Vocabulary 20

Question 1

gym equipment

Answer 1

máy tập thể dục

Question 2

weight, such as a weight you’d lift for exercise, like a barbell

Answer 2

tạ

Question 3

lift weights

Answer 3

cử tạ

Question 4

the sport of lifting weights

Answer 4

môn thể thao cử tạ

Question 5

murky, dim, cloudy, nebulous

Answer 5

âm u

Question 6

Banyan Tree

Answer 6

cây đa

Question 7

look at, face, look after

Answer 7

trông

Question 8

adopt

Answer 8

nhận nuôi

Question 9

sorry, regret; not for what you did, but you regret something that happened to someone, like a friend dying.

Answer 9

tiếc

Question 10

gone / passed away / dead

Answer 10

đi rồi

Question 11

I’m sorry that he has gone (passed away)

Answer 11

tôi rất tiếc vì anh ấy đã đi rồi

Question 12

when (but only used in a question)

Answer 12

lúc nào

Question 13

when (in a statement)

Answer 13

khi nào

Question 14

when

Answer 14

bao giờ

Question 15

“when” - if answering a question about when something happened, you use this word, not lúc nào

Answer 15

thì

Question 16

at (a particular time,

Answer 16

lúc or vào lúc

Question 17

at (for specifying a time, can be used whether it’s an hour, week, month, year, season)

Answer 17

vào; vì du: vào mùa hè; in the summer

Question 18

the children; the kids (if there are only two)

Answer 18

các con

Question 19

the children (any plural number)

Answer 19

nhũng con

Question 20

lost in the sense of losing your way; can’t use for losing your wallet

Answer 20

lạc

Question 21

lose something forever (or, with time, “waste”) time

Answer 21

mất

Question 22

cut or bruise

Answer 22

đứt

Question 23

suffer a broken arm

Answer 23

bi đứt tay

Question 24

shining

Answer 24

sáng

Question 25

It’s getting dark

Answer 25

Trời đang tối (they use tối to mean both night and dark)

Question 26

moon

Answer 26

trăng

Question 27

shine

Answer 27

sáng

Question 28

night

Answer 28

đêm (or tối)

Question 29

the night is bright (as because of a full moon).

Answer 29

đêm (or tối) nay trăng sáng”

Question 30

tonight the the moon is bright

Answer 30

đêm (or tối) nay trăng sáng”

Question 31

lose something

Answer 31

sẩy

Question 32

aunt

Answer 32

dì

Question 33

breastfeed / suckle

Answer 33

bú

Question 34

old fashioned saying about family bonds: if you lose your father, you still have an uncle; if you lose your mother, your aunt will breastfeed you

Answer 34

sẩy cha còn chú; sẩy mẹ bú dì