Vocabulary Flashcards

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Liberate

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To have someone or something to be free
= free

Ex: after many months of fighting, soldier managed to liberate the village

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Fight (n)

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Battle

Ex: my history, teacher says that around 10,000 people died during the fight on D-day during World War II

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In ancient times

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The past

Ex: the city, was well known in the past for its many temples and monuments

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Depiction of

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The way that something is presented or shown

Ex: I disapprove of the depiction of violence on television

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Plot

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Secret plan made by several people to do something harmful

Ex: the plot to blow up the houses of government failed, and the suspect was hanged for his crime

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Autobiography

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A book about a person’s life, written by that person (Hồi ký)

Ex: Toni Blair’s autobiography Was a bestseller

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Biography

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The life story of a person written by someone else

Ex: he wants to write a biography of Houston Clinton

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Tomb

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= grave

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9
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Mummy

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Shed (v)

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shed light on something
To provide information about something or to make something easier to understand

Ex:experts hope the plane’s recorded will shed light on the cause of the crash

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Disprove (v)

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To prove something is not true

Ex: scientists disproved that the murder theory was wrong

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Ultimately

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Finally after a series of things have happened
Ex: genetic problems may ultimately have contributed to his death

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Miraculously

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Very effective or difficult to believe

Ex miraculously, DNA analysis on several mummies enabled the scientists to fill in many names on his family tree

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Bring something to light

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If so brown brings something to light, they discovery or or make it known publicly

Ex the scientists brought to light information lost for thousands of years

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Depiction

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The way something is represented or shown
Ex: I disapprove of the depiction of violence on television

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Rule

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To control or be the person is in charge of something such as a country
Ex: his family ruled for centuries after his death