Vocabulary

Question 1

paperwork

Answer 1

/ˈpeɪpəwɜːk/

The written work that is part of a job, such as filling in forms or writing letters and reports

Ex: I spent the afternoon doing routine paperwork.

Question 2

jammed

Answer 2

/dʒæmd/
1. Adj: not able to move

Ex: I can’t get the door open—it’s completely jammed.

Paper jammed

2. very full; crowded

Hundreds more people were waiting outside the jammed stadium.

Question 3

liquor

Answer 3

/ˈlɪkər/

strong alcoholic drink

Ex: liquor aisle (dãy hàng rượu bia)

Question 4

grocery

Answer 4

Grocery store
Buy the groceries (Mua thực phẩm)

Question 5

shopping cart

Answer 5

Xe đẩy hàng

Question 6

detergent

Answer 6

Ex: a laundry detergent (Nước giặt)

Tide detergent (Bột giặt Tide)

Question 7

produce section

Answer 7

Dãy hàng rau củ

Question 8

aisle

Answer 8

/aɪl/
a passage between rows of seats in a church, theatre, train, etc., or between rows of shelves in a supermarket

• an aisle seat (= in a plane or train)
• Coffee and tea are in the next aisle.

Question 9

fuss

Answer 9

/fʌs/ noun
unnecessary excitement, worry, or activity
- I hated all that fuss and bother.
- without fuss. He does what he’s told without any fuss.
- We’d like a quiet wedding without any fuss.
- fuss over something. All that fuss over a few pounds!
- fuss about something. It was all a fuss about nothing.

Question 10

bet

Answer 10

to bet = to be sure
you can bet = you can be certain = you can be sure
Ex: You can bet that’s where my car seat would be strapped

Question 11

shrug

Answer 11

• to shrug your shoulders
• to raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about something

Ex: Sam shrugged and said nothing.

Question 12

cast

Answer 12

noun
(also plaster cast)
a case made of plaster of Paris that covers a broken bone and protects it
Ex: In a cast. Her leg’s in a cast.

Question 13

cripple

Answer 13

/ˈkrɪpl/

an offensive word for a person who is physically disabled, especially one who cannot walk well or at all

Question 14

flash

Answer 14

• to flash a smile = a blinding smile
• flash somebody (Nháy mắt). She flashed me because I was driving slowly.

Question 15

sneak

Answer 15

/sniːk/
- to go somewhere secretly, trying to avoid being seen
Ex: Did you sneak into my room while I was asleep?

• to do something or take somebody/something somewhere secretly, often without permission
  Ex:
  + sneak something: We sneaked a look at her diary.
  + sneak something to somebody: I managed to sneak a note to him.
  + sneak somebody something: I managed to sneak him a note.

Question 16

deadly

Answer 16

adj = can kill you easily

Question 17

gravel

Answer 17

noun /ˈɡrævl/
​ small stones, often used to make the surface of paths and roads

=> sỏi đá

Question 18

pit

Answer 18

noun
[countable] a large deep hole in the ground

Question 19

awesome

Answer 19

adj /ˈɔːsəm/
very impressive or very difficult and perhaps rather frightening

Question 20

grant

Answer 20

noun
a sum of money that is given by the government or by another organization to be used for a particular purpose

Question 21

sneeze

Answer 21

verb /sniːz/
to have air come suddenly and noisily out through your nose and mouth in a way that you cannot control, for example because you have a cold

Question 22

estimate

Answer 22

noun /ˈestɪmət/
a judgement that you make without having the exact details or figures about the size, amount, cost, etc. of something

Question 23

icebreaker

Answer 23

noun /ˈaɪsbreɪkə(r)/
a thing that you do or say, such as a game or a joke, to make people feel more relaxed, especially at the beginning of a meeting, party, etc.

Question 24

footbridge

Answer 24

noun /ˈfʊtbrɪdʒ/
a narrow bridge used only by people who are walking

Question 25

municipal

Answer 25

adj /mjuːˈnɪsɪpl/
connected with or belonging to a town, city or district that has its own local government

Question 26

poplar tree

Answer 26

cây dương

Question 27

cookery

Answer 27

noun /ˈkʊkəri/
the art or activity of preparing and cooking food

Question 28

coach

Answer 28

noun /kəʊtʃ/
also mean Xe khách

Question 29

cab

Answer 29

noun
a taxi
I’ll call you a cab.

Question 30

ambitious

Answer 30

adj /æmˈbɪʃəs/
determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc.
(Tham vọng)

Question 31

stable

Answer 31

noun
[countable] a building in which horses are kept

Question 32

courtyard

Answer 32

noun /ˈkɔːtjɑːd/
an open space that is partly or completely surrounded by buildings and is usually part of a castle, a large house, etc.

Question 33

allergy

Answer 33

noun /ˈælədʒi/
a medical condition that causes you to react badly or feel ill when you eat or touch a particular substance

Question 34

satisfactory

Answer 34

adj /ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri/
good enough for a particular purpose

Question 35

defrost

Answer 35

verb /diːˈfrɒst/
[intransitive, transitive] (of food) to become warmer so that it is no longer frozen; to make food warmer so that it is no longer frozen

defrost mode: Chế độ rã đông

Question 36

diagnostic

Answer 36

noun /ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪk/
(also diagnostic program) [countable] (computing) a program used for identifying a computer fault
Chẩn đoán

Question 37

horseplay

Answer 37

noun /ˈhɔːspleɪ/
rough noisy play in which people push or hit each other for fun
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