DAILY VOCABULARY
cuisine /kwi'zi:n/ n. cách nấu nướng, (a restaurant where
the cuisine is excellent)
French /frent∫/ n. tiếng Pháp (the French: người Pháp) – a.
(We used to spend our holidays in a small French town/
French food/culture/music)
France /fræns/ n. Pháp
bland /blænd/ a. nhạt (An omelette with no mushrooms
and tomatoes will almost certainly have a bland taste/The
soup is very bland, it could use more herbs (dược thảo) and
spices: gia vị)/ tẻ nhạt, vô vị (He has a bland appearance/
Pop music these days is so bland)
insipid /in'sipid/ a. không mùi vị, nhạt nhẽo (Tea is a drink
that I find very insipid, because every time we have a little
taste that there's nothing, it's just you might as well be
drinking hot water/ Why anyone buys music with such
insipid lyrics is a mystery)
squeeze /skwi:z/ v. ép, vắt, bóp (squeeze a lemon juice into
a glass/ squeeze a tube of toothpaste/she felt as if every
drop of emotion has been squeezed out of her)
tangy /'tæŋi/ a. a tangy flavour is pleasantly strong and
sharp (the freshly squeezed orange juice was tangy and
very refreshing. It helped to quench my thirst)
quench /kwent∫/ v. dập tắt (The flames were quenched by
heavy rain)/ làm hết (khát) (quench one's thirst with cold
water)/ làm nguôi (nothing could quench her longing to
return home again)
longing /'lɒηiη/ n. sự khao khát (a longing for home) – a.
khao khát (gaze with longing eyes)
tart /ta:t/ a. chua gắt (this fruit tastes rather tart – n. bánh
nhân mứt trái cây (deliciously tangy lemon tart)
pungent /'pʌndʒənt/ a. hắc, hăng, cay (mùi/ vị) (Fish sauce
is salty and pungent/ There was a pungent smell coming
from the bin when we returned from holidays. Someone
had forgotten to empty it/ Jane has left some food in the
rubbish bin. There's a black banana. It could be a smell like
ammonia or rotten eggs. You can get that sickly smell as
you walk into the kitchen. And that's very pungent)/ cay
độc (lời châm biếm…) (She is very good at writing pungent,
funny dialogue)
stale /steil/ a. ôi, ươn (thực phẩm…) (We used to do with
stale bread is soak it in water and then take it to the park
and feed it to the swans or the ducks/ It's not pleasant for
you or I to eat. When it's stale is so hard. You'd probably
break your teeth/ The bread/biscuits/cake had gone stale)
rancid /'rænsid/ a. ôi, khét (of butter, oil, etc.) (this butter
has turned rancid)
stodgy /'stɒdʒi/ a. khó tiêu (thức ăn) (I've been eating too
many stodgy puddings)
bloated /'bləʊtid/ a. đầy hơi (If you eat too much stodgy
food, you feel bloated and you're hardly able to move)
porridge /'pɒridʒ/ n. cháo yến mạch (a bowl of porridge
with milk and sugar for breakfast)
chewy /'tʃu:i/ a. dai (The meat was overcooked so it was
tasteless and chewy)
skewer /'skju:ə[r]/ n. cái xiên (để nướng thịt) (Arrange the
pieces of chicken and the vegetables on individual skewers)
– v. xiên thủng (He skewered his foot on a nail: anh ta giẫm
phải đinh thủng chân)
crispy /'krispi/ a. giòn (thực phẩm) (The skin of the turkey is
really brown and crispy/ I usually order a burger with
cheese and crispy bacon)
crunchy /'krʌnt∫i/ a. giòn tan (My apple was crunchy and
juicy as I bit into it)
savoury /'seivəri/ a. savoury food is salty or spicy and not
sweet in taste (An omelette with tomatoes and onions or
ham that would have a savoury flavour)
mouldy /'məʊldi/ a. meo mốc (Bread, cheese and many
other products can easily go mouldy/ The city's museums
are filled with mouldy old collections)
Egypt /ˈiː.dʒɪpt/ n. Ai-cập
Egyptian /iˈdʒɪp.ʃən/ a. (thuộc) Ai-cập
Arabic /'ærəbik/ n. ngôn ngữ A-rập
Greece /ɡriːs/ n. Hy Lạp
Greek /gri:k/ a. [thuộc] Hy Lạp – n. người Hy Lạp/ tiếng Hy
Lạp
israel /'izreiəl/ n. Do thái
Israeli /ɪzˈreɪ.li/ a. (thuộc) Do thái – n. người Do thái
Hebrew /'hi:bru:/ n. tiếng Do Thái hiện đại được sử dụng ở
Israel
Saudi Arabia/ˌsaʊ.di əˈreɪ.bi.ə/ n. Ả Rập Xê-út
Arabic /'ærəbik/ n. ngôn ngữ A-rập
Switzerland /ˈswɪt.sə.lənd/n. Thụy Sĩ
Swiss /swis/ a. [thuộc] Thụy Sĩ
turkey /'tɜ:ki/ n. Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ/ gà tây (con, thịt)
Turkish /'tɜ:ki∫/ a. [thuộc] Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ - n. tiếng Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ
parade /pə'reid/ n. cuộc diễu hành (a parade of players
before a football match)
compose /kəm'pəʊz/ v. soạn, sáng tác (she began to
compose [songs] at an early age)/ hợp thành, cấu thành
(the short scenes that compose the play)
composition /,kɒmpə'zi∫n/ n. sự sáng tác (âm nhạc) (At
music school I studied piano and composition)/ tác phẩm
(âm nhạc) (This is one of the Beethoven's most famous
composition)/ bài luận (ở trường) (a 200-word composition
= essay)/ cấu tạo (the composition of the soil/ the
composition of the atmosphere)/ thành phần (trên bao
thuốc)
compound /'kɒmpaʊnd/ n. hợp chất (acidic /'æsidik/ (a)
compound)
element /'elimənt/ n. nguyên tố (water is composed of the
elements hydrogen and oxygen)
indication /,indi'keiʃn/ n. sự biểu thị, dấu hiệu (There are
few indications (that) the economy is on an upswing/
Helen's face gave no indication of what she was thinking)/
chỉ định (trên bao thuốc)
storage /'stɔ:ridʒ/ n. sự cất trữ (a loft with large storage
capacity)/ kho (put furniture in storage)/ bảo quản (trên
bao thuốc)
prescription /'pri'skrip∫n/ n. đơn thuốc, toa thuốc (the
chemist made a mistake when marking up the prescription)
loft /lɒft/ n. gác xếp
tank /tæŋk/ n. thùng két, bể (chứa nước, dầu xăng…) (the
petrol tank of a car/ we drove there and back on one tank
of petrol)
tank up: đổ xăng vào bình xăng xe (Make sure you tank up
before you go. Gas is expensive on the highway)