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acquiescence (n)
'aek wi'esns , แอคควิแอเส้น |
การยอมรับ การเห็นพ้องต้องกัน the fact of being willing to do what so wants and to accept their opinions , even if you are not sure that they are right.
There was general acquiescence in the UN sactions. The acquiesence of its major lenders to government efforts to restructure the airline. |
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embattled (adj)
im 'baetld , เอมแบเทิลด |
(1) surrounded by problems and difficulties
the embattled carrier move closer to a likely bankruptcy-protection filing. (2) (war) surrounded by the enemy |
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impoverish (v), impoverished (adj)
im 'pdvวrif , อิม 'พอ เวอะริช |
ทำให้จน
Port-au-Prince is a impoverised and crowded capital city of Hendi |
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infuriate (v)
in 'fjuว rieit อินเฟียริเอท |
make so extremely angry
it is considering such a move is likely to infuriate Chinese authrotities. Her silence infuriated hime even more. It infuriates me that … |
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knock out
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make useless
telephone service was knocked out โทรศัพท์ใช้การไม่ได้ |
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repudiation (n)
ri 'pju di'ei fn, ริพิวดิ'เอชั่น |
บอกปัด ปฎิเสธ
For Google to withdraw from China would be an extremely rare repudiation by a Western comapany of what is almost universally seen in business circles as one of the world's most important markets. |
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trap (v)
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to have part of your body, your clothing held in a place so tightly that you cannot remove it and it may be injured or damanged
a man is trapped under rubble in Port-au-Prince as the caribbean nation struggled in the after math of Tuesday's earthquake. |
