Your name Flashcards
B1
Press against (v)
/pres/./əˈɡeɪnst/ (/əˈɡenst/)
[T/I] direct and indirect object
To push something closely against something; to be pushed in this way
[ T ] I pressed the volume button on the remote
[ I always + adv/prep ] I’m pressed against someone very special to me, so close that there’s no space between us.
(formal)
Cherish (v)
/ˈtʃer.ɪʃ/
related to cherish: absence makes the heart grow fonder,
To keep hopes, memories, or ideas in your mind because they are important to you and bring you pleasure (Ấp ủ)
I cherish the memories of the time we spent together.
A nostalgic voice and scent. Cherished light and warmth.
C1
Bound (adj)
/baʊnd/
[ after verb + to infinitive ]
Having a moral or legal duty to do something (ràng buộc, nghĩ vụ)
You are bound by the contract to pay before the end of the month.
We’re bound to one another, almost inseparable.
cradle (v)
/ˈkreɪdl/
[ T ]
To hold somebody/something gently in your arms or hands
She cradled him tenderly in her arms
Like an infant cradled at its mother’s breast
sting (n)
/stɪŋ/
[ C or UC ]
Any sharp pain in your body or mind
She felt the sting of tears in her eyes
I’ve never encountered the sting
of loss
Tingle (v)
/ˈtɪŋɡl/
[I]
to feel an emotion strongly
She was still tingling with excitement.
A tingling, exquisitely sweet feeling fills me.
C2
exquisite (adj)
ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/, ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/
formal, literary
(of a feeling) strongly felt
The pain was quite exquisite.
A tingling, exquisitely sweet feeling fills me.
C2
Abrupt (adj)
/əˈbrʌpt/
sudden and unexpected, and often unpleasant
The accident brought his career to an abrupt end.
Abruptly, my eyes open.
[ T ]
Envelop (v)
/ɪnˈveləp/
formal, literary
to wrap somebody/something up or cover them or it completely
She was enveloped in a huge towel
A feeling of despair enveloped him
the sense of unity that enveloped me a moment earlier vanishes without a trace, without an echo
so much as
subordinating conjunction (although, because, when, …)
Even (used to emphasize that even a small or insignificant action was not taken)
She didn’t so much as flinch when the spider crawled on her arm
Before I have time to so much as form a thought, the
tears come
C2
Startled (adj)
/ˈstɑːtld/
[ T ]
slightly shocked or frightened because of a sudden surprise
I was startled to see a woman’s face staring back at me
Washing my face, I get the feeling that the taste and lukewarm temperature of this water once startled me, and I look into the mirror.
Condominium (n)
/ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm/
[C], especially North American English
an apartment building in which each apartment is owned separately by the people living in it, but also containing shared areas
We were staying in a condominium just off of the beach
I shut the door to my condo. In front of me…
C2
cityscape (n)
/ˈsɪtiskeɪp/
[C]
a view or image of a city
His watercolours show people in a desolate, ash-grey cityscape
Tokyo’s cityscape, which I’ve finally gotten accustomed to, spreads out before me
Turnstile (n)
/ˈtɜːnstaɪl/
[ C ]
A device with waist-high horizontal bars that one person at a time can push around to enter a place, esp. a place that you pay to use (máy xét vé, cửa quay)
More than 18 million visitors have poured through Disneyland’s turnstile
I get through the turnstile at the crowded station, take the
escalator down…
B1
Board (v)
/bɔːd/
[T/I], (formal)
to get on a ship, train, plane, bus, etc.
He tried to board a plane/train [I]
Passengers are waiting to board [T]
I board a commuter train
pour
Teem (v)
/tiːm/
[intransitive] (usually be teeming)
(of rain) to fall heavily (can also be used with human)
It was teeming with rain.
The city teems with people—in the windows of
buildings, in cars, on pedestrian bridges.
