26/10/2020 task 2

Question 1

detrimental

Answer 1

harmful/damage
-> detrimental impacts
DETRIMENTAL TO
-> smoking is detrimental TO your health

Question 2

wreck (v)

Answer 2

1/ to destroy/ badly damage st
-> the heavy storm wrecked citizens’ assets and humans
-> our garden was wrecked in last night’s storm
2/ someone who is in bad physical or mental condition ( NERVOUS/QUIVERING WRECK)
-> the stress she has been under at work reduced her to a nervous/ quivering wreck

Question 3

chỉ trích ai thậm tệ về việc j đó

Answer 3

lambaste. .. for st

- > her father lambasted her studies for bad results

Question 4

miễn cưỡng lm việc gì

Answer 4

tobe loath to do st

-> I am loath to accept her birthday invitation

Question 5

notorious (adj) (adv)

Answer 5

famous for st bad

• > notorious cases of human right abuses
• > the program is notoriously difficult to learn

Question 6

rudimentary(adj)

Answer 6

1/ only basis not deep or detail ( knowledge) => OPP sophisticated
-> Gradually, I acquired a rudimentary knowledge of Italian
2/ rudimentary equipment/ technologies/ tools/ methods/ system…etc are very basic and not advanced
-> the classroom equipment is quite rudimentary

Question 7

more important than anything else more important than anything else

Answer 7

more important than anything else

• > many agree that education is the paramount issue
• > there are many priorities, but doing exercise is PARAMOUNT IMPORTANT

Question 8

wring your hand

Answer 8

tobe anxious/worried but do not do anything about it

-> you should do something to bolster your situation rather than just sitting here and wringing your hands about it

Question 9

to grow or develop successfully

Answer 9

FLOURISH ( = thrive)

-> our crop are flourishing this summer

Question 10

a healthy world economy

Answer 10

-> with all people speaking the same language, there would be fewer barriers and therefore trade would flourish between countries, resulting in A HEALTH WORLD ECONOMY