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physical handicap khiếm khuyết về thể chất
deceased person a person who has recently dead
cordial thân ái, chân thành
indecent không đứng đắn, morally offensive
recapitulate tóm lại, tóm tắt lại
captiluate đầu hàng có điều kiện
avow thừa nhận, thú nhận
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treacherous adj. phản bội, phụ bạc Study
complacent self-satisfied tự mãn, bẳng lòng, vừa ý
ahead of the game dẫn đầu cuộc chơi
act of valour vụ biệt kích
unscrupulous (adj) ko có đạo đức; vô liêm sỉ; cẩu thả
accessory (n) kẻ tòng phạm
spiralling increasing faster
(a) critical, belittling, disparaging, degrading, insulting, insolent, mang

derogatory
tính chỉ trích, mang tính coi thường
(noun): someone who is sick and unable to take care of himself or

invalid
herself, especially for a long time:
lawsuit việc kiện cáo, việc tố tụng
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to banish somebody trục xuất ai đó ra khỏi nước Study
divine thần thánh, thiêng liêng
beseech ask earnestly or urgently cầu xin, cầu khẩn, van xin = solicit
convert to to change to a new religion, belief, opinions....
delineate khoanh vùng, map
collate thu thập, đối chiếu, so sánh
disquisition a long and detailed explanation of a particular subject
denote (v) biểu hiện, biểu thị, chứng tỏ, chỉ rõ
Sự cố kỹ thuật nhỏ, a small problem or fault that prevents something

glitch
from being successful or working as well as it should:
pertain to sth (v) Gắn liền với, thuộc về, nói đến
sagacity sự khôn ngoan, sự sắc sảo
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numerical dữ liệu thể hiện bằng con số Study
cognizance knowledge sự nhận thức, sự hiểu biết; thẩm quyền
(n) thực tế
entity
sự tồn tại
diminution (n) sự giảm bớt, sự thu nhỏ
impotent bất lực, yếu đuối
chew the cud; ponder nhai lại; (+over, about, of, on) tư lự, trầm tư suy
ruminate
nghĩ, ngẫm nghĩ
articulate diễn đạt cụ thể, ăn nói lưu loát
Can I be of assistance? can i help ?
mechanism cơ chế hoạt động
C1 Vocabulary (n): Thành ngữ này dùng để chỉ xác suất ngẫu nhiên của mộtStudy
việc nào
đó, có thể thế này, cũng có thể thế kia.
toss-up
It's a _____ between Angela and Moira for the editor's job.
Cơ hội giành vị trí biên tập của Angela và Moira là ngang nhau.
(n): a secret warning or piece of secret information:
tip-off
Ex: Acting on a ______, the police arrested the drug dealers.
summing-up (n): lời kết luận, bảng tổng kết, tóm tắt lại
(n): an act of making it clear that you do not want or need someone or
kiss off something:
Ex: I got the ______ from my job last week.
throbbing headache bệnh đau nửa đầu
chiến thắng huy hoàng, chiến thắng áp đảo
landslide victory Ex: Having gained a _____ victory in the general elections, the
proceeded with their ambitious programme.
during which time trong khoảng thời gian đó
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akin to doing sth
giống như làm việc gì
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Ex: It is akin to stealing someone else's work.
source material publications from which information is obtained
mục ruỗng đến tận xương tủy, thối nát, hư hỏng hoàn toàn.
be rotten to the core

Ex: The whole legal system is rotten to the core.
cảm thấy có động lực
take heart in sth

EX: Investors have taken heart in improving economic situation
xem xét, kiểm tra ~ verify,check
look over to__ accounts
kiểm tra các khoản chi thu
kiểm tra và đánh giá ai, cái gì
reappraise
Ex: We need to ________ the situation in a year's time
Concentration (n) sự tập trung, nơi tập trung = a large amount of sth
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charaterize qualities:
Ex : She characterized the novel as wordy in places but very funny.
pick up to increase or improve
tàn phá nặng nề (chiến tranh,....)
wreak havoc
Ex: The recent storms have ____ havoc on crops.
the effect that an action, event, or decision has on something
Ex:
repercussion
Any decrease in tourism could have serious repercussions for the local
economy.
adj. conspicuous; notorious.
flagrant
(dễ thấy; khét tiếng)
despotic độc tài, chuyên chế
(n): tính đồng nhất, giống nhau
Ex: Because of the dominance of retail chain-stores, most shopping

uniformity
centers show the same bland ________ and no imagination.
*bland uniformity : sự giống nhau đến tẻ nhạt
C1 Vocabulary (adj) gớm ghiếc, rất xấu

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Ex: She wears the most _____ colour combinations you could ever
hideous
imagine.
(adj): having fixed opinions and ways of doing things and not willing to
hidebound change or be influenced, especially by new or modern ideas: tư tưởng
bảo thủ
hideout nơi ẩn náu, nơi trốn
(adj) = disobedient, hard to rule or control; lawless
unruly
Ngỗ ngược, ngang bướng, khó kiểm soát
(a) changeable, unpredictable, mercurial, thất thường
erratic He's rather ___________ with his feelings and that's why we are afraid
he won't marry too soon.
quá nhiều việc đến nỗi họ không thể kham nổi
inundate with sth

Ex: We have been inundated with requests for help.
C1 Vocabulary (v): ra hiệu bằng cử chỉ, điệu bộ

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gesture Ex: The project manager ______ animatedly as he spoke about his
experience at the jungle
(n): cục mưa đá
hailstone
Ex: People were injured by ___stones the size of tennis balls
(n):tiền hoa hồng
commission
Ex: She gets fifteen percent ___ on every insurance policy she sells.
không chắc chắn về cái gì
can not quite place something

Ex: I recognized that voice, but i couldn't quite place it
(n) hợp đồng cho thuê, (v) thuê, cho thuê dài hạn
lease
Ex: The estate company is now ____ their new apartment building.
trong một chừng mực, mức độ nào đó

in a manner of speaking
Ex: The minister has, in a manner of speaking, resigned
đánh giá trên bản chất, giá trị của chính nó, mặt tốt, mặt xấu
To judge on its own merits

Ex: Each of the five peace plans will be judged on _______
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refresh one's memory hồi tưởng lại kí ức, trí nhớ Study
đầy, nhiều cái gì (thường là không tốt, tiêu cực)
be fraught with
Ex: The whole company had been ____ with one problem after another.
glorify tuyên dương, ca ngợi, tôn vinh
tainted bẩn, hư hỏng
(a) quan trọng bậc nhất, important, portentious, momentous, tối cao
paramount
Ex: Safety is paramount
editor-in-chief tổng biên tập
nấu đúng chuẩn, ngon
cooked/done to a turn
Ex: The steak is delicious. It's a ______
= to happen
come to pass
Ex: It _______ that their love for each other grew and grew.
to agree to do something that you do not want to do or should not do:
yield to sth
Ex: It's very easy to ______ to temptation and spend too much money.
C1 Vocabulary a very small distance or amount:

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a hair's breadth Ex: His finger was within a hair's breadth of touching the alarm.
khủng khiếp, kinh khủng, rợn tóc gáy
gruesome Ex: The newspaper article included a gruesome description of the

murder.
cerebral (a) intellectual, thuộc về trí óc
ˈdɪsɪdənt
dissident
(n, adj) người chống đối, bất đồng quan điểm
you say or show that you have a right to it and that it should belong to
you:
stake a claim
Ex: He marked the spot on his map where he had seen the gold and
returned later that month to stake his claim.
hoàn toàn tự nhiên
perfectly natural
Ex: Don't worry. It's _____ natural to lose your temper sometimes
= come in large number, amount
come in droves
Ex: Rock fan come in _____ to the festival
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leave me cold do not impress me Study
pull the wool over someone's eyes

lừa ai đó làm họ không tin cái gì là sự thật
put sb on a pedestal
to behave as if one person is more important than others
to say or do things that make someone remember their mistake or

rub your nose in it
failure
stand on ceremony to behave in formal way
land on your feet be lucky after a difficult situation
bandy words with sb to argue with sb
wishful thinking
mơ tưởng viễn vông, khó thành hiện thực
drive a wedge between

cố tình chen ngang, phá hoại vào mối quan hệ tốt đẹp của ai đó
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not get a word in edgeways
to not be able to say anything because someone else is talking all the
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time
incongruous (a) inappropriate; illogical; không hợp lý; không phù hợp
ashen màu xám tro
đào sâu, nghiên cứu kỹ
delve
Ex: She ______ into her pocket to find some change.
ability; capacity cỡ (súng, đạn); phẩm chất, năng lực của một người
Ex: +) If teaching paid more it might attract people of (a) higher caliber.
caliber
+) The competition entries were of such (a) high caliber that judging
them was very difficult.
hành xử tốt, tạo ấn tượng với mọi người
be on your best behaviour Ex: I'd just met his parents for the first time so I was on my best
behaviour.
tận cùng của sự đau khổ
in the depths of despair

Ex: I was in the depths of despair when I heard a good news
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strike lucky
to suddenly have a lot of unexpected luck:
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Ex: What would you do if you struck it lucky in the national lottery?
đến mức độ nào đó thôi
up to a point
Ex: Of course there is some truth in all this, but only up to a point.
to be forgetten or not used:
go by the board
Ex: Does this mean our holiday plans will have to go by the board?
because we lack sth
for want of
Ex: The project failed for want of money
the feeling of hunger
the munchies
Ex: I've got the munchies
hiểu được chung chung ý người khác muốn nói
catch/get sb's drift

Ex: She's married, but she doesn't act as if she is, if you get my drift.
stand your ground giữ vững ý chí, quan điểm, niềm tin của mình, không bị lung lay
far and wide khắp nơi
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rattle off
to say something quickly
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Ex: She rattled off the names of everyone coming to the party.
to begin to understand something
latch on
Ex: It took me ages to latch on to what she was talking about.
to suddenly attack someone or something physically or criticize him,

her, or it in an angry way:
lash out
Ex: I was only teasing him and suddenly he lashed out (at me) and hit
me in the face.
get down to bắt đầu công việc một cách nghiêm túc
an extremely cold wind
bitter wind
Ex: There was little protection against the bitter wind
lời nói chua cay, cay độc
caustic remark/way of speaking

Ex: It is sometimes very difficult to appreciate his caustic wit
in very bad condition because of being old, or not having been cared
decrepit for, or having been used a lot
Ex: Most of the buildings were old and decrepit.
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intrepid gan dạ, dũng cảm Study
Someone who is sour is bad-tempered and unfriendly.
sour Ex: Police, increasingly sour in mood, wonder aloud why the situation
has been allowed to deteriorate.
When you make a 'biting remark', you usually say something which is
biting remark intended to wound or hurt the feelings of the person at whom the words
are directed: cố tính mỉa mai, làm tổn thương cảm xúc của ai
tart reply/mark a reply, remark etc that is sharp and unkind→ tart
.a. đạo đức, có phẩm hạnh tốt
virtuous
Ex: He described them as virtuous and hard-working people.
sự tàn sát, giết động vật
slaughter Ex: Hardly anyone in the town escaped the slaughter when the rebels
were defeated.
đáng tin cậy
credible Ex: The story of what had happened to her was barely (= almost not)
credible.
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subjugate chinh phục, khuất phục, đánh bại, tước đoạt lấy quyền tự doStudy
benevolent nhân từ, rộng lượng, sẵn sàng giúp đỡ khi cần
v. to replace; supplant; succeed
(để thay thế, thay thế, thành công)
supersede
Ex: Most of the old road has been superseded by the great interstate
highways.
(n) mối bất hoà, thù hận
feud
Ex: a bitter feud over land
(a) strict, nghiêm khắc (of rules)
stringent Ex: The most stringent laws in the world are useless unless there is the
will to enforce them.
Utility sự hữu ích = usefulness, khác với utilisation: tận dụng thứ gì
gợi ra, to bring out, moi ra
elicit Ex: The questionnaire was intended to elicit information on eating

habits.
C1 Vocabulary decorous đúng mực, đoan trang

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Ex: As young ladies we were expected to act/behave with proper
decorum
decorum.
used to say that something is attractive and suits the person wearing or
becoming doing it:
Ex: That's a very becoming dress, my dear.
làm đau đớn, làm khổ sở
afflict
Ex: It is an illness that afflicts women more than men.
bắt ai phải chịu điều gì đó khó chịu
inflict
Ex: These new bullets are capable of inflicting massive injuries.
v. to undermine; overthrow.
subvert
(để làm suy yếu, lật đổ)
noun.
fraction
phân số; phần nhỏ, miếng nhỏ
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impart to communicate; to convey
truyền đạt, chuyên chở
the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family, or

the wish for such punishment to happen:
vengeance
Ex: On the day after the terrorist attack, the overall mood in the town
was one of vengeance.
tột cùng của sự ngu dốt
the height of stupidity Ex: It is the ____ of stupidity to go walking in the mountains in this
weather
trên bờ vực phá sản
the brink of collapse

Ex: Poor management brought the company to the brink of collapse
có thể dễ dàng nhận thấy điều gì
distinct possibility Ex: As she is so heavily overworked, there is a ______ possibility that
she will have a nervous breakdown.
If something, especially a system or a machine, is up and running it is

up and running operating:
Ex: The engineer soon got the air-conditioning up and running again.
C1 Vocabulary be someone's deserved punishment or misfortune.

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serve someone right
"it would serve you right if Jeff walked out on you"
deserving praise and respect:
to someone's credit
Ex: It is to his credit that he's willing to admit he has a problem.
If something is done in good faith, it is done sincerely and honestly:
in good faith
Ex: She was acting in good faith for her client.
nói lên những gì bạn đang suy nghĩ
speak your mind

Ex: He's certainly not afraid to speak his mind.
chịu trách nhiệm cho hành động của mình, nhận sai
in the wrong Ex: We had a green light, so she was clearly in the wrong when she hit
us
to communicate with someone, esp. by telephone:
get hold of sb Ex: I haven't talked to her in years, so I wouldn't know how to get hold of
her anymore.

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physical handicap khiếm khuyết về thể chất

deceased person a person who has recently dead

cordial thân ái, chân thành

indecent không đứng đắn, morally offensive

recapitulate tóm lại, tóm tắt lại

captiluate đầu hàng có điều kiện

avow thừa nhận, thú nhận

complacent self-satisfied tự mãn, bẳng lòng, vừa ý

ahead of the game dẫn đầu cuộc chơi

act of valour vụ biệt kích

unscrupulous (adj) ko có đạo đức; vô liêm sỉ; cẩu thả

accessory (n) kẻ tòng phạm

spiralling increasing faster

(a) critical, belittling, disparaging, degrading, insulting, insolent, mang

(noun): someone who is sick and unable to take care of himself or

lawsuit việc kiện cáo, việc tố tụng

divine thần thánh, thiêng liêng

convert to to change to a new religion, belief, opinions....

delineate khoanh vùng, map

collate thu thập, đối chiếu, so sánh

disquisition a long and detailed explanation of a particular subject

denote (v) biểu hiện, biểu thị, chứng tỏ, chỉ rõ

Sự cố kỹ thuật nhỏ, a small problem or fault that prevents something

sagacity sự khôn ngoan, sự sắc sảo

cognizance knowledge sự nhận thức, sự hiểu biết; thẩm quyền

diminution (n) sự giảm bớt, sự thu nhỏ

impotent bất lực, yếu đuối

articulate diễn đạt cụ thể, ăn nói lưu loát

Can I be of assistance? can i help ?

mechanism cơ chế hoạt động

(n): a secret warning or piece of secret information:

Ex: I got the ______ from my job last week.

throbbing headache bệnh đau nửa đầu

chiến thắng huy hoàng, chiến thắng áp đảo

during which time trong khoảng thời gian đó

source material publications from which information is obtained

be rotten to the core

cảm thấy có động lực

take heart in sth

xem xét, kiểm tra ~ verify,check

look over to__ accounts

kiểm tra các khoản chi thu

kiểm tra và đánh giá ai, cái gì

C1 Vocabulary To characterize something also means to describe it by stating its main

Ex : She characterized the novel as wordy in places but very funny.

pick up to increase or improve

tàn phá nặng nề (chiến tranh,....)

the effect that an action, event, or decision has on something

adj. conspicuous; notorious.

despotic độc tài, chuyên chế

(n): tính đồng nhất, giống nhau

Ex: Because of the dominance of retail chain-stores, most shopping

*bland uniformity : sự giống nhau đến tẻ nhạt

C1 Vocabulary (adj) gớm ghiếc, rất xấu

hideout nơi ẩn náu, nơi trốn

(adj) = disobedient, hard to rule or control; lawless

(a) changeable, unpredictable, mercurial, thất thường

quá nhiều việc đến nỗi họ không thể kham nổi

inundate with sth

C1 Vocabulary (v): ra hiệu bằng cử chỉ, điệu bộ

(n): cục mưa đá

(n):tiền hoa hồng