Thoại Ngọc hầu 2015

Question 1

terminate

Answer 1

end/ make sth end

Question 2

He gave me a furious look and __ out of the room

Answer 2

stormed

đi ra 1 cách giận dữ

Question 3

hurl sth across sth/ at sb

Answer 3

ném cái j 1 cách giận dữ

I could never imagine family members hurling vases at each other

Question 4

I know you have an appointment in ten minutes, so I shall not __ you long

Answer 4

detain

giữ chân

Question 5

outclass

Question 6

If you walk along this lane, you will see the signpost __ to the beach

Answer 6

pointing

Question 7

I am well __ with the problems encountered in starting a business

Answer 7

acquainted

Question 8

I applied for the job that I saw __ in the paper

Answer 8

to be advertised

Question 9

come down with

Answer 9

bắt đầu bị bệnh,thg là bệnh k quan trọng lắm

Question 10

He drives so quickly that I am afraid that one day he will __someone crossing the street

Answer 10

knock down

tông chết

Question 11

turn over

Answer 11

(các bộ phận của máy) di chuyển

Question 12

come round

Answer 12

thăm nhà ai
(to sth) thay đổi ý kiến

Question 13

come on

Answer 13

to start to happen or work

Question 14

in the narrow Antrona valley

Question 15

support it all the way

Question 16

guarantee it will stand up

Question 17

raise sb’s profile

Answer 17

nhận thêm nhiều sự qtam từ công chúng

Question 18

govern

Answer 18

conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people)

It’s still touch and go whether Kamala Harris is capable of governing this country

Question 19

Edison’s thre months of formal schooling

Question 20

I felt i had sth to live for

Question 21

take over

Question 22

open cloze: đôi khi điền themselves/ oneself

Question 23

the result of all this sculpting and carving

Question 24

clear

Answer 24

=> clarity

Question 25

Each committee member must be sworn to __ prior to the ceremony (SECRET)

Answer 25

secrecy

Question 26

Until quite recently people got used to think that they were just tombs for pharaohs

Answer 26

got used => used to

Question 27

seems too much more important

Answer 27

bỏ too

Question 28

how long it spent

Answer 28

how long it took

Question 29

to build them

Answer 29

to build themselves

Question 30

reach at

Answer 30

reach

Question 31

The chairman was __ convinced by the facts given in the articles issued three months after the incident

Answer 31

wholly ## Footnote completely

Question 32

The innocent clerk was extremely excited about his trip to a faraway land and keen on buying __ souvenirs for everyone in the office

Answer 32

tacky ## Footnote (đồ) đểu

Question 33

lekker

Answer 33

có mùi or vị rất dễ chịu ## Footnote I still miss those lekker matcha bars

Question 34

ghastly

Answer 34

= horrible ## Footnote I could not help but thinking about my ghastly suicide

Question 35

The horror story provokes fear and anxiety with senseless description of __ of death

Answer 35

imminence ## Footnote the fact of being likely to happen very soon

Question 36

embarkation

Answer 36

việc lên thuyền/máy bay ## Footnote Embarkation to Ambassador cruise terrified me wholly. The turbulence of water almost made me trip

Question 37

The minister __ certain schools for their falling standards in education

Answer 37

castigated ## Footnote =criticize severely (for sth)

Question 38

denigrate

Answer 38

belittle ## Footnote What prompts our breakup is Lâm's constant denigrating

Question 39

asperse

Answer 39

chỉ trích danh dự/ sự chính trực ## Footnote Idk why these social outcasts always asperse their classmates while they singlehandedly rouse their animosity with their insolent behavior