Advanced Words 4 Flashcards
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- to allow someone or something to make decisions for you or tell you what to do because of your respect for them or because of their higher rank, authority, knowledge, etc.
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Defer to sb/sth:
Formal
Ex: I have to defer to my boss on important decisions
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- In sports such as tennis, to hit the ball to the other player as a way of starting the game
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Serve(v):
Ex: whose turn is it to serve?
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- In sports such as tennis the act of hitting the ball to the other player to start play
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Service(n):
Ex: she has a very fast service
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- The score in tennis when players have 40 points
- The word for “two” in some cards and dice games
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Deuce(n):
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The deuce:
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- used in questions to express anger or surprise
Ex: what the deuce do you think you’re doing?
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- The act of thinking carefully and for a long period about something
- sự nhai lại
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Rumination(n):
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- involving a lot of excited movement or activity
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Frenetic(adj):
Ex: after weeks of frenetic activity the job was finally finished
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- Deep respect and often praise shown for person or god
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homage(n):
Ex: on this occasion we pay homage to him for his achievements
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 elude(v):
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- If something that you want eludes you, you do not succeed in achieving it
Formal
Ex: The gold medal continues to elude her
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- The good reputation a person or organization has
- height
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Stature(n):
/staechow/
Ex: his stature as an art critic was tremendous
His red hair and short stature made him easy to recognize
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- The fact that someone likes sth or likes to do sth
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Proclivity(n):
Formal
Ex: His proclivity for shapely blondes
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- Time that you spend with sb, giving them your full attention because you value the relationship
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Quality time(n):
Ex: he spends quality time with his children every day
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- killing and violence
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Bloodshed (n):
Ex: The army was brought in to try to prevent further bloodshed
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- to cause sb to experience sth less strongly than before
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Desensitize(v):
Ex: seeing too much violence on television can desensitize people to it
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- Very comfortable and of very high quality
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Deluxe(adj):
Ex: A deluxe hotel in Paris
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- to agree with a person or an organization and work with them or support their ideas
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Align yourself with sth/sb:
Ex: the company has committed to align itself closely with specialty retailers
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- to disapprove of sth
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frown on/upon sth:
Ex: smoking is frowned upon in many societies
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- wield the power/influence
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Hold sway
Formal
Ex: party leaders held sway over the hearings
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- a period of time when an illness is less severe or is not affecting anyone
- a reduction of the time that a person has to stay in prison
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Remission(n):
Formal
Ex: her cancer has been in remission for several years
He was given three month’s remission for good behavior
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- a feeling of friendliness towards people that you work or share an experience with
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Camaraderie(n):
= comradeship
Ex: when you’ve been climbing alone for hours there’s a tremendous sense of camaraderie when you meet another climber
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- to show people that sb is not as perfect as they seem to be
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Knock sb off their pedestal
Ex : this recent scandal has really knocked the president off his pedestal
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- to have a continuous up and down movement or shape, like waves on the sea
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Undulate(v):
Ex: the road undulates for five miles before a steep climb
23
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Gynecologist (n):
/gainowcalowgist/
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Bác sĩ phụ khoa
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- to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss
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Sustain(v):
Ex: She sustained multiple injuries in the accident.
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- the changing of an employee’s working conditions with the aim of forcing their resignation
Constructive dismissal(n):
Ex: she is claiming constructive dismissal against her former employers
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- the relationships within organizations that allow particular people to have power over others
Office politics(n):
Ex: She seems good at handling office politics.
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- to do your work/business
Ply your trade:
Ex: street vendors ply their trade on street corners across the country
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- to stay working in a job
Hold down:
Ex: he’s never been able to hold down a steady job
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- to remove sb from sth such as a job/a set of responsibilities or sth that they are carrying
- to rob sb of sth (humorous)
Relieve sb of sth:
Formal
Ex: may i relieve you of that heavy bag?
The pickpocket delicately relieved him of his wallet
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- to keep working, hold a position, or stay swh until after the end of an agreed period of time
Serve sth out:
Ex: he served out his contract after he’d given notice
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- the period of time that an employee must work in their job after they have said that they are leaving, or after they have been asked to leave
Notice period(n):
Ex: a notice period of two months
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- to lose the right to do or have sth because you have broken a rule
Forfeit(v):
Ex: if you cancel now, you forfeit your deposit
These people have forfeited the right to live in society
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- to persuade sb who works for sb else to come and work for you
Poach(v):
Ex: they were furious when one of their best managers was poached by their rival company
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- a person/an organization with a lot of power/influence
Big shot/noise(n):
Ex: he is trying to become a big shot in the mortgage business
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Solicitor(n):
Cố vấn pháp lý
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- one of the managers who are responsible for the most important activities
Line manager(n):
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- to make sb do sth that they do not want to do
Force sb’s hand:
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- sth that you get for working, in addition to your pay, that is not in the form of money
Fringe benefit(n):
Ex: fringe benefits include a company car and free health insurance
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- to officially accuse sb of an offense
File a suit/a lawsuit/charges against sb:
Ex: I’m going to file charges against my neighbors if he keeps harassing me like that
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- moving or able to move to a higher social class
Upwardly mobile:
Ex: the meeting attracted upwardly mobile professional and political women
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- a legal action that is organized by a group of people who all have the same legal problem
Class action(n):
Ex: a class-action lawsuit
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- to use sth for a different purpose
- to entertain sb
Divert(v):
Ex: should more funds be diverted from roads to railways?
It’s a great game for diverting restless kids on long car rides
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- sb who makes sure that things are done according to a dead person’s will
Executor(n):
Ex: she died recently and I’m the executor of her will
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- sb who makes a legal complaint about sb else in a court of law
Plaintiff(n):
(Nguyên đơn)
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- a place where people are stopped and asked questions and vehicles are examined
Checkpoint(n):
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- a decision based only on a specific rule and not on any other consideration
- a detail or small matter
Technicality(n):
Ex: He was disqualified from the competition on a technicality.
The case was dismissed on a technicality and will be retried at a later date.
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Dividend(n):
- cổ tức
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- one or more of the lawyers taking part in a legal case
- advice
- to give advice
Counsel(n):
Ex: Maloney skipped the meeting on the advice of counsel
My job involves counselling unemployed people on/about how to find work.
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- a legal document from a law court that tells you that you will be involved in a legal process and explains what you must do
- the authority to rule and make law
Writ(n):
Ex: There have been at least seven writs issued against him for late payment of bills.
Holy writ
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Precinct(n):
- a division of a city or town, esp. an area protected by one police station, or a division used for elections
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Publicly-quoted company:
- công ty niêm yết
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- to cause sb to be involved in an unrest/straits
Embroil(v):
Ex: she had no desire to embroil herself in lengthy lawsuits with the tabloid newspaper
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- a difficult situation
Straits(n):
[plr]
Ex: so many companies are in such dire straits that their prices have come right down
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- predicament
Plight(n):
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- a fight in public place
Affray(n):
Ex: Wallace was charged with causing an affray at a Southampton nightclub
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- the act of getting money from people or forcing them to do sth by threatening to tell a secret of theirs or to harm them
Blackmail(n, v):
Ex: if you are in a position of aithority, any weakness leaves you open to blackmail
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Bribery(n):
- hối lộ
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- the act of getting sth by force or threats
Extortion(n):
Ex: he was found guilty of obtaining the money by extortion
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- Involvement in a dishonest scheme to trick people
Racketeering(n):
Ex: they took part in racketeering activity which included money laundering and fraud.
—> racket(n): an illegal or dishonest way of making money
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- prohibitive
Extortionate (adj):
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- to take sb to court for a trial
Have sb up
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- a person who is unwilling to work
Layabout (n):
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- to produce large amounts of something quickly
Churn sth out:
Ex: She churns out a new best-selling novel every year.
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- to give money or goods in a (too) generous way to a lot of people
Ladle sth out:
Ex: In those days doctors ladled out antibiotics to patients.
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- a hard area at the side of a main road where a driver can stop if there is a serious problem
Hard shoulder/margin/shoulder(n):
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- unwilling to be noticed or to be with other people
Retiring(adj):
Formal
Ex: to be shy and retiring
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Have a hide/skin like a rhinoceros
- to have the ability ro ignore verbal attacks or opprobrium from others
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- to force sb to leave a position of power, job, or competition
Oust(v):
Ex: the president was ousted from power in a military coup in January 1987
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- a sudden illegal taking of government power
Coup(n):
Ex: a military coup
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- affecting everyone or everything within an organization, system or society
Across-the-board(adj):
Ex: the proposed across-the-board cuts for all state agencies will total 84 million dollars
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- to fully understand all the details of an issue or situation
To be across sth:
Ex: Ayanokouji is across all the knowledge of various fields
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- very special and suitable for a king or queen
Regal(adj):
/ri…/
Ex: a regal pose/manner
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Pick up the tab/bill (for sth):
- to pay for sth, esp. for what sb else bought or used
Ex: the company will pick up the tab for this trip
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Artillery shell(n):
- Đạn pháo
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Rogue(adj):
- behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage
Ex: a rogue state
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- military weapons such as guns and bombs
Munitions (n):
Ex: a munitions depot
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- mạng lưới điện
Power grid(n):
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- to leave a position or place (=decamp)
Vacate(v):
Formal /vei…/
Ex: when he left the uni, he had to vacate his university-provided housing
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- a situation in which an agreement in an argument does not seem possible
Standoff(n):
Ex: the standoff between potential buyers and sellers has effects throughout the economy
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- a regular rise and fall of sound
Cadence(n):
/keidowns/
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- the quality of including a lot of small details
Granularity(n):
Formal
Ex: the marketing analysis offers a high level of granularity
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- a substance that is not medicine, but that is given to someone who is told that it is a medicine, used to test the effect of a drug or to please a patient
Placebo(n):
/plowsibau/
Ex: She was only given a placebo, but she claimed she got better - that's the placebo effect.
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- sth that is allowed or the act of allowing sth
- the act of admitting defeat
Concession(n):
—>Concede(v)
Ex: he stated firmly that no concessions will be made to the terrorists
The former president’s concession came even before all the votes had been counted
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- to allow a person to vote
Enfranchise(v):
Formal
Ex: women in britain were first enfranchised jn 1918
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- to take away money or property especially for public use without payment to the owner, or for personal use illegally
Expropriate(v):
Ex: he was discovered to have been expropriating company funds
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- a small part left from something larger and more important, esp. one that is no longer used
Vestige(n):
Formal
Ex:  Vestiges of ancient settlements can be seen in the caves.
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- a person or group that is ridiculed
Laughingstock(n):
Ex: this team has become the laughingstock of the league
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- to show the limits of sth
Demark/demarcate(v):
Ex: parking spaces are demarcated by white lines
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- an action of opposition by many people in one area of a country against those who are in power
Uprising/rising(n):
= insurrection
Ex: following a determined resistance in the east, there was eventually a popular uprising in the capital
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- to consider sth or to help other people consider sth in its context
Contextualize(v):
Formal
Ex: displays at the museum help to contextualise each work of art
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- to separate sb from sth
Decouple(v):
Ex: some people hope to decouple migration policy from party politics
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- having strange or unusual habits, or features
Idiosyncratic(adj):
Ex: he follows a very idiosyncratic schedule
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- a system used to make a digital record of all the occasions a cryptocurrency is bought or sold
Blockchain(n):
Ex: blockchain technology has the potential to transform business operating models
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- the total value of a company’s shares on a stock market
Market capitalization/capitalization/market cap(n):
Ex: the company has a total market cap of about 12mil dollars
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- indiscernible
Unfathomable(adj):
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- to suddenly experience a particular state, such as being famous
Be catapulted into sth:
Ex: the award for best actress meant that almost overnight she was catapulted into the limelight
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- unpleasant, immoral and unconscionable
Vile (adj):
Ex: this cheese smells vile
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- the death penalty
Capital punishment (n):
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- a period of time when a criminal must behave well and not commit any more crimes in order to avoid being sent to prison
Probation (n):
( tg quản chế)
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- the early release of a prisoner on good behavior or for compassionate reasons
Parole (n):
(đặc xá)
Ex: he’s been released on parole
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Plead guilty/innocent:
- nhận tội/ k nhận tội
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- to send a person who has been accused of a crime back to prison until more evidence can be collected
Remand(v):
Ex: he was remanded on theft charges
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- to take sth illegally from a person, company, etc.
Defraud(v):
Ex: he was found guilty of defrauding the internal revenue service
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- an amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial.
Bail(n):
Tiền bảo lãnh
Ex: he was released/remanded on bail of $100,000
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- to make an official request for sth
File for (divorce/bankruptcy/etc.):
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- to decide officially in a law court that sb is not guilty of a particular crime
Acquit(v):
>< convict(v)
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- an official decision made in a court at the end of a trial
Verdict (n):
Ex: a verdict of guilty/not guilty
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- to catch and arrest sb who had infringed the law
Apprehend (v):
Ex: the assailant was apprehended by police in a hideout near where the attack had taken place
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- to keep sb in prison/penitentiary/in a place used as a prison
Incarcerate (v):
Formal
Ex: thousands of dissidents were interrogated or incarcerated
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- causing a wrong act to be judged less seriously by giving reasons for it
Extenuating (adj):
Formal
Ex: extenuating circumstances: tình tiết giảm nhẹ hình phạt
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- to change a legal decision
Overturn(v):
Ex: the verdict was overturned on appeal to the Hight Court
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- a formal request that a decision be changed
Appeal(n, v):
Ex: her appeal against the dismissal was rejected
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- to announce an official decision
Hand down:
Ex: the judge handed down a mandatory life sentence to the defendant on account of the serious nature of the crime
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- containing bad and false statements about a person
Libellous/libelous(adj):
/lai…/
Ex: libellous accusations
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- changing mood or behavior suddenly and unexpectedly
Capricious (adj):
= mercurial
Ex: a capricious child
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- polite and showing respect
Deferential (adj):
Ex: she’s always deferential towards anyone in authority
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- not telling the truth
Mendacious(adj):
Formal
Ex: some of these statements are misleading and some are downright mendacious
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- fastidious/meticulous(-)
Pedantic (adj):
Ex: he has a narrow, pedantic approach to history that puts us to sleep
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- repeatedly and loudly expressing your opinions or grievances
Vociferous (adj):
Ex: a vociferous opponent of gay right
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- sad and thinking about sth that is impossible/in the past
Wistful(adj):
Ex: i thought about those days with him and grew wistful
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- to be in charge of a formal meeting, ceremony, or trial
Preside(v):
Ex: the vice president will preside at today’s meeting
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- unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about sth
Disgruntled(adj):
= morose
Ex: the players were disgruntled with the umpire
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- a male leader
Patriarch(n):
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- an important supporter of an idea or political system
Protagonist (n):
Ex: Key protagonists of the revolution were hunted down and executed.
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- a soldier who fights for any country or group that pays them (soldier of fortune)
- interested only in the amount of money that you can get from a situation
Mercenary(n, adj):
Ex: He had some mercenary scheme to marry a wealthy widow.
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- staying too close to and depending on a person who is taking care of you
Clingy (adj):
Ex: Jimmy is such a clingy child
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- very silly, unlikely, or unreasonable, often in a way that is humorous
Farcical(adj):
Ex: There were farcical scenes at the meeting.
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- quick and probably not detailed
Cursory (adj):
Ex: a cursory glance/look
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- (of sth that is to your advantage) not planned, happening by chance
Fortuitous (adj):
Ex: the collapse of its rival was a fortuitous opportunity for the company
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- very careful to behave correctly or to give attention to details
Punctilious (adj):
Ex: i am always punctilious in my manners
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- to make sb have a feeling that they had in the past
Rekindle (v):
/…in…/
Ex: The holiday was a last chance to rekindle their love.
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- to give sb social/political rights/freedom
Emancipate(v):
—> emancipation(n) = liberation
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- a place or situation where a lot of a particular activity is happening or might happen
Hotbed (n):
Ex: in the 1960s, the city was a hotbed of crime
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- cruel and unfair
- causing dread
Oppressive(adj):
Ex: an oppressive government/military regime
An oppressive silence
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- not doing things that give you pleasure, esp. not eating good food or drinking alcohol
Abstemious(adj):
Formal
Ex: I believe the people of my country are as sober and abstemious as the people of any other country
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- detrimental, noxious, pernicious
Deleterious(adj):
Formal
Ex: these drugs have a proven deleterious effect on the nervous system
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- having no fixed form or shape
Amorphous(adj):
Ex: an amorphous mass of jelly
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- a method or way of doing sth
Avenue(n):
Ex: we should explore/pursue every avenue in the search for an answer to this problem
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- penniless
Impecunious(adj):
= penurious = indigent
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- (especially of children) showing mental development or achievement much earlier than usual
Precocious (adj):
Ex: A precocious child, she went to university at the age of 15.
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- to hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts
Dissemble(v):
Formal = conceal
Ex: He accused the government of dissembling.
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- to work hard for a long time
Beaver away:
Ex: She has been beavering away at that essay for hours.
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- to work without stopping and with a lot of effort
Hammer away at sth
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- to agree to work with or help someone in the way they have suggested
Play ball:
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- to make someone or something cleaner and tidier or to improve his, her, or its appearance generally
Spruce sb/sth up:
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- to dress someone in special clothes, or decorate something for a special occasion
Deck out:
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- to give money, often unwillingly
Ante up sth:
Ex: At least 200 people have been persuaded to ante up big money for the charity event.
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- sth that prevents an action or an agreement
Stumbling block(n):
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- sth that is not sincere
Hot air(n):
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- khuỷu tay
Funny bone(n):
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- dishonest or immoral behaviour
Hanky-panky(n):
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- strong and loyal in your opinions and attitudes
Staunch(adj):
Ex: he has been a staunch supporter of the liberal party for thirty years
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- determined not to complain or show your feelings
Stoic(adj):
Ex: We knew she must be in pain, despite her stoic attitude.
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- a place that many people like to visit
Mecca (n):
Ex: florence is a mecca for students of art history
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- a situation, condition, etc. that is close to or similar to a particular one
Semblance(n):
(+of)
Ex: the ceasefire brought about a semblance of peace
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- having a good effect on sb/sth
Salutary(adj):
Formal
Ex: a salutary reminder of the dangers of mountain climbing
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- speaking or using several different languages
- cosmopolitan
Polyglot(adj, n):
Formal
Ex: a polyglot bible
Tran Khanh Vy is an admirable polyglot
New York is an exciting polyglot city
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- the people who will exist in the future
Posterity(n):
Ex: every attempt is being made to ensure that these works of art are preserved for posterity
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- bút bi
Ballpoint pen(n):
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- To be having a successful or lucky period
Be on a roll:
Ex: once the experiment succeeded, Tim was on a roll
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- too eager to tell people what to do and having too high an opinion of your own importance
Officious(adj):
= overbearing
Ex: He's an officious little man and widely disliked in the company.
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- providing the right conditions for sth good to happen or exist
Conducive(adj):
Ex: such a noisy environment was not conducive to a good night’s sleep
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- thương hại
Pathetic(adj):
Ex: the refugees were a pathetic sight-starving, frightened and cold
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- to not have enough time, money, etc.
Be pressed for time/money/etc.:
Ex: He has to work overtime, his family is rather pressed for money at the moment
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Out of the way:
- unusual
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- surprising and unusual
Off the wall:
Ex: an off the wall joke
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- to speak or move in a confused way
Bumble(v):
Ex: it was hard to tell what the speaker was saying as she was bumbling
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- to criticize or complain often in an annoying way
Nag(v):
Ex: My mum's always nagging me to get my hair cut.
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If doubts or worries nag (away) at you, you think about them all the time
Nag (away) at sb:
Ex: the same thought has been nagging away at me since last week
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- the land and buildings owned by sb, esp. by a company or organization
Premises(n):
Ex: The company has expanded rapidly and is now looking for larger premises
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- Living alone and avoiding going outside or talking to other people
Reclusive(adj):
Ex: she became increasingly reclusive after the tragedy
—> recluse (n) = hermit
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- cho vay nặng lãi
Usury (n):
/ˈjuː.ʒɚ.i/
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None the wiser = not be any the wiser
- to not understand/be aware of sth
Ex: I read a computer manual, but I’m still none the wiser
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- having very little money
Hard up:
Ex: we’re a bit hard up at the moment
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- like or containing water
Aqueous(adj):
—> aqueduct (n)
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- nước mắt
Aqueous humor(n):
Cornea (n): giác mạc
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- very sad
Doleful(adj):
Ex: A doleful expression
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- The situation when there is more than enough of sth
Plenitude(n):
Ex: they have a plenitude of vacancies for drivers
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All-purpose(adj):
- Able to be used in many different ways or situations
Ex: An all-purpose household cleaner
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- impossible to make smaller or simpler
Irreducible(adj):
Formal
Ex: Due to the ongoing crisis, the cost of production must be cut to irreducible minimum
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- A person who is forced by law to stay in a prison or hospital
Inmate(n):
= convict(n)
Ex: The inmates were living in terrible conditions
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- in great detail
- using forensic methods
Forensically(adv):
Ex: The novel forensically examines the friendship between two women.
A car used in the robbery has been recovered and is being forensically examined.
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- to say that you do not know about sth
Plead ignorance:
Formal
Ex: He pleaded ignorance when they found the package in his suitcase.
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- opprobrium and objection
Censure(n):
Formal
Ex: his dishonest behavior came under severe censure
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- to disagree with other people about sth
Dissent(v, n):
Formal
Ex: anyone wishing to dissent from the motion should now raise their hand
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- to suddenly fall in value, quickly and by a large amount
- a sudden fast fall in prices, value, etc.
Nosedive(v, n):
Ex: House prices nosedived without warning.
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- not behaving or moving as expected
Wayward(adj):
Ex: A wayward ball bounced into the yard.
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- to tell a story or describe a series of events
Relate(v):
Formal
Ex: She related the events of the previous week to the police.
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- ceasefire, armistice
Truce (n):
Ex: We've got to spend the weekend together, so we might as well call (= have) a truce.
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Bait-and-switch (adj, n):
-  a method of selling in which a product is advertised at a very low price to attract customers, who are then persuaded to buy a different product at a higher price
Ex: bait-and-switch tactics
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- becoming less strong, powerful, popular, etc.
On the wane:
Ex: there are signs that support for the group is on the wane.
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Cry wolf:
- to keep asking for help when you do not need it
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- in a bad or weak state
At a low ebb:
Ex: consumer confidence is currently at a low ebb
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- very bad
Execrable(adj):
Formal
Ex: an execrable performance
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- speed and eagerness
Alacrity(n):
Formal
Ex: she accepted the money with alacrity
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- very stupid
As thick as two short planks:
Ex: he’s a very skilled football player but he’s as thick as two short planks
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- a place or an organization that provides care for people who are dying
Hospice(n):
(Nhà an dưỡng cuối đời)
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- to suddenly lose the energy or interest to continue doing what you are doing
Run out of steam:
Ex: the peace talks seem to have run out of steam
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- to delay/postpone
Defer(v):
Ex: can we defer making a decision until next week?
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- the first person to do sth or go swh
Trailblazer(n):
Ex: she was a trailblazer as the only woman in the US Senate
