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Conscientious refusal

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occurs when a provider refuses to provide care because doing so would conflict with the provider’s beliefs.

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ropy

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very poor in quality

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sabotaged

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làm hỏng

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blizzard

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bão tuyết

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Robin really hit on you?

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Robin bị cậu hấp dẫn thật à?

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ASSENT

[əˈsent]

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agreement to an idea, plan, or request, esp. after serious consideration:

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patron

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a customer of a store, restaurant, hotel, etc., esp. a regular customer

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PROTRACTED

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lasting for a long time

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Her forehead was hot, but her hands were clammy.

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slightly wet and cool, in an unpleasant way

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You were a revelation!

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Cô thật tỏa sáng

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11
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He’s the title character.

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nhan vat phu

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Marshall goes to his duffle bag to get out his work clothes

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túi vải

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catch·phrase

/ˈkaCHˌfrāz/

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a well-known sentence or phrase, especially one that is associated with a particular famous person.

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chipping paint

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peeling, cracking, or blistering paint occurs when there is a loss of adhesion between the paint and the surface it’s placed on

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DEBILITATED

[dəˈbɪləˌteɪtɪd]

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to make someone or something physically weak:

Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.

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16
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the maternal risks from a cesarean delivery would not be offset by any fetal benefits

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to balance one influence against an opposing influence so that no great difference results:

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DEJECTED

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unhappy, disappointed,

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18
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Telemarketers

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are salespeople who are employed by a company to telephone people in order to persuade them to buy the company’s products or services.

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emaciated

/əˈmāSHēˌādəd/

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abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

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20
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the new bank building was scrapped last month.

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bị hủy bỏ

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21
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Anything innovative I put in my designs, Bilson just hacks out with a machette.
You should drop the project.

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lão Bilson chém tung nó bằng dao rựa.

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22
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Everyone at the rave thought I was a narc.

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Ai cũng nghĩ tớ là cớm nghiện thuốc.

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23
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long haul

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takes a long time and a lot of effort.

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ROUGHHOUSING

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to fight in a way that is not serious:
Add
A couple of boys were roughhousing (each other) in the park.

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an informed choice/opinion

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having a lot of knowledge or information about something:

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26
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There is a paucity of subcutaneous fat.

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shortage

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27
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grave disability

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(inability to care for self)

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indefinitely

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for a period of time with no fixed end:

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ad hoc

/ˌad ˈhäk/

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when necessary or needed.

30
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de·lib·er·ate·ly

/dəˈlib(ə)rətlē/

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intentionally

31
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You little minx.

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con nhỏ ranh

32
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No, you’re smothering me.

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  • Không, em đang đánh phủ đầu anh à
33
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confrontational

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tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative.

34
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superstitious

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mê tín dị đoan

35
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“he was suspicious of her motives”

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having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something.

36
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cranky

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easily annoyed and angry

37
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The stock market plummeted

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drop sharply

38
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me·di·o·cre

/ˌmēdēˈōkər/

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of only moderate quality; not very good.

39
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I remember thinking that you were a little snobby.

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Em nhớ đã nghĩ anh hơi hách dịch đấy.

40
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It was uncanny.

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miraculous

41
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They’re your friends! Why would you just blatantly lie to them like that?

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Họ là bạn các cậu! Tại sao các cậu lại nói dối trắng trợn thế hả?

42
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It’s a rookie mistake, and you’re better than that.

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Đó là lỗi của tân binh và em thì lại giỏi hơn thế.

43
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Blood trickled from a cut in his forehead.

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(of liquid) to flow slowly and without force:

44
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diurnal

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happening over a period of a day, or being active or happening during the day rather than at night

45
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She draws a line and then smudges it with her finger.

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If you smudge something that is neat, you make it messy:

46
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She was so belligerent that I gave up trying to explain.

[bəˈlɪdʒ.ɚ.ənt]

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eager to fight or argue:

47
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Cut the melon in half and discard the seeds.

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to throw away or get rid of something because you no longer want it:

48
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the crust is so good.

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vỏ bánh pizza

49
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The preschooler clutched his mother tightly.

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to hold or try to hold something tightly, often because of a state of fear or anxiety:

50
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concordant

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in agreement with other facts or based on the same principles as something else:

51
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prowler

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someone who moves around quietly in a place, trying not to be seen, often before committing a crime

52
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CONFINEMENT

[kənˈfaɪn.mənt]

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the situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere, usually by force:

53
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BURGLAR

[ˈbɝː.ɡlɚ]

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a person who illegally enters a building by force to steal things

54
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HEURISTIC
[hjuːˈrɪs.tɪk]
Heuristics represent fast, unconscious thinking (eg, impulse) rather than measured, rational analysis; providers who are fatigued or who work in busy clinical settings are more likely to rely on heuristics to increase diagnostic efficiency.

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(of a method of teaching) allowing students to learn by discovering things themselves and learning from their own experiences rather than by telling them things

55
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He plays alone during recess

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recess=break time

56
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The strong winds caused a number of buildings in the city to topple over.
[ˈtɑpəld]
0

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To lean or totter and fall over; to collapse.

57
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Enemy agents had sabotaged the bridge.

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to intentionally damage or destroy property:

58
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He has no ability to communicate his convictions.

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a strong belief that is not likely to change, or the strong feeling that your beliefs are right:

59
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Each year, the nation’s marketers try to answer the perennial question, What do consumers really want?

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lasting a long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time:

60
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per·pet·u·ate
/pərˈpeCHəˌwāt/

“the law perpetuated the interests of the ruling class”

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make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely.

61
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Evasive

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tending or intended to evade : equivocal

62
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She said she’d get back to us, but don’t hold your breath!

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used to tell someone not to expect something to happen for a very long time:

63
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a putrid garbage dump

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very decayed and having an unpleasant smell:

64
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Each new paragraph should be indented about two centimetres from the margin.

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to make a space at the edge or on the surface of something:

65
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ATTIC

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a space in a house just under the roof, often used for storing things

66
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sometimes I lose control and eat everything in sight

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near at hand; close to being achieved or realized.

67
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per·pe·tra·tor

/ˈpərpəˌtrādər/

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a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.

68
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implement

/ˈimpləˌment/

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put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect.

69
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benchmark

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standard

70
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ir·ri·gate

/ˈiriɡāt/

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supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels.

71
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wage gap

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the difference between the average pay of two different groups of people, for example men and women

72
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lift the veil from something or someone,

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you reveal what is behind it

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