Word Flashcards

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Abbreviate

Abbreviation=Contraction

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viết tắt

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Monophthong(n)

Monothongal(adj)

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từ 1 âm

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diphthong(n)
dipthongal(adj)
diphthongize(v)
diphthongization(n)

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từ 2 âm

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Concrete noun

abstract noun

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cụ thể,dựa trên thực tế

trừu tượng,mang tính lí thuyết

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simple noun>

compound(n,v,adj) noun

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danh từ đơn>

danh từ ghép

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Transitive

Intransitive

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ngoại đt

nội đt

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proverb /ˈprɒvɜːb/
1.a well-known phrase or sentence that gives advice or says something that is generally true, for example ‘Waste not, want not.’
As the old proverb has it: ‘A stitch in time saves nine’.
As a Chinese proverb has it: ‘The fish will be the last to discover the water.’

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case
1.the form of a noun, an adjective or a pronoun in some languages, that shows its relationship to another world
*as the case may be
​used to say that one of two or more possibilities is true, but which one is true depends on the circumstances
There may be an announcement about this tomorrow—or not, as the case may be.
*be on somebody’s case
​(informal) to criticize somebody all the time
She’s always on my case about cleaning my room
*get off my case
​(informal) used to tell somebody to stop criticizing you
*in any case
​whatever happens or may have happened
There’s no point complaining now—we’re leaving tomorrow in any case.
*in case of something
​(often on official notices)
if something happens
In case of fire, ring the alarm bell.
*in that case
​if that happens or has happened; if that is the situation
‘I’ve made up my mind.’ ‘In that case, there’s no point discussing it.’

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hình thái thành lập từ

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lexis=vocabulary

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morpheme /ˈmɔːfiːm/
1.​the smallest unit of meaning that a word can be divided into
The word ‘like’ contains one morpheme but ‘un-like-ly’ contains three.

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nghĩa của từ

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regular vs irregular

  1. changing their form in the same way as most other verbs and nouns
  2. not formed in the normal way
    ex: regular verb vs irregular verb
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theo quy tắc

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syntax

1.the way that words and phrases are put together to form sentences in a language; the rules of grammar for this

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cú pháp,trật tự câu

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linguistics /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/

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ngôn ngữ học

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superlative /suːˈpɜːlətɪv/
1.the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses the highest degree of something
It’s hard to find enough superlatives to describe this book.
2.excellent
comparative
1.the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses more in amount, degree or quality
‘Better’ is the comparative of ‘good’ and ‘more difficult’ is the comparative of ‘difficult’.

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cấp so sánh nhất

cấp so sánh hơn

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infinitive
1.the basic form of a verb such as be or run. In English, an infinitive is used by itself, for example swim in She can swim (this use is sometimes called the bare infinitive), or with to (the to-infinitive) as in She likes to swim.
Modal verbs generally take the bare infinitive.
The use of the split infinitive is now generally acceptable.
You use ‘have’ to form the perfect infinitive of a verb.

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nguyên mẫu

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reflexive
a reflexive word or form of a word shows that the action of the verb affects the person who performs the action
In ‘He cut himself’, ‘cut’ is a reflexive verb and ‘himself’ is a reflexive pronoun.

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phản thân

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interrogative /ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv/ (adj,n)
1.(formal) asking a question; in the form of a question
an interrogative gesture/remark/sentence
2.(grammar) used in questions
interrogative pronouns/determiners/adverbs (= for example, who, which and why)

interrogate /ɪnˈterəɡeɪt/ (under) interrogation /ɪnˌterəˈɡeɪʃn/
1. to ask somebody a lot of questions over a long period of time, especially in an aggressive way
He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours.
Soon after we arrived, I was interrogated about my parents and our home life.

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từ nghi vấn,mang tính hỏi

tra khảo,chất vấn

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18
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definite article vs indefinite article

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mạo từ xác định vs ko xác định

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imperative
1.the form of a verb that expresses an order; a verb in this form
‘Go away!’ is an imperative.
in the imperative In ‘Go away!’ the verb is in the imperative.
2.(formal) a thing that is very important and needs immediate attention or action; a factor that makes something necessary
the economic imperative of quality education for all
the biological imperatives that guide male and female behaviour

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câu mệnh lệnh

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adverbial /ædˈvɜːbiəl/
1.(of a word or phrase) adding more information about place, time, manner, cause or degree to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or another adverb
‘Very quickly indeed’ is an adverbial phrase.

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phó từ

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determiner

a word such as the, some, my, etc. that comes before a noun to show how the noun is being used

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từ hạn định,định lượng

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quotation marks
/kwəʊˈteɪʃn mɑːks/
a pair of marks (‘  ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual way
Put direct speech in quotation marks.

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ngoặc đôi

23
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proper noun vs common noun

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danh từ riêng vs danh từ chung

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part of speech=word class

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từ loại

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defining=restrictive
1. (of relative clauses) explaining which particular person or thing you are talking about rather than giving extra information about them. In ‘The books which are on the table are mine’, ‘which are on the table’ is a defining relative clause.

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dạng rút gọn của mệnh đề qu

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subordinate clause=dependent clause
1.a group of words that is not a sentence but adds information to the main part of a sentence, for example when it rang in She answered the phone when it rang.

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mệnh đề trạng ngữ

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coordinate clause /kəʊˌɔːdɪnət ˈklɔːz/
each of two or more parts of a sentence, often joined by and, or, but, etc., that make separate statements that each have equal importance
In the sentence ‘It stopped raining and the sun came out’, ‘It stopped raining’ and ‘the sun came out’ are both coordinate clauses, joined by the word ‘and’.

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mệnh đề đẳng lập

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continuous=progressive(adj)
1. connected with the form of a verb (for example I am waiting or It is raining) that is made from a part of be and the present participle. Progressive forms are used to express an action that continues for a period of time.
2.in favour of new ideas, modern methods and change
progressive schools
3.happening or developing steadily
a progressive reduction in the size of the workforce
a progressive muscular disease

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thuộc về chia động từ ht tiếp diễn

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spoken-word(n)

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văn nói

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simile /ˈsɪməli/
1.​a word or phrase that compares something to something else, using the words like or as, for example a face like a mask or as white as snow; the use of such words and phrases
The General liked to apply military similes to a very wide variety of matters.
the writer’s use of simile

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từ so sánh,câu so sánh,lối so sánh

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metaphor /ˈmetəfə(r)/, /ˈmetəfɔː(r)/
1.a word or phrase used to describe somebody/something else, in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful, for example She has a heart of stone; the use of such words and phrases
a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life
the writer’s striking use of metaphor

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ẩn dụ

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schwa /ʃwɑː/
1.a vowel sound in parts of words that are not stressed, for example the ‘a’ in about or the ‘e’ in moment; the phonetic symbol for this, /ə/

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âm lười

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personal pronoun

/ˌpɜːsənl ˈprəʊnaʊn/

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đại từ nhân xưng

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dialect /ˈdaɪəlekt/
1.the form of a language that is spoken in one area with grammar, words and pronunciation that may be different from other forms of the same language
the Yorkshire dialect
dialect words/expressions

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ngôn ngữ địa phg

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indiolect /ˈɪdiəlekt/

1.the way that a particular person uses language

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cách một ng dùng ngôn ngữ

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grammatical vs ungrammatical

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37
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agree
agree (with something) to match a word or phrase in number, gender or person
In ‘Tom likes jazz’, the singular verb ‘likes’ agrees with the subject ‘Tom’.

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đc dùng với

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parenthesis /pəˈrenθəsɪs/ (plural parentheses /pəˈrenθəsiːz/
1.a word, sentence, etc. that is added to a speech or piece of writing, especially in order to give extra information. In writing, it is separated from the rest of the text using brackets, commas or dashes.
in parenthesis I add, in parenthesis, that I doubt whether such a place exists.
I should say, in parenthesis, that these figures cannot always be trusted.
2.(British English bracket, round bracket)
[usually plural] either of a pair of marks, ( ) placed around extra information in a piece of writing or part of a problem in mathematics
in parentheses Irregular forms are given in parentheses.

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chú thích

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particle
1. an adverb or a preposition that can combine with a verb to make a phrasal verb
In ‘She tore up the letter’, the word ‘up’ is a particle.
adverbial particle /ædˌvɜːbiəl ˈpɑːtɪkl/
1.an adverb used especially after a verb to show position, direction of movement, etc.
In ‘come back’, ‘break down’ and ‘fall off’, ‘back’, ‘down’ and ‘off’ are all adverbial particles.

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tiểu từ

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homonym
1.a word that is spelt like another word (or pronounced like it) but that has a different meaning, for example can meaning ‘be able’ and can meaning ‘put something in a container’
homophone
1.a word that is pronounced like another word but has a different spelling or meaning, for example plain, plane /pleɪn/
homograph
1.a word that is spelt like another word but has a different meaning from it, and may have a different pronunciation, for example bow /baʊ/, bow /bəʊ/

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từ đồng âm

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fable

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truyện ngụ ngôn

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euphemism /ˈjuːfəmɪzəm/ euphemistic /ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪk/
1.euphemism (for something) an indirect word or phrase that people often use to refer to something embarrassing or unpleasant, sometimes to make it seem more acceptable than it really is
‘Pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die’.
‘User fees’ is just a politician’s euphemism for taxes.

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từ nói giảm nói tránh

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ellipsis /ɪˈlɪpsɪs/ (plural ellipses /ɪˈlɪpsiːz/

  1. (grammar) the act of leaving out a word or words from a sentence deliberately, when the meaning can be understood without them
  2. three small marks (…) used to show that a word or words have been left out
    ex: “sounds good” is an ellipsis
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dấu chẩm lửng,tĩnh lược từ

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code word

1.code word (for something) a word or phrase with a secret meaning that is used instead of the usual name for something

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biệt ngữ

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cluster /ˈklʌstə(r)/
1.a group of things of the same type that grow or appear close together
The telescope is focused on a dense cluster of stars at the edge of the galaxy.
The plant bears its flowers in clusters.
a leukaemia cluster (= an area where there are more cases of the disease than you would expect)
2.a group of people, animals or things close together
a cluster of spectators
a little cluster of houses
3.a group of consonants that come together in a word or phrase, for example /str/ at the beginning of string
a consonant cluster

cluster(v)
1.to come together in a small group or groups
cluster together The children clustered together in the corner of the room.
cluster around/round/at somebody/something The doctors clustered anxiously around his bed.

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articulate /ɑːˈtɪkjuleɪt/
1.articulate something (to somebody) (formal) to express or explain your thoughts or feelings clearly in words
She struggled to articulate her thoughts.
It is the school’s duty to articulate its practices to parents.
2. to speak, pronounce or play something in a clear way
He was too drunk to articulate properly.
articulate something Every note was carefully articulated.
She spoke slowly, articulating each word clearly.

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analogy /əˈnælədʒi/
1.a comparison of one thing with another thing that has similar features; a feature that is similar
analogy (between A and B) The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump.
analogy (with something) There are no analogies with any previous legal cases
2.the process of comparing one thing with another thing that has similar features in order to explain it
learning by analogy
We can understand this theory by analogy with human beings.
analogue /ˈænəlɒɡ/ formal
1.a thing that is similar to another thing
Scientists are attempting to compare features of extinct animals with living analogues.

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so sánh

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inversion
1.the act of changing the position or order of something to its opposite, or of turning something into a position in which the top of it is where the bottom of it normally is
the inversion of normal word order
an inversion of the truth

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đảo ngữ

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non-defining=non-restrictive /ˌnɒn dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ/
1.(of relative clauses ) giving extra information about a noun phrase, inside commas in writing or in a particular intonation in speech. In ‘My brother, who lives in France, is coming to Rome with us’, the part between the commas is a non-defining relative clause.

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cụm từ k xác định trong mệnh đề k xác định

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paradox /ˈpærədɒks/ vs theorem,law
1. a statement containing two opposite ideas that make it seem impossible or unlikely, although it is probably true; the use of this in writing
‘More haste, less speed’ is a well-known paradox.
It’s a work full of paradox and ambiguity.

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nghịch lý

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alliteration /əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃn/
1.the use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are close together, as in sing a song of sixpence
assonance /ˈæsənəns/
1.the effect created when two syllables in words that are close together have the same vowel sound, but different consonants, or the same consonants but different vowels, for example, sonnet and porridge or cold and killed

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