B2 Vocabulary Flashcards
(239 cards)
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Make for
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Go in the direction of
Ex: When it is going to rain, make for the nearest cave to avoid being wet
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to be keen on doing/neen to do
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To be fond of/ interested in/enthusiastic
Ex: I am keen on trying the new things
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See off
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Be at the train station/airport to see someone leave
Ex : I am going to see off my Aunt tomorrow before she migrates to Australia
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Set out/Set off
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Start a journey
Ex : I will set out to Dalat after I graduate
set out = start working on something in order to achieve an aim
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Excursion
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A short journey
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Pitch
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a flat area of the ground used to play sport
Ex: Football pitch
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Track
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a peace of area used to play Racing, running, racking, etc.
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Court
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An area marked with line used to play some sports such as Tennis, volleyball, basketball, …
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Ring
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a raised ground surrounded by rope that is used to play boxing or wrestling
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Rink
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A large flat area where people goes to skate
Ex: Ice skate rink
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Spectator
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people who goes to the live/public activities/event and watch them directly
Ex : Spectators at the Stadium witnessed the marvelous win by their favorite team
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Viewer
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People who watches event through TV/online
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Athletic
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Sports such as running, jumping or throwing
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Aim
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the thing that You hope to achieve by doing something
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Take place
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To happen (Public event, famous or well-known) Ex : The exhibition takes place in the Central Exhibition Hall in June
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Occur
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To happen
Ex : the suicide occurred during midnight
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Bring forward
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Change the time/date of an event so it can happen earlier
Ex: Director asked secretary to bring forward the meeting 2 hours
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get round to
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Start a plan been prepared for a long time
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Get up to
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Do something you should not do
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Go in for
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Enter a competition or like
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Go off
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stop liking, dislike
*Food : brno longer fresh
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Pull out
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stop being involved in activities
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Put off
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delay, postpone
Ex: Heavy traffic jam has put off the meeting 2 hours late.
Make sb not want to do or not like sth
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Take to
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Start to do some habits, Begin to do sth regulary, Begin to like doing sth
Ex : She takes to bath every time she gets home
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Take up to
Start to do some hobby or fill the amount of time/space to do something
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Break down
stop working, for a machine. etc...
| Ex : My laptop breaks down yesterday stopping me from working.
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Come off
Succeed
| Ex : After lots of failure, You have come off and your test is perfect.
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Come on
- develop or make progress
| - Start to broadcast a programme on TV
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Give off
Produce something such as heat smell
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Narrow down
reduce the number of possibilities
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put through to
connect by phone
| Ex : Please wait while I am putting you through to Research&Develope Department
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work out
solve the problem
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Attempt
an action of trying to achieve something that is difficult to succeed
Ex : She attempt to get in Medical school
-->
Make an attempt at sth/doing sth
Attempt to do
In an attempt to do
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Run over
get hit with a car
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Observe
Notice or perceive and register it as being significant --> để ý, nhận ra, tuân theo, giữ lễ tiết
Ex : Law need to be observed and carried out
The students observe that decisions are made by the others
A tribunal must observe the principle of natural justice
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Perceive
Come to release or understanding, being aware or conscious of something
Ex: His mouth fell open when He perceives the truth
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Tribunal
a court of justice, a bench/seat for a judge
| Ex : an international war crimes tribunal - quan tòa xét sử tội phạm chiến tranh quốc tế
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False (adj.)
Made to look like something real
| Ex : Release that the man is wearing the false Beard
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Fault (n.)
Noun. of false
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bring out
to make something/someone show a quality that they have,, --> gioi thieu, lam lo ra, gay chu y, lam noi bat
to produce a new product and start selling it
ex: next year they will bring out low-cost vehicle to compete with Ford.
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Adj. form of Revolution
Revolutionary (adj.)
Ex : We make a revolutionary product that could change how economy system works
Revolutionist (n.) ; Person who does revolution
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Adj. form of introduction
Introductory (adj.)
Ex: an introductory course of Russian
Introduce (v.)
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Exaggerate (v.)
- to present bigger, larger, greater or worse than it really is --> làm lố
Ex : There are apt that exaggerate any pain or aches
- enlarged or altered beyond normal
Ex : Her plumb thighs, exaggerated hips, and minuscute waist
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come to
- Recover consciousness, come around, come to one's sense
Sym: awake, wake up, recover, revive
--> After so many failure and being fool, He come to in the very bad way and need to change to become a better person
--> Tỉnh ngộ, thức giấc, bừng tỉnh
- Reach the amount of total
Ex : he doesn't know how much the bill come to because of many parties came up
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Motivate (v.)
| Antonym - Opposite word
Demotivate (v.)
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Feature (n.)
a newspaper, magazine or part of the television programme that concentrates on a particular subject --> Chủ đề 1 chương trình/phụ san
Ex : This week we get a special feature on new children's books.
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Article
A piece of writing in a newspaper/magazine : He has written several articles for The times.
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Programme (n.)
Channel on TV/Television broadcast
| Ex : Nowaday people watch news on internet more often than on TV programme
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Program (n.)
a series of instruction for software to work on PC
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Tabloid
small size of news, approx. 1-5 in size, delivers news less respectively, mostly rumor, gossip, etc.
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Broadsheet
A serious type of newspaper delivering more respective news, on the large sheet
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Journalist
S.O whose jobs is reporting news for newspaper, magazine, etc.
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Columnist
S.O whose jobs is writing, editing a regular series of articles for a particular newspaper/magazine. They can express their feeling/thought/idea within press.
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bulletin
a short news broadcast --> Tin nhanh
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Announcer (n.)
S.O give information about television or radio programmes
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Commentator (n.)
S.O give description of an event on television/radio as it happens --> Bình luận viên
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Come out
be published
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Flick through
Turn and look at the pages of magazine, etc quickly --> Lật coi nhanh, lướt qua
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make out
- to deal with difficult things and succeed at the end
- Pretend something is true
- See, hear or understand sb/sth which difficulty
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Put forward
Suggest
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Stand out
to be noticeable, easily to recognize because of being different
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Take sb/sth for granted
never think of sb/something because you always believe it to be available or stay exact the same way
Ex : It is easy to take your parents for granted
I take it for granted that I will always find a job
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Persuade (Word patterns)
Persuade sb to do sth
Persuade sb that
Persuade sb of something
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Point (Word patterns)
Point (in) doing
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Surprise (Word patterns)
By surprise
| Surprise at/by sth
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Ridicule (Word formation)
Ridicule (n.) : unkind words/behavior that make so/sth stupid
something look stupid
Ridiculous (Adj.)
Ridiculousness (n.)
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Support (v.)
Provide s.o money, food, shelter, other, etc. that they need in order to live
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Assist (v.)
Help S.o
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Likeable (adj.)
pleasant, friendly and easy to like
| --> Dễ mến
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Bad-tempered
Easily get angry or annoyed
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Sensible
reasonable and practical
| Ex : This seems to be a sensible way of dealing with this problem
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Ask after
Ask for news about
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Bring up
take care of a child until he/she becomes adult
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fall out (with)
Having an argument and stop being friend with s.o
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get on (with)
Having a good relationship with s.o
| continue to do something
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Look up to
| ops. Look Down to
Admire s.o
| ops. think yourself better than s.o
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Force (Word formation)
Force sb to do sth
| Force sb into doing sth
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Make up
Create a story
Inventan explanation, excuse
Make friend after having an argum ent
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Put down
Critise, make s.o feel stupid
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stand up for
Support in an argument or fight
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Take aback
surprise (usually in passive voice)
| Ex : I was taken aback (surprise) when Vanessa said I'd hurt her feelings
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Flavor (Phrases and Collocation)
Do/Own s.o a flavor
| be in flavor of ..
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Courage (Phrases and Collocation)
Have courage to do sth
| It takes courage to do
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Approval (Phrases and Collocation)
| Approve (v.) (Word pattern)
Meet with s.o's approval
Show/have s.o's approval
Show/have your approval of /for sth
Word pattern : Approve of sth/doing sth
approve sth
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Pity (phrases and Collocation)
Pity sb
Feel pity for s.o
take pity on s.o
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Object (Word pattern)
Object to sth/doing sth
| Ex : Everybody objects to having new power plant in resident area
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Willing (adj.) (word formation)
Willingness (n.)
| Unwilling(ly) (ops., adv.)
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Correspond (with) (v.)
Correspondence (n.)
- To mate or equal or similar to
- -> The FBI correspond with British MI5
- ->The money I've saved corresponds roughly to the amount I need for my plane ticket
- -> His story of what happened that night doesn't correspond with the witness's version
- Write a letter to s.o /communicate with s.o
- -> I've been corresponding with many experts on this field
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Complain (v.) (Word pattern)
Complain of sth/sb
Complain about sth/sb doing sth
Complain to sb
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Argue (v.) (Word formation)
Argument (n.)
| Argumentative (adj.)
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Obey (v.) (Word formation)
(Dis)obedience
| (Dis)obedient
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To be taken by
To be attracted by something, ideas, plans or person
| Ex : Last year, winter started so suddenly that so many people were taken by surprise
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Deliberate (adj.)
intentional or planned (often refer to something bad) --> A deliberate attack/insult/lie
Ex : We make a deliberate decision to live apart
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Suspect
- (n.) : nghi phạm
| - (v.) : nghi ngờ = to believe something is true
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Charge
= accuse : buộc tội = official accuse for doing something
| - Charge someone with sth
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Jury
Bồi thẩm đoàn
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Capital punishment
Death Penalty
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Corporal Punishment
punishment consists of hitting, attacking, ...
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Vandal
People intentionally destroy, damage things belonging to other
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Hooligan
group of people who are violent and noisy in public place
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back down
stop demanding something, stop saying that you will do something --> Rút lại
--> To admit you're wrong or be defeated
Ex : Eventually, Edward backed down and apologized
Local resident had forced local council to back down on their plan to build a nightclub their street.
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bring in
introduce new law or system
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come forward
offer help fo information
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go off
explode
| be fired by the gun, accidently
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hand in
give to a person in authority --> giao nộp
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hold up
rob while threatening violence, delay
- -> In the hold-up, the thief threatened bank staffs with gun.
- -> Peterson is found guilty of holding up the bank and is sentenced to five years in prison
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let off
give little or no punishment
| make a bomb
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look into
investigate
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make off
escape
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Take down
- knock someone out
| - write down what someone says
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take in
trick someone into believing something that is not true
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Account (Phrases and Collocation)
- On account of sth = Because of sth
- Account for : form part of total, the be responsible of sth
- Take (Sth) into account = consider or remember something when judges situation.
- By all account :as said by most people Ex: By all account, San Francisco is a city that is easy to fall in love with.
- Give/keep account of : to give/keep a written/spoken description of event
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Take advantage of
- Take advantage of sth : use good things in an situation --> tận dụng
==> EX : I thought I'd take advantage of sports facilities while I was here
- Take advantage of so : treat someone badly in order to get something good from them
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Accuse (Word patterns)
Accuse someone of something
(n. ) Accused : person who is guilty
(n. ) Accusation
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Arrest (Word Patterns)
Arrest someone for something
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Glimpse (n.)
Word patterns: Catch a glimpse of sth
a brief/quick look/understanding at something for a very short time
--> He caught a glimpse of her face
--> This biography gives give a few glimpses of his life before He became famous
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Convict
(v. ) To decide officially in law court that someone is guilty of a crime
- -> He has twice been convicted of robbery
(n.) Someone who is in the prison because they are guilty of a crime
Ops:Acquit
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Acquit
(v.) to decide officially in law court that someone is not guilty of a crime
Ops: convict
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Deceive
(v. ) To persuade someone something false is true or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage
- -> A company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones
- -> The sound of the door closing deceives me into thinking they had gone out
Deceive yourself : refuse to accept the truth --> She deceives herself that she loses everything
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Forge (Word Formation)
(v. ) : To make illegal copy of something to deceive
- -> Forged passport, Forged painting, Forged art
Forgery (adj.), Forger (n.)
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Offence (Word formation)
Offense (n.) :lối tấn công
Offensive (n.) : Sự tấn công, cuộc tấn công, thế tấn công
Offensive (adj.) chướng tai gai mắt, làm phiền, kinh tởm, tính công kích
Offend (v.) : xúc phạm
Offender (n.) : người phạm lỗi, tội phạm
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Theft (Word formation)
Theft (n.)
| Thief (n.)
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Remedy (n.)
A cure/dealing for a small/minor illness/problem doesn't take serious
Fever just needs simple remedy with 1 tablet of Paracetamol
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Plaster (n.)
A thin piece of cloth/plastic sticks to skin to cover the cut/wound --> Finger Plaster
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Bandage
A narrow piece of cloth/plastic wraps around the injured part of the body --> Băng vải, Băng thun
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Ward (n.)
A large room in the hospital where you stay while hospitalized
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Bring on
Cause
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Come down with
Starts to suffer from the minor illness
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Cut down
Reduce/ do less
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Feel up to
Feel well enough to do something
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Get over
recover from
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Pass out
Suddenly become unconscious
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Pull through
Survive from a serious illness
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Put down
Kill sickold animal
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Put on
gain (weight)
hold
perform a show, play, etc
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Wear off
Stop being effective
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Run a bath
take somebody bathed
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Inject (Word formation)
Injects Sth into sth/sb
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Operate (Word patterns)
operate on sth/sb
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Benefit (Word formation)
Beneficial
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Emphasis (n.)
N, : special attention/importance
- -> A change of emphasis in government policy
- -> The course place an emphasis on practical work
Word formation : Emphasis, Emphatic
--> To make sth more Noticeable
SYM : Stress, Accentuate
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come round/to
become conscious
Go to sb home to visit them
Come round (to) - to be persuaded to change your mind about something
Come round/around - happen again for regular event
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Looking forward to V-ing
Looking forward to V-ing
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drop in (on)
visit unexpectedly
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get on for
Be almost a particular time, number, age, etc.
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leave out
not included
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turn up
appear unexpectedly or without making a firm arrangement
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hob
cai bep
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lack (Word pattern)
Lack of
| lacking in
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Regard (word pattern)
Regard sb as being sth
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colleague
somebody works in the same organization or department as you
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draw on
if something draws on you, you realize it for the first time
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get at
try to express
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give in
stop making an effort to achieve something difficult
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sail through
do/deal with something easily
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catch on
understand something
| become popular or fashionable
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Literate (Word formation)
noun - Literacy/illiteracy - able/unable to read/write
noun - Literature
adj - Literate/illiterate - able/unable to read/write
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Urban - Suburban - Rural
Thành thị (City area) - Ngoại ô (SubCity) - Nông thôn (Countryside)
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Smog / Fog / Mist / Smoke
Smog : Polluted air caused from vehicles or pollutant creates exhausted air close to the ground.
Fog : Thick air is close to the ground and hard to see through
Mist : a small drop of water in the air close to the ground
Smoke : polluted air from burning
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Pour / Drizzle
Pour : rain heavily
| Drizzle : Rain very light
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Puddle (N.)
a small pool of water left after the rain
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call for
require, demand, need,
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call off
cancel
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clear up
become brighter adn better
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cut off
make a place difficult or impossble to enter, leave or communicate
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die down
become lass active, noisy, powerful
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do up
repair, improve
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put downto
suggest that something is result of anther thing
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put out
make something stop burning
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set in
start and be likely to continue for a while
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praise /praiz/
Tán dương, tán thưởng
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scheme /skim/
kế hoạch, mưu đồ, âm mưu
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schema
giản đồ
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incite (v.)
khuyến khích, khích lệ
| Incentive (n., adj.)
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controversy (n.)
a prolonged disputation in public
| tranh cãi, dư luận
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dispute (v.)
tranh luận,
| Disputation (n.)
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disregard (v.)
xem thường
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chimney
ống khói
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glance (word pattern)
glance at
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except (word pattern)
except for
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warn (word pattern)
warn about/against/of/that
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disappointed (word pattern)
disappointed with/by sth
| disappointed in sb
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likelihood (n.)
có khả năng xảy ra, posibilities
| there is not much likelihood of environmental groups stopping the building of the new factory, are there?
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make (n., in production)
a product that is made from a particular company
This is a popular make of car
Same as brand but more specific to car
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brand
a product or group of products that have its own name and made by one particular company
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bargain(n.)
something you buy that costs much less than normal
| your dress is real bargain
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wealth vs Fortune
wealth : a large amount of both money and valuable things
| Fortune a large amount of moneny
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Change (n.)
refer to coin more than note
| while cash refer both.
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Till (n.)
a piece of equipment is used in shop for adding money and keeping money in it
Thẻ mua đồ trong food court/shopping mall
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bank on
depend on sth happening
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come by
get sth, especially sth that is hard to get
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come across
meet someone by chance
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come into
inherit
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get by
manage to survive (financially)
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get through
use all of, finish
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give away
reveal something that you are trying to hide
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make out
write all the necessary information on a cheque, etc
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make up for
provide sth good so that sth bad seems less important
| --> bù đắp
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put by
save an amount of money for the future
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save up for
save money little by little
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debt
own sb a debt of attitude --> món nợ ân tình
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expense (phrase and collocation)
go to the expense of
at sb's expense
at your own expense
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do without
live without..
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scenery (n.)
```
phong nen trong rap hat.
#stage : san khau bieu dien, con scenery o phia sau
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get along with
have a good relationship with somebody
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count on
rely on someone
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fall for
believe to some tricks or joke
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drop off
fall asleep
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drown out
prevent a sound from being heard by making a louder noise
| --> I drown out outside traffic noise with extremely loud speaker
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go down (as)
be remembered for having done something
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grows on
if something grows on you, it means that you begin to like ti
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take after
look or behave like an older relative
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take off
become successful or popular very fast
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glimpse
```
to see someone or something for a short moment or not completely
#glance : look at something quickly and then look away
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do away with
get rid of
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draw up
create (plans, etc)
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go over
repeat or think about again in order to understand
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hand down
give soemthing valuable to your childrean or grandchildrean, usually when you die--> truyen lai
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pop in(to)
visit very quickly
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show around
take somebodyon a our of a place
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tear up
rip into piece
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wear out
become old and unusable
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have an tendency to do
co khuynh huong lam gi do
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tendency
khuynh huong
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vain
hao huyen, rong tuech, khong co y nghi\a, khong co gia tri, kieu ngao, tu phu, tu dac
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grow out of
develop from, become too big for
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sack (v.)
force someone to leave their work
| ~fire : the same but fire is made as a punishment
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commute
to travel from and to workplace regularly
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firm
business or company
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union
an organization representing workers for a particular industry --> hiep hoi, to chuc dai dien
Texture worker Union
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wage
average amount of money you receives from work
| salary = fixed amount of money received each month
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back out
decide not to do something you agreed to do
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close down
stop operating (for companies)
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see through
continue to the end of something unpleasant or difficult
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see to
deal with
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set to
start doing something in determined and enthusiastic way
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stand in for
do somebody's job for them while they are not available
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take on
start to employ, accept
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turn down
not accept
