01-03-2023

Question 1

instead of

Answer 1

in lieu of

Question 2

to continue to have your beliefs or continue with a plan of action, even if other people disagree with you.

Answer 2

sticks to your guns

Question 3

more than they imagine or hope will happen

Answer 3

beyond one’s wildest dreams

Question 4

vì những quy tắc

Answer 4

on principle

Question 5

to wait until you get what you want

Answer 5

hold out for sth

Question 6

to become a particular amount

Answer 6

amount to

Question 7

to give someone an untrue or unsatisfactory answer, or to give someone something that has no value in order to try to satisfy them and make them go away

Answer 7

to palm sb off

Question 8

skim read a lot of text

Answer 8

thumb through

Question 9

cư xử như mình giỏi hơn hay quan trọng hơn những thứ khác

Answer 9

get above oneself

Question 10

prepare sth quickly without much efforts

Answer 10

knock up

Question 11

to get access to sth/sb

Answer 11

get at

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be very successful for a limited period of time

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riding the crest of a wave

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mainly

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predominantly

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to enchant

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caprivate

Question 15

a pause or reduction in something, usually something bad

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with no let-up

Question 16

torn pieces; shreds

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in tatters

Question 17

to try very hard to do sth

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be at pains to do sth

Question 18

withstand

Answer 18

chịu đựng

Question 19

argue or worry about very small details or differences that are not important

Answer 19

split hairs