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prelude
an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it
eg: living together as a prelude to marriage is now considered acceptable in many countries
scorching
(informal) very hot
eg: they walked all day in the scroching heat
grab
(T) to have or take something quickly, especially because you are in a hurry
eg: lets grab a sandwich before we go
quench your thirst (exp)
to stop yourself feeling thirsty, by drinking something
eg: he quenched his thirst with a long drink of cold water
ponder
[I, T] (formal) to think about something carefully for a period of time
eg: he continued to ponder the problem as he walked home.
enact
[often passive] (law) to pass a law
eg: from los angeles to athens, city authorities have tried to enact measures to limit exhaust emissions
stark
very different from something in a way that so easy to see
eg: the extreme poverty of the local people is in stark contrast to the wealth of the tourists
liquor
[U] (especially north amrican english)strong alcoholic drink
eg: she drinks wine and beer but no liquor
tolerance (to sth)
the ability to suffer something, especially pain,difficult conditions, ect. without being harmed
eg: tolerance to alcohol decreases with age
torture
[C, U] (informal) mental or physical pain; something that causes this
eg: the interview was sheer torture from start to finish
sociability
[U] the quality of enjoying spending time with other people
eg: her lively sociablility complemented his reserved nature
entrust A (to B)
(formal) to make sb reponsible for doing sth or taking care of sb
eg: she entrusted her son’s education to a private tutor
prestige
[u] the respect and value that sb/sth has because of their social position, or what they have done
eg: wearing designer clothes is a matter of personal prestige for many teenagers
a walk of life (idm)
a person’s job or position in society
eg: she has friends from all walks of life
spree
a short period of time that you spend doing one particular activity that you enjoy, but often too much of it
eg: they went on a drinking spree
live it up
(informal) to enjoy yourself in an exciting way, usually spending a lot of money
eg: sam was living it up in london
adolescent
a young person who is developing from a child into an adult
eg: an estimated 62 milion americans smoke, including 4.1 milion adolescent aged 12-17
từ này xuất hiện rất hiện rất nhiều trong phim ảnh Mỹ, và thường được dịch là Miền Tây hoang dã, nơi cuộc sống thô mộc và thường vô luật pháp. bản tin dùng từ này rất đắt, để chỉ kiểu thương mại “vô pháp” nơi các nước phát triển phương tây khi xuất khẩu rác thải nhựa sang các nước khác
wild west
cụm từ dùng để chỉ điều gì sắp xảy ra, đã xuất hiện ngay cuối chân trời. trong ngữ cảnh này, chúng tôi dịch là “trong tương lai gần khoảng năm năm” hay gọn hơn là “trong vòng năm năm”
on the horizon of five year
từ tương đương với “certain” để chỉ “một chuyến hàng nào đó”
a given shipment
động từ này nghĩa là “to be finally in a place or a situation” do vậy tùy ngữ cảnh, ta sẽ có các cách dịch khác nhau.
ends up being illegally burned
yêu cầu /đề nghị thu hồi
repatriation requests
từ này hay dùng để chỉ sự ngưng trệ, sự trục trặc hay một vấn đề nhỏ
vd: overheated grow may give way to hiccups, nghĩa là tăng trưởng quá nóng có thể gây ra các trục trặc. hay có xem hi
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