Vocabulary Flashcards
Liberate
To have someone or something to be free
= free
Ex: after many months of fighting, soldier managed to liberate the village
Fight (n)
Battle
Ex: my history, teacher says that around 10,000 people died during the fight on D-day during World War II
In ancient times
The past
Ex: the city, was well known in the past for its many temples and monuments
Depiction of
The way that something is presented or shown
Ex: I disapprove of the depiction of violence on television
Plot
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
Autobiography
A book about a person’s life, written by that person (Hồi ký)
Ex: Toni Blair’s autobiography Was a bestseller
Biography
The life story of a person written by someone else
Ex: he wants to write a biography of Houston Clinton
Tomb
= grave
Mummy
Shed (v)
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
Disprove (v)
To prove something is not true
Ex: scientists disproved that the murder theory was wrong
Ultimately
Finally after a series of things have happened
Ex: genetic problems may ultimately have contributed to his death
Miraculously
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
Bring something to light
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
Depiction
The way something is represented or shown
Ex: I disapprove of the depiction of violence on television
