Student’s name: Lê Ngọc Tuyền Student’s ID: 19DH710058

Student’s name: Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Duyên Student’s ID: 21DH716420

Student’s name: Tô Thị Thùy Duyên Student’s ID: 21DH716422
Student’s name: Huỳnh Thị Mỹ Sen Student’s ID: 19DH711859
Student’s name: Trà Thanh Vy Student’s ID: 21DH716090
Student’s name: Nguyễn Như Ý Student’s ID: 21DH716271

Unit 7
Vocabulary:
1. temporary employee (n) / ˈtɛmpərəri ˌɛmplɔɪˈiːz/ : contracted workers who
perform a job for only a short amount of time.
Eg: Henry is a temporary employee at a Vietnam coffee retail store.

2. take early retirement (v) / teɪk ˈɜːli rɪˈtaɪəmənt/: to stop working at a younger age
than most people idiom to retire ( usually from 60 – 65 age)
Eg: Mr. John applied for take early retirement due to heart disease.

3. maternity leave (n) /məˈtɜːnɪti liːv/: a period of absence from work granted to a
mother before and after the birth of her child
Eg: In Vietnam, female employees who give birth are entitled to maternity
leave before and after giving birth for 6 months.

4. sick leave (n) / sɪk liːv/: time allowed off work when sick
Eg: In Vietnam, the number of sick leave days must be based on the
patient's health status but must not exceed 30 days for a certificate of leave
to enjoy social insurance.

5. working conditions (n) / ˈwɜːkɪŋ kənˈdɪʃənz/ : Working conditions refers to

the working environment and all existing circumstances affecting labor in the
workplace, including job hours, physical aspects, legal rights and responsibilities.
Eg: Among these findings, it is hard to distinguish general working
conditions in the health sector and those specific to work in HIV services.

6. Investigate (v) [in’vestigeit] – Discover and examine ( all facts about something )
to find out the truth.
⇨ The police were baffled, and Sherlock Holmes was called in to investigate.
7. Delicacy (n) [ ˈdelɪkəsi ] – grace, elegance, elegant look.
⇨ Delicacy of her features.

8. Eventually (adv) [ɪˈventʃuəli ] – at the end of a period of time or a series of events

⇨ He fell ill and eventually died.

9. Terrorize (v) [ˈterəraɪz ] - to frighten and threaten people so that they will not
oppose something or will do as they are told
⇨ terrorize somebody drug dealers terrorizing the neighbourhood

10. Purchase (v) [ˈpɜːtʃəs ] - to buy something

⇨ We recently purchased a home just outside Las Vegas.

11. Doubtful (adj) [ ˈdaʊtfl ] - of a person) not sure; uncertain and feeling doubt
⇨ doubtful (about something) Rose was doubtful about the whole idea.
⇨ doubtful (about doing something) He was doubtful about accepting extra work.

12. Evidence (n) [ˈevɪdəns ] - the facts, signs or objects that make you believe that
something is true
⇨ vidence (of something) Researchers have found clear scientific evidence of a
link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
⇨ evidence for something There is a growing body of evidence for the existence
of black holes that are ten times as massive as the Sun.

13. Enthusiatic (adj) [ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk] - feeling or showing a lot of excitement and

interest about somebody/something
⇨ They gave her an enthusiastic reception.

14. Orangutans (n) [əˈræŋətæn] - a large ape (= an animal like a large monkey with no
tail) with long arms and red-brown hair, that lives in Borneo and Sumatra

15. Albatross (n) [ˈælbətrɒs] - a very large white bird with long wings that lives in the
Pacific and Southern Oceans
⇨ The national debt is an albatross around the president’s neck.

16. Seek(v):to try to find or get something,espescially something that í not a physical
object
Ex: I seek employment

17. Adaptable /əˈdæptəbl/(adj): able to change or be changed in order to deal

successsfully with new situations.
Ex:The company provides highly adaptable business systems.
18. Unemployed (Adj) /ˌʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪd :Not having a job that provides money Earning or
paying a lot of money
Ex: He's been unemployed for over a year

19. Contact /ˈkɒn.tækt/ : the act of communicating with somebody, especcially

regularly
Ex: (in contact with somebody) The Foreign Ofice is currently in close contact
with the Indian authorities.

20. Anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ To imagine or expect that something will happen

Ex: We do not anticipate any troble
21. ancient (adj) /ˈeɪnʃənt/ : xưa , cổ
Ex : the ancient city of Petra
22. application (n) /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃn/ : sự gắn vào
Ex : We have received applications from more than 3 000 students.

23. apply (v) /əˈplaɪ/ : ứng dụng , áp dụng

Ex : They have successfully applied for political asylum.

24. complete (v) /kəmˈpliːt/ : đầy đủ , trọn vẹn , hoàn toàn

Ex : You've made my life complete.

25. contact (n) /ˈkɒntækt/ : sự tiếp xúc

Ex : We've been unable to establish radio contact with the pilot.
26. Co-creation / kəʊ-kri(ː)ˈeɪʃən /: a way of working together where people from
differenr background are invited to jointly produce a product or service that will
benefit all of them
Ex: Working together in co-creation helps organizations come up with new
solutions to problems.

27. Walk of life / wɔːk ɒv laɪf/ : the job someone does or the position they have in
society
Ex: + People from all walks of life use the public library (Mọi người từ mọi tầng
lớp xã hội đều sử dụng thư viện công cộng)
+ There are people who underperform in every walk of life (có những người hoạt
động kém hiệu quả trong mọi bước đi của cuộc đời)

28. Livelihood / ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd/: something such as your work that provides the money
that you need to live
Ex: a development that threatens the livelihood of local small farmers.
29. Delegation / ˌdɛlɪˈgeɪʃən/ : + a group of people who represent a country,
government, or organization
 Ex: They agreed to send a delegation to the African summit meeting.
+ The process of giving some of your work, duties, or responsibilities to a less
senior person or a less powerful person.

30. A good/smart/clever career move / ə gʊd/, /smɑːt/, /ˈklɛvə kəˈrɪə muːv /: an action or
change of job that helps you to be successful in your career
Ex: Insulting the boss’s daughter was not a good career move.