8/11/2020 Flashcards
OUTGOING =?
= GREGARIOUS (ADJ)
(Adj) a person who is friendly and energetic, and it is easy and enjoyable with other
-> she has an outgoing personality
-> she is always very gregarious with a wide circle of friends
an extrovert person who loves social activities is sometimes called? `
A PARTY ANIMAL
-> she was a real party animal when we were at university - she was out every night
SHY=?
diffident
-> unlikely her sister, she was quite and diffident
a person, especially a child who is shy and nervous around other people ?
timid
people who refer not to mix with others?
keep themselves to themselves
-> they are private people, they just keep themselves to themselves.
rear=?
=raise, bring sb up,
to care animals/ children until they can take care of themselves
-> my mother reared me until I 18 years old
divise / /dɪˈvaɪz/
/c2/
using your intelligence or imagination to invent a plan, system or object, etc
-> Apple smartphone is devised by Ste Jobs
to resist /rɪˈzɪst/ distraction
chống lại sư ham muốn
it is driven by an instinctive sense
bởi vì chúng bị chi phối bởi thứ bản năng tư nhiên
-> the cat resisted distraction because it was driven by an instinctive sense
converge (v)
= gather
a group of people… who come from different places and meet together in 1 place to form a group of crowd
-> 1000 people are expected to converge ON the hall for the election day
terrestrial mammals
loai dv co vu song tren can
deplete (v) =? ( usually using if passive form
reduce, disminish, exhaust
-> during the Coronavirus pandemic, the population of the US has been severely depleted
intricate (adj) /ˈɪn.trə.kət/
= complicated, complex =/ simple
-> the watch mechanism is extremely intricate and very difficult to repair
detrimental
= harmful, negative, damaging =/ benifical
resemble >< reassemble
RESEMBLE(V) to look like or tobe like s.o
-> you resemble your mother
REASSEMBLE (v)
+ [ transitive] to bring together the different parts of something to make a whole again, after they have been separated
+ [intransitive] if a group of people reassemble, they meet together again after a period apart
-> Parliament reassembled after a seven-week break.