Revision for End-of-term Test

Question 1

(be) a bone of contention

Answer 1

a subject that causes disagreement or arguments between people

Question 2

be close at hand

Answer 2

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

Question 3

go hand in hand

Answer 3

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

Question 4

(be) in sb’s hands

Answer 4

to be taken care of or controlled by sb

Question 5

jump out of one’s skin

Answer 5

move violently because of a sudden shock

Question 6

save your skin

Answer 6

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

Question 7

all skin and bones

Answer 7

to be very thin (disapproving)

Question 8

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

Answer 8

to make sb feel they do not belong to a group

Question 9

association (stress 4) (n) (with)

Answer 9

a connection or relationship between people or organizations

Question 10

attachment (n)(to)

Answer 10

a strong feeling of affection of sb/sth

Question 11

disaffection (n)

Answer 11

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

Question 12

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

Answer 12

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

Question 13

segregate (v)
segregation (n)

Answer 13

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

Question 14

isolate (v)

Answer 14

to separate sth physically or socially from sth else

Question 15

marginalization

Answer 15

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

Question 16

alter (v)

Answer 16

to make sb/sth different

Question 17

adapt (v)

Answer 17

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

Question 18

determine (v)

Answer 18

to discover the facts about sth and calculate sth exactly

Question 19

enhance

Answer 19

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

Question 20

progress

Answer 20

to make progress (tien bo)

Question 21

shape

Answer 21

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

Question 22

revert (v)

Answer 22

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

Question 23

restore (v)

Answer 23

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

Question 24

reverse (v)

Answer 24

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

Question 25

reform (v)

Answer 25

to improve an organization, government, etc… by making change of it

Question 26

back to square one

Answer 26

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

Question 27

chop and change

Answer 27

to keep changing your mind or what you are doing in an annoying way

Question 28

go form strength to strength

Answer 28

to become more and more successful

Question 29

make great strides

Answer 29

make progress; to improve the way sth is developing

Question 30

move the goalposts

Answer 30

to change the rules while someone is trying to do something in order to make it more difficult for them

Question 31

pull your socks up

Answer 31

to try to improve your work, performance , behavior (without any help)

Question 32

turn the corner

Answer 32

to get over a very important point in a illness or a difficult situation and begin to improve

Question 33

turn upside down

Answer 33

to cause large changes or confusion in sb’s life (dao lon cuoc song cua ai do)

Question 34

baffled (adj)

Answer 34

to be confused by sth strange or difficult to understand

Question 35

dazed (adj)

Answer 35

not able to think clearly or understand what’s happening around you because you’ve had a shock or an accident

Question 36

distraught (adj)

Answer 36

extremely upset and confused bu the bad things that happened to you so that you cant think clearly

Question 37

stumped (adj)

Answer 37

unable to give an answer or explanation for a question or a problem

Question 38

bewildered (adj)

Answer 38

confused by a situation because its new, unexpected or there are many choices, so that youre not sure what to do

Question 39

flustered (adj)

Answer 39

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

Question 40

disorientated

Answer 40

unable to recognize where you are or where you should go

Question 41

befuddled

Answer 41

not able to think clearly so that you keep mixing up different names and events