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29 Cards in this Set
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Spreadsheet (n) |
- bảng tính |
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Interpersonal skill (n.p) |
= social skills |
- I don’t have any interpersonal skills |
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Warden (n) |
- cai ngục: a person in charge of prison - (UK): hiệu trưởng: headmaster |
- She’s the warden of home for mentally handicapped people - he’s the warden of Robinson College, Cambridge |
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Supervise (v) |
= manage, oversee, superintend to watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly, safely |
- The UN is supervising the distribution of aid by local agencies in the disaster area - The children play while two teachers supervise |
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Patronize (v) |
- act superior: to speak or to behave towards Someone as if they are stupid or not important. - be customer: to be a regular customer of a shop or restaurant |
- stop patronizing me - I understand play as well as you do - The restaurant was patronized by many artists and writers during the 1920s |
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Editorial (a) |
~Relating to the editor~ |
- editorial staff - There are more ads on the page than editorial content - editorial decisions on the show are made by senior news editors |
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Cylinder (n) |
- hình trụ |
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Inscription (n) |
- words that are written or cut in something - bia tưởng niệm |
- The inscription read “to darling Molly, Christmas 1904” - The inscriptions on the gravestones were worn away |
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Pumice (n) |
- đá bọt |
- my feet brush made of pumice |
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Scraper (n) |
- cái xẻng |
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Anoint (v) |
- to make someone holy in a religious ceremony by putting holy water or oil on them - to make someone king or queen, especially as part of a religious ceremony - to choose someone to do a particular job |
- The archbishop was anointed in a ceremony at the cathedral - he anointed his eldest son as his successor - they anointed broadband as the Next Great Thing |
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(C1) Holy (a) |
- related to a religion or a god - Very religious or pure - used to emphasize another word |
- Holy scriptures/rites - A holy person - My nephew is a holy terror |
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Tint (n) (v) |
- (n) A small amount of a color - (v) to slightly change the color of something |
- The paint we are using for the bathroom is quiet with a yellow tint - I’m going to the hairdresser’s for a tint - as the sun set, it tinted the snow pink |
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Aqueduct (n) |
- cầu dẫn nước; cống nước; máng nước; thủy lộ; cầu máng |
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(C1) Comply (v) |
To act according to/ To obey an order, set of rules, or requests = follow |
- He’s been ordered to have the dog destroyed because it’s dangerous but he refuses to comply - There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations |
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Recline (v) |
- ngả; tựa mình vào |
- she was reclining elegantly on the sofa - He reclined his head against/ on my shoulder |
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(C2) Inclination (n) |
- feeling: desire; tendency; wish; persuasion; willingness - a small downward movement |
- my own inclination would be to look for another job - We should be basing our decisions on solid facts, not inclinations and hunches |
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Distort (v) |
- change shape: to change the shape of sth so that it looks strange or unnatural - change meaning: to change sth so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean |
- The map distorted Greenland to appear four times its actual size - She accused her opponent of distorting the truth - The survey methods can distort reality |
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(C2) Resemblance (n) |
- The fact that two people or things look like each other or are similar in some other way ~ similarity; parallel |
- There was a clear family resemblance between all the brothers - these prices bear no resemblance to the ones I saw printed in the newspaper |
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Menace (n) (v) |
(n): sth that is likely to cause harm (v): wreak havoc to sth ~ endanger; imperil; jeopardize; threaten |
- drunk drivers are a menace to everyone - Dogs running loose are a public menace - Hurricane Hugo menaced the western cost for a week - that boy is a menace to himself and his friends |
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Desalination (n) |
- sự khử muối |
- a desalination plant (=factory) |
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(C2) Scarcity (n) |
~ scarce; inadequate; not enough: a situation in which sth is not easy to find or get >< abundance; plenty - a lack of sth/ a shortage for sth/ a dearth of sth…. |
- The scarcity of skilled workers - A scarcity of flour makes bread, cake, and other baked goods more expensive |
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Live off someone/ sth (p.v) |
- To use someone or something to provide the money or food that you need to live ~ resort to/ depend on/ based on…. |
- all his life he had lived off his father - They had learned to live off the land - many young unemployed people are still living off their parents |
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Outright (adv) |
~ completely and immediately ~ entirely and wholly ~… |
- I think cigarette advertising should be banned outright - The driver and all three passengers were killed outright - outsiders are regarded with outright hostility |
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(C1) Hostile (a) -> hostility (n) |
- unfriendly, not liking sth - disagreeing with sth - difficult or not suitable for living or growing |
- a hostile crowd - The president had a hostile reception in Ohio this morning - I’m not hostile to the idea of change as such - Hostile weather conditions |
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Lease (v) (n) |
~ rent; hire |
- It was agreed they would lease the apartment to him - he has the house on a long lease |
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(C1) Executive (n) (a) |
- someone in a high position - a group of people who run a business/…. |
- she is now a senior executive, having worked her way up through the company - The executive of the health worker’s union accepted the proposed pay increase on behalf of their members |
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(C2) Venture (n) (v) |
(n): A new activity, usually in business, that involves risk or uncertainty (v): to risk going somewhere or doing something that might be dangerous or unpleasant |
- she advised us to look abroad for more lucrative business ventures. - She scarcely ventured outside, except when she went to stock up on groceries |
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(C1) Gripping (a) |
= absorbing; engrossing; fascinating; riveting; enthralling; thrilling;…… |
- I found the book so gripping that I couldn’t put it down |
