vocab 28

Question 1

complain sth about

Answer 1

phàn nàn về điều j

Question 2

attentive

Answer 2

chăm chú

Question 3

fall through

Answer 3

thất bại

Question 4

fall behind

Answer 4

tụt lại phía sau

Question 5

fall over

Answer 5

tranh cãi

Question 6

truth to light

Answer 6

đưa ra ánh sáng

Question 7

a whale of time

Answer 7

to enjoy yourself very much:
Ex: We had a whale of a time on holiday.

Question 8

comply with

Answer 8

comform to= abide by

Question 9

compose oneself

Answer 9

bình tĩnh

Question 10

be comprise of = consist of

Answer 10

bao gồm

Question 11

supervision

Answer 11

quan sát

Question 12

drive

Answer 12

effort

Question 13

take charge of = responsibility

Answer 13

chịu trách nhiệm

Question 14

expire

Answer 14

-hết quyền hạn
-hết hạn
- chết

Question 15

thirst

Answer 15

khát nước

Question 16

thrift

Answer 16

the habit of saving money and spending it carefully so that none is wasted

Question 17

• subsist

Answer 17

• ) to manage to stay alive, especially with limited food or money
  Ex: Old people often subsist on very small incomes.
• (law) to exist; to apply and be relevant
  The terms of the contract subsist.

Question 18

manufacture

Answer 18

• sự chết tạo , sự sản xuất
  Ex: This company manufactures the equipment used to make contact lenses.
• to invent a story, an excuse, etc.
  Ex: a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist
• to produce a substance
  Ex: Vitamins cannot be manufactured by our bodies.

Question 19

conversion

Answer 19

• sự chuyển đổi hệ thống
  Ex: Their main business is the conversion of farm buildings into family homes.
• sự thay đỏi ý kiến niềm tin
  Ex: his conversion from Judaism to Christianity

Question 20

parsimony

Answer 20

keo kiệt ,chi li bủn xỉn

Question 21

minuscule

Answer 21

• nhỏ xíu
  Ex: The newsroom was minuscule, not much more than a cubbyhole.

Question 21

chase

Answer 21

• rượt đuôi
• bắt kịp theo đuuổi thành công
• nhanh chóng

Question 22

degrade

Answer 22

• hạ thấp người khác làm cho ai đó không đc tôn trọng không có giá trị
  Ex: This poster is offensive and degrades women.
• làm cái gì đó mất đi giá trị khong còn quan trọng
• phân hủy

Question 23

in good authority

Answer 23

tin vào

Question 23

evaporate

Answer 23

to disappear, especially by gradually becoming less and less Ex: Her confidence had now completely evaporated.

Question 24

insensible

Answer 24

không quan tâm , phớt lờ

Question 25

a dime a dozen

Answer 25

đặc biêt , không ai có

Question 26

legislation

Answer 26

- sự làm luật, pháp luật, pháp chế Ex: New legislation on the sale of drugs will be introduced next year.

Question 27

smash

Answer 27

-to break something, or to be broken, violently and noisily into many pieces, nghiền nát Ex: Several windows had been smashed.

Question 27

toddler

Answer 27

chập chững bước đi

Question 28

appalled

Answer 28

-feeling or showing horror at something unpleasant or wrong Ex: We watched appalled as the child ran in front of the car.

Question 28

horrified

Answer 28

-extremely shocked or frightened Ex: He was horrified when he discovered the conditions in which they lived.

Question 29

exasperated

Answer 29

-tức giận,extremely annoyed, especially if you cannot do anything to improve the situation Ex: ‘Why won't you answer me?’ he asked in an exasperated voice.