English 1 Flashcards
Surpass (v)
Synonym : Beat
To do or be better than somebody/something
Khá hơn: trội hơn; vượt
EX: Don’t be limited by what you think is possible; always aim to surpass your limits.
Honestly, my performance surpasses all the expectations of my team, and I am very proud of it.
From my perspective, the enemy that we have to surpass is ourselves.
Surpass oneself/surpass expectations/ surpass comparisons
From my perspective, the most beautiful thing about a person is their kindness, which surpasses all beauty in comparison.
I think on a beautiful day, my kindness will surpass all of the things in the world.
Stride (n)
Synonyms: Advance; Improvement
An improvement in a situation or in the development of something.
Sự tiến bộ
EX: I’ve gradually made some significant strides in learning English and other soft skills.
Made significant strides/In full stride/ Break one’s stride
I’ve gradually made some significant strides in learning English, and I realize that.
I realize that I just want to feel peaceful in my deep soul, just like I don’t let anybody or anything break my stride of emotions.
About (adv)
Synonyms: Nearly,Almost
Nearly; very close to
Gần như; sắp, đến lúc
It’s about time we return to our inner soul because it needs help, love, and understanding. It is dead in the present, but it will be reborn on a new day with stronger bravery.
It’s about time to learn something instead of scrolling down your smartphone.
Quadruple (v,n,adj)
A size, amount, piece, ect, four times as big as something else
Gấp 4; gồm 4 phần; lượng gấp 4
My neighbor’s house is quadruple the size of my house.
I don’t want to be the richest person; I do not want to be the most beautiful girl. I just want to have a compassionate heart and a peaceful mind, which means I will not be sensitive anymore. I wish my heart would quadruple my beauty.
Volume (n)
Synonym: Amount,quantity
The total amount of something, especially when it is large or increasing
Số lượng; khối lượng; lưu lượng
So I’m a third-year student at this university. Recently, the volume of deadlines has made me hectic and tired. However, I feel so happy and satisfied with everything I have.
The volume of my pens is increasing because I love to collect different pens, which makes me interested.
On-off (adj)
Synonyms: Up and down
( Of a relationship) interupted by periods when the relationship is not continuing
Ex: I’m 21 years old, and in my whole life, I’ve had a lot of relationships, which are called on-off ones. It’s like sometimes we meet and talk about dozens of things, but sometimes we don’t even contact or talk to each other anymore. It’s weird, right?
Mối quan hệ bất ổn; gián đoạn; không liên tục
Have an on-off relationship; be in an on-off relationship/Break off/end
Omg, I can say I have a lot of on-off relationships. It’s just like we sometimes talk about a lot of things, and sometimes we don’t even talk anymore.
Lip-synch (v)
Synonym: Dub( long tieng)
To move your lip at the same time as a recording in being played, in order to pretend that you are singing or saying the word
Hát nhép
Lip-synch to a song/ lip-synch to a video/lip-synch along with music
I’m a person who is extremely interested in music, because every time I suddenly hear a song, I will sing or lip-synch it automatically.
Lip-syncing to a song can be the best way to increase your confidence. It sounds weird, but it’s true.
Halt (n,v)
Synonyms: Stop; End; Pause
To stop something or to bring something to a stop
Sự tạm nghỉ; sự tạm dừng lại; tạm thời dừng lại
EX:We had a fight over the wonderful cake, so my parents call for a halt.
The lecturer brought our class to a halt because her téléphone suddenly rang and she had to answer.
While having an altercation with my younger brother, my parents always bring it to a halt because it is a noisy and unpleasant thing.
Bring something to a halt/ come to a halt/ call a halt to something
The traffic came to a halt due to a fierce altercation between two people in a car collision.
Virtually (adv)
Synonyms: Nearly; Bassically
Almost or very nearly, so that any slight difference is not important
Hầu như; gần như
My mind is virtually wondering all the time, and so I find it so difficult to focus on something.
Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.
Evasion (n)
Synonym: Avoidance
The act of avoiding somebody or of avoiding something that you are supposed to do
Sự tránh; sự lãng tránh; sự lẩn tránh
Honestly, I want to tell you the truth about my fearful avoidance/evasion symptoms. And at this moment, I have to be braver to face it.
Intake (n)
Synonyms: Input; Consumption
(uncountable; countable) the amount of food. drink,ect… that you take into your body
Lượng lấy vào; Sự lấy vào
EX: I need to ensure my water intake to stay hydrated because I think my body is lacking almost all water, and therefore I love drinking water. Water plays an important part in my life.
Increase/reduce/Monitor/ Nutrion intake
Hypertension(n)
Synonym: High blood pressure
Blood pressure that is higher than is normal
Chứng lên máu; chứng tăng huyết áp
Ex: Losing weight, eating a healthy diet, or going somewhere instead of just sitting still can help you manage hypertension.
Cardiovascular (adj)
Relating to the heart and the blood vessels.
Tim và mạch máu; tim mạch
EX; From my point of view, I think some simple exercises, such as swimming, jogging, and running, can help you manage your cardiovascular disease. And these exercises are some of my favorites.
‘ I found that cardiovascular exercice boosts my mental performance. If I have a problem to solve, like an engineering one,and I get on a treadmill, then time disappears; all I know is an hour later I’m all sweaty and the problem has been solved.’
Accumulate (v)
Synonyms: Gather, collect
To gradually get more and more of something over a period of time
Tích lũy; gom góp lại; chồng chất; tichs trữ
EX: From time to time, toxic chemicals from food or beverage intakes accumulate in our bodies and cause some risky diseases.
‘ Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences. Ask a question, translated into many languages and somebody, somewhere in the world, will have an answer.’
Accumulate- Accumulation of …… knowledge/evidence/ garbage
Decompress (v)
Synonyms: Take it easy; chill; settle down
TO CALM DOWN AND RELX
Thả lỏng; thư giãn
EX: After a long day,I need to decompress by meditating and listening to positive music.
To calm down and relax
Alertness (n)
Synonyms: Awareness; deep concentration,mindfulness
Giving all your attention to what is happening or being said
Sự tỉnh táo
EX;My mind always wanders, so I need to maintain alertness all the time.
Maintain/ highten alertness/ Stay/be alert
Odour (n) ( Odor)
Synonyms: Smell; Aroma,scent
A smell, especially one that is unpleasant
Mùi thơm, huơng thơm: mùi ( nghĩa đen- nghĩa bóng)
EX: After strong exercise, my body odor is extremely unpleasant, especially in the armpit area.
Strong/ Unpleasant/ Distintive/ Body/ Food odour
Cage (n)
A structure made of wires or bars in which birds or animals can be kept.
Lồng; chuồng;củi
EX: Sometimes I feel trapped in a cage that I make for myself. I’m stuck with my emotions all the time, and I try to find new ways to overcome them. It takes a lot of effort.
Whenever I see animals in the cage, I feel that pure animals yearn to escape and want to come back to nature.
Don’t be a prisoner to your own fear, break free from its cage.
Lift (v)
Synonym: Raise,Carry,Pick up, Boost
To take hold of and raise something in order to remove, carry, or move it to a different position.
Giơ lên; nhấc lên; giương cao; nang lên
EX: Can you help me lift these boxes? It’s too heavy for me.
In my dream, I saw that she hugged me and virtually lifted me off the ground.
So, I was learning English, and later I lifted my head, and suddenly I looked at him.
Sometimes all you need is a couple of kind words to lift your spirits.
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Bend (v)
Synonym: Curve
( especially of somebody’s body and head) to lean or make something lean in a particular direction
Cúi xuống; cong xuống; uốn cong; làm cong
EX:I’m a careless person who always drops my stuff in the class, and I have to bend over to pick it up.
Everything starts with yourself, with you making up your mind about what you’re going to do with yout life. I tell kids that it’s a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it’s up to them to decide which way to bend.
Bend over to/ Bend the knee/ Bend+ ADV/PREP
Frame (N,V)
Synonym: Border
Noun-A strong border or structure of wood, metal,ect.. that holds a picture, door, piece of glass, etc.. in position
Verb-(usually passive) to put or make a frame or border around something
Khung; đóng khung
EX:When I was a child, I really wanted to have some vintage painting frames on the walls of my house because I loved living in the vintage atmosphere.
Frame a picture/painting;photo/bike/ Picture/Bicycle/Door frame
Clearance item (n)
Synonym: Sale item
Goods that are being sold at a discounted price to be cleared out of stock
Đồ thanh lí; đồ giảm giá
EX: I cannot count how many times I have bought clearance items that have made me have a lot of interesting experiences. So next time, let’s join with me to enjoy ourselves together.
Filing cabinet (n) = Fine cabinet
A large piece of office furniture that is used for storing files.
Tủ đựng hồ sơ
EX: Make sure to label your documents before putting them in the filing cabinet. Therefore, it makes them easy to check the client’s invoices.
Plug into (phrasal verb)
Synonym: Connect
To connect a piece of electrical equipment to the main supply of electivity or to another piece of electrical equipment.
Cắm điện; sạc; gắm; cắm
EX: My passion for music has grown recently, to the point that I could probably listen to it nonstop. So, I usually just put on my headphones, enjoy some music, and ignore everything.
-Is the printer plugged in?
-This Bluetooth speaker plugs into any standard outlet.
Unplug (v)
To remove the plug of a piece of electrical equipment from the electricity supply.
Rút; tháo; gỡ bỏ
EX: From now, I should unplug electronics when I leave the boarding house. Because I think it can save my money on electricity bills.
-Can you unplug the computer’s power lead for me?
-Hey, can you help me unplug my charger?
Monitor (n)
Synonym: Screen
A television or a part of computer with a screen, or which you can see pictures or information
Màn hình
EX: When I was a kid, I believed that is inside the TV monitor, there are some people acting inside this., and I just wanted to break it up into pieces.
My smartphone ‘ s monitor is easily to be damaged, so I have to protect it as able as possible.
TV/Television/computer monitor/ on the monitor
Alteration(n)
Alter(v)
Alterative
Alterable/ˈɔːltərəbl/
Synonym: Change
a small change that makes someone or something slightly different, or the process of this change
Sự thay đổi;
EX: To be honest, some of the bad experiences that I went through, which make me accumulate minor alterations in every day in a positive alteration.
Meditation’s impact has given me a lot of significant alteration in my inner child.
‘Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.’- William Shakespeare
Alteration of plan/clothing/ Minor/Major/Significant altercation
Block off (Phrasal verb)
Synonyms: Hold; Reserve; Book
To make a reservation for something
Đặt chỗ; dành chỗ
EX: On the Sunday next week, do you have free time ? I will block off the table in famous restaurant that we used to eat once, but I forget the name.
Be comfort, I will block off that time for you.
TRADE
Dealership (n)
Synonyms: Distributor, garage
A business that sells a particular company’s product, esp car
Đại lí; nhà phân phối bán lẻ
EX:Owning a jewelry luxury dealership is a dream for many people.
If you’re looking for reliable car, make sure to visit a trustworthy dealership.
Car/motorcycle/furniture/boat/jewelry/real estate dealership;
Visit a car dealership/work at a car dealership
Luxury car dealership
Computation (n)
Computational (adj)
Synonym: Calculation
The process of calculating or the result of calculating
Sự ước tính; sự tính toán
EX: Nowaday, artificial intelligence (AI) can perform complex computation per second.
The computation of the total costs took several hours.
-Many workers lacked skills in language and computation.
- It will cost 5000 at the lowest computation.
- I believed that any process of learning something might involve some computations about the outcome and who we will become.
Computational error/ model
Perform/make computation
Intranet (n)
Synonyms: Private network; internal network
A computer network used for exchanging of seeing information within a company
Mạng nội bộ
EX: Besides other tools, intranet is also one of the most important things that helps some institutions a lot.
-Your competitors may have access to the company intranet, so never discuss commercially sensitive issues on-line.
- Other problems related to intranet security are also discussed.
- More than 160,000 employees worldwide use the tool via the company’s intranet.
Vacant(adj)
Synonyms: Free, Empty: absentminded
If a job in a company is vacant; nobody is doing it and is available for somebody to take it
(of a seat, hotel,room, boarding house,ect) empty, not being used
( of a look, minf, expression, eye..) showing no sign that the person is thinking anything/ Lacking thought or awareness/Not fully present or focused. (e.g., A vacant smile, lost in a daydream)
Trống chỗ; bỏ không; khuyết; không có người
EX:Surprisingly, this well-known company has several vacant positions, and I will apply to it as fast as possible.
-I have looked for an economic company for the upcoming intern. Surprisingly, there are some famous companies that still have vacant positions that I also want to apply to.
-Sometimes, I have received a lot of nuisance calls from spam callers. And the fist sentence that they said is to introduce me about vacant lot or building, real estate, and so on.
-To be honest, I spend dozens of time to myself in daydream or imagination, so that I can escape the reality and have some illusions. Therefore, when somebody looked at me and saw that my eyes are vacants all the time.
‘I like black because it is vacant space.’ -Lady Gaga
Vacant job/position/role
Vacant lot/room/house/apartment/field/land
Vacant stare/ thought/smile/eyes/mind/expression/gaze ( ngơ ngác-ngờ nghệch/mông lung/ trống rỗng/ đờ đẫn/ không tập trung)
Prescribe (v)
Prescription (N)
Synonym: Instruction
to say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have
an official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist’s.
To mean to recommend or suggest something.
( Y học) kê đơn (thuốc)/ đơn thuốc, thuốc được kê/ chỉ định/ đưa ra
EX: don’t just sit back and wait for a solution to be presented: think of innocative ways to prescribe solutions yourself. ( tự mình đưa ra giải pháp)
-Her disease is prescribed as hypertension.
-The doctor prepared to prescribe a receipt.
-He wouldn’t prescribe anything - just recommended rest.
-The doctor prescribed some medicine and told her to have a week’s rest.
-These drugs are only available on prescription (= with a prescription from a doctor).
- The doctor prescribed some medicine and told her to have a week’s rest.
- He didn’t need a prescription, just some rest and over the counter pain medication.