Notable Phrases In Authentic Listening Flashcards
(75 cards)
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Pound sterling(n):
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- the official name of the pound used as money in the UK
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Long-awaited
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Crypto
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Hull of boats
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Hull: thân tàu
5
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Agent orange
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Chất độc da cam
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Foliage(n):
/fouliid3/
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- the leaves of a plant or tree
Ex: dense foliage blocked the path
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Roll out:
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- to produce
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Glyphosate(n):
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- one type of herbicide
9
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Upland cotton, soybeans
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Flooding stress
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Cassavas and forages
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- Sắn và thức ăn cho gia súc
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Chilly permafrost conditions
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Permafrost(n): an area of land that is permanently frozen below the surface
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Steward(n):
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- a person whose job is to organize a particular event
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Etho-
Prefix
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- relating to the study of different societies and cultures, combined with another area of study
Ex: an ethno-musicologist
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Sapling(n):
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- a young tree
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Occupational governance
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Counter offensive:
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- chiến dịch phản công
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Tributary (n):
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- A river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake
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Strangle(v):
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- to stop sth from developing
Ex: for years the organization was strangled by excessive bureaucracy
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Tempo(n):
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- the speed at which an event happens
Ex: We’re going to have to up the tempo if we want to finish on time
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Whisk(v):
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- to take something or someone somewhere else suddenly and quickly
Ex: her husband whisked her off to Egypt for her birthday
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Caliph(n):
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- a muslim ruler
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Courtly(adj):
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- polite and formal in behaviour
- relating to a royal court (court= the official home of a king or queen)
Ex: quiet courtly life did not satisfy the king
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Allegory(n):
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- a story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics
Ex: augustine’s city of god is an allegory of the triumph of good over evil.
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Caution(n, v):
- to warn sb (formal)
- great care and attention
Ex: we need to proceed with caution
The newspaper cautioned its readers against buying shares without getting good advice first
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An arcade game
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- a way of achieving sth
Gateway to sth:
Ex: hard work is the gateway to success
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- to shout insults or rude language at sb angrily
Hurl abuse, insults, etc. at sb
Ex: i was not going to stand there while he hurled abuse at me
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Mimic(v)—>mimetic(adj)
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- lasting for only a short time
- ephemeral(adj):
Ex: fame in the world of rock and pop is largely ephemeral
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Destabilize(v):
- To make somebody or something lose power or control my causing changes and problems
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Waist-high cotton
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Coaxing
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Silver iodide
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Scaffholding(n):
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Roll dice
Dice(plr.n) of die(n): xúc xắc
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Randomized seating
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Variable(adj, n):
- Likely to change often
- A number, amount, situation that can change
Ex: British weather is perhaps at its most variable in the spring
The variables in the equation are X, Y and Z
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Flats(n):
-land that has no hills or mountains
Ed: Far in the distance out on the stage flats, an ore train labored northward toward the mill
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Sit on your hands
- to donothing about a problem or situation that needs dealing with
Ex: Every day the crisis worsens and yet the government seems to content to sit on his hands

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Seafarer(n):
-A person who travels by sea
Ex: Portugal a land of seafarers
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Mayoral(adj):
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- A believe or set of belief, especially political or religious ones
Doctrine(n):
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Dogma(n):
- A fixed, especially religious, belief
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Navy seals
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Have a knack of doing sth
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Cotton gin/gin(n):
- a machine for separating cotton fibres from their seeds
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Carcinogenic(adj):
- used to refer to a substance that cause cancer
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Constituent(adj):
- one of the parts that a substance or combination is made of
/kənˈstɪtʃ.u.ənt/
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Free radical(n):
- a molecule that has an extra electron and therefore reacts very easily with other molcules
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The frontal lobes
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A high glycemic food
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Legumes
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Guerrilla(n)
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Hit-and-run strategy
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Carpet-bomb(v):
- to bomb an area intensively
Ex; forces have carpet-bombed the neighborhood, causing thousands of casualties since mid-february
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If food or drink is laced with alcohol or a drug, a small amount has been added to it
Ex: coffee laced with brandy
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Booby trap(n):
- sth dangerous, esp. a bomb, that is hidden swh that looks safe
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Landmine(n):
- a bomb that is hidden in the ground
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Callus(n): vết chai sạn
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Hourglass figure
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Alabaster(n):
Ngọc thạch
Ex: alabaster skin
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Damascene conversion
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- a dangerous situation that could lead to harm or failure
Precipice(n):
Ex: this latest tax increase may punish many small companies over the financial precipice
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Thatcherite(n):
/thetxhowrait/
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Evangelism(n):
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Retro feel
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- to change your opinions, statement, decisions, etc. so that they are different to what they were before
Pivot(v):
/pivowt/
Ex: he has pivoted to bring himself in line with the rest of the candidates
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- to develop in a particular way or a successful way
Pan out:
Ex: their attempts to start a new business didn’t pan out
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- a developing situation that will cause serious problems in the future if it is not stopped
Time bomb(n):
Ex: by ignoring the wish of their employees, the managers are setting/creatjng a time bomb for themselves
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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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Asset-backed tokens
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Macro asset
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Disinflation(n)
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stratospheric(adj):
- high
