January 14-20

Question 1

Duet

Answer 1

(n, v) : dau khau, song ca. Ex : He had a chance to duet with that singer.

Question 2

Acknowledge

Answer 2

(v) that : prendre conscience que ex : i acknowledge that i need to try my best to be able to step forward with my research carreer.

Question 3

Hostage

Answer 3

(n) : con tin ( otage ) ex : Millitants say hostage Denis Alex is still alive and his fate is yet to be decided. Ex : to keep somebody as a hostage.

Question 4

Fate

Answer 4

(n) : so phan

Question 5

commando

Answer 5

(n ) : dac cong ex : the commando had died of gunshot wounds.

Question 6

Raid

Answer 6

(n) : cuoc dot kich ex : to make a raid into the enemy’s camp

Question 7

Disgraceful

Answer 7

(a) : o nhuc, ho then ex : He is preparing to organise a disgraceful display.

Question 8

onslaught

Answer 8

They have to defend the capital from this onslaught and secure the country. ( cuoc tan cong du doi )

Question 9

anticipate

Answer 9

(v) : luong truoc, du kien ex : The situation is working out in the way that he anticipated and it is evolving favorably

Question 10

Evolve

Answer 10

(v) : évoluer : tien trien → evolution ex : it is evolving favorably

Question 11

keep in mind

Answer 11

garder à l’esprit : nen nho rang ex : keep in mind it might take a little while for them to get there.

Question 12

So as of right now

Answer 12

So as of right now, we are hearing that fighting in Diably has stopped.( nhu bay gio )

Question 13

take into account

Answer 13

prendre en compte : duoc tinh den ex : To build a healthy market of cultural products in general, and the particular comic market, classification of readers and evaluation of products are one of the important things to be taken into account.

Question 14

Redemption

Answer 14

(n) : su chuoc loi ex : it’s too late for redemption.

Question 15

About-face

Answer 15

(n) : su tro mat ex : Amstrong’s reported admission is a sharp about-face after more than a decade …. ( dot ngot )

Question 16

vehement

Answer 16

(a) : manh liet, du doi ex : vehement opposition, vehement wind

Question 17

air

Answer 17

(v) : boc lo, pho bay ex : She aired her feelings with them. Ex : to air fine clothes

Question 18

Up to half of

Answer 18

Up to half of the food the world produces goes to waste, according to a new report.

Question 19

Vital

Answer 19

(a) : song con, quan trong ex : Cutting waste is vital if the world is to meet food demand as the global population soars.

Question 20

Rot

Answer 20

(v,n ) : muc rua, thoi rua ex : Food is trying to rot all the time, so you’ve got to keep it dry.

Question 21

Retail

Answer 21

(a,n) : su ban le ex : a retail price, retail trading, retail dealer = retailer

Question 22

wastage

Answer 22

Reducing wastage must be part of the plan to meet that demand.

Question 23

Lure

Answer 23

(v) : do danh, quyen ru ex : The pleasures of city life lure him away from studies.

Question 24

Connoisseur

Answer 24

/ koni’sow / (n) : nguoi sanh soi ex : a connoisseur in (of ) painting

Question 25

dazzle

Answer 25

(n,v) : su loa mat, lam loa mat ex : Foreigners dazzled about Vietnamese fast set

Question 26

aptitude

Answer 26

(n) : nang luc, nang khieu ( for + …) ex : Giao duc Vietnam newspaper has conducted an aptitude test on the fourth and fifth graders of a primary school in Hanoi. Ex : He has the aptitude for mathematics.

Question 27

Stuff

Answer 27

(v) : nhoi, nhet ex : Educators try to stuff their student’s heads with academic knowledge which student would easily forget.

Question 28

Strive

Answer 28

(v) : co gang, phan dau ex : we need to strive more to win.

Question 29

Through

Answer 29

Through writing, Afghan women find freedom.

Question 30

tenacious

Answer 30

(a) : dai, ben, bam chat => tenacity ex : a tenacious memory ex : after years of tenacious spin that he was innocent, Lance Amstrong …

Question 31

Legit

Answer 31

(a ) => legitimacy => legtimate (v) ex : You will never convince your audience your explanation is legit.

Question 32

Voracious

Answer 32

(a ) : gourmand => voraciously(adv) : mot cach ngau nghien ex : a voracious reader ex : the best way to build a solid, sophisticated vocabulary is to read voraciously

Question 33

avid

Answer 33

(a) : khao khat, them thuong ex : avid reading