vocab 3

Question 1

admittance

Answer 1

• sự cho vào,sự nhận vào
  Ex: He was refused admittance into the country.

Question 2

admittedly

Answer 2

phải thừa nhận là
Ex: Admittedly, it is rather expensive, but you don’t need to use much.

Question 3

party

Answer 3

đảng
Ex: the guilty/innocent party
idioms: -be (a) party to something: to be involved in an agreement or action
Ex: to be party to a decision
-bring something to the party/table: to contribute something useful to a discussion, project, etc.
Ex: What Hislop brought to the party was real commitment and energy.

Question 4

field hospital

Answer 4

bệnh viện dã chiến

Question 5

newly-wed

Answer 5

người mới kết hôn
The newly-weds spent their honeymoon in Venice.

Question 6

abate

Answer 6

làm dịu đi, làm yếu đi, làm giảm bớt
Ex: The storm showed no signs of abating.

Question 7

abiding

Answer 7

không thay đổi, vĩnh cửu
ex: He is an artist with an abiding concern for humanity.

Question 8

landslide

Answer 8

sản lở đất
Ex: The house was buried beneath a landslide.

Question 9

beneath

Answer 9

-in or to a lower position than somebody/something; under somebody/something
Ex: They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves.
- không đáng, không xứng đáng
Ex: He considers such jobs beneath him.

Question 10

acclimatise

Answer 10

thích nghi với
Ex: Competitors should arrive two weeks earlier to get acclimated to the sweltering heat.

Question 11

sweltering =stifling

Answer 11

very hot in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable
Ex: sweltering heat

Question 12

stifling

Answer 12

• ngột ngạt, khó thở
  Ex: ‘It’s stifling in here—can we open a window?’
• making you feel trapped and unable to do or say what you want
  Ex: At 25, she found family life stifling.

Question 13

sedentary

Answer 13

thụ động, lười nhác
ex: a sedentary job/occupation/lifestyle

Question 14

puzzle

Answer 14

rối rắm,khó hiểu
Ex:
The deeper meaning of the poem remains a puzzle.

Question 15

erroneous

Answer 15

not correct; based on wrong information, sai lầm
Ex: The theory is based on several erroneous beliefs.

Question 16

assess

Answer 16

-đánh giá
Ex: Accurately assessing environmental impacts is very complex.
- to calculate the amount or value of something
Ex: They have assessed the amount of compensation to be paid.

Question 17

illusion

Answer 17

ảo tưởng

Question 18

disgust

Answer 18

• ghê tởm
  Ex: I can only feel disgust for these criminals.

Question 19

disguise

Answer 19

• sự cải trang
  ex: They got in disguised as security guards.
• to hide something or change it, so that it cannot be recognized= conceal
  Ex: She made no attempt to disguise her surprise.

Question 20

harass

Answer 20

• quấy rối
  ex: He has complained of being harassed by the police.
• to make repeated attacks on an enemy
  Ex: Our convoys are being continually harassed by enemy submarines.

Question 21

embark

Answer 21

• to get onto a ship or plane; to put somebody/something onto a ship or plane
  Ex: We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked.

Question 22

revoke

Answer 22

to officially cancel something so that it is no longer legally acceptable ( thu hồi)
Ex: Your licence may be revoked at any time.

Question 23

substantial

Answer 23

-large in amount, value or importance, đáng kể= considerable
Ex: substantial sums of money
- ) large and solid; strongly built
Ex: a substantial house