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Notable Phrases In Authentic Listening Flashcards

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Pound sterling(n):

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  • the official name of the pound used as money in the UK
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Long-awaited

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Crypto

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Hull of boats

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Hull: thân tàu

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Agent orange

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Chất độc da cam

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Foliage(n):
/fouliid3/

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  • the leaves of a plant or tree

Ex: dense foliage blocked the path

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Roll out:

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  • to produce
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Glyphosate(n):

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  • one type of herbicide
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Upland cotton, soybeans

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Flooding stress

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Cassavas and forages

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  • Sắn và thức ăn cho gia súc
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Chilly permafrost conditions

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Permafrost(n): an area of land that is permanently frozen below the surface

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Steward(n):

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  • a person whose job is to organize a particular event
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Etho-
Prefix

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  • relating to the study of different societies and cultures, combined with another area of study

Ex: an ethno-musicologist

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Sapling(n):

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  • a young tree
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Occupational governance

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Counter offensive:

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  • chiến dịch phản công
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Tributary (n):

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  • A river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake
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Strangle(v):

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  • to stop sth from developing

Ex: for years the organization was strangled by excessive bureaucracy

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Tempo(n):

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  • the speed at which an event happens

Ex: We’re going to have to up the tempo if we want to finish on time

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Whisk(v):

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  • to take something or someone somewhere else suddenly and quickly

Ex: her husband whisked her off to Egypt for her birthday

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Caliph(n):

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  • a muslim ruler
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Courtly(adj):

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  • polite and formal in behaviour
  • relating to a royal court (court= the official home of a king or queen)
    Ex: quiet courtly life did not satisfy the king
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Allegory(n):

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  • a story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics

Ex: augustine’s city of god is an allegory of the triumph of good over evil.

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Caution(n, v):

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  • to warn sb (formal)
  • great care and attention

Ex: we need to proceed with caution
The newspaper cautioned its readers against buying shares without getting good advice first

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An arcade game

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  • a way of achieving sth
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Gateway to sth:

Ex: hard work is the gateway to success

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  • to shout insults or rude language at sb angrily
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Hurl abuse, insults, etc. at sb

Ex: i was not going to stand there while he hurled abuse at me

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Mimic(v)—>mimetic(adj)

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  • lasting for only a short time
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  • ephemeral(adj):

Ex: fame in the world of rock and pop is largely ephemeral

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Destabilize(v):

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  • To make somebody or something lose power or control my causing changes and problems
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Waist-high cotton

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Coaxing

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34
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Silver iodide

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Scaffholding(n):

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36
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Roll dice

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Dice(plr.n) of die(n): xúc xắc

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Randomized seating

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38
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Variable(adj, n):

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  • Likely to change often
  • A number, amount, situation that can change

Ex: British weather is perhaps at its most variable in the spring
The variables in the equation are X, Y and Z

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Flats(n):

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-land that has no hills or mountains

Ed: Far in the distance out on the stage flats, an ore train labored northward toward the mill

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Sit on your hands

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  • to donothing about a problem or situation that needs dealing with

Ex: Every day the crisis worsens and yet the government seems to content to sit on his hands


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Seafarer(n):

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-A person who travels by sea

Ex: Portugal a land of seafarers

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Mayoral(adj):

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  • A believe or set of belief, especially political or religious ones
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Doctrine(n):

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Dogma(n):

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  • A fixed, especially religious, belief
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Navy seals

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46
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Have a knack of doing sth

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47
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Cotton gin/gin(n):

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  • a machine for separating cotton fibres from their seeds
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Carcinogenic(adj):

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  • used to refer to a substance that cause cancer
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Constituent(adj):

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  • one of the parts that a substance or combination is made of
    /kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ənt/
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Free radical(n):

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  • a molecule that has an extra electron and therefore reacts very easily with other molcules
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The frontal lobes

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52
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A high glycemic food

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53
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Legumes

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54
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Guerrilla(n)

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55
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Hit-and-run strategy

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56
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Carpet-bomb(v):

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  • to bomb an area intensively

Ex; forces have carpet-bombed the neighborhood, causing thousands of casualties since mid-february

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If food or drink is laced with alcohol or a drug, a small amount has been added to it

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Ex: coffee laced with brandy

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Booby trap(n):

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  • sth dangerous, esp. a bomb, that is hidden swh that looks safe
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Landmine(n):

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  • a bomb that is hidden in the ground
60
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Callus(n): vết chai sạn

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61
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Hourglass figure

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62
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Alabaster(n):

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Ngọc thạch

Ex: alabaster skin

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Damascene conversion

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64
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  • a dangerous situation that could lead to harm or failure
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Precipice(n):

Ex: this latest tax increase may punish many small companies over the financial precipice

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Thatcherite(n):
/thetxhowrait/

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66
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Evangelism(n):

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67
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Retro feel

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68
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  • to change your opinions, statement, decisions, etc. so that they are different to what they were before
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Pivot(v):
/pivowt/
Ex: he has pivoted to bring himself in line with the rest of the candidates

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  • to develop in a particular way or a successful way
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Pan out:

Ex: their attempts to start a new business didn’t pan out

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  • a developing situation that will cause serious problems in the future if it is not stopped
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Time bomb(n):

Ex: by ignoring the wish of their employees, the managers are setting/creatjng a time bomb for themselves

71
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  • to show the limits of sth
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Demark/demarcate(v):

Ex: parking spaces are demarcated by white lines

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Asset-backed tokens

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73
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Macro asset

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74
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Disinflation(n)

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75
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stratospheric(adj):

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  • high

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