Cause and Effect

Question 1

CaE: root cause (n)

Answer 1

origin cause

Question 2

CaE: primary cause (n)

Answer 2

main cause

Question 3

CaE: desired effect

Answer 3

the effect that the someone desire to achieve

Question 4

CaE: have a knock-on effect

Answer 4

indirect result
(ảnh hướng gián tiếp)
ex: this morning’s delays to flights have had a know-on effect on departures all day

Question 5

CaE: ill effects

Answer 5

negative results (ill here means bad rather than sick)

Question 6

CaE: provoked an outcry

Answer 6

caused a lot of public anger

ex: The Finance Minister’s decision to raise income tax provoked an outcry.

Question 7

CaE: breeds resentment (collocation)

Answer 7

makes other feel angry and unhappy

ex: if teachers show favourism, it breeds resentment

Question 8

CaE: rendered sth + adj = make sth + adj

Answer 8

caused to be no longer used

ex: Email has more or less rendered the fax machine obsolete.

Question 9

CaE: wreak havoc on sth/ with sth

= take a toll on sth/sb

Answer 9

cause a lot of damage to (anh huong xau den)

ex: This wind will wreak havoc with my flowers

Question 10

CaE: spell disaster for

Answer 10

cause serious problems

ex: the strike could spell disaster for the country

Question 11

CaE: compelling reason

Answer 11

the reason is verrrrrry reasonable (thuyet phuc)

Question 12

CaE: dire consequences

Answer 12

very serious consequences

Question 13

CaE: contributing fator

Answer 13

a factor that contributing on the reason but not main reason

Question 14

CaE: ensued (v)

Answer 14

= lead to
describe an action that occur after an action
hanh dong bi keo theo + ensued + hanh dong xay ra truoc
ex: Riots and street fighting ensued when the police officers on trial were acquitted.

Question 15

CaE: prompt sb to do sth

Answer 15

motivated sb to do sth

ex: A persistent cough prompted him to seek professional medical help

Question 16

CaE: on account of + noun

Answer 16

= because of

Question 17

CaE: on the grounds that + S + V

Answer 17

= because

Question 18

CaE: with the aim of

Answer 18

= in order to

Question 19

CaE: motives in doing sth

Answer 19

= reasons for doing ssth

Question 20

CaE: curb sth

Answer 20

= control sth

ex: curbing inflation (kiem che lam phat)

Question 21

soulution/ to/ A/ is/ government/ for/ the

Answer 21

A solution is for the gov to V

Question 22

problem, / people / tackle / should / this / to

Answer 22

To tackle this problem, people should

Question 23

forward / be / might / way / The / to

Answer 23

The way forward might be to

= the solution might be to

Question 24

problem / adressed / by / This / could / be

Answer 24

This problem could be addressed by

Question 25

involves / with / Dealing / issue / this

Answer 25

Dealing with this issue involves + V-ing