vocab 25 Flashcards
instant message
hopeless at
không có hi vọng
Back to the drawing board
quay lại từ đầu để chuẩn bị một kế hoạch mới vì kế hoạch trước đã thất bại.
rigid
cứng nhắc
roots
origins
Ex: The Institute traces its roots back 200 years.
likelihood
the chance of something happening; how likely something is to happen
Ex: There is very little likelihood of that happening.
= probability
fixed
cố định, không thể thương lượng
Ex: giá cố định
lend itself to
to be suitable for something
Ex: Her voice doesn’t really lend itself well to blues singing.
untamable
không kiểm soát đc
inconceivable
- không thể tưởng tượng đc
Ex: the minister was not aware of the problem.
sanguine
cheerful and confident about the future ( lạc quan)
Ex: They are less sanguine about the company’s long-term prospects.
enclose
- bao quanh
Low hedges enclosed the flower beds.
soaring
tăng lên, tăng nhanh = quickly
Ex: Air pollution will soon soar above safety levels
fall short
to fail to reach an amount or standard that was expected or hoped for, causing disappointment:
Ex: August car sales fell short of the industry’s expectations.
forecast department
pulled out all the stops
nỗ lực hết mình
with a vengeance
có cường độ cao hơn bao h hết
ex: He’s been working with a vengeance over the past few weeks to make up for lost time.
up the creek without a paddle
in a difficult or bad situation
Ex: If they won’t accept my credit card, I’ll really be up the creek.
make up for
bù đắp
edge
- Slight advantage over somebody/something
ex: The company needs to improve its competitive edge.
outbound
travelling from a place rather than arriving in it
Ex: outbound flights/passengers
merit
- the quality of being good and of deserving praise or reward = worth
Ex: He was awarded a certificate of merit for his piano-playing
alleviate
làm giảm
Ex: A number of measures were taken to alleviate the problem.
endurance
sự chịu đựng
magnitude
rộng lớn
Ex: We did not realize the magnitude of the problem.
