January 7-13 Flashcards

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Instructor

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ex : if getting started is the hardest part of the writing process, finding a good topic to write about is sodifficult, when I was at college, my instructor assign me a topic and correct my essay.

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In charge of = responsible for

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in my company, I deal with a lot of different people and I am incharge of client relation department

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nine-to-five job

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I’m an office worker in an insurance company. It is a nine-to-five job with regular working hours. (travail de bureau )

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flexitime

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I’m in computer programming. There is a system of flexitime in my company

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in shifts

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I work in a car plant. I work in shifts. I may be on the shift night or on the shift night

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commute

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I work in the center of Paris but I live in the southern suburbs, so I have to commute to work everyday.

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dull

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This job is very dull, uninteresting

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Shortage

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su thieu, thieu thonex : a shortage of 100 tonsex : Severe food shortage in Sahet has affected 18 million people in nine country.

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Ease

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ex : emergency ease

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coordinator

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dieu hop vienex : humanitarian coordinator

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livestock

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vat nuoi, thu nuoiex : we have to buy medecins for livestock.

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Resilience

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tinh co gian, kha nang phuc hoiex : aid group sait that they are working to build the resilience of communities, to make them strongerduring the crisis.

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slums

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To clean the canal in Hochiminh city, since 1993, the city cleared thousands of slums on both sides andbuild two roads along. ( can, ba )

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capital

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The project had a total investment capital of 80 millions dollar ( tien von ).

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dredge

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To dredge about 260000m3 of sediment. ( nao, vet ; can, cao ).

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vessel

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vessel with tonnage of 30,000 tons ( tau, thuyen ; trong tai ).

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to state

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phat bieu, noi roex : More and more people in Vietnam has stated that they could see the UFOs with their eyes.

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stir up

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This picture has stir up the public.

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Drone

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may bay khong nguoi laiex : US support UN surveillance drones for Eastern Congo.

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do want

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I do want you to come here

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Belligerent

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(a) : tham chien. Ex : belligerent powers

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Symphony

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(n) : ban nhac giao huongex : The meal was described by Christine Ha as a symphony of flavors.Street food in Saigon is a mixture of many different culinary cultures, especially the French taste basedon the traditional flavors and ingredients of the Vietnamese.

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phiology

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He is a phiology professor at Hochminh University of pedagogy.