
dao mổ
Using an electronic scalpel, Dr. Liau carefully
begins to cut into the brain flesh at the border
between the tumor and Corina’s Broca’s area.
irradiate (v)
1/ (technical) to treat food with RADIOACTIVE
rays in order to preserve it
2/ ~ sth (with sth) (literary) to make sth look
brighter and happier:
soi sang, chiếu sáng
faces irradiated with joy
The early Earth was constantly irradiated with
ultraviolet light from the Sun because there was no
ozone (O3) layer to block it.
dysentery (n)
an infection of the bowels that causes severe
DIARRHOEA with loss of bloods
bệnh lỵ
Without beneficial intestinal bacteria, we would
soon develop dysentery and other intestinal
disorders.
helix (n)  (a)
xoắn ốc
helical (a)
striking (a)
interesting and unusual enough to attract attention
SYN MARKED:
nỗi bật, gây ấn tượng sâu sắc
a striking feature / example
She bears a striking resemblance to her older sister
The hydrogen bonds between complementary bulge (v)
bases are one of the most striking characteristic of lồi ra, phình ra
the double-helical structure of DNA. bulge (n)
chỗ phình ra, chỗ lồi ra
dissolution (n) When he restricted a vein, the side away from the
sự hoà tan heart bulged with blood – suggesting that in the
veins the blood flowed towards the heart.
superimpose (v) He then showed that if an artery was restricted
chồng lên nhau with a ligature, the side towards the heart began to
bulge with blood.
resiliency (n)
tính co dãn, tính đàn hồi salmonella (n)
a type of bacteria that makes people sick if they
concentric (a) eat infected food; an illness caused by this
đồng tâm bacteria:
cases of salmonella poisoning
thermostat (n) an outbreak of salmonella
a device that measures and controls the
temperature of a machine or room, by switching parasite (n)  (a)
the heating or cooling system on and off as parasitical (a)
necessary
máy điều nhiệt
camphor (n)
pyrogen (n) a white substance with a strong smell, used in
any substance that can cause a rise in body medicine, for making plastics and to keep insects
temperature away from clothes
Exogenous pyrogens come from foreign long não
substances such as bacteria or viruses that invade
the body graduate (v)
Endogenous pyrogens are produced by cells of the to mark something with units of measurement
immune system when they are challenged. A burette is a long cylindrical and continually
graduated tube of uniform bore.
syphilis (n)
a disease that gets worse over a period of time, flutter (v)
spreading from the sexual organs to the skin, (of your heart, etc.) to beat very quickly and not
bones, muscles and brain. It is caught by having regularly:
sex with an infected person. I could feel a fluttering pulse.
bệnh giang mai His hands are cold, his feet are warm; he sweats
and his heart flutters
pulsation (n)
1/ sự đập, tiếng đập trepan (n)
2/ sự run, tiếng run cái khoan xương
Pulsations in the walls of the veins and arteries (v)
squeezed the blood so that it was distributed cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery
throughout the body, where it was consumed by Evidence of trepanning has been found – along
the flesh with evidence that the patience even survived this
early surgery (some skulls have separate holes,
ligature (n) drilled on different occasions
(technical) something that is used for tying sth
very tightly, for example to stop bleeding splint (n)
dây buộc, dải buộc
a long piece of wood or metal that is tied to a
broken arm or leg to keep it still and in the right
position
thanh nẹp
incision (n)
a sharp cut made in sth, particularly during a
medical operation; the act of making a cut in sth:
vết rạch, đường rạch
Make a small incision below the ribs.
The procedure can be performed on internal blood
vessels by means of optical fibers entering the
body through natural openings or small incisions.
breech birth
(also breech delivery)
a birth in which the baby's bottom or feet come out
of the mother first
Difficulties with the pregnancy, such as the
likelihood of abortion or of breech birth, are easily
detected with this technique.
aspirator (n)
máy hút
(medical) to remove liquid from a person's body
with a machine:
Samples were aspirated from the stomach.
When the tip touches a tumour, the part of the
tumour near the needle is shattered and the residue
can be sucked up (aspirated) through the hollow
needle.
urology (n)
khoa tiết niệu
cavitation (n)
formation of cavities in tissue: the formation of
cavities in body tissue, caused by a disease, e.g. as
an effect of tuberculosis on the lungs
invasive (a)
(of medical treatment) involving cutting into the
body:
invasive surgery
It might take invasive surgery, but it should be
possible to modify human eyes to acquire these
abilities.
infusion (n)
(medical) an act of slowly putting a drug or other
substance into a person's VEIN; the drug that is
used in this way
sự truyền, sự tiêm
In general, tests involving adenoviruses have been
safe, but regrettably a volunteer died in 1999 after
receiving an infusion of adenoviruses as part of a
clinical trial to test a potential gene therapy for a
genetic liver disorder
sedate (v)  (n)
[often passive] to give sb drugs in order to make
them calm and or to make them sleep:
cho dung thuốc an thần
Most of the patients are heavily sedated.
A vet was called to sedate the animal.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be sedated for
up to 72 hours following emergency surgery for a
massive stroke, hospital officials said on Thursday.
sedation (n)
trauma (n)
(medical) an injury:
chấn thương
The patient suffered severe brain trauma.
Dr Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Hadassah
Hospital, said Mr Sharon would remain in deep
sedation and on a respirator to "recover from
severe trauma".
cognitive (a)
[usually before noun] connected with mental
processes of understanding:
thuộc hoặc liên quan tới nhận thức
a child's cognitive abilities / behaviour /
development
cognitive psychology
He said that as Mr Sharon was on a life support
machine, doctors were not able to test his
cognitive reactions.
prognosis (n)
(medical) an opinion, based on medical
experience, of the likely development of a disease
or an illness:
dự đoán, tiên lượng
to make a prognosis
The prognosis is not good.
Dr Mor-Yosef did not say how much brain damage
Mr Sharon may have suffered and gave no
prognosis for recovery.
 feverish (a)  (n)
faculty (n) feverishness (n)
any of the physical or mental abilities that a person
is born with: bronchitis (n)
tính năng, năng lực an illness that affects the bronchial tubes leading to
the faculty of sight the lungs:
She retained her mental faculties (= the ability to bệnh viêm cuống phổi
think and understand) until the day she died. He was suffering from chronic bronchitis.
Haaretz newspaper reported that Mr Sharon was Flu can lead to serious complications, including
paralysed in half of his body, and medical experts bronchitis, viral or bacterial pneumonia and even
agreed the Prime Minister was unlikely to survive death in elderly and chronically ill patients.
without his faculties being at least seriously
impaired. Post-natal (a)
connected with the period after the birth of a child
remission (n) A woman suffering severe post-natal depression,
a period during which a serious illness improves who drowned her five-week-old baby in a bathtub,
for a time and the patient seems to get better: has pleaded guilty to a charge of infanticide
sự thuyên giảm, sự dịu bớt Succumb (v)
The patient has been in remission for the past six ~ (to sth) to fail to resist an attack, an illness, a
months. TEMPTATION, etc
The symptoms reappeared after only a short His career was cut short when he succumbed to
remission. cancer
Although critics countered that such viruses could Haemorrhoids (n)
be exerting only an indirect effect against cancer (medical) painful swollen VEINS at or near the
by generally activating an individual's immune ANUS
system and making it more likely to detect and kill (bệch trĩ)
cancer cells, reports continued to pop up in the semen (n)
medical literature linking viral infection and (tinh dịch)
cancer remission vagina (n)  vaginal (a)
Any employer whose workers are exposed to any
epilepsy (n) potentially infectious material, such as semen or
a disorder of the nervous system that causes a vaginal fluids, must follow state regulations
person to become unconscious suddenly, often covering workplaces. Any bodily fluid is
with violent movements of the body considered infectious. That means barrier
bệnh động kinh equipment must be used
Abnormality (n)
hypothermia (n) a feature or characteristic in a person's body or
a medical condition in which the body temperature behaviour that is not usual and may be harmful,
is much lower than normal: worrying or cause illness
sự giảm thân nhiệt abnormalities of the heart * congenital / foetal
Elderly people may die of hypothermia if they abnormality
cannot afford to heat their homes. adrenal gland (n)
Hypothermia was the main problem, because they tuyến thượng thận
spent the night on the deck in the cold and the cot death (n)
wind the sudden death while sleeping of a baby which
appears to be healthy
placenta (n) = afterbirth (n) autopsy (n)
nhau thai an official examination of a dead body by a doctor
in order to discover the cause of death
nasal discharge (n) SYN POST-MORTEM
fever (n)  (a) Screen (v)
~ (sb) (for sth) to examine people in order to find moribund (a)
out if they have a particular disease or illness in a very bad condition; dying:
prostate cancer (n) gần chết, hấp hối
ung thư tuyến tuyền liệt a moribund patient / tree
Men over 55 should be regularly screened for
prostate cancer acrophobia (n)
Hepatitis (n) bệnh sợ độ cao
a serious disease of the LIVER. There are three
main forms: hepatitis A (the least serious, caused morbid (a)
by infected food), hepatitis B and hepatitis C (both (medical) connected with disease
very serious and caused by infected blood) bệnh tật, ốm yếu; không lành mạnh (đầu óc, ý
(bệnh viêm gan) nghĩ...)
virus (n)  viral (a)
nagging (a) placebo effect (n)
continuing for a long time and difficult to cure or (plural placebos) a substance that has no physical
remove: effects, given to patients who do not need
a nagging pain / doubt medicine but think that they do, or used when
convulsion (n) testing new drugs:
a sudden shaking movement of the body that the placebo effect (= the effect of taking a placebo
cannot be controlled: and feeling better)
(chứng co giật)
The child went into convulsions dementia (n)
chứng mất trí
anorexia (n)
an emotional disorder, especially affecting young senile (a)
women, in which there is an ABNORMAL fear of behaving in a confused or strange way, and unable
being fat, causing the person to stop eating, to remember things, because of old age:
leading to dangerous weight loss suy yếu vì tuổi già, lão suy
chứng biến ăn I think she's going senile.
The regional Government has said that while it
does not blame models and designers for anorexia, malignant (a)
the fashion industry nevertheless has a ác tính
responsibility to portray healthy body images
benign (a)
recuperate (v) lành tính
hồi phục (sức khoẻ)
Smith died on September 10 in the hospital room acute (a) # chronic (a)
where the former Playboy model was recuperating
from giving birth to a daughter mole (n)
a small dark brown mark on the skin, sometimes
trauma (n) slightly higher than the skin around it
(y học) chấn thương
cryptic (a) freckle (n)
bí mật, mật a small, pale brown spot on a person's skin,
"I don't find anything that would cause me to especially on their face, caused by the sun
believe there is something in terms of some tàn nhang, chỗ nám
traumatic injury having been inflicted, or
somebody having done something to him in some perennial (a)
cryptic manner that could not be observed," he continuing for a very long time; happening again
said. and again:
If the problem is perennial, don’t ignore it.
 Those who survive can suffer mental or physical
covalesce (v) handicaps or chronic debilitation
to spend time getting your health and strength
back after an illness debilitate (v)
SYN RECUPERATE: to make sb's body or mind weaker:
lại sức, hồi phục làm suy yếu, làm suy nhược
She is convalescing at home after her operation. a debilitating disease
The troops were severely debilitated by hunger
touch (v)  (a) and disease.
tactile She found the heat debilitating.
(thuộc) xúc giác If the recommendations were accepted by the
sờ mó được federal Government, they would be able to
tactile sensations / stimuli continue their quest for knowledge about and
visual and tactile communication treatments for debilitating conditions such as
tactile fabric (= pleasant to touch) spinal cord injury and disorders such as heart,
motor neurone, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
obstructive (a) disease.
(medical) connected with a passage, tube, etc. in
your body that has become blocked: resilience (n)
obstructive lung disease the ability of people or things to feel better quickly
after sth unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc:
asphyxia (n) sự hồi phục
the state of being unable to breathe, causing death He showed great courage and resilience in fighting
or loss of consciousness: back from a losing position to win the game.
to die of asphyxia A new book explores the traumatic journeys and
( (v) resilience of 12 Vietnamese women who fled
asphyxiate (v) communism to resettle in Australia, where they
One woman died from asphyxiation. Another died now feel at home
from what a coroner called a "compression to the
neck". sleep deprivation
mất ngủ
sociopath (n)
a person who has a mental illness and who anguish (n)
behaves in an aggressive or dangerous way (formal) severe pain, mental suffering or
towards other people unhappiness:
It's a myth, however, that they are always He groaned in anguish.
sociopaths who lack remorse or compassion, Fox Tears of anguish filled her eyes
said.
infirmary (n)
antiseptic (n) (a) (often used in names) a hospital
khử trùng, vô trùng bệnh xá

rupture (n) schizophrenia (n)

(y học) sự vỡ, sự đứt, sự gãy, sự nứt, sự rách, sự a mental illness in which a person becomes unable
thủng (ruột) to link thought, emotion and behaviour, leading to
WITHDRAWAL from reality and personal
handicap (n) relationships
tật nguyền bệnh tâm thần phân liệt
debilitation (n)
sự suy nhược unhinge (v)
[usually passive] to make sb mentally ill:
Her mind was unhinged by the death of her child a sales representative * She's our representative in
and she never recovered. France.
drug representative (n)
faint (v) trình dược viên
to become unconscious when not enough blood is It's true that drug reps -- usually young, attractive
going to your brain, usually because of the heat, a women without pharmacology education -- try to
shock, etc: get doctors to prescribe their products, but they do
ngất đi, xỉu đi a lot of good too

chlamydia (n) suppurate (v)

sexually transmitted disease: a sexually (formal) (of a cut, wound, etc.) to produce a thick
transmitted disease, the most common in yellow liquid (called PUS) because of infection:
developed countries, caused by the bacterium (y học) mưng mủ
Chlamydia trachomatis. Often producing no His skin was covered in suppurating sores.
symptoms, it can cause infertility, chronic pain, or The deep burn on her thigh was open and
a tubal pregnancy if left untreated. suppurating and she had bad internal bruising of
her torso
gonorrhoea (n)
(y học) bệnh lậu atrophy (v)
if a part of the body atrophies, it becomes weak
syphilis (n) because it is not used or because it does not have
a disease that gets worse over a period of time, enough blood:
spreading from the sexual organs to the skin, teo đi
bones, muscles and brain. It is caught by having (figurative) Memory can atrophy through lack of
sex with an infected person. use.
bệnh giang mai It hurt to move, but sooner or later she would have
to. Doctors worried her muscles would atrophy if
moribund (a) she stayed still for too long and clots could block
in a very bad condition; dying: veins and arteries.
gần chết, hấp hối
a moribund patient / tree fester (v)
(of a wound or cut) to become badly infected:
castrate (v) mưng mủ
to remove the TESTICLES of a male animal or festering sores / wounds * If you don't take the
person splinter out, it will fester.
thiến In the spring gloom, they looked like flesh that had
burst through the skin over festering wounds.
seizure (n)
(old-fashioned) [C] a sudden attack of an illness, venereal disease
especially one that affects the brain: (abbreviation VD) any disease caught by having
an epileptic seizure sex with an infected person
After experiencing seizures in the past month or so bệnh phong tình
and a gradual deterioration in health, she began
suspecting a change in the composition of the spine (n)
medication prescribed to her personally by her xương sống
husband, which she maintained is being served
despite her being of full health vertebra (n)
đốt xương sống
(also informal rep) a person who works for a  vertebrae (pl)
company and travels around selling its products:
spinal cord (n)
the mass of nerves inside the SPINE that connects OBSTETRIC
all parts of the body to the brain labor (n)
Eight vertebrae were broken — the wingtips đau đẻ
cracked and jarred from the cylindrical bone. Four Getting pregnant was a cinch, the ensuing nine
near the top, close to her brain, and four at the months were trouble-free and the five-hour labour
bottom, chunkier and broader. The supporting would have been the envy of any woman 20 years
muscles had been ripped away. But somehow her younger.
spinal cord was undamaged
delivery (n)
claustrophobia (n) sự sinh đẻ
an extreme fear of being in a small enclosed place; So smooth was the delivery that she and baby Will
the unpleasant feeling that a person gets in a went home just hours after he entered the world
situation which restricts them:
to suffer from claustrophobia * She felt she had to caesarean (n)
escape from the claustrophobia of suburban family thủ thuật mở tử cung
life. mổ bắt con
There had also been that moment, early in her Her son Sebastien was born two months premature
hospital stay, when she woke disoriented inside the by caesarean, after Bohan developed a potentially
claustrophobic metal shell of an MRI scanner life-threatening condition called pre-eclampsia.

cerebellum (n) post-natal (a)

(anatomy) the part of the brain at the back of the
head that controls the activity of the muscles
cerebrum (n)
(anatomy) the front part of the brain, responsible
for thoughts, emotions and personality
Galen, physician to Roman gladiators, dissected
the brains of sheep, monkeys, dogs and swine. He
concludes that the cerebellum controls the muscles
while the cerebrum processes the senses
VERBS
seep (v)
(especially of liquids) to flow slowly and in small
quantities through sth or into sth:
rỉ ra, thấm qua
Blood was beginning to seep through the
bandages.
Water seeped from a crack in the pipe.
(figurative) Gradually the pain seeped away.
When Jaguar Paw and his tribesmen return to their
village, Flint Sky tells his son not to let the
procession's fearful state seep into him
connected with the period after the birth of a child:
post-natal care / depression
hậu sản
compare ANTENATAL, PRENATAL
IVF
in vitro fertilization
conceive (v)
thụ thai, có mang
gestation (n)
sự thai nghén; thời kỳ thai nghén
the time that the young of a person or an animal
develops inside its mother's body until it is born;
the process of developing inside the mother's
body:
a baby born at 38 weeks' gestation * The gestation
period of a horse is about eleven months. *
Gestation lasts about nine months.
DRUG
fix (n)
việc tiêm chích ma túy
He seems to be losing control, just like a drug
addict, who is needing his "fix" more often. He is
growing ever more confident.
Gemma Adams, 25, was the first woman to be
found in a stream on December 2. She grew up in
the Ipswich area and became hooked on heroin
after leaving a job at an insurance company. Her
boyfriend reported her missing on November 15.
…one of five young victims who got hooked on
drugs and took to the streets.
PAIN
affliction (n)
(formal) pain and suffering or sth that causes it
Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of
the poor
tribulation (n)
(literary or humorous) great trouble or suffering:
the tribulations of modern life
shoot (v)
of pain
[V] to move suddenly and quickly and be very
sharp:
đau nhói, nhức nhối
a shooting pain in the back * The pain shot up her
arm.
She'd freaked, screaming in the dark for them to
get her out and banging her fist on the wall despite
the dangerous pain that shot through her spine
POLITICS
populism (n)
a type of politics that claims to represent the
opinions and wishes of ordinary people
bipartisan (a)
(written) involving two political parties
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley has written to Mr
Howard proposing a bipartisan appeal to the
Singapore Government.
pink (a)
khuynh tả, thân cộng
While the maps of the world would no longer be
dominated by pink nations…
integration (n)
the act or process of mixing people who have
previously been separated, usually because of
colour, race, religion, etc:
hội nhập
racial integration in schools
As far as that goes, it is difficult to object. Of
course, integration is desirable
pacifist (n)
người theo chủ nghĩa hoà bình
A pacifist is someone who believes that
violence is wrong and refuses to take
part in wars.
tirade (n)
~ (against sb/sth) a long angry speech criticizing
sb/sth or accusing sb of sth:
A tirade is a long angry speech in which
someone criticizes a person or thing.
diễn văn đả kích
But Mr Latham then cut off all contact with Mr
Whitlam, 89, describing him in his memoir The
Latham Diaries as a hectoring lecturer who
delivered long, repetitive tirades.
junket (n)
a trip that is made for pleasure by sb who works
for the government, etc. and that is paid for using
public money
Yeah, like a G20 talk fest/junket will make for a
better world
anarchism (n)
Anarchism is the belief that the laws
and power of governments should be
replaced by people working together
freely.
anarchist (n)
a person who believes that laws and governments
are not necessary
người theo chủ nghĩa vô chính phủ
cartel (n)
A cartel is an association of similar
companies or businesses that have
grouped together in order to prevent
competition and to control prices.
(BUSINESS)
...a drug cartel...
the OPEC cartel
manifesto (n)
bảng tuyên ngôn
A manifesto is a statement published
by a person or group of people,
especially a political party, or a
government, in which they say what
their aims and policies are.
destabilize (v)
to make a system, country, government, etc.
become less firmly established or successful:
làm lung lay ???
…Wayne Swan, Stephen Smith and Stephen
Conroy - the trio who backed Beazley and
destabilised Crean back in 2003…
abdicate (v)
to give up the position of being king or queen:
thoái vị
He abdicated in favour of his son.
She was forced to abdicate the throne of Spain.
autocrat (n)
a ruler who has complete power
SYN DESPOT
người chuyên quyền
utopian (a)
không tưởng
If you describe a plan or idea as
utopian, you are criticizing it because it
is unrealistic and shows a belief that
things can be improved much more than
is possible.
utopian socialism (n)
CNXH không tưởng
monarch (n)
The monarch of a country is the king,
queen, emperor, or empress.
monarchy (n)
chế độ quân chủ
A monarchy is a system in which a
country has a monarch.
...a serious debate on the future of the
monarchy.
≠ republic
triumvirate (n)
(formal) a group of three powerful people or
groups who control sth together:
(sử học) chức tam hùng; chế độ tam hùng
They appointed a triumvirate of directors.
totalitarian (a)
(disapproving) (of a country or system of
government) in which there is only one political
party that has complete power and control over the
people:
(chính trị) cực quyền, chuyên chế
a totalitarian state / regime
oust (v)
~ sb (from sth / as sth) (written) to force sb out of
a job or position of power, especially in order to
take their place:
tước, hất cẳng
He was ousted as chairman.
The rebels finally managed to oust the government
from power.
industrialism (n)
(technical) an economic and social system based
on industry
In the 1800s the world was changing due to the
rise of industrialism.
milieu (n)
the social environment that you live or work in:
The findings of the report refer to a particular
social and cultural milieu.
proletarian (a) (n)
vô sản
 proletariat (n)
capitalist class (n)
bourgeoisie (n)
In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are
the middle-class people who own most
of the wealth in a capitalist system.
(TECHNICAL)
 ...the suppression of the proletariat by
the bourgeoisie.
franchise (n)
Franchise is the right to vote in an
election, especially one in which people
elect a parliament.
...the introduction of universal
franchise...
The 1867 Reform Act extended the
franchise to much of the male working
class.
disenfranchise (v)
to take away sb's rights, especially their right to
vote:
tước quyền bầu cử
a disenfranchised group / minority
OPP ENFRANCHISE
In our view, the test will unfairly penalise and
disenfranchise certain vulnerable migrants,
especially when combined with changes
(contained in the Australian Citizenship Bill 2006)
that double the period of previous residency
required for citizenship from two years to four.
confer (v)
phong, ban
To confer something such as power or
an honour on someone means to give it
to them. (FORMAL)
The key power conferred by citizenship is the right
to vote
franchise (v)
(formal) the right to vote in a country's elections:
A citizenship test cannot help but trivialise the
complexity of Australia's constitutional
arrangements
tenure (n)
nhiệm kì
Moscow took over the rotating G8 rotating
chairmanship from Britain yesterday, the first time
it has held the role and one of the main themes of
its tenure will be security of energy supply.
senate (n)
thượng nghị viện
pragmatism (n)  (a)
Pragmatism means thinking of or
dealing with problems in a practical
way, rather than by using theory or
abstract principles. (FORMAL)
chủ nghĩa thực dụng
pragmatic (a)
charisma (n)  (a)
the powerful personal quality that some people
have to attract and impress other people:
uy tín, sức thu hút quần chúng
charismatic (a)
Polls suggest a new party comprised of Sharon,
pragmatic Likudniks and charismatic newcomers
would be the…
referendum (n)
cuộc trưng cầu ý dân
arbitrary (a)
độc đoán, chuyên quyền
If you describe an action, rule, or
decision as arbitrary, you think that it
is not based on any principle, plan, or
system. It often seems unfair because of
this.
Second, the mandatory death penalty for drug
trafficking in Singapore produces arbitrary and
disproportionate outcomes.
the arbitrary powers of officials
stint (n)
~ (as sth) a period of time that you spend working
somewhere or doing a particular activity
khối lượng hoặc thời gian làm việc cố định hoặc
được giao của mỗi người, phần việc
I've done my stint in the kitchen for today
…or to give them only brief rotational stints in the
Parkville Village, if demand for beds continues to
outweigh supply
subsidy (n)
A subsidy is money that is paid by a
government or other authority in order
to help an industry or business, or to
pay for a public service.
tiền trợ cấp
European farmers are planning a
massive demonstration against farm
subsidy cuts...

allowance (n)
an amount of money that is given to sb regularly
or for a particular purpose:
tiền trợ cấp
an allowance of $20 a day * a clothing / living /
travel allowance * Do you get an allowance for
clothing?
tyranny (n)
sự bạo ngược, sự chuyên chế
A tyranny is a cruel, harsh, and unfair
government in which a person or small
group of people have power over
everyone else.
Self-expression and individuality are
the greatest weapons against tyranny.
statesman (n)
a wise, experienced and respected political leader:
chính khách có tài
the party's elder statesman
accord (n)
a formal agreement between two organizations,
countries, etc:
sự đồng tình
hiệp định
The two sides signed a peace accord last July
referendum (n)
cuộc trưng cầu ý dân
tyranny (n)
sự bạo ngược, sự chuyên chế
integrity (n)
1/tính chính trực, tính liêm chính
a man of great integrity
2/tính toàn vẹn
to respect the territorial integrity of the nation
quagmire (n)
a difficult or dangerous situation
tình trạng sa lầy
Here are voices that stretch back beyond the US
quagmire to the French and, before that, the last
days of the Japanese occupation.
exodus (n)
~ (from...) (to...) (formal or humorous) a situation
in which many people leave a place at the same
time:
the mass exodus from Paris to the country in the
summer
The play was so awful that there was a general
exodus from the theatre at the interval.
Two million people fled Vietnam during the 15
years from 1975 to 1990. It was the largest exodus
in Vietnam's history
bipartisan (a)
(written) involving two political parties:
(thuộc) hai đảng
a bipartisan policy
The Bill before Congress has bipartisan support.
reign (n)
triều đại
…he attended his royal master through most of his
turbulent reign.
adherent (n)
(written) a person who supports a political party or
set of ideas
Preventing, as opposed to treating, malaria in
highly vulnerable hosts – primarily African
children and pregnant women – is also gaining
adherents.
foment (v)
(formal) to create trouble or violence or make it
worse
SYN INCITE:
xúi bẩy, xúi giục, khích…
They accused him of fomenting political unrest.
It was a first-rate campaign that fomented the type
of community, media, and workplace debate that
parliamentary politics can rarely strike.
[VN] to incite crime / racial hatred / violence
They were accused of inciting the crowd to
violence
compact (n)
(formal) a formal agreement between two or more
people or countries
We have a compact to live under a democratic
legislature and obey the laws it makes.
strongman (n)
a leader who uses threats or violence to rule a
country:
The country has been under the control of military
strongmen for a long time.
The new video also bore out witness comments
yesterday that the 69-year-old former strongman,
who looked calm and composed as he stood on the
gallows, had shouted angry political slogans while
masked guards were bringing him into the
execution chamber once used by his own feared
intelligence services
logrolling (n)
exchange of political support: the striking of a
deal between colleagues in a legislature whereby
support is given to a piece of legislation on the
understanding that the favor will be returned at a
later date
sự thông đồng; sự giúp đỡ lẫn nhau (trong việc tố
tụng, trong những mưu toan chính trị...)
"The national interest will lose out to the
logrolling tradeoffs of Congressional business."
(Bush speeches in campaign '92 1992)
The business of medical repping, although
infrequently scrutinized, is invariably seen as a
negative in the public eye, somewhere between
legislative logrolling and subsidizing Big Sugar
(especially of soldiers or sailors) to refuse to obey
the orders of sb in authority:
There was a real chance the crew would mutiny.
Discontent among the ship's crew finally led to the
outbreak of mutiny
defect (v)
~ (from sth) (to sth) to leave a political party,
country, etc. to join another that is considered to be
an enemy:
đào ngũ; bỏ đi theo địch; bỏ đảng
A number of writers and musicians defected from
the Soviet Union to the West in the 1960s.
Marko Ramius, a Lithuanian by birth, who has
risen to high levels of trust in the Soviet Navy,
intends to defect to the United States with his
officers and the experimental nuclear submarine
Red October

reactionary (a)
A reactionary person or group tries to
prevent changes in the political or social
system of their country.
Urging others to read F Scott Fitzgerald, although
not a reactionary act, was not something one could
do in 1968

dismember (v)
chia cắt (một nước...)
To dismember a country or ELECTION
organization means to break it up into booth (n)
smaller parts. a small enclosed place where you can do sth
...Hitler's plans to occupy and privately, for example make a telephone call, or
dismember Czechoslovakia... vote:
The British railway network has gradually been Steve Bracks walks to the Williamstown polling
dismembered. booth with wife Terry and son Nick.

intelligence agency backlash (n)

cơ quan tình báo ~ (against sth) | ~ (from sb) a strong negative
reaction by a large number of people, for example
mutiny (v) (n) to sth that has recently changed in society:
nổi loạn
The government is facing an angry backlash from
voters over the new tax
Victorian Labor leader Steve Bracks has won a
third term in office despite a small voter backlash
in today's state election.
swing (n)
of opinion / mood
a change from one opinion or situation to another;
the amount by which sth changes:
Liberal leader Ted Baillieu conceded defeat shortly
after 9pm after his party failed to gain the swings
required to unseat Labor
roll (n)
an official list of names:
the electoral roll (= a list of all the people who can
vote in an election)
electorate (n)
cử tri
constituent (n)
A constituent is someone who lives in
a particular constituency, especially
someone who is able to vote in an
election.
constituency (n)
khu vực bầu cửoncs
This comment illustrates some of the difficulties
faced by the public and interested constituencies in
understanding the nuances of the science and the
ethics of the debate
suffrage (n)
the right to vote in political elections:
quyền được đi bầu
universal suffrage (= the right of all adults to vote)
women's suffrage
The remarks came after a US state department
spokesman reiterated earlier comments from
Washington calling for an early timetable for Hong
Kong to adopt universal suffrage
 franchise (n)
FAMILIAR
nomadic (a)
nay đây mai đó, du cư
When the nomadic hunter-gatherers settled among
their domesticated animals, new ills began to
afflict humanity.
divination (n)
the act of finding out and saying what will happen
in the future
bói toán
necromancy (n)
the practice of claiming to communicate by magic
with the dead in order to learn about the future
thuật gọi hồn
shaman (n)
thầy pháp
a person in some religions and societies who is
believed to be able to contact good and evil spirits
and cure people of illnesses
As civilization grew, so medical practice became
more formalized: shamans and village witch-
doctors gave way to specialists in divination and
necromancy
perennial (a)
lâu năm
continuing for a very long time; happening again
and again:
the perennial problem of water shortage
hardy (a)
the perennial problem of water shortage
Meanwhile, alongside this more advanced practice
were all manner of quack cures, including such
hardy perennials as remedies for baldness.
in concert
with sb/sth
(formal) working together with sb/sth
One might have thought this was one subject on
which the member countries of the European
Union would agree to act in concert.
creased (a), wrinkled (a)  (v)
nhăn (quần áo)
Pack your suit carefully so that you don't crease it
Fascinate (v)
to attract or interest sb very much "The pope should revise his comments and stop
It was a question that had fascinated him since he attacking Islam, which is the religion of more than
was a boy 1.5 billion people,"

Leafy (a) ̣rậm lá quell (v)

Eat plenty of leafy green vegetables nén, chế ngự
Extra police were called in to quell the
verdant (a) disturbances.
xanh tươi The Pope's spokesman said later Benedict
(literary) (of grass, plants, fields, etc.) fresh and respected Islam but rejected violence motivated by
green religion. The explanation, however, failed to quell
they entered the defiles of the mountains, with Muslims' fury.
their basalt bases, and their summits crowned with
thick and verdant forests enmity, grudge

remnant (n) prime (n)

tàn dư
Many of the traditions are remnants of a time
when most people worked on the land
denounce (v)
tố cáo
They were denounced as spies
Many people denounced their friends and
neighbours to the secret police
Condolences (n)
(lời chia buồn)
accomplished (a)
điêu luyện
very good at a particular thing; having a lot of
skills
The Parsee, who was an accomplished elephant
driver, covered his back with a sort of saddle-
cloth, and attached to each of his flanks some
curiously uncomfortable howdahs
Peculiar (a)
strange or unusual, especially in a way that is
unpleasant or worrying
There was something peculiar in the way he
smiled
Savage (a)
Hoang vu
The country soon presented a very savage aspect
revise (v)
to change your opinions or plans, for example
because of sth you have learned:
the time in your life when you are strongest or
most successful:
She was in her intellectual prime...
We've had a series of athletes
trying to come back well past their
prime.
...young persons in the prime of
life.
femininity (n)
nữ tính
confetti (n)
hoa giấy
Australian citizenship should not be handed out
like confetti and too many people appear to regard
it as no more than a passport...
provision (n)
sự chuẩn bị, sự dự phòng, sự trữ sẵn
…but he warned that without increased prevention
efforts, the provision of long-term treatment for
infected persons is "simply unsustainable."
stigma (n)
feelings of disapproval that people have about
particular illnesses or ways of behaving:
Melinda Gates spoke of the stigmas that limit
efforts to control AIDS, noting that government
officials in many countries refuse to accompany
them when they meet with sex workers
disparity (n)
sự chênh lệch
He and his wife have targeted the causes of health
disparities between rich and poor

endowment (n)
tiền vốn
money that is given to a school, a college or
another institution to provide it with an income;
the act of giving this money
Buffett's gift, worth about $37 billion, will double
the foundation's endowment from $29 billion to
approximately $60 billion, making it by far the
world's largest charitable foundation
mortality (n)
số tử vong, tỷ lệ người chết
In 2000, the United Nations adopted Millennium
Development Goals to be achieved by 2015; they
included substantially reducing child and maternal
mortality
pillory (v)
(written) to criticize sb strongly in public:
(nghĩa bóng) bêu riếu (ai)
Naomi Robson says she had been "pilloried and
endured considerable personal attacks" over the
story.
sabotage (v)
phá ngầm, phá hoại
The Seven Network says it has evidence the Nine
Network set out to sabotage its Today Tonight
story on the plight of the boy, named Wah Wah
ingenuous (a)  #
chân thật
disingenuous (a)
caricature (n)
biếm hoạ
 (v)
to produce a caricature of sb; to describe or present
sb as a type of person you would laugh at or not
respect:
putative (a)
(formal or law) believed to be the person or thing
mentioned:
giả định là, được cho là
… the putative father of this child
Of course, the cohesion of our society depends on
core consensus about who and what we are as a
people. What is not evident, however, is that the
Australian multicultural project — as it is really
lived, rather than disingenuously caricatured,
harbours the seeds of the kind of division and
irresponsibility, carried in by new or putative
citizens of certain backgrounds, that would justify
this kind of move
feminist (n)
người bênh vực bình quyền cho phụ nữ
spirited (a) = forceful (a)
paternalistic (a)
Someone who is paternalistic takes all
the decisions for the people they
govern, employ, or are responsible for.
The doctor is being paternalistic. He's
deciding what information the patient
needs to know...
A spirited disagreement over payment has now
split feminists, with some calling compensation to
research subjects coercive and others contending
that banning it is paternalistic.
coup (n)
đảo chính
overthrow
sự lật đổ, sự phá đổ
The Emperor informs him, that he may be spared
from death for his attempts to overthrow the
Emperor, on the condition that he serve the
poisoned medicine to his mother every hour
solidarity (n)
tình đoàn kết
insatiable (a)
không thể thoả mân được; tham lam vô độ
"Japanese people have an insatiable appetite for
anything new, liking very new technology and new
approaches to games," says Masaya Matsuura,
creator of Parappa the Rapper.
ingenuity (n)
tài khéo léo; tính chất khéo léo
"The Japanese like creative ingenuity," agrees
Akinori Nishiyama, Creative Manager of Sega's
renowned Sonic Team
customary (a)
thông thường, theo lệ thường, thành thói quen
It is customary to offer a drink or a viện dẫn
snack to guests... When confronted with evidence of errors or bias,
Wikipedians invoke a favourite excuse: look how
recruit (v) often the mainstream media, and the traditional
tuyển mộ encyclopedia, are wrong!

complimentary (a) masterwork (n) = masterpiece (n)

ca ngợi, ca tụng, tán tụng
"He was very complimentary of Australian subvert (v) = undermine (v)
economic management and the progress that he's  (n) subversion (n)
observed in the Australian economy," he said.
surreal (a)
delegate (v) kỳ quái; kỳ dị
~ (sth) (to sb) to give part of your work, power or The play was a surreal mix of fact and fantasy.
authority to sb in a lower position than you:
cử người đại diện acquiesce (v)
The job had to be delegated to an assistant. ~ (in sth) (formal) to accept sth without arguing,
even if you do not really agree with it:
inundate (v) Steve seemed to acquiesce in the
tràn ngập decision...
the toy world is simply mirroring the real world,
which is inundated by technology. precaution (n)
The Age was last night inundated with calls from sự đề phòng
excited and frightened readers
admonition (n)
definitive (a) (formal) a warning to sb about their behaviour:
cuối cùng; dứt khoát sự cảnh báo
The notoriously media-shy swimmer wanted to admonitory (a)
make a definitive speech but he wasn't sure where
to begin. entrepreneur (n)
nhà doanh nghiệp
viability (n)
khả năng thành tựu được (kế hoạch) cause (n)
extinguish (v) mục tiêu, mục đích
dập tắt, làm tiêu tan, làm lu mờ A cause is an aim or principle which a
Either it deals with its challenges or it accepts that group of people supports or is fighting
its viability as a major political force has been for.
extinguished. Refusing to have one leader has not
helped the cause.
showdown (n)
an argument, a fight or a test that will settle a conducive (a)
disagreement that has lasted for a long time ~ to sth (written) making it easy, possible or likely
sự thử thách cuối cùng for sth to happen:
Management are facing a showdown with union có ích, có lợi
members today.
Fans gathered outside the stadium for the final prerogative (n)
showdown (= the game that will decide the winner (formal) a right or privilege belonging to a
of the competition). particular person or group because of their
importance or social position:
invoke (v) đặc quyền
It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind! In
many countries education is still the prerogative of gần chết, hấp hối
the rich. a moribund patient / tree

persecute (v) posterity (n)

ngược đãi
If someone is persecuted, they are
treated cruelly and unfairly, often
because of their race or beliefs.
Mr Weaver and his family have been
persecuted by the authorities for their
beliefs...
They began by brutally persecuting
the Catholic Church.
destitute (a)
thiếu thốn, nghèo túng, cơ cực
...destitute children who live on the
streets.
(formal) all the people who will live in the future:
hậu thế
The profuse jungle growth reclaimed much of the
area and hid it for four hundred years, waiting for
posterity to discover it again.
belittle (v)
to make sb or the things that sb does seem
unimportant:
coi nhẹ, xem thường
She felt her husband constantly belittled her
achievements.
By saying this, I do not mean to belittle the
importance of his role.

placate (v) evoke (v)

xoa dịu (written) to bring a feeling, a memory or an image
to make sb feel less angry about sth into your mind:
SYN PACIFY, CALM: gợi lên
a placating smile The music evoked memories of her youth.
The concessions did little to placate the students. His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.

ascertain (v) enigma (n) = mystery (n)

(formal) to find out the true or correct information điều bí ẩn
about sth: người khó hiểu
biết chắc; xác định; tìm hiểu chắc chắn Iran remains an enigma for the outside
It can be difficult to ascertain the facts. world.
But these conflicts tend to resolve themselves with
time as families ascertain how to combine customs burgeon (v)
from the old country with new ones from America (formal) to begin to grow or develop rapidly
to form a multicultural society, taking the best a burgeoning population
from the many lands that make up this New World burgeoning demand
Vietnam, which posted over eight per cent
distil (v) economic growth last year, has seen the emergence
chưng cất of a burgeoning middle class, mainly in and
The whisky had been distilled in 1926 around the commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City
and sat quietly maturing until 1987... and the capital Hanoi

ostracize (v) bloodletting (n)

(formal) to refuse to let sb be a member of a social sự đổ máu
group; to refuse to meet or talk to sb: (formal) the killing or wounding of people
tẩy chay SYN BLOODSHED:
He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to the futile bloodletting of war
support the strike.
permeable (a)
moribund (a) ~ (to sth) (technical) allowing a liquid or gas to
in a very bad condition; dying: pass through:
 # (a) what makes sb behave in the way that they do:
impermeable  (a) I've never really understood what makes her tick.

impervious (a) superficial (a)

~ (to sth) (technical) not allowing a liquid or gas to nông cạn, bề mặt
pass through: Citizenship tests hold out the superficial promise
an impervious rock / layer of acting as some kind of population filter to
impervious to moisture ensure that migrants measure up to certain
predetermined Australian qualities and values.
permutation (n)
sự đôi trật tự (vị trí) depraved (a)
(toán học) sự hoán vị; pháp hoán vị (formal) to make sb morally bad
Variation among humans is limited to SYN CORRUPT:
the possible permutations of our genes. suy đồi, sa đọa, trụy lạc
In my view this book would deprave young
touch (v)  (a) children.
tactile
(thuộc) xúc giác quintessential (a)
sờ mó được tiêu biểu, điển hình
tactile sensations / stimuli the perfect example of sth:
visual and tactile communication Then there is the insurmountable problem of
tactile fabric (= pleasant to touch) determining which values are quintessentially
"Australian".
assimilate (v)
tiêu hóa quintessence (n)
[VN] to fully understand an idea or some the perfect example of sth:
information so that you are able to use it yourself: It was the quintessence of an English manor house.
The committee will need time to assimilate this But the actor has won over the skeptics with a
report. gritty performance that has earned him
Some people can only assimilate change gradually. comparisons with Sean Connery, often regarded as
Spatical learners assimilate information through the quintessential Bond
pictures or images
culminate (v)
coalesce (v) lên đến cực điểm, lên đến tột độ, lên đến tột bậc
~ (into / with sth) (formal) to come together to ~ (in / with sth) (written) to end with a particular
form one larger group, substance, etc. result, or at a particular point:
sát nhập a gun battle which culminated in the death of two
SYN AMALGAMATE: police officers
The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. Our driest year was the 12 months to February
The company has now amalgamated with another 1983, culminating in the inferno of Ash
local firm. Wednesday
His severe disciplinary methods (often involving
competence (n), competency (n) corporal punishment) — as well as a general
năng lực, khả năng suspicion amongst the villagers that he was
The test is designed to ensure that new citizens somewhat mad — led to a long series of bitter
have a "working competency" in the English disagreements with some of his students' parents,
language and "a sense of what makes Australia and eventually culminated in April 1926 in the
tick". collapse of an eleven year old boy whom
Wittgenstein had struck on the head
what makes sb tick
 reinvent (v)
vision (n) lột xác (nghĩa bóng)
tầm nhìn ~ sth / yourself (as sth) to present yourself/sth in a
Jane blocked Cross's vision and he could new form or with a new image:
see nothing... The former wild man of rock has reinvented
himself as a respectable family man.
luncheon (n) As the youngsters swayed to the "patriotic
a formal lunch or a formal word for lunch: karaoke" emanating from the stage, a voice
a charity luncheon boomed out from the loudspeakers exhorting them
Luncheon will be served at one, Madam. to reinvent Russia's lost glory.

bewilder (v) sinister (a)

to confuse sb:
She was totally bewildered by his sudden change
of mood.
In the bewildering (but fragrant) world that is fame
and fortune, it's no longer enough to just be an
actor, musician or sensational beauty: everyone
must now have a smell to market as well.
seeming evil or dangerous; making you think sth
bad will happen:
báo điềm xấu, báo điềm gỡ
Nashi insists there is nothing sinister about such
parades. Leader Vasily Yakemenko said Sunday's
was designed so that members could hand out gifts
to war veterans.

prelude (n)
masculinity (n) màn dạo đầu
nam tính ~ (to sth) (written) an action or event that happens
before another more important one and forms an
femininity (n) introduction to it
nữ tính As a result, masses of ice the size of Manhattan are
now lurching forward by as much as 10m at a
line (n) time, a fact supported by the increasing number of
dòng sản phẩm gargantuan - Richter-scale magnitude 5.0 and
Jo-Anne Mason, director of industry analyst above - glacial earthquakes being recorded.
Beauty Update, which keeps tabs on the cosmetics Between 1993 and 2002, between six and 15 such
world, says celeb fragrances now drive the quakes occurred. By 2004, this had leapt to 24,
perfume market, with Britney Spears' and Kylie and in 2005, there were 32. Is this the prelude to a
Minogue's lines doing especially well this collapse?
Christmas.
drastic (a)
hitch-hike (v) mạnh mẽ, quyết liệt
to travel by asking for free rides in other people's This indicates that we are losing the battle for
cars, by standing at the side of the road and trying climatic stability, and that drastic action is now
to get passing cars to stop: required to control the trend.
They hitch-hiked around Europe.
Carmel's mother Marilyn said she met Gibson in usher sth<->in
Adelaide in 1976 when he picked her up while she (formal) to be the beginning of sth new or to make
was hitch-hiking to Sydney. sth new begin:
The change of management ushered in fresh ideas
painstaking (a) and policies.
chịu khó, cần cù, cẩn thận Ushering in a "national loo culture", Malaysia's
needing a lot of care, effort and attention to detail: deputy premier inspected a roadside toilet in a
Its purpose and appearance had been painstakingly Kuala Lumpur shopping belt and urged the crowd
created to appear benign. outside to be cleaner while spending a penny.
pageant (n)
(AmE) a competition for young women in which
their beauty, personal qualities and skills are
judged:
thi hoa hậu
DONALD Trump owns the Miss USA, Miss Teen
USA and Miss Universe pageants.
a beauty pageant
compare BEAUTY CONTEST
shimmer (v) (n)
tỏa sáng lung linh
a shimmer of moonlight in the dark sky
 shimmering (a)
leach (v)
~ sth (from sth) (into sth) | ~ sth out / away (of a
liquid) to remove chemicals, minerals, etc. from
soil:
The nutrient is quickly leached away
What we’ve found is salt leaching from the landfill
is marking its way into Monee Ponds Creek
refutation (n)
sự bác bẻ lại
He prepared a complete refutation of
the Republicans' most serious charges.
single out (v)
select from a group
Then she singles out a young man, Legba
(Menothy Cesar) - who also spends time with
Ellen - and throws herself into exploring a
relationship with him.
guise (n)
deceptive outward appearance: a false outward
appearance
lốt, vỏ
The story appears in different guises in different
cultures.
Like most of the characters, we see him in
different guises, in different contexts.
advent (n)
sự đến, sự tới
(the ~ of sth/sb) (written) the coming of an
important event, person, invention, etc:
Blowfly strike (Myiasis) in sheep was the cause of
untold misery and death in sheep before the advent
of dipping
the advent of new technology
transformation (n)
sự đổi ngôi (nghĩa bóng)
The movie begins with a moment of
transformation, the election of the new Labour
government but it's depicted in a scene that
emphasises tradition and its absurdities.
huddle (n)
a small group of people, objects or buildings that
are close together, especially when they are not in
any particular order:
đống lộn xộn
People stood around in huddles.
The track led them to a huddle of barns and
outbuildings.
Lots of young animators and artists - the average
age on Happy Feet was 27 - drift through the
corridors or huddle over new jobs. And there are
computers. Lots of computers.
commandant (n)
the officer in charge of a particular military group
or institution:
sĩ quan chỉ huy
the commandant of a prisoner of war camp
Commandant Macdonald
sadist (n)
a person who gets pleasure, especially sexual
pleasure, from hurting other people
người thích thú những trò tàn ác, người ác dâm
ostensible (a)
bề ngoài là
seeming or stated to be real or true, when this is
perhaps not the case:
The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.
narcissism (n)  (a)
(formal, disapproving) the habit of admiring
yourself too much, especially your appearance
nacissistic (a)
tự yêu mình; quá chú ý đến vẻ đẹp của mình
neurosis (n)
(medical) a mental illness in which a person
suffers strong feelings of fear and worry
(y học) chứng loạn thần kinh chức năng
Think of her as the passive, damaged Nazi victim
who meets her former concentration camp
commandant after the war in Liliana Cavani's The
Night Porter. There, she was a sadist's wet dream.
Or recall her as the beautiful-but-crazy Dorrie,
Woody Allen's muse in Stardust Memories, the
1980 film in which she gave us a compelling
account of mental breakdown in a film ostensibly
about a narcissistic comedian's neuroses.
apologia (n)
lời biện hộ, lời biện giải
An apologia is a statement in which
you defend something that you strongly
believe in, for example a way of life, a
person's behaviour, or a philosophy.
(FORMAL)
Well," says Rampling, "I have to ask you, what is
behind your question?" To be honest, mostly it
stemmed from journalistic devil's-advocacy. But
isn't the film effectively an apologia for
prostitution? "I don't think it is, but if it is, then
what?" she asks
poise (n)
tư thế đĩnh đạc, tư thế đàng hoàng
reprove (v)
~ sb (for sth / for doing sth) (formal) to tell sb that
you do not approve of sth that they have done:
mắng mỏ, quở trách, khiển trách
[VN] Charles reproved her for rushing away
the contestants-cum-victims in Australian
Princess are forever being reproved for their
alleged lack of poise, manners or culture
revelation (n)  # (n) ???
sự khám phá
The company's financial problems followed the
revelation of a major fraud scandal.
 tradition (n)
"Do not go by revelation or tradition,do not go by
rumour, or the sacred scriptures, do not go by
hearsay or mere logic, do not go by bias towards a
notion or by another person's seeming ability and
do not go by the idea 'He is our teacher'. But when
you yourself know that a thing is good, that it is
not blameble, that it is praised by the wise and
when practised and observed that it leads to
happiness, then follow that thing."
working (n) = operation (n)
cách làm việc
~ (of sth) the way in which a machine, a system,
an organization, etc. works:
Ancient man, ignorant of the workings of nature,
could not understand the causes of these natural
forces. Terrified at the threat they presented, he
began to search for answers.
commemorate (v)
kỷ niệm, tưởng nhớ
The 39-year-old — whose wealth is estimated at
about $7 billion — told friends the news in
Melbourne yesterday at the launch of a $10
million foundation to commemorate his father
Kerry's contribution to cricket
paradigm (n)
(formal or technical) a typical example or pattern
of sth:
mẫu
a paradigm for students to copy
The war was a paradigm of the evil and destructive
side of human nature.
It's one of the leaders of a paradigm shift in the
culture, they write, along with similar sites such as
MySpace, Google Video and Revver, as well as
other cyber-collaboratives including Wikipedia
and Linux
apocalypse (n)
the destruction of the world:
Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
a situation causing very serious damage
and destruction:
an environmental apocalypse
Shifting winds sow confusion and fears of an
apocalypse
affiliate (v)
hợp tác
(yourself) (with sb/sth) to join, to be connected
with, or to work for an organization:
[VN] The majority of people questioned affiliated
themselves with a religious group.
The doctors are affiliated with the Relief Fund.
She is currently affiliated with Stardust Promotion,
and became popular after playing a girl who
suffered from an intractable disease called
spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) in the
nonfiction drama "1 Litre of Tears"
improvise (v)
to make or do sth using whatever is available,
usually because you do not have what you really
need:
ứng biến
[V] There isn't much equipment. We're going to
have to improvise. * [VN] We improvised some
shelves out of planks of wood and bricks
fathom (n)
~ sb/sth (out) to understand or find an explanation
for sth:
lý giải
[VN] It is hard to fathom the pain felt at the death
of a child. * [Vwh-] He couldn't fathom out what
the man could possibly mean.
"We're trying to keep all our options open because
we really can't fathom why you would see a need
to remove Ms Schweitzer's body from her unit,"
Insp Oxford told Macquarie Radio
apt (a)
1/ suitable or appropriate in the circumstances:
a particularly apt description / name / comment *
The song would have been more apt for a bass
voice.
2/ có khuynh hướng hay
Babies are apt to put objects into their mouths.
3/ ~ pupil
a person who has a natural ability to learn and
understand
decimate (v)
tàn sát
to kill large numbers of animals, plants or people
in a particular area:
The rabbit population was decimated by the
disease.
The assassins are in turn deciminated by a large
advancing army in golden armour, under the
command of Prince Jai
disgruntled (a)
~ (at sb/sth) annoyed or disappointed because sth
has happened to upset you:
bực tức, cáu kỉnh cằn nhằn
không bằng lòng, bất bình
I left feeling disgruntled at the way I'd been
treated. * disgruntled employees
Difficult because of the ease with which one may
offend, disgruntle, bore, cause misunderstanding,
lose contact with others
predicament (n)
tình trạng khó khăn, tình trạng hiểm nguy
a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one
where it is difficult to know what to do:
the club's financial predicament * I'm in a terrible
predicament.
Sometimes a person who is completely neutral and
uninvolved may see the situation from such a
perspective that it sheds a new light onto your
predicament
tuition (n)
học phí
but knowing what my parents had to spend on
enrolment fees and tuition at the private university
I was attending, I was in no position to insist.
stunt (n)
sự phô trương
(sometimes disapproving) something that is done
in order to attract people's attention:
a publicity stunt
swindle (v)
sb (out of sth) | ~ sth (out of sb)
to cheat sb in order to get sth, especially money,
from them:
dodge (v)
né
They swindled him out of hundreds of dollars.
Some said it was a tax dodge, others saw it as a
publicity stunt for the contributors, and still others
claimed that the construction of the dormitory was
a cover for swindling the public out of a prime
piece of real estate.
novelty (n)
tính lạ thường
When I first entered the dormitory, the sheer
novelty of the event would often prompt me to get
up early to observe this patriotic ritual.
curtail (v)
(formal) to limit sth or make it last for a shorter
time:
cắt, cắt bớt, rút ngắn
Spending on books has been severely curtailed. *
The lecture was curtailed by the fire alarm going
off.
It is only when a concrete legal framework with
strict punishments comes into effect that such a
trend can be curtailed.
convalesce (v)
to spend time getting your health and strength
back after an illness
SYN RECUPERATE:
lại sức, hồi phục (sau khi ốm)
She is convalescing at home after her operation.
procession (n)
a line of people or vehicles that move along
slowly, especially as part of a ceremony; the act of
moving in this way:
đám rước; cuộc diễu hành; đoàn diễu hành (người,
xe, thuyền...)
a funeral procession * a torchlight procession *
The procession made its way down the hill
During a tapir hunt in the Mesoamerican jungle,
Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), his father Flint
Sky (Morris Birdyellowhead), and their fellow
tribesmen encounter a procession of traumatized
and fearful refugees
ravage (v) (n)
to badly damage sth:
a country ravaged by civil war * a recession that
has ravaged the textile industry
The procession's leader explains that their lands
have been ravaged, and with Flint Sky's
permission, the procession passes through the
forest
intent (n)
mục đích
~ (to do sth) (formal or law) what you intend to do
SYN INTENTION:
She denies possessing the drug with intent to
supply. * He was charged with wounding with
intent. * a letter / statement of intent
peerless (a)
có một không hai
It's a peerless example of sensational, rather than
sensationalist, filmmaking
sideline (n)
nghề tay trái
an activity that you do as well as your main job in
order to earn extra money:
His hobby of winemaking was fast becoming a
profitable sideline.
elaborate (v)
~ (on / upon sth) to explain or describe sth in a
more detailed way:
đi sâu hơn
[V] He said he was resigning but did not elaborate
on his reasons. * [VN] She went on to elaborate
her argument.
sleep-walk (v)
mộng du
spectacle (n)
cảnh tượng, quang cảnh
behold (v)
to look at or see sb/sth:
ngắm nhìn
Her face was a joy to behold. * They beheld a
bright star shining in the sky.
Like that other famous rock in Australia - Uluru -
Hanging Rock is a beautiful spectacle to behold,
especially on misty late-autumn mornings or
during stunning summer sunsets
sketchy (a)
not complete or detailed and therefore not very
useful:
sơ sài
He gave us only a very sketchy account of his
visit. * sketchy notes
texture (n)
tổ chức, cách cấu tạo, kết cấu, cách sắp đặt
This cheese has an open, crumbly
texture with a strong flavour...
It's not only decisions in sketchy circumstances
that get rationalized but also the texture of our
immediate experience
repercussion (n)
(written) an indirect and usually bad result of an
action or event that may happen some time
afterwards
SYN CONSEQUENCE:
tác động ngược lại, hậu quả
The collapse of the company will have
repercussions for the whole industry.
Some of the debris could pose a threat to
spacecraft passing through the region, scientists
say, and will remain a problem for hundreds of
years to come. And there will be repercussions on
Earth, too
leeway (n)
the amount of freedom that you have to change sth
or to do sth in the way you want to:
How much leeway should parents give their
children?
"It shows that the Peoples Liberation Army has
considerable leeway — a great deal of influence if
not autonomy — to increase their capacity even at
considerable diplomatic cost."
fake (v) (n) (a)
to make sth false appear to be genuine, especially
in order to deceive sb:
She faked her mother's signature on the document.
All the paintings proved to be fakes
counterfeit (v)
to make an exact copy of sth in order to trick
people into thinking that it is the real thing
Remy Martin and Hennessey are the two trademarks
that are most counterfeited
forge (v)  (n)
to make an illegal copy of sth in order to deceive
people:
to forge a passport / banknote / cheque * He's
getting good at forging his mother's signature.
forgery (n)
impersonate (v)
mạo nhận, đóng giả
to pretend to be sb in order to deceive people or to
entertain them:
He was caught trying to impersonate a security
guard. * They do a pretty good job of
impersonating Laurel and Hardy.
Many of the stand-ins are ordinary people who
sign up to make a few extra bucks, and while most
end up impersonating significant others, Bek Hui
Sun, president of the year-old Seoul-based website
Helpmon.com, notes that demand for parents-for-
hire is growing
exertion (n)
dùng sức để làm gì đó…
sự dùng, sự sử dụng (sức mạnh, ảnh hưởng...)
physical or mental effort; the act of making an
effort:
She was hot and breathless from the exertion of
cycling uphill. * He needed to relax after the
exertions of a busy day at work.
HUMAN
human sounds: babble, bawl, boo, chatter,
chortle, chuckle, gasp, giggle, groan, hum, moan,
murmur, mutter, screak, scream, shriek, sigh,
snicker, snigger, splutter, titter, wheeze, whimper,
whine, whisper
GESTURE
She wears her hair long.
She wears a long hair (Cô ta để tóc dài)
Pageboy hair style (Tóc tiểu đồng)
Hair - roller (Ống cuộn tóc)
Brooch (Cái trâm)
Bun (Tóc búi)
Dark/ black hair (Tóc đen/ xanh)
Blond hair (Tóc vàng hoe)
Brown hair (Tóc nâu)
Straight hair (Tóc thẳng, rễ tre)
Wavy hair (Tóc gợn sóng)
Curly hair (Tóc quăn, uốn)
Fuzzy hair (Tóc rối)
Wispy hair (Tóc lọn)
Long/ short hair (Tóc dài/ ngắn)
Shoulder – length (Tóc ngang vai, tóc thề)
Unkempt/ untidy/ uncombed hair (Tóc bù xù)
Silky hair/ shiny hair (Tóc mượt)
Central parting (Tóc rẽ ngôi giữa)
Side parting (Tóc rẽ 7-3)
Parting hair (Tóc chẻ mái)
Swept back hair (Tóc chải về sau)
Gap – toothed (adj) (Có răng sún)
Round face (mặt tròn) ...a bronze bust of the Queen.
Oval face (mặt trái xoan)
Square face (mặt vuông) side (n)
Long face (mặt dài) sườn, lườn
Thin face (mặt xương xẩu)
Straight nose (mũi thẳng) groin (n)
Pointed nose Mũi nhọn háng, bụng dưới

double chin (n) elbow (n)

cằm đôi khuỷu tay, cùi chỏ

pointed chin (n)

cằm nhọn
lies on one’s back
cleft chin (n) nằm ngửa
cằm chẻ
tap (v)
shaved head (n) if you tap your fingers, feet, etc. or they tap, you
đầu trọc hit them gently against a table, the floor, etc., for
example to the rhythm of music:
pony-tail hair (n) He kept tapping his fingers on the table.
tóc đuôi ngựa The music set everyone's feet tapping.
Film distributor Village Roadshow is tapping its
bunch / twist hair (n) Happy Feet after the animated film about singing
tóc lọn and dancing penguins made a big splash at the
Boxing Day box office yesterday.
abdomen (n)
bụng tousle (v)
to make sb's hair untidy
buttocks, butts (n)
mông đít tousled (a)
a boy with blue eyes and tousled hair
knuckles (n)
Khớp đốt ngón tay gait (n)
Your knuckles are the rounded pieces (written) a way of walking:
of bone that form lumps on your hands dáng đi
where your fingers join your hands, and He walked with a rolling gait.
where your fingers bend.
Brenda's knuckles were white as she well-rounded (a)
gripped the arms of the chair. shapely: having a rounded or otherwise pleasingly
shaped body
limbs (n) tròn trịa, đầy đặn
tứ chi In the second scene, you see the gorgeous and
Your limbs are your arms and legs. well-rounded Aida totally lying naked on the
She would be able to stretch out her couch
cramped limbs and rest for a few hours.
crease (v)
bust (n) to make lines in the skin; to develop lines in the
nửa người, bán thân skin:
A bust is a statue of the head and nhăn
shoulders of a person.
[VN] A frown creased her forehead. * [V] Her face pasty (a)
creased into a smile. pale and not looking healthy:
With hair like a scrubbing-brush, ears that stick xanh xao, nhợ nhạt
out, and a creased monkey face, Craig has to a pasty face / complexion
become Bond by sheer force of personality, a In contrast to Sir Nakano, "Uniform" was short,
process that constitutes the true subject of the film pudgy and pasty-faced.

coarse (a) crewcut (n)

(of skin or fabric) rough; not soft: kiểu tóc húi cua (đàn ông)
coarse hands / linen Tall, with a crewcut and high cheekbones, he
The data indicate that some asteroids have a very always wore the same outfit: white shirt, black
smooth surface, while others have very coarse trousers, black shoes, navy-blue jumper.
terrain
plump (a)
chubby (a) tròn trĩnh, phúng phính
slightly fat in a way that people usually find The plump cheeks that had been a special feature
attractive: of hers were all but gone, and her neck had
chubby cheeks / fingers / hands * She was eleven become delicate and slender.
years old and pretty in a chubby sort of way.
brow (n)
shaggy (a) mày, lông mày
đầu tóc râu ria bờm xờm (người) I bought some ice and used several layers of
rậm lông, bờm xờm (of hair, fur, etc.) plastic bags to hold it on his forehead, wiped his
long and untidy: sweating brow with cold towels, took his
a shaggy mane of hair temperature every hour, and even changed his vest
for him.
having long untidy hair, fur, etc:
a huge shaggy white dog * The youth shook his recede (v)
shaggy head. (of hair) to stop growing at the front of the head:
hói
shaky (a) a middle-aged man with receding hair / a receding
shaking and feeling weak because of illness, hairline
emotion or old age: He was a tall man in his early sixties with receding
run, yếu hair
Her voice sounded shaky on the phone. * The old
man was very shaky on his feet. * My legs still felt fringe (n)
quite shaky. the front part of sb's hair that is cut so that it hangs
over their forehead
stagger (v) mái tóc
lảo đảo; bước đi loạng choạng Wildly chopped, her hair stuck out in patches and
After the battle, Prince Jai staggers from amongst the fringe lay crooked against her forehead, but the
the sea of dead bodies as the sole survivor, and style suited her perfectly.
engages in close-quarter combat in a desperate
attempt to counter the Emperor's forces as the temple (n)
Empress watches on with teary eyes (giải phẫu) thái dương

podgy, pudgy (a) navel (n)

hơi mập cái rốn
slightly fat:
podgy arms / hands plumpness (n)
sự tròn trĩnh, sự phúng phính; vẻ mụ mẫm
All signs of girlish plumpness had been stripped
away since Kizuki's death to be replaced by the
flesh of a mature woman.
little finger (n)
ngón tay út
swarthy (a)
(especially of a person or their face) having dark
skin:
ngăm đen (da)
a swarthy complexion / face / man
Beneath the eaves of a shop that had closed for the
night, a swarthy homeless guy was crouching,
motionless.
inert (a)
(formal) without power to move or act:
He lay inert with half-closed eyes. * The president
has to operate within an inert political system.
jab (v)
to push a pointed object into sb/sth, or in the
direction of sb/sth, with a sudden strong
movement:
đâm mạnh, cái thọc mạnh
[VN] She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger
He lay on his side, limp, the drooping left arm
inert, jabbed with an intravenous needle.
pasty (a)
pale and not looking healthy:
xanh xao, nhợt nhạt
a pasty face / complexion
A white bandage encircled his head, and his pasty
white arms were dotted with the holes left by
injections or intravenous drips.
clump (n)
cục, hòn
whiskers (n)
râu, ria
Around the dry lips clumps of whiskers sprouted
like weeds
drained (a)
very tired and without energy:
She suddenly felt totally drained.
"Well, he's just come out of surgery, and we've got
him on painkillers so, well, he's pretty drained,"
flare (v)
if a person or animal flares their NOSTRILS (= the
openings at the end of the nose), or if their nostrils
flare, they become wider, especially as a sign of
anger:
hai cánh mũi lại nở ra
[V] The horse backed away, its nostrils flaring
with fear.
His eyes were bloodshot as if he had been
drinking, and each time he took a deep breath his
nostrils flared a little.
emaciated (a)
thin and weak, usually because of illness or lack of
food:
gầy yếu, tiều tụy
He was thirty, but looked fifty, with pale skin,
hopeless eyes and an emaciated body, covered in
sores.
pop (v)
if your eyes pop or pop out, they suddenly open
fully because you are surprised or excited:
mắt lồi ra
Her eyes nearly popped out of her head when she
saw them.
Shaving, I discovered in the mirror that I was
becoming emaciated. My eyes were popping. I
could hardly recognize myself.
pout (v)
if you pout, pout your lips or if your lips pout, you
push out your lips, to show you are annoyed or to
look sexually attractive:
bĩu môi, trề môi
[V] He pouted angrily. * Her lips pouted
invitingly. * [VN] models pouting their lips for the
camera
Her eyes sparkled, and she pouted with just the
hint of a smile.
miệng chị hơi dẩu ra gần như một nụ
cười
froth (v)
to produce a lot of SALIVA (= liquid in your
mouth):
sùi bọt mép
The dog was frothing at the mouth. * (figurative)
He frothed at the mouth (= was very angry) when I
asked for more money.
Witnesses told the Nine Network the boy was
frothing at the mouth and his gums were bleeding.
gape (v)
~ (at sb/sth) to stare at sb/sth with your mouth
open because you are shocked or surprised:
há hốc mồm
Isabel gaped at him, horrified. * Frank gaped. He
couldn't believe what he was seeing.
On the ground they stood and gaped
gash (n) (v)
~ (in / on sth) a long deep cut in the surface of sth,
especially a person's skin:
vết cắt, vết rạch
He needed an operation to close a nasty gash in his
arm. * The explosion left a wide gash in the rock.
heave (v)
to lift, pull or throw sb/sth very heavy with one
great effort:
[VN] I managed to heave the trunk down the
stairs. * They heaved the body overboard.
A corpse blocked the gash in the Otter's side and
he heaved it aside, forcing his way in to where
Kimberley was screaming in the dark. "Not
words," he says, "just screaming."
posture (n)
tư thế; dáng điệu, dáng bộ
Her injuries and her pain have thrown out her
posture
scale (n)
vẩy cá
scaly (a)
(of skin) covered with SCALES:
scaly skin / monsters
About 10 centimetres long and five wide, it is a
puckered deep purple. It looks like a rough piece
of bark, scaly and thick
trim (a)
(of a person) looking thin, healthy and attractive:
She has kept very trim. * a trim figure
physique (n)
the size and shape of a person's body:
vóc người, dạng người
He has the physique of a rugby player. * a good /
strong / youthful physique
tone (v)
~ sth (up) to make your muscles, skin, etc. firmer
and stronger:
Massage will help to tone up loose skin under the
chin. * a beautifully toned body
shapely (a)
(especially of a woman's body) having an
attractive curved shape:
hình dáng cân đối
a shapely young woman * a shapely figure / leg
While he used to be a trim 33 kilograms, Ben now
tips the scales at 38 kilograms - a figure that has
seen his previously toned physique turn from
shapely to sausage-like
figure (n)
the shape of the human body, especially a woman's
body that is attractive:
vóc dáng, dáng người
She's always had a good figure. * I'm watching my
figure (= trying not to get fat).
streaky (a)
marked with lines of a different colour:
streaky blonde hair * The wallpaper was streaky
with grease.
To Israelis, her name is simply "A," a former
staffer in the office of Israeli President Moshe
Katsav, known to the nation through press
photographs depicting her shapely figure and
streaky blonde hair, yet keeping her face hidden
blow (v)
When you blow your nose, you force air
out of it through your nostrils in order to
clear it.
She dabbed her eyes and blew her nose.
He took out a handkerchief and blew his
nose.
soundly (a)
If you sleep soundly, you sleep deeply
and do not wake during your sleep.
How can he sleep soundly at night?...
She was too soundly asleep to hear
Stefano's return.
= deeply
Sleeping soundly in this flat of hers, I wrung the
fatigue from every cell of my body, drop by drop. I
dreamed of a butterfly dancing in the half-light.
grit (v)
grit your teeth
to bite your teeth tightly together:
nghiến răng
She gritted her teeth against the pain. * 'Stop it!' he
said through gritted teeth.
I would try clamping my eyes shut and gritting my
teeth, and wait for it to pass
waste away (v)
(of a person) to become thin and weak, especially
because of illness
tàn tạ
I'll always stay twisted like this and grow old and
waste away here.
scrawny (a)
(disapproving) (of people or animals) very thin in
a way that is not attractive:
gầy gò, khẳng khiu
He had long scrawny fingers.
There were a few scrawny chickens in the yard.
A scrawny dog came up wagging its tail and
sniffing around my little campfire for something to
eat but eventually gave up and wandered away.
portly (a)
béo tốt, đẫy đà
An overweight Chinese petrol station attendant has
become an unexpected celebrity after a picture of
his portly face was posted on the internet
frail (a)
especially of an old person) physically weak and
thin:
ốm yếu
Mother was becoming too frail to live alone.
his frail hands
Mrs Hastie said she had spent several days going
back to the Amari Hotel, where her frail mother
was trapped in a ground floor room with sand-
filled water swirling outside the windows before
smashing through
feeble (a)
very weak
He told them he was old and feeble and
was not able to walk so far...
The feeble light of a tin lamp.
hefty (a)
(of a person or an object) big and heavy:
to béo
Her brothers were both hefty men in their forties.
punishing (a)
[usually before noun] long and difficult and
making you work hard so you become very tired:
The President has a punishing schedule for the
next six months.
After suffering a mild stroke on December 18, the
hefty former general had ploughed back into a
punishing public schedule in recent weeks after
several days in hospital.
glossy (a)
Glossy means smooth and shiny.
...glossy black hair...
The leaves were dark and glossy.
ACTIONS
weep (v)
~ (for / with sth) | ~ (at / over sth) (formal or
literary) to cry, usually because you are sad:
This last blow overcame her, and she knelt by
Beaufo's coffin weeping bitterly, when my father
entered the chamber
tout (v)
~ sb/sth (as sth) to try to persuade people that
sb/sth is important or valuable by praising them/it:
Yet some scientists began touting the enormous
benefits that human cloning might bring
She's being touted as the next leader of the party.
Their much-touted expansion plans have come to
nothing.
clasp (v)
siết chặt
He leaned forward, his hands clasped tightly
together
gnaw (v)
~ (away) (at / on sth) to keep biting sth or chewing
it hard, so that it gradually disappears
gặm
The dog was gnawing a bone
 He stamped the snow off his boots.
writhe (v)
(about / around) (in / with sth) to twist or move crawl, creep, scramble
your body without stopping, often because you are
in great pain: gaze (v)
đau đớn quằn quại nhìn chằm chằm
She was writhing around on the floor in agony.
The snake writhed and hissed. beam (v)
(figurative) He was writhing (= suffering a lot) ~ (sth) (at sb) to have a big happy smile on your
with embarrassment. face
writhing in agony He beamed at the journalists
quằn quại trong đau khổ
muse (v)
hare (v) nghĩ thầm
to run or go somewhere very fast I sat quietly, musing on the events of the day.
He hared away down the street.
She's always haring off to France on business. dabble (v)
…to go haring around the country ~ sth (in sth) to move your hands, feet, etc. around
hare (n) in water:
thỏ rừng lội (trong nước)
She dabbled her toes in the stream

snare (v) hawk (v)

đánh bẫy, gài bẫy to try to sell things by going from place to place
to snare a rabbit asking people to buy them
(figurative) Her one thought was to snare a rich SYN PEDDLE
husband. bán hàng rong
(figurative) He found himself snared in a web of He worked as a door-to-door salesman peddling
intrigue. cloths and brushes.
snare (n) to peddle illegal drugs
cái bẫy

stalk (v)
prop (v) to move slowly and quietly towards an animal or a
~ sth/sb (up) (against sth) to support an object by person, in order to kill, catch or harm it or them
leaning it against sth, or putting sth lén theo, đuổi theo (thú săn, kẻ địch…)
He propped his bike against the wall. The hunter stalks his prey in a postwar chart
reconstructing the attack
stroll (v)
to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way spy (v)
People were strolling along the beach (literary or formal) to suddenly see or notice sb/sth
nhận ra, nhận thấy
ramble (v) in the distance we spied the Pacific for the first
(BrE) to walk for pleasure, especially in the time
countryside:
We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. weave (v)
(wove, woven)
stamp (v) dệt
giậm chân
I tried stamping my feet to keep warm. hurl (v)
Sam stamped his foot in anger. ném mạnh
Then, with a gesture of desperation, he tore the
mask from his face and hurled it upon the ground flank (v)
(be flanked by sb/sth) to have sb/sth on one or
strive (v) both sides:
(strove, striven) kèm bên sườn
(formal) to try very hard to achieve sth or to defeat
sth rob (v)
We encourage all members to strive for the highest robbed
standards cướp

swaddle (v) wade (v)

bọc bằng tả, quấn bằng tả to walk with an effort through sth, especially water
…the murder of their swaddling baby Azaria or mud:
Hours after several men waded ashore to ask
stroll (v) directions, HMAS Geraldton caught up with the
to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way: group and they were taken into detention in
đi dạo, tản bộ Darwin

skim (v) handcuff (v)

đọc lướt qua còng
He was skimming through a golf magazine  handcuffs (n)
cái còng tay
stow (v)
~ sth (away) (in sth) to put sth in a safe place: dredge (v)
xếp gọn ghẽ (hàng hóa…) nạo vét sông, biển
Another drawback is that you have to stow all of …the nature of toxic sediments that could be
your belongings in the overhead compartment stirred up by dredging
She found a seat, stowed her backpack and sat
down. oust (v)
His passport was stowed away in the desk. ~ sb (from sth / as sth) (written) to force sb out of
a job or position of power, especially in order to
surge (v) take their place:
to move quickly and forcefully in a particular đuổi, trục xuất, hất cẳng
direction: The rebels finally managed to oust the government
The gates opened and the crowd surged forward from power
Labour surges to lead as IR fury bites
tread (v)
bid (v) (formal or literary) to walk somewhere
~ (sb) good morning, farewell, etc. (formal) to say At this stage, the Government is treading carefully
'good morning', etc. to sb
(bidding, bade, bidden) slump (v) (n)
Nguyen family flies out to bid final farewell. hạ nhanh, sụt thình lình.

brave (v) leap (v) --

to have to deal with sth difficult or unpleasant in (leapt, leapt)
order to achieve sth: to jump high or a long way
đương đầu với
He did not feel up to braving the journalists at the curb (v)
airport. to control or limit sth, especially sth bad
…her son Khoa, Nguyen’s twin brother, silently SYN CHECK
braved a media pack at Melbourne Airport kìm chế, hạn chế
…to curb deforestation
maim (v)
tremble (v) (n) to injure sb seriously, causing permanent damage
run, run sợ, lo sợ to their body
thương tật
cull (v) But what happens to those who wounded or
to kill a particular number of animals of a group in maimed in bomb attacks?
order to prevent the group from getting too large
thread (v)
edge (v) to move or make sth move through a narrow
to move or to move sth slowly and carefully in a space, avoiding things that are in the way:
particular direction lách qua, len lỏi qua
…at least it suggests the Liberals’ figures are The waiters threaded between the crowded tables
edging in the right direction tout (v)
She edged a little closer to me. chào hàng
I edged nervously past the dog. Children touting sweets or cigarettes thread their
Emily edged her chair forward. way through piles of rubbish

splurge (v) (n) wail (v)

sự phô trương rầm rộ than khóc
That this conclusion has been reached in the face weep (v)
of a $55 million taxpayer-funded propaganda khóc
splurge aimed at reassuring voters… The little girl was wailing miserably.
women wailing and weeping
ditch (v)
(informal) to get rid of sth/sb because you no crouch (v)
longer want or need it/them né, núp, cúi mình
By ditching the Likud brand, Sharon is freeing I crouched between cars until it was safe to go.
himself of the rivals…
pat (v)
hedge (v) (-tt-) to touch sb/sth gently several times with your
to avoid giving a direct answer to a question or hand flat, especially as a sign of affection:
promising to support a particular idea, etc: vỗ nhẹ
tránh không trả lời thẳng She patted the dog on the head.
Just answer 'yes' or 'no'-and stop hedging The doctors, knowing the man was already dead,
China has hedged for years about the terms of the patted the son’s shoulder, telling him it was too
much-postponed visit but appears to have given late
critical guarantees…
ponder (v)
irk (v) ~ (about / on / over sth) (written) to think about sth
(formal or literary) to annoy or irritate sb carefully for a period of time
at times: đôi khi SYN CONSIDER
That close partnership has at times irked other EU They were left to ponder on the implications of the
countries… announcement

binge (v) shrewd (a)

~ (on sth) to eat or drink too much, especially không ngoan
without being able to control yourself: spurn (v)
When she's depressed she binges on chocolate. (written) to reject or refuse sb/sth, especially in a
 binge drinking proud way
cuộc chè chén say sưa
The exception was The Sunday Age, which carried She’d stopped sulking, now she looked, more,
a shrewd warning by its then Asia editor Mark stare and puzzled
Baker: "Singapore has routinely spurned protests
by foreign governments over the use of capital gasp (v) (n)
punishment." thở hổn hển

buck (v) bark (v)

(informal) to resist or oppose sth ~ (out) sth to give orders, ask questions, etc. in a
kháng cự, chống đối loud, unfriendly way:
But the US has bucked the trend, reintroducing the quát tháo
death penalty in 1976 She barked out an order.
He barked questions at her
mock (v)  (n)
(formal) to show no respect for sth glimpse (n) (v)
chế nhạo, nhạo báng nhìn lướt qua, nhìn thoáng qua
A youngx Australian has died a pointless, brutal
death that mocks universal principles of justice, sigh (v) (n)
writes Mark Baker. thở dài
mockery (n)  redicule (n) tiếng thở dài, thở dài

muffle (v)
slither (v) ~ sb/sth (up) (in sth) to wrap or cover sb/sth in
to move somewhere in a smooth, controlled way, order to keep them/it warm
often close to the ground: bọc, ủ, quấn
trườn, bò She muffled the child up in a blanket.
The snake slithered away as we approached hunch (v)
But where once this massive snake slithered into khom xuống, gập cong, uốn cong
the imaginations of children, there is now less Others stood muffled in civilian jackets, shoulders
wonder in childhood. hunched against the chill

grasp (v) recite (v)

to understand sth completely đọc thuộc long
nắm được, hiểu thấu (vấn đề…)
When the Prime Minister supports the death crave (v)
penalty for Saddam Hussein he once again fails to thèm muốn, ước ao
grasp the nation’s moral compass The more his father was away, the more Jack
craved his admiration and respect

flutter (v) fleck (n) (v)

rung, phấp phới (cờ) vết lốm đốm, làm lốm đốm
Flags fluttered in the breeze The fabric was red, flecked with gold.
Her eyelids fluttered but did not open His hair was flecked with paint.
Little wooden boats with little flags fluttering in Mud and rain flecked the car windows.
the breeze carried little white men to the shore The shore was littered with paper flecks from
fireworks that had been exploded on the sand, and
puzzle (v) waves crashed against the beach with a mad roar.
bối rối, khó xử
What puzzles me is why he left the country
without telling anyone cower (v)
sulk (v) ngồi co rúm lại
hờn dỗi
A gun went off and people cowered behind walls
and under tables
whimper (v)
to make low, weak crying noises; to speak in this
way:
khóc thút thít
The child was lost and began to whimper.
'Don't leave me alone,' he whimpered.
hound (v)
to keep following sb and not leave them alone,
especially in order to get sth from them or ask
them questions
= harass (v)
săn lùng, truy đuổi
Labour Treasury spokesman Wayne Swan, who
has hounded Mr Costello over his appointment of
Liberal donor Robert Gerard to the Reserve Bank
board, said the Treasurer was in retreat.
Newcomers are constantly hounding
them for advice...
fake (v)
làm giả, giả mạo
She faked her mother's signature on the document.
South Korean TV station reported that a co-author
of the paper said Professor Hwang admitted
pressuring a former scientist at his lab to fake data.
rile (v)
to annoy sb or make them angry:
trọc tức, trêu chọc
Nothing ever seemed to rile him
taunt (v)
~ sb (with sth)
to try to make sb angry or upset by saying unkind
things about them, laughing at their failures, etc:
The other kids continually taunted him about his
size
They allege the men taunt the lifesavers by
stealing equipment and kicking balls at them
trundle (v)
to move or roll somewhere slowly and noisily; to
move sth slowly and noisily, especially sth heavy,
with wheels:
A train trundled across the bridge
rumble (v) (n)
to make a long deep sound or series of sounds:
làm ầm ầm, tiếng ầm ầm
The machine rumbled as it started up.
thunder rumbling in the distance
shove (v)
to push sb/sth in a rough way:
xô, đẩy
…the man had shoved her into the cabin of his
four-wheel drive.
The crowd was pushing and shoving to get a better
view.
The door wouldn't open no matter how hard she
shoved.
scribble (v) = scrawl (v)
viết nguệch ngoạc
He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving.
grapple (v)
túm lấy, níu lấy
It has been an intellectual treat to me to see the
way in which you have grappled with this affair,
and I say, unaffectedly, that it would be a grief to
me to be forced to take any extreme measure.
snarl (v)
~ (sth) (at sb) to speak in an angry or bad tempered
way:
gầm gừ
'Get out of here!' he snarled.
She snarled abuse at anyone who happened to
walk past.
topple (v)
làm ngã, xô ngả
There were slates and bricks piled up on the roof
preparatory to some repairs, and they would have
me believe that the wind had toppled over one of
these.
perch (v)
~ (on sth) (of a bird) to land and stay on a branch,
etc:
(chim) đậu
A robin was perching on the fence.
It reduces human-mosquito contact by two key
mechanisms – repelling some mosquitoes before
they ever enter a dwelling and killing others that
perch on treated walls after feeding.
dog (v)
to follow sb closely:
She had the impression that someone was dogging
her steps.
down (v)
to finish a drink or eat sth quickly:
We downed our coffees and left.
Despite plummeting efficacy, chloroquine, at
pennies per course, remains the top-selling
antimalarial pharmaceutical downed by Africans
reel (v)
~ (at / from / with sth) to feel very shocked or
upset about sth:
I was still reeling from the shock.
The stem cell research community is reeling after
the revelation that breakthrough research of
Korean stem cell guru Dr Hwang Woo-suk was
largely fraudulent
swirl (v)
to move around quickly with a circular movement;
to make sth do this:
cuộn, xoáy, cuốn đi, xoáy đi
The water swirled down the drain
Hwang apologised and resigned from his position
as head of World Stem Cell Hub, but rumours
about his work continued to swirl until last week's
revelations
snatch (v)
to take sth quickly and often rudely or roughly:
túm lấy, vồ lấy
She managed to snatch the gun from his hand.
". Seeing indifference on the customer’s face, another
man in the shop jumped out to snatch his motorbike
key and pulled him into the shop, saying, “Please pick
any girl you like.”
dash (v)
go quickly
1 [usually +adv./prep.] to go somewhere very
quickly:
I must dash (= leave quickly), I'm late.
She dashed off to keep an appointment.
He dashed along the platform and jumped on the
train.
throw / beat
2 [+adv./prep.] to throw sth or make sth fall
violently onto a hard surface; to beat against a
surface:
The boat was dashed repeatedly against the rocks.
The waves were dashing against the harbour wall.
ditch (v)
(informal) to get rid of sth/sb because you no
longer want or need it/them
By ditching the Likud brand, Sharon is freeing
himself of the rivals…
The new road building programme has been
ditched.
He ditched his girlfriend.
hedge (v)
to avoid giving a direct answer to a question or
promising to support a particular idea, etc:
tránh không trả lời thẳng
Just answer 'yes' or 'no'-and stop hedging
China has hedged for years about the terms of the
much-postponed visit but appears to have given
critical guarantees…
mouth (v)
to move your lips as if you were saying sth, but
without making a sound:
He mouthed a few obscenities at us and then
moved off.
"Thank you," a beaming John mouthed to the
crowds, as he stood with his arm round Canadian-
born Furnish.
flash (v)
show quickly
[VN] to show sth to sb quickly:
He flashed his pass at the security officer.
That can be particularly important in a medical
emergency, where a partner isn't immediately
accepted as the person who makes the medical
decisions about their partner. If they flash the
certificate then there's no questions asked
seep (v)
(especially of liquids) to flow slowly and in small
quantities through sth or into sth:
rỉ ra, thấm qua
Blood was beginning to seep through the
bandages.
Water seeped from a crack in the pipe.
(figurative) Gradually the pain seeped away.
When Jaguar Paw and his tribesmen return to their
village, Flint Sky tells his son not to let the
procession's fearful state seep into him

swarm (v)
(of people, animals, etc.) to move around in a large
group:
di chuyển thành bầy, đàn
Tourists were swarming all over the island.
wage (v)
~ sth (against / on sb/sth) to begin and continue a
war, a battle, etc:
The rebels have waged a guerrilla war since 1995.
He alleged that a press campaign was being waged
against him.
The Tasmanians, in spite of their human likeness,
were entirely swept out of existence in a war of
extermination waged by European immigrants, in
the space of fifty years
puff (v)
~ (sth) (out) to make smoke or steam blow out in
clouds; to blow out in clouds:
Chimneys were puffing out clouds of smoke.
Steam puffed out.
puff (n)
hơi thở phù, luồng gió thổi phù
squirt (v)
to force liquid, gas, etc. in a thin fast stream
through a narrow opening; to be forced out of a
narrow opening in this way:
làm vọt ra, làm bắn ra
The snake can squirt poison from a distance of a
metre.
I desperately squirted water on the flames.
When I cut the lemon, juice squirted in my eye.
He compared it to a colossal puff of flame
suddenly and violently squirted out of the planet,
"as flaming gases rushed out of a gun."
quiver (v)
to shake slightly; to make a slight movement
SYN TREMBLE:
run rẩy
Her lip quivered and then she started to cry.
The memory of that day made him quiver with
anger.
It was as if it quivered, but really this was the
telescope vibrating with the activity of the
clockwork that kept the planet in view
scoff (v)
~ (at sb/sth) to talk about sb/sth in a way that
makes it clear that you think they are stupid or
ridiculous:
chế giễu, đùa cợt
He scoffed at our amateurish attempts.
Don't scoff-she's absolutely right.
He was full of speculation that night about the
condition of Mars, and scoffed at the vulgar idea
of its having inhabitants who were signalling us
curd (n)
a thick soft substance that is formed when milk
turns sour
sữa đông
As late as 1662, philosopher Henry More scoffed
that the brain showed ‘no more capacity for
thought than a cake of suet or a bowl of curds.’
scuff (v)
~ sth (on sth) to make a mark on the smooth
surface of sth when you rub it against sth rough:
cài, làm trầy
I scuffed the heel of my shoe on the stonework.
trudge (v) (n)
to walk slowly or with heavy steps, because you
are tired or carrying sth heavy
lê bước mệt nhọc
Bags dangling from my limbs, I trudged down the
hall to my new home
thaw (v)  # (v)
làm tan băng
Just an hour ago I watched those cells being
thawed and spun in a centrifuge
The snow started to thaw as the temperature kept
up.
The country was slowly thawing out after the long
cold winter.
freeze (v)
fling (v)  pp
(flung, flung)
to throw sb/sth somewhere with force, especially
because you are angry:
Someone had flung a brick through the window
Police said that Maradona was released after
agreeing to pay for damage caused when he flung
objects around the VIP room
brace (v)
~ sb / yourself (for sth) to prepare sb/yourself for
sth difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen:
[VN] UN troops are braced for more violence.
They are bracing themselves for a long legal
battle.
Firefighters bracing for worst
scorch (v)
to become or to make sth become dry and brown,
especially from the heat of the sun or from
chemicals:
làm cháy sém
scorched grass
The leaves will scorch if you water them in the sun
Firefighters are bracing for worsening conditions
in NSW amid forecast scorching temperatures and
strong winds.
howl (v) (n)
(of a dog, WOLF, etc.) to make a long, loud cry:
tru
the sound of wolves howling in the night
They were deeply upset — like the rest of us —
and in the next few days started to run together
like wolves, howling and working themselves into
an increasingly desperate frenzy in their hunt for
food, and apparently beginning to feed on corpses.
clench (v)
when you clench your hands, teeth, etc., or when
they clench, you press or squeeze them together
tightly, usually showing that you are angry,
determined or upset:
siết
With hands clenched in solidarity, Australian
tsunami survivors and families of victims wept as
they faced the sea which swept away loved ones.
cast (v)
(literary) to throw sb/sth somewhere, especially
using force:
The priceless treasures had been cast into the Nile.
They cast anchor at nightfall.
Mr Giardina helped Australian ambassador to
Thailand Bill Patterson cast a white floral wreath
into the sea after a minute's silence among around
80 victims and supporters before an Australian flag
 (n)
an act of throwing sth, especially a fishing line
snatch (v)
to take sth quickly and often rudely or roughly:
nắm lấy, vồ lấy
[VN] She managed to snatch the gun from his
hand.
Gordon snatched up his jacket and left the room.
"Some people left their children here," one angry
western woman yelled after snatching a
microphone to demand police step in. "I think it is
completely rude of you."
snag (v)
(AmE, informal) to succeed in getting sth quickly,
often before other people:
I snagged a ride from Joe.
ream (n)
(informal) a large quantity of writing:
She wrote reams in the exam.
Today Google’s users can do more than snag
reams of data.
sham (v)
to pretend sth:
giả vờ, giả mạo
Is he really sick or is he just shamming?
evade (v)
tránh khỏi
…Mr Gerald, who was accused of using sham
insurance schemes to evade tens of millions of
dollars in tax
craft (v)
to make sth using special skills, especially with
your hands:
All the furniture is crafted from natural materials.
a carefully crafted speech
… the scientists had a long public debate about the
moral issues, voted for strict standards for ethics
review and brought in a team of philosophers,
theologians, lawyers and ethicists to craft a policy
of anonymous donation for egg donors eager to
volunteer without thought of payment
fling (v)
(flung, flung)
to throw sb/sth somewhere with force, especially
because you are angry:
quăng, ném
Someone had flung a brick through the window.
He flung her to the ground.
An enormous hole had been made by the impact of
the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been
flung violently in every direction over the heath,
forming heaps visible a mile and a half away
treck (v)
(informal) to make a long or difficult journey,
especially on foot:
I hate having to trek up that hill with all the
groceries.
She was trekking in the rain-forest in Guatemala
with friends when things went badly wrong.
tumble (v)
to fall downwards, often hitting the ground several
times, but usually without serious injury; to make
sb/sth fall in this way:
ngã nhào
[V] He slipped and tumbled down the stairs
daub (v)
~ A on, etc. B | ~ B with A to spread a substance
such as paint, mud, etc. thickly and/or carelessly
onto sth:
trát lên, phết lên
The walls of the building were daubed with red
paint.
Above the spot from which Sergeant Gilliland
took his record shot, in a room at the top of a
bombed-out observation post code-named Hotel,
are daubed the words "Kill like you mean it" on
the wall.
warp (v)
to become, or make sth become, twisted or bent
out of its natural shape, for example because it has
become too hot, too damp, etc:
làm cong, làm oằn
[V] The window frames had begun to warp.
They thought that if the wingtips could be warped
while in flight, then the balance and the direction
of the flying machine could be maintained.
ram (v)
(of a vehicle, a ship, etc.) to drive into or hit
another vehicle, ship, etc. with force, sometimes
deliberately:
Two passengers were injured when their taxi was
rammed from behind by a bus.
Both organisations have been accused of
deliberately ramming the whaling boats -- an
accusation they strongly deny.
clip (v)
to hit the edge or side of sth:
The car clipped the kerb as it turned.
She clipped the ball into the net.
Inspector Noel Powers, of Ipswich police, said
witnesses saw a plume of smoke from the back of
the plane before it clipped a tree and crashed into
the dam about 500 metres away from the runway
at 10.15am
strut (v)
to walk proudly with your head up and chest out to
show that you think you are important:
The players strutted and posed for the cameras
diction (n)
1/ the way that sb pronounces words:
clear diction
2/ (technical) the choice and use of words in
literature:
Wordsworth rejected poetic diction in favour of
ordinary language.
They are trained in diction, manners and strutting
on catwalks.
sculpt (v)
~ sth (in / from / out of sth) to make figures or
objects by carving or shaping wood, stone, clay,
metal, etc:
a display of animals sculpted in ice
The figures were sculpted from single blocks of
marble.
A nose can be sculpted for $US1,500 ($A2,000),
as little as a tenth of the US price.
flip (v)
to turn over into a different position with a sudden
quick movement; to make sth do this:
lật nhanh cái gì
[V] The plane flipped and crashed.
right (v)
to return sb/sth/yourself to the normal, upright
position:
They learnt to right a capsized canoe.
At last the plane righted itself and flew on.
The yacht's crew sent out an SOS call after the
vessel flipped and then righted itself, but Mr Smith
said the crew coped well.
flash (v)
[VN] to show sth to sb quickly:
He flashed his pass at the security officer.
kick down (v)
open violently
sometimes
occasionally rather than all of the time
đôi khi, đôi lúc
Sometimes they flash their weapons, talk tough,
and kick down doors – just like in the movies
amble (v)
to walk at a slow relaxed speed:
đi nhẹ nhàng, thong thả, đi tà tà
We ambled down to the beach.
They ambled along for miles.
Mark ambled over to the girls.
coast (v)
~ (through / to sth) to be successful at sth without
having to try hard:
He coasted through his final exams.
Our horse coasted home (= won easily) by three
lengths.
The twin’s father founded the Jovan perfume
company, a glamorous business that spun off the
kinds of glamorous profits that made it possible
for the Shipps to amble through high school, coast
through university and never much worry about
getting the rent paid or keeping the fridge filled.
land (v)
(informal) to succeed in getting a job, etc.,
especially one that a lot of other people want:
[VN] He's just landed a starring role in Spielberg's
next movie.
[VNN] She's just landed herself a company
directorship.
After university, she landed a job at Vogue
magazine, where she put in seven-day workweeks,
rose quickly and became a senior editor at 23
spot (v)
(not used in the progressive tenses) to see or notice
a person or thing, especially suddenly or when it is
not easy to do so:
phát hiện
I finally spotted my friend in the crowd.
I've just spotted a mistake on the front cover.
Can you spot the difference between these two
pictures?
quench (v)
~ your thirst to drink so that you no longer feel
thirsty
SYN SLAKE
Even now that we’re doing twice the business we
did at our old place, there’s a thirst that needs to be
quenched.
bill (v)
advertise
2/ [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb/sth as sth to
advertise or describe sb/sth in a particular way:
He was billed as the new Tom Cruise.
3/ [VN to inf] [usually passive] to advertise that
sb/sth will do sth:
She was billed to speak on 'China-Yesterday and
Today'.
speck (n)
a very small spot; a small piece of dirt, etc:
The ship was now just a speck in the distance.
specks of dust / dirt
It's being billed as the first mission to the last
planet, a six billion-kilometre journey to a tiny
speck in space that will not be completed until
2015
beach (v)
to come or bring sth out of the water and onto the
shore:
[VN] He beached the boat and lifted the boy onto
the shore.
a beached whale (= a whale that has become stuck
on the shore and cannot get back into the water)
When epaulette sharks become beached on a reef,
they can survive for hours out of the water,
apparently comatose, before wriggling back to life
if they are disturbed
cram (v)
~ (for sth) (rather old-fashioned) to learn a lot of
things in a short time, in preparation for an exam:
He's been cramming for his exams all week.
Whether you are a financial trader, a student
cramming for exams, or just enjoy partying, there's
one common complaint: there aren't enough hours
in the day
herd (v)
to move or make sb/sth move in a particular
direction:
dồn (ai vào nơi nào)
[V] We all herded on to the bus.
[VN] They were herded together into trucks and
driven away.
vault (n)
a room with thick walls and a strong door,
especially in a bank, used for keeping valuable
things safe:
hầm
Most of her jewellery is stored in bank vaults.
During the robbery, a masked armed man herded
three employees into the bank vault and threatened
to kill their families if they didn't cooperate, the
documents say.
blare (v)
~ (sth) (out) to make a loud unpleasant noise:
[V] police cars with lights flashing and sirens
blaring
Music blared out from the open window
Arctic Sunrise's captain, Arne Sorensen, sounded
the ship's horn repeatedly and called on the radio
for the Nisshin Maru to swing clear. The factory
ship's horn blared in reply.
yearn (v)
~ (for sth/sb) (literary) to want sth very much,
especially when it is very difficult to get:
mong mỏi, ao ước, khác khao
But a yearning for supremacy can create its own
set of problems
host (v)
to organize an event to which others are invited
and make all the arrangements for them:
Germany is bidding to host the World Cup finals.
Birmingham is hosting a three-day conference on
drugs.
shed (v)
(often used in newspapers) to get rid of sth that is
no longer wanted:
The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.
a quick way to shed unwanted pounds (= extra
weight or fat on your body)
boast (v)
~ (about / of sth) to talk with too much pride about
sth that you have or can do:
khoe khoang, khoác lác
deportment (n)
thái độ, cách cư xử
evoke (v)
(written) to bring a feeling, a memory or an image
into your mind:
gợi lên, gợi lại, gợi ra
The music evoked memories of her youth.
His case is unlikely to evoke public sympathy.
subsistence (n)
the state of having just enough money or food to
stay alive:
Although China has mostly shed Chairman Mao’s
class-busting ideology and cities like Shanghai
boast skyscrapers and bustling shopping malls, the
deportment of some citizens evokes an era of
subsistence
rove (v)  (a)
(written) to travel from one place to another, often
with no particular purpose:
lang thang
[V, +adv./prep.] A quarter of a million refugees
roved around the country.
[VN] bands of thieves who roved the countryside
roving (a)
snatch (v)
to take sth quickly and often rudely or roughly:
nắm lấy, giật lấy, vồ lấy, chộp lấy
[VN] She managed to snatch the gun from his
hand.
Gordon snatched up his jacket and left the room.
growl (v)
gầm gừ
The dog growled at them.
swoop (v)
(of a bird or plane) to fly quickly and suddenly
downwards, especially in order to attack sb/sth:
The aircraft swooped down over the buildings.
A hawk swooped low over the field.
It’s a jungle out there, or at least it used to be. The
prehistoric environment that shaped our brains
sizzled with snakes, growling beasts, swooping
birds, and other natural perils.
spew (v)
to flow out quickly, or to make sth flow out
quickly, in large amounts:
[V] Flames spewed from the aircraft's engine.
[VN] Massive chimneys were spewing out smoke
and flames.
torrential (a)
như thác, cuồn cuộn
Volcanoes erupted, spewing gases, and violent
thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall that
covered the Earth.
broach (v)
~ (sth) (to / with sb) to begin talking about a
subject that is difficult to discuss, especially
because it is embarrassing or because people
disagree about it:
đề cập
She was dreading having to broach the subject of
money to her father.
But there was an elephant in the room, as there
will be at the anniversary events next week for Mr
Howard — the question of the succession is
impossible to ignore, but not to be broached under
any circumstances.
rile (v)
chọc tức, trêu chọc; làm phát cáu
Cancellations and late departures rarely
rile him.
stomp (v)
di chuyển (đi lại ) với những bước nặng nề
He stomped out of the room.
croak (v)
kêu ộp ộp (ếch nhái)
gorge (v)
ngốn; tọng vào, nhồi nhét vào (thức ăn)
I could spend each day gorging on
chocolate...
...teenagers gorging themselves
on ice-cream sundaes.
trounce (v)
(thông tục) đánh bại, đánh thua tơi bời
If you trounce someone in a
competition or contest, you defeat them
easily or by a large score. (INFORMAL)
In Rugby League, Australia
trounced France by sixty points to four.
= thrash
boo (v)
la ó (để phản đối, chế giễu)
jeer (v)
To jeer at someone means to say or
shout rude and insulting things to them
to show that you do not like or respect
them.
cười nhạo, chế nhạo, chế giễu
People were booing and throwing things
at them...
Demonstrators booed and jeered
him...
He was booed off the stage.
cede (v)
~ sth (to sb) (formal) to give sb control of sth or
give them power, a right, etc., especially
unwillingly:
nhượng, nhường lại (quyền hạn, đất đai...)
Cuba was ceded by Spain to the US in 1898.
scoot (v)
(informal) to go or leave somewhere in a hurry:
I'd better scoot or I'll be late.
Sam said, `I'm going to hide,' and
scooted up the stairs.
= rush
blast (v)
(informal) to criticize sb/sth severely:
She also blasted Mrs Howard for holding hands
with her husband in public.
clutch (v)
to hold sb/sth tightly:
bám chặt, nắm chặt, giữ chặt
pillowslip (n)
a fabric cover for a PILLOW, that can be removed
A young woman finds a man crouching one night
beside the refrigerator in her kitchen. He is
clutching a knife and carrying a pillowslip mask
with two holes cut into it for eyes
scold (v)
rầy la, trách mắng
John Howard and Peter Costello have since drawn
upon this finding to scold Australians for such un-
Australian thoughts…
munch (v)
~ (on / at) sth to eat sth steadily and often noisily,
especially sth crisp:
sumptuous (a)
xa hoa, xa xỉ
Guests were entertained by Italian tenor Andrea
Bocelli while munching on Italian hors d'oeuvres
and a sumptuous banquet.
whine (v)
to complain in an annoying, crying voice:
Stop whining
'I want to go home,' whined Toby.
reap (v)
to obtain sth, especially sth good, as a direct result
of sth that you have done:
thu về, thu hoạch, hưởng
It's here that manufacturers are reaping big dollars
from anxious parents who are more than ready to
part with their hard-earned cash to make sure their
children have a winning edge in the brain race.
laud (v)
(formal) to praise sb/sth:
tán dương, ca ngợi
He was lauded for his courage
 laudable (a)
a laudable aim / attempt
lurk (v)
to wait somewhere secretly, especially because
you are going to do sth bad or illegal:
Why are you lurking around outside my house?
A crocodile was lurking just below the surface.
yell (v) =
holler (v)
lurch (v)
to make a sudden, unsteady movement forward or
sideways:
Suddenly the horse lurched to one side and the
child fell off.
As a result, masses of ice the size of Manhattan are
now lurching forward by as much as 10m at a
time, a fact supported by the increasing number of
gargantuan - Richter-scale magnitude 5.0 and
above - glacial earthquakes being recorded.
wing (v)
(literary) to fly somewhere:
[VN] A solitary seagull winged its way across the
bay.
Bird flu is winging its way towards Britain
hem (v)
hắng giọng
If you hem and haw, or in British
English hum and haw, you take a long
time to say something because you
cannot think of the right words, or
because you are not sure what to say.
Tim hemmed and hawed, but finally
told his boss the truth.
As I write, though, the Government is doing what
it does best: hemming and hawing.
rifle (v)
~ (through) sth to search quickly through sth in
order to find or steal sth:
[V] She rifled through her clothes for something
suitable to wear.
Professional celebrity Paris Hilton, who arrived in
Sydney this morning to promote a new brand of
beer, will today be rifling through dozens of News
Year's Eve invitations
snap (v)
~ (sth) (off) to break sth suddenly with a sharp
noise; to be broken in this way:
đứt ???
[VN] The wind had snapped the tree in two. * He
snapped a twig off a bush.
A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields
has snapped free from Canada's Arctic, scientists
said
snap (v)
(informal) to take a photograph:
[VN] A passing tourist snapped the incident.
The rest of the camp group were snapping
pictures.
groom (v)
~ sb (for / as sth) to prepare or train sb for an
important job or position:
[VN] Our junior employees are being groomed for
more senior roles. * [VNtoinf] The eldest son is
being groomed to take over when his father dies.
It seems Saddam will lie close to but not beside his
sons, whom he groomed as successors
Having groomed the ambitious prince on the
frontlines for three years, he plans to install him as
the Crown Prince over the incompetent Prince
Wan, the later of which has consistently expressed
his unwillingness to take the throne
plead (v)
~ (with sb) (for sth) to ask sb for sth in a very
strong and serious way:
cầu xin, nài xin
[V] She pleaded with him not to go. * I was forced
to plead for my child's life.
Openly defiant, she drank in anguish only after
Prince Wan and Prince Yu begged her to, and
Prince Jai pleaded with the Emperor for
compassion and spare her the ordeal
slash (v)
[oftenpassive] (often used in newspapers) to
reduce sth by a large amount:
to slash costs / prices / fares * The workforce has
been slashed by half.
First we had the "price wars", when in the 1980s
various newspapers slashed their cover prices to as
little as 10p in a bid to outsell their opponents
gloat (v)
~ (about / at / over sth) to show that you are happy
about your own success or sb else's failure, in an
unpleasant way:
hể hả, hả hê
She was still gloating over her rival's
disappointment. * Having lost a large percentage
of the vote, they were in no position to gloat
Although no Australian politician would gloat over
his death, one can be forgiven for thinking that
many are secretly pleased
clamp (v)
cặp, chặt lại; kẹp chặt lại, giữ chặt lại
A policeman's wife rescued her husband after a
monster crocodile clamped its jaws around his
head and shoulders while he snorkelled in the
Torres Strait
dab (v)
~ (at) sth to touch sth lightly, usually several times:
chậm, thấm
[VN] She dabbed her eyes and blew her nose. *
[V] He dabbed at the cut with his handkerchief.
She would toy with her hairslide whenever she felt
embarrassed by something. And she was always
dabbing at her mouth with a handkerchief. She did
this whenever she had something to say.
cart (v)
to carry sth in a cart or other vehicle:
The rubbish is then carted away for recycling.
The place was untouched. The library's books had
not been carted off, the tutors' offices had not been
destroyed
tap (v)
(also wiretap especially in AmE) to fit a device to
a telephone so that sb's calls can be listened to
secretly:
He was convinced his phone was being tapped.
News International suffered embarrassment last
year when a reporter from the News of the World
pleaded guilty to plotting to tap the telephones of
Britain's royal family
tap (v)
to hit sb/sth quickly and lightly:
[V] Someone tapped at the door. * He was busy
tapping away at his computer.
slump (v)
to sit or fall down heavily:
The old man slumped down in his chair. * She
slumped to her knees.
Tired of singing, Midori put down her guitar and
slumped against my shoulder like a cat in the sun
doze (v)
to sleep lightly for a short time:
I dozed fitfully until dawn.
I took a crowded commuter train to Tokyo Station
and bought a bullet-train ticket to Kyoto, literally
jumping onto the first Hikari express to pull out. I
made do with coffee and a sandwich for breakfast
and dozed for an hour.
That's right, I had been stretched out on my bed
reading a book when I dozed off.
haul (v)
to pull sth/sb with a lot of effort:
The wagons were hauled by horses. * He reached
down and hauled Liz up onto the wall
queasy (a)
buồn nôn
When the bus entered the canyon, the driver began
hauling the steering wheel this way and that to
follow the twists and curves of the road, and I
began to feel queasy.
sling (v)
(informal, especially BrE) to throw sth somewhere
in a careless way:
[VN] Don't just sling your clothes on the floor. *
She slung her coat into the back of the car.
I slung my rucksack over my shoulder and started
up the track
stub sth<->out
to stop a cigarette, etc. from burning by pressing
the end against sth hard:
He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray.
She stubbed out her cigarette and went over to the
counter, where she poured two cups of coffee from
a warm pot and brought them back to where we
were sitting.
drool (v)
to let SALIVA (= liquid) come out of your mouth
SYN DRIBBLE:
nhỏ dãi, chảy nước dãi
The dog was drooling at the mouth.
"Not while the sun's up," she said with a sombre
look. "But when night comes, I start drooling and
rolling on the floor." "Really?"
clasp (v)
to hold sth tightly in your hand:
He leaned forward, his hands clasped tightly
together. * They clasped hands (= held each other's
hands)
wring (v)
~ sth (out) to twist and squeeze clothes, etc. in
order to get the water out of them
vắt
Sleeping soundly in this flat of hers, I wrung the
fatigue from every cell of my body, drop by drop. I
dreamed of a butterfly dancing in the half-light.
plop (v)
to fall, making a plop:
thả rơi
The frog plopped back into the water.
Reiko plopped the guitar into her lap. "You're not
even 20 years old!" she said. "What kind of life are
you leading?"
slump (v)
to sit or fall down heavily:
The old man slumped down in his chair. * She
slumped to her knees
Slumping forward, she buried her face in her
hands and sobbed with the same suffocating
violence as she had that night with me
sting (v)
~ sb (to / into sth) | ~ sb (into doing sth) to make
sb feel angry or upset:
He was stung by their criticism. * Their cruel
remarks stung her into action.
"I'm not so good at that, either," I said, stung by
her words. "Just kidding," she said.
hike (v)
to go for a long walk in the country, especially for
pleasure:
[V] strong boots for hiking over rough country
twirl (v)
~ sth (around / about) to make sth turn quickly and
lightly round and round
SYN SPIN:
hua hua
He twirled his hat in his hand.
She picked up the basketball again, twirled it in
her hands and bounced it on the ground
If you blow a fuse, you suddenly
become very angry and are unable to
stay calm. (INFORMAL)
For all my experience, I blew a fuse in
the quarter-final and could have been
sent off.
yank (v)
informal) to pull sth/sb hard, quickly and
suddenly:
(thông tục) kéo mạnh, giật mạnh
[VN] He yanked her to her feet. * [VN-ADJ] I
yanked the door open / yanked open the door.
Even if things are so tangled up you can't do
anything, don't get desperate or blow a fuse and
start yanking on one particular thread before it's
ready to come undone.
jut (v)
lòi ra, nhô ra
A row of small windows jutted out from the roof.
A rocky headland jutted into the sea.

hum (v)
to sing a tune with your lips closed:
[V] She was humming softly to herself. * He
began to hum along with the music.
gush (v)
(disapproving) to express so much praise or
emotion about sb/sth that it does not seem sincere:
[Vspeech] 'You are clever,' she gushed. [also V]
stroke (v)
touch gently
(especially BrE) to move your hand gently and
slowly over an animal's fur or hair:
vuốt ve
He's a beautiful dog. Can I stroke him?
"Don't worry, he won't hurt you," she said to the
rabbit, stroking its head with her finger and
smiling at me.
wind (v)
to make sb unable to breathe easily for a short
time:
He was momentarily winded by the blow to his
stomach.
slate (v)
~ sth (for sth) [usuallypassive] to plan that
sth will happen at a particular time in the future:
[VN] The next conference is slated for July. * The
houses were first slated for demolition five years
ago.
The film was slated for an August 4, 2006 release,
but Touchstone Pictures delayed the release date to
December 8, 2006 due to heavy rains interfering
with filming in Mexico
slit (v)
to make a long narrow cut or opening in sth:
chẻ, cắt, rọc, xé toạc [VN] Slit the roll with a sharp
knife. * The child's throat had been slit.
Flint Sky tells Jaguar Paw not to be afraid, and
Middle Eye slits Flint Sky's throat
hack (v)
to cut sb/sth with rough, heavy blows:
đốn, đẽo, chém, chặt mạnh
[VN] I hacked the dead branches off. * They were
hacked to death as they tried to escape
pummel (v)
to keep hitting sb/sth hard, especially with your
FISTS (= tightly closed hands):
đấm
[VN] He pummelled the pillow with his fists. *
(figurative) She pummelled (= strongly criticized)
her opponents
Every hacked limb, pummelled face, pierced torso
and severed head - of which there are plenty here -
serve to deepen the emotions of the drama and
drive the film forward
prod (v)
~ (at) sb/sth to push sb/sth with your finger or with
a pointed object
SYN POKE:
[VN] She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up.
* [V] He prodded at his breakfast with a fork.
go overboard (informal)
to be too excited or enthusiastic about sth or about
doing sth:
Don't go overboard on fitness
Gibson loves cattle-prodding us from climax to
climax, but there are moments when he does go
overboard
trail (v)
to follow sb/sth by looking for signs that show you
where they have been:
The police trailed Dale for days. * We could smell
the scent of a fox as we trailed paw marks through
the wood.
KIMBERLEY Dear led them onto the plane, keen
to get off the ground. Her instructor, Rob Cook,
came next, trailed by her friend Vicki and
instructor Dave Paternoster
duck (v)
to move somewhere quickly, especially in order to
avoid being seen:
She ducked into the adjoining room as we came in.
Then she ducked inside and came back with a
large plastic bag
yank (v)
"But she wouldn't stop. Instead, she yanked my
panties down and started using her tongue.
bloat (v)
to swell or make sth swell, especially in an
unpleasant way:
[VN] Her features had been bloated by years of
drinking and drug-taking.
split (v)
~ (sth) (open) to tear, or to make sth tear, along a
straight line:
"The way my friend heard it, the girl had come
home from her lesson one day - that day, of course
- with her face all bloated, her lip split and bloody,
buttons missing from her blouse, and even her
underwear torn.
cock (v)
to raise a part of your body so that it is upright or
at an angle:
ngẩn, ngẩn đầu lên
The dog cocked its leg by every tree on our route
(= in order to urinate). * He cocked an inquisitive
eyebrow at her.
"Hmm, let's see," he said, cocking his head, "was
it the time His Majesty the Crown prince got
married?
heave (v)
~ a sigh, etc. to make a sound slowly and often
with effort:
If you heave a sigh, you give a big
sigh.
Mr Collier heaved a sigh and got to his
feet.
We all heaved a sigh of relief. * She heaved a long
sigh.
Every now and then as I walked along I would
stop, turn, and heave a deep sigh for no particular
reason
gulp (v)
~ sth (down) to swallow large amounts of food or
drink quickly:
[VN] He gulped down the rest of his tea and went
out. [also V]
Midori gulped another glass of water, took a
breath and studied my face for a while
pound (v)
~ (away) (at / against / on sth) to hit sth/sb hard
many times, especially in a way that makes a lot of
noise:
[V] Heavy rain pounded on the roof. * All she
could hear was the sound of waves pounding
against the cliffs.
Somebody pounded on my door, yelling "Hey,
Watanabe, it's a woman!"
spout (v)
If you say that a person spouts
something, you disapprove of them
because they say something which you
do not agree with or which you think
they do not honestly feel.
đọc một cách hùng hồn khoa trương
They all read the same books and they all spout
the same slogans, and they love listening to John
Coltrane and seeing Pasolini movies.
scrap (v)
] (informal) to fight with sb:
The bigger boys started scrapping.
Revolution or not, the working class will just keep
on scraping a living in the same old shitholes.
barge in (on sb/sth)
to enter a place or join a group of people rudely
interrupting what sb else is doing or saying:
xâm nhập, đột nhập
I hope you don't mind me barging in like this. * He
barged in on us while we were having a meeting.
"Well I have. Lots of times. They come barging in
and acting big.
inert (a)
(formal) without power to move or act:
He lay inert with half-closed eyes. * The president
has to operate within an inert political system.
jab (v)
to push a pointed object into sb/sth, or in the
direction of sb/sth, with a sudden strong
movement:
đâm mạnh, cái thọc mạnh
[VN] She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger
He lay on his side, limp, the drooping left arm
inert, jabbed with an intravenous needle.
perch (v)
~ (sb / yourself) (on sth) (informal) to sit or to
make sb sit on sth, especially on the edge of it:
[V] We perched on a couple of high stools at the
bar. * [VN] She perched herself on the edge of the
bed.
"Beautiful day out there," I said, perching on the
stool and crossing my legs.

crank (v)
~ sth (up) to make sth turn or move by using a
crank:
to crank an engine * (figurative) He has a limited
time to crank the reforms into action.
crank (n)
cái quay tay
He gave a little nod. I cranked the bed up again.
munch (v)
~ (on / at) sth to eat sth steadily and often noisily,
especially sth crisp:
nhai, nhai tóp tép, nhai trệu trạo
[V] She munched on an apple. * [VN] He sat in a
chair munching his toast. * I munched my way
through a huge bowl of cereal.
crunch (v)
~ (on sth) to crush sth noisily between your teeth
when you are eating:
[VN] She crunched her apple noisily. [also V]
Midori's father crunched down on the piece again
and again and finally swallowed it.
throb (v)
(of a part of the body) to feel a series of regular
painful movements:
His head throbbed painfully. * My feet were
throbbing after the long walk home.
At the end of the third game - in which, of course,
she crushed me again -my cut began to throb, and
so we stopped playing.
I feel for Midori is a wholly different emotion. It
stands and walks on its own, living and breathing
and throbbing and shaking me to the roots of my
being
(tận cội rễ của bản thể)
fetch (v)
to go to where sb/sth is and bring them/it back
I'll go and fetch my master, who won't be much
pleased, however, to be disturbed
When Hatsumi had finished with the bandage, she
went and fetched two cans of beer from the fridge.
brush (v)
~ (against / by / past) sb/sth to touch sb/sth lightly
while moving close to them/it:
[V] She brushed past him. * His hand accidentally
brushed against hers.
Luck seemed to be with him, though: the shot was
absolutely perfect, and the white and red balls
hardly made a sound as they brushed each other on
the green baize for the last score of the game.
wrench (v)
If you wrench something that is fixed in
a particular position, you pull or twist it
violently, in order to move or remove
it.vặn mạnh, xoắn, giật mạnh
They wrenched open the passenger
doors and jumped into her car.. * He
grabbed Ben, wrenching him away from his
mother.
slurp (v)
to make a loud noise while you are drinking sth:
(húm) sùm sụp
[VN] He was slurping his tea. * [V] She slurped
noisily from her cup.
nudge (v)
to push sb/sth gently or gradually in a particular
direction:
He nudged the ball past the goalie and into the net.
* She nudged me out of the way. * (figurative) He
nudged the conversation towards the subject of
money. * (figurative) She tried to nudge him into
changing his mind (= persuade him to do it).
I nudged the curtain aside and looked down at the
deserted shops
faltering (a)
loạng choạng
slog (v)
to walk or travel somewhere steadily, with great
effort or difficulty:
đi ì ạch, đi nặng nề vất vả
He started to slog his way through the
undergrowth. * I've been slogging around the
streets of London all day.
Time itself slogged along in rhythm with my
faltering steps
trudge (v)
to walk slowly or with heavy steps, because you
are tired or carrying sth heavy:
[VN] He trudged the last two miles to the town. *
[V+adv./prep.] The men trudged up the hill, laden
with supplies.
plant (v)
put in position
to place sth or yourself firmly in a particular place
or position:
They planted a flag on the summit. * He planted
himself squarely in front of us. * Demonstrators
planted themselves right in front of the convoy of
trucks.
I trudged along through each day in its turn, rarely
looking up, eyes locked on the never-ending
swamp that lay before me, planting my right foot,
raising my left, planting my left foot, raising my
right…
spawn (v)
(often disapproving) to cause sth to develop or be
produced:
đẻ ra
The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.
The aftershock of the incident was felt for a long
time, spawning minor fights on an almost daily
basis.
trip (v)
~ (over / up) | ~ (over / on sth) to catch your foot
on sth and fall or almost fall:
vấp ngã
She tripped and fell. * Someone will trip over that
cable. * Be careful you don't trip up on the step. *
(figurative) I was tripping over my words in my
excitement to tell them the news.
grit (v)
grit your teeth
to bite your teeth tightly together:
nghiến răng
She gritted her teeth against the pain. * 'Stop it!' he
said through gritted teeth.
I would try clamping my eyes shut and gritting my
teeth, and wait for it to pass
poke (v)
if an object is poking out of, through, etc. sth, you
can see a part of it that is no longer covered by sth
else:
The end of the cable was left poking out of the
wall. * A bony elbow poked through a hole in his
sweater. * Clumps of grass poked up through the
snow.
brood (v)
~ (over / on / about sth) to think a lot about sth that
makes you annoyed, anxious or upset:
suy nghĩ ủ ê, nghiền ngẫm
You're not still brooding over what he said, are
you?
you have been such a great source of strength for
Naoko that even if you no longer have the feelings
of a lover towards her, there is still a lot you can
do for her. So don't brood over everything in that
super-serious way of yours.
hitch (v) (n)
to get a free ride in a person's car; to travel around
in this way, by standing at the side of the road and
trying to get passing cars to stop:
[VN] They hitched a ride in a truck. * (BrE also)
They hitched a lift. * [V] We spent the summer
hitching around Europe
I would move from town to town by train or bus or
hitching a lift in a lorry, spreading out my sleeping
bag in empty car parks or stations or parks or on
river banks or the seashore.
ooze (v)
~ from / out of / through sth | ~ out | ~ (with) sth if
a thick liquid oozes from a place, or if sth oozes a
thick liquid, the liquid flows from the place
slowly:
rỉ ra
[V] Blood oozed out of the wound.
I felt less that I was crying than that the tears were
simply oozing out of me like perspiration.
pout (v)
if you pout, pout your lips or if your lips pout, you
push out your lips, to show you are annoyed or to
look sexually attractive:
bĩu môi, trề môi
[V] He pouted angrily. * Her lips pouted
invitingly. * [VN] models pouting their lips for the
camera
tip (v)
lật nghiêng, làm nghiêng; đổ, rót
As the engine failed, the Otter tipped and fell into
a dive
strew (v)
strewed, strewed or strewn
to cover a surface with things:
rải, rắc, vãi
Clothes were strewn across the floor. * The floor
was strewn with clothes. * The streets were strewn
with corpses. * (figurative) The way ahead is
strewn with difficulties.
Bodies were strewn around the wreckage, the
aircraft's wings torn off and the left engine and
propeller inert on the ground
power pole (n)
cột điện
A power pole hit by the Otter had been ripped
from the earth and live wires rested on the plane's
shorn left wing
shear (v)
sheared, shorn
~ (sth) (off) (technical) (especially of metal) to
break under pressure; to cut through sth and make
it break:
[V] The bolts holding the wheel in place sheared
off.
scuff (v)
~ sth (on sth) to make a mark on the smooth
surface of sth when you rub it against sth rough:
I scuffed the heel of my shoe on the stonework.
wield (v)
to hold sth, ready to use it as a weapon or tool
SYN BRANDISH:
He was wielding a large knife.
Victoria Police said the 19-year-old Northcote man
was attacked by another male wielding the cafe
chair about 3.30am (AEDT) today outside the
Metro nightclub on Bourke Street in the CBD
loot (v)
to steal things from shops/stores or buildings after
a RIOT, fire, etc:
hôi của
[VN] More than 20 shops were looted.
The coastguard asked the public to stay away -
both for their own safety and to prevent looting
winch (v)
to lift sb/sth up into the air using a winch:
A helicopter winched the survivors to safety.
winch (n)
a machine for lifting or pulling heavy objects
using a rope or chain
Its 26 crew took to a lifeboat, from which they
were winched to safety by a helicopter
rack (v)
to make sb suffer great physical or mental pain:
hành hạ, làm khổ
to be racked with / by guilt * Her face was racked
with pain. * Violent sobs racked her whole body.
get through
get through to sb
to make sb understand or accept what you say,
especially when you are trying to help them:
I find it impossible to get through to her.
Do you appreciate the words and caresses of your
distraught family while racked with frustration at
your inability to reassure them that they are getting
through
bay (v)
~ (for sth) (usually used in the progressive tenses)
to demand sth in a loud and angry way:
The referee's decision left the crowd baying for
blood (= threatening violence towards him).
"Stella and Mary are baying for blood. Their poor
dad has been dragged through the mire by this
woman, and all they wanted was to see his name
cleared on the record, in public," the paper quoted
a source as saying
spurn (v)
(written) to reject or refuse sb/sth, especially in a
proud way:
vứt bỏ
Eve spurned Mark's invitation. * a spurned lover *
The president spurned the tight security
surrounding him and adopted a more intimate style
of campaigning.
It's only logical that smart people are more likely
to spurn meat, says Trish Kennett, chief executive
of Mensa in Australia and a non-red meat eater
spur (v)
~ sb/sth (on) (to sth / to do sth) to encourage sb to
do sth or to encourage them to try harder to
achieve sth:
khích lệ, khuyến khích
Her difficult childhood spurred her on to succeed.
* I was spurred into action by the letter.
Ramius' defection is spurred by several factors, in Prick (v)
particular the death of his wife due to a doctor's châm, chích, chọc
incompetence ~ sth (with sth) to make a very small hole in sth
with a sharp point
doff (v) Prick holes in the paper with a pin. * He pricked
(old-fashioned) to take off your hat, especially to the balloon and burst it
show respect for sb/sth:
He doffed his hat to her as she passed in her Thwart (v)
carriage. cản trở
To beat the heat, salarymen are told to doff their ~ sth | ~ sb (in sth) to prevent sb from doing what
black suits in favor of light colors and open collars they want to do
She was thwarted in her attempt to take control of
pluck (v) the party
~ sb (from sth) (written) to remove sb from a place
or situation, especially one that is unpleasant or Jostle (v) (n)
dangerous: to push roughly against sb in a crowd
kéo (chen lấn, xô đẩy)
Police plucked a drowning girl from the river The visiting president was jostled by angry
yesterday. demonstrators.
Survivors of the wreck were plucked to safety by a
helicopter. bust (v)
Meanwhile, at a Shanghai etiquette workshop for ~ sb/sth (for sth) (of the police) to suddenly enter a
HR managers, instructor Liu Wei plucks a man out place and search it or arrest sb:
of the crowd and castigates him for his multihued He's been busted for drugs.
pink tie. ‘It’s a well-known fact that President Busted by a patrol from Sierra Leone, he lands in
Clinton’s good taste in ties won him many votes,’ jail, where he soon hears of a precious pink
says Liu diamond unearthed by a fisherman turned
unwilling miner, Solomon Vandy (Djimon
Slap (v) Hounsou).
to hit sb/sth with the flat part of your hand
vỗ, đập
She slapped his face hard
‘Congratulations!' he said, slapping me on the
back

Snatch (v)
to take sb/sth away from a person or place,
especially by force; to steal sth
The baby was snatched from its parents' car
More than 100 foreigners from dozens of countries
have been snatched in the last six months

Quash (v) OTHER ACTION

dập tắt, dẹp yên, đàn áp
(written) to take action to stop sth from
continuing:
The rumours were quickly quashed
Britain is embroiled in a fresh conflict with Iraq as
it battles to quash global terrorism, Prime Minister
Tony Blair says
quibble (v) (n)
chơi chữ
He realised that for sure when Thorpe used the
word "discontinue" instead of "retire" or "quit".
Bond was right. Thorpe and Deirdre Anderson had
quibbled over those very words, their semantics
and real meanings, during their deep-and-
meaningfuls on the Sunday.
 If you shudder, you shake with fear,
cogitate (v) horror, or disgust, or because you are
~ (about / on sth) (formal) to think carefully about cold.
sth rung rẩy
nghiền ngẫm, ngẫm nghĩ Lloyd had urged her to eat caviar. She
He sat silently cogitating. had shuddered at the thought...
...to cogitate on the meaning of life.
posit (v)
sorrow (n) (formal) to suggest or accept that sth is true so that
Sorrow is a feeling of deep sadness or it can be used as the basis for an argument or
regret. discussion
sự buồn rầu, đau đớn SYN POSTULATE:
It was a time of great sorrow... thừa nhận, cho là đúng
Words cannot express my sorrow. Most religions posit the existence of life after
death.
bemoan (v)
(formal) to complain or say that you are not happy hassle (v) (n)
about sth: (informal) [VN] to annoy sb or cause them trouble,
than phiền especially by asking them to do sth many times:
I've often bemoaned the lack of data and research quấy rối, làm phiền
in this area, so I've decided to unzip and get Don't keep hassling me! I'll do it later.
personal with Tessa and I'd like you all to join us Your brother's been hassling me for cash.
...
defecate (v)  (n)
censure (v) (formal) to get rid of solid waste from your body
~ sb (for sth) (formal) to criticize sb severely, and through your bowels
often publicly, because of sth they have done: defecation (n)
He was censured by the council for leaking …who recalls a recent sign in her apartment’s
information to the press. elevator requesting residents not to urinate of
defecate in it.
They referred to rock ‘n’ roll as a cacophony and
censured its being played on the radio or sold in guffaw (v)
record stores. to laugh noisily:
tiếng cười hô hố, tiếng cười ha hả
clamour (v) They all guffawed at his jokes.
~ (for sth) (written) to demand sth loudly:
đòi retort (v)
People began to clamour for his resignation. to reply quickly to a comment, in an angry,
Everyone was clamouring to know how much they offended or humorous way:
would get. đáp lại, trả lại
"Why can't we just read it online?" they retort,
ostrasize (v) rolling their eyes.
(formal) to refuse to let sb be a member of a social 'Don't be ridiculous!' Pat retorted angrily.
group; to refuse to meet or talk to sb: [Vthat] Sam retorted that it was my fault as much
tẩy chay as his.
He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to
support the strike. fantasize (v)
~ (about sth) to imagine that you are doing sth that
shudder (v) you would like to do, or that sth that you would
like to happen is happening, even though this is
very unlikely:
mơ màng viển vông, mơ tưởng hão huyền
[V] He sometimes fantasized about winning the
gold medal.
stutter (v) (n)
nói lắp bắp
I was trembling so hard, I thought I
would stutter when I spoke.
He spoke with a pronounced stutter.
= stammer
A speech-therapist cured his stammer.
grumble (v)
~ (at / to sb) (about / at sb/sth) to complain about
sb/sth in a bad-tempered way:
càu nhàu, cằn nhằn
[V] She's always grumbling to me about how
badly she's treated at work. * [Vspeech] 'I'll just
have to do it myself,' he grumbled.
I had to listen to them grumble to me every time
the school asked for a contribution, and I was
always scared to death
cradle (v)
to hold sb/sth gently in your arms or hands:
nâng niu
The old man cradled the tiny baby in his arms.
One cradled a tennis racquet to her breast with all
the loving care she might give a baby, while the
other held some books and a Leonard Bernstein
titter (v)
to laugh quietly, especially in a nervous or
embarrassed way
SYN GIGGLE:
There was an embarrassing pause on stage and the
audience began to titter.
plaster (v)
~ sb/sth in / with sth to cover sb/sth with a wet or
sticky substance:
phết đầy, dán đầy, bôi đầy, làm dính đầy
She plastered herself in suntan lotion. * We were
plastered from head to foot with mud.
"Fifteen years ago, Vietnamese women plastered
themselves with thick face creams mixed with
powder to make their skin whiter," he says
appease (v)
to make sb calmer or less angry by giving them
what they want:
khuyên giải; an ủi, làm cho khuây, làm cho nguôi;
dỗ dành
The move was widely seen as an attempt to
appease critics of the regime.
So, to turn things around, the Gods must be
appeased with human offerings
dampen (v)
to make sth such as a feeling or a reaction less
strong:
làm nản chí, làm nản lòng
None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasm
for the project.
The suit will no doubt dampen the immense hype
surrounding Apple's iPhone, whose announcement
yesterday caused the company's share price to
surge by more than 8 per cent
squander (v)
~ sth (on sb/sth) to waste money, time, etc. in a
stupid or careless way:
phung phí, hoang phí
My uncle squandered all his money on gambling.
* She squandered her chances of winning.
They're blessed with this marvellous talent, but
they can't make the effort to systematize it. They
end up squandering it in little bits and pieces.
tickle (v)
to move your fingers on a sensitive part of sb's
body in a way that makes them laugh:
cù léc
[VN] The bigger girls used to chase me and tickle
me.
enfold (v)
to surround or cover sb/sth completely:
bao trùm
Darkness spread and enfolded him. * The summit
was enfolded in a circle of white cloud
I took her in my arms and kissed her. The darkness
and the sound of the rain enfolded us.
beckon (v)
~ to sb (to do sth) to give sb a signal using your
finger or hand, especially to tell them to move
nearer or to follow you:
vẫy tay ra hiệu, gật đầu ra hiệu
[V] He beckoned to the waiter to bring the bill. *
[VN] He beckoned her over with a wave.
I beckoned to the waiter and ordered two more
vodka and tonics.
usher (v)
to take or show sb where they should go:
đưa, dẫn , áp tải
The secretary ushered me into his office. * We
were asked to leave and ushered out of the door.
…then went back down and ushered Midori out
through the dorm gate
dribble (v)
to fall in small drops or in a thin stream:
Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle.
nhỏ giọt
I washed three cucumbers in the sink and dribbled
a little soy sauce into a dish.
muddle (v)
~ sb (up) to confuse sb:
làm mụ, làm đần độn; làm rối trí
Slow down a little-you're muddling me
I assumed his mind was muddled, but compared
with before his eyes now had a terrible clarity.
bundle (v)
to push or send sb somewhere quickly and not
carefully:
nhét vào, ấn vội, ấn bừa
They bundled her into the back of a car. * He was
bundled off to boarding school.
cub (n)
a young bear, lion, FOX, etc:
a lioness guarding her cubs
tumble (v)
lộn nhào
He slipped and tumbled down the stairs.
"You're walking through a field all by yourself one
day in spring, and this sweet little bear cub with
velvet fur and shiny little eyes comes walking
along. And he says to you, "Hi, there, little lady.
Want to tumble with me?'
rummage (v)
to move things around carelessly while searching
for sth:
lục lọi lung tung, bừa bãi
She was rummaging around in her bag for her
keys. * I rummaged through the contents of the
box until I found the book I wanted.
"The tools are out there" for hackers and thieves to
rummage through deleted data on used phones
unravel (v)
if you unravel threads that are twisted, woven or
knitted, or if they unravel, they become separated
into loose threads:
tháo ra, gỡ mối
[VN] I unravelled the string and wound it into a
ball. [also V]
jumble (v)
~ sth (together / up) to mix things together in a
confused or untidy way:
làm lộn xộn, làm lẫn lộn lung tung
Books, shoes and clothes were jumbled together
on the floor.
We have to go on unravelling the jumbled threads
one at a time, without losing hope.
burrow (v)
to search for sth under or among things:
đào bới
She burrowed in the drawer for a pair of socks. *
He was afraid that they would burrow into his
past.
Midori burrowed under the covers and groped me
all over down there, stretching the skin of my
penis, weighing my testicles in the palm of her
hand…
pulsate (v)
~ (with sth) to be full of excitement or energy:
làm rộn ràng
a pulsating game
The streets were pulsating with life.
I felt as if the world was pulsating every now
and then.
straddle (v)
dạng chân
to sit or stand with one of your legs on either side
of sb/sth:
He swung his leg over the motorcycle, straddling it
easily
Kimberley sat in front of him, her backside
between his knees, their legs straddling the bench
concuss (v)
to hit sb on the head, making them become
unconscious or confused for a short time:
làm chấn động
She was concussed after being thrown from her
horse.
potter (v)
to do things or move without hurrying, especially
when you are doing sth that you enjoy and that is
not important:
đi lang thang, đi vơ vẩn, la cà đà đẫn
I spent the day pottering around the house.
He'd planned a day of pottering in the garden
pucker (v)
~ (sth) (up) to form or to make sth form small
folds or lines:
nhăn lại
[V] His face puckered, and he was ready to cry. *
[VN] She puckered her lips. * puckered fabric
About 10 centimetres long and five wide, it is a
puckered deep purple
pucker (n)
nếp nhăn
scuttle (v)
to run with quick short steps
SYN SCURRY:
She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his
voice. * He held his breath as a rat scuttled past
WHEN they found her last week, her father said,
she was "bare-bones skinny" and shaking,
scuttling like a monkey along the ground to snatch
up grains of rice, her eyes "red like tigers' eyes"
jostle (v)
to push roughly against sb in a crowd:
xô đẩy, chen lấn
[VN] The visiting president was jostled by angry
demonstrators.
That’s why on these cool winter nights on Hanoi’s Tam
Thuong lane you can see people on motorbikes trying
to jostle through the crowds while taking in the
nostalgic smell of grilled nem chua
impale (v)
to push a sharp pointed object through sth:
đâm qua, xiên qua
She impaled a lump of meat on her fork.
They can learn to press a button every time their
perception flips, while their brains are impaled
with electrodes that record any change in activity
haggle (v) (n)
~ (with sb) (over sth) to argue with sb in order to
reach an agreement, especially about the price of
sth:
mặc cả
I left him in the market haggling over the price of
a shirt.
One moment, the workers in Hong Kong are
haggling over the phone with fabricmakers for the
best price on denim
After months of haggling, they
recovered only three-quarters of what
they had lent.
preclude (v)
sth | ~ sb from doing sth (formal) to prevent sth
from happening or sb from doing sth; to make sth
impossible:
ngăn ngừa, loại trừ
[VN] Lack of time precludes any further
discussion. * Your failure to become a member
this year does not preclude the possibility of you /
your applying next year
squabble (v)
~ (with sb) (about / over sth) to quarrel noisily
about sth that is not very important:
My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on
TV.
During the night, there were reports of rival groups
squabbling over the £12,000 BMW motorbikes
banish (v)
~ sb/sth (from sth) (written) to make sb/sth go
away; to get rid of sb/sth:
xua đuổi
The sight of food banished all other thoughts from
my mind.
So pile on the garlic, onion and chilli to effectively
banish the devil!
transpire (v) = turn out (v)
if it transpires that sth has happened or is true, it is
known or has been shown to be true:
tiết lộ
It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside
the bank.
This story, it later transpired, was untrue.
frown on / upon sb/sth
to disapprove of sb/sth:
không đồn tình, không tán thành
In her family, any expression of feeling was
frowned upon.
It transpired that junior members of Hwang's staff
had donated eggs - a practice frowned on because
of the possibility that such staff can be coerced
into donating.
ransack (v)
~ sth (for sth) to search a place, making it untidy
and causing damage, usually because you are
looking for sth:
lục soát, lục lọi
The house had been ransacked by burglars.
"If it's robbery, the place certainly wasn't
ransacked."
preside (v)
làm chủ toạ
During the two-year study, Lovegrove recruited
three retired judges and one reserve judge to
explain in detail real cases over which they had
presided.
collate (v)
to collect information together from different
sources in order to examine and compare it:
đối chiếu, so sánh
to collate data / information / figures
The government should be monitoring the
slaughter that's taking place within the Australian
Whale Sanctuary ... monitoring of this slaughter
would not only help the diplomatic pressure to be
applied but could also be used to collate evidence
for a legal action before the international tribunal
of the law of the sea
enlist (v)
sth/sb (in sth) | ~ sb (as sth) to persuade sb to help
you or to join you in doing sth:
tranh thủ, giành được
[VN] They hoped to enlist the help of the public in
solving the crime.
DISPOSITION
impulsive (a)
(of people or their behaviour) acting suddenly
without thinking carefully about what might
happen because of what you are doing
bốc đồng, hấp tấp
…but the high command didn’t like his impulsive
character and sharp tongue
demanding (a)
(of a person) expecting a lot of work or attention
from others; not easily satisfied:
khắt khe
My grandma became very demanding as she got
older
indiscreet (a)
vô ý, không thận trọng
 indiscretion (n)
bigotry (n)
the state of feeling, or the act of expressing,
strong, unreasonable beliefs or opinions
thái độ hoặc hành vi cố chấp
Pauline Hanson's beliefs have become mainstream,
making Australia a breeding ground for bigotry,
Perth's Anglican archbishop says
outrageous (a)
xúc phạm, làm tổn thương, lăng nhục, sỉ nhục
FOREIGN Minister Alexander Downer last night
accused the Solomon Islands' Prime Minister of
outrageous behaviour in expelling Australian high
commissioner
ego (n)
cái tôi, lòng tự trọng
undaunted (a)
(written) still enthusiastic and determined, in spite
of difficulties or disappointment
không bị khuất phục, ngoan cường, dũng cảm,
không nản lòng
SYN UNDETERRED
disaffected (a)
bất mãn
…the riots in France, where disaffected
unemployed youth took out their frustrations on
the streets of Paris…
adamant (a)
determined not to change your mind or to be
persuaded about sth:
kiên định, khăng khăng
Mr Blair is adamant that it is the only way Britain
can secure its energy supplies and meet its
commitments to make big cuts in carbon emissions
devout (a)
(of a person) believing strongly in a particular
religion and obeying its laws and practices
mộ đạo, sùng đạo
…he is a devout Muslim
prominent (a)
1/ Đáng chú ý, nổi bật
2/ Xuất chúng, lỗi lạc, nổi tiếng
subtle (a)
(of a person or their behaviour) behaving in a
clever way, and using indirect methods, in order to
achieve sth
không khéo, khôn ngoan
the subtle and brilliant Odysseus
unyielding (a)
if a person is unyielding, they are not easily
influenced and they are unlikely to change their
mind
không chịu khuất phục, không chịu nhượng bộ
stern (a)
serious and difficult:
It calls for leaders who can stand straight and
unyielding under the sternest pressures
apathy (n)
tính lãnh đạm, tính thờ ơ
I opened it with apathy; the theory which he
attempts to demonstrate and the wonderful facts
which he relates soon changed this feeling into
enthusiasm
There is widespread apathy among the electorate.
Public / political / student apathy
restrained (a)
showing calm control rather than emotion
her restrained smile

composure (n) glamorous (a)  # (a)

sự bình tĩnh especially attractive and exciting, and different
By the time the movie ended, Janet had recaptured from ordinary things or people:
her composure. đầy quyến rũ
glamorous movie stars
intuitive (a) a glamorous job
(thuôc) trực giác The glamorous Russian 18-year-old has strained
He understood, perhaps intuitively rather than her right shoulder and is hoping to be fit enough
intellectually, that attending West Point was the for the first grand slam of the year - the Australian
surest way to please Big Jack Open - in Melbourne starting January 16.
OPP UNGLAMOROUS
shifty (a)
quỷ quyệt, gian xảo, lắm mưu mẹo
Someone who looks shifty gives the sombre (a)
impression of being dishonest. sad and serious:
(INFORMAL) u sầu, ủ rủ, buồn rười rượi
He had a shifty face and previous Paul was in a quiet and sombre mood.
convictions. The year had ended on a sombre note.
"We re-live the pain, we feel the loss, we
distraught (a) remember the brave, the compassionate, the warm-
extremely upset and anxious so that you cannot hearted among us, who helped get us through," he
think clearly told the sombre crowd.
quẩn trí, rối trí
The distraught parents of a teenage girl missing for caucasian (a)
three days believe she is with someone she met on da màu sáng
an internet chat site.
Her attacker is described as being a 30-to-40-year to have high / low self-esteem
old caucasian man, unshaven, with fair hair, thin You need to build your self-esteem.
build and approximately 178cm tall.
mien (n)
timid (a) phong cách
shy and nervous; not brave: I was impressed by her calm mien.
rụt rè, nhút nhát, bẽn lẽn, e lệ
He stopped in the doorway, too timid to go in. subdued (a)
They've been rather timid in the changes they've (of a person) unusually quiet, and possibly
made (= they've been afraid to make any big unhappy:
changes). He seemed a bit subdued to me.
She was in a subdued mood.
temperament (n) The reception was a subdued affair.
a person's or an animal's nature as shown in the
way they behave or react to situations or people:
khí chất, tính khí, tính accomplished (a)
to have an artistic / a nervous / a fiery very good at a particular thing; having a lot of
temperament skills:
a horse with an excellent temperament điêu luyện
She's a dreamer and a romantic by temperament. an accomplished artist / actor / chef
It is now generally accepted that dysthymia She was an elegant and accomplished woman.
belongs to the classification of mood/affective
disorders, rather than representing a depressive gifted (a)
temperament having a lot of natural ability or intelligence:
có tài, có thiên tài, có năng khiếu
devastate (v)  (a) a gifted musician / player
to make sb feel very shocked and sad gifted children
devastated (a)
extremely upset and shocked: deft (a)
cực kì choáng váng, sửng sốt (of a person's movements) skilful and quick:
His family is absolutely devastated. deft hands / fingers / footwork
He finished off the painting with a few deft strokes
tipsy (a) of the brush.
(informal) slightly drunk In one, deft movement, he had her hand locked
ngà ngà say behind her back.
Jennifer, a little tipsy, went for a stroll to get some
air with a friend at dusk malleable (a)
(of people, ideas, etc.) easily influenced or
recluse (n)  (a) changed
người sống ẩn dật The message is that everything is within the kids’
a person who lives alone and likes to avoid other control, that their intelligence is malleable
people:
to lead the life of a recluse rigid (a)
reclusive (a) (of a person) not willing to change their ideas or
New Zealanders are proud of Richard Pearse: in behaviour:
March 1903 this reclusive, eccentric farmer flew cứng rắn, cứng nhắc
his bamboo-and-canvas monoplane for about 450 rigid attitudes
feet before crashing into a gorse hedge
renowned (a)
self-esteem (n) ~ (as / for sth) famous and respected:
lòng tự trọng nổi tiếng, trứ danh
a renowned author
It is renowned as one of the region's best
restaurants.
She is renowned for her patience.
visionary (n)
(usually approving) a person who has the ability to
think about or plan the future in an intelligent,
imaginative way:
She was a true visionary.
The company needs visionaries to see
opportunities.
grit (n)
the courage and determination that makes it
possible for sb to continue doing sth difficult or
unpleasant
tính bạo dạn, gan góc, chịu đựng bền bỉ
Manchester United ‘s Park Ji Sung, a scrawny kid
who made it to soccer’s big leagues, has become a
national symbol for grit and determination.
impulse (n)
1/ sự bốc đồng
2/ sự thúc đẩy, sự thôi thúc
~ (to do sth) a sudden strong wish or need to do
sth, without stopping to think about the results:
He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing.
I resisted the impulse to laugh.
Her first impulse was to run away.
It is no wonder, perhaps, that teenagers seem to
lack good judgement or the ability to restrain
impulses.
poised (a)
điềm đạm; tự chủ
"She's obviously a very poised and mature eight-
year-old, but I think some of these public
statements are probably a bit extreme in this point
in time," Prof Garton said
canny (a)
khôn ngoan, từng trải, lõi đời
He was canny enough to see that they were trying
to trap him.
He was far too canny to risk giving
himself away...
= shrewd
vain (a)
tự phụ, tự đắc
If you describe someone as vain, you
are critical of their extreme pride in their
own beauty, intelligence, or other good
qualities.
I think he is shallow, vain and
untrustworthy.
From other pictures I have seen of these two, Katie
usually towers over Tom. Did they have to dig a
hole for her to stand in so they appear to be the
same height in this pictue or is she wearing ballet
shoes? He is so vain!
self-indulgent (a)
indulging or tending to indulge one’s desires.
buông thả
Let's gather the most powerful and self indulgent
people together so that they might have an
opportunity to plan a better world for the most
powerful and self indulgent people
deft (a)
(of a person's movements) skilful and quick:
sane (a)
having a normal healthy mind; not mentally ill:
lành mạnh
and there can surely be no sane person who would
argue that pornography has no place in a society
that depicts murder on TV seven nights a week
He seemed perfectly sane...
cynical (a)
not caring that sth might hurt other people, if there
is some advantage for you
ích kỉ ???
a cynical disregard for the safety of others
collected (a)
bình tĩnh, tự chủ
Major (then captain) Watkins remained "cool,
calm and collected" as he flew the Lynx helicopter
to safety while under fire just 15 metres above the
ground, according to the award citation.
pushy (a)
If you describe someone as pushy, you
mean that they try in a forceful way to
get things done as they would like or to
increase their status or influence.
(INFORMAL)
Her parents were never pushy
although they encouraged her acting
ambitions from an early age.
opinionated (a)
khăng khăng giữ ý kiến mình
cứng đầu, cứng cổ, ngoan cố
(disapproving) having very strong opinions that
you are not willing to change:
Sue is the extrovert in the family;
opinionated, talkative and passionate
about politics.
compassionate (a)
feeling or showing sympathy for people who are
suffering:
giàu lòng trắc ẩn
Politicians are not usually regarded as warm or
compassionate people. * He was allowed to go
home on compassionate grounds (= because he
was suffering).
pretentious (a)
(disapproving) trying to appear important,
intelligent, etc. in order to impress other people;
trying to be sth that you are not, in order to
impress:
tự phụ, kiêu căng, khoe khoang
His response was full of pretentious
nonsense...
cognizant (a) = conscious (a)
having knowledge or understanding
He was so cognisant of how important that was to
be in his presentation
conscience (n)
lương tâm
I have battled with my conscience over
whether I should actually send this
letter...
assurance (n)
sự quả quyết, sự tự tin
If you do something with assurance,
you do it with a feeling of confidence
and certainty.
brim (v)
~ (with sth) to be full of sth; to fill sth:
Despite a bad outbreak of nerves immediately
before, in private, he was now brimming with
confidence, assurance and dignity, which was a
stark contrast to the anxious, overweight and sick
Thorpe of the recent past.
deliberate (a)
có suy nghĩ, cân nhắc, thận trọng
...stepping with deliberate slowness up
the steep paths.
articulate (a)
(of a person) good at expressing ideas or feelings
clearly in words:
He chose his words very carefully, very
deliberately, in a singular, articulate performance
catharsis (n)
the process of releasing strong feelings, for
example through plays or other artistic activities,
as a way of providing RELIEF from anger,
suffering, etc.
He wrote out his rage and
bewilderment, which gradually became
a form of catharsis leading to
understanding.
cathartic (a)
His laughter was cathartic, an animal
yelp that brought tears to his eyes.
seismic (a)
(thuộc) động đất, (thuộc) địa chấn
Thorpe's remarkable, cathartic press conference
marked a seismic shift in the way high-profile
sportspeople quit, in public.
measured (a)
slow and careful; controlled:
có chừng mực
đắn đo, cân nhắc, có suy nghĩ, thận trọng (lời nói)
At least with these 2, you get a measured and
mature alternative regardless their "experience".
incapacity (n)
sự bất lực
The incapacity of a person, society, or
system to do something is their inability
to do it. (FORMAL)
...Europe's incapacity to take
collective action...
= inability
 Nothing would satisfy her greed for power.
pettiness (n) a strong desire for more food or drink when you
tính nhỏ nhen, tính vụng vặt are no longer hungry or thirsty:
tính tham ăn, thói háu ăn
idiocy (n) = stupidity (n) I had another helping of ice cream out of pure
greed.
vulgarity (n) helping (n)
tính thô tục, thô lỗ A helping of food is the amount of it
She was offended by the vulgarity of their jokes. that you get in a single serving.
But Wikipedia is no more immune to human She gave them extra helpings of ice-
nature than any other utopian project. Pettiness, cream.
idiocy and vulgarity are regular features of the site
abashed (a)
high-minded (a) embarrassed and ashamed because of sth that you
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in have done
nature or style OPP UNABASHED
có tâm hồn cao thượng; có tinh thần cao cả He looked abashed, uncomfortable.
Nothing about high-minded collaboration
guarantees accuracy, and open editing invites aberrant (a)
abuse (formal) not usual or not socially acceptable:
aberrant behaviour
devious (a) khác thường
behaving in a dishonest or indirect way, or aberration (n)
deceiving people, in order to get sth a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind
SYN CUNNING: A childless woman was regarded as an aberration,
không ngay thẳng, không thành thật, loanh quanh; almost a social outcast.
thủ đoạn, láu cá, ranh ma social outcast (n)
It took a devious Frenchman, Pierre Bayle, to người bị xã hội ruồng bỏ
conceive of an encyclopedia composed solely of
errors
abominate (v)
stolid (a) ghê tởm, ghét cay ghét đắng
(usually disapproving) not showing much emotion "I abominate war but, at times, it's necessary to make
or interest; remaining always the same and not a choice between a battlefield and a Belsen."
reacting or changing: The President described the killings as
Mark sat stolid and silent. an abominable crime...
He glanced furtively at the stolid faces
of the two detectives. abrasive (a)
thản nhiên, phớt lờ, lạnh lùng (of a person or their manner) rude and unkind;
acting in a way that may hurt other people's
disconcerted (a) feelings:
anxious, confused or embarrassed: có xu thế xúc phạm tình cảm của người khác, khắc
bối rối, lúng túng, luống cuống; chưng hửng nghiệt và sỉ nhục
I was very disconcerted to find that everyone else dễ gây xích mích
already knew it. Throughout his career he was known for his
abrasive manner.
greed (n)
a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, abstemious (a)
power, etc. than a person needs: (formal) not allowing yourself to have much food
tính tham lam or alcohol, or to do things that are enjoyable:
His actions were motivated by greed. tiết chế, có điều độ, sơ sài, đạm bạc
He was a hard-working man with abstemious none of the adulation he received from other
habits. people.

abstinent (a) affable (a)

pleasant, friendly and easy to talk to
sourpuss (n) lịch sự, nhã nhặn, hoà nhã; niềm nở, ân cần
(informal) a person who is not cheerful or pleasant Mr Brooke is an extremely affable and
(từ lóng) người bẳn tính; người quạu cọ approachable man.
= amicable
curmudgeon (n) The meeting ended on reasonably
(old-fashioned) a bad-tempered person, often an amicable terms...
old one He hoped the dispute could be settled
người thô lỗ amicably.

acerbic (a) affinity (n)

(formal) (of a person or what they say) critical in a a strong feeling that you understand sb/sth and like
direct and rather cruel way: them or it:
chua chát, gay gắt sự đồng điệu
The letter was written in her usual acerbic style. If you have an affinity with someone
or something, you feel that you are
uneasy (a) similar to them or that you know and
không thoải mái, bực bội, bứt rứt, khó chịu understand them very well.
He has a close affinity with the
acrimonious (a) landscape he knew when he was
(formal) (of an argument, etc.) angry and full of growing up...
strong bitter feelings and words:
gay gắt empathy (n)
His parents went through an acrimonious divorce. Empathy is the ability to share another
person's feelings and emotions as if
adroit (a) they were your own.
(written) skilful and clever, especially in dealing sự đồng cảm
with people: Having begun my life in a children's
khéo léo, khéo tay home I have great empathy with the
an adroit negotiator little ones.
fawn (v) aggrandize (v)
(on / over sb) phóng đại, thêu dệt, tô vẽ thêm lên
nịnh hót To aggrandize someone means to
People fawn over you when you're make them seem richer, more powerful,
famous... and more important than they really
fawning (a) are. To aggrandize a building means to
make it more impressive.
adulation (n) At the dinner table, my father would
(formal) admiration and praise, especially when go on and on, showing off, aggrandising
this is greater than is necessary: himself...
sự tán thưởng (hơi quá) ...plans to aggrandise the building.
= acclaim (n)
The band enjoy the adulation of their fans gadgetry (n)
wherever they go. collection of modern tools and devices:
…the reason for my having been chosen was a
simple one, namely that I treated Nagasawa with
...a passion for the latest electronic
gadgetry.
beholden (a)
~ to sb (for sth) (formal) owing sth to sb because
of sth that they have done for you:
chịu ơn
"It's worth stopping to ask: Why have we become
so beholden to all the gadgetry in our lives?" says
Marcella Bidinost (far right), with Sam and Claire
Burke.
We feel really beholden to them for
what they've done.
magnanimous (a)
(formal) kind, generous and forgiving, especially
towards an enemy or a RIVAL:
hào hiệp, cao thượng
a magnanimous gesture
He was magnanimous in defeat and praised his
opponent's skill.
hubris (n)
(literary) the fact of sb being too proud. In
literature, a character with this pride ignores
warnings and laws and this usually results in their
DOWNFALL and death.
sự xấc xược, ngạo mạn, kiêu căng láo xược
...a tale of how an honourable man
pursuing honourable goals was afflicted
with hubris and led his nation towards
catastrophe.
= arrogance
decisive (a)
quả quyết
If someone is decisive, they have or
show an ability to make quick decisions
in a difficult or complicated situation.
He should give way to a younger,
more decisive leader.
resolute (a)
If you describe someone as resolute,
you approve of them because they are
very determined not to change their
mind or not to give up a course of
action. (FORMAL)
Voters perceive him as a decisive and
resolute international leader...
= determinedkiên quyết, dứt khoát
resolute action / leadership
He became even more resolute in his opposition to
the plan.
vivid (a)
đầy sức sống
seclusion (n)
sự tách biệt, sự ẩn dật
If you are living in seclusion, you are in
a quiet place away from other people.
She lived in seclusion with her
husband on their farm in Panama...
They love the seclusion of their
garden.
reclusive (a)
A reclusive person or animal lives
alone and deliberately avoids the
company of others.
She had been living a reclusive life in
Los Angeles since her marriage broke
up.
morbid (a)
(medical) connected with disease
bệnh hoạng
bệnh tật, ốm yếu; không lành mạnh (đầu óc, ý
nghĩ...)
Some people have a morbid fascination
with crime.
austere (a)
(of a person) strict and serious in appearance and
behaviour:
nghiêm khắc, khắt khe, chặt chẽ
My father was a distant, austere man.
I found her a rather austere, distant,
somewhat cold person.
wary (a)
thận trọng, cẩn thận cảnh giác
People did not teach their children to be
wary of strangers...
qualm (n)
~ (about sth) a feeling of doubt or worry about
whether what you are doing is right:
mối lo ngại, mối e sợ
nỗi băn khoăn dằn vật, nỗi day dứt
He had been working very hard so he had no Most people seem to be petrified of
qualms about taking a few days off. snakes.
= terrified
wayward (a)
(written) difficult to control: relent (v)
a wayward child / animal to finally agree to sth after refusing
wayward emotions / thoughts mũi lòng, động lòng thương
Susanna is petrified her Melbourne brother will
restraint (n) freeze to death on the steps of Australia’s embassy
sự kiềm chế in Serbia unless the Australia Government relents
the quality of behaving calmly and with control: and allows him to come home.
The police appealed to the crowd for restraint. He  (a)
exercised considerable restraint in ignoring the relentless (a)
insults. tàn nhẫn, không thương xót

superficial (a) discretion (n)  (n) #, (a)

nông cạn, bề mặt sự suy xét khôn ngoan
a superficial mind / person / friendship # indiscretion (n)
The guests engaged in superficial chatter. discreet (a)
You ought to make a few discreet enquiries before
depraved (a) you sign anything
formal) to make sb morally bad Nothing mattered. That he confessed, that he
SYN CORRUPT: helped the police, that he was young, that this was
suy đồi, sa đọa, trụy lạc a first offence, that he wasn't bringing drugs into
In my view this book would deprave young Singapore itself — counted for nothing. This is
children. what mandatory sentencing is: punishment without
discretion
flair (n)
~ for sth a natural ability to do sth well: attentive (a)
khiếu chăm chú
He has a flair for languages. He wishes the government would be
more attentive to detail in their
rational (a) response.
có lý trí, dựa trên lý trí The children listened attentively to the story.
Faced with overwhelming evidence against a
person sentenced to death, their argument has conscientious (a)
always been more emotional than rational taking care to do things carefully and correctly:
có lương tâm ,tỉ mỉ, cẩn thận, chu đáo
bewildered (a) a conscientious student / teacher
hoang mang, lúng túng, ngơ ngác He was thorough and conscientious, rather than
Nguyen’s bewildered and desperate mother, Kim, brilliant.
has been given no solace.
frantic (a)
petrified (a) unable to control your emotions because you are
If you are petrified, you are extremely extremely frightened or worried about sth:
frightened, perhaps so frightened that điên cuồng
you cannot think or move. frantic with worry
sợ chết cứng Let's go back. Your parents must be getting frantic
I've always been petrified of being by now.
alone...
Staff from the Brisbane Skydiving Centre, one of
south-east Queensland's oldest parachute training
companies, frantically began ringing relatives of
the three instructors, three students and the pilot,
who gathered at the centre while the bodies were
slowly pulled from the murky water.
craze (n)
sự say mê, sự ham mê
(for sth) an enthusiastic interest in sth that is
shared by many people but that usually does not
last very long; a thing that people have a craze for:
"We are in a celebrity craze, really, in terms of the
general public: we all love to hear what they are
doing, what they are up to and that creates that
maximum cut-through."
Walking is the latest fitness craze.
bombastic (a)
phô trương
He was vain and bombastic.
...the bombastic style adopted by his
predecessor.
scourge (n)
~ (of sb/sth) (written) a person or thing that causes
trouble or suffering
tai họa
Pirates are once again the scourge of the China
Sea.
In the case of the bombastic sixteenth century
German Paracelsus, there is a curious blend of the
two; at the opposite end of the scale is the quiet
English country doctor Edward Jenner, whose
vaccine eliminated the scourge of smallpox

compulsive (a) bemused (a)

buộc phải làm gì do bị ám ảnh gây ra showing that you are confused and unable to think
(of behaviour) that is difficult to stop or control: clearly:
compulsive eating / spending / gambling a bemused expression / smile
(of people) not being able to control their
behaviour: vocation (n)
a compulsive drinker / gambler / liar a type of work or way of life that you believe is
But for compulsive shoppers, January is a difficult especially suitable for you
time to break bad habits. thiên hướng, năng khiếu
SYN CALLING:
affectation (n) Nursing is not just a job-it's a vocation.
behaviour or an action that is not natural or sincere
and that is often intended to impress other people: shattering (a)
sự điệu bộ, sự màu mè very shocking and upsetting:
His little affectations irritated her. a shattering experience
Kay has no affectation at all. The news of his death came as a shattering blow.
He raised his eyebrows with an affectation of The experience of their daughter's
surprise (= pretending to be surprised). death had been absolutely shattering...
Mao Zedong, the founder of the People’s = devastating
Republic, considered teeth brushing a Western
affectation and though nothing of greeting hearten (v)
international dignitaries while wearing patched cổ vũ, động viên, làm phấn khởi
trousers to make sb feel encouraged and more hopeful
He will have been heartened by the
selfless (a) telephone opinion poll published
không ích kỷ, vị tha yesterday...
quack (n) The news heartened everybody.
(informal, disapproving) a person who dishonestly = cheer
claims to have medical knowledge or skills
lang băm heartening (a)
From selfless geniuses to self-promoting quacks, phấn khởi
medicine has attracted all manner of human It is heartening to see the determination of these
characters. young people.
This is among the most ambitious in the world, His manners in private were even more mild and
and it is especially heartening to see a conservative attractive than in public, for there was a certain
politician adopt it dignity in his mien during his lecture which in his
own house was replaced by the greatest affability
ingenious (a) and kindness
(of a person) having a lot of clever new ideas and
good at inventing things: bedridden (a)
khéo léo, tài tình, mưu trí nằm liệt giường (vì ốm hay tàn tật)
an ingenious cook He had to spend two years bedridden
She's very ingenious when it comes to finding with an injury.
excuses.
irritable (a)
ingenuous (a) dễ cáo kỉnh
(formal, sometimes disapproving) honest, innocent Dysthymic individuals tend to be self-deprecating,
and willing to trust people brooding about the past, socially withdrawn; they
SYN NAIVE: may feel irritable and unproductive
You're too ingenuous.
an ingenuous smile withdrawn (a)
not wanting to talk to other people; extremely
lineaments (n) quiet and shy
(rare, formal) the typical features of sth Sometimes she gets withdrawn and can't be around
nét, nét mặt people — it seems a ridiculous impossibility to her
He had partially unveiled the face of Nature, but that they could comprehend what's in her head
her immortal lineaments were still a wonder and a
mystery likeable (a)
Her actions were marked with the lineaments of pleasant and easy to like:
her character. dễ thương, đáng yêu
a very likeable man
dapper (a) She's warm, friendly and likeable.
(of a man) small with a neat appearance and nice
clothes alacrity (n)
lanh lợi nhanh nhẹn, hoạt bát with alacrity
...a dapper little man. (formal) great willingness or enthusiasm:
sự sốt sắng
austere (a) They accepted the offer with alacrity.
(of a person) strict and serious in appearance and
behaviour: allay (v)
My father was a distant, austere man. (formal) to make sth, especially a feeling, less
Johnny Depp - dapper, austere, with a soft Scottish strong:
accent - is Barrie, recovering from a resounding làm giảm bớt
failure on the stage. to allay fears / concern / suspicion

mien (n) rustic (a)

(formal or literary) a person's appearance or
manner that shows how they are feeling:
dáng điệu, phong cách, vẻ mặt, sắc mặt
I was impressed by her calm mien.
affable (a)
pleasant, friendly and easy to talk to
affability (n)
sự lịch sự, sự nhã nhặn
mộc mạc, quê mùa, chất phát
(approving) typical of the country or of country
people; simple:
His loyal amanuensis, Heinrich Hoffmann, took
pictures of the Fuehrer in many guises: as a
military leader in the style of Bismarck, as a rustic
Bavarian
ambulatory (a) # bedridden (a)
He returned to Australia and the Royal Children's
Hospital after four years to head a new department
of ambulatory pediatrics
Nowadays, patients are ambulatory much sooner
after an operation than used to be the case.
amenable (a)
~ (to sth) (of people) easy to control; willing to be
influenced by sb/sth:
tuân theo, vâng theo
dễ bảo, biết nghe theo, phục tùng
They had three very amenable children.
He seemed most amenable to my idea.
animus (n)
~ (against sb/sth) (formal) a strong feeling of
opposition, anger or hatred
sự oán thù
Terrorism grows not out of dislike in government
circles, but out of a deeper existential animus at
the community level
antics (n)
behaviour which is silly and funny in a way that
people usually like:
trò hề, trò cười
behaviour which is ridiculous or dangerous
The bank staff got up to all sorts of antics to raise
money for charity.
There are those whose antics puzzle their friends
If you say that someone gets up to
something, you mean that they do it
and you do not approve of it. (BRIT
mainly SPOKEN)
They get up to all sorts behind
your back.
antipathy (n)
(formal) a strong feeling of dislike:
ác cảm
What has been called the "longest hatred" appears
to be burgeoning again in a new and troubling
form that blends antipathy towards Israel with
anti-Semitism in general
Microsoft has shown an antipathy to web
standards, because in the view of many they
provide an alternative to the Windows desktop -
Microsoft's core business
drowsy (a)  (n)
tired and almost asleep
SYN SLEEPY:
The tablets may make you feel drowsy.
drowsiness (n)
The drugs tend to cause drowsiness.
nap (v)
to sleep for a short time, especially during the day:
I tried to nap on the plane.
First, they spend far more of their waking hours
displaying sleep-related behaviour, such as
drowsiness and napping
elated (a)
~ (at / by sth) very happy and excited because of
sth good that has happened, or will happen:
phấn chấn, phấn khởi, hân hoan, hoan hỉ
They were elated at the result.
I was elated by the prospect of the new job ahead.
overwrought (a)
very worried and upset; excited in a nervous way
phải làm việc quá nhiều; mệt rã rời (vì làm việc
quá nhiều)
"I don't think anyone who has not been in a
similar situation can possibly know how this feels.
I am alternately elated and overwrought.
rueful (a)
(written) feeling or showing that you are sad or
sorry:
buồn bã, buồn rầu, rầu rĩ, phiền muộn
a rueful expression / laugh
Jenny gave a rueful smile.
dissent (n)
sự bất đồng quan điểm
sarcastic (a)
chế nhạo, mỉa mai, chân biếm
..Ibanez after receiving two yellow cards in quick
succession, the first for dissent and the second for
applauding the decision "in a sarcastic manner".
Someone who is sarcastic says or does
the opposite of what they really mean in
order to mock or insult someone.
She poked fun at people's
shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.
True, he had a sarcastic side that often
struck people as arrogant, but in fact he was a
considerate and fairminded person.
just (a)
that most people consider to be morally fair and
reasonable:
công bằng
a just decision / law / society
impartial (a)
not supporting one person or group more than
another
công bằng, không thiên vị, vô tư
SYN NEUTRAL, UNBIASED:
an impartial inquiry / observer * to give impartial
advice * As chairman, I must remain impartial.
fair-minded (a)
of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced
True, he had a sarcastic side that often struck
people as arrogant, but in fact he was a considerate
and fair-minded person.
unsympathetic (a)
khô khan, lãnh đạm, vô tình
Students tended to be unsympathetic towards those
they considered "losers", particularly Aborigines
sharp-tongued (a)
critical or sarcastic and unsympathetic in speech
The film focuses on three women: the sharp-
tongued Ellen (Charlotte Rampling), who takes a
break from her university job to holiday in the sun;
edgy (a)
(informal) nervous, especially about what might
happen:
bực mình, cáu kỉnh
She's been very edgy lately.
After the recent unrest there is an edgy calm in the
capital.
moribund (a)
in a very bad condition; dying:
gần chết, hấp hối
a moribund patient / tree
disconcert (v)
to make sb feel anxious, confused or embarrassed:
làm mất bình tĩnh, làm bối rối, làm lúng túng, làm
luống cuống; làm chưng hửng
His answer rather disconcerted her.
amused (a)
thinking that sb/sth is funny, so that you smile or
laugh:
There was an amused look on the President's face.
We were all amused at his stories.
"I don't know if Pink is an expert on the sheep
industry," an amused Mr Costello told reporters in
Canberra.
nondescript (a)
(disapproving) having no interesting or unusual
features or qualities
SYN DULL:
a nondescript person / building / town
It has taken one of the country's leading
filmmakers four years to make his first computer-
animated movie in a nondescript building at
Sydney's Fox Studios.
jitters (n)
(informal) feelings of being anxious and nervous,
especially before an important event or before
having to do sth difficult:
nỗi bồn chồn, lo sợ
I always get the jitters before exams.
Louise had pre-wedding jitters.
When Happy Feet reached the screen last month,
Miller's jitters proved unnecessary. It premiered in
the US to enthusiastic reviews, then raced to
almost $US100 million ($128 million) in just 10
days, outpacing Casino Royale at the box-office.
gesture (v)
~ (for / to sb) (to do sth) to move your hands,
head, face, etc. as a way of expressing what you
mean or want:
ra dấu
“I see you read a lot,' he said, gesturing at the wall
of books. He gestured to the guards and they
withdrew.
A few years ago, Charlotte Rampling decided she
had had enough of cinema. "I just didn't want to be
looked at any more. I wanted to get away from the
cameras and all this (she gestures towards my tape
recorder). I thought I might never make another
film again."
immaculate (a)
extremely clean and tidy
SYN SPOTLESS:
She always looks immaculate. an immaculate
uniform / room
The property is in immaculate condition
She is immaculate in white shirt and suit trousers,
her jacket folded neatly at her side.
icicle (n)
nhủ băng
a pointed piece of ice that is formed when water
freezes as it falls down from sth such as a roof
tardy (a)
~ (in doing sth) (formal) slow to act, move or
happen; late in happening or arriving:
chậm chạp, thiếu khẩn trương, đờ đẫn
She points wordlessly to a seat and I think she's
upset, that now I'm for it - volleys of verbal icicles
about my tardiness.
disarming (a)
making people feel less angry or suspicious than
they were before:
xoa dịu
a disarming smile
Her disarming honesty immediately created a
much less hostile atmosphere in the room.
Let's not go too far with this warm-hearted granny
line, though: Rampling is 60 and disarmingly
beautiful. I, along with most of the men and
women in the bar, can't help but look at her.
uptight (a)
anxious and/or angry about sth:
(+about something) câu nệ, cứng nhắc (lễ nghi,
phong tục )
Relax! You're getting too uptight about it.
I remember when it was like that for me, too, and
it was nice. There's no point getting uptight
about this like they do in America
(especially AmE) nervous about showing your
feelings:
bồn chồn, căng thẳng, lo lắng
I remember him when he was an uptight teenager.
poise (n)
tư thế đĩnh đạc, tư thế đàng hoàng
His performance was full of maturity and poise.
She seemed embarrassed for a moment but quickly
recovered her poise.
reprove (v)
~ sb (for sth / for doing sth) (formal) to tell sb that
you do not approve of sth that they have done:
mắng mỏ, quở trách, khiển trách
[VN] Charles reproved her for rushing away
the contestants-cum-victims in Australian
Princess are forever being reproved for their
alleged lack of poise, manners or culture
ingratiate (v)
(disapproving) to do things in order to make sb
like you, especially sb who will be useful to you:
lấy lòng, tranh thủ cảm tình
The first part of his plan was to ingratiate himself
with the members of the committee.
It's hard not to think of this when Dunst makes her
first entrance into the French court as the title
character in Marie Antoinette flicking her
eyessideways, giggling and smiling ingratiatingly,
apologetically miming her discomfort.
proactive (a)
(of a person or policy) controlling a situation by
making things happen rather than waiting for
things to happen and then reacting to them:
chủ động
a proactive approach / role
Managers must be proactive in identifying and
preventing potential problems.
sober (a)
không say rượu
điều độ
điềm tĩnh, điềm đạm
Andrew Stephens' guide to staying sober during
the drinking season
We stayed there almost two hours, sipping whisky
and sodas at a rate that kept us sober
deportment (n)
(old-fashioned, especially AmE) the way in which
a person behaves
thái độ, cách cư xử; cách đi đứng
Your boss - the big boss - has issued a company-
wide memo warning staff about their deportment
at the office Christmas party
cringe (v)
to feel very embarrassed and uncomfortable about
sth:
mạnh hơn ái ngại, ái náy
I cringe when I think of the poems I wrote then. *
She felt herself cringe with embarrassment at the
memory.
plastered (a)
(informal) drunk:
to be / get plastered
There is no doubt that Christmas parties can be
hugely entertaining, but who doesn't cringe
watching their colleagues get plastered and
disgrace themselves?
pester (v)
~ sb (for / with sth) to annoy sb, especially by
asking them sth many times:
làm phiền, quấy rầy, làm khó chịu
Even smarter is to simply get your own non-
alcoholic drinks from the bar and make sure you
have one in your hand for the duration of the party.
That way you won't be pestered and, anyway, it's
nobody else's business what you choose to drink.
but according to the woman, her daughter used to
pass my house and loved to hear me play. She had
seen me at some point, too, and now she was
pestering her mother to let me teach her.
elation (n)
a feeling of great happiness and excitement:
She felt a great sense of elation as she started on
the journey.
Mt Buller Chalet general manager Eric Siewert
described scenes of elation at the resort early
Christmas morning, as firefighters and staff who
had stayed on the mountain to battle the bushfire
threat woke to a white Christmas
hard-line (a)
(of a person) having very fixed beliefs and being
unlikely or unwilling to change them:
dứt khoát, kiên quyết, không khoan nhượng
a hard-line Communist
Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said the Security Council would regret voting in
favour for the sanctions, saying he was sorry the
West lost its chance to make amends with Iran
superficial (a)
nông cạn, hời hợt, thiển cận
This will not damage the nation of Iran, but its
issuers will soon regret this superficial and nil
act," he said, speaking to a group of war veterans
inclined (a)
~ (to do sth) wanting to do sth:
She was inclined to trust him.
He writes only when he feels inclined to.
Science, on the other hand, is a discipline of
gradual and systematic investigation. It is not
concerned with finding immediate answers, and is
available only to the few who are so inclined, not
the whole of society
articulate (a)
(of a person) good at expressing ideas or feelings
clearly in words:
ăn nói lưu loát
He was unusually articulate for a ten-year-old. She
is the most articulate critic of government policy.
dogged (a)
showing determination; not giving up easily:
gan góc, gan lì, lì lợm; ngoan cường, bền bỉ, kiên
trì, dai dẳng
dogged determination / persistence * their dogged
defence of the city
sullen (a)
silent and bad-tempered, either on a particular
occasion or because it is part of your character:
buồn rầu, ủ rũ
Bob looked pale and sullen. * She gave him a
sullen glare. * sullen teenagers
cheeky (a)
rude in an amusing or an annoying way:
táo tợn, cả gan, mặt dạn mày dày, trơ tráo, không
biết xấu hổ
You cheeky monkey! * a cheeky grin * You're
getting far too cheeky!
Back from his busman's holiday, Bond is reproved
by his overseer M — once again played by Judi
Dench — in the manner of a firm headmistress
faced with a sullenly cheeky pupil
brio (n)
(written) enthusiasm and individual style:
sự sôi nổi
She told her story with some brio.
outlandish (n)
(usually disapproving) strange or extremely
unusual:
kỳ dị, lạ lùng
outlandish costumes / ideas * As the show
progressed, it got ever more outlandish.
But there isn't enough brio to his scheming: I kept
expecting the film to pull back and reveal a still
more outlandish figure pulling his strings
vanity (n)
(disapproving) too much pride in your own
appearance, abilities or achievements:
tính kiêu căng, lòng tự cao tự đại; sự hợm mình
She had no personal vanity (= about her
appearance)
petulance (n)
tính nóng nảy; tính hay hờn mát, tính hay dằn dỗi
bad-tempered and unreasonable, especially
because you cannot do or have what you want:
He behaved like a petulant child and refused to
cooperate. * Her tone of voice became abrupt and
petulant.
This Bond isn't much of a wit, and he's also
capable of undignified emotions: vanity, petulance,
even a certain primal tenderness
pert (a)
sỗ sàng, xấc xược, thiếu lịch sự (lời nói, thái độ...)
(especially of a girl or young woman) showing a
lack of respect, especially in a cheerful and
amusing way:
a pert reply
The love story in Casino Royale never becomes as
central as it should: in the role of Bond's colleague
Vesper Lynd, the pert and pretty Eva Green doesn't
do enough to indicate why she, above all other
women, should capture his heart
manhood (n)
the qualities that a man is supposed to have, for
example courage, strength and sexual power:
Her new-found power was a threat to his
manhood.
dissolute (a)
(formal, disapproving) enjoying immoral activities
and not caring about behaving in a morally
acceptable way
chơi bời phóng đãng
Greeks have watched dumbfounded as allegations
of their priesthood's dissolute lifestyle have
unfolded on television screens
demure (a)
(of a woman or a girl) behaving in a way that does
not attract attention to herself or her body; quiet
and serious:
khiêm tốn, kính đáo
a demure young lady
witty (a)
(wittier, wittiest) able to say or write clever,
amusing things:
dí dỏm, tế nhị
a witty speaker / writer * a witty remark
imperturbable (a)
(formal) not easily upset or worried by a difficult
situation; calm:
điềm tĩnh, bình tĩnh; không hề bối rối, không hề
nao núng
His normally imperturbable secretary burst into
tears.
The imperturbable Jones is more than happy with
the Telstra Dome surface, despite the flak it has
attracted at times from AFL players
aplomb (n)
if sb does sth with aplomb, they do it in a
confident and successful way, often in a difficult
situation:
sự vững vàng, vững lòng, sự tự tin
with considerable / great / remarkable aplomb *
He delivered the speech with his usual aplomb.
Text flows automatically around a text or graphics
box. Page numbering, page orientation, widows
and orphans, watermarks, tables of contents, charts
and much else are handled with aplomb; most by
drag and drop or click and drag
Evening Standard royal reporter Robert Jobson,
who has written a biography of Middleton, told
Reuters: "She has shown poise and discretion, she
looks the part and has dealt with the paparazzi
with aplomb."

abusive (a)
(of speech or of a person) rude and offensive;
criticizing rudely and unfairly:
lăng mạ, sỉ nhục, chửi rủa
abusive language / remarks * He became abusive
when he was drunk.
The abusive Luang is a womaniser who has sex
with many woman in front of the portrait of his
late wife.
die-hard (a)
strongly opposing change and new ideas:
bảo thủ
diehard supporters of the exiled king
Die-hard fans had been appalled by the decision to
hand the role of their hero to the blue-eyed, fair-
haired Craig
berate (v)
(formal) to criticize or speak angrily to sb because
you do not approve of sth they have done:
mắng mỏ, nhiếc móc
She berated herself for being a bad mother.
He is now an unlikely cult figure, winning millions
of fans. And how to explain the global applause in
response to mobile camera phone footage of a late-
night incident on a Hong Kong bus? It features an
older man berating a younger man in Cantonese.
The older man's warning, "this is not resolved", is
now a global catchphrase, parodied, referenced
and even turned into mobile phone ringtones
chivalrous (a)
chivalrous /{speaker}{sh}Ivlr{e}s/ adjective
(of men) polite, kind and behaving with honour,
especially towards women
nghĩa hiệp, hào hiệp
Hilton swam with a friend before washing under
the public showers.The blonde forgot to bring a
towel, but chivalrous bystander Conrad
Panebianco, 19, was on hand to lend his
chivalry (n)
1 tinh thần thượng võ
(in the Middle Ages) the religious and moral
system of behaviour which the perfect KNIGHT
was expected to follow:
the age of chivalry
2 polite and kind behaviour that shows a sense of
honour, especially by men towards women
reckless (a)
showing a lack of care about danger and the
possible results of your actions:
không lo lắng, không để ý tới; coi thường
He showed a reckless disregard for his own safety.
* She was a good rider, but reckless.
courteous (a)
polite, especially in a way that shows respect:
a courteous young man * The hotel staff are
friendly and courteous.
OPP DISCOURTEOUS
lịch sự, lễ độ, nhã nhặn
My friend's reply was courteous but
firm.
overbearing (a)
(disapproving) trying to control other people in an
unpleasant way
SYN DOMINEERING:
độc đoán
an overbearing parent / officer * an overbearing
manner * She found him rude and overbearing.
sullen (a)
silent and bad-tempered, either on a particular
occasion or because it is part of your character:
buồn rầu, ủ rũ
Bob looked pale and sullen. * She gave him a
sullen glare. * sullen teenagers
brusque (a)
using very few words and sounding rude:
sống sượng, lỗ mãng, cộc cằn
The doctor spoke in a brusque tone.
crooked (a)
dishonest:
a crooked businessman / deal * All the officials are
crooked.
cuddly (a)
(approving) if a person is cuddly, they make you
want to cuddle them
"He's gutsy, he has good instincts about local
issues, and he's not as cuddly as you might think
as a Green."
combative (a)
hiếu chiến
Hewitt still hungry but less combative
exuberant (a)
full of energy, excitement and happiness:
chứa chan (tình cảm), dồi dào (sức khoẻ...); đầy
dẫy, cởi mở, hồ hởi
She gave an exuberant performance. * an
exuberant personality / imagination * a picture
painted in exuberant reds and yellows
vivacious (a)
(approving) (especially of a woman) having a
lively, attractive personality:
hoạt bát, nhanh nhảu
a vivacious manner * He had three pretty,
vivacious daughters.
witty (a)
able to say or write clever, amusing things:
dí dỏm, tế nhị
a witty speaker / writer * a witty remark
zealous (a)
(written) showing great energy and enthusiasm for
sth, especially because you feel strongly about it:
sốt sắng, hắng hái; có nhiệt tâm, có nhiệt huyết
a zealous reformer / preacher
inquisitive (a)
(disapproving) asking too many questions and
trying to find out about what other people are
doing, etc:
tò mò, hay dò hỏi; tọc mạch
Don't be so inquisitive. It's none of your business!
tame (a)
(informal) (of a person) willing to do what other
people ask:
lành, dễ bảo, nhu mì
I have a tame doctor who'll always give me a sick
note when I want a day off.
adorable (a)
dễ thương, dễ mến, đáng yêu
very attractive and easy to feel love for:
What an adorable child!
roguish (a)
(of a person) pleasant and amusing but looking as
if they might do sth wrong:
đểu, xỏ lá ba que; gian giảo
láu cá, ranh ma; tinh nghịch
a roguish smile
saucy (a)
rude or referring to sex in a way that is amusing
but not offensive
SYN CHEEKY:
táo tợn, cả gan, mặt dạn mày dày, trơ tráo, không
biết xấu hổ
saucy comments / jokes * a saucy smile
But just a few blocks away is one of the city's
many saucy neighborhoods: Soi Cowboy, a neon-
lit stretch boasting clubs such as Spice Girls and
Doll House
Teen queen sacked over saucy pics
A model gets cheeky on the runway at the
Victoria's Secret Fashion show
righteous (a)
morally right and good:
a righteous God
ngay thẳng, đạo đức, công bằng (người)
She asks if he would help her, to which the
righteous Prince Jai shows obvious hesitation
before subsequently agreeing to save his biological
mother
delectable (a)
(humorous) (of a person) very attractive:
his delectable body * Steve's latest girlfriend, the
delectable Tara.
Good Morning
I am very much impressed with your Blog.
You are really DELECTABLE
tactful (a)
careful not to say or do anything that will annoy or
upset other people:
tế nhị, khéo xử, lịch thiệp
That wasn't a very tactful thing to say! * I tried to
find a tactful way of telling her the truth
Sometimes one feels that close friends and family
will praise one because of an obligation to do so or
because of a tactful loyalty

misgiving (n)
~ about sth / about doing sth feelings of doubt or
anxiety about what might happen, or about
whether or not sth is the right thing to do:
nỗi nghi ngại, lo âu, nỗi e sợ, nghi ngờ
I had grave misgivings about making the trip. *
She decided to go despite her misgivings
Thousands of Victorian children are being
prescribed antidepressants despite misgivings
throughout the medical community
despondent (a)
nản lòng, ngã lòng; thoái chí; thất vọng, chán nản
(about sth)| (especially AmE) (over sth) sad,
without much hope:
She was becoming increasingly despondent about
the way things were going.
A STAGGERING 337,553 prescriptions for
antidepressants were written for children and
adolescents in the past year, raising fears about
whether "happy pills" are being used as a quick-fix
for despondent youngsters.
perplexity (n)
sự lúng túng, sự bối rối; điều gây lúng túng, điều
gây bối rối
Perplexity is a feeling of being
confused and frustrated because you do
not understand something.
He began counting them and then, with
growing perplexity, counted them a
second time.
apprehension (n)
worry or fear that sth unpleasant may happen
SYN ANXIETY:
sự lo sợ, sự e sợ
With perplexity and apprehension, I once went to
such a wedding. After some minutes searching for
a familiar face in vain, I found myself cordially
welcomed by somebody I thought I had never seen
in my life
unworldly (a)
không trần tục, thanh tao
The dormitory provided meals and other facilities
and would probably help their unworldly 18-year-
old survive.
refined (a)
(of a person) polite, well educated and able to
judge the quality of things; having the sort of
manners that are considered typical of a high
social class:
tao nhã, lịch sự,, tế nhị; có học thức (người)
She was a lady of very refined tastes.
chic (a)
very fashionable and elegant:
sành điệu
bảnh, diện sang trọng, lịch sự
She is always so chic, so elegant. * a chic new
restaurant
glum (a)
sad, quiet and unhappy:
ủ rũ, rầu rĩ
The players sat there with glum looks on their
faces.
Once he had a date with a fellow student (a girl in
geography, of course) but came back in the early
evening looking glum. "Tell me, W W-Watanabe,
what do you talk about with g-g-girls?
malicious (a)
having or showing hatred and a desire to harm sb
or hurt their feelings:
hiểm độc, có ác tâm
malicious gossip / lies / rumours
He took malicious pleasure in telling me what she
had said.
That might merely have been malicious
gossip...
lofty (a)
(disapproving) showing a belief that you are worth
more than other people:
kiêu căng, kiêu kỳ, kiêu ngạo
her lofty disdain for other people
prying (a)
tò mò, tọc mạch
Pictures of her trying to escape prying paparazzi
lenses outside her London apartment mirror the
unrelenting attention given to William's mother
Diana in the lead-up to her 1981 engagement to
Prince Charles
stingy (a)
(informal) not given or giving willingly; not
generous, especially with money:
keo kiệt, bủn xỉn
You're stingy! (= not willing to spend money)
Tram, a restaurant owner in Vietnam's largest city,
is not stingy when it comes to being beautifu
devil-may-care (a)
cheerful and not worrying about the future:
a devil-may-care attitude to life
liều, liều mạng, vong mạng, bất chấp tất cả
windfall (n)
(nghĩa bóng) của trời cho; điều may mắn bất ngờ
an amount of money that sb/sth wins or receives
unexpectedly:
The hospital got a sudden windfall of £300000. *
windfall gains / profits
This devil-may-care attitude, coupled with the
total lack of regulations in the sector, means a
windfall for surgeons - qualified and otherwise
vulgarity (n)
tính chất thô tục, tính thô lỗ
the fact of being rude or not having good taste; a
rude object, picture, etc:
the vulgarity of mass tourism * She was offended
by the vulgarity of their jokes. * a pornographic
magazine full of vulgarities
unconvinced (a)
~ (of sth) | ~ (by sth) | ~ (that...) not believing or
not certain about sth in spite of what you have
been told:
hoài nghi
I remain unconvinced of the need for change. *
She seemed unconvinced by their promises
So what about Vietnamese men? They're largely
unconvinced, but some have been tempted to go
under the knife for surprising reasons
broke (a)
(informal) having no money:
I'm always broke by the end of the month. *
During the recession thousands of small
businesses went broke (= had to stop doing
business).
The kind nun decided to rent a house in order to
open a shelter for these mothers, many of whom
were broke and homeless
caddish (a)
vô lại, đểu cáng
ungentlemanly man: a man whose conduct,
especially toward women, is considered
unscrupulous or dishonorable
Most of the shelter's mothers are distraught, as
some were sexually abused or abandoned by
caddish men
unscrupulous (a)
without moral principles; not honest or fair
SYN UNPRINCIPLED:
vô lưng tâm
unscrupulous methods / treatment
OPP SCRUPULOUS
gobsmacked (a)
(BrE, informal) so surprised that you do not know
what to say:
I was gobsmacked when she told me the news.
Thus begins the odyssey of Jaguar Paw who is
gobsmacked by the huge Mayan civilisation they
are taken to
spirited (a)
hăng say; mạnh mẽ; dũng cảm
full of energy, determination or courage:
a spirited young woman * a spirited horse * a
spirited discussion / conversation
For a spirited young woman, immobilisation was
torture
flashy (a)
intended to impress by looking very skilful:
If you describe a person or thing as
flashy, you mean they are smart and
noticeable, but in a rather vulgar way.
(INFORMAL)
He was much less flashy than his
brother.
He specializes in flashy technique, without much
depth. * She threw in a lot of flashy footwork to
impress the judges.
But they were unimpressed by flashy lawyers with
a thirst for publicity
attached (a)
~ (to sb/sth) full of affection for sb/sth:
I've never seen two people so attached to each
other.
When you work in a hospital you see trauma and
tears every day. You don't get too attached. But
Susan Aubuchon says she will never forget
Kimberley Dear chic (a)
very fashionable and elegant:
husky (a) sành điệu
adjective (huskier, huskiest) (of a person or their She is always so chic, so elegant. * a chic new
voice) sounding deep, quiet and rough, sometimes restaurant
in an attractive way: Hatsumi stared at her hands on the table. Like
khản, khàn everything she wore, her hands looked chic and
She spoke in a husky whisper. elegant and expensive
Hers was not a full voice, and too much smoking
had given it a husky edge, but it was lovely, with graceful (a)
real presence Something that is graceful is attractive
because it has a pleasing shape or style.
twisted (a) duyên dáng, thanh nhã
méo mó His handwriting, from earliest young
We're all kind of weird and twisted and drowning - manhood, was flowing and graceful.
me and Kizuki and Reiko.
Bọn mình đều là loại kì dị méo mó và heartfelt (a)
đang chết đuối cả chân thành, thành tâm
showing strong feelings that are sincere:
waste away (v) a heartfelt apology / plea / sigh * heartfelt
(of a person) to become thin and weak, especially sympathy / thanks
because of illness
tàn tạ bashful (a)
I'll always stay twisted like this and grow old and shy and easily embarrassed:
waste away here. He was too bashful to talk about sex.
Death was death, and Naoko was Naoko. "What's
clinging, clingy (a) the problem?" she asked me with a bashful smile,
(usually disapproving) too dependent on another "I'm here, aren't I?"
person:
a clinging child reflex (n)
phản xạ
brisk (a) He asked why I was crying, and almost by reflex I
quick; busy: told him that my mother had died.
nhanh nhẹn Only the goalkeeper's reflexes (= his ability to
a brisk walk * to set off at a brisk pace * Ice- react quickly) stopped the ball from going in.
cream vendors were doing a brisk trade (= selling
a lot of ice cream). pompous (a)
Naoko was the usual Naoko. Her eyes were in (disapproving) showing that you think you are
focus, her movements brisk more important than other people, especially by
using long and formal words:
blasé (a) vênh vang, tự cao, tự đại (người)
~ (about sth) not impressed, excited or worried a pompous official * His speech sounded very
about sth, because you have seen or experienced it pompous and self-congratulatory.
many times before:
dửng dưng, chán chường genial (a)
Kids have become blase about violence on friendly and cheerful:
television. vui vẻ, vui tính; tốt bụng, thân ái, ân cần
Nagasawa said this with a blasé look on his face, a genial person * a genial smile / tone
then slugged back the rest of his whisky and He's a bear of man, but his manner is soft and his
ordered another tone genial.

heartstrings (n)
strong feelings of love or pity:
(nghĩa bóng) những tình cảm sâu sắc nhất; những
xúc động sâu xa nhất
to tug / pull at sb's heartstrings (= to cause such
feelings in sb)
Will Smith puts in his best performance in this
factually based drama that plays on the
heartstrings
headstrong (a)
(disapproving) a headstrong person is determined
to do things their own way and refuses to listen to
advice
ương ngạnh
bướng bỉnh cứng đầu cứng cổ, ương ngạnh
Set in the brightly lit San Francisco of 1981, Smith
plays Gardner, an ambitious young man with a
loving, headstrong wife, Linda (Thandie Newton),
and an adoring son, Christopher (Smith's real-life
son Jaden).
reticent (a)
~ (about sth) unwilling to tell people about things:
trầm lặng, ít nói; dè dặt kín đáo trong lời nói
She was shy and reticent. * He was extremely
reticent about his personal life.
Northern Vietnamese, long thought to be reticent
about traveling during the Lunar New Year (Tet)
festival, are planning to travel in numbers this
year, mainly to the sunny south, travel agencies
said
inscrutable (a)
if a person or their expression is inscrutable, it is
hard to know what they are thinking or feeling,
because they do not show any emotion
bí hiểm
In public he remained inscrutable.
insensate (a)
vô tri vô giác
Babies, many animals and patients robbed of
speech by brain damage are not insensate robots;
they have reactions like ours that indicate that
someone's home
brazen (a)
(disapproving) open and without SHAME, usually
about sth that people find shocking:
trắng trợn
She had become brazen about the whole affair
Protests and expressions of concern were lodged
over the test by the U.S., Japan, Canada, South
Korea and Australia, but Beijing has so far refused
to comment on the issue or even confirm the test
took place. "The brazenness of this is a bit
frightening," says Mike Green, former senior Bush
Administration Asia adviser
HYPHEN
self-centred
Someone who is self-centred is only
concerned with their own wants and
needs and never thinks about other
people.
chỉ biết mình
He was self-centred, but he wasn't
cruel.
fair-minded (a)
A fair-minded person always tries to
be fair and reasonable, and always
listens to other people's opinions.
She is one of the most fair-minded
people I know.
two-faced (a)
If you describe someone as two-faced,
you are critical of them because they
say they do or believe one thing when
their behaviour or words show that they
do not do it or do not believe it.
He had been devious and two-faced...
tight-fisted (a)
If you describe someone as tight-
fisted, you disapprove of them because
they are unwilling to spend money.
He had the reputation of being one of
the most tight-fisted and demanding of
employers.
≠ generous = mean, stingy
well-mannered (a) #
Someone who is well-mannered is
polite and has good manners.
# ill-mannered (a), bad-mannered (a)
self-conscious (a)
Someone who is self-conscious is
easily embarrassed and nervous
because they feel that everyone is
looking at them and judging them.
I felt a bit self-conscious in my
swimming costume...
Bess was self-conscious about being
shorter than her two friends.
self-confident (a)
Someone who is self-confident
behaves confidently because they feel
sure of their abilities or value.
She'd blossomed into a self-confident
young woman.
= self-assured
self-opinionated (a)
believing that your own opinions are always right
and refusing to listen to those of other people
SYN OPINIONATED
big-headed (a)
If you describe someone as big-
headed, you disapprove of them
because they think they are very clever
and know everything.
...an arrogant, big-headed man.
= conceited
tự phụ
pig-headed (a)
If you describe someone as pig-
headed, you are critical of them
because they refuse to change their
mind about things, and you think they
are unreasonable.
She, in her pig-headed way, insists
that she is right and that everyone else
is wrong.
= stubborn, obstinate
sharp-tongued (a)
critical or sarcastic and unsympathetic in speech
The film focuses on three women: the sharp-
tongued Ellen (Charlotte Rampling), who takes a
break from her university job to holiday in the sun;
hard-line (a)
(of a person) having very fixed beliefs and being
unlikely or unwilling to change them:
dứt khoát, kiên quyết, không khoan nhượng
a hard-line Communist
Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said the Security Council would regret voting in
favour for the sanctions, saying he was sorry the
West lost its chance to make amends with Iran
die-hard (a)
strongly opposing change and new ideas:
bảo thủ
diehard supporters of the exiled king
Die-hard fans had been appalled by the decision to
hand the role of their hero to the blue-eyed, fair-
haired Craig
off-putting (a)
(informal, especially BrE) not pleasant, in a way
that prevents you from liking sb/sth:
makes you feel you do not want to go there again
khó chịu
I find his manner very off-putting.
up-and-coming (a)
becoming more successful: successful or
improving, and showing signs of continuing to do
so
(informal) likely to be successful and popular in
the future:
up-and-coming young actors
Having a more generous cleavage or a slimmer
nose is the new dream for many up-and-coming
Vietnamese women, but demand has far exceeded
supply, leaving women in the hands of unqualified
surgeons often working in unsafe conditions
stuck-up (a)
kênh kiệu
(informal, disapproving) thinking that you are
more important than other people and behaving in
an unfriendly way towards them
SYN SNOBBISH
…but she never let any of this spoil her or make
her the least bit stuck-up or a show-off
self-awareness (n)
tự chủ
Nor can consciousness be equated with self-
awareness. At times we have all lost ourselves in
music, exercise or sensual pleasure, but that is a wine connoisseur
different from being knocked out cold The exhibition will be a delight for the collector
and connoisseur of silver ornaments.
spaced-out (a)
thẫn thờ
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" she asked. "You've acolyte (n)
got this spaced-out face. Your eyes aren't focused." (formal) a person who follows and helps a leader:
the Emperor's faithful acolytes
(technical) a person who helps a priest in some
church ceremonies
người theo hầu
NOUN (tôn giáo) thầy tu cấp dưới, thầy dòng, thầy tăng
magnate (n)
a person who is rich, powerful and successful, aficionado (n)
especially in business: a person who likes a particular sport, activity or
trùm tư bản subject very much and knows a lot about it:
mainstay (n) người cuồng nhiệt
person or thing that is the most important part of a ballet aficionado / an aficionado of ballet
sth and enables it to exist or be successful: This coffee I s regarded by aficionados as one of
rường cột, trụ cột the world's finest.
In the billionaire-athon, casino magnate Sheldon
Adelson pole-vaulted to No. 3 from 15 in last bibliophile (n)
year's ranking, finishing behind the mainstays at người yêu sách
Nos. 1 and 2: Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates a person who loves or collects books
and Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc
ambidextrous (a)
aviator (n) thuận cả hai tay
người lái máy bay, phi công
An aviator is a pilot of a plane, misanthrope (n)
especially in the early days of flying. (formal) a person who hates and avoids other
(OLD-FASHIONED) people
kẻ ghét người
thug (n)
kẻ cướp; côn đồ, du côn, ác ôn masseur (n)
a person whose job is giving people massage
prodigy (n)
a young person who is unusually intelligent or connoisseur (n)
skilful for their age:
It’s into this difficult environment that a young Ian chauffeur (n)
Thorpe was thrust as a wide-eyed 15-year-old
swimming prodigy in 1997. autocrat (n)
The eldest of the brothers, Hans — a musical a ruler who has complete power
prodigy who started composing at age four — SYN DESPOT
killed himself in April 1902, in Havana, Cuba người chuyên quyền

connoisseur (n) nomad (n)

an expert on matters involving the judgement of
beauty, quality or skill in art, food or music:
a person who can judge the best in the field
người sành sỏi, người thành thạo
a connoisseur of Italian painting
a member of a tribe that moves with its animals
from place to place
dân du cư, người sống nay đây mai đó
...a country of nomads who raise cattle
and camels.

gourmet (n)
a person who knows a lot about good food and
wines and who enjoys choosing, eating and
drinking them
người sành ăn, người sành rượu
epicure (n)
(formal) a person who enjoys food and drink of
high quality and knows a lot about it
neophyte (n)
any new participant in some activity
người mới bước vào nghề
I’m a computer neophyte and have so many
questions about using the Internet.
hypocrite (n)
kẻ đạo đức giả
a person who knows a lot about a particular
subject and who often talks about it in public; an
expert
The normally flamboyant pair surprised some
pundits by wearing traditional black morning suits
buff (n)
(used in compounds) a person who is very
interested in a particular subject or activity and
knows a lot about it:
a computer / opera / wine buff
connoisseur (n)
specialist, authority, expert, enthusiast, aficionado,
aficionada, buff
pundit (n)
expert, specialist, authority, analyst, commentator,
guru

pilgrim (n) tyrant (n)

người hành hương a person who has complete power in a country and
uses it in a cruel and unfair way:
confidant (n) bạo chúa, kẻ bạo ngược
a person that you trust and who you talk to about The country was ruled by a succession of tyrants.
private or secret things (figurative) His boss is a complete tyrant.

middleman (n) personality (n)

người môi giới, người trung gian
elves (n)
yêu tinh
pixie (n)
(in stories) a creature like a small person with
pointed ears, who has magic powers
Screen Play spent the day jostling with giant rats,
samurai warriors, mutants, knights, elves and
pixies. And got to play the occasional game, too
sociopath (n)
a person who has a mental illness and who
behaves in an aggressive or dangerous way
towards other people
người điên loạn
It's a myth, however, that they are always
sociopaths who lack remorse or compassion, Fox
said.
pundit (n)
a famous person, especially one who works in
entertainment or sport:
personalities from the world of music
a TV / sports personality
Other personalities who have also reportedly
signed up for the program are former Miss
Universe Jennifer Hawkins, boxing champ Kostya
Tszyu and music guru Molly Meldrum.
intellect (n)
a very intelligent person:
She was one of the most formidable intellects of
her time.
mogul (n)
a very rich, important and powerful person:
a movie / media mogul
ông trùm, người có vai vế
It began late in November, when media mogul
Rupert Murdoch called the Government's
investment in broadband infrastructure a
"disgrace".
dressmaker (n) ~ (on sth) a person with special knowledge:
a person who makes women's clothes, especially người lão luyện
as a job She's an authority on criminal law.

endowment (n) adherent (n)

endowment (n) (written) a person who supports a political party or
(formal) a quality or an ability that you are born set of ideas
with: Preventing, as opposed to treating, malaria in
tài năng, thiên tư highly vulnerable hosts – primarily African
Few people are blessed with her mental children and pregnant women – is also gaining
endowments. adherents.

temperament (n) con`trary (a)

a person's or an animal's nature as shown in the (formal, disapproving) (usually of children)
way they behave or react to situations or people: behaving badly; choosing to do or say the opposite
tính chất, tính khí of what is expected:
to have an artistic / a nervous / a fiery bướng bỉnh, ngang ngược, khó bảo
temperament She was such a contrary child-it was impossible to
a horse with an excellent temperament please her
She's a dreamer and a romantic by
enamoured (a)
contemporary (n) ~ of / with sth (formal) (often in negative
bạn cùng thời sentences) liking sth a lot:
A contemporary of Descartes named Thomas say mê
Willis – often referred to as the father of neurology He was less than enamoured of the music.
– was the first to suggest that not only was the I had the opportunity on several occasions to
brain itself the locus of the mind, but that different switch to industry, but I was always too
parts of the brain give rise to specific cognitive enamoured with academics.
functions.
bigot (n)
truant (n) a person who has very strong, unreasonable beliefs
a child who stays away from school without or opinions about race, religion or politics and who
permission will not listen to or accept the opinions of anyone
học sinh trốn học who disagrees:
người tin mù quán, cố chấp
hopeful (n) a religious / racial bigot
a person who wants to succeed at sth and is likely Mel Gibson reached out to the Jewish community
to: on Wednesday and declared he was not a bigot, but
người có triển vọng Jewish leaders said it would take more to cure ...
50 young hopefuls are trying for a place in the
England team. amanuensis (n)
Mr Cunliffe-Jones also denied the assignments set người biên chép, người thư kí
for award hopefuls were perilous. somebody employed by a person to write from his
or her dictation or to copy manuscripts
prodigy (n) Belle had become Stevenson's amanuensis and
a young person who is unusually intelligent or confidant, although Harman dismisses any
skilful for their age: suggestion that Belle and Stevenson were lovers
a child / an infant prodigy
a musical / tennis prodigy loafer (n)
a person who wastes their time rather than
authority (n) working
kẻ lười nhác (old-fashioned, informal) a violent person:
drunk (n) kẻ hung bạo
người say rượu a gang of roughs
Already the Government had run campaigns to get The latest James Bond vehicle — call him Bond,
rid of prostitutes, homosexuals, loafers and drunks. Bond 6.0 — finds the British spy leaner, meaner
and a whole lot darker. Now played by an
curmudgeon (n) attractive bit of blond rough named Daniel Craig
(old-fashioned) a bad-tempered person, often an
old one misanthrope (n)
người thô lỗ kẻ ghét người
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous hero Sherlock
insomniac (n) Holmes is also often called a misanthrope,
a person who finds it difficult to sleep although critical studies of the character also
reveal a streak of humanism.
slop (n)
người cẩu thả nhếch nhác dilettante (n)
"Take a look at her, she's a slob. She talks like a (disapproving) a person who does or studies sth
truck driver. ... Her show failed when it was a talk but is not serious about it and does not have much
show, she failed on that knowledge
tay chơi tài tử, người không chuyên sâu (không tập
fop trung đi sâu vào cái gì)
(old-fashioned) a man who is too interested in his Blogland is the country where many creative
clothes and the way he looks people live. Amateurs, dilettantes as well as
công tử bột professionals
comic (a)
amusing and making you laugh: industrialist (n)
a comic monologue / story * The play is both a person who owns or runs a large factory or
comic and tragic industrial company
faint (a) Ludwig's father, Karl Wittgenstein, became an
not enthusiastic: industrialist, and went on to make a fortune in iron
uể oải and steel
a faint show of resistance * a faint smile
virility (n) benefactor (n)
1 sexual power in men: (formal) a person who gives money or other help
displays of male virility * a need to prove his to a person or an organization such as a school or
virility charity:
2 strength or energy: ân nhân
political / economic virility a generous benefactor * friends and benefactors of
Aiming to transform Bond from a faintly comic the hospital
fop to a workable 21st century model of virility, In 1914 he went to visit Trakl when the latter
the script gently kids the familiar but dated aspects wanted to meet his benefactor, but Trakl killed
of his persona: the flashy cars, the martinis, the himself days before Wittgenstein arrived
corny quips.
watchmen (n)
reveller (n) nhân viên bảo vệ (cơ quan, nhà máy, ngân
a person who is having fun in a noisy way, usually hàng...nhất là vào ban đêm)
with a group of other people and often after
drinking alcohol freak (n)
Police warn New Year revellers to behave (informal) a person with a very strong interest in a
particular subject:
rough (n) người hâm mộ, người quan tâm
a health / fitness / jazz freak
My room-mate was a cleanliness freak.
lumberjack (n)
(especially in the US and Canada) a person whose
job is cutting down trees or cutting or transporting
wood
người thợ đốn gỗ, thợ rừng
stoic (n)
(formal) a person who is able to suffer pain or
trouble without complaining or showing what they
are feeling
The kids of Kobe try to be as stoic as
their parents in this tragic situation.
chaperone (n)
one who accompanies and supervises a young
woman or gatherings of young people
bảo mẫu
"Well, actually, it's against the rules, but what the
hell. I'm not a chaperone, after all.
enigma (n)
a person, thing or situation that is mysterious and
difficult to understand:
người khó hiểu
Even after years he still remains an enigma to me.
"Watanabe's got a girl. He's in love," said
Nagasawa. "But he won't say a word about her.
He's as tight-lipped as they come. A riddle
wrapped in an enigma."
knockout (n)
(informal) a person or thing that is very attractive
or impressive:
She's an absolute knockout.
But all of a sudden, playing pool with
you, I had this feeling that I wished I had had an
elder sister like you - really chic and a knockout in
a midnight-blue dress and gold earrings and great
with a pool cue
vigilante (n)
(sometimes disapproving) a member of a group of
people who try to prevent crime or punish
criminals in their community, especially because
they think the police are not doing this:
đội viên dân phòng
vigilantes patrolling the streets * vigilante groups
retired teacher is so scared of the emergence of
water vigilantes that she doesn't dare hose her
front garden, even though she has been using a
rainwater tank for the past nine years
squatter (n)
người đến lập nghiệp ở đất công
a person who is living in a building or on land
without permission and without paying rent:
The squatters were evicted by bailiffs on Tuesday.
pastoral (a)
relating to the farming of animals:
agricultural and pastoral practices
The Rock's history for Europeans began in the
early 19th century when invading squatters started
to clear the land for pastoral purposes
killjoy (n)
(disapproving) a person who likes to spoil other
people's enjoyment
minder (n) = bodyguard (n)
a person whose job is to take care of and protect
another person:
a star surrounded by her minders
seealso CHILDMINDER
childminder (n)
a person, usually a woman, who is paid to care for
children while their parents are at work. A
childminder usually does this in his or her own
home.
babysitter (n)
a person who takes care of babies or children
while their parents are away from home and is
usually paid to do this:
I can't find a babysitter for tonight.
newscaster (n)
a person who reads the news on television or radio
break in (on sth)
to interrupt or disturb sth:
She longed to break in on their conversation but
didn't want to appear rude. * [+speech] 'I didn't do
it!' she broke in.
Suddenly a newscaster broke in with the news that
shots had been fired in Dallas and that the
President had been rushed to a hospital
buster (n)
(usually in compounds; often used in newspapers)
a person or thing that stops or gets rid of sth:
crime busters
It rated garlic, onion, oregano and allspice as the
heavyweight champion bacteria busters, whereas
chilli and other peppers rated only as
middleweights
hit man (n)
a professional killer who uses a gun
Two of his best performances have been almost
aggressively anti-Bond turns, first in John
Boorman’s adaptation of the John le Carré novel
“The Tailor of Panama,” in which he played a
dissolute spy, and, more recently, in “The
Matador,” a comedy in which he played a hit man
with a sizable gut and alarmingly tight bikini
underwear
savage (n)
người hoang dã, người man rợ
an offensive word for a person who belongs to a
tribe that is simple and not developed:
the development of the human race from primitive
savages * He described the terrorist attack as the
work of savages (= cruel and violent people).
… but has been criticized by a number of
anthropologists and archaeologists working in the
field of Mayanist studies for its depiction of
ancient Maya society as little more than
unsophisticated "brutal savages",
social outcast (n)
người bị xã hội ruồng bỏ
aberrant (a)
(formal) not usual or not socially acceptable:
aberrant behaviour
khác thường
aberration (n)
a temporary aberration of his exhausted mind
A childless woman was regarded as an aberration,
almost a social outcast.
FORMAL
unremitting (a)
(formal) never stopping:
không ngừng, không ngớt, liên tục
unremitting hostility
AFTER another year of almost unremitting
drought, the start of 2007 has brought an
unexpected burst of relief — and hope — to
farmers around Ballarat
be / stand in awe of sb/sth
to admire sb/sth and be slightly frightened of
them/it:
While Diana was in awe of her grandfather, she
adored her grandmother.
equanimity (n)
(formal) a calm state of mind which means that
you do not become angry or upset, especially in
difficult situations:
She accepted the prospect of her operation with
equanimity.
tính bình thản, tính trần tĩnh
It's times like this that you feel small and helpless -
and in awe of the bravery of the exhausted
firefighters and the equanimity of those whose
homes and communities are under threat
diametrically (adv)
~ opposed / opposite completely different:
hoàn toàn, tuyệt đối
We hold diametrically opposed views.
I appreciate the differences between us, tolerate
other ideas and views that may be diametrically
opposed to mine
prodigious (a)
(formal) very large or powerful and causing
surprise or admiration
SYN COLOSSAL, ENORMOUS:
phi thường, kỳ lạ; to lớn, lớn lao
a prodigious achievement / memory / talent *
Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of
information
base (a)
(formal) not having moral principles or rules:
hèn hạ, đê tiện
He acted from base motives.
The diary entries of this time reflect his contempt
for the baseness, as he saw it, of his fellow soldiers
irredeemable (a)
(formal) too bad to be corrected, improved or
saved
gutter (n)
(the gutter) [sing.] the bad social conditions or lack
of morals sometimes connected with the lowest
level of society:
cặn bã (xã hội)
She rose from the gutter to become a great star. *
the language of the gutter (= used when swearing)
He was both a spirit of amazing loftiness and an
irredeemable man of the gutter.
ethereal (a)
(formal) extremely delicate and light; seeming to
belong to another, more spiritual, world:
nhẹ lâng lâng; thanh tao
ethereal music * her ethereal beauty * In a
translucent sky, the domes and spires of the city
looked almost ethereal.
I could see the tops of bushes and trees sticking
out but everything was white and ethereal at
ground level
phalanx (n)
(formal) a group of people or things standing very
close together:
hội đoàn thể
The protesters ran into a solid phalanx of riot
police.
Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton faced a
phalanx of photographers on her 25th birthday
today as the News International media group
banned its papers from using intrusive pictures of
her
receptacle (n)
~ (for sth) (formal) a container for putting sth in:
In the backyard there was a large receptacle for
catching rainwater. * (figurative) The seas have
been used as a receptacle for a range of industrial
toxins.
The old caretaker collects them from all the
receptacles and burns them in the incinerator
recuperate (v)
~ (from sth) to get back your health, strength or
energy after being ill/sick, tired, injured, etc.
SYN RECOVER:
He's still recuperating from his operation. * After
an exhausting few weeks I needed some time to
recuperate
gratuity (n)
(formal) money that you give to sb who has
provided a service for you
SYN TIP:
Our staff may not accept gratuities.
overt (a)
[usuallybeforenoun] (formal) done in an open way
and not secretly:
công khai
Although there is no overt hostility,
black and white students do not mix
much.
There was little overt support for the project.
By this time, too, we are clear about the spiritual
framing of the story, although it'd be a mistake to
over-stress this by drawing parallels with The
Passion. That film had an overt spiritual agenda
decorous (a)
(formal) polite and appropriate in a particular
social situation; not shocking:
phải phép, đúng mực, đoan trang, đứng đắn; lịch
sự, lịch thiệp
a decorous kiss
The three of us applauded, and Reiko responded
with a decorous bow of the head.
defile (v)
(formal or literary) to make sth dirty or no longer
pure, especially sth that people consider important
or holy:
làm nhơ bẩn, làm vẩn đục, làm ô uế
Many victims of burglary feel their homes have
been defiled
That night, I asked my husband to make love to
me, almost as a way to get rid of the defilement.
labyrinth (n)
(formal) a complicated series of paths, which it is
difficult to find your way through:
mê cung
We lost our way in the labyrinth of streets. *
(figurative) a labyrinth of rules and regulations
I have never lied to anyone, and I have taken care
over the years not to hurt other people. And yet I
find myself tossed into this labyrinth. How can this
be?
register (v)
give opinion publicly
[VN] (formal) to make your opinion known
officially or publicly:
China has registered a protest over foreign
intervention.
Before he could register a thought, the plane
smashed into his garden, just spitting distance
from the veranda
procreate (v)
(formal) to produce children or baby animals
SYN REPRODUCE:
[V] the urge to procreate
That is, it was the beginning of many Dreamings,
in particular, Fertility Dreaming, which includes
the procreation and proliferation of all the native
species of flora and fauna known to this area
impeach (v)  (n)
(formal) to raise doubts about sth
SYN QUESTION:
đặt vấn đề nghi ngờ
to impeach sb's motives
impeachment (n)
Conservative voters see the years when he was
president as an era of moral decay and national
trauma, of marital infidelities and impeachment
effluent (n)
(formal) liquid waste, especially chemicals
produced by factories, or SEWAGE
chất thải
The effluent from the factory was
dumped into the river...
= waste
modicum (n)
(formal) a fairly small amount, especially of sth
good or pleasant:
số lượng ít ỏi, số lượng nhỏ, chút ít
They should win, given a modicum of luck.
With some problems, a modicum of consensus has
taken shape
dubious (a)
lờ mờ, mơ hồ, không rõ ràng
If you describe something as dubious,
you mean that you do not consider it to
be completely honest, safe, or reliable.
This claim seems to us to be rather
dubious...
= questionable
indubitably (adv)
(formal) in a way that cannot be doubted; without
question
SYN UNDOUBTEDLY:
rõ ràng, rành rành
He was, indubitably, the most suitable candidate.
As René Descartes noted, our own consciousness
is the most indubitable thing there is
exorcize (v)
xua đuổi tà ma
~ sth (from sb/sth) to make an evil spirit leave a
place or sb's body by special prayers or magic:
The ghost was exorcized from the house.
(written) to remove sth that is bad or
painful from your mind:
She had managed to exorcize these unhappy
memories from her mind.
killjoy (n)
(disapproving) a person who likes to spoil other
people's enjoyment
người làm mất vui, người phá đám
amass (v)
tích luỹ chất đống, cóp nhặt (tiền của)
to collect sth, especially in large quantities:
He amassed a fortune from silver mining. * They
amassed enough evidence to convict her.
SCIENTISTS HAVE EXORCISED THE GHOST
FROM THE MACHINE NOT because they are
mechanistic killjoys but because they have
amassed evidence that every aspect of
consciousness can be tied to the brain
unfettered (a)
(formal) not controlled or restricted:
an unfettered free market * unfettered by
regulations / restrictions
We are a race of time travelers, unfettered by
chronology and capable of visiting the future or
revisiting the past whenever we wish
nullify (v)
vô hiệu hoá
1 to make sth such as an agreement or order
lose its legal force
SYN INVALIDATE:
Judges were unwilling to nullify government
decisions.
2 to make sth lose its effect or power
SYN NEGATE:
An unhealthy diet will nullify the effects of
training.
The reason for all the fuss is simple: the test
potentially marks a major step forward in China's
ability to nullify the huge technological advantage
of the U.S. in any clash over Taiwan
in conjunction with
(formal) together with:
The police are working in conjunction with tax
officers on the investigation. * The system is
designed to be used in conjunction with a word
processing program.
This, in conjunction with a long-standing
dissatisfaction with Communism and the
callousness of the Soviet establishment towards its
sailors, ultimately exhausts Ramius' tolerance for
the Soviet system's failings.
preclude (v)
sth | ~ sb from doing sth (formal) to prevent sth
from happening or sb from doing sth; to make sth
impossible:
loại trừ, trừ bỏ; ngăn ngừa
[VN] Lack of time precludes any further
discussion. * Your failure to become a member
this year does not preclude the possibility of you /
your applying next year
enliven (v)
(formal) to make sth more interesting or more fun
chấn hưng, làm hưng thịnh (sự buôn bán)
Viagra has enlivened the industry, bringing a
whole new generation of men to the Bangkok
night scene
disgorge (v)
to pour sth out in large quantities:
The pipe disgorges sewage into the sea.
This was Whisky Galore! 21st century style after
about 40 containers from the stricken ship Napoli
split open as they were washed ashore, their
contents disgorged on to the shingle beach
grace (v)
to make sth more attractive; to decorate sth:
làm duyên dáng
The table had once graced a duke's drawing room.
* We sat at a small table graced with a vase of
fresh flowers.
Visit the temples that grace the hills of Kyoto,
Japan's ancient capital, and it's not hard to see why
the city seems like the perfect birthplace for the
global-warming pact that was named for it
might (n)
(formal or literary) great strength, energy or
power:
sức mạnh, lực (thân thể hoặc tinh thần)
America's military might * I pushed the rock with
all my might.
Now China is turning that commercial might into
real political muscle, striding onto the global stage
and acting like a nation that very much intends to
become the world's next great power
pertinent (a)
~ (to sth) (formal) appropriate to a particular
situation:
thích hợp, thích đáng
a pertinent question / fact * Please keep your
comments pertinent to the topic under discussion.
colloquialism (n)
a word or phrase that is used in conversation but
not in formal speech or writing
lối nói thông tục
malaise (n)
the problems affecting a particular situation or
group of people that are difficult to explain or
identify:
sự nan giải, nỗi khó chịu
economic / financial / social malaise * The latest
crime figures are merely symptomatic of a wider
malaise in society.
The many colourful colloquialisms describing
traveller's diarrhoea, which include Aztec Two
Step, Bali (Bangkok or Delhi) Belly, Cairo Curse,
Dakar Dash and Montezuma's Revenge, underline
the expansive global reach of this unfortunate
malaise
beleaguered (a)
(formal) experiencing a lot of criticism and
difficulties:
The beleaguered party leader was forced to resign.
flunk (v)
to fail an exam, a test or a course:
[VN] I flunked math in second grade.
But in Korea, beleaguered students who are loath
to tell their folks that they've broken the rules or
flunked a test have discovered a nifty new
alternative: online employment agencies, which—
for a fee—will provide them with a phony parent
to take care of the matter
FORMAL IN ACTION
provide (v) =
afford (v)
(formal) to provide sb with sth:
[VN] The tree affords some shelter from the sun. *
The legislation aims to afford protection to
employees. * [VNN] The programme affords
young people the chance to gain work experience.
The chair he fetched was one with a soft
material covered seat, so as to afford
maximum comfort for me during my task
ADJ
ostentatious (a)
(disapproving) expensive or noticeable in a way
that is intended to impress people:
phô trương, khoe khoang, làm cho người ta để ý
In winter, snow often covers all but the most
ostentatious stones.
languid (a)
(written) moving slowly in a graceful manner, not
needing energy or effort:
uể oải, lừ đừ; yếu đuối, thiếu sinh động; chậm
chạp
a languid wave of the hand
a languid afternoon in the sun
Tensions arise, the routine of the place is disrupted
and there are ramifications for those who live
beyond the enclosed, languid world of the hotel.
ominous (a)
báo điềm (xấu, tốt)
gở, báo điềm xấu; xấu, đáng ngại
There were ominous dark clouds gathering
overhead.
She picked up the phone but there was an ominous
silence at the other end.
ostensible (a)
seeming or stated to be real or true, when this is
perhaps not the case:
bề ngoài làm ra vẻ, có vẻ
The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.
painstaking (a)
chịu khó, cần cù, cẩn thận
needing a lot of care, effort and attention to detail:
Its purpose and appearance had been painstakingly
created to appear benign.
incongruous (a)
không hợp, không tương xướng
strange, and not suitable in a particular situation:
Such traditional methods seem incongruous in our
technical age.
The two of them made an incongruous couple.
Few of the 70,000 or so who gathered were older
than teenagers and their uniforms were so
incongruous as to be unthreatening
salutary (a)
(of an experience) having a good effect on sb/sth,
though often seeming unpleasant:
bổ ích, có lợi
It was a salutary reminder, he thinks, of something
that the film touches on: how unsettling it can be
not to be acknowledged, or to be looked through
rather than seen.
If ever there was a salutary tale on the perils of
office relocation, then a recent report by the
British House of Commons’ Public Accounts
Committee is it
sadistic (a)
cruelty: great physical or mental cruelty
"Sadly, like any other industry that uses animals,
the wool trade uses methods so sadistic that it
makes you consider clearing your closet of any gruesome (a)
animal products." very unpleasant and filling you with horror,
usually because it is connected with death or
myriad (a) injury:
(literary) an extremely large number of sth: ghê gớm, khủng khiếp
Designs are available in a myriad of colours. First, the sheer barbarity of the practice. Death by
Enjoy your sojourn through the myriad wonders of hanging is gruesome enough but it is the cold
nature ruthlessness of the process in Singapore that
magnifies the horror
prodigious (a)
(formal) very large or powerful and causing obnoxious (a)
surprise or admiration extremely unpleasant, especially in a way that
SYNCOLOSSAL, ENORMOUS: offends people
a prodigious achievement / memory / talent khó chịu, đáng ghét, ghê tởm
Laser discs can store prodigious amounts of
information. monstrous (a)
These prodigious losses appear to be occurring tàn ác, ghê gớm (tội ác…)
because the open ocean, which is exposed to monstrous crimes
sunlight as the ice melts, is now trapping so much
heat that a tipping point has passed, after which blatant (a)
the ice loss can only accelerate (disapproving) (of actions that are considered bad)
done in an obvious and open way without caring if
dreary (a) people object or are shocked
chán ngắt, buồn tẻ rành rành, hiển nhiên
that makes you feel sad; dull and not interesting: SYN FLAGRANT:
The joke provided a moment of levity in an a blatant attempt to buy votes
otherwise dreary meeting. It was a blatant lie.

heinous (a) fleeting (a)

(formal) morally very bad: lasting only a short time:
a heinous crime phù du
cực kỳ tàn ác; ghê tởm (tội ác, kẻ phạm tội...) a fleeting glimpse / smile * a fleeting moment of
happiness * We paid a fleeting visit to Paris.
horrible (a) Against the expected movie stereotype of man
very bad or unpleasant; used to describe sth that meets woman, the friendship is denied the chance
you do not like: to bloom into romance, and yet their fleeting time
together makes a strong impression on both
= horrid (a) characters.

compound (v) hilarious (a)

(written) to make sth bad become even worse by extremely funny:
causing further harm: vui vẻ, vui nhộn
This represents a further restriction of the a hilarious joke / story * Lynn found the whole
franchise, compounding recent changes that made situation hilarious. * Do you know Pete? He's
it harder for citizens to vote by closing the rolls hilarious.
soon after an election is called.
nefarious (a)
ruthless (a) (rare, formal) wicked; not moral:
tàn nhẫn, nhẫn tâm bất chính
barbaric (a) nefarious activities
dã man, man rợ
And who hasn't seen all manner of nefarious
gropings in dark corners? It's all a bit off really
adverse (a)
bất lợi, có hại
negative and unpleasant; not likely to produce a
good result:
Lack of money will have an adverse effect on our
research programme. * They have attracted strong
adverse criticism.
"It is characterised by continuous or periodic
impaired control over drinking, preoccupation
with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite
adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking,
most notably denial," the society says.
superb (a)
excellent; of very good quality:
nguy nga, tráng lệ
splendour (n)  (a)
sự chói lọi, rực rỡ, lộng lẫy, huy hoàng
splendid
magnificent (a)
tráng lệ, nguy nga, lộng lẫy
The Taj Mahal is a magnificent building
fascinating (a)
extremely interesting and attractive:
làm mê, làm say mê, quyến rũ
It's fascinating to see how different people
approach the problem
fascination (n)
sự mê hoặc, sự quyến rũ
glamorous (a)
đẹp say đắm, đầy quyến rũ
especially attractive and exciting, and different
from ordinary things or people:
glamorous movie stars
a glamorous job
But reading an article in The Sydney Morning
Herald once again got me to thinking about the
much-talked-about Dove ads, which feature real
women, and in particular the Dove Evolution ad
(pictured), which shows how the advertising
industry manufactures a glamorous look.
The glamorous Russian 18-year-old has strained
her right shoulder and is hoping to be fit enough
for the first grand slam of the year - the Australian
Open - in Melbourne starting January 16.
OPP UNGLAMOROUS
celebrated (a)
famous for having good qualities
nổi tiếng, trứ danh, lừng danh
a celebrated painter
one of Rodin's most celebrated works
astounding (a)
to surprise or shock sb very much:
His arrogance astounded her.
She was astounded by his arrogance.
staggering (a)
so large, shocking or surprising that it is difficult
to believe
SYN ASTOUNDING
gây sửng sốt
They paid a staggering £1 million for the house
Since the last AgePoll a month ago, Coalition
support has fallen by a staggering 11 percentage
points among those aged 25-39
derogatory (a)
showing a critical attitude towards sb
SYN INSULTING:
derogatory remarks / comments
(formal) She indicated by her tone that this was
only her private opinion and in no way derogatory
of Colonel Ferguson.
blissful (a)
extremely happy; showing happiness:
We spent three blissful weeks away from work. a
blissful smile
Australian citizenship is our birthright, even if we
remain blissfully ignorant of the responsibilities it
imposes upon us or of so-called "Australian
values".
exhilarating (a)
to make sb feel very happy and excited:
Speed had always exhilarated him.
She and her partner were living an exhilarating life
in London, meeting interesting people, and not
particularly entertaining the idea of a family
marvellous (a)
extremely good; wonderful:
This will be a marvellous opportunity for her. These wines are not dissimilar (= are similar).
The weather was marvellous. The two languages are completely dissimilar from
It's marvellous what modern technology can do. each other.

fabulous (a) distinct (a)

(informal) extremely good: The results of the survey fell into two distinct
(written) very great: groups.

rosy (a)
likely to be good or successful:
Patricia Bohan, on the other hand, will testify that
giving birth isn't always rosy for a woman in her
40s.
tantamout (a)
~ to sth (written) having the same bad effect as sth
else:
If he resigned it would be tantamount to admitting
that he was guilty.
interchangeable (a)
~ (with sth) that can be exchanged, especially
without affecting the way in which sth works:
The two words are virtually interchangeable (=
have almost the same meaning).
The V8 engines are all interchangeable with each
other.
discrete (a)
(formal or technical) independent of other things
of the same type
SYN SEPARATE:
The organisms can be divided into discrete
categories.
momentous (a)
very important or serious, especially because there
may be important results:
a momentous decision / event / occasion
This week, many year 12 students have been
making one of the most momentous decisions of
their young lives - what to study at university and
where to study it.
I’m actually trembling as I type, because this is a
momentous step forward

indistinguishable (a) abstruse (a)

The male of the species is almost indistinguishable
from the female.
identical (a)
~ (to / with sb/sth) similar in every detail:
Her dress is almost identical to mine.
The number on the card should be identical with
the one on the cheque book.
diverse (a)
people from diverse cultures
My interests are very diverse.
disparate (a)
(of two or more things) so different from each
other that they cannot be compared or cannot work
together:
a critical study that aims to cover such disparate
forms as Anglo-Saxon poetry and the modern
novel.
(formal, often disapproving) difficult to
understand:
an abstruse argument
arduous (a)
involving a lot of effort and energy, especially over
a period of time:
khó khăn, gian khổ, gay go
an arduous journey across the Andes
The work was arduous.
They plan to widen their net to include other
industries such as banking and have already begun
the arduous task of "warm calling" to find new
clients
convoluted (a)
extremely complicated and difficult to follow:
phức tạp và khó theo
a convoluted argument / explanation
a book with a convoluted plot

dissimilar (a) gruelling (a)

very difficult and tiring, needing great effort for a axiomatic (a)
long time: (formal) true in such an obvious way that you do
a gruelling journey / schedule not need to prove it:
I've had a gruelling day. It is axiomatic that life is not always easy.
rõ ràng, hiển nhiên, tự nó đã đúng
insufferable (a) Suffering is ended, according to the Third Noble
extremely annoying, unpleasant and difficult to Truth, not by relying on upon a supreme being, by
bear faith or by prayers but simply by removing its
SYN UNBEARABLE: cause. This is axiomatic
insufferable pride
He's insufferable! grotesque (a)
strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive:
obstructive (a) lố bịch, kỳ cục
trying to prevent sb/sth from making progress: a grotesque distortion of the truth * The story was
cản trở, gây trở ngại too grotesque to believe.
Of course she can do it. She's just being Bond's chief opponent at the card table, Le Chiffre
deliberately obstructive. (Mads Mikkelson), is conceived as one of the
compare CONSTRUCTIVE series' typical grotesque villains — fish-faced,
flamboyantly asthmatic and prone to weeping tears
stiff (a) of blood
more difficult or severe than usual:
It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill. subordinate (a)
The company faces stiff competition from its phụ, phụ thuộc, lệ thuộc
rivals ở dưới quyền
torso (n)
tough (a) the main part of the body, not including the head,
arms or legs
traumatic (a) thân trên
extremely unpleasant and causing you to feel upset SYN TRUNK
and/or anxious: Mostly, his mind appears to be subordinate to his
a traumatic childhood / experience instincts: his real secret weapons are his diamond-
Divorce can be traumatic for everyone involved. blue eyes and muscular torso, showed off from the
outset and taking centre stage in a horrific torture
wayward (a) scene that for once allows him to earn his heroic
(written) difficult to control: status through suffering
a wayward child / animal
wayward emotions / thoughts gripping (a)
fascinating, spellbinding, enthralling,
tricky (a) mesmerizing, riveting (informal), transfixing,
difficult to do or deal with: absorbing, engrossing
phức tạp, rắc rối (công việc...)
a tricky question / situation
Getting it to fit exactly is a tricky business. ludicrous(a)
The equipment can be tricky to install. ridiculous and unreasonable; that you cannot take
seriously:
sticky (a) buồn cười, đáng cười, lố lăng, lố bịch
(informal) difficult or unpleasant: a ludicrous idea / suggestion / situation * It was
a sticky problem / situation ludicrous to think that the plan could succeed.
Their relationship is going through a sticky patch If the sociopolitical context weren’t so appalling,
and they've decided to have counselling. this ludicrous characterization and Ms. Connelly’s
equally woeful performance would be easy to chubby (a)
laugh off slightly fat in a way that people usually find
attractive:
implausible (a) chubby cheeks / fingers / hands * She was eleven
not seeming reasonable or likely to be true: không years old and pretty in a chubby sort of way.
có vẻ hợp lý, không có vẻ thật, đáng ngờ
a highly implausible claim / idea / theory * Her
explanation is not implausible.
OPP PLAUSIBLE
The film has won rave reviews for its gritty, back-
to-basics rebooting of the Bond format, doing 22. boiling
away with the impossible gadgets and implausible 23. breezy
storylines of recent years in favour of a character- 24. broken
driven plot 25. bumpy
26. chilly
auspicious (a) 27. cold
(formal) showing signs that sth is likely to be 28. cool
successful in the future 29. creepy
SYNPROMISING: 30. crooked
có điềm tốt, điềm lành; thuận lợi 31. cuddly
an auspicious start to the new school year * It was 32. curly
an auspicious date for a wedding. * Their first 33. damaged
meeting was hardly auspicious 34. damp
For Thailand, already unsettled by that coup and a 35. dirty
recent stockmarket crisis, the new year could not 36. dry
have begun less auspiciously 37. dusty
38. filthy
sluggish (a) 39. flaky
chậm chạp; uể oải, lờ đờ, lờ phờ 40. fluffy
41. wet
jolly (a)
happy and cheerful: boiling (a)
a jolly crowd / face / mood very hot:
You must be boiling in that sweater! * a boiling
42. broad hot day
43. chubby
44. crooked breezy (a)
45. curved with the wind blowing quite strongly:
46. deep có gió hiu hiu
47. flat mát, thoáng gió (chỗ)
48. high It was a bright, breezy day. * the breezy east coast
49. hollow
50. low broken (a)
51. narrow having a rough surface:
52. round an area of broken, rocky ground
53. shallow
54. skinny bumpy (a)
55. square (of a surface) not even; with a lot of bumps:
56. steep gập ghềnh, mấp mô, xóc (đường)
57. straight a bumpy road / track * bumpy ground
58. wide
creepy (a)
causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or slight
horror: 1. average
rùng mình, sởn gáy, sởn gai ốc, làm rùng mình, 2. big
làm sởn gáy, làm sởn gai ốc 3. colossal
a creepy ghost story * It's kind of creepy down in 4. fat
the cellar! 5. giant
This creepy couple would raise the banner of the 6. gigantic
Rising Sun every morning at six 7. great
8. huge
9. immense
10. large
11. little
12. long
13. mammoth
14. massive
15. miniature
16. petite
17. puny
18. short
19. small
crooked (a) 20. tall
not in a straight line; bent or twisted: 21. tiny
quanh co, khúc khuỷu (con đường)
còng (lưng); khoằm (mũi) petite (a)
cong, oằn, vặn vẹo; xoắn (approving) (of a girl, woman or her figure) small
a crooked nose / smile * a village of crooked and thin:
streets and white-walled houses * Your glasses are a petite blonde
on crooked. Her petite young appearance is somewhat
deceiving, as this 33-year-old mother of two is in
fact full of drive
flaky (a)
tending to break into small, thin pieces: puny (a)
dễ bong ra từng mảnh small and weak:
flaky pastry * dry flaky skin The lamb was a puny little thing.
For a start, the puny payment for people installing
fluffly (a) water tanks needs to be revised
looking as if it is soft and light:
êm ái drab (a)
fluffy white clouds without interest or colour; dull and boring:
I want to lie down in a big, wide, fluffy bed. sự đều đều, sự buồn tẻ
a cold drab little office * drab women, dressed in
browns and greys
prickly (a)
(sinh vật học) có gai, đầy gai grotesque (a)
a prickly bush / branch / leaf * The hedgehog strange in a way that is unpleasant or offensive:
curled up in a prickly ball. lố bịch, kỳ cục
a grotesque distortion of the truth * The story was
too grotesque to believe. * It's grotesque to expect
a person of her experience to work for so little
money.
homely (a)
giản dị, chất phác; không màu mè, không khách
sáo, không kiểu cách
(of a place) making you feel comfortable, as if you
were in your own home:
The hotel has a lovely homely feel to it.
arcane (a)
(formal) secret and mysterious and therefore
difficult to understand:
the arcane rules of cricket
While originally promoted by the Government as a
way of relaxing the arcane deficiencies of existing
law - which, for example, make it illegal to record
a TV show for later viewing - it is now clear that
the laws would turn Australian copyright law into
one of the most punitive, restrictive and regressive
systems in the world
glossy (a)
bóng loáng, hào nhoáng, bề ngoà
smooth and shiny:
glossy hair * a glossy brochure / magazine (=
printed on shiny paper)
They encourage us, though, with smiles, samples
and glossy cards with easy-to-understand graphics
bristly (a)
như lông cứng, tua tủa, lởm chởm, dựng đứng
His bristly hair was flecked with grey, and his
sunburned neck bore a long scar.
sturdy (a)
(of an object) strong and not easily damaged
SYN ROBUST:
a sturdy pair of boots * a sturdy table
The furniture supplied was sturdy and simple and
included a pair of lockers, a small coffee table, and
some built-in shelves
sanitary (a)
clean; not likely to cause health problems
SYN HYGIENIC:
The new houses were more sanitary than the old
ones had been.
OPP INSANITARY
"Sanitary towels, tampons, stuff like that," she said
with a smile. "It is a girls' school.
ostentatious (a)
phô trương, khoe khoang
làm cho người ta phải để ý
He gave an ostentatious yawn.
ostentatious gold jewellery
He was up at six each morning with the strains of
"May Our Lord's Reign". Which is to say that that
ostentatious flag-raising ritual was not entirely
useless.
inane (a)
stupid or silly; with no meaning:
an inane remark
And though she had certain subjects she was
determined to avoid, she went on endlessly and in
incredible detail about the most trivial, inane
things.
lame (a)
(of an excuse, explanation, etc.) weak and difficult
to believe:
Stephen made some lame excuse.
I had no problem with what they were saying, but
the writing was lame. It had nothing to inspire
confidence or arouse the passions.
sentimental (a)
connected with your emotions, rather than reason:
(thuộc) cảm tính
He has a strong sentimental attachment to the
place. * She kept the letters for sentimental
reasons
grubby (a)
rather dirty, usually because it has not been
washed or cleaned:
grubby hands / clothes
There was nothing fun about the place, I told
her: "Just a few hundred guys in grubby rooms,
drinking and wanking."
limp (a)
lacking strength or energy:
His hand went limp and the knife clattered to the
ground. * She felt limp and exhausted.
not stiff or firm:
The hat had become limp and shapeless.
ủ rũ
With no wind, the Rising Sun flag hung limp on its
pole
nimble (a)
able to move quickly and easily:
lanh lẹ, nhanh nhẹn
You need nimble fingers for that job. * She was
extremely nimble on her feet.
She worked with quick, nimble movements,
handling no
fewer than four cooking procedures at once.
androgynous (a)
having both male and female characteristics;
ái nam ái nữ (người)
looking neither strongly male nor strongly female:
She had an androgynous sexiness.
She had extremely narrow hips, as if she had
somehow skipped puberty when the hips grow
fuller, and this gave her a far more androgynous
look than most girls have in slim jeans
scenic (a)
[usuallybeforenoun] having beautiful natural
scenery:
an area of scenic beauty * They took the scenic
route back to the hotel. * a scenic drive
She maybe saw a film like that. She can't stand
flies, either. All she wants to do is drive through
scenic
places in fancy cars."
excruciating (a)
extremely painful:
nhức nhối
The pain in my back was excruciating. * She
groaned at the memory, suffering all over again the
excruciating embarrassment of those moments.
But the pain I felt was excruciating.
gross (a)
very rude:
gross behaviour / language / manners
roundly (adv)
strongly or by a large number of people:
The report has been roundly criticized. * They
were roundly defeated (= they lost by a large
number of points).
It has also been roundly criticized by various
Native Americans in the United States
exhilarating (a)
very exciting and enjoyable:
My first parachute jump was an exhilarating
experience.
spectacle (n)
performance or an event that is very impressive
and exciting to look at:
The carnival parade was a magnificent spectacle.
Mel Gibson has created a relentless, exhilarating,
skilfully paced action-adventure spectacle
palpable (a)
that is easily noticed by the mind or the senses:
rõ ràng, chắc chắn (như sờ thấy được)
a palpable sense of loss / relief * The tension in the
room was almost palpable. * His statement is
palpable nonsense
awe (n)
sự sợ hãi, nỗi kinh sợ
foreboding (n)
a strong feeling that sth unpleasant or dangerous is
going to happen:
sự báo trước, điềm
She had a sense of foreboding that the news would
be bad. * The letter filled him with foreboding.
Here, Gibson and Australian cinematographer
Dean Semler make palpable the awe, foreboding
and groin-tightening fear our hero feels as he
realises what his fate is supposed to be
contrived (a)
(disapproving) planned in advance and not natural
or genuine; written or arranged in a way that is not
natural or realistic:
a contrived situation * The book's happy ending
seemed contrived.
If there is a flaw with Apocalypto it is how the
collision of dramatic incidents are, upon reflection,
a little too contrived
blistering (a)
(describing actions in sport) done very fast or with
great energy:
The runners set off at a blistering pace.
banal (a)
(disapproving) very ordinary and containing
nothing that is interesting or important:
thường, tầm thường; sáo, vô vị
a banal conversation about the weather
She was sleeping badly, but each night she would
eventually slide into them — the same banal
fragments of her former life.
grumpy (a)
(informal) bad-tempered
cáu bẳn
Most girls, when they have their period or
something,
will get grumpy and take it out on others, but she
never even did that.
slimy (a)
trơn nhớt, nhầy nhớt
I scrubbed myself with soap, over and over, but I
couldn't seem to get rid of the slimy feeling she
had left behind.
fixture (n)
a thing such as a bath or a toilet that is fixed in a
house and that you do not take with you when you
move house:
plumbing fixtures * The price of the house
includes fixtures and fittings. * (figurative) He has
stayed with us so long he seems to have become a
permanent fixture.
lukewarm (a)
slightly warm
SYN TEPID:
Our food was only lukewarm. * Heat the milk
until it is just lukewarm.
He drank every bit of the lukewarm water in the
bottle.
fancy (a)
(sometimes disapproving) expensive or connected
with an expensive way of life:
fancy restaurants with fancy prices * Don't come
back with any fancy ideas.
Nagasawa picked a fancy French restaurant in a
quiet backstreet of Azabu.

anguish (a) run-down (a)

hãi hùng (of a building or place) in very bad condition; that
Of course, she must be sleeping, sleeping deeply, has not been looked after
shrouded in the darkness of that curious little SYN NEGLECTED:
world of hers. Let her be spared from anguished điêu tàn
dreams run-down inner-city areas
We went from the bar to an eel shop, and from
spaced-out (a) there to one of Shinjuku's most run-down adult
thẫn thờ cinemas to see a triple bill.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" she asked. "You've
got this spaced-out face. Your eyes aren't focused." wobbly (a)
not firm or confident
sloppy (a) loạng choạng, lảo đảo (người)
that shows a lack of care, thought or effort: SYN SHAKY:
không có hệ thống; tuỳ tiện, luộm thuộm, không the wobbly singing of the choir * The evening got
đến nơi đến chốn (công việc) off to a wobbly start.
sloppy thinking / speech * Your work is sloppy. * "There aren't any trees around here," I said. "And
a sloppy writer / worker / dresser even if there were, you're too wobbly to do any
climbing."
dilapidated (a)
(of furniture and buildings) old and in very bad faltering (a)
condition loạng choạng
đổ nát, xiêu vẹo, ọp ẹp (nhà); slog (v)
His body was like a dilapidated old house from to walk or travel somewhere steadily, with great
which all the fixtures and fittings have been effort or difficulty:
removed, awaiting its final demolition. đi ì ạch, đi nặng nề vất vả
He started to slog his way through the
undergrowth. * I've been slogging around the
streets of London all day.
Time itself slogged along in rhythm with my
faltering steps
heartfelt (a)
chân thành, thành tâm
showing strong feelings that are sincere:
a heartfelt apology / plea / sigh * heartfelt
sympathy / thanks
lucid (a)
able to think clearly, especially during or after a
period of illness or confusion:
In a rare lucid moment, she looked at me and
smiled.
Naoko has been improving far more rapidly than
anyone could have expected. I talked to her once
on the
phone, and she spoke with real lucidity.
empirical (a)
based on experiments or experience rather than
ideas or THEORIES:
empirical evidence / knowledge / research * an
empirical study
"No, this is 100 per cent realistic sukiyaki," I said.
"Empirically speaking, of course."
abrupt (a)
sudden and unexpected, often in an unpleasant
way:
an abrupt change / halt / departure * The accident
brought his career to an abrupt end.
The other counsellors gathered to watch, waving
as the plane gathered speed and pulled abruptly
from the ground
(adv)
thất thường, chập chờn
từng cơn, từn đợt
Each night she tries, lying awake until one, dozing
fitfully until three or four and then waking again to
stare at the ceiling some more
ghastly (a)
(of an event) very frightening and unpleasant,
because it involves pain, death, etc:
ghê sợ, kinh khiếp
a ghastly crime / murder * She woke up in the
middle of a ghastly nightmare.
"No, nothing ghastly happens onscreen; when he
was killed, Irwin was filming a scene for a
children's show," Globe reviewer Joanna Weiss
wrote
enigmatic (a)
mysterious and difficult to understand:
bí ẩn, khó hiểu
an enigmatic smile
What is a fact is that there is much more history to
Hanging Rock than the famously enigmatic story,
which director Peter Weir transformed into a
haunting film in 1975
propitious (a)
thuận lợi, thuận tiện
~ (for sth/sb) (formal) likely to produce a
successful result:
It was not a propitious time to start a new business.
SENATOR Hillary Clinton enters the presidential
arena as the most viable female candidate to seek
the office, and at a propitious moment
elaborate (a)
very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared
and organized:
công phu; trau chuốt, tinh vi
elaborate designs / decorations * She had prepared
a very elaborate meal.
Each of her movements on stage was elaborated,
making them suitable for the songs she introduced
insensate (a)
vô tri vô giác
Babies, many animals and patients robbed of
speech by brain damage are not insensate robots;
they have reactions like ours that indicate that
someone's home
sham (a)
(usually disapproving) not genuine but intended to
seem real
SYN FALSE:
a sham marriage
rationale (n)
~ (behind / for / of sth) (formal) the principles or
reasons which explain a particular decision, course
of action, belief, etc:
cơ sở hợp lý
What is the rationale behind these new exams?
feeble (a)
not effective; not showing determination or
energy:
lờ mờ, không rõ
a feeble argument / excuse / joke * a feeble
attempt to explain * Don't be so feeble! Tell her
you don't want to go.
When an experimenter got people to endure
electric shocks in a sham experiment on learning,
those who were given a good rationale ("It will
help scientists understand learning") rated the
shocks as more painful than the ones given a
feeble rationale ("We're curious.")
bogus (a)
pretending to be real or genuine
SYN FALSE:
a bogus doctor / contract * bogus claims of injury
by workers
As we crawled toward the train station, I had
ample time to look at the garish neon signs that
seemed to sprout from every rooftop
frugal (a)
using only as much money or food as is necessary:
căn cơ; tiết kiệm
a frugal existence / life * He has always been hard-
working and frugal.
Although less likely than their samurai forebears
to enforce conservation with decapitation, Japan's
modern leaders do take a frugal approach to
energy
singular (a)
(formal) very great or obvious:
đặc biệt, kì dị, phi thường
He shows a singular lack of concern for other
people's feelings.

sketchy (a)
not complete or detailed and therefore not very
useful:
sơ sài
He gave us only a very sketchy account of his
visit. * sketchy notes
texture (n)
tổ chức, cách cấu tạo, kết cấu, cách sắp đặt
It's not only decisions in sketchy circumstances
that get rationalized but also the texture of our
immediate experience

oblivious (a)
~ (of / to sth) not aware of sth:
không chú ý đến
He drove off, oblivious of the damage he had
caused. * The couple seemed oblivious to what
was going on around them.
Totally oblivious to the mini Lex Luthors
master plan - I was playing up to the part
and being officious and off hand with my NOUN
new servant - which of course delighted windfall (n)
him (GENIUS) (nghĩa bóng) của trời cho; điều may mắn bất ngờ
an amount of money that sb/sth wins or receives
garish (a) unexpectedly:
very brightly coloured in an unpleasant way: a devil-may-care (a)
loè loẹt, sặc sỡ chói mắt cheerful and not worrying about the future:
garish clothes / colours / lights * It's a little too a devil-may-care attitude to life
garish for my taste. liều, liều mạng, vong mạng, bất chấp tất cả
The hospital got a sudden windfall of £300000. *
windfall gains / profits
lifeline (n)
a line or rope thrown to rescue sb who is in
difficulty in the water
something that is very important for sb and that
they depend on:
The extra payments are a lifeline for most single
mothers.
Le Thi Hai Ha, an 18-year-old mother who moved
to the shelter last year, says the place is a lifeline
outing (n)
~ (to...) a trip that you go on for pleasure or
education, usually with a group of people and
lasting no more than one day:
cuộc đi chơi; cuộc đi nghỉ hè (xa nhà)
đi dã ngoại
We went on an outing to London. * a family
outing
snippet (n)
a small piece of information or news:
Have you got any interesting snippets for me? * a
snippet of information / gossip
Midori sat by the head of the bed, telling her father
snippets of news from home.
contortion (n)
the state of the face or body being twisted out of
its natural shape:
uốn dẻo
Their bodies had suffered contortion as a result of
malnutrition.
Then she makes you put weird things inside her
and she gets into these incredible positions like a
contortionist and you take pictures of her with a
Polaroid camera."
chore (n)
a task that you do regularly:
việc vặt, việc mọn
doing the household / domestic chores
Reiko gave herself some chores that took her out
of the flat so that Naoko and I could get in bed.
punch (n)
the power to interest people:
sức hấp dẫn ???
It's a well-constructed crime story, told with speed
and punch.
…and the 1995 double punch of the Kobe
earthquake and, in Underground, the sarin gas
attack on the Tokyo subway.
fuselage (n)
the main part of an aircraft in which passengers
and goods are carried
(hàng không) thân máy bay
flap (n)
flat piece of paper, etc.
The tail had snapped and hung from the fuselage
like a flap of loose skin.
carnage (n)
the violent killing of a large number of people:
sự chém giết, sự tàn sát
a scene of carnage * the carnage of the First World
War * How can we reduce the carnage on our
roads?
She was badly concussed, a collarbone broken, a
knee dislocated and a leg deeply burned. She had
cuts and bruises all over. But the real carnage was
in her back
rollcall (n)
the reading aloud of a list of names to check who
is there:
sự gọi tên, sự điểm danh
Roll-call will be at 7 a.m. * The guest list reads
like a roll-call of the nation's heroes.
A presidential rollcall that might read Bush,
Clinton, Bush, Clinton suggests that US politics
has degenerated into tribal warfare
swathe (n)
a large strip or area of sth:
vải băng; băng
a swathe of hair / fabric / sunlight * The mountains
rose above a swathe of thick cloud.
Comet cuts spectacular swathe across Victorian
skies
paddy (n)
a field in which rice is grown:
a rice paddy
Some came willingly to escape a life in the rice
paddies. Others, of course, were sold into the
business
pickings (n)
something, especially money, that can be obtained
from a particular situation in an easy or a dishonest
way:
easy / slim pickings * There are rich pickings to be
had by investing in this sort of company.
Washed-up napolitaine provides rich pickings for
the folk of Devon
Traditional hiding places are easy
pickings for experienced burglars...
bounty (n)
money given as a reward:
tiền thưởng
a bounty hunter (= sb who catches criminals or
kills people for a reward)
Some had dreams of expensive bounty, such as
BMW motorbikes; others had more modest
trophies in mind, including cat food and pots of
beauty cream
habituation (n)
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on
something that is psychologically or physically
habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic
drugs)
sự tăng đô
In all other appetitive behaviours, habituation is
observed, whereby the user needs more or more
frequent stimulation to get the same effect
treason (n)
sự làm phản, sự mưa phản
BOOKS
blunt (v)
to make sth weaker or less effective:
làm cùn
Age hadn't blunted his passion for adventure.
Like a lot of action films, the Bond franchise has
always used comedy to blunt the violence and
bring in big audiences
features ( n)
nét mặt
Your features are your eyes, nose,
mouth, and other parts of your face.
His features seemed to change...
Her features were strongly defined.
bloat (v)
to swell or make sth swell, especially in an
unpleasant way
Her features had been bloated by years of drinking
and drug-taking
bloated (a)
full of liquid or gas and therefore bigger than
normal, in a way that is unpleasant:
phồng lên, sưng lên
a bloated body floating in the canal * (figurative) a
bloated organization (= with too many people in it)
And, much like the franchise’s increasingly
bloated action sequences, which always seem to
involve thousands of uniformed extras scurrying
around sets the size of Rhode Island
aura (n)
~ (of sth) a feeling or particular quality that is very
noticeable and seems to surround a person or
place:
tinh hoa phát tiết ra (của người...)
She always has an aura of confidence. * The
mountains have a magical aura
quash (v)
(written) to take action to stop sth from
continuing:
dập tắt, dẹp yên, đàn áp (một cuộc nổi loạn)
The rumours were quickly quashed.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban threw the Sydney
paparazzi into a spin yesterday when they
appeared at the United International Pictures
offices in the city, quashing rumours of a split
crux (n)
the ~ (of sth)
the most important or difficult part of a problem or
an issue:
vấn đề nan giải, mối khó khăn
Now we come to the crux of the matter.
He said the crux of the matter was
economic policy.
snugly (adv)
gọn gàng, xinh xắn
nestle (v)
nép mình, ẩn náu
Elevated cottage nestled among trees, short walk
to beach and lagoon
The little town nestles snugly at the foot of the hill.
yawn (v)
A gap or an opening that yawns is large
and wide, and often frightening.
(LITERARY)
The gulf between them yawned wider
than ever...
chasm (n)
(literary) a deep crack or opening in the ground
~ (between A and B) (formal) a very big difference
between two people or groups, for example
because they have different attitudes:
the yawning chasm of the generation gap
...the chasm that divides the worlds of
university and industry.
...the chasm between rich and poor in
America.
= gulf, gap
crush (n)
(on sb) a strong feeling of love, that usually does
not last very long, that a young person has for sb
older:
(từ lóng) sự phải lòng, sự mê
a schoolgirl crush * I had a huge crush on her.
There's Leila, a 20-year-old, half-Lebanese social
work student from Maryland. She posts a
confessional video blog about her life: her
depression, her crush on the guy at the 7-Eleven
sift (v)
~ (through) sth to examine sth very carefully in
order to decide what is important or useful or to
find sth important:
1/ giần, sàng, rây
2/ sàn lọc, chọn lọc
[VN] We will sift every scrap of evidence.
Computers are being used to sift the information.
A scrap of something is a very small
piece or amount of it.
A crumpled scrap of paper was found
in her handbag...
artifice (n)
(formal) the clever use of tricks to deceive sb:
mẹo, mưu mẹo, gian ngoan, ngón gian xảo
Pretending to faint was merely (an) artifice. * the
artifices of the theatre
If you faint, you lose consciousness for
a short time, especially because you are
hungry, or because of pain, heat, or
shock.
She suddenly fell forward on to the
table and fainted...
misanthropic (a)
(formal) hating and avoiding other people
Or you could see in them an attempt to sift through
the junk of cyberspace— the artifice, cynical self-
promotion and misanthropic violence of the Kings
of Werribee variety— to find something, or
someone, worthwhile
If you describe someone as cynical, you
mean they believe that people always
act selfishly.
...his cynical view of the world.
≠ idealistic
smart-casual (a)
clothes that are informal but clean, tidy and stylish
weave (v)
to move along by running and changing direction
continuously to avoid things that are in your way:
lạng qua lạng lại
[V] She was weaving in and out of the traffic. *
rave (n)
A rave is a big event at which young
people dance to electronic music in a
large building or in the open air. Raves
are often associated with illegal drugs.
(BRIT)
...an all-night rave at Castle
Donington.
raver (n)
(often humorous) a person who likes going out and
who has an exciting social life:
She sounds like a right little raver.
press (n)
a large number of people or things competing for
space or movement:
sự chen chúc, sự đông đúc
the press of bodies all moving the same way *
Among the press of cars he glimpsed a taxi.
assorted (a) = various (a)
a three-way press of humanity weaving to and fro:
formal to smart casual to backyard barbecue,
assorted slicks and ravers from Heat nightclub
upstairs
stark (a)
very different to sth in a way that is easy to see:
rành rành, rõ ràng, hoàn toàn
stark alternatives / differences * Social divisions in
the city are stark. * The good weather was in stark
contrast to the storms of previous weeks.
maze (n)
mê cung
tartan (n)
vải len kẻ ô vuông (của người Ê-cốt)
At Melbourne's Alexandra Gardens the scene was
starkly different — a maze of tartan picnic
blankets, prams, toddlers and not an underage
drinker in sight
rife (a)
if sth bad or unpleasant is rife in a place, it is very
common there:
lan tràn
It is a country where corruption is rife. * Rumours
are rife that he is going to resign.
pluck (v)
~ sb (from sth) (written) to remove sb from a place
or situation, especially one that is unpleasant or
dangerous:
= rescue (v) ???
1/ hái (trái, hoa)
I plucked a lemon from the tree...
2/ kéo, giật
He plucked the cigarette from his mouth
and tossed it out into the street...
3/ gãy đàn
4/ nhổ lông gà
She looked relaxed as she plucked a
chicken.
Police plucked a drowning girl from the river
yesterday. * Survivors of the wreck were plucked
to safety by a helicopter
I live in fear that any day I could be plucked from
my cell in the dead of night and taken to another
prison in a remote part of Indonesia," Corby wrote
in her book, My Story, which was released late last
year
relish (v)
to get great pleasure from sth; to want very much
to do or have sth:
thú vị, thích thú, ưa thích
thưởng thức, thích thú (làm gì đó…)
[VN] to relish a fight / challenge / debate * to
relish the idea / thought of sth
She said guards relished threatening her with being
moved, part of their "ongoing campaign of mental
abuse".
gauge (v)
to make a judgement about sth, especially people's
feelings or attitudes:
đánh giá
[VN] They interviewed employees to gauge their
reaction to the changes. * He tried to gauge her
mood.
rock (v)
to move gently backwards and forwards or from
side to side; to make sb/sth move in this way:
đu đưa, lúc lắc
[V] The boat rocked from side to side in the
waves.
After carefully gauging that I could sort of rock
forward, grab it, and rock back on the bed, I made
the very careful lunge
riches (n)
(especially written) large amounts of money and
valuable or beautiful possessions:
sự giàu có, sự phong phú
a career that brought him fame and riches *
material / spiritual riches * She was a famous
model whose looks were her riches.
misdeed (n)
tội ác
(formal) a bad or evil act:
He will have to answer for his misdeeds in a court
of law.
devoid (a)
~ of sth (written) completely lacking in sth:
không có
The letter was devoid of warmth and feeling.
The Empress, fully aware of her husband's past
ambitions and misdeeds, which included
assassinating his first wife and her family, was
devoid of love and had an illicit affair with Crown
Prince Wan for several years
tinge (n)
a small amount of a colour, feeling or quality:
một nét, một thoáng
to feel a tinge of envy / regret / sadness * There
was a faint pink tinge to the sky.
henceforth (n)
(formal) starting from a particular time and at all
times in the future:
từ nay trở đi, từ nay về sau
Friday 31 July 1925 henceforth became known as
'Red Friday'.
As the appointed palace maid to serve the
medicine, she nonetheless proceeds with her
orders, but henceforth with a tinge of silent alarm
and guilt as she watches the Empress down the
poisoned medicine
befall (v)
(literary) (of sth unpleasant) to happen to sb:
They were unaware of the fate that was to befall
them.
Outside the palace, a similar fate began to befall
the golden armoured soldiers, as the Emperor's
assassins and a large army of silver-armoured
troops suddenly reappear, trapping the rebels and
killing them off with showers of arrows
wee (n)
small in amount; little:
rất nhỏ, nhỏ xíu
Just a wee drop of milk for me. * I felt a wee bit
guilty about it.
concoct (v)
to invent a story, an excuse, etc.
SYN COOK UP:
(nghĩa bóng) bịa ra, đặt ra, dựng lên, bày đặt She
concocted some elaborate story to explain her
absence.
It would be so simple to concoct a story filled with
creatures that make the sound of the wind
transfigure (v)
(literary) to change the appearance of a person or
thing so that they look more beautiful:
tôn lên, làm cho (nét mặt) rạng rỡ lên
Ann's whole face was transfigured by the early
morning light.
Wittgenstein's work from Cambridge and Norway
was transfigured into the material that eventually
became the Tractatus
ache (v)
~ for sb/sth (written) to have a strong desire for
sb/sth or to do sth
SYN LONG:
đau đáu mong chờ
[V] I was aching for home. * [Vtoinf] He ached to
see her.
The hospital is a place of aching feet in wide, thick
rubber-bottomed, stand-all-day-long shoes
exude (v)
if you exude a particular feeling or quality, or it
exudes from you, people can easily see that you
have it:
thể hiện
radiate, give out, give off, display, show, project, convey,
emanate (formal), ooze
antonym: absorb
[VN] She exuded confidence
Perhaps more encouraging are their compliments
and the sheer confidence they exude in the fine,
expensive products they sell
rapt (a)
(written) so interested in one particular thing that
you are not aware of anything else:
chăm chú, say mê; để hết tâm trí vào
a rapt audience * She listened to the speaker with
rapt attention. * He watched her with a rapt
expression
But 10 minutes of rapt attention from a smiling
beauty is still 10 more minutes than usual
lament (v)
(formal) to feel or express great sadness or
disappointment about sb/sth:
thương xót, xót xa
than khóc, than vãn
[VN] In the poem he laments the destruction of the
countryside.
In an article for New Idea, to be published today,
Corby laments her first Christmas alone
earlobe (n)
dái tai
I start joining images - her tiny, cold hand; her
straight, black hair so smooth and cool to the
touch; a soft, rounded earlobe and the microscopic
mole just beneath it
limbo (n)
chốn u minh
What if somewhere inside me there is a dark limbo
where all the truly important memories are heaped
and slowly turning into mud?
well disposed (a)
~ (towards / to sb/sth) having friendly feelings
towards sb or a positive attitude towards sth:
thiện cảm
It's a country that is well disposed to the West.
filth (n)
very dirty and unpleasant substance:
rác rưởi, rác bẩn
The floor was covered in grease and filth.
The filth of these all-male rooms was horrifying.
Mouldy mandarin skins clung to the bottoms of
waste-paper baskets.
shove (v) (n)
xô đẩy
He shoved her out of the way...
He's the one who shoved me...
shove (v)
(informal) to put sth somewhere roughly or
carelessly:
nhét
She shoved the book into her bag and hurried off.
* He came over and shoved a piece of paper into
my hand. *
I just kept walking with my hands shoved in my
pockets.
fiddle (v)
~ (with sth) to keep touching or moving sth with
your hands, especially because you are bored or
nervous:
đùa nghịch, mân mê
He was fiddling with his keys while he talked to
me.
Instead, she would fiddle with her hairslide, dab at
the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, or
look into my eyes in that meaningless way
unfailing (a)
that you can rely on to always be there and always
be the same
SYN UNERRING:
không bao giờ cạn, không bao giờ hết
unfailing devotion / support * She fought the
disease with unfailing good humour.
He never tried to hide things that might embarrass
him. And where I was concerned, he was
unfailingly kind and supportive.
obliterate (v)
to remove all signs of sth, either by destroying or
covering it completely:
xoá, tẩy, gạch đi, xoá sạch (dấu vết...); phá sạch,
làm tiêu ma
The building was completely obliterated by the
bomb. * The snow had obliterated their footprints.
My words might have finally reached her, taken
their time to be understood, and obliterated
whatever energy it was that had kept her talking so
long.
elicit (v)
~ sth (from sb) (written) to get information or a
reaction from sb, often with difficulty:
khêu ra, gợi ra
I could elicit no response from him. * Her tears
elicited great sympathy from her audience.
I stared for a long time at her naked shoulder, but
in the end I lost all hope of eliciting a response and
decided to get up.
hush (v)
(written) to make sb/sth become quieter; to make
sb stop talking, crying, etc.
làm cho nín lặng
After dark the dorm was hushed, like a ruin.
She tried to hush her noisy father...
I had to box Max's ears to get him to
hush.
You say `Hush!' to someone when you
are asking or telling them to be quiet.
Hush, my love, it's all right.
rubble (n)
gạch vụn bỏ đi, đá vụn bỏ đi (của nhà cũ đổ nát)
I went to the campus in September expecting to
find rubble. The place was untouched.
Thousands of bodies are still buried
under the rubble...
twinge (n)
a sudden short feeling of pain:
sự đau nhói
He felt a twinge in his knee as he jumped over the
wall.
She looked into my eyes, and I into hers. I put my
arm around her and kissed her. The slightest
twinge went through her shoulders, and then she
relaxed and closed her eyes for several seconds.
spell (n)
a short period of time during which sth lasts:
khoảnh khắc
a spell of warm weather * a cold / hot / wet / bright
spell * There will be rain at first, with sunny spells
later.
And then I realized that the brief spell of the early
autumn afternoon had vanished
impromptu (a)
done without preparation or planning:
an impromptu speech * They often held
impromptu meetings in their house.
so I bought an armload of sake and snacks from a
nearby machine, and the three of us went to an
empty car park by the west exit of the station to
hold an impromptu drinking party
grunt (n)
(of people) to make a short low sound in your
throat, especially to show that you are in pain,
annoyed or not interested; to say sth using this
sound:
tiếng càu nhàu, tiếng cằn nhằn
[V] He pulled harder on the rope, grunting with
the effort.
Her skin was very fair and smooth, and she had
beautiful legs. I complimented her on her legs, but
her "Thanks" was little more than a grunt
idiosyncrasy (n)
person's particular way of behaving, thinking, etc.,
especially when it is unusual; an unusual feature
SYN ECCENTRICITY, PECULIARITY:
đặc tính, khí chất (của một người nào...)
Wearing a raincoat, even on a hot day, is one of
her idiosyncrasies.
Just as each person has certain idiosyncrasies in
the way he or she walks, people have
idiosyncrasies in the way they think and feel and
see things,
mull sth<->over
to spend time thinking carefully about a plan or
proposal:
nghẫm nghĩ
I need some time to mull it over before making a
decision.
I wandered from one street to the next, recalling
her letter line by line and mulling each sentence
over as best I could.
pall (n)
~ of sth
a thick dark cloud of sth:
a pall of smoke / dust * (figurative) News of her
death cast a pall over the event.
A heavy pall hung over the forest, as if the animals
of the night were holding their breath, waiting for
me to pass
jumbo (n)
~ (of sth) an untidy or confused mixture of things:
a jumble of books and paper * The essay was a
meaningless jumble of ideas.
MY mind became a complete jumble. Total
darkness."
at sb's expense
if you make a joke at sb's expense, you laugh at
them and make them feel silly
When the two women started joking around at my
expense, I gave up trying to think about what had
happened in the night and concentrated on my
bread and coffee.
craze (n)
tính ham mê, sự say mê
mốt thời thượng
(for sth) an enthusiastic interest in sth that is
shared by many people but that usually does not
last very long; a thing that people have a craze for:
the latest fitness craze to sweep the country * Pet
pigs are the latest craze.
Marc Villard, head of operations for the French-
based Pierre Fabre pharmaceutical group in
Vietnam, says the beauty craze first took off in the
early 1990s
gore (n)
thick blood that has flowed from a wound,
especially in a violent situation:
The movie is not just blood and gore (= scenes of
violence); it has a thrilling story.
dismember (v)
to cut or tear the dead body of a person or an
animal into pieces:
Police say the body had been dismembered.
And what a violent vision it is. Gibson hinted in
his Oscar-sweeping Braveheart, and confirmed in
his DIY global blockbuster The Passion of the
Christ, that he has a cinematic taste for blood, gore
and occasional bouts of dismemberment
note (n)
You can use note to refer to a particular
quality in someone's voice that shows
how they are feeling.
dấu, dấu hiệu, vết
điệu, vẻ, giọng, mùi
There was a note of amusement in his voice. * The
year ended on an optimistic note.
Recalling Kimberley's injuries, her hospital case
worker, Susan Aubuchon, has a note of
bewilderment in her voice. "There were so many
fractures, and spinal fractures, but there was no
spinal cord injury …
the crook of sb’s arm
trong vòng tay
Kimberley's boss from Sunnyhill, Robert Darroch,
was a regular visitor, bringing along his week-old
baby girl. This was the best therapy imaginable.
She would lie for hours with the baby in the crook
of her arm
a stand of trees
một rặng cây
We cut across the meadow, through a stand of
trees, and across another meadow.
a frond of plume grass
một ngọn cỏ mận
without a sign of anyone
không một bóng người
sideline (n)
nghề tay trái
an activity that you do as well as your main job in
order to earn extra money:
His hobby of winemaking was fast becoming a
profitable sideline
dyed-in-the-wool (a)
từ trong máu thịt
So that's when it finally hits me that she's an
absolute dyed-in-the-wool lesbian.
card-carrying (a)
công khai ???
known to be an official and usually active member
of a political organization:
a card-carrying member of the Conservative party
According to her, people were saying that I was a
card-carrying lesbian and had been in and out of
mental hospitals for it.
dawn (v)
(written) (of a day or a period of time) to begin:
The following morning dawned bright and warm.
* A new technological age had dawned.
to become obvious or easy to understand:
Slowly the awful truth dawned.
My husband wasn't ready to go, though. It hadn't
dawned on him yet how critical I was
we can't just up sticks and go.
chúng ta không thể nhổ cọc lên rồi đi
ngay như thế được
snap (v)
đứt
the cook from a local restaurant was killing time
on his break with a game of bingo that took cash
bets.
một người đầu bếp của tiệm ăn gần đó
đang tiêu giờ giải lao với trò bingo phải
đặt cọc bằng tiền mặt
snapping her fingers to the rhythm
búng ngón tay theo nhịp
whereupon (adv)
nhân đó, ngay lúc đó
"Good for you," I said to him, whereupon he told
me every last detail of his conquest
spaced-out (a)
Someone who is spaced-out feels as if
nothing around them is real, usually
because they have taken drugs or
because they are very tired. (INFORMAL)
thẫn thờ
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" she asked. "You've
got this spaced-out face. Your eyes aren't focused."
spaced (a)
đờ đẫn
"For a change, why not? You look so spaced.
Come on, come drinking with me and get a little
life into you.
intrigued (v)
tò mò
"I'm intrigued," I said. "I'd like to see what they
look like."
intimate (a)
ấm cúng
The rich smell of coffee gave the gloomy interior
an intimate atmosphere.
"Well, first of all, I think of you as a friend, so I
don't want to involve
you in my sexual fantasies, and second - "
"You've got somebody else you're supposed to be
thinking about."
"That's about the size of it," I said.
"Cũng gần như vậy," tôi nói.
lay claim to sth
to state that you have a right to own sth:
giữ (chỗ)
He laid claim to the property
While I laid claim to a table, Midori bought two
set meals and carried them over on an aluminium
tray.
fantasy (n)
ảo mộng
Why had she shown herself to me like that? Had
she been sleep-walking? Or was it just a fantasy of
mine?
knack (n)
~ (of / for sth) | ~ (of / for doing sth) a special skill
or ability that you have naturally or can learn:
sở trường, tài riêng; sự thông thạo; sự khéo tay
It's easy, once you've got the knack. * He's got a
real knack for making money.
"Or maybe you just have this knack for relaxing
people."
illicit (a)
not approved of by the normal rules of society:
vụng trộm
an illicit love affair
Dante clearly condemns illicit love.

nigh (adv) gusto (n)

(old use or literary) near: enthusiasm and energy in doing sth:
Winter was drawing nigh. sự khoái trá, sự thích thú
"Do you think a first-year student who hasn't read They sang with gusto.
books like that can understand Das Kapital just by Nagasawa cut a slice of duck and ate it with gusto,
reading it?" "That's pretty nigh impossible, I'd followed by more whisky. I took a forkful of
say." spinach.
ate it with gusto
goose-bumps (n) ăn ngấu nghiến
da gà
I get goose-bumps just thinking about them. "That was excellent sea bass," I offered, but no
one took me up on it. I might as well have thrown
radical (a) a rock down a deep well.
cấp tiến "Món cá vược tuyệt lắm," tôi lên tiếng,
nhưng không ai buồn tiếp lời. Giống như
matter-of-fact (a) tôi vừa ném một viên sỏi xuống giếng
tỉnh khô sâu vậy.
"That was a lie," said Midori in a matter-of-fact
tone. "He's been screaming about going to ripped his letter to shreds
Uruguay forever, but he could never do that. He xé ra từng mảnh
can hardly get himself out of Tokyo."
 Economical with his words, he has the modesty of
slug (n) a person who knows he can do, and has done,
(informal) a small amount of a strong alcoholic improbable things.
drink: tiết kiệm lời nói
một ngụm
He took another slug of whisky. earthling (n)
"It doesn't matter what I think," I said, taking a a word used in SCIENCE FICTION stories by
slug of cold beer. creatures from other planets to refer to a person
living on the earth
streak (n) người phàm tục, người trần tục
a part of a person's character, especially an
unpleasant part: unworldly (a)
tính, nét, nết, chất không trần tục, thanh tao
a ruthless / vicious / mean streak * a streak of The dormitory provided meals and other facilities
cruelty and would probably help their unworldly 18-year-
She went away shocked. She has this really old survive
conservative streak."
ethereal (a)
pinnacle (n) (formal) extremely delicate and light; seeming to
đỉnh cao belong to another, more spiritual, world:
How are you? For you, Naoko may be the pinnacle nhẹ lâng lâng; thanh tao, thoát tục
of happiness, but for me she's just a clumsy girl. thiên tiên, siêu trần
ethereal music * her ethereal beauty * In a
translucent sky, the domes and spires of the city
"Don't feel sorry for yourself," looked almost ethereal.
Đừng tự trách móc mình I could see the tops of bushes and trees sticking
out but everything was white and ethereal at
ground level
In the deepening spring of May,
Khi mùa xuân phai dần trong tháng translucent (a)
Năm You use translucent to describe
something that has a glowing
He knew Mozart inside out appearance, as if light is passing
Hắn biết về Mozart từng li từng tí through it.
trong mờ
heartfelt (a) She had fair hair, blue eyes and
chân thành, thành tâm translucent skin...
showing strong feelings that are sincere:
a heartfelt apology / plea / sigh * heartfelt spire (n)
sympathy / thanks The spire of a building such as a church
is the tall pointed structure on the top.
nothingness (n) chóp nhọn
cõi hư vô
I had heard the nails being driven into the lid of maelstrom (n)
her coffin, but I still couldn't adjust to the fact that (literary) a situation full of strong emotions or
she had returned to nothingness. confusing events, that is hard to control and makes
you feel frightened:
vũng nước xoáy ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
a maelstrom of conflicting emotions * They were
being sucked into the maelstrom of war.
Consciousness turns out to consist of a maelstrom
of events distributed across the brain
rationalize (v)
hợp lý hoá
to find or try to find a logical reason to explain
why sb thinks, behaves, etc. in a way that is
difficult to understand:
[VN] an attempt to rationalize his violent
behaviour
concoct (v)
to invent a story, an excuse, etc.
SYN COOKUP:
She concocted some elaborate story to explain her
absence.
These events compete for attention, and as one
process outshouts the others, the brain rationalizes
the outcome after the fact and concocts the
impression that a single self was in charge all
along
misplace (v)
(written) to put sth somewhere and then be unable
to find it again, especially for a short time
SYN MISLAY
để không đúng chỗ
Somehow the suitcase with my clothes
was misplaced.
nether (a)
(literary or humorous) lower:
the nether world (= the world of the dead; hell) * a
person's nether regions (= their GENITALS)
Touts invite me to watch sex shows in which
teenage girls shoot ping-pong balls from their
nethers.
cleanse (v)
~ sb (of / from sth) (literary) to make sb free from
guilt or SIN:
tẩy uế, làm cho tinh khiết
She felt cleansed of her sins after confession.
The Ganges, the most sacred river in India, is so
gunked up with industrial and human waste that
many Hindus were understandably hesitant about
diving in recent weeks to ritually cleanse their
souls as their faith directs
extricate (v)
to escape or enable sb to escape from a difficult
situation:
giải thoát, thoát ra
He had managed to extricate himself from most of
his official duties.
With the U.S. preoccupied with the threat of
Islamic terrorism and struggling to extricate itself
from a failing war in Iraq, China seems ready to
challenge--possibly even undermine--some of
Washington's other foreign policy goals
banish (v)
~ sb/sth (from sth) (written) to make sb/sth go
away; to get rid of sb/sth:
xua đuổi
The sight of food banished all other thoughts from
my mind.
So pile on the garlic, onion and chilli to effectively
banish the devil!
doze (v)
to sleep lightly for a short time:
fitfully (adv)
chập chờn, từng cơn
I dozed fitfully until dawn.
brush (v)
If you brush past someone or brush
by them, you almost touch them as you
go past them. (WRITTEN)
My father would burst into the
kitchen, brushing past my mother... [V]
She brushed past him. * His hand accidentally
brushed against hers.
Luck seemed to be with him, though: the shot was
absolutely perfect, and the white and red balls
hardly made a sound as they brushed each other on
the green baize for the last score of the game.
laden (a)
If someone or something is laden with
a lot of heavy things, they are holding or
carrying them. (LITERARY)
nặng trĩu, chất đầy
I came home laden with cardboard
boxes...
...heavily-laden mules.

READING
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9
171,1576831-3,00.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/miracle-
screams-from-a-wreck-in-which-no-one-should-
have-
survived/2007/01/09/1168104983832.html?page=f
ullpage#contentSwap1
http://www.theage.com.au/news/relationships/war
ning-christmas-party-
ahead/2006/11/28/1164476209101.html?page=full
page#contentSwap1
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/attack-
the-pirates-not-the-
viewers/2006/11/25/1164341443330.html
INFORMAL
http://www.say-it-in-
english.com/EverydayEnglish.html
titbit, titbid (n)
a small but interesting piece of news:
Among the interesting tidbits, the nuptials
reportedly cost the couple a cool $2.5 million and
guests were all flown in at the couple's expense.
talkfest (n)
a lengthy discussion or debate, especially as part
of a television chat show
Just another talkfest and wasted opportunity, or is
the prospect of cheaper petrol significant enough?
backstab (v)
betray somebody: to do or say something harmful
to somebody after pretending to be a friend
fuss (n)
sự ồn ào, sự om sòm, sự rối rít
bemuse (v)
làm sửng sốt, làm kinh ngạc
But McManus's manager Kevin Whyte said the
entertainer was bemused by the fuss.
critter (n)
(AmE, informal) a living creature:
wild critters
todger (n)
a man’s penis.
All right gentlemen, start your todgers, it's time for
you to reveal a little about yourselves.
gag (n)
(informal) a joke or a funny story, especially one
told by a professional COMEDIAN:
lời nói đùa chơi, lời nói giỡn chơi
"It was just a gag, but we kept talking about it
every Friday night when we'd catch up and we'd
have more ideas."
raft (n)
~ of sth (informal) a large number or amount of
sth:
số lượng lớn, đám đông
a whole raft of new proposals
Oregon State Police said the search for Kim
involved about 100 people in helicopters, rafts,
snowmobiles and four-wheel-drive vehicles, but
the weather conditions and terrain were proving
difficult.
tip-off (n)
(informal) secret information that sb gives, for
example to the police, to warn them about an
illegal activity that is going to happen:
sự mách nước, lời mách nước
The man was arrested after an anonymous tip-off.
Another had set up the website
www.jamesandkati.com hoping to draw on
community support and to relay messages and tip-
offs.
fascinate (v) =
rivet (v)
If you are riveted by something, it
fascinates you and holds your interest
completely.
 As a child I remember being riveted
by my grandfather's appearance...
The scar on her face had immediately
riveted their attention.
yuppie (n)
(informal, often disapproving) a young
professional person who lives in a city and earns a
lot of money that they spend on expensive and
fashionable things
Private etiquette schools are proliferating to meet
demand from yuppies who crave guidance on
eating, dressing and working in an international
environment.
quack (n)
(informal, disapproving) a person who dishonestly
claims to have medical knowledge or skills
lang băm
From selfless geniuses to self-promoting quacks,
medicine has attracted all manner of human
characters.
booze-up (n)
(BrE, informal) an occasion when people drink a
lot of alcohol
A NIGHTCLUB bikini booze-up has been sunk by
public outrage.
bather (n)
= swimming costume, swimming trunks
Amber Lounge management yesterday scrapped
plans for a Christmas bikini party where women
wearing bathers would have received unlimited
free drinks at the CBD bar on Friday night.
slam (v)
(used especially in newspapers) to criticize sb/sth
very strongly:
The government has been slammed for failing to
take firm action against drinking and driving.
Rape crisis counsellors and alcohol experts
slammed the bikini party, revealed in yesterday's
Herald Sun, claiming that it reduced women to
sexual objects and exposed them to the risk of
extreme intoxication and sexual assault.
VICTORIAN doctors have slammed the Nurse-on-
Call health hotline after a baby died after being
given inaccurate advice
vicious (a)
(informal) very bad or severe:
a vicious headache
a vicious spiral of rising prices
This is a vicious cycle...fat and unintelligent
people breed...they feed and educate their kids
poorly....kids grow up the same way...repeat...This
is what helps keep seperate the chaff from the
wheat in society. Why bother propping up the
lower class...is it worth it?
splurge (v)
~ (sth) (on sth) (informal) to spend a lot of money
on sth that you do not really need
While many are splurging on electronics, fashion
and jewellery, Uncles says the Christmas list is
expanding
drag (n)
(informal) clothes that are usually worn by the
opposite sex (usually women's clothes worn by
men):
He performed in drag.
a drag queen (= a man dressed in women's clothes
usually in order to entertain people)
trawl (v)
~ (through sth) (for sth/sb) | ~ sth (for sth/sb) to
search through a large amount of information or a
large number of people, places, etc. looking for a
particular thing or person:
[VN] She trawled the shops for bargains.
Major companies trawl the universities for
potential graduate trainees
A former dock worker who allegedly dressed in
drag and went out trawling for sex has been
charged with the murders of five prostitutes after a
massive manhunt in Britain.
vomit (v) =
puke (v)
My arm was dangling, and when my much older
brothers saw it they almost puked
ghastly (a)
(informal) (of an experience or a situation) very
bad; unpleasant:
ghê sợ
The weather was ghastly. * It's all been a ghastly
mistake. * When she mentioned redundancies, for
one ghastly moment, I thought she meant me.
A little bit deeper and my arm would have been
paralysed. I got 26 stitches! It was ghastly,
couldn’t swim for ages.
(informal) (of a person or thing) that you find
unpleasant and dislike very much:
her ghastly husband * This lipstick is a ghastly
colour. * I look ghastly in red.
pop culture (n)
popular culture (n)
vernacular (a)
địa phương
the prevailing vernacular culture in any given
society, including art, cooking, clothing,
entertainment, mass media, music and style
văn hóa đại chúng
offbeat (a)
(informal) different from what most people expect:
khác thường, dị thường, kỳ cục
offbeat humour * an offbeat approach to
interviewing
The fascination of this Casino Royale lies almost
entirely in the offbeat casting of Craig, an
accomplished character actor rather than a
conventional leading man
edgy (a)
(informal) nervous, especially about what might
happen:
She's been very edgy lately. * After the recent
unrest there is an edgy calm in the capital.
Presumably under orders to render the franchise
more edgy and sexy, Campbell eliminates most of
the gadgetry associated with Bond and ramps up
the brutal realism, but only to a point
stash (n)
(informal) an amount of sth that is kept secretly:
a stash of money
Danny is initially on the side of the devils, and
when we first meet him in 1999 he is trying to
cross the border of a perilously unstable Sierra
Leone with a stash of diamonds tucked into some
goats
rough (n)
(old-fashioned, informal) a violent person:
a gang of roughs
The latest James Bond vehicle — call him Bond,
Bond 6.0 — finds the British spy leaner, meaner
and a whole lot darker. Now played by an
attractive bit of blond rough named Daniel Craig
flick (n)
(old-fashioned, informal) a film/movie
“Casino Royale” doesn’t play as dirty as the
Bourne films, but the whole thing moves far lower
to the ground than any of the newer Bond flicks
The second feature was a fairly normal porn flick,
which meant it was even more boring than the
first.
flack (n)
(informal) severe criticism:
He's taken a lot of flak for his left-wing views.
She came in for a lot of flak from the press.
snapper (n)
(informal) a photographer, especially one who
takes pictures of famous people for newspapers
and magazines
Holding hands, they said nothing to waiting
snappers and quickly left in a black car
snap (v)
(informal) to take a photograph:
[VN] A passing tourist snapped the incident.
[V] She seemed oblivious to the crowds of
photographers snapping away.
James Packer's bride-to-be Erica Baxter yesterday
covered her engagement ring by stretching her
jumper over her hand as she walked to her car
while being snapped by photographers in Sydney.
newshound (n)
journalist: a journalist, especially one who covers
news in an aggressive way (informal)
From frustrated traders seeking in vain for stock
quotes to anxious newshounds accustomed to
round-the-clock updates on world events, millions
of people from China to Japan to Australia were
affected yesterday
bash (n)
a large party or celebration:
a birthday bash * She gave a big 40th birthday
bash for her husband. * a Fourth of July bash for
1500 guests
clobber (n)
(BrE, informal) a person's clothes or equipment:
The real problem when travelling with a baby is
the amount of clobber you have to take with you
don (v)
(formal) to put clothes, etc. on:
He donned his jacket and went out.
Hilton's Sydney contacts have already taken
receipt of "more than a dozen" invites to exclusive
bashes, plus numerous requests from hoteliers,
nightclub owners, restaurateurs and fashion
designers, all begging her to be seen at their
venues or don their clobber
sidekick (n)
(informal) a person who helps another more
important or more intelligent person:
người cộng tác
Batman and his young sidekick Robin * Inspector
Morse and his trusted sidekick Sergeant Lewis
As part of the preliminary selection process,
blonde ladies who fancy their chances as a beer
model and possible Paris sidekick were
encouraged to attend auditions at the Hilton Hotel
today
rock (n)
(AmE, informal) a jewel, especially a diamond
Where's the rock? Erica Baxter covers her
engagement ring with her sleeve on her first public
outing since it was announced she will wed media
mogul James Packer.
copper (n)
cảnh sát
"I came out here within a minute and it caught fire
and coppers were trying to put the fire out," the
resident, who gave his name only as Chris, said
sheila (n)
(AustralE, NZE, slang) a girl or young woman
"I knew straight away the sheila in the front was
dead, you couldn't do anything
bash (n)
a large party or celebration:
a birthday bash * She gave a big 40th birthday
bash for her husband. * a Fourth of July bash for
1500 guests
swanky (a)
(informal, disapproving) fashionable and
expensive in a way that is intended to impress
people
từ lóng) trưng diện, phô trương, khoe khoang
SYN POSH:
a swanky hotel / car
BACKYARD barbies, pub bashes, swanky social
gatherings and beach parties — the celebration
scenes varied wildly across Victoria but at 10
seconds to midnight all united in a countdown
hairdo (n)
(old-fashioned, informal) the style in which a
woman's hair is arranged
kiểu tóc
bob up
to come to the surface suddenly:
The dark head of a seal bobbed up a few yards
away.
Hot pink and bright purple hairdos bobbed up and
down to surprise guests Human Nature, who
played Motown favourites from their No. 1 album
They smell of dried vomit and stale food and there
are old gum stains all over the seats - is that going
to make us feel safer?
zany (a)
(informal) strange or unusual in an amusing way:
zany humour
TV is the usual mix of zany game shows, highly
amusing soap operas and news programs
brainy (a)
(old-fashioned, informal) very intelligent:
He's a brainy kid.
argot (n)
(from French) informal words and phrases that are
used by a particular group of people and not easily
understood by others
Although it’s been within the financial services
argot for nearly a decade, STP has been difficult
and time-consuming to implement
neck of the woods a particular area or part of the
country
In my neck of the woods, the evening of 31
December has traditionally been called Old Year’s
Night, as it is the last night of the Old Year
kind of (informal) (also spoken kinda) slightly; in
some ways:
That made me feel kind of stupid. * I like him,
kind of.
brag (v)
(disapproving) to talk too proudly about sth you
own or sth you have done
SYN BOAST:
[V] He bragged to his friends about the crime.
buzz (n)
(informal) a strong feeling of pleasure, excitement
or achievement:
cảm giác thích thú, hoặc kích động
a buzz of excitement / expectation * She gets a
buzz out of her work. * Flying gives me a real
buzz.
These people are very generous with their art and
every now and then I get a real buzz when I
discover some wonderful talents that they so
generously share
freebie (n)
(informal) something that is given to sb without
payment, usually by a company:
quà tặng
He took all the freebies that were on offer. * a
freebie holiday
Now we have the "no price wars", the battle of the
freebie, as two new free newspapers in London go
head-to-head for the hearts and minds of the news-
reading public
crack (n)
~ (at sth) | ~ (at doing sth) (informal) an occasion
when you try to do sth:
She hopes to have another crack at the world
record this year.
Nevertheless, I thought I'd have a crack at a thing
called a "croque monsieur", which turned out to be
a ham and cheese sandwich
splat (n)
(informal) the sound made by sth wet hitting a
surface with force:
The tomato hit the wall with a splat.
fishy (a)
(informal) that makes you suspicious because it
seems dishonest:
(từ lóng) đáng nghi, ám muội
There's something fishy going on here.
There was just one problem with the place: its
political smell. It was run by some kind of fishy
foundation that centered on this extreme right-
wing guy,
hick (n)
(informal disapproving, especially AmE) a person
from the country who is considered to be stupid
and to have little experience of life:
I was just a hick from Texas then.
slob (n)
(informal, disapproving) a person who is lazy and
dirty or untidy:
Get out of bed, you fat slob!
classy (a)
(classier, classiest) (informal) of high quality;
expensive and/or fashionable:
a classy player * a classy hotel / restaurant
"but I wonder if Midori might be in?"
"Do you think she might be on campus?"
Who's calling, please?"
glossy (n)
(BrE, informal) an expensive magazine printed on
glossy paper, with a lot of colour photographs,
etc.:
She works in one of the big fashion glossies.
The steady sellers are the women's glossies with
illustrated pull-out sections on the latest sexual
techniques
comic (n)
a magazine, especially for children, that tells
stories through pictures
dope ~ sb (up) [usuallypassive] (informal)
if sb is doped or doped up, they cannot think
clearly or act normally because they are under the
influence of drugs
Finally lost her mind; had to be doped up all the
time, and still she couldn't die, though when she
did it was practically a mercy killing.
gawk (v)
~ (at sb/sth) (informal) to stare at sb/sth in a rude
or stupid way
trố mắt ra mà nhìn một cách ngớ ngẩn
The usual crowd of gawkers filled the area.
knockout (n)
(informal) a person or thing that is very attractive
or impressive:
She was a knockout in navy and
scarlet...
a bundle
(informal) a large amount of money:
That car must have cost a bundle.
Of course, one thing different from a commune is
that it costs a bundle to get in here."
ruckus (n)
(informal, especially AmE) a situation in which
there is a lot of noisy activity, confusion or
argument:
sự náo động
She went outside to see who was causing such a
ruckus.
Though the fire lasted 10 seconds only, the
phenomenon caused a ruckus in the school
broke (a)
(informal) having no money:
I'm always broke by the end of the month. *
During the recession thousands of small
businesses went broke (= had to stop doing
business).
The kind nun decided to rent a house in order to
open a shelter for these mothers, many of whom
were broke and homeless
gag (n)
(informal) a joke or a funny story, especially one
told by a professional COMEDIAN:
lời nói đùa chơi, lời nói giỡn chơi
to tell / crack a gag * a running gag (= one that is
regularly repeated during a performance)
He has a pregnant wife and child, a respected
father and good friends with whom he exchanges
gags regarding sexual impotence and - this is also
not a joke - mothers-in-law
gobsmacked (a)
(BrE, informal) so surprised that you do not know
what to say:
I was gobsmacked when she told me the news.
Thus begins the odyssey of Jaguar Paw who is
gobsmacked by the huge Mayan civilisation they
are taken to
space out
(informal, especially AmE) to take no notice of
what is happening around you, especially as a
result of taking drugs:
I can't remember what happened next-I was totally
spacing out.
Maybe once in two or three months this would
happen to her: she'd shut herself up in her room
and stay in bed, avoid school, hardly eat a thing,
turn the lights off, and space out.
paraphernalia (n)
a large number of objects or personal possessions,
especially the equipment that you need for a
particular activity:
đồ dùng linh tinh, phụ tùng
skiing paraphernalia * an electric kettle and all the
paraphernalia for making tea and coffee
do a roaring trade (in sth) (informal) to sell a lot of
sth very quickly:
The ice cream vendors were doing a roaring trade.
I couldn't imagine why anyone would want the
kind of sex paraphernalia he had there, but he
seemed to do a roaring trade.
comfy (a)
(informal) comfortable:
a comfy armchair / bed
I want to get all comfy and drunk and not have any
donkey shit anywhere nearby,
plastered (a)
(informal) drunk:
to be / get plastered
"Anyway, we'll talk about things like that and get
plastered and go to bed."
swig (v)
(informal) to take a quick drink of sth, especially
alcohol:
hớp một ngụm
I took a swig of whisky, brushed my teeth and
went to bed.
They sat around swigging beer from bottles.
swig noun:
She took a swig of wine and lit a cigarette.
veg out (informal) to relax by doing sth that needs
very little effort, for example watching television
Otherwise, she's studying cookery, going on dates
with her fiancé, going to the cinema, vegging out,
and just enjoying life
dosshouse (n)
(slang) a cheap place to stay for people who have
no home
Every now and then I'd stay at a dosshouse and
have a bath and shave.
dob sb in (to sb)
to tell sb about sth that another person has done
wrong:
mách lẻo
Sue dobbed me in to the teacher.
Last week, The Sunday Age highlighted the
emerging culture of "dobbing" and sparked a
number of debates on talkback radio
snap (v)
(informal) to take a photograph:
[VN] A passing tourist snapped the incident.
The rest of the camp group were snapping
pictures.
within spitting distance (of sth) (BrE) (also within
shouting distance AmE, BrE) (spoken, informal)
very close:
We live within spitting distance of the bus station.
Before he could register a thought, the plane
smashed into his garden, just spitting distance
from the veranda. From take-off to impact, the
whole thing had lasted just 75 seconds
get stuffed (BrE, spoken) used to tell sb in a rude
and angry way to go away, or that you do not want
sth:
If they don't offer you more money, tell them to
get stuffed.
But just as he was about to tell the early-morning
telemarketer to get stuffed, a single sentence
stopped him cold
going-over (n)
a thorough examination of sb/sth:
The garage gave the car a thorough going-over.
Outstretched before the 25-year-old
physiotherapist, Kimberley Dear is getting a
going-over
freak (v)
(sb) (out) (informal) if sb freaks or if sth freaks
them, they react very strongly to sth that makes
them suddenly feel shocked, surprised, frightened,
etc:
có phản ứng mạnh mẽ đối với cái gì
[V] My parents really freaked when they saw my
hair. * [VN] Snakes really freak me out.
She'd freaked, screaming in the dark for them to
get her out and banging her fist on the wall despite
the dangerous pain that shot through her spine
spooky (a)
You can also use more spooky and most spooky.
(informal) strange and frightening:
a spooky old house * a spooky atmosphere /
feeling * I was just thinking about her when she
phoned. Spooky!
The names of various parts of the Rock - the
Chapel, Black Hole of Calcutta, Flying Saucer,
Vampire Cliff, Lover's Leap and the like - help to
reinforce its reputation as a spooky place
tiddler (n)
(BrE, informal) a very small fish
peeved (a)
~ (about sth) (informal) annoyed:
He sounded peeved about not being told.
Some kinds of information in the brain--such as
the surfaces in front of you, your daydreams, your
plans for the day, your pleasures and peeves--are
conscious.
flunk (v)
to fail an exam, a test or a course:
[VN] I flunked math in second grade.
What are you doing when you aren't doing
anything at all? If you said "nothing," then you
have just passed a test in logic and flunked a test in
neuroscience
sneaky (a)
(informal) behaving in a secret and sometimes
dishonest or unpleasant way:
vụng trộm, lén lút, giấu giếm, thầm lén
I took a sneaky glance at my watch. * That was a
sneaky trick to play!
he developed that most irritating trait of
being a sneaky little shit. The first two
stories show his sneakiness to all .... but the
third is just damn funny
arse about / around
(BrE, !!!, slang) to waste time by behaving in a
silly way
On this particular occasion Martin was first
in and I was stood waiting ... he was arsing
about with toys and stuff and I was getting
more and more impatient.
keep on (at sb) (about sb/sth) (especially BrE) to
speak to sb often and in an annoying way about
sb/sth
SYN NAG:
mè nheo
He does keep on so! * I'll do it-just don't keep on
at me about it!
The bath was getting colder and the
bubbles were all disappearing and I kept on
at him to get a move on.
nick
in good, etc. nick
(BrE, informal) in good, etc. condition or health:
She's in pretty good nick for her age
He said: "You could probably build yourself a car
from all the spare parts. It's incredible. I saw about
30 BMW bikes all boxed up in pretty good nick
hook up with sb (informal)
to meet sb and spend time with them:
In India I hooked up with a couple of students for
a few weeks.
Do you find yourself grabbing for the mobile
phone whenever you've had a few drinks,
frantically typing in the words "Wanna hook up?"
at 3am
beau (n)
(old-fashioned) a woman's male lover or friend
set up (v)
(informal) to trick sb, especially by making them
appear guilty of sth:
He denied the charges, saying the police had set
him up.
hog (n)
(nghĩa bóng) người tham ăn; người thô tục; người
bẩn thỉu
What's more, it's not just energy hogs like the U.S.
that Japan puts to shame; it even beats stridently
green countries like Germany
jack up (v)
(informal) to increase sth, especially prices, by a
large amount
As more and more Japanese stay single and live by
themselves, they're not just a disappointment to
parents who want to see them wed; they're also
jacking up carbon emissions by increasing the
overall number of households
sticky (a)
(informal) difficult or unpleasant:
a sticky problem / situation * Their relationship is
going through a sticky patch and they've decided
to have counselling.
His company's site offers the services of nearly
3,000 members, some 40 of whom are willing to
help students out of sticky situations
fender bender (n)
(AmE, informal) a car accident in which there is
not a lot of damage
"We remember our embarrassments, our failures,
our fender benders."
tummy (n)
(informal) (used especially by children or when
speaking to children) the stomach or the area
around the stomach:
Mum, my tummy hurts. * to have (a) tummy ache
* a tummy bug / upset (= an illness when you feel
sick or vomit) * There's a baby growing in your
mummy's tummy.
land (v)
(informal) to succeed in getting a job, etc.,
especially one that a lot of other people want:
[VN] He's just landed a starring role in Spielberg's
next movie.
[VNN] She's just landed herself a company
directorship.
After university, she landed a job at Vogue
magazine, where she put in seven-day workweeks,
rose quickly and became a senior editor at 23
trounce (v)
(thông tục) đánh bại, đánh thua tơi bời
If you trounce someone in a
competition or contest, you defeat them
easily or by a large score. (INFORMAL)
In Rugby League, Australia
trounced France by sixty points to four.
= thrash
scoot (v)
(informal) to go or leave somewhere in a hurry:
I'd better scoot or I'll be late.
blast (v)
(informal) to criticize sb/sth severely:
She also blasted Mrs Howard for holding hands
with her husband in public.
CONVERSATION
a kind of (informal)
used to show that sth you are saying is not exact:
I had a kind of feeling this might happen.
kind of (informal) (also spoken kinda) slightly; in
some ways:
That made me feel kind of stupid. * I like him,
kind of.
overcome (v) //
get over (v)
in fact, we’re generally so miserly in my
community that I really should go rest now, to help
get over the shock
As first-year representative I went to work things
out with the third-years.
I didn’t feel a thing and she was impressed that I
was totally relaxed about it
From my personal experience, I strongly suggest
talking to your eye doctor about having the eye
pressure tested. It takes only a split second per eye
and you don’t feel a thing when they do it
"You're joking?" said Midori. "I don't know, just
looking at you I sort of assumed you'd never been
hard up." "It's true. I have never been hard up. Not
that I have tons of money, either. I'm like most
people."
So don't hold back: drink all the beer you want."
make up (v)
đền
to replace sth that has been lost; to
COMPENSATE for sth:
Can I leave early this afternoon and make up the
time tomorrow?
"Sorry," said Nagasawa. "I'll make it up to you
some time."
catch my breadth
lấy hơi
over (prep)
from one side to another side:
She turned over onto her front. * The car skidded
off the road and rolled over and over.
He walked over to the bed, knelt down and held
her
do it all over again
làm lại từ đầu
do laundry (n)
giặt đồ
sore (a)
đau DISAPPROVING
As Nania's thumbs probe deep into the shoulder, horde (n)
Kimberley wears a half grimace. (sometimes disapproving) a large crowd of people:
"How's that?" the physio asks. lũ, đám
"Sore." There are always hordes of tourists here in the
"Good. I'm holding it for 10 seconds." summer. * The car attracted the interest of a horde
of children.
put away (v) You may know all about the world coming to
cất đi China--about the hordes of foreign businesspeople
The routine was that whoever washed also setting up factories and boutiques and showrooms
put away and of course this led to furious in places like Shanghai and Shenzhen
arguments about whose turn it was after
turd (n)
every meal A turd is a lump of faeces. (INFORMAL,
RUDE)
fetch (v)
(especially BrE) to go to where sb/sth is and bring
them/it back:
[VN] to fetch help / a doctor * The inhabitants
have to walk a mile to fetch water
vantage point (n)
a position from which you watch sth; a point in
time or a situation from which you consider sth,
especially the past:
The cafe was a good vantage point for watching
the world go by. * From the vantage point of the
late 20th century, the war seems to have achieved
nothing.
He fetched a chair for me and positioned it
so that I would have the best vantage point
to ensure that I could properly supervise
all aspects of his work

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willful, wilful (a)
chủ tâm, cố ý
done deliberately, although the person doing it
knows that it is wrong:
wilful damage / neglect
These types of people, the type who cause willfull
damage and destruction of property in 'protest' are
insane.

spark (n)
If sparks fly between people, they
discuss something in an excited or
angry way.
 They are not afraid to tackle the xoàng, thường
issues or let the sparks fly when mediocrity (n)
necessary. the quality of being average or not very good:
sự tầm thường
ineffable (a) Please Ruddy, give us some policies, give us some
(rare, formal) too great or beautiful to describe in ideas, give us something worth voting for other
words: than mediocrity!
không tả được, không nói lên được
Ah, to be in love. Sparks fly, hearts flutter, knees entourage (n)
go weak and ineffable feelings of passion consume đoàn tùy tùng
our everyone move immediate (a)
gần gũi, thân cận
quandary (n) Your immediate family are the
the state of not being able to decide what to do in a members of your family who are most
difficult situation: closely related to you, for example your
tình thế lúng túng khó xử, tình thế bối rối parents, children, brothers, and sisters.
Anderson knew all along that Thorpe's quandary the President and members of his immediate
was not especially complicated. entourage

rife (v) capitalise (+ on)

lan tràn
But there was one more thing for Deirdre
Anderson to counsel Thorpe on. How, exactly, to
tell the world? Speculation was already rife and he
wanted to do it right
Images of Kate Middleton already attract
thousands of pounds and with media speculation
rife that William is set to propose, photographers
are following every move of Britain's possible
future queen
lợi dụng
The window for Labor to capitalise on the Howard
Government's accumulated political and policy
troubles was closing, and closing quickly
chimera (n)
(formal) an impossible idea or hope
điều ảo tưởng
The polls showed voters responding well to
Latham. But it was a chimera

exhaustive (a) insurmountable (a)

thấu đáo, toàn diện, hết mọi khía cạnh, hết mọi (formal) (of difficulties, problems, etc.) that cannot
mặt, Thorpe's biographer, Greg Hunter, whose be dealt with successfully
exhaustive life story of the swimmer was SYN INSUPERABLE
published two years ago… không thể vượt qua được
= comprehensive (a) The crisis doesn't seem like an
insurmountable problem.
pretension (n)
kỳ vọng utopia (n)
If someone has pretensions to an imaginary place or state in which everything is
something, they claim to be or do that perfect:
thing. a Socialist Utopia
The city has unrealistic pretensions to  utopian (a)
world-class status... không tưởng
Money not being the most abundant commodity in But Wikipedia is no more immune to human
the Rudd family home, he was deeply offended at nature than any other utopian project
the mere suggestion that his was a privileged
upbringing with aristocratic pretensions. juxtapose (v)

mediocre (a)
(formal) to put people or things together,
especially in order to show a contrast or a new
relationship between them:
tương phản
để (hai hoặc nhiều vật) cạnh nhau, để kề nhau
In the exhibition, abstract paintings are juxtaposed
with shocking photographs.
epitome (n)
the ~ of sth a perfect example of sth:
He is the epitome of a modern young man.
Clothes that are the epitome of good taste
expound (v)
~ sth (to sb) | ~ on sth (formal) to explain sth by
talking about it in detail:
trình bày chi tiết
Now it's the guys' turn as he expounds on the
business of being a bloke
attuned (a) = adjusted (a)
~ (to sb/sth) familiar with sb/sth so that you can
understand or recognize them or it and act in an
appropriate way:
hòa hợp
attune (v) = to adjust, to bring into harmony
She wasn't yet attuned to her baby's needs.
He seemed unusually attuned to
people's feelings.
swivel (v)
xoay, quay
1 to turn or make sth turn around a fixed
central point:
[VN] She swivelled the chair around to face them.
[also V]
2 to turn or move your body, eyes or
head around quickly to face another direction:
xoay, quay
In the 1950s the bravura of early rock performers
such as Elvis Presley with his swiveling hips
startled many conservative Americans.
decorum (n)
Decorum is behaviour that people
consider to be correct, polite, and
respectable. (FORMAL)
sự đúng mực, sự đoan trang
nghi lễ, nghi thức
a sense of decorum
I was treated with decorum and respect
throughout the investigation.
= politeness
intelligible (a) # unintelligible (a)
dễ hiểu
~ (to sb) that can be easily understood:
His lecture was readily intelligible to all the
students.
The child's speech was barely intelligible.
adage (n)
cách ngôn, tục ngữ
...the old adage, `Every baby brings its
own love'.
= maxim, saying, proverb
levitate (v)
to rise and float in the air with no physical support,
especially by means of magic or by using special
mental powers; to make sth rise in this way
bay lên, làm bay lên
He has claimed he can levitate...
Nina can, apparently, levitate a small
ball between her hands.
...such magical powers as levitation,
prophecy, and healing.
escapade (n)
an exciting adventure (often one that people think
is dangerous or stupid):
hành động hoang toàng, sự phóng túng
Isabel's latest romantic escapade
The people who planned the escapade did not
realize what they were getting involved in.
posthumous (a)
happening, done, published, etc. after a person has
died:
sau khi chết
a posthumous award for bravery
A posthumous collection of her work has just been
published.
vestige (n)
a small part of sth that still exists after the rest of it
has stopped existing:
vết tích, dấu vết, di tích
the last vestiges of the old colonial regime
transgress (v)
(formal) to go beyond the limit of what is morally
or legally acceptable:
vượt rào
They had transgressed the bounds of decency.
 transgression (n)
Jan is then framed for the rape of Kaew, who was
having relations with the son of one of the family's
maids. But it is Jan who ends up punished for
Kaew's transgressions. Later, it emerges that Kaew
is pregnant
avert (v)
to prevent sth bad or dangerous from happening:
ngăn ngừa, ngăn chận, tránh, đẩy lui (tai nạn, cú
đấm, nguy hiểm...)
A disaster was narrowly averted.
He did his best to avert suspicion.
… to warn that we have only a decade or so to
avert a rise in the oceans of 25m.
ameliorate (v), alleviate (v), # exacerbate (v)
(formal) to make sth better:
cải thiện , làm tốt hơn
Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation.
I had hoped we may have enlightened public
opinion to ameliorate the daily discrimination,
marginalisation and even victimisation these
people suffer.
morph (v)
If one thing morphs into another thing,
especially something very different, the
first thing changes into the second.
(INFORMAL)
biến hình
Mild-mannered Stanley morphs into a
confident, grinning hero.
morphing (n)
amorphous (a)
(written) having no definite shape, form or
structure:
tính không có hình dạng nhất định, tính vô định
hình
an amorphous mass of cells with no identity at all
anachronism (n)
việc lỗi thời; người lỗi thời; vật lỗi thời
a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-
fashioned and does not belong to the present:
The monarchy is seen by many people as an
anachronism in the modern world.
The President tended to regard the
Church as an anachronism.
anathema (n)
(formal) a thing or an idea which you hate because
it is the opposite of what you believe:
người bị ghét cay, ghét đắng, người bị nguyền rủa
Racial prejudice is (an) anathema to me.
Though French, Zineddine's parents are migrant
from Algeria, a country where insults directed
towards someones mother are simply anathema
ancillary (a) = supplementary (a)
phụ thuộc, lệ thuộc
an addition to sth else but not as important:
ancillary rights under the law
Watch out for the increasing range of ancillary fees
and penalties charged for using your credit card.
antecedent (n)
(formal) a thing or an event that exists or comes
before another, and may have influenced it
Our analysis confirmed that the four antecedent
processes noted earlier - chartering, learning,
mobilising and realigning - help to create an
organisational ...
= precursor
anthropomorphic (a)
(of beliefs or ideas) treating gods, animals or
objects as if they had human qualities:
an explanation of animal behaviour in
anthropomorphic terms
maverick (n)
a person who does not behave or think like
everyone else, but who has independent, unusual
opinions:
Now he’s had a taste of political blood, how much
more can we expect from the maverick
Queenslander?
ruckus (n)
a situation in which there is a lot of noisy activity,
confusion or argument
Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd
says the political ruckus of Singapore’s refusal to
grant Nguyen clemency is likely to damage
Australia’s relations with Singapore
construe (v)  # (v)
~ sth (as sth) (formal) to understand the meaning
of a word, a sentence, or an action in a particular
way: (= interpret)
He considered how the remark was to be
construed.
misconstrue (v)  (a)
misconstrual (a)
Daisy may have made matters worse by entering
into this conspiracy of misconstrual, repeatedly
telling journalists: "What I am doing is not acting.
I am playing myself."
But constant tensions and deep resentments do
remain, especially among those left behind in
communities that others managed to escape
petrify (v)
to make sb feel extremely frightened
SYN TERRIFY
sững sờ, chết điếng
relent (v)
to finally agree to sth after refusing
mũi lòng, động lòng thương
Susanna is petrified her Melbourne brother will
freeze to death on the steps of Australia’s embassy
in Serbia unless the Australia Government relents
and allows him to come home.

cater (v)
~ (for sb/sth) to provide food and drinks for a pall (n)
social event: ~ of sth a thick dark cloud of sth:
[V] (BrE) Most of our work now involves catering a pall of smoke / dust
for weddings. (figurative) News of her death cast a pall over the
event.
draconian (a) Police believe they have caught the so-called
(formal) (of a law, punishment, etc.) extremely Suffolk Strangler, who has cast a pall of fear over
harsh and severe: England's east since officers began to talk of a
khắc nghiệt, tàn bạo serial killer about two weeks ago.
a call for draconian measures against drug-related
crime telltale (n)
Without significant rain this summer, Melbourne is cái làm lộ chân tướng
on track to hit the 29.3 per cent trigger for showing that sth exists or has happened:
draconian stage four limits, which ban watering Its creator, BATM, says higher sound frequencies
gardens altogether. are a telltale sign that someone is being dishonest.

belittle (v) glitch (n)

to make sb or the things that sb does seem (informal) a small problem or fault that stops sth
unimportant: working successfully:
coi nhẹ, xem thường sự cố nhỏ, trục trặc
She felt her husband constantly belittled her A few technical glitches forced us to postpone the
achievements. demonstration
By saying this, I do not mean to belittle the
importance of his role. thrash about (v)
~ (sth) (about / around) to move or make sth move
resentment (n) in a violent or uncontrolled way:
sự phẫn uất, sự oán hận quẫy
to feel / harbour / bear resentment towards / [V] Someone was thrashing around in the water,
against sb obviously in trouble.
She could not conceal the deep resentment she felt The animal thrashed about in pain.
at the way she had been treated. The victims will have been thrashing about wildly,
constant (a) so it would have to be someone of significant size
không ngớt, không dứt, liên miên or strength to overcome them.
appraise (v)
If you appraise something or someone,
you consider them carefully and form an
opinion about them. (FORMAL)
đánh giá, định giá
This prompted many employers to
appraise their selection and recruitment
policies...
= evaluate
reappraise (v)
(formal) to think again about the value or nature of
sth to see if your opinion about it should be
changed
SYN REASSESS:
The system needs to be continually reappraised.
There are scientists who now say that the time has
come for science to reappraise some of its basic
premises. They reject some of the old scientific
premises and talk of a "new physics" and a "new
science."
insouciance (n)
(formal) the state of not being worried about
anything
tính không lo nghĩ, tính vô tâm
SYN NONCHALANCE:
She hid her worries behind an air of insouciance.
murder (v) =
bump off (v)
henchman (n)
tay sai
When we're introduced to Bond (Daniel Craig) in
a black-and-white prologue, he's not yet acquired
his "007" status and is hardly even a killer —
though his subsequent insouciance would suggest
that he's been bumping off henchmen since the day
he was born
fog (v)
làm hoang man, bối rối
to make sb/sth confused or less clear:
I tried to clear the confusion that was fogging my
brain. * The government was trying to fog the real
issues before the election.
On a job, they got in the way and fogged things up
with sex and hurt feelings and all the emotional
baggage they carried around. One had to look out
for them and take care of them. "Bitch," said Bond
...
drip (v)
~ (with) sth (written) to contain or hold a lot of
sth:
chứa đựng nhiều…
[V] The trees were dripping with fruit.
[VN] His voice dripped sarcasm.
panacea (n)
~ (for sth) something that will solve all the
problems of a particular situation:
thuốc trị bách bệnh
There is no single panacea for the problem of
unemployment.
Information and communications technology can
level the playing field between advanced and
under-developed countries in terms of access to
information and knowledge. But it cannot be a
panacea for the developing world's quest for
economic growth and prosperity.
apogee (n)
(formal) the highest point of sth, where it is
greatest or most successful:
tuyệt đỉnh, điểm cao nhất, thời cực thịnh
a religious community that was as its apogee in the
twelfth century
This period marked the apogee of Portuguese
power and wealth, but it faded towards the end of
the 16th century when Spain's Felipe II claimed
the throne
knock-on (a)
spreading out to affect others: progressively
affecting other people or things related directly or
indirectly to whatever was first affected
The knock-on effect will almost certainly cause
further factory closures in the area.
The disruption was widespread, hitting China,
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand,
Malaysia, Hong Kong and elsewhere, with knock-
on effects as far away as Australia for companies
whose internet is routed through affected areas
cognition (n)
Cognition is the mental process
involved in knowing, learning, and
understanding things. (FORMAL)
sự nhận thức
...processes of perception and
cognition.

precognition (n)
sự biết trước
(formal) the knowledge that sth will happen in the
future, that sb has because of a dream or a sudden
feeling
Minority Report is set in Washington, D.C. during
the year 2054. Thanks to three "precogs" and
technology built around their ability to see
murders before they happen, the city has gone six
years without a homicide
The movie is not only an exploration of the
potential of precognition, but a glimpse of how a
consumer-based society - in this case, Washington
DC - might function in 50 years' time; a place
where advertising and branding play a key role
despair (n) (v)
hết hy vọng, thấy vọng, chán chường
disparity (n)
(formal) a difference, especially one connected
with unfair treatment:
sự chênh lệch
the wide disparity between rich and poor *
growing regional disparities in economic
prosperity
But he said a move toward nuclear power would
be a gradual one, due to price disparity between
nuclear and fossil fuel power
languish (v)
~ (in sth) to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer
sth unpleasant for a long time:
rục xương trong tù
She continues to languish in a foreign prison.
"He told them he was happy he would meet his
death at the hands of his enemies and be a martyr,
not just languish in jail. He . . . gave them letters to
his family in anticipation
The mouthful of medicine which the Empress has
refused to take earlier was served again under the
Emperor's instruction. Openly defiant, she drank in
anguish only after Prince Wan and Prince Yu
begged her to
dishevelled (a)
(AmE usually disheveled) adjective (of hair,
clothes or sb's general appearance) very untidy:
đầu tóc rối bời
He looked tired, dishevelled and very pale.
đầu tóc rối bời
sanitize (v)
(disapproving) to remove the parts of sth that
could be considered unpleasant:
làm nhẹ bớt
This sanitized account of his life does not mention
his time in prison
But those images of Saddam, wearing western-
style suits and with his beard trimmed, tend to
sanitise the more memorable and rawer footage of
his capture in December 2003 — dirty and
dishevelled after months on the run, some of
which was spent in a hole in the ground near his
tribal hometown of Tikrit
arbiter (n)
người phân xử, quan toà, thẩm phán
~ (of sth) (written) a person with the power or
influence to make judgements and decide what
will be done or accepted:
The law is the final arbiter of what is considered
obscene. * an arbiter of taste / style / fashion
the Government will consolidate its influence over
deal-making by appointing Treasurer Peter
Costello as the arbiter of new foreign investment
in media
arch (a)
an arch look, tone of voice, etc. deliberately shows
amusement because the person knows more than
other people or more than they pretend about a
situation:
tinh nghịch, tinh quái, hóm, láu
He tapped the side of his nose in an
uncharacteristically arch gesture.
armageddon (n)
a terrible war that could destroy the world:
nuclear Armageddon
In an interview with Federal Police, Robinson said
he failed in a bid to bring about Armageddon by
crashing the aircraft into a Tasmanian national
park
impregnate (v)
~ sth (with sth) to make a substance spread
through an area so that the area is full of the
substance:
thấm, nhiễm
The pad is impregnated with insecticide.
anachronism (n) The song is full of sexual innuendo.
something that is placed, for example in a book or But snide innuendo still stalks his sexual life.
play, in the wrong period of history:
sự sai năm tháng, sự sai niên đại
The book is full of anachronisms which suggests
there were parts rewritten in later centuries
… but it has been criticized by a number of
anthropologists and archaeologists working in the
field of Mayanist studies for its depiction of
ancient Maya society as little more than
unsophisticated "brutal savages", as well as for its
evident anachronisms and other historical
inaccuracies

pontificate (v)
làm ra vẻ không thể nào lầm lẫn
~ (about / on sth) (disapproving) to give your
opinions about sth in a way that shows that you
think you are right
Not until 1995 was he prepared to resume living in
Japan, but strictly on his own terms, without the
television appearances and professional
pontificating expected of a bestselling Japanese
author
accolade (n)
(formal) praise or an award for an achievement
that people admire
sự tưởng thưởng
For a young man with so many medals and records
and accolades to look back on his career through
that kind of prism was unique.
The Nobel prize has become the
ultimate accolade in the sciences...
= tribute
snide (a)
A snide comment or remark is one
which criticizes someone in an unkind
and often indirect way.
He made a snide comment about her
weight...
láu cá, ác ý
snide comments / remarks
innuendo (n)
(disapproving) an indirect remark about sb/sth,
usually suggesting sth bad or rude; the use of
remarks like this:
lời ám chi, lời nói bóng nói gió
innuendoes about her private life
LOVE
chivalry (n)
polite and kind behaviour that shows a sense of
honour, especially by men towards women
ga lăng
I agree with Sacha, i like a bit of chivalry in a man
too! Each guy is so different, you can tell the ones
who do it because they like to and the ones who
are just doing it because they should... you want
the ones in the first category..
tryst (n)
(literary or humorous) a secret meeting between
lovers
lurid (a)
(especially of a story or piece of writing) shocking
and violent in a way that is deliberate:
Perhaps neither of them took into account factors
like toxic in-laws, long distance relationships,
lurid affairs and enticing internet trysts. Oh yes,
sometimes love just ain't enough.
heart flutter
con tim rung động
Did you know... you still make my heart flutter, I
love how you ...
Our free greeting cards reflect the beauty of love
and will make your love's heart flutter.

cheeks turn crimson
má ửng hồng
“I know I’m in love with Nick, but I can’t stop
thinking about Dan.” ... Laken felt her tanned
cheeks turn crimson. “Um, hey Dan,” she said
slowly. ...
amorous (a)
showing sexual desire and love towards sb:
Mary rejected Tony's amorous advances.
Two girlfriends of another man, 43,
"independently confirmed that he frequently
engages in sexual behaviour while asleep. One
describes him as a 'different person' during these
activities - apparently he is a more amorous and
gentle lover and more orientated towards
satisfying his partner."
~ (sth) (to sb) to ask sb to marry you:
cầu hôn
[V] He was afraid that if he proposed she might
refuse. * She proposed to me! * [VN] to propose
marriage
Friends of the media and gaming mogul told The
Age that Packer proposed to Baxter on Christmas
Day
stand sb up (informal)
to deliberately not meet sb you have arranged to
meet, especially sb you are having a romantic
relationship with:
cho leo cây
I've been stood up!
At the end of January, Storm Trooper went to bed
with a raging fever. Which meant I had to stand up
Naoko that day.

fidelity (n)  # mistress (n)

sự chung thủy a man's (usually a married man's) mistress is a
# infidelity (n) woman that he is having a regular sexual
relationship with and who is not his wife
go / walk down the aisle nhân tình
(informal) to get married "My old man usually brings his mistress here,"
set (a) = ready (a) said Nagasawa. "He's got one in Tokyo, you
AUSTRALIA'S richest man, James Packer, know."
appears set to walk down the aisle, after a testing
year in which he buried his father and made the illicit (a)
biggest business deal of his career not approved of by the normal rules of society:
vụng trộm
conquest (n) an illicit love affair
usually humorous) a person that sb has persuaded
to love them or to have sex with them: break up (v)
người mình đã chinh phục được; người mình đã chia tay
chiếm đoạt được cảm tình split up,
I'm just one of his many conquests. * I think
you've made a conquest. make up (with sb)
Then it's off to the Bahamas, where Bond's first (BrE also make it up) to end a quarrel with sb and
conquest Solange (Caterina Murino) shows up become friends again:
riding a white horse bareback along a beach while Why don't you two kiss and make up? * Has he
a native child gazes at her in awe. made it up with her yet? * Have they made it up
yet?
rock (n) làm lành
(AmE, informal) a jewel, especially a diamond
Where's the rock? Erica Baxter covers her estranged (a)
engagement ring with her sleeve on her first public [usuallybeforenoun] no longer living with your
outing since it was announced she will wed media husband or wife:
mogul James Packer. ly thân
his estranged wife Emma * She is attempting to
propose (v) contact her estranged husband to break the news.
Sir Paul McCartney will reportedly pay his
estranged wife Heather Mills $80 million in an
out-of-court divorce settlement - $20 million for
each of the four years they were married
showing or involving sexual desire and pleasure;
intended to make sb feel sexual desire:
casual sex (n)
sexual relations not involving a love relationship,
esp. brief encounters or an encounter on one
occasion

SEX
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fetish (n)
the fact of getting sexual pleasure from a particular
object:
to have a leather fetish
inadvertently (adv)
by accident; without intending to:
không cố ý, không chủ tâm
We had inadvertently left without paying the bill.
Inadvertently overseeing the fetish material of the
gentleman in grey flannel on the train - that is the
definition of too much information
bondage (n)
khổ dâm
the practice of being tied with ropes, chains, etc. in
order to gain sexual pleasure
Rather, much modern porn includes elements of
bisexuality, bondage, verbal and sexual
humiliation as well as more specialist fetishist
practices.
sadism (n)  (a)
a need to hurt sb in order to get sexual pleasure
sadistic (a)
It was the story of a secretary and her schoolgirl
sister being kidnapped by a bunch of men and
subjected to sadistic tortures

monogamy (n) masochism (n)  (n), (a)

chế độ một vợ một chồng the practice of getting sexual pleasure from being
flit (v) physically hurt
di cư, di chuyển masochist (n)
raunchy (a) masochistic (a)
(thông tục) dâm dục The men made the older one to do all kinds of
cohabit (v) awful things by threatening to rape the sister, but
ăn ở với nhau (như vợ chồng) soon the older sister is transformed into a raging
(formal) (usually of a man and a woman) to live masochist, and the younger one gets really turned
together and have a sexual relationship without on from having to watch all the contortions they
being married: put her through.
Heck, we've built a reputation as a generation who
flit from serial monogamy to raunchy affairs, discipline (n)
cohabiting before marriage, and then cohabiting In terms of BDSM, any activity in which one
with someone else. person trains another person to act or behave in a
specified way, often by enforcing rigid codes of
adultery (n) conduct or by inflicting punishment for failure to
tội ngoại tình, tội thông dâm behave in the prescribed way.
She suspected her husband had committed
adultery. bdsm (n)
An overlapping abbrevation of Bondage and
bed-hopping (n) Discipline (BD), Dominance and Submission
casual sex with successive partners ( informal ) (DS), Sadism and Masochism (SM).
Are you actually into doing BDSM or do you just
erotic (a) carry that leather whip for show?
gợi tình
habituation (n)
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on newspaper stories that are intended for titillation,
something that is psychologically or physically not information
habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic
drugs) venereal disease
sự tăng đô (abbreviation VD) any disease caught by having
In all other appetitive behaviours, habituation is sex with an infected person
observed, whereby the user needs more or more bệnh phong tình
frequent stimulation to get the same effect
gonorrhoea (n)
bệnh lậu
fellatio (n) a disease of the sexual organs, caught by having
(formal) the practice of touching a man's PENIS sex with an infected person
with the tongue and lips to give sexual pleasure
fondle (v)
cunnilingus (n) to touch and move your hand gently over sb/sth,
the act of touching a woman's sex organs with the especially in a sexual way, or in order to show love
mouth and tongue in order to give sexual pleasure mân mê
Suddenly, she gets out of control and turns into a
analingus (n) hot bitch. She closes her eyes and starts fondling
Stimulation of a sexual partner's anus with one's her tits and wet pussy
tongue SYN CARESS
Do you like making or recieving analingus? He was gently caressing her golden hair.
= stroke
sodomize (v) His fingers caressed the back of her neck.
(disapproving) to have ANAL sex with sb
Forensic psychologists have asked whether the slut (n)
killer lured and then anaesthetised the women with People sometimes refer to a woman as a
drugs, deaths that were seemingly less violent than slut when they consider her to be very
those of the Yorkshire Ripper who beat and immoral in her sexual behaviour.
sodomised many of his 13 victims in the 1970s. (OFFENSIVE)

Defloration (n) spurt (v)

the act of depriving a woman of her virginity bắn ra, phọt ra
(especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual semen (n) = spunk (n)
intercourse) He'll fuck her like a slut in every possible position!
sự phá trinh After a wild fuck scene, he spurts a whole thick
load of spunk on her face.
separate (v)
ly thân well-rounded (a)
shapely: having a rounded or otherwise pleasingly
titillate (v) shaped body
kích dục tròn trịa, đầy đặn
(often disapproving) to interest or excite sb, In the second scene, you see the gorgeous and
especially in a sexual way: well-rounded Aida totally lying naked on the
[V] titillating details / pictures couch
[VN] a story intended to titillate the imagination of
the public pole dancer (n)
a selection of dishes to titillate your palate diễn viên múa thoát y

titillation (n)
shimmy (v)
to dance or move in a way that involves shaking
your hips and shoulders:
She shimmied onto the dance floor
Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), whose
preferred interview method involves shimmying
up to her subject like a pole dancer.
bosom (n)
a woman's chest or breasts:
ngực
her ample bosom
She pressed him to her bosom
Her Majesty’s favorite bad boy arrives on screens
with the usual complement of cool toys, smooth
rides, bosomy women and high expectations
babe (n)
(slang) a word used to address a young
woman, or your wife, husband or lover, usually
expressing affection but sometimes considered
offensive if used by a man to a woman he does not
know:
What're you doing tonight, babe?
(informal) an attractive young woman
coarse (a)
rude and offensive, especially about sex
SYN VULGAR:
thô lỗ, tục tĩu
coarse manners / laughter
lecherous (a)
(disapproving) having too much interest in sexual
pleasure
phóng đãng, dâm đãng
JIN PIN MEI is a Chinese historical drama
revolving around the relationship between a
lecherous and ugly government official and the
beautiful woman he seduces and turns into his
concubine.
libidinous (a)
(formal) having or expressing strong sexual
feelings
dâm đãng, dâm dật
Jan subsequently finds himself repeating the
libidinous patterns of his father, going as far as to
have sex with a maid in his father's sitting room, in
front of the portrait of his mother. Jan wonders
why he can't escape the cycle of sexual abuse
started by his father. Then it is revealed that Jan is
the product of a gang rape of his mother
voluptuous (a)
khêu gợi
If you describe a woman as
voluptuous, you mean that she has
large breasts and hips and is considered
attractive in a sexual way.
...a voluptuous, well-rounded
lady with glossy black hair.
nymphomaniac (n)
(disapproving) a woman who has sex or wants to
have sex very often
(y học) người đàn bà cuồng dâm
Later another of Khun Luang's women, the
sophisticated nymphomaniac Boonlueang, moves
into a guesthouse on the estate, and she teaches
Jan his first lessons in the ways of love.
nymphet (n)
(written) a young girl who is very sexually
attractive
cô gái đẹp khêu gợi
Nymphet Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer)
and comely Patricia Arquette (Medium)
communicate with murder victims and suicides,
but it never seems more
These productions were, in the main, worthy
without igniting much excitement, except for
Margaret Medlyn's impersonation of a 15-year-old
nymphet in Salome
nuzzle (v)
rúc vào (trong lòng, trong chăn)
to touch or rub sb/sth with the nose or mouth,
especially to show affection:
[VN] She nuzzled his ear. * [V+adv./prep.] The
child nuzzled up against his mother.
The first girl put up a terrific struggle when I tried
to get her undressed and into the hotel bed, but
when I began reading alone because it just wasn't
worth it, she came over and started nuzzling me.
pet (v)
(informal) (of two people) to kiss and touch each
other in a sexual way
seealso PETTING
It was nothing we had to think about or make any
choices about. We started kissing at 12 and petting
at 13.
petting (n)
the activity of kissing and touching sb, especially
in a sexual way
We started kissing at 12 and petting at 13. I'd go to
his room or he'd come to my room and I'd finish
him off with my hands. It never occurred to me
that we were being precocious
panties (n), knickers (n)
quần lót
This went on for a while, and then her right hand
started to move down, and she touched me through
my panties.
arse (n)
(AmE ass) the part of the body that you sit on;
your bottom:
mông, đít
Get off your arse (= stop sitting around doing
nothing)!
Three drunk company executives in suits and ties
came by, laughing at the top of their voices every
time they yelled "Nice arse!" at a pretty, long-
haired girl in a phone box.
"Hey, know what, Watanabe? Night before last I
made it with the boutique chick."
perverted (a)
relating to unusual sexual
activities: relating to or practicing
sexual activities considered unusual or
unacceptable
bệnh hoạn
You've been protecting sick and
perverted men...
crew (v)
(!!!, slang) to have sex with sb:
[V] a couple screwing in the back of a car * [VN]
He accused me of screwing his wife.
"Come on, Watanabe," said Nagasawa. "Just meet
her. You don't have to screw her."
piss (v) = urinate (v)
piss pump (n)
a penis
that bitch sure can suck a good piss pump.
knuckle shuffle (v)
To masturbate quickly.
Johnny did a knuckle shuffle on his piss pump.
wank (v) = jerk off (v) = masturbate (v)
toss off | toss sb / yourself off
(BrE, !!!, slang) to give yourself sexual pleasure
by rubbing your sex organs; to give sb sexual
pleasure by rubbing their sex organs
SYN MASTURBATE
"Watanabe's got this girl he likes, but for certain
complicated reasons, they can't do it. So he tells
himself "Sex is just sex', and he takes care of his
need with somebody else. What's wrong with that?
It makes perfect sense. He can't just stay locked in
his room tossing off all the time, can he?"
slurp (v)
to make a loud noise while you are drinking sth:
(húm) sùm sụp
[VN] He was slurping his tea. * [V] She slurped
noisily from her cup.
It had lots of oral sex scenes, and every time they
started doing fellatio or cunnilingus or sixty-nine
the soundtrack would fill the cinema with loud
sucking or slurping sound effects.
cunt (n)
lồn
a woman's VAGINA and outer sexual organs
solicit (v)
(of a prostitute) to offer to have sex with people in
return for money:
gạ gẫm, níu kéo, chài
[V] Prostitutes solicited openly in the streets. * the
crime of soliciting
Girls with heavy make-up and short skirts stood in front
of the shops, soliciting men
hooker (n)
(informal) a prostitute (= a woman who has sex
with men for money)
Too often, when you see a pretty woman sitting
alone at a café in Bangkok, it's easy to assume
she's a hooker — even though it often turns out
that she's a lawyer or an investment banker or a
software executive
genitals (n)
(anatomy) a person's sex organs that are outside
their body
pederasty (n)
Refers to a very specific type of male gay love.
One male is distinctively older, say 40+. The other
male is younger, but past puberty (16-24). As
opposed to pedophilia, both parties are sexually
mature-- and the younger man is willing. Please
note in the US, sex with anyone under 18 in
illegal-- so pederasty lies on a thin line legally.
Pedophilia, on the otherhand, is sex with a pre-
pubescent child of either gender.
golden shower (n)
The act of urinating on another person, usually for
sexual gratification, or as a way of humiliation.
More common than a Golden bath, where, during
anal sex, one partner urinates into the colon of the
other.
Do you need me to give you a golden bath?
pitcher/catcher
The top in a sexual relationship, whether fellatio,
sodomy, pederasty, etc.
Compare to catcher (the antonym).
Danny loved head, but he was always the pitcher,
and Sammy was always the catcher.
rusty trombone
The act of performing anal cunnilingus while
reaching up above the testicles to manually
administer quick up and down motions to the
penile shaft; resulting in a violent yet pleasant
explosion. It is then customary for the female to
then give a quick blow into the anus for good luck,
the lips blowing into the anus sounds very similar
to a trombones sweet melody. This was introduced
to the Americas in the late 50's.
While receiving a rusty trombone I lost control of
my bowels.
french maid
a lady who cleans the house and knows how to
fuck.
My French maid is always there to make my dick
happy when I arrive home.
furries (n)
furries are people who either are fans of
anthropomorphic characters (and draw them),
people who have an obsession with them, have a
sexual obsession with them, or just want to be an
animal. Most are usually artists or online
storywriters. Contrary to stereotypes, these people
are not sexual perverts, just people with a different
obsession than most.
Furries have been wrongly portrayed by television
and haters.
cock ring (n)
A constrictive interlocking device placed at the
base of the penis, to prevent blood from escaping
and to strengthen erection.
My roommate's girlfriend was complaining that he
was too soft, so I hooked him up with a cock ring
for his birthday.
dirty sanchez (n)
after having anal sex, the man pulls out his penis
and wipes it across his partners lip, forming an
authentic looking mexican moustache.
he gave her a dirty sanchez and she never had
anal sex again.
The man's index finger was smelly after
administering a dirty sanchez.
shaved pussy (n)
Shaved Pussy is a term used for a pussy that has
been shaved BALD. Not trimmed or little hitler.
The end results leaves the area smooth and a
whole lot cleaner. More and More men favor
women with shaved pussy. The reason most men
prefer shaved pussy is to avoid the "Popcorn Hull
effect". (Hair stuck in the base of the throat or a
base of tounge)
Shaved Pussy is better to eat!
tossed salad (n)
The act of licking the anus and the area between
the sex organs and anus, which is covered in a
sweet liquid or syrup.
When done in prison, the reciever is dominant; the
one doing it is submissive.
-- > (v). to toss a salad
tossing a salad.
The big man told his prison bitch to toss his salad. disagreement, argument
Mindy and Savannah tossed salad right before our altercation (n)
threesome
very important, vital, crucial
pearl necklace imperative (a)
A slang term for the appearance of semen landing
on the woman's upper chest, neck, or shoulders is remaining (a) =
"pearl necklace". residual (a)

tea bag (n) (v) propose (v) =

(v). To lower your body as to dip the testicles into propound (v)
her mouth as the woman is tounging the scrotum.
Hey man, you should have seen the look on that unusual, strange (a) =
bitches face when I tea bagged her. singular (a)

bestiality (n), beastiality (n), employ (v) =

Refering to sexual relations between a human and engage (v)
an animal.
Deeply in love with Terry, Miranda had no idea suitable (a) =
what bestiality was, and she often wondered why congenial (a)
he always kept small packets of peanut butter in
his pants. naïve (a) =
ingenuous (a)

paizuri / Mammary intercourse opponent (n) =

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammary_intercours antagonist (n)
e
hinder (v) =
hamper (v)

harass (v)
persecute (v)  (n)
persecution (n)
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similar (a) = praise (n)
analogous (a)  (n) compliment (n)
analogy (n) &
analogue (n) to do business (v)
transact (v)
demonstrate (v) =
manifest (v) to cause to be, make, leave, turn into
render (v)
remark (v) =
observe (v) naive (a)
= ingenuous (a)
strive (v) =
endeavour (v) supporter (n) =
adherent (n)
right (n) =
entitlement (n) diligent (a) =
assiduous (a)
one of the most assiduous members of the team
their assiduous efforts and attention to detail view (a feeling or an opinion, especially one based
She was assiduous in her duties. on emotions) (n) =
sentiment (n)
to cause sth =
induce (v) criticism (n) =
drugs which induce sleep reproach (n)
a drug-induced coma Because the doctor was the son of a Politburo
member, he was beyond reproach
conquer (v) =
vanquish (v) very small = (a)
In 2000 the G8 named malaria as one of three diminutive (a)
pandemics they hoped to curb, if not vanquish.
cho là do, quy cho = (v)
suffer (v) = attribute (v)
sustain (v) She attributes her success to hard work and a little
…despite last year’s election loss and Latham’s luck.
recent mauling of the party that sustained him for = ascribe sth to sb/sth (formal)
much of his life…
decrease (v) =
temporary (a) = abate (v)
transient (a)
ngắn ngủi, nhất thời, thoáng qua, vội vàng abundantly (adv) =
the transient nature of speech aplenty (adv)
'The most exciting phrase to hear in science," Isaac
Asimov once observed, "is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's compulsory (a) =
funny...' " What he meant was that understanding obligatory (a)
is cheap and transient. Only wonder is precious.
ambiguous (a) =
equivocal (a)

to make sth weaker or less effective: candidate (n) =

attenuate (v) contender (n)
an attenuated strain of the virus
die (v) =
principle (n) = perish (v)
precept (n)
enlarge (v) =
knowledge of sth augment (v)
acquaintance (n)
I had little acquaintance with modern poetry. deserve (v) =
merit (v)

threaten (v) = consider (v) =

menace (v) deem (v)

severity (n) = lazy (a) =

rigour (n) indolent (a)

death (n) = to include sth =

demise (n) embrace (v)
 chịu nỗi lo âu ghê gớm hoặc lo nghĩ nặng nề về cái
criticize (v) = gì
castigate (v) I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job
or not.
disgraceful (a), humiliating (a) =
ignominious (a) century (n)  (n)  (n)
 centenary (n)
remove (v) = the 100th anniversary of an event:
excise (v) The 2006 centenary edition, published today…
centenarian (n)
delay (v) a person who is 100 years old or more
procrastinate (v) =
put off (v) convene (v)  (n)
 convention (n)
irrelevant (a) =
extraneous (a) vibration (n)  (a)
 vibrant (a)
follow (v) =
ensue (v)
abolish (v)  (n)
hostile (a) =  abolition (n)
antagonistic (a)
severe (a)  (n)
pity (n) (v)  severity (n)
 piteous (a)
offensive (n)  # (n)
apology (n)  (a) thế tấn công
 apologetic (a) # defensive (n)
thế thủ, thế phòng ngự
investigate (v)  (a)
 investigative (a) scarce (a) (adv)  (n)
scarcity (n)
hypothesis (n)  (a)
delude (v) = deceive (v)
 hypothetical (a) delusive (a) = deceptive (a)
delusion (n) = deception (n)
horror (n)  (a)
 horrendous (a) antagonise (v)  (a)
antagonistic (a)  = (a)
avoid (v)  (n) = hostile (a)
 avoidance (n)
sceptic (n)  (a)
antagonise (v)  sceptical (a)  (n)
to do sth to make sb angry with you:
 scepticism (n)
Not wishing to antagonize her further, he said no
more.
agonise (v) propose (v)  (n)
~ (over / about sth) to spend a long time thinking  proposition (n)
and worrying about a difficult situation or
problem: continuous (a) =
perpetual (a)
 permeable  # (a)
perpetuate (v)  (n) impermeable
(formal) to make sth such as a bad situation, a
belief, etc. continue for a long time: taste (n) (v)  (a)
to perpetuate inequality / injustice / conflict tasteful (a)  (n), # (a), (n)
This system perpetuated itself for several centuries tastefulness
 perpetuation (n) distasteful,
distastefulness
exacerbate (v) =
aggravate (v) talent (n)  (a)
talented
conservative (n)  # (n)
progressive (n) continue (v)  4 (a)
a person who is in favour of new ideas, modern continual (a)
methods and change: repeated many times in a way that is annoying:
political battles between progressives and Prisoners' families face continual harassment and
conservatives attack.
continuing without interruption
neglect (v)  (n) He was in a continual process of rewriting his
 negligence (n) material.
continued (a)
corporate (a)  (n) existing in the same state without change or
 corporation (n)  (v) interruption:
 incorporate (v)  (n) We are grateful for your continued / continuing
 incorporation (n) support.
continuing (a)
receive (v)  (n) = continued (a)
continous (a)
 recipient (n)
1/ = continual (a)
2/ spreading in a line or over an area without any
admit (v)  (n) spaces:
 admission (n)  (a) a continuous line of traffic
 admissible (a)  # (a) Rain was falling outside in a continuous silver
# inadmissible (a) curtain
3/ happening or existing for a period of time
ancestor (n)  (a) without interruption:
 ancestral (a) Recovery after the accident will be a continuous
process that may take several months.
indicate (v)  (a)
 indicative (a) dreadful (a)  (n) (v)
dread (n) (v)
obscene (a)  (n) This was the moment he had been dreading.
 obscenity (n) [V-ing] I dread being sick.
[VN-ing] She dreads her husband finding out.
describe (v)  (a) [V to inf] I dread to think what would happen if
descriptive (a)  (a) there really was a fire here.
describable  # (a)
indescribable protect (v)  (a)
protective (a)  # (a)
permeate (v)  (a) unprotected (a)
They hunt in packs, attacking the old, sick and influence (v) (n) =
unprotected young animals. sway (v) (n)

typical (a)  (v) enthusiasm (n) =

typify fervour (n)

acquire (v)  (n) contempt (n), disdain (n) (v)  (a), despise (v)
acquisition
overwhelm (v) =
local (a)  (n) (n) inundate (v), swamp (v)
local (n)
người dân địa phương obstacle (n) =
locality (n) impediment (n)  (v)
vùng, nơi, chỗ, địa phương impede (v)

especially (adv) = condemn (v) =

notably (adv) decry (v)

criticise (v) = summon (v) =

maul (v) muster (v)
…despite last year’s election loss and Latham’s
recent mauling of the party that sustained him for calm (a)  3 (a)
much of his life… phlegmatic (a), serene (a), placid (a)  (n)
serenity (n), placidity (n)
unhappy + anxious + annoy 
upset (v)  = moderate (n) =
distress centrist (n)

superior (a) # break out (v) =

inferior (a) erupt (v)

completely (adv) = spend money =

utterly (adv) fork out
Why fork out for a taxi when there's a perfectly
như thể good bus service?
as if We've forked out a small fortune on home
improvements over the years.
trừ khi
unless possibility (n) =
contingency (n)
bởi vậy, vì thế, cho nên
therefore ugly (a) =
unsightly (a)
recover (v) =
= recuperate (v) ingenuous (a), ingenious (a)  (n)
…she felt she needed to take some time out and ingenuity (n)
get herself together, gather her thoughts and
recuperate after what can only be described as a cover (v)  #
horrendous experience uncover (v)
graceful (a), gracious (a) unity  #
disunity
perspective (n) = decrease (v)
standpoint (n) = diminish (v)
People often use physical characteristics such as serious (a) =
these--along with area of geographic origin and grave (a)
shared culture--to group themselves and others underline (v) =
into "races." But how valid is the concept of race underscore (v)
from a biological standpoint cautious (a) =
wary (a)
restriction (n) = disaster (n) =
constraint (n) calamity (n)
Ms Perry said that addressing such capacity
constraints would be a major theme of the guess (n) =
Government's "Transport and Liveability conjecture (n)
Statement" which is expected in April. sự phỏng đoán, sự ước đoán
The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the
staggering (a) = newspaper report
astounding (a)

exaggerate (v) =
overstate (v)
conspiracy (n)  = (n), (v)
loyalty (n)  # plot (n) (v)
disloyalty (n) conspire (v)

despise (v)  (a) family (n)  (a)

despicable (a) familial (a)

intolerant (a) = extravagant (a) =

illiberal (a) lavish (a)
hẹp hòi
modify (v) =
correct (v) = adapt (v)
rectify (v)
prudent (a)  # (a)
justify (v) = thận trọng, cẩn thận, khôn ngoan
vindicate (v) imprudent (a)

venture (n) = glamorous (a)  # (a)

undertaking (n) unglamorous (a)

mess (n) = On the whole, studies suggest it’s the upper middle
shamble (n) class that produces the greatest proportion of
ambitious people – mostly because it also
current, dominant (a) = produces the greatest proportion of anxious people
prevailing (a)
When measuring ambition, anthropologists divide
adversity (n), adversary (n) families into four categories: poor, struggling but
getting by, upper middle class, and rich
landmark (n) = considerable (a) =
watershed (n) appreciable (a)

rely (v)  (n) picture (n)  (a)

reliance (n) pictorial (a)
The lowering of energy is frequently shown in
conceive (v)  (a) pictorial form as analogous to an object rolling
conceivable (adj)  # (a) down a hill or over a waterfall.
inconceivable  # (n)
conception (n)  (a) emphasis (n)  pl
conceptual emphases
concept (n)
brief (a) =
action (n)  # momentary (a)
inaction (n)
ancestor (n)  (a)
extinguish (v) = ancestral (a)
put out (v)  #
inflame (v) specific (a)  (n)
specificity (n)
riot (v) (n)  (a)
riotous (a) degrade (v)  (n)
degradation (n)
too; very =
overly (adv) circumstance (n)  (a)
circumstantial (a)
tyrant (n)  (n)
tyranny (n)  (a) expand (v)  # (v)
tyrannical (a)  (v) contract (v)  (a)
tyrannize (v) contractile (a)

poetry (n) = debilitation, deliberation.

verse (n)
discern (v)  (a)
lemon (n)  (a) discernible (a)
lemony (a)
diport (v) =
unpredictable (a) = expel (v)
erratic (a)
deportation (n) =
hospitality (n)  (a) expulsion (n)
hospitable (a)  # (a)
inhospitable (a) derision (n)  (v)
Condition on early Earth would have been deride (v)
inhospitable for most of today’s life.
replace (v) =
torrent (n)  (a) supplant (v)
torrential (a)
moderate (a) & temperate (a)
moderate (a)  # (a)
1/ that is neither very good, large, hot, etc. nor prologue (n) #
very bad, small, cold, etc: epilogue (n)
students of moderate ability * Even moderate
amounts of the drug can be fatal. * The team obtain (v) =
enjoyed only moderate success last season. * Cook procure (v)
over a moderate heat.
2 /having or showing opinions, especially about revere (v) =
politics, that are not extreme: venerate (v)
moderate views / policies * a moderate socialist
3/ staying within limits that are considered to be insulting (a) =
reasonable by most people: derogatory (a)
a moderate drinker * moderate wage demands
immoderate (a) = summary (n) =
excessive (a) summation (n)
temperate (a)  # (a)
1/ [usuallybeforenoun] (technical) (of a climate or wearing SPECTACLES =
region) having a mild temperature without bespectacled (a)
extremes of heat or cold:
temperate zones / forests / latitudes dull (a) =
2/ (formal) behaving in a calm and controlled way somber (a)
intemperate (a)
avoid (a) =
start (v) = eschew (a)
incept (v) ( (n)
inception cautious (a) =
wary (a)
represent (v) =
denote (v) genuine + real + legal =
bona fide (a)
calm (v) =
placate (v) trivial (a) =
inconsequential (a)
future generations =
posterity (n) false (a) ( (n)
fallacy (n)
excess (n) =
plethora (n) unchangeable (a) =
immutable (a)
cut (v) =
truncate (v) extreme anger (n) =
wrath (n)
boycott (v) = !!!!!
ostrasize (v) rare (a) ( (n)
rarity (n)
indicate (v) =
denote (v) relevant (a) =
germane (a)
opponent (n) =
antagonist (n) = horrible (a) =
adversary (n) horrid (a)
 undertaking (n)
similar to (a) =
akin to mess (n) =
shambles (n)
separate (a) =
distinct (a) current, predominant (a) =
prevailing (a)
unbearable (a) =
insufferable (a) suffering (a) =
distress (a)
overcome (v) =
surmount (v) misfortune (n), adversity (n), destitute (a)

loyalty (n) = kidnap (v) =

allegiance (n) abduct (v)

yell (v) = loneliness (n) =

holler (v) solitude (n)

correct (v) = reliable (a) =

rectify (v) authoritative (a)

justify (v) = defeat (v) =

vindicate (v) subdue (v)

outrage (v) (n) mysterious (a) =

COMPARE infuriate (v) = enrage (v) shadowy (a)

soar (v) urge (v) =

if the value, amount or level of sth soars, it rises exhort (v)
very quickly As the youngsters swayed to the "patriotic
slump (v) karaoke" emanating from the stage, a voice
~ (by sth) | ~ (from sth) (to sth) to fall in price, boomed out from the loudspeakers exhorting them
value, number, etc., suddenly and by a large to reinvent Russia's lost glory.
amount
plummet (v) celebrity (n) =
to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or personality (n)
position
SYN PLUNGE arrogance (n) =
conceit (n)
retribution (n)
~ (for sth) (formal) severe punishment for sth multiply (v) =
seriously wrong that sb has done proliferate (v)
sự trừng phạt, sự báo thù
People are seeking retribution for the latest spectre, fixation,
terrorist outrages
resuscitate (v) =
vengeance (n) = revenge (n) resurrect (v)
sự báo thù, sự trả thù
intellectual (a) =
venture (n) = cerebral (a)
 devastated, overwhelmed, overcome, confounded,
get rid of (v) = shocked, distressed, upset, distraught, shattered
cast out (v)
shifty, suspicious, dubious, dishonest,
effective (a) = untrustworthy, deceitful, devious
efficacious (a)
analogy, similarity, likeness, equivalence, parallel,
absorbed, engross correspondence, correlation, comparison,
resemblance, consonance (formal), relation
essence, intrinsic
antecedent, precursor, forerunner, ancestor,
contemplate, ponder predecessor, forebear, originator

almighty (a) = antipathy, opposition, aversion (formal), hostility,

omnipotent (a) antagonism, hatred, dislike, ill feeling, ill will

ingenuous, ingenious, congenial endemic, pandemic, epidemic, pestilence

catastrophe, disaster, upheaval, calamity, debacle, thoracic, pectoral, renal, nasal, bronchial, cranial,
tragedy, cataclysm cerebral

put forward, postulate, suggest, theorize, auditory, olfactory,

speculate, hypothesize, advance, posit
light  cornea (n) (giác mạc)  pupil (con ngươi,
replace (v) = đồng tử)  lens (thủy tinh thể)  retina (n) (võng
supplant (v) mạc)  macula (the ceter part of the retina)

chide (v), castigate, tell off, scold, reproach, transfution, infusion

reprimand, reprove, chastise, rebuke,
The Emperor then reprimands Prince Jai for failing diagnosis (n)  (a)
to listen to his earlier instruction of not taking by diagnostic (a)  (n)
force what has not been given to him diagnostician (n)
forgo, sacrifice, relinquish,
immerse (v)  (n)
immersion (n)
loath, reluctant, unwilling,
inhibit (v), inhabit (v)
anguish, suffering, torment, agony, torture, pain,
distress, grief, sorrow, angst, affliction, anxiety inhabit (v)  (n)
to live in a particular place:
replace (v) = Prokaryotes can live off more different and diverse
supplant energy sources than any other living creatures, and
they inhabit greater environmental extremes, such
displace, oust, succeed, replace, unseat, supersede as very hot springs and very salty water
(formal), usurp, depose inhabitant (n)  (n)
habitation (n)  (a)
intuitive, intellectual habitable (a)  # (a)
He understood, perhaps intuitively rather than uninhabitable (a)  (a)
intellectually, that attending West Point was the not fit to live in; impossible to live in:
surest way to please Big Jack The building was totally uninhabitable.
uninhabited (a)
with no people living there; not INHABITED: spin (v) =
an uninhabited island twirl (v)

peripheral (a)  (n) recover (v) =

periphery (n) recuperate (v)

dull (a) = giggle (v) =

nondescript (a) titter (v)
Seated in cubicles in a nondescript office in Hong
Kong, 1,500 workers are turning the wheels of the intention (n) =
global economy intent (n)

fate (n) = reproduce (v) =

providence (n) procreate (v)

consequence (n) = fake, counterfeit, forge,

repercussion (n)
flamboyant, garish
rumour (n) =
hearsay faeces (n)  (a)
faecal (a)
address (v), tackle, deal with, take in hand, attend,
concentrate, focus, adopt ominous (a) =
sinister (a)
pretend (v)  (n)
pretence (n) contravene (v) =
break, flout, breach, disobey, disregard, infringe, violate

anxiety (n) =
kill, bump off, do in, do away with
apprehension (n)
diehard (a) = conservative (a) # progressive (a)
eventually (adv) =
sooner or later (adv) radical (a) # reactionary (a)

boast (v) =
brag (v)

anxiety (n) =
apprehension (n)

mean (a) =
miserly (a)

hygienic (a) =
sanitary (a)

mixture (n) =
assortment (n)

eccentricity (n) =
idiosyncrasy (n)