Chamber Of Secret vocab

Question 1

out of our hearts

Answer 1

Even let you have Dudley’s second bedroom, purely out of the godness of our hearts.

Question 2

graciously (adv)

Answer 2

I will be waiting in the louge, waiting to welcome them graciously to our home.

= courteously , mercifully, benevolently

Question 3

mess up

Answer 3

With any luck, this could be the day I make the biggest deal of my career and you will not mess it up.

Question 4

decent (a)

Answer 4

Tou can’t have met many decent wizards then.

= modest, respectable

Question 5

be bound to v (a)

Answer 5

Dobby is bound to serve one family

= be forced to do smt

Question 6

enchanted (a)

Answer 6

You son flew that enchanted car of your to Surrey and back last night.
= bewitch by means of magical spells and incantations

Question 7

Skulking around (v)

Answer 7

You’re a mess, Harry. Sulking around Knockturn Alley. Dodgy place.

Question 8

to be up to do (a)

Answer 8

Don’t want no one to see you there. People will think you’re up to no good.

: âm mưu, suy tính cái gì

Question 9

vacant (a)

Answer 9

Red hair, vacant expressions, tatty, secondhand book. You must be Weasley.

: empty, lacking expression, unfilled

Question 10

disgrace (n)

Answer 10

What’s the use in being disgrace to the name of wizard if they don’t even pay you well for it?

Question 11

inflict on (v)

Answer 11

Not to mention the damage you inflicted on a Whomping Willow that’s been on these ground since before you were born.

Question 12

petrified (a)

Answer 12

làm chết điếng, sợ hãi
= dumbfounded, silenced by fear

Mandrake is used to return those who have been petrified to their own original state.

Question 13

fatal (a)

Answer 13

= deadly, destructiv

fatal shears: lưỡi hái tử thần

Mandrake is also quite dangerous. It’s cry is fatal to anyone who hears it.

Question 14

fainted (a)

Answer 14

ngất, choáng
= swoon, fainthearted, timid, …
He was fainted when he saw his Math result.

Question 15

clear off

Answer 15

= go away, disappear,…

You better clear off before my bones come back Dobby or I might strangle you.

Question 16

strangle (v)

Answer 16

= choke to death

Question 17

triumph over someone (v)

Answer 17

v: beat, defeat, win
n: victory, conquest, achievement

Dobby remembers how it was before Harry Potter triumphed over He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

Question 18

fuss (n,v)

Answer 18

= pretend, harass, disturb
: làm bộ, giả vờ, phiền toái

Mr. Malfoy, stop making such a fuss. You can go.

Question 19

vermin (n)

Answer 19

= parasite, insects

We house-elves were treated like vermin, sir.

Question 20

enslavement (n) = slavery

Answer 20

This, sir? It is a mark of the house-elf’s enslavement.

Question 21

Enlighten (v) sbd as to smt

Answer 21

= explain, provide with intellectual or spiritual understanding

Can you enlighten me as to the new procedure ?

Enlighten me.

Question 22

countless occasions (n)

Answer 22

= too many to count, innumerable

Question 23

Prudent (a)

Answer 23

= wise, cautions, careful, judicious

Perhaps it would be prudent to first teach the students to block unfriendly spells, professor.

Question 24

Judicious (a)

Answer 24

= wise, sensible, discreet, prudent

Judicious choice

Question 25

Devastation (n)

Answer 25

= destruction, ruin

Weasley’s wand caused devastation with the simplest spells.

Question 26

(Have) a bee in one’s bonnet

Answer 26

: an idea which has become fixed in one’s mind
luôn bận tâm về điều gì
She has a bee in her bonnet about going to America.

Question 27

reborn from ashes

Answer 27

Phoenix burst into flame when it is time for them to die, and then they are reborn form ashes.

Question 28

burst in (v)

Answer 28

break in suddenly, enter violently

Make sure they cant burst in on us while we’re interrogating Malfoy

Question 29

interrogate (v)

Answer 29

= question, query, interpellate

Question 30

pig out (slang v)

Answer 30

overeat, eat too much

Question 31

drive out (v)

Answer 31

= expel, banish, oust, throw out

Dumbledore’s been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me.