Revision for End-of-term Test Flashcards

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(be) a bone of contention

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a subject that causes disagreement or arguments between people

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be close at hand

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near, at the place where sb/sth can be easily reached

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go hand in hand

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to be closely connected to each other in a way that one thing causes another

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(be) in sb’s hands

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to be taken care of or controlled by sb

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5
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jump out of one’s skin

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move violently because of a sudden shock

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save your skin

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to try to avoid death, punishment,… in a very difficult situation

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7
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all skin and bones

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to be very thin (disapproving)

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alienate (v) (from)
==> alienated (from)(people)
==> alienating (adj) (things)
==> alienation (stress 3) (n) (from)

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to make sb feel they do not belong to a group

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association (stress 4) (n) (with)

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a connection or relationship between people or organizations

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attachment (n)(to)

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a strong feeling of affection of sb/sth

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disaffection (n)

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the feeling of no longer satisfied with your situation, organization,… and therefore no longer be loyal to it

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exclude (v) (from)
excluded (adj) (from)
exclusion (n)

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to prevent sb/sth from taking part in sth or entering a place

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segregate (v)
segregation (n)

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to separate people of different races, sexes, or religions and treat them in a different way

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isolate (v)

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to separate sth physically or socially from sth else

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15
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marginalization

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the act of making sb feel like they are no important and therefore they have no power or influence in a decisions

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alter (v)

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to make sb/sth different

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adapt (v)

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to change the way you behave in order to deal with new things and become better

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determine (v)

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to discover the facts about sth and calculate sth exactly

19
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enhance

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to increase or further improve the quality, status of sth (tang cuong)

20
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progress

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to make progress (tien bo)

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shape

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to have an important influence on the way that sb/sth develop (hinh thanh)

22
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revert (v)

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to return to your former state, to start doing sth again

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restore (v)

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to repair a building, a work of arts, a furniture so that it looks at good as it did originally

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reverse (v)

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to change sth completely so that it is opposite to the original one

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reform (v)
to improve an organization, government, etc... by making change of it
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back to square one
a return from the situation you were in at the beginning at a project... because you have made no real progress Eg: having tried very hard to improve the financial situation of our company, i went back to the square one just because of a small mistake
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chop and change
to keep changing your mind or what you are doing in an annoying way
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go form strength to strength
to become more and more successful
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make great strides
make progress; to improve the way sth is developing
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move the goalposts
to change the rules while someone is trying to do something in order to make it more difficult for them
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pull your socks up
to try to improve your work, performance , behavior (without any help)
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turn the corner
to get over a very important point in a illness or a difficult situation and begin to improve
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turn upside down
to cause large changes or confusion in sb's life (dao lon cuoc song cua ai do)
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baffled (adj)
to be confused by sth strange or difficult to understand
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dazed (adj)
not able to think clearly or understand what's happening around you because you've had a shock or an accident
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distraught (adj)
extremely upset and confused bu the bad things that happened to you so that you cant think clearly
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stumped (adj)
unable to give an answer or explanation for a question or a problem
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bewildered (adj)
confused by a situation because its new, unexpected or there are many choices, so that youre not sure what to do
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flustered (adj)
nervous and confused because you are in hurry and you have a lot to do that the more you rush, the more you become stressed and make mistakes
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disorientated
unable to recognize where you are or where you should go
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befuddled
not able to think clearly so that you keep mixing up different names and events