Chap1 Flashcards

1
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dip

A

Nhúng, ngâm, nhận chìm, dìm xuống => to dip one’s finger in water Hạ, ngụp, lặn, chìm xuống (mặt trời,…), nghiêng đi (cán cân…), nhào xuống (chim, máy bay,..) => The sun dip below horizon => The birds dip and rise in the flight dip into: xem lướt qua => to dip into a book điều tra, tìm tòi, tìm hiểu => to dip into the future

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2
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admit

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nhận, cho vào, kết nạp, cho hưởng… chứa được, nhận được, có đủ chỗ cho => This hall can admit 200 pers nhận, thừa nhận, thú nhận The spy admitted having given some hightly infos to enemy agents

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3
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adjourn

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dời lại, hoãn lại => to adjourn the meeting until tmr => I move the trial to adjourn until this afternoon dời sang 1 nơi khác => when the dinner was over, the guesses adjourned to the sitting-room

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4
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show-off

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sự khoe khoang kẻ phô trương = boaster

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5
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wimp => wimpish

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= wuss người nhút nhát, yếu đuối Oh, stop being such a wuss. The bridge isn’t even that high.

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6
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Poacher

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người săn trộm

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7
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With an eye to doing st

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Tập trung vào làm 1 việc gì With an eye to choosing the best candidate for the position, we set up a team composed of ten experts

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8
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make sb do sth

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“bắt ai làm gì” (có ý nghĩa mạnh hơn “have” và “get”) =>The manager made all the staff members tidy up the office before they left get sb to do sth” là “khiến ai làm việc gì”

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9
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be restricted to sth/sb

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bị hạn chế/có giới hạn đối với mục đích gì/với ai The number of the world’s elephants is restricted to some certain countries chỉ có ở/chỉ có ai được phép Are pandas restricted to only China? Do they survive in any other countries?

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10
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go off

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reo lên The fire alarm went off when smoke rose

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11
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get around

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thuyết phục ex: He’s strict, but you can usually get around him with humour.

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12
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stripped off

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cởi (quần áo) ex: We stripped off and ran down to the water.

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