vocab 25

Question 1

instant message

Question 2

hopeless at

Answer 2

không có hi vọng

Question 3

Back to the drawing board

Answer 3

quay lại từ đầu để chuẩn bị một kế hoạch mới vì kế hoạch trước đã thất bại.

Question 4

rigid

Answer 4

cứng nhắc

Question 5

roots

Answer 5

origins
Ex: The Institute traces its roots back 200 years.

Question 6

likelihood

Answer 6

the chance of something happening; how likely something is to happen
Ex: There is very little likelihood of that happening.
= probability

Question 7

fixed

Answer 7

cố định, không thể thương lượng
Ex: giá cố định

Question 8

lend itself to

Answer 8

to be suitable for something
Ex: Her voice doesn’t really lend itself well to blues singing.

Question 9

untamable

Answer 9

không kiểm soát đc

Question 10

inconceivable

Answer 10

• không thể tưởng tượng đc
  Ex: the minister was not aware of the problem.

Question 11

sanguine

Answer 11

cheerful and confident about the future ( lạc quan)
Ex: They are less sanguine about the company’s long-term prospects.

Question 12

enclose

Answer 12

• bao quanh
  Low hedges enclosed the flower beds.

Question 13

soaring

Answer 13

tăng lên, tăng nhanh = quickly
Ex: Air pollution will soon soar above safety levels

Question 14

fall short

Answer 14

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.

Question 15

forecast department

Question 16

pulled out all the stops

Answer 16

nỗ lực hết mình

Question 17

with a vengeance

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

up the creek without a paddle

Answer 18

in a difficult or bad situation
Ex: If they won’t accept my credit card, I’ll really be up the creek.

Question 19

make up for

Answer 19

bù đắp

Question 20

edge

Answer 20

• Slight advantage over somebody/something
  ex: The company needs to improve its competitive edge.

Question 21

outbound

Answer 21

travelling from a place rather than arriving in it
Ex: outbound flights/passengers

Question 22

merit

Answer 22

• the quality of being good and of deserving praise or reward = worth
  Ex: He was awarded a certificate of merit for his piano-playing

Question 23

alleviate

Answer 23

làm giảm
Ex: A number of measures were taken to alleviate the problem.

Question 24

endurance

Answer 24

sự chịu đựng

Question 24

magnitude

Answer 24

rộng lớn
Ex: We did not realize the magnitude of the problem.