PTNK 23-24 Flashcards

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What does ‘cherish’ mean?

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To keep (a hope, idea etc) in the mind: giữ trong lòng

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What does ‘run out of time’ mean?

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Không đủ thời gian

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What does ‘sign a lease for a site’ mean?

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Sign a lease agreement for a location/property.

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What is a ‘backer’?

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Someone who supports or funds something: nhà tài trợ, người ủng hộ

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What does ‘discharge’ mean?

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To allow to leave; to dismiss: sa thải

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What does ‘rush to/into’ mean?

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To (make someone or something) hurry or go quickly: lao vào

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What is ‘tension’?

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  1. The state of being stretched: sự căng
  2. Mental strain; anxiety
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What is a ‘compartment’?

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A separate part or division

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What is a ‘deli’?

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Viết tắt của delicateness: cửa hàng thực phẩm chế biến sẵn

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What does ‘keep a low profile’ mean?

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Giữ kín tiếng, tránh gây chú ý

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What does ‘grudge’ mean?

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To do something reluctantly (v); jealousy or resentment (n)

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What does ‘heartily’ mean?

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Strongly, genuinely

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What does ‘adequate’ mean?

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Sufficient

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What does ‘inevitable’ mean?

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Không thể tránh khỏi

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What does ‘reluctant’ mean?

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Miễn cưỡng

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What does ‘conclusive’ mean?

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Mang tính thuyết phục

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What does ‘tangible’ mean?

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Hữu hình

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What does ‘controversial’ mean?

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Gây tranh cãi

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What does ‘motivational’ mean?

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Tạo/ truyền động lực

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What does ‘disqualified’ mean?

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Bị loại

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What does ‘disallowed’ mean?

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Không được chấp nhận

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What does ‘outlawed’ mean?

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Đặt ngoài vòng pháp luật

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What does ‘annihilated’ mean?

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Tiêu diệt hoàn toàn

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What does ‘demolished’ mean?

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Phá hủy

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What does 'abolished' mean?
Bãi bỏ
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What does 'surveyed' mean?
Khảo sát
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What does 'esteemed' mean?
Đánh giá cao
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What is an 'aspiration'?
Khát vọng
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What does 'muse' mean?
Nàng thơ
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What does 'live it up' mean?
Tận hưởng cuộc sống
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What does 'fly off the handle' mean?
Mất bình tĩnh, nổi giận
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What does 'cut and run' mean?
Chuồn đi, bỏ chạy
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What does 'persistently evading' mean?
Liên tục né tránh
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What does 'adamantly refuse' mean?
Kiên quyết từ chối
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What does 'handle reality' mean?
Đối mặt với thực tế
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What does 'descend into madness' mean?
Rơi vào tình trạng điên loạn
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What does 'find your feet' mean?
Thích nghi với môi trường mới
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What does 'show your teeth' mean?
Thể hiện sự mạnh mẽ, cứng rắn
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What does 'come into (a small fortune)' mean?
Thừa kế một khoản tiền
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What does 'resist/accept (wrongdoings)' mean?
Chống lại/chấp nhận hành vi sai trái
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What does 'grip into' mean?
Bám vào
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What does 'grasp to' mean?
Nắm bắt
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What does 'footing in' mean?
Đứng vững trong một tình huống
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What does 'hold on (for a moment)' mean?
Chờ một chút
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What does 'posit' mean?
Hypothesize
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What is a 'dominant force'?
Lực lượng thống trị, có ảnh hưởng lớn
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What does 'at a disadvantage' mean?
Less likely to succeed than others (ở vị thế -bất lợi)
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What is a 'subject'?
Đối tượng
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What does 'subject (sb/sth to..)' mean?
Make someone or something experience an unpleasant/worrying thing
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What does 'pave the way (for)' mean?
Make it possible or easier for sth or sb to follow: mở đường cho
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What does 'spark' mean?
Châm ngòi, gây ra
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What is a 'robust debate'?
Spirited, meaningful debate
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What does 'for the (mere) sake of publicity' mean?
Chỉ để gây chú ý
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What is 'nuance'?
Sắc thái
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What does 'if not more so' mean?
Is used to make a statement about a previous comparison
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What does 'just because … doesn’t mean that …' mean?
Indicates a distinction between two statements
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What does 'endeavour' mean?
Cố gắng
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What does 'vet' mean?
1. Khám bệnh, chữa bệnh; 2. Hiệu định, xem xét lý lịch, chuyên môn… của ai
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What does 'separating the wheat from the chaff' mean?
Phân biệt cái tốt, cái xấu, cái hay, cái dở
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What does 'frenzy of sth' mean?
An example of uncontrolled or excited behaviour or emotion
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What does 'dish sth out' mean?
1. Để phân phối hoặc đưa ra một cái gì đó, đặc biệt là thực phẩm; 2. Tung ra nhiều cái gì đó (tiền bạc, lời khen, lời chê bai,...)
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What does 'find oneself the laughing stock' mean?
Trở thành trò cười cho mọi người
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What does 'tune into' mean?
Lắng nghe, xem hoặc chú ý đến một chương trình phát sóng (radio, tivi), hoặc một nguồn thông tin nào đó
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What does 'sift through' mean?
Lọc, sàng lọc thông tin hoặc dữ liệu để tìm ra thứ quan trọng
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What does 'binge on' mean?
Ăn/uống/xem/làm gì đó quá mức (trong một khoảng thời gian ngắn)
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What does 'vast piles of sth' mean?
Một đống khổng lồ của thứ gì đó
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What is an 'heir'?
Người thừa kế
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What does 'hereditary' mean?
Di truyền
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What is an 'heirloom'?
Đồ gia truyền
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What is 'gravity'?
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What does 'gravitationally' mean?
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What is a 'thesis'?
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What is a 'hypothesis'?
Giả thuyết
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What does 'date back to' mean?
To have existed since a particular time (bắt nguồn từ cái gì đó)
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What does 'draw near' mean?
To become nearer in space or time
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What does 'have no choice (but to do something)' mean?
To have to do a particular thing because there is no possibility of doing anything else
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What does 'have a (good) head for something' mean?
To have a natural ability to do something well
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What does 'be in short supply' mean?
There is very little available
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What does 'in one’s element' mean?
In the surroundings that are most natural or pleasing to one
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What does 'far from something' mean?
Certainly not something
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What does 'come to terms with something' mean?
To gradually accept a sad situation