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Question 1

trailblazing (adj)

Answer 1

• a person who is the first to do or discover something and so makes it possible for others to follow
• tiên phong

1. a trailblazer in the field of genetic engineering
2. trailblazing scientific research
3. President Barack Obama Monday nominated Elena Kagan, a “trailblazing” legal scholar.

Question 2

veal (n)

Answer 2

• meat from a calf (= a young cow)
• thịt bê, vỗ béo bê để thịt

1. They even ate the cow’s baby’s – called veal – because they liked the taste tender flesh.
2. The meat - beef is fine, but I used ground pork and veal from the Italian butchers in Sydney Road.

Question 3

chamber (n)

Answer 3

• a room used for the particular purpose that is mentioned
• a space under the ground that is almost completely closed on all sides
• a room in a public building that is used for formal meetings
• one of the parts of a parliament
• buồng ngủ, phòng luật sư, khoang trong máy

1. Divers transfer from the water to a decompression chamber.
2. They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.

Question 4

dismantle (v)

Answer 4

• to take apart a machine or structure so that it is in separate pieces
• to end an organization or system gradually in an organized way
• dỡ hết vật che đậy, tháo dỡ hết trang bị, triệt phá

1. I had to dismantle the engine in order to repair it.
2. The government was in the process of dismantling the state-owned industries.

Question 5

trench (n)

Answer 5

• a long, deep hole dug in the ground, for example for carrying away water
• a long, deep hole dug in the ground in which soldiers can be protected from enemy attacks
• a long, deep, narrow hole in the ocean floor
• rãnh mương, hào, hầm

1. Workmen were digging a trench beside the road.
2. life in the trenches

Question 6

nonsensical (adj)

Answer 6

• ridiculous; with no meaning
• vô lý, không có ý nghĩa

1. a nonsensical theory

Question 7

wither away (v)

Answer 7

• if a plant withers or something withers it, it dries up and dies
• to become less or weaker, especially before disappearing completely
• làm khô héo, làm cho bối rối

1. The grass had withered in the warm sun.
2. All our hopes just withered away.

Question 8

sneak in (v)

Answer 8

• to go somewhere secretly, trying to avoid being seen
• to do something or take someone or something somewhere secretly, often without permission
• trốn lén, mách lẻo

1. I sneaked up the stairs.
2. At last we were able to sneak a moment alone together.
3. I managed to sneak a note to him.
4. I sneaked a cake when they were out of the room.

Question 9

institutionalized (adj)

Answer 9

• that has happened or been done for so long that it is considered normal
• lacking the ability to live and think independently because they have spent so long in an institution
• thể chế hóa, đưa vào sống trong cơ sở từ thiện

1. “It’s heartbreaking,” she said of the trend, which she classified as institutionalized racism.
2. They are also stabilized when they allow what Merton 1957: 318 called institutionalized evasions.

Question 10

stretch (n)

Answer 10

• an area of land or water, especially a long one
• a continuous period of time, a period of time that someone spends in prison
• something that requires great effort to do, imagine, or believe
• sự căng ra, kéo dài liên tục, khó tin, khó đạt được

1. She used to read for hours at a stretch (= without stopping).
2. It’s not much of a stretch to think this team can win seven games.

Question 11

swarm (n)

Answer 11

• a large group of insects, especially bees, moving together in the same direction
• a large group of people, especially when they are all moving quickly in the same direction
• đám bầy, đàn ong chia tổ

1. a swarm of bees/locusts (châu chấu)/flies
2. They talk a lot about their “research” and “insights,” but pretty much a swarm is the same with a 4e statblock.

Question 12

handcuff (v)

Answer 12

• to put handcuffs on someone or to fasten someone to something or someone with handcuffs
• khóa tay, xích tay

1. Her hands were handcuffed behind her back.
2. He was handcuffed to a policeman.

Question 13

loiter (v)

Answer 13

• to stand or wait somewhere especially with no obvious reason
• đi tha thẩn, la cà, chơi rong

1. Teenagers were loitering in the street.
2. Would an electric company not allowing non-employees to loiter around on its property be by the same principle an issue of private property?

Question 14

wretched (adj)

Answer 14

• feeling sick or unhappy
• extremely bad or unpleasant
• making you feel sorry for someone or something
• khốn khổ, thảm hại, tệ

1. You look wretched—what’s wrong?
2. She had a wretched time at school.
3. She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
4. Is it that wretched woman again?

Question 15

slug (something out) (v)

Answer 15

• to hit someone hard, especially with your closed hand
• to hit the ball hard
• a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink
• a bullet, a piece of metal shaped like a coin used to get things from machines, etc., sometimes illegally
• đánh mạnh, diệt ốc sên, thân mềm của ốc sên

1. He took another slug of whiskey.
2. On 2nd thought, the idea of dbadass being teabagged by a slug is gross!

Question 16

breed (v)

Answer 16

• to have sex and produce young
• to keep animals or plants in order to produce young ones in a controlled way
• to be the cause of something
• gây giống, dạy dỗ, giáo dục

1. Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.
2. The rabbits are bred for their long coats.
3. Nothing breeds success like success.
4. Fear of failure was bred into him at an early age.

Question 17

nostalgia (n)

Answer 17

• a feeling of sadness mixed with pleasure and affection when you think of happy times in the past
• nỗi nhớ nhà, sự luyến tiếc quá khứ

1. a sense/wave/pang of nostalgia
2. She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days.
3. I feel quite nostalgic for the place where I grew up.
4. to look back nostalgically to your childhood

Question 18

splendor (n)

Answer 18

• grand and impressive beauty
• the beautiful and impressive features or qualities of something, especially a place
• sự chói lọi, lộng lẫy, rực rỡ, huy hoàng

1. The palace has been restored to its former splendor.
2. the splendors of Rome (= its fine buildings, etc.)

Question 19

sardine (n)

Answer 19

• a small, young, sea fish that is either eaten fresh or preserved in cans
• pressed tightly together in a way that is uncomfortable or unpleasant
• cá xacđin, chèn ép như cá hộp

1. I assume these are jokes, and when the open the box, I try a “sardine” - flavoured jelly bean.
2. (packed, crammed, etc.) like sardines

Question 20

dweller (n)

Answer 20

• a person or an animal that lives in the particular place that is mentioned
• người ở / động vật một nơi nào đó

1. apartment dwellers
2. It is not easy to take a dweller from a town and turn him on the land of any country.

Question 21

swanky (adj)

Answer 21

• fashionable and expensive in a way that is intended to impress people
• trưng diện, phô trương, khoe khoang

1. a swanky new hotel
2. Despite their brevity, I just love her tastes in swanky background music (the theme from Mannix — yeah!).

Question 22

plush (n)

Answer 22

• very comfortable; expensive and of good quality
• a type of silk or cotton cloth with a thick soft surface made of a mass of threads
• vải nhung lông, xa hoa, lộng lẫy

1. Only if they make it in plush, as the hideous likenesses of all good interplanetary space beings ought to be.
2. Also, it has a pressurized cabin plush with Italian leather seats, burlwood accents and integrated flight systems.

Question 23

arcade (n)

Answer 23

• a place where you can play games on machines that are operated by coins
• a covered passage with arches along the side of a row of buildings (usually a row of stores)
• a covered passage between streets, with stores on either side
• khu trò chơi điện tử bằng đồng xu

1. Its like that game at the carnival or in arcade – you know the one where the head pops up and you hit it with a hammer.
2. Penny arcade is more than just a marketing machine.
3. The first covered shopping street to be built in Britain, the arcade is at Piccadilly in London’s bustling West End shopping district.

Question 24

shackle (v)

Answer 24

• to put shackles on someone
• to prevent someone from behaving or speaking as they want
• xích lại, ngăn cản

1. The hostage had been shackled to a radiator.
2. The prisoners were kept shackled during the trial.
3. She is opposed to shackling the press with privacy laws.

Question 25

resentment (n)

Answer 25

• a feeling of anger or unhappiness about something that you think is unfair
• sự phẫn uất, bực bội

1. to feel/harbor/bear resentment toward/against someone
2. She could not conceal the deep resentment she felt at the way she had been treated.

Question 26

adman (n)

Answer 26

• a person who works in advertising
• người chuyên viết, vẽ quảng cáo

1. “Absolutely, conclusively,” insists John Slattery, who plays fellow adman Roger Sterling.
2. Five years later, trade magazines sang his praises; and five years after that, he became “the most discussed and publicized adman in a generation.”

Question 27

trip over (v)

Answer 27

• to walk, run, or dance with quick light steps
• to catch your foot on something and fall or almost fall
• bước nhẹ, trật bước, hụt chân, nói lỡ lời, ngáng chân

1. I was tripping over my words in my excitement to tell them the news.
2. She tripped over and skinned her knee.
3. As I passed, he stuck out a leg and tried to trip me up.

Question 28

poaching (adj)

Answer 28

• to cook food, especially fish, gently in a small amount of liquid
• to cook an egg gently in nearly boiling water after removing its shell
• to take and use someone or something that belongs to someone or something else, especially in a secret, dishonest, or unfair way
• câu trộm, săn bắt trộm

1. The elephants are poached for their tusks.
2. The company poached the contract from their main rivals.
3. I hope I’m not poaching on your territory (= doing something that is actually your responsibility).

Question 29

chamber (n)

Answer 29

• a room used for the particular purpose that is mentioned
• a room in a public building that is used for formal meetings
• a bedroom or private room
• a space in the body, in a plant, or in a machine, that is separated from the rest
• buồng ngủ, phòng làm việc của thẩm phán, ngăn riêng

1. the chambers of the heart
2. Under Senate rules, the chamber must vote on the bill by this Friday.
3. They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.

Question 30

brood about (v)

Answer 30

• to think a lot about something that makes you annoyed, anxious, or upset
• nghiền ngẫm những gì làm bạn bực mình

1. You’re not still brooding over what he said, are you?
2. At such times he was remarkably taciturn, and would sit in brooding silence or go almost immediately to bed.

Question 31

gravy (n)

Answer 31

• a brown sauce made by adding flour to the juices that come out of meat while it is cooking
• something, especially money, that is obtained when you do not expect it
• nước thịt chảy ra sau khi nấu, món lời dễ kiếm

1. Anything on top of eight percent profit is just gravy for the industry.
2. This classic combo of buckwheat groats, bowtie noodles and gravy, is incredibly simple to make when it it prepared as a side with a brisket in gravy.

Question 32

cutthroat (n)

Answer 32

• in which people compete with each other in aggressive and unfair ways
• kẻ giết người, tàn khốc, khốc liệt

1. the cutthroat world of politics
2. It is in cutthroat markets for laptops, digital cameras, G.P.S. units and plenty of other products.

Question 33

stapler (n)

Answer 33

• a small device used for putting staples into paper, etc.
• máy ghim cặp, người xếp loại

1. She realizes her stapler is out of staples, we are late.
2. Your low-tech stapler is about to get a huge makeover if Swingline has its way.

Question 34

hassle-free (adj)

Answer 34

• a situation that is annoying because it involves doing something difficult or complicated that needs a lot of effort
• a situation in which people disagree, argue, or annoy you
• sự tranh cãi, điều rắc rối phức tạp, phiền não

1. It’s a hassle having to travel with so many bags.
2. Send them an e-mail—it’s a lot less hassle than calling.
3. Do as you’re told and don’t give me any hassle!
4. Try not to get into a hassle with this guy.

Question 35

regimen (n)

Answer 35

• a set of rules about food and exercise or medical treatment that you follow in order to stay healthy or to improve your health
• chế độ dinh dưỡng, trị liệu

1. a daily regimen of exercise
2. Agassi said his grueling fitness regimen is the key to his success.

Question 36

reckless (adj)

Answer 36

• showing a lack of care about danger and the possible results of your actions
• khinh suất, không để ý tới, không lo tới

1. He showed a reckless disregard for his own safety.
2. She was a good rider, but reckless.
3. The accident was caused by reckless driving
4. She had fallen hopelessly and recklessly in love.

Question 37

seclude (v)

Answer 37

• to keep yourself or someone away from contact with other people
• tách biệt, sống ẩn dật

1. Max, who chose to seclude himself behind closed doors, instead of being with her when she awoke.
2. The monks secluded themselves from the rest of society.

Question 38

summon (v) (something/something up)

Answer 38

• to arrange an official meeting
• to call for or try to obtain something
• to make a feeling, an idea, a memory, etc. come into your mind
• gọi đến, triệu đến

1. to summon a meeting
2. to summon assistance/help/reinforcements
3. The book summoned up memories of my childhood.

Question 39

tad (n, adv)

Answer 39

• a very small amount
• một chút, một tí

1. Could you turn the sound down just a tad?
2. It’s a tad too expensive for me.

Question 40

free-riff (adj)

Answer 40

• a short repeated pattern of notes in popular music or jazz
• đoạn ngắn những nốt nhạc được lặp lại trong nhạc dân gian

1. a guitar riff

Question 41

ramp (n)

Answer 41

• a slope that joins two parts of a road, path, building, etc. when one is higher than the other
• a road used for driving onto or off a major road such as a highway
• bờ dốc, thang lên máy bay

1. Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users.
2. a loading ramp
3. a freeway exit ramp

Question 42

fidelity (n)

Answer 42

• the quality of being loyal to someone or something
• the quality of being faithful to your husband, wife, or partner by not having a sexual relationship with anyone else
• the quality of being accurate
• lòng trung thành, tính trung thực, sự chính xác

1. fidelity to your principles
2. marital/sexual fidelity
3. the fidelity of the translation to the original text

Question 43

feast (n)

Answer 43

• a large or special meal, especially for a lot of people and to celebrate something
• a day or period of time when there is a religious festival
• a thing or an event that brings great pleasure
• bữa tiệc, ngày hội hè, sự hứng thú

1. a wedding feast
2. The evening was a real feast for music lovers.

Question 44

canary (n)

Answer 44

• a small yellow bird with a beautiful song, often kept in a cage as a pet
• like the cat that got/ate/swallowed the canary: very pleased with yourself
• chim bạch yến, rượu vang canari

1. She looked like a cat that got the canary—she was almost purring with pleasure.

Question 45

menial (adj)

Answer 45

• not skilled or important, and often boring or badly paid
• không quan trọng, khúm núm, quỵ lụy

1. menial jobs/work
2. menial tasks like cleaning the floor

Question 46

succumb (v) (to something)

Answer 46

• to not be able to fight an attack, an illness, a temptation, etc.
• thua, không chịu nổi, không chống nổi

1. The town succumbed after a short siege.
2. He finally succumbed to Lucy’s charms and agreed to her request.
3. She succumbed to the temptation of another drink.

Question 47

goof (v)

Answer 47

• to make a stupid mistake
• goof around: to spend your time doing silly or stupid things
• goof off: to spend your time doing nothing, especially when you should be working
• người ngu, xao lãng công việc

1. Sorry, guys. I goofed.
2. It’s all crap, and the Democractic Party will once again goof up by taking the nomination away from Hillary Clinton.

Question 48

behemoth (n)

Answer 48

• a very big and powerful company or organization
• con vật kếch xù

1. a multinational corporate behemoth

Question 49

cling (v) (to someone/something)

Answer 49

• to hold on tightly to someone or something
• bám vào, níu lấy

1. Leaves still clung to the branches.
2. survivors clinging to a raft

Question 50

pitch (n)

Answer 50

• talk or arguments used by a person trying to sell things or persuade people to do something
• how high or low a sound is, especially a musical note
• hắc ín, kể chuyện

1. Each company was given ten minutes to make its pitch.
2. A basic sense of rhythm and pitch is essential in a music teacher.

Question 51

heel (n)

Answer 51

• the part of a sock, etc. that covers the heel
• a pair of women’s shoes that have high heels
• gót chân, giày cao gót

1. The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out.
2. She doesn’t often wear heels.

Question 52

arachnophobia (n)

Answer 52

• an extreme fear of spiders
• chứng sợ nhện

1. Even the best psychotherapists sometimes fail to cure arachnophobia.

Question 53

saddle (v) (up)

Answer 53

• to put a saddle on a horse
• gắn yên ngựa

1. He saddled up and rode off.

Question 54

strap (v) (on)

Answer 54

• to fasten someone or something in place using a strap or straps
• buộc bằng dây da

1. He strapped the knife to his leg.
2. Everything had to be strapped down to stop it from sliding around.
3. Are you strapped in (= wearing a seat belt in a car, plane, etc.)?

Question 55

thou (pronoun)

Answer 55

• a word meaning ‘you’, used when talking to only one person who is the subject of the verb
• mày, mi, ngươi

1. Thou shalt overlap

Question 56

thy (determiner)

Answer 56

• a word meaning ‘your’, used when talking to only one person
• của mày, của anh, của ngươi

1. Honour thy* father and *thy mother.

Question 57

shalt (v)

Answer 57

• thou shalt = used to mean ‘you shall’, when talking to one person
• thì hiện tại của shall

1. Regin says, “Trust me well herein; and with that same sword shalt thou slay Fafnir.”
2. By thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother.

Question 58

reptilian (adj)

Answer 58

• any animal that has cold blood and skin covered in scales, and that lays eggs. Snakes, crocodiles, and turtles are all reptiles.
• loài bò sát

1. He licked his lips in an unpleasantly reptilian way.

Question 59

ascribe (v) (something to somebody/something)

Answer 59

• to consider that something is caused by a particular thing or person
• to consider that somebody/something has or should have a particular quality
• đổ thừa cho, gán cho

1. He ascribed his failure to bad luck.
2. We ascribe great importance to these policies.

Question 60

utopia (n)

Answer 60

• an imaginary place or state in which everything is perfect
• điều không tưởng

1. What utopia* is the scientist referring to … I think it would be rather different from the humanist version of *utopia.
2. I think the faith of many that a high-IQ society would be a utopia is sadly misplaced.

Question 61

maternity (n)

Answer 61

• the state of being or becoming a mother
• tính chất người mẹ, nhiệm vụ người mẹ

1. maternity clothes (= clothes for women who are pregnant)
2. a maternity ward/hospital (= one where women go to give birth to their babies)

Question 62

exterminator (n)

Answer 62

• someone or something that exterminates.
• a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building
• người hủy diệt

1. The rat ran for its life, dog barely missed it and I called the exterminator who came that afternoon and got rid of it.
2. That’s what the landlord called them when I demanded he call an exterminator.

Question 63

galley (n)

Answer 63

• a long flat ship with sails, usually rowed by slaves or criminals, especially one used by the ancient Greeks or Romans in war
• the kitchen on a ship or plane
• thuyền gale cho tù nhân chèo, nhà bếp trên tàu, khay sắp chữ

1. He reads my work when they are in galley stage and he’s usually amazed that I’m able to make all this stuff up.
2. For all I could do, a galley is short of comforts; and he felt the pull of the oars.

Question 64

ergonomics (n)

Answer 64

• designed to improve people’s working conditions and to help them work more efficiently
• the applied science of equipment design
• khoa học lao động

1. I keep seeing these features about how to raise the laptop or monitor to eye level but my understanding of ergonomics is that you actually want the monitor to be * lower* than eye level.
2. Style can refer to ease of use and ergonomics - in other words, how something fits into a person’s life.

Question 65

outpost (n)

Answer 65

• a small military camp away from the main army, used for watching an enemy’s movements, etc.
• a small town or group of buildings in a lonely part of a country
• tiền đồ, nơi định cư ở biên giới

1. Finally, I would say that the outpost is a technical prerequisite for a Mars flight.
2. A moon outpost is ISS 2.0 in every way imaginable, because the moon has no ISRU for life opportunities.