Bbc Flashcards

1
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Fever
Explain: medical condition in which your body temperature is higher than normal, and your heart beats very fast.

A

Sốt

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2
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Critical window

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limited period of time during which action must be taken to achieve a desired result

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3
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Host

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Plant or animal that another plant or animal lives on a parasite (ký sinh trùng), or uses for food

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4
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A part of the jigsaw/puzzle

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A part of a complicated or continuing situation that helps you to understand it.

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5
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Domino effect

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Situation in which something, usually bad, happens, causing further negative events to happen

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6
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Forefront
ex: One country at the forefront of the problem is Indonesia

A

Hàng đầu

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Dengue/ˈdeŋɡi/

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Sốt xuất huyết

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8
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Stallholder

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Some one who works at a market

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9
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Do you fancy…?

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Would you like…?

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10
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Egalitarian /iˌɡælɪˈteəriən/(n)

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Equal; everyone can do and be involved in
Người theo chủ nghĩa quân bình

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11
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Pour cold water on

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Be negative about something
ex: His mum poured cold water on the idea of having a house party

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12
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Use up

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Use all of smt
ex: Why did you use up all the milk. I also need to

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13
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(not) in (easy) reach

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(not) close
ex: The end of the school term is in reach. Just one last exam!

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14
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Commonwealth realm/relm/

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Khối thịnh vượng chung

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15
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Coronation(n)

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Đăng quang

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16
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Immaculately /i’maekjowlowtli/

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1 cách hoàn hảo

17
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Shun(v)

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Xa lánh, lảng tránh

18
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Bolt(v)(n)

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(v) to leave or escape very fast
(N): something happens very quickly
Lightning bolt

19
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Tied to
ex: Getting a good night’s sleep is tied to living a longer and healthier life

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Linked to

20
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After All
ex: I thought the festival would be cancelled, but it went a head after all.

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A different result to what you expected

21
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Fuelling
Ex: These dark winters are really fuelling my passion for staying in and playing video games.

A

Making or causing something

22
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desperate for
Ex: I am so hungry. I am desperate for a sandwich.

A

Want something badly
(1 cách dữ dội, ghê gớm)

23
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Dark ages
Ex: He dresses like he lives in the dark ages. No-one wears those clothes nowadays.

A

old-fashioned; from a different period of time

24
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Ventilation

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The movement of fresh air around a closed space. ( Sự thoáng khí, lưu thông)

25
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Daily wage /weɪdʒ/ earners

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Someone who earns money on a day-to-day basis meaning that they will receive no money if they do not work

26
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Slum (n)

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Poor and crowded area of a city with very bad living and housing conditions

27
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Subsidise/ˈsʌbsɪdaɪz/

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Pay part of the cost of something (trợ cấp)

28
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Suntan / ˈsʌntæn/

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Sự Rám nắng

29
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Tin roof

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Mái tôn

30
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Myriad/ˈmɪriəd/
Ex: The exceptional properties of graphene also favour its implementation in a myriad of devices

A

Vô số

31
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Solar power dates back over two thousand seven hundred years

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Năng lượng mặt trời đã có từ hơn 2700 năm trước

32
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Canopy

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A cover fixed over something to provide shelter or decoration

33
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Entice(v)
Enticing (adj) /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/

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Attractive because it offers advantages or pleasures

34
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On and off

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Occasionally; from time to time

35
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(prices have) tumbled

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decreased quickly in a short time

36
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Economically feasible

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Describes a business or project where the economic advantages achieved are greater than economic costs