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Cam9 Flashcards

1
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Synthetic

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Artificial, man-made,…

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Prompt

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To make someone decide to do smt

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Stumb on/across/upon smt

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=come across

= to find or discover smt by chance and unexpectedly

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Run-down

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In bad condition, badly maintained

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Solidified

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=strengthen

=to make an agreement, plan, attitude, etc more definite and less likely to change

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Enthusiasm

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Interest

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Become immersed in

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Become completely involved in an activity

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Devotion

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=commitment
=adherence
=dedication
=the strong love that you show when you pay a lot of attention to someone or smt

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Perceive

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Recognize,see,identify,…

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Enrolment

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The process of arranging to join a school, university, course,…

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Breakthrough

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= advance, innovation, revolution,new idea

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Derived

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To develop or come from smt else

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Substitude

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= altermate, replacement,…

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Manufacture

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Produce,make, create

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Mysterious

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Strange

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16
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Excretion

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The waste material that people or animals get rid from their bodies

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Obtain

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Get, gain, attain

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Extracted smt from smt

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To carefully remove a substance from smt which contains it, using a machine, chemical process etc

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19
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Backdrop

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The conditions or situation in which smt happens

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Grasp

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=Understand, comprehend
=see the point of
=to completely understand a fact or an idea, especially a complicated one

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Fabric

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=Material

= cloth used for making clothes, curtains etc

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22
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Instant

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Immediate

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Recognition

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Detection

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Assured

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Ensure, promise, confirm, guarantee

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Objection

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Opposition, doubt,…

26
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Mentor

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Adviser

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Utilise

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Make use of

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Flatter

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To make someone look as attractive as they can

29
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Shade

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Smt you can use to reduce or block light

30
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Not to be outdone

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In order not to let someone else do better or seem better than you

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Be all the rage

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To be very popular or fashionable

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Clamoured for

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To demand smt loudly

33
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Go back to the drawing board

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If you go back to the drawing board, you start again with a completely new plan or idea, after the one you tried before has failed

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Merely

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Only, just,…

35
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Vital

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Very important
Crucial
Central

36
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Extra-terrestrial

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Relating to things that exist outside the Earth

37
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Haunt

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to cause problems for someone over a long period of time ( ám ảnh )

38
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Poised on the brink/ edge of smt

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completely ready to do smt or for smt to happen; when it is likely to happen soon

39
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intermittenly

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= sporadically

Stopping and starting often and short period ( từng cơn, từng hồi, không liên tục)

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make an attemp to do smt

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to try to do smt, especially smt difficult

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primary

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most important, main,…

42
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drive

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force, make

43
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evolve

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develop, change

44
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foster

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promote, encourage,…

45
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detection

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discovery, finding,…

46
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sufficient

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enough, plenty,…

47
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a cog in the machine/wheel

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someone who only has a small unimportant job in a large organization

48
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tenuous

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uncertain,weak, likely to change,..

49
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wipe smt out

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to destroy, remove, get rid of smt completely

50
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optimism

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a feeling or belief that things will get better or more successful in the future

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adopt

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to start to deal with or think about smt in a particular way

52
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ground rules

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the basic rules or principles on which future actions or behaviour should be based

53
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an opend mind

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if you have an open mind, you deliberately do not make a decision or form a definite opinion about smt

54
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convincing

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persuasive, believable,compelling, forceful,..

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conservative

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traditional,old,…

56
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radically

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very, completely, totally

57
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sbd’s fellows

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people that you work with, study with, or who are in the same situation as you

58
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inconceivable

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unthinkable, unimaginable,unbelievable,…

59
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severely

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harshly, strictly,…

60
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attenuate

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to make smt weaker or less

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