Chamber Of Secret vocab Flashcards
(31 cards)
out of our hearts
Even let you have Dudley’s second bedroom, purely out of the godness of our hearts.
graciously (adv)
I will be waiting in the louge, waiting to welcome them graciously to our home.
= courteously , mercifully, benevolently
mess up
With any luck, this could be the day I make the biggest deal of my career and you will not mess it up.
decent (a)
Tou can’t have met many decent wizards then.
= modest, respectable
be bound to v (a)
Dobby is bound to serve one family
= be forced to do smt
enchanted (a)
You son flew that enchanted car of your to Surrey and back last night.
= bewitch by means of magical spells and incantations
Skulking around (v)
You’re a mess, Harry. Sulking around Knockturn Alley. Dodgy place.
to be up to do (a)
Don’t want no one to see you there. People will think you’re up to no good.
: âm mưu, suy tính cái gì
vacant (a)
Red hair, vacant expressions, tatty, secondhand book. You must be Weasley.
: empty, lacking expression, unfilled
disgrace (n)
What’s the use in being disgrace to the name of wizard if they don’t even pay you well for it?
inflict on (v)
Not to mention the damage you inflicted on a Whomping Willow that’s been on these ground since before you were born.
petrified (a)
làm chết điếng, sợ hãi
= dumbfounded, silenced by fear
Mandrake is used to return those who have been petrified to their own original state.
fatal (a)
= deadly, destructiv
fatal shears: lưỡi hái tử thần
Mandrake is also quite dangerous. It’s cry is fatal to anyone who hears it.
fainted (a)
ngất, choáng
= swoon, fainthearted, timid, …
He was fainted when he saw his Math result.
clear off
= go away, disappear,…
You better clear off before my bones come back Dobby or I might strangle you.
strangle (v)
= choke to death
triumph over someone (v)
v: beat, defeat, win
n: victory, conquest, achievement
Dobby remembers how it was before Harry Potter triumphed over He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
fuss (n,v)
= pretend, harass, disturb
: làm bộ, giả vờ, phiền toái
Mr. Malfoy, stop making such a fuss. You can go.
vermin (n)
= parasite, insects
We house-elves were treated like vermin, sir.
enslavement (n) = slavery
This, sir? It is a mark of the house-elf’s enslavement.
Enlighten (v) sbd as to smt
= explain, provide with intellectual or spiritual understanding
Can you enlighten me as to the new procedure ?
Enlighten me.
countless occasions (n)
= too many to count, innumerable
Prudent (a)
= wise, cautions, careful, judicious
Perhaps it would be prudent to first teach the students to block unfriendly spells, professor.
Judicious (a)
= wise, sensible, discreet, prudent
Judicious choice
